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The Jewel Case: Juniors (02-06-20)

WYSO | By Tod Weidner
Published February 7, 2020 at 11:35 AM EST

This week's theme is JUNIORS; we're spinning tunes both BY various Juniors (Sammy, Harry, Gary, Dinosaur, Kimbrough, Brown, Byles) and a few ABOUT them, as well. It'll be a fun one.  See you on the radio, friends!

  • Hershel Yatovitz- Step On It
  • Digable Planets- Pacifics
  • Monguito “El Unico” Santamaria- Groovetime
  • Nelcy Sedibe- Holotelani
  • Gang of Four- I Found That Essence Rare (RIP Andy Gill)
  • Corrosion of Conformity- Rabid Dogs (RIP Reed Mullin)
  • Bob Marley & the Wailers- War (HB Bob Marley)
  • The Tragically Hip- Little Bones (HB Gord Downie)
  • The Amen Corner- Expressway To Your Heart (HB Allan Jones)
  • Jeff Beck- Space Boogie (HB Simon Phillips)
  • Natalie Cole- This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) (HB Natalie Cole)
  • Seun Kuti & Egypt 80- African Dreams 
  • Mark Knopfler- Don’t Crash the Ambulance

----------THEME: Juniors----------

  • The Steve Miller Band- Junior Saw It Happen
  • Bare, Jr.- You Blew Me Off
  • Danny & the Juniors- At The Hop
  • Dino, Desi & Billy- Rebel Kind
  • Little Junior Parker- Mystery Train
  • Harry Connick, Jr.- Bayou Maharaja
  • Junior Kimbrough- All Night Long
  • Wings- Junior’s Farm
  • Junior Murvin- Police and Thieves
  • Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley- Welcome to Jamrock
  • Sammy Davis, Jr. & Sam Butera & the Witness- Don’t Cry, Joe
  • Oscar Brown, Jr.- Sleepy
  • Junior Wells- Cha-Cha-Cha In Blue (Cut My Toenail)
  • Stevie Wonder- Maybe Your Baby
  • Robert Jr. Lockwood & his Band- Dust My Broom
  • RJD2- Junior
  • Gary Clark, Jr.- Bright Lights
  • Dinosaur Jr.- Start Choppin’
  • Phil Moore, Jr.- Funky Canyon
  • Kenny Drew, Jr. Trio- Sweet Corn
  • Junior Kelly- Go Down Satan
  • Junior Brown- My Wife Thinks You’re Dead
  • Tom Waits- You Can’t Unring A Bell
  • John Hammond, Jr.- Big Black Mariah
  • Beastie Boys- Song For Junior
  • Junior Byles- A Place Called Africa
  • Junior Walker & the All Stars- Cleo’s Mood
  • Albert Hammond, Jr.- GfC 
  • Son Volt- Jet Pilot
  • Junior Mance- Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ To Ya 

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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