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I PUT A SPELL ON YOU: HALLOWEEN '19
To usher in the season of the witch, we invoke the power of hoodoo charms and haunted melodies, blood moons and black magic. And we hang with the Bay Area’s artsy punk rockers Shannon & the Clams as they tell of ghostly encounters, animal spirits and memories from Halloweens past. Plus, spooky chills and thrills from Miles Davis, Memphis Minnie and Hank Williams.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Twilight Zone The Ventures
The Ventures in Space, Dolton - I Put a Spell on You Nina Simone
The Best of Nina Simone, Verve - Season of the Witch Lou Rawls
The Way It Was: The Way It Is, Capitol - Witchcraft The Spiders
Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974, Capitol - Hoodoo Lady Memphis Minnie
Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937), Columbia - Hoodoo Man Blues Junior Wells
Hoodoo Man Blues, Delmark - Instrumental: House of Mirrors David McCallum
Music: It's Happening Now!, Capitol - SEGMENT: Shannon & the Clams
Listen - Instrumental: On the Prowl Walter "Wolfman" Washington
Out of the Dark, Rounder - CLIP: Shannon & the Clams (Ozma)
- Ozma Shannon & the Clams
Dreams in the Rat House, Hardly Art - Li'l Red Riding Hood Sham the Sham and the Pharaohs
Li'l Red Riding Hood/Love Me Like Before, MGM - Howlin' at the Moon Hank Williams
Howlin' at the Moon/I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You), MGM - Dire Wolf Grateful Dead
Workingman's Dead, Warner Brothers - Evil (Is Goin' On) Howlin' Wolf
His Best, MCA/Chess - Howlin' For You Black Keys
Brothers, Nonesuch - Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival
Green River, Fantasy - Felt Like Sin Trailer Bride
Whine de Lune, Bloodshot - End Bed: Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet
Space, Apple
HOUR two
- Miles Runs the Voodoo Down Miles Davis
Bitches Brew, Columbia - Stones in My Passway Robert Johnson
King of the Delta Blues Singers, Columbia - Haunted House Leon Redbone
On the Track, Warner Brothers - CLIP: Shannon & the Clams (Trick-or-Treating)
- Bo Meets the Monster Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley, Chess - Instrumental: Ghost Riders in the Sky Wayne Henderson
Made & Played, Tucker Road - La Llorona Chavela Vargas
Lo Mejor de Chavela Vargas Vol. 2, Ok Records - Long Black Veil Rosanne Cash & Jeff Tweedy
The List, Manhattan - Long Chain On The Knitters
The Modern Sounds of the Knitters, Rounder - Ghost Riders in the Sky Johnny Cash
Silver, Columbia - Phantom 309 Red Sovine
Phantom 309, Starday - Instrumental: Theme from "Rosemary's Baby" Duke Pearson
Halloween's Gravest Hits, Capitol - Last Night I Had a Dream Randy Newman
Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2, Nonesuch - Touro Infirmary Dr. John
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack The Legendary Sessions Vol. 2, Clean Cuts Music - In the Night Professor Longhair
New Orleans Piano, Atlantic - Closing Bed: Saints Dr. John
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack The Legendary Sessions Vol. 1, Clean Cuts Music
