KPFA Special Broadcast, for July 30, 2009 - 10:00pm
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The Hear and Now - Powell St. John and his band live in the KPFA performance studio.Before he celebrates the release of his new CD, On My Way to Houston (Tompkins Square), at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse next Tuesday night (Aug. 4), Texas/Berkeley legend Powell St. John brings his band, the Aliens, into the KPFA studio for rousing electric and acoustic sets. Best known in Bay Area music history as a founding member of Mother Earth (with Tracy Nelson) and the composer of "Living With the Animals," "Marvel Group," "The Fly," and other psychedelic-tinged folk-R&B classics), St. John is powerful singer and harmonica player--and a 2005 inductee into the Texas Music Hall of Fame--whose career has crossed paths with Janis Joplin, Boz Scaggs, Roky Erickson, the 13th Floor Elevators, and Doug Sahm.
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Playlist for this Program:
| Artist | Song | Album | Label |
| Powell St. John & the Aliens | On My Way to Houston | Live in the KPFA studio | |
| Powell St. John & the Aliens | Slide Machine | Live in the KPFA studio | |
| Powell St. John & the Aliens | Song of the Silver Surfer | Live in the KPFA studio | |
| Powell St. John & the Aliens | Hardest Working Man | Live in the KPFA studio | |
| Powell St. John & the Aliens | I, the Fly | Live in the KPFA studioLive in the KPFA studio | |
| Powell St. John & the Aliens | You Don’t Know | Live in the KPFA studioLive in the KPFA studio | |
| Powell St. John & the Aliens | Kingdom of Heaven | Live in the KPFA studioLive in the KPFA studio | |
| Powell St. John Acoustic Trio | John Clay | Live in the KPFA studio | |
| Powell St. John Acoustic Trio | Ballad of Travis Rivers | Live in the KPFA studio | |
| Powell St. John Acoustic Trio | I Love the Way You Played the Piccolo | Live in the KPFA studio | |
| Powell St. John Acoustic Trio | We Were All Born Free | Live in the KPFA studio | |
| Mother Earth | Living With the Animals | Living With the Animals | |
| The Band | (I Don’t Want to) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes | Rock of Ages | |
| Amos Garrett | River's Invitation | Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield | |
| Levon Helm | Tennessee Jed | Electric Dirt | |
| Joe Henry | The Man That I Keep Hid | Blood From Stars | |
| The Nice Guy Trio | Simple Life | Here Comes … The Nice Guy Trio | |
| Ralph Carney’s Serious Jass Project | Clouds in My Heart | Ralph Carney’s Serious Jass Project | |
| Donovan | Lalena | Troubadour: The Definitive Collection | |
| Conor Oberst & The Mystic Vally Band | To All the Lights in the Windows | Outer South | |
| Diana Jones | All My Money on You | My Remembrance of You |
