I’m dancin’ in the station this morning because, hey… when else am I gonna do it? Today’s show brings you some pretty high energy music to fight the Friday morning blues.

Where Were You: Mississippi Heat
Early in the Mornin’: Johnny Lee Moore
Come All You Tenderhearted: Stanley, Carter
Chance Up: Dehlia Low
Ravens and Crows: Dehlia Low
Newspaper Reporter: Watermelon Slim
Louisiana Style: Tab Benoit
If You Knew: Neko Case
This Traveling Around: Lyle Lovett and his Large Band
Mama Says I’m Crazy: Mississippi Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods
Black Snake Blues: C.J. Chenier
Appalachian Waltz: Allison Krauss and Yo Yo Ma
Sticks That Made Thunder: Steeldrivers
Long Distance Call: Muddy Waters
Fast Eddie: Watermelon Slim
Boogalousa Boogie: C.J. Chenier
Rambler’s Anthem: Yonder Mountain String Band
Fireball Mail: The Great Dobro Sessions

Friday mornings are such a great break from reality for me. How awesome is it that I get to come in for a couple hours, have the station to myself, and listen to my favorite music? Life’s real tough.

The Playlist!

The Man Comes Around- Johnny Cash
Dreams are not My Home- Roseanne Cash
Desperado- Johnny Cash
You Don’t Know My Mind- Hugh Laurie
Friend or no More- All of This is True
Susie Q- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Pretty Girls- Neko Case
Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier- James Taylor/Yo Yo Ma
Death By Triple Fiddle- Yo Yo Ma/Joshua Bell
Like a Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan
Flooded in the Delta- Chris Thomas King
Land of Plenty- Mark Mandeville & Old Constitution
Abilene Gal- Jerry Douglas
Rise Up- Diane Birch
Rye Whiskey- Punch Brothers
Freight Train- Elizabeth Cotton
Old Joe Bone- The New Lost City Ramblers
I Want to be Loved- Muddy Waters
In My Girlish Days- Reba Russell
Scrapin’ the Barrel- Rob Ickes
Ghosts of Mississippi- The Steeldrivers

Happy Spring Break, y’all, even if there IS snow on the ground.

This morning, we’re listening to some classic jazz as well as music from more modern/little known artists. And nothing starts the day better than a little Billie Holiday.

(Link to the show to listen later) http://archive.whrwfm.org/Dixon%20with%20Katie%20Sucha~2013_03_22_08_30_09.mp3

He’s Funny That Way: Billie Holiday
Willow Weep For Me: Billie Holiday
Ugly Beauty: Andy Summers
Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie: Speckled Red
Searching for June: David Benoit
Mosaic: Vanessa Rubin
Parenthetically: JD Parran
'Round Midnight: John Coltrane & Miles Davis
Saeta: Miles Davis
The End of a Love Affair: Laverne Butler
Paleontology: Katie Bull
Dream a Little Dream of Me: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Someone to Watch Over Me: Ella Fitzgerald
Basin Street Blues: Laverne Butler
Pallin’ with Al: Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Dude: Bruce Barth
Harmony in Harlem: Duke Ellington
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be: Duke Ellington
When I Fall in Love: Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole
Ask Me Now: Bruce Barth
Lady Sings the Blues: Billie Holiday