S.O.D. "Tennesee Jed" by Grateful Dead

9/21/2023  This song first was heard by fans in 1971 during a live concert at the University of Minnesota. The song was actually never recorded in a studio, and was written by Robert Hunter, while spending time in Spain.  His inspiration is not exactly clear, but could have to do with a 1940s radio show called Tennessee Jed that aired from a West Virginia radio station.  Hunter would have been between 4-6 years old.                  

S.O.D. "Valley Winter Song" by Fountains of Wayne

9/15/2023 From the alternative rock group’s third album, “Welcome Interstate Managers,” released in 2003. Ten years after this, the band stopped playing together, due to Adam Schlesinger’s death.  They reunited in 2020 for one show as a tribute to Schlesinger, a victim of Covid, and to raise money for the New Jersey pandemic relief fund.  During the show, multi instrumentalist, Sharon Van Etten took Schlesinger‘s place on bass guitar.     

S.O.D. "Valleys of Neptune" by Jimi Hendrix

9/14/2023 This is the title track from the album of the same name released posthumously in 2010. Hendrix began the recordings back in 1969, and the content is his most wanted by fans. Valleys of Neptune and “Bleeding Heart” (Elmore James) are the two singles released from the album. Hendrix’s inspiration to compose the title track came from the writings of Edgar Cayce, an American clairvoyant who believed he knew where the lost city of Atlantis could be found.

S.O.D. "Rockin' at Midnight" by The Honeydrippers

9/13/2023 This 1947 song, originally titled “Good Rockin’ Tonight,” was first written and released by singer Roy Brown. This version was released in 1984 and is one of the five songs on the only material that the Honeydrippers ever released during their five year stint. The vocals are Robert Plant, and you’ll find a host of studio musicians, including Jimmy page, Jeff, Beck, Paul Shaffer (remember him from the Tonight Show with David Letterman), and many more.