Episode 94: Second Annual Music Trivia Show (July 17, 2022)

Pacific St Blues & Americana
Second Annual On-Air Trivia Contest
July 17, 2022

Here are the Questions
1. Not a part of the contest
2. Not a part of the contest

3. Who covered this JJ Cale track and had an FM radio hit?
4. Who covered this JJ Cale track and had an FM radio hit?
BONUS: Which product featured this song in their commercial?
5. Robert Johnson famously went down to the crossroads, not to sell his soul but to hitch a ride? Which band, featuring a slow hand, struck gold with Johnson's song?
6. Performed here by the five-part gospel-based harmonies of The Dixie Hummingbirds, who Brille Building songwriter, who performed under the name Tom & Jerry, later wrote this song?
7. Performed here by Travis Tritt, which band had the original hit with this song?
BONUS: which well-known singer-songwriter collaborated with the band to compose this song?
8. The little dog had to move it on over for the big dog. And in Country Music, there is perhaps no bigger dog than Hank Williams. But which denizen from Delaware created a concert stable with Williams' song, Move It On Over?
9. Released on the most recent album by Keb Mo, which recently deceased, army veteran composed this song and had the original hit?
10. While the song, Spirit in the Sky is well known, the original artist, um, not so much. What is the name of the artist who had a hit with this song?
11. Set to music by Pete Seeger, what was the source for the lyrics to this song?
BONUS Which LA Strip Band, inspired by the Rickenbacker Sound of the Beatles, had a pop hit with their cover of this song?
12. Performed here by Robert Randolph and the Family Band, which band capitalized on the Jesus Freak Movement to have a top radio hit with this song?
13. Songwriter Otis Blackwell would write numerous hits for Memphis-based, Sun Records recording artists including Jerry Lee Lewis and others. Which hip-shaking Memphis Man from Tupelo had the original hit with this song?
14. Recorded here for the Hope Floats motion picture soundtrack, which Motor City three-piece group had the original hit with this song?
15. Speaking of the Motor City, covered here by Texan Lyle Lovett and California Keb Mo, which Michigander, a real ramblin' man, wrote and performed this song, Till It Shines?
16. Featured here, Bonnie Raitt is covering a song by a band that featured five very high-profile artists. Name the band that had the hit with this song.
Bonus: Take a bonus point for each member of the original supergroup that recorded this song.
SUPER BONUS: Only two of the original five members of this band are still alive. Name the two members of this band that are still with us. (Two points for each correct answer)
17. The sound of pop music in the 1960s was largely driven by four relatively unknown house bands. For example, Los Angles had the Wrecking Crew, which included Glenn Campbell, Dr. John, and Leon Russell; Muscle Shoals had The Swampers, and Motown had The Funk Brothers. What was the name of the legendary backing band for many of the acts on Stax Records?
18. Speaking of Motown, this version of Ain't Too Proud to Beg features, Ben Harper. Which motor city band had the original hit with this song?
BONUS: While considered by some to be "just a blues cover band" which British Band also covered this song?
19. Performed by soul singer Betty LaVette, which Brit-rock psychedelia band, named in part after blues artist Pink Anderson, wrote this post-card-themed song?
BONUS: This song was written for the former member and leader of this band, who was this song written for?
20. Heard here by Syl Johnson, which Hi Recording artist, now Reverend, referenced from the podium by then-President Obama, had the original hit with this song?
BONUS: Which art-rock, CBGB Punk-era band, fronted by a Scottish ex-patriot, later covered this song, creating awareness among a whole new audience? The Talking Heads
21. Known as the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas struck gold with this hit, Time Is On My Side. Which British blues-rock band had an early hit with this soulful song?
22. Originally signed to Motown Records with Omaha-born singer Shaun 'Stoney' Murphy, which Hades-based night flyer had the original hit with this song?
23. Heard here by The Leaves, which Seattle-based Native American blues-rock guitarist, featured at Woodstock, would later cover this song?
24. Played here by the late Canadian guitarist Jeff Healy, the song was composed by a member of Steeler's Wheel, and later a successful solo artist, who had the original hit with this song?
25. Blues artist Albert King recorded for the Memphis-based Stax Records. Which Memphis Groover wrote and backed up King on this recording? (Born Under a Bad Sign)
26. Often accused of being a Jimi Hendrix clone, which former member of the British band Procol Harem, originally recorded and performed this song? He was a trowering figure in the mid-1970s.
27. Heard here by Mike Zito and Sonny Landreth, which band, from the Bay Area, originally known as the Polly Wogs, wrote and recorded the original version of this song, Fortunate Son?
28. Written and performed by Paul Pena, Which Dallas-born native son had the original hit with this song?
BONUS: Which former member of this band, also from Dallas, went on to have a soulful hit-driven career?
29. Performed here by Tanya Donnelly, while Freda Payne was singing about a Band of Gold, which Canadian singer-songwriter had a hit with the original version of his song, Heart of Gold?
30. Performed here by Little Milton, which noted Irish soul singer wrote and recorded this song originally?
31. For this next song, we're going back to the days when you actually boy bands. Which band, from the steel mill area of Gary, Indiana, had the original hit with this song?
32. Performed here by Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule, which fab band featured this song late in their career?
BONUS: Although not the official name of the album, what is the generally accepted colorless name of the band's album that featured this song?
SUPER BONUS: Name the convicted murderer that recorded with the Beach Boys and knew Neil Young, who referenced this song for his dastardly deeds? (Two points for a correct answer here).
33. Heard here by blues artist Larry McCray, who was the iron-belt Minnesotan minstrel who wrote this song?
BONUS: The only gold the original writer got was when this noted bi-racial guitarist covered his song: who was the artist that built Electric Lady studios with the silver and the gold he earned from his cover of All Along the Watchtower?
34. Performed here by the recently reformed Screaming Cheetah Wheelies, featuring Grammy Award-winning vocalist Mike Ferris, who ordained voodoo priest, who was referenced early in this show, wrote this song?
35. Originally written and performed by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Blues Band, which band, who debuted nationally at Woodstock, hit the Billboard charts with this song, Black Magic Woman?
36. Heard here by Blaster Dave Alvin, this song, Highway 61 was written by Bob Dylan and references this highway that cuts through the deltas of northwestern Mississippi. Which smokin' blues slide player, born in Leland, Mississippi but raised in Beaumont, Texas arguably recorded the best rendition of this song?

Total Earnable Points: 56 Points.
CONTEST QUESTION Answers (One Point Each)
(^) These are out of order. Some acts appear more than once in our contest.

1. Song One - Not a part of the contest
2. Song Two - Not a part of the contest
3. Bill Withers
4. Elvis Presley
5. The Temptations
6. The Traveling Wilburys
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
9. Al Green
10. The Book of Ecclesiastes
11. Steve Miller
12. George Thorogood
13. Meatloaf
14. The Supremes
15. Neil Young
16. Cream
17. Bob Segar
18. Van Morrison
19. Bob Dylan
20. The Doobie Brothers
21. Gerry Rafferty
22. Eric Clapton
23. Santana
24. The Beatles
24. Creedence Clearwater Revival
25. The Eagles
26. Dr. John
27. Norman Greenbaum
28. Jimi Hendrix
29. Robin Trower
30. Lynyrd Skynyrd
31. Johnny Winter
32. Booker T & the MGs
33. The Jackson 5
34. Pink Floyd

BONUS Question Answers (1 Point Each)
SUPER BONUS Answers (2 Points Each)
George Harrison
The White Album
The Byrds
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan
Jackson Browne
The Talking Heads
Tom Petty
Michelob Beer
Charles Manson
The Rolling Stones
Roy Orbison
Jeff Lynne
Boz Scaggs

The Actual Playlist
1. Tommy Castro / A Bluesman Came to Town
2. Hector Anchondo / I'm Going to Missouri
3. JJ Cale / They Call Me the Breeze
4. JJ Cale / After Midnight
5. Robert Johnson / Cross Roads Blues
6. Dixie Hummingbirds / Loves Me Like a Rock
7. Travis Tritt / Take It Easy
8. Hank Williams / Move It On Over
9. Keb Mo / Lean on Me
10. The Blind Boys of Alabama / Spirit in the Sky
11. Nina Simone / Turn, Turn, Turn
12. Robert Randolph & the Family Band / Jesus is Just Alright
13. Kris Kristopherson / All Shook Up
14. Jonell Mosser / Stop, In the Name of Love
15. Lyle Lovett and Keb Mo / Till It Shines
16. Bonnie Raitt / You Got It
17. Booker T & the MGs / Green Onion
18. Ben Harper / Ain't Too Proud to Beg
19. Betty LaVette / Wish You Were Here
20. Syl Johnson / Take Me to the River
21. Irma Thomas / Time Is On My Side
22. Jamey Johnson / Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
23. The Leaves / Hey Joe
24. Jeff Healey / Stuck in the Middle With You
25. Albert King / Born Under a Bad Sign
26. Drivin' & Cryin' / Too Rolling Stoned
27. Mike Zito & Sonny Landreth / Fortunate Son
28. Paul Pena / JetAirliner
29. Tonya Donnelly / Heart of Stone
30. Little Milton / Tupelo Honey
31. Graham Parker & the Rumor / I Want You Back
32. Gov't Mule / Helter Skelter
33. Larry McCray / All Along the Watchtower
34. Screaming Cheetah Wheelies / Right Place, Wrong Time
35. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Blues Band / Black Magic Woman
36. Dave Alvin / Highway 61 Revisited