Episode 509: Reggae & Rhyme in Western Music - The Sounds of the Carribbean

Pacific St Blues & Americana - The Reggae Edition
Labor Day, 2026

1. Alice Cooper / Hello, Hooray
2. Judy Collins / Hello Hooray

3. Louis Jordan / Run Joe
4. Chuck Berry / Havana Moon
5. The Tarriers (Harry Belafonte) / Day-O a/k/a Banana Boat Song
6. The Weavers / Wimoweh (Robert John, The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
- "wimoweh" chant based on a mishearing of the Zulu "uyimbube."
7. Jimmy Cliff / I Can See Clearly Now
8. Curtis Salgado / The Harder They Come
9. Desmond Dekker / Israelites
10. Toots & the Mayatals / What's My Number
11. Van Morrison / I Shall Sing
12. 10 cc / Dreadlock Holiday
13. Eric Clapton / I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley)
14. Rolling Stones / Cherry Baby (Eric Donaldson)
15. Sheryl Crow (covering Led Zeppelin) / Dyer Make It
16. Paul Simon / Mother & Child Reunion
17. Keb Mo w/ Blind Boy Paxton & Baaba Maal / Three Little Birds
- Peter Burnetta (Omaha connection)
18. Fats Domino / Be My Guest (1959)
19. Madness / Our House
20. Junior Murvin / Police & Thieves (The Clash)
21. The Clash / (White Man in) Hammersmith Palais
22. UB 40 / Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond)
23. Specials / Shanty Town 007
24. The Police / Roxanne
25. Sting & Shaggy / Don't Make Me Wait (Wait in Vain - Marley reference)
26. The Blind Boys of Alabama / Many Rivers to Cross
27. Nighthawks / Johnny Too Bad

1. Tresillo: Bo Diddley / Bo Diddley or Johnny Otis / Willie & the Hand Jive
2. Habanera: (Peggy Lee) Ray Charles & Natalie Cole / Fever
3. Mambo: Neville Brothers / Mardi Gras Mambo
4. Rumba: Professor Longhair / Rum & Coke
5. Second Line: Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Do Watcha Wanna