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The Jewel Case: Down (09-26-19)

WYSO | By Tod Weidner
Published September 27, 2019 at 11:30 AM EDT

Last week our theme was "Up"; this week- you guessed it- it's "Down". We'll be spinning tunes about getting down, being down, going downtown, shuttin' em down, burning down, and many other down-related activities. It'll be downright downtastic.

  • The Modern Lovers- Roadrunner 
  • Graham Coxon- Click Click Click 
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience- House Burning Down
  • Motorhead- Motorhead (RIP Larry Wallis)
  • Jimmy Forrest- All the Gin is Gone (RIP Harold Mabern)
  • The Chambers Brothers- All Strung Out on You (HB George Chambers)
  • Roxy Music- Virginia Plain (HB Bryan Ferry)
  • Julie London- Summertime (HB Julie London AND George Gershwin)
  • Los Lobos- Maricela (HB Cesar Rosas)
  • Marty Robbins- Don’t Worry (HB Marty Robbins)
  • Roger & the Gypsies- Pass the Hatchet
  • Spoon- The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine
  • The Bamboos- Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
  • Smiley Lewis- I Hear You Knocking
  • Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

----------THEME: Down----------

  • Cheap Trick- Downed
  • Bobby Franklin’s Insanity- Bring It On Down To Me (Part 1)
  • The Yardbirds- Over Under Sideways Down
  • The Beatles- I’m Down
  • Marcia Griffiths- Don’t Let Me Down
  • Ken Boothe- Down By The River
  • Crazy Horse- Downtown
  • Public Enemy- Shut ‘Em Down
  • Eli “Paperboy” Reed- Cut Ya Down
  • The Staple Singers- Sit Down Servant
  • Mose Allison- Let It Come Down
  • Miles Davis- Down
  • The Clash- Clampdown
  • The Rolling Stones- All Down The Line
  • The Velvet Underground- Cool It Down
  • AC/DC- Shot Down In Flames
  • Paul Simon- Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
  • The Animals- Don’t Bring Me Down
  • Oasis- Lord Don’t Slow Me Down
  • Eddie Cochran- Nervous Breakdown
  • Robert Plant- Burning Down One Side
  • Allen Toussaint- Goin’ Down
  • Etta James- Let’s Burn Down The Cornfield
  • Queen- Tie Your Mother Down
  • Tom Waits- Way Down In The Hole
  • The Stooges- Down On The Street
  • fIREHOSE- Down With The Bass
  • Bessie Smith- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
  • Amos Milburn- Down The Road Apiece
  • Johnny Cash- Sunday Morning Coming Down
  • The Mystery Lights- What Happens When You Turn The Devil Down
  • Alton Ellis & The Flames- Life Is Down In Denver
  • Little Walter- Mellow Down Easy
  • ZZ Top- Down Brownie
  • Jeff Beck Group- Going Down

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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Tod Weidner
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.
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