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The Jewel Case: Playin' In The Band (08-15-19)

This week, it's another lovingly-administered dose of your weekly musical multivitamin, the Jewel Case. Birthday celebrations galore. A requiem for a rock & roll poet. A notable anniversary. Old stuff. New stuff. And- of course- our weekly theme. This week it's "PLAYIN' IN THE BAND"; we'll be spinning tracks about the ups, downs, up agains, and down agains of life as a musician from a long list of folks in the know.  Get in the van.

  • Psychedelic Porn Crumpets- Keen for Kick Ons?
  • The Pretenders- Day After Day
  • Dire Straits- Sultans of Swing
  • Richie Havens- Freedom (Live at Woodstock)
  • Silver Jews- Punks in the Beerlight (RIP David Berman)
  • Buck Owens & His Buckaroos- I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
  • Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats- Rocket 88 (HB Jackie Brenston)
  • Led Zeppelin- Whole Lotta Love (HB Leon Theremin)
  • The Oscar Peterson Trio- Gravy Waltz (HB Oscar Peterson)
  • Jimmy Webb- P.F. Sloan
  • Altin Gun- Yolcu
  • Khruangbin- Rules (Scientist Dub)
  • The Who- Join Together

----------THEME: Playin’ in the Band----------

  • Steve Earle - Guitar Town (live)
  • Ramones- Touring (1981 version)
  • Rancid- Journey to the End of the East Bay
  • Fountains of Wayne- A Road Song
  • Fleetwood Mac- Go Your Own Way
  • Mott the Hoople- Saturday Gigs
  • Willie Nelson- On the Road Again
  • George Harrison- Wah Wah
  • Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney- Too Many People
  • John Lennon- How Do You Sleep?
  • Aerosmith- No Surprize
  • David Bazan- Fewer Broken Pieces
  • Motorhead- (We Are) The Road Crew
  • Jackson Browne- The Load Out (live)
  • Patti Smith- So You Want to Be

Join Tod Weidner on Thursday, 8-11pm for The Jewel Case, a weekly celebration of all manner of musical goodness: deep cuts, forgotten treasures, and curiosities with a new theme each show spanning all genres, eras and locales. 

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A lifelong Miami Valley resident, Tod Weidner grew up in Ludlow Falls before moving to Dayton in the early 1990s. Tod graduated from Milton-Union High School and Sinclair Community College, and also attended the Columbus College Of Art & Design until his scholarship ran out and he moved home to pursue the lucrative career of a struggling musician. Tod has been heavily involved in the Dayton Music Scene for over 20 years, as both a solo performer and a member of such bands as The Motel Beds, Shrug, The American Static, and Set The Controls, to name just a few. When he's not playing, listening to, or reading about music, Tod keeps busy by fixing up his house, where he and his wife Patrice live under the strict and watchful authority of their two cats, Mikey and Joey.