Here’s what’s on Acid Flashback Radio this weekend. For more on each show, see our weekend shows page.
Friday on Acid Flashback Radio
Acid Flashback Friday with DJ Uncle Steve (noon ET) features The Rolling Stones’ “Little Red Rooster,” released in the UK on November 13, 1964. Written by Willie Dixon and previously recorded by Howlin’ Wolf and Sam Cooke, it became the first blues record to top the UK singles chart. Also, birthday salutes to Errol Brown of Hot Chocolate (1943), Booker T. Jones (1944), Neil Young (1945) and Buck Dharma of Blue Öyster Cult (1947). More on this day in rock history.
Saturday on Acid Flashback Radio
Psychedelic Psaturday with DJ Kaigem (1 pm ET, replay at 11 pm ET): Eric opens this week’s show with Funkadelic and “Friday Night, August 14th.” Next up is Tamam Shud, an Australian psych and surf band that took its name from the closing words of the Rubaiyat. Then it’s The Sonics into JJUUJJUU, a rotating Los Angeles ensemble led by Desert Daze co-founder Phil Pirrone. Later in the hour Eric plays Split Level, followed by folk singer Penny Nichols, who recorded at Apple Studios in 1968. Eric will tell you more about these bands during the show, so tune in and turn on.
The Flower Power Hour with Ken & MJ (2 pm ET): Dig three hours of peace, love, and music. Hour 1 flashes you back to your School Daze with Jethro Tull, Supertramp, Chuck Berry, Nirvana, Springsteen, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, and a Pink Floyd trifecta. Hour 2 basks in the brilliance of Yes, with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Susan Tedeschi, and Jimi Hendrix joining the party. In Hour 3 Taj Mahal takes the spotlight, surrounded by Neil Young, Loggins & Messina, Carole King, and Jerry Garcia. Magic dust comes courtesy of George Carlin, Firesign Theatre, and Cheech & Chong, plus the mandatory prayer for peace.
Sunday on Acid Flashback Radio
Sunday Time Warp with Bart Shore (3 pm ET), Show #815: This week’s Time Warp has Poco’s “Good Feeling to Know,” John Denver’s “Junk,” Curtis Mayfield’s “Pusherman,” and Willie Bobo’s “Evil Ways,” the song Santana later turned into a hit. Bart also has The Hollies’ “Carrie Anne,” Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas’ “Bad to Me,” The Marshall Tucker Band’s “Heard It in a Love Song,” and Santana teaming up with Willie Nelson on “They All Went to Mexico.”
Psychedelic Time Warp Show #32 (4 pm ET): A sci-fi themed program with music from David Bowie, The Byrds, ELO, Rush, Jeff Wayne, Styx, Alan Parsons, Deodato, Neil Young, Queen, Art (a precursor to Spooky Tooth), Billy Joel, the Rolling Stones, and Deep Purple. Plus live Elton John and Bowie, and comedy from Woody Allen and the Firesign Theatre.
All Hand Mixed Vinyl with Bill Fitzhugh (6 pm ET): In the opening salvo of this week’s batch of All Hand Mixed Vinyl we’ll answer the age-old question: How do you fit Jonathan Edwards (the Honkey Tonk Stardust Cowboy himself) into a set with Jim Morrison, the Chambers Brothers, and America, and have it all make sense? After that we have a brief interlude to explore the similarity in sound between The Doors and Jr. Walker and the All Stars before we go marching to the beat of a different drummer as we explore the influence of calypso, reggae, and rock-steady on some of your favorite artists. You won’t want to miss it.
The Grateful Dead Hour with David Gans (7 pm ET), Show #1991: David features the Dead’s September 21, 1974 show at the Palais des Sports in Paris, with “Row Jimmy,” “Big River,” “Ship of Fools” and “Uncle John’s Band.” There’s also the Jerry Garcia Band’s “Who Was John?” from Heads & Tails Vol. 2 (Round Records), Bobby Weir’s “The Ground Don’t Want Me” from Blue Mountain (Rhino), and the Dead’s “Samson and Delilah” from June 30, 1985, at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, on Summer Magic 1985 (Rhino). Uncle Steve was in the crowd for that one.
The Zecom Hour with Bart Shore (8 pm ET): This week Bart spins new Stones and Neil Young, plus classics from Dr. John, The Beatles, CSN, The Beach Boys, and much more.
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