GOD SAVE THE QUEEN (HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHNY ROTTEN)

Melnick in The Afternoon/ Habs Pre - game Show Set List:

1. "Empty Threat" - Kathleen Edwards - "Voyageur"
2. "Love Interruption" - Jack White - 2012 Single
3. "Cuts Like A Knife" - Bryan Adams - 1983 Single
4. "Eli's Coming" - Three Dog Night - "Greatest Hits"
5. "Let's Stay Together" - Al Green - 1971 Single
6. "One More Cup Of Coffee" - Steve Earle - "Chimes Of Freedom The Songs Of Bob Dylan"
7. "Gold On The Ceiling" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
8. "Dear Mr. Fantasy" - Traffic - "Mr. Fantasy"
9. "God Save The Queen" - The Sex Pistols - 1977 Single
10. "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
11. "Show Me The Place" - Leonard Cohen - "Old Ideas"
12. "Rock And Roll" - Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin IV"

GO JOHNNIE GO (FOR JOHN BUTLER)

Melnick In The Afternoon Set List:

1. "Mesabi" - Tom Russell - "Mesabi"
2. "Furious Love (For Liz)" - Tom Russell - "Mesabi"
3. "Trying To Get To You" - Chris Isaak - "Beyond The Sun"
4. "Hey Joe" - Jimi Hendrix Experience - 1967 Single
5. "Farewell Never Never Land" - Tom Russell - "Mesabi"
6. "Come As You Are" - Nirvana - "Nevermind"(Deluxe Edition)
7. "No Champagne Socialist" - The Arkells - "Jackson Square"
8. "Pullin' Punches" - The Arkells - "Jackson Square"
9. "Regular Days" - Jim Cuddy - "Skyscraper Soul"
10. "Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "Born In The USA"
11. "We Take Care Of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen - 2012 Single ("Wrecking Ball")
12. "X-Files Theme" - Mark Snow - 1993 TV Soundtrack
13. "I Have A Dream" - Common Featuring will.i.am - 2006 Single
14. "La Grange" - ZZ Top - "Greatest Hits"
15. "Go Johnnie Go" - Eruption - "Fight Fight Fight"

BUCKETS OF RAIN

Melnick In The Afternoon Set List:

1. "One More Cup Of Coffee" - Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli - "Chimes Of Freedom - The Songs Of Bob Dylan" (Amnesty International)
2. "Buckets Of Rain" - Jimmy Lafave - "Road Novel"
3. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Lenny Kravitz - "Chimes Of Freedom - The Songs Of Bob Dylan"
4. "Get Back" - Paul McCartney - "The Bridge School Concerts - 25th Anniversary Edition"
5. "Deja Vu" - CSNY - "The Bridge School Concerts - 25th Anniversary Edition"
6. "When The Whip Comes Down" - The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls"
7. "X-Files Theme" - Mark Snow - 1993 TV Soundtrack (For Gord Miller)
8. "Everything Is Everything" - Booker T. Jones - "The Road To Memphis"
9. "Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "Born In The USA"
10. "Super Bowl Shuffle" - Chicago Bears - 1985 Single
11. "Regular Days" - Jim Cuddy - "Skyscraper Soul"
12. "We Take Care Of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen - 2012 Single ("Wrecking Ball")
13. "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" - Lucinda Williams - "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road"
14. "Mississippi Queen" - Mountain - 1970 Single
15. "Drifter's Escape" - Patti Smith - "Chimes Of Freedom - The Songs Of Bob Dylan"

AULD LANG SYNE (HAPPY ROBBIE BURNS DAY)

Wednesday Melnick In The Afternoon/ Habs Pre- Game Show Set List:

1. "Ballad Of Hollis Brown" - Rise Against - "Chimes Of Freedom - The Songs Of Bob Dylan"
2. "One Too Many Mornings" - Johnny Cash With The Avett Brothers - "Chimes Of Freedom - The Songs Of Bob Dylan"
3. "Jenny Take A Ride' - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - "Rev Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels"
4. "Auld Lang Syne" - Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin - "Christmas With The Rat Pack"
5. "Auld Lang Syne" - The Scottish Bagpipe Players - "Scottish Bagpipes"
6. "Regular Days" - Jim Cuddy - "Skyscraper Soul"
7. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" - Flogging Molly - "Chimes Of Freedom - The Songs Of Bob Dylan"
8. "Time To Go" - The Dropkick Murphys - "Live On Lansdowne"
9. "Misty Blue" - Etta James - "Dreamer"
10. "Miss You" - The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls"
11. "Champagne & Wine" - Etta James - "Dreamer"
12. "Fallin'" - Alicia Keys - 2001 Single
13. "Groove Me" - Etta James - "Dreamer"
14. "Water's Running High" - Jim Cuddy - "Skyscraper Soul"
15. "When The Whip Comes Down" - The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls" 
16. "New Year's Eve" - Tom Waits - "Bad As Me"

I AM A PATRIOT

Melnick In The Afternoon Set List:

1. "I Am A Patriot" - Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul - "Voice Of America" (3x)
2. "Political World" - Bob Dylan - "Oh Mercy"
3. "Fire" - Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Hendrix In The West" (Reissue)
4. "Welcome To The Jungle" - Etta James - "The Dreamer"
5. "Excitable Boy" - Warren Zevon - "Excitable Boy"
6. "Vinyl Records" - Todd Snider - "New Connection"
7. "Hair" - Original Broadway Cast Recording - 1968 Soundtrack
8. "Regular Days" - Jim Cuddy - Live In Studio Melnick In The Afternoon
9. "Poison" - Alice Cooper - 1989 Single
10. "NFL On Fox Football Theme" - Scott Schreer

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER (FOR TIM THOMAS)

Melnick In The Afternoon Monday Set List:

1. "Dream On" - Aerosmith - 1973 Single
2. "The Star Spangled Banner" - Steven Tyler - Live In New England January 22, 2012
3. "Look Around" - Red Hot Chili Peppers - "I'm With You"
4. "State Of Massachusetts" - The Dropkick Murphys - "Live On Lansdowne"
5. "Time To Go" - Dropkick Murphys - "Live On Lansdowne"
6. "Too Much Alcohol" - Rory Gallagher - "Irish Tour.."
7. "Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "Born In The USA"
8. "We Take Care Of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen - 2012 Single ("Wrecking Ball")
9. "If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time" - The Little Willies - "For The Good Times"
10. "Jolene" - The Little Willies - "For The Good Times"
11. "The Very Best of Chinese Bamboo Music" - Chinese New Year
12. "I Think I Smell A Rat" - The White Stripes - "White Blood Cells"
13. "Help Me Somebody" - Steve Cropper - "Dedicated A Salute To The 5 Royales"
14. "Think" - Steve Cropper - "Dedicated A Salute To The 5 Royales"
15. "Stranglehold" - Ted Nugent - "Ted Nugent"
16. "The Star Spangled Banner" - Jimi Hendrix - Live At Woodstock August 19, 1969

TELL MAMA

Friday Scrum/ Melnick In The Afternoon Set List:

1. "You Know That I Know" - Jack White - "The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams"
2. "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
3. "Damn This Town" - John Hiatt - "Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns"
4. "Groove Me" - Etta James - "The Dreamer"
5. "Tell Mama" - Etta James - "She's Right"
6. "The Sky Is Crying" - Etta James - "Blues To The Bone"
7. "Welcome To The Jungle" - Etta James - "Dreamer"
8. "It's Now Or Never" - Chris Isaak - "Beyond The Sun"
9. "Water's Running High" - Jim Cuddy - "Skyscraper Soul"
10. "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" - Chris Isaak - "Beyond The Sun"
11. "At Last" - Etta James - "At Last!"

WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN

Melnick In The Afternoon Thursday Set List:

1. "Joy" - Bettye Lavette - "I've Got My Own Hell To Raise"
2. "Joy" - Lucinda Williams - "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road"
3. "We Take Care Of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen - "Wrecking Ball" 
4. "Messin' Up" - Steve Cropper Featuring Sharon Jones - "Dedicated A Salute To The 5 Royales"
5. "You Win Again" - The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls" (Deluxe Edition)
6. "Stop Stop" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
7. "Red House" - Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Hendrix In The West" (Reissue)
8. "All I Have To Do Is Dream" - The Everly Brothers - 1958 Single
9. "Water's Running High" - Jim Cuddy - "Skyscraper Soul"
10. "Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "Born In The USA"
11. "Move Over" - Janis Joplin - "Pearl"
12. "Birthday" - The Beatles - "White Album" (For Jaime)
13. "Blind Willie McTell - Rob Lutes & Rob MacDonald - In Studio Melnick In The Afternoon
14. "Me And Bobby McGee" - Janis Joplin - "Pearl"
15. "Trust Me" - Janis Joplin - "Pearl"
16. "One More Empty Bottle" - Michael Jerome Browne - "The Road Is Dark"
17. "We Take Care Of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen (Reprise)

HELP ME SOMEBODY

Melnick In The Afternoon/ Habs Pre - Game Show Set List:

1. "Brendan's Death Song" - Red Hot Chili Peppers - "I'm With You"
2. "Something To Make You Happy" - Derek Trucks Band - "Already Free"
3. "God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys - "Pet Sounds"
4. "You Know That I Know" - Jack White - "The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams"
5. "Feel Alright" - Steve Earle - "I Feel Alright"
6. "When The Whip Comes Down" - The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls" (Deluxe Edition)
7. "Too Much Alcohol" - Rory Gallagher - "Irish Tour.."
8. "Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "Born In The USA"
9. "James Bond Theme" - John Barry & Orchestra - Movie Soundtrack
10. "Chicago" - Tom Waits - "Bad As Me"
11. "Help Me Somebody" - Steve Cropper - "Dedicated A Salute To The 5 Royales"
12. "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
13. "Paint It, Black" - The Rolling Stones - "Singles Collection The London Years"
14. "Great Balls Of Fire" - Chris Isaak - "Beyond The Sun"
15. "So Beautiful Or So What" - Paul Simon - "So Beautiful Or So What"
16. "Silver And Gold" - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - "Streetcore"
17. "All In A Day" - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros  - "Streetcore"

MUHAMMAD ALI (HAPPY 70th TO THE GREATEST)

Melnick In The Afternoon Set List:

 
1. "Muhammad Ali" - Tom Russell - "Modern Art"
2. "Trying To Get To You" - Chris Isaak - "Beyond The Sun"
3. "Seven Days" - Craig Morrison - "Craig Morrison & Friends Blowing In The Wind A Tribute to Bob Dylan & His Musical World" *
4. "Mr. Tambourine Man" - Craig Morrison - "Craig Morrison & Friends Blowing In The Wind"
5. "San Fransisco" - Scott McKenzie - 1967 Single
6. "Cry Baby" - Janis Joplin - "Pearl"
7. "California Here I Come" - Al Jolson - "The Al Jolson Collection 20 Golden Greats"
8. "Who'll Stop the Rain" - Creedence Clearwater Revival" - 1970 Single
9. "I Feel Alright" - Steve Earle - "I Feel Alright"
10. "Someday" - Steve Earle - "Guitar Town"
11. "Angry Young Man" - Steve Earle & The Dukes - "Exit O"
12. "Chicago" - Tom Waits - "Bad As Me"
13. "I'm A Believer" - The Monkees - 1966 Single
14. "Dance, Dance, Dance" - The Steve Miller Band - "Greatest Hits 1974 - 1978"
15. "Magic Bus" - The Who - 1968 Single
16. "I Ain't Ever Satisfied" - Steve Earle & The Dukes - "Exit O"
17. "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
18. "Muhammad Ali" - Tom Russell (Reprise)

* Craig Morrison's 15th Annual Roots of Rock And Roll Concert : "California Dreamin': Music From The Golden State" Featuring songs from The Beach Boys, CCR, Jefferson Airplabe, Linda Ronstadt, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, The Eagles, Crosby, Stills & Nash and many more. FRI FEB 10 & SAT FEB 11 at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall 8 PM. Tickets Available at Box Office, http://www.admission.com/ & http://www.craigmorrison.com/

I HAVE A DREAM

Melnick In The Afternoon Set List:

1. "Blue Monday" - Fats Domino - "Greatest Hits Walking To New Orleans"
2. "San Fransisco" - Judy Garland - "Judy At Carnegie Hall"
3. "Pride" - U2 - "The Unforgettable Fire"
4. "Purple People Eater" - Sheb Wooley - 1958 Single
5. "New York, New York" - Ryan Adams - "Gold"
6. "Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead" - Warren Zevon - "Mr. Bad Example"
7. "Without A Map" - Sam Roberts Band - "Collider"
8. "Johnnie B. Goode - Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Hendrix In The West" (Reissue)
9. "Too Much Alcohol" - Rory Gallagher - "Irish Tour.."
10. "Once More We Survive" - Annakin Slayd featuring Inspectah Dek - www.annakinslayd.com
11. "Save My Love" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "The Promise"
12. "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
13. "(I Have) A Dream" - Common Featuring will.i.am - 2006 Single

STRANGE TIMES

Melnick In The Afternoon/ Friday Scrum Set List:

1. "Alone And Forsaken" - Social Distortion - "Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes"
2. "You Know That I Know" - Jack White - "The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams"
3. "Fire" - Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Hendrix In The West" (Reissue)
4. "Dead And Gone" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
5. "The Ballad Of Gilligan's Isle" - The Wellingtons -1964 TV Theme
6. "Property Of Jesus" - Bob Dylan - "Shot Of Love"
7. "Time Out for Fun" - Devo - "Time Out For Fun"
8. "Livin' In The Jungle" - Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - "Scandalous"
9. "Tebowie" - Jimmy Fallon - Live on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
10. "Ring Of Fire" - Johnny Cash - 1963 Single
11. "Ring Of Fire" - Chris Isaak - "Beyond The Sun"
12. "The Twist" - Chubby Checker - 1960 Single
13. "Talk To Me" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "The Promise"
14. "Ain't Good Enough For You" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "The Promise"
15. "Brain Damage" - Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
16. "Yer Blues" - Kenny Wayne Sheppard Band - "How I Go"
17. "Watch Yourself Go Down" - Jim Cuddy - "Skyscraper Soul"
18. "Down In The Flood" - The Derek Trucks Band - "Already Free"
19. "Strange Times" - The Black Keys - "Attack And Release"
20. "Nobody Told Me" - John Lennon - "Lennon" (Box Set)
21. "When The Whip Comes Down" - Rolling Stones - "Some Girls" (Deluxe Edition)
22. "Alone And Forsaken" - Social Distortion (Reprise)

YOU TALK TOO MUCH

Melnick In The Afternoon/ Habs Pre - Game Show Set List:

1. "Calm Before The Storm" - Roy Rogers - "Split Decision"
2. "Money" - Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
3. "Brain Damage" - Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
4. "World In Motion" - New Order - 1990 Single (For Noel Butler)
5. "He's Calling" - Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - "Real Live"
6. "You Talk Too Much" - Run-D.M.C. - "King Of Rock"
7. "Rip This Joint" - The Rolling Stones - "Exile On Main Street"
8. "Make The World Go Away" - Ray Price - 1964 Single (Honky Tonk version - no strings)
9. "Light My Fire" - The Doors - 1967 Single
10. "Hell Of A Season" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
11. "She Smells So Nice" - The Doors - "LA Woman" (40th Anniversary Edition)
12. "Going Out In Style" - The Dropkick Murphys - "Going Out In Style"
13. "Too Much Alcohol" - Rory Gallagher - "Irish Tour.."
14. "Time To Go" - The Dropkick Murphys - "Live On Lansdowne"

TENTH AVENUE FREEZE OUT

Melnick In The Afternoon Set List:

1. "Gotta Know" - JJ Grey & MOFRO - "Georgia Warhorse"
2. "Go Habs Go!" - Chris Pennington & Friends (3x)
3. "Milk & Sugar" - G. Love - "Fixin' to Die"
4. "Take 'Em Down" - The Dropkick Murphys - "Going Out In Style"
5. "I'm A Loser" - The Beatles - "Beatles For Sale"
6. "Show Me The Place" - Leonard Cohen - "Old Ideas"
7. "Too Much Alcohol" - Rory Gallagher - "Irish Tour.."
8. "Too Bad" - Nickelback - "Silver Side Up"
9. "Thunder Road" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band" - "Born To Run"
10. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana - "Nevermind"
11. "Without A Map" - Sam Roberts Band - "Collider"
12. "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "Born To Run" (For Clarence who would have been 70 today)
13. "Brain Damage" - Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
14. "Learn & Burn" - The Sheepdogs - "Learn & Burn"
15. "Rocks Off" - The Rolling Stones - "Exile On Main Street" (For Jagger Hedger-McCormick)
16. "Come As You Are" - Nirvana - "Nevermind"

DOWN IN THE FLOOD

Melnick In The Afternoon/ Habs Pre - Game Show Tuesday Set List:

1. "Down In The Flood" - The Derek Trucks Band - "Already Free"
2. "Fire" - Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Hendrix In The West" (Reissue)
3. "Livin' In The Jungle" - Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - "Scandalous"
4. "The Neighborhood" - Los Lobos - "The Neighborhood" (For Ricky Romero)
5. "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
6. "Past Time" - The Baseball Project - "Volume One: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails"
7. "Who Do You Love?" - Ronnie Hawkins W/ The Band - "The Last Waltz"
8. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar - Live 1979
9. "Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry - 1958 Single (2x)
10. "The Nightfly" - Donal Fagen - "The Nightfly"
11. "What Other Guy" - Adam Cohen - "Like A Man"
12. "Brain Damage" - Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
13. "Miles By Miles" - Miles Davis
14. "Go Habs Go!" - Chris Pennington & Friends

ROCK AND ROLL (HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMMY PAGE)

Melnick In The Afternoon Set List:

1. "Gotta Serve Somebody" - Bob Dylan - "Slow Train Coming"
2. "Time To Go" - The Dropkick Murphys - "Live On Lansdowne"
3. "Jesus On The Mainline" - Mavis Staples - "We'll Never Turn Back"
4. "Open Mind" - Wilco - "The Whole Love"
5. "Go Habs Go!" - Chris Pennington & Friends (2x)
6. "Do You Believe In Magic?" - The Lovin' Spoonful - "Greatest Hits"
7. "Chin Music" - The Baseball Project - "Volume 2: High And Inside"
8. "I Think I Smell A Rat" - The White Stripes - "White Blood Cells"
9. "Black Dog" - Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin IV"
10. "Ramble On" - Led Zeppelin - "Mothership"
11. "Breathe" - Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
12. "Money" - Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
13. "Good Times Bad Times" - Led Zeppelin - "Mothership"
14. "Communication Breakdown" - Led Zeppelin - "Mothership"
15. "A Star Is Born" - Jay-Z Featuring J. Cole - "The Blueprint 3"
16. "Rock And Roll" - Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin IV"
17. "Save My Love" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "The Promise"
18. "Personality Crisis" - The New York Dolls - "20th Century Masters Millenium Collection"

THE STREETS OF BAKERSFIELD (FOR BRIAN WILLIAMS, O.C.)

Melnick In The Afternoon/ Friday Scrum Set List:

1. "Gold On The Ceiling" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
2. "Go Habs Go!" - Chris Pennington & Friends (2x)
3. "Hava Nagela" - Dick Dale - "King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones"
4. "Show Me The Way Back Home" - Kenny Wayne Sheppard Band - "How I Go"
5. "New York, New York" - Ryan Adams - "Gold"
6. "Walking To New Orleans" - Fats Domino - "Walking To New Orleans: The Greatest Hits Of Fats Domino"
7. "Guitars, Cadillacs" - Dwight Yoakam - "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc."
8. "Streets Of Bakersfield" - Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens - "Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room"
9. "Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "Born In The USA"
10. "LA Woman" - The Doors - "LA Woman"
11. "Lover Her Madly" - The Doors - "LA Woman"
12. "L'Assomption" - Shane Murphy Band - "Street Money Miracle"
13. "Modern Warfare" - The Jimmyriggers - "I Stand In The Weeds"
14. "The Things (That) I Used To Do" - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - "Couldn't Stand The Weather" (Deluxe Edition)
15. "Bright Lights" - Gary Clark Jr. - "Bright Lights EP"
16. "When The Whip Comes Down" - The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls" (Deluxe Edition)
17. "Time To Go" - The Dropkick Murphys - "Live On Lansdowne"
18. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana - "Nevermind" (Deluxe Edition)
19. "Going Back To New Orleans" - Dr. John - "The Very Best Of Dr. John"
20. "The Things (That) I Used To Do" - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live At Montreal Spectrum August 1984 "Couldn't Stand The Weather" (Deluxe Edition)

A STAR IS BORN

Melnick In The Afternoon Set List:

1. "A Star Is Born" - Jay-Z Featuring J.Cole - "The Blueprint 3"
2. "Oh Canada" - Roger Doucet - "Songs Of Glory"
3. "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys - "El Camino"
4. "Crazy" - Booker T. Jones - "The Road From Memphis"
5. "Learn & Burn" - The Sheepdogs - "Learn & Burn"
6. "Too Much Alcohol" - Rory Gallagher - "Irish Tour.."
7. "When The Whip Comes Down" - The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls" (Deluxe edition)
8. "Winter Wonderland" - Dean Martin - "A Winter Romance"
9. "New York, New York" - Ryan Adams - "Gold"
10. "Living In The Jungle" - Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears "Scandalous"
11. "A Star Is Born" (Reprise)

LONG SHADOW

Melnick In The Afternoon/ Habs Pre - Game Show Set List Wednesday:

1. "Rock And Roll" - Led Zeppelin - "How The West Was Won"
2. "I'm Sorry" - Brenda Lee - 1960 Single
3. "I Want To Take You Higher" - Sly & The Family Stone - "Greatest Hits"
4. "Mystery Train" - Elvis Presley - 1955 Single (B Side) (2x)
5. "Kodachrome" - Paul Simon - "There Goes Rhymin' Simon"
6. "Train Of Love" - Johnny Cash - "Walking The Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings"
7. "No Surrender" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "Born In The USA"
8. "The Band vs The World" - Sam Roberts Band - "Collider"
9. "Cold Shot" - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - "Couldn't Stand The Weather" (Deluxe Edition)
10. "Time To Go" - The Dropkick Murphys - "Live On Lansdowne"
11. "Claudine" - The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls" (Deluxe Edition)
12. "Save My Love" - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "The Promise'
13. "Man On The Moon" - REM - "Automatic For The People"
14. "Long Shadow" - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - "Streetcore"
15. "Bring It On Home" - Led Zeppelin - "How The West Was Won"

*Note the wall mural in above video is located on the side of a building at 112 Avenue A (Corner 7th St.) in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. It's a wonderful bar called Niagara. It's owned by, among others, rocker Jesse Malin.

THANKS FOR LISTENING

Goodbye is too good a word so I'll just say fare thee well - and thanks - to the following artists/bands for providing much insight, entertainment and joy in 2011:

• Ryan Adams "Ashes & Fire" He's sober, married and mellow. Beautiful ballads.
• Gregg Allman "Low Country Blues" Meets T-Bone Burnett for first time. Shame poor health resulted in cancellation of his first ever Montreal gig.
• Dave Alvin "Eleven Eleven" Still blasting away after all these years. Dave Alvin, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen walk into a Karaoke bar...
• The Baseball Project "Volume 2: High And Inside" Wonderful tribute - again - to baseball legends from yesterday and today. Still waiting for the Tim Raines song.
• Big Sugar "Revolution Per Minute" Gordie Johnson leaves his Austin production studio to front his old band again for their first album in eight years. With help from Warren Haynes and our own Shane Murphy.
• The Black Keys "El Camino" Danger Mouse or not Auerbach & Carney might be remembered as THE band of right now.
• Blackie And The Rodeo Kings "Kings And Queens" Canada's supergroup (Stephen Fearing, Tom Wilson & Colin Linden) collaborate with and pay tribute to some of their favourite females including Roseanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Pam Tillis & Serena Ryder. Nice to hear Kenny Pearson on organ on most of the songs as well.
• Ray Bonneville "Bad Man's Blood" Intense, swamp and stompin' blues from one our favourites.
• Jeff Bridges "Jeff Bridges" He's a hell of an actor.
• Bright Eyes "The People's Key" I'm not much of a science fiction fan but I am a fan of Bright Eyes.
• Michael Jerome Browne "The Road Is Dark" Career best album from blues guitarist extraordinaire who makes Montreal home.
• Glen Campbell "Ghost On the Canvas" Farewell from The Rhinestone Cowboy who's dying of Alzheimer's disease. Title track written by Paul Westerberg. Sadly ironic for me as a music trip to NYC several years ago took me to Feinstein's At The Regency to see Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb perform together, the late soul great Ruth Brown packed 'em in at the Jazz Au Bar on East 58th (no longer exists) while Westerberg was at The Supper Club. Again I say, if you've always wanted to see somebody live, and they aren't coming to Montreal, make sure you catch them somewhere. No better place than NYC. All three shows back in 2005 were spectacular.
• Johnny Cash "From Memphis To Hollywood Bootleg Vol II" & "Live Around The World Bootleg Vol III" This collection is for Cash completists only. It is interesting to hear Johnny as radio announcer in the 1950's, early demos of his classics and his entire set (solo) from the 1964 Newport Folk Festival but the Cash family is scraping at this point.
• Guy Clark "Songs And Stories" Career spanning acoustic treatment of one of America's most important songwriters on stage in Nashville.
• Gary Clark Jr. "The Bright Lights EP" Can't wait for the full album. Brilliant young guitarist has some people whispering comparisons to the greatest. Won't be playing Divan Orange again.
• Ry Cooder "Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down" Nobody is making better music with a stronger message than Ry Cooder. An American treasure.
• Jim Cuddy "Skyscraper Soul" Love letter to Toronto. Don't hold it against him. It's great.
• Dawes "Nothing Is Wrong" This fouresome (including brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith) does great job chaneling Jackson Browne, The Eagles and the whole Laurel Canyon feel of the 1970's.
• The Decemberists "The King Is Dead" Another young throwback band that should have been alongside Mumford & Sons and The Avett Brothers with Dylan at The Grammys.
• Brett Dennen "Loner Boy" 32 year old American folkie who looks 10 years younger and might be better than Bright Eyes.
• John Doe "Keeper" It sure is.
• Drive By Truckers "Go-Go Boots" My favourite American band. Three great vocalists and songwriters.  Direct lineage to Muscle Shoals.  Dedicated to Vic Chestnutt.
• Steve Earle "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" Partially written for his late father. This is one Americana artist who does not need any help from T Bone Burnett but received it nonetheless.
• Elliott Brood "Days Into Years" Alternative country from Hogtown. Real keen Canadian music fans will know of a tie - in with former Montreal darlings of the Alt Country movement The United Steelworkers Of Montreal (among the less joyous stories from 2011 was the break up of the Steelworkers as well as The Stills).
• The Felice Brothers "Celebration, Florida" First saw their frenzied live act at Bonnaroo in 2008. Indie folk roots rock from The Catskills.
• Rory Gallagher "Irish Tour" Late Irish guitar god getting the royal reissue treatment he richly deserves.
• Woody Guthrie "Live Wire In Performance 1949" Not much live Woody Guthrie to experience unless it's the travelling tribute show put together by daughter Nora that hit the Ottawa Folk Festival a few years back. This rare recording (originally released in 2008) features Guthrie and his second wife Marjorie kibitzing with about 50 people in a downtown Newark hall during the winter of 1949. Fascinating but not riveting. 
• Emmylou Harris "Hard Bargain" My favourite female singer. A hot 64 year old. Loving tributes to Gram Parsons, Kate McGarrigle and Emmylou's big black dog.
• Jimi Hendrix Experience "Hendrix In The West" & "Winterland". Hard to believe there is still this much rich material from somebody who's career spanned five years. The Winterland box set features Jimi, Noel Redding & Mitch Mitchell at the peak of their power over three nights in October 1968. Absolutely essential.
• John Hiatt "Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns" Has he ever made a bad album?
• Hey Rosetta! "Seeds" It's been a trip watching them grow into Canada's best. Must be experienced live.
• Chris Isaak "Beyond The Sun" Isaak and his band cover the greatest Sun artists of them all - Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison & Jerry Lee Lewis. And they pull it off.
• Wanda Jackson "The Party Ain't Over" It sure isn't as she proved several times in Montreal over the last couple of years. A treat to have the queen of Rockabilly produced by Jack White.
• The Jayhawks. "Mockingbird Time" Welcome back boys. 
• Garland Jeffreys "The King Of In Between" Improbable comeback by the little dynamo at age 68.  One of my picks for album of the year. Some of the most inspiring live moments from 2011 took place on stage at Rubin Fogel's Club Soda including Jackson and Southside Johnny & The Asbury Dukes during the Jazz Festival and Jeffreys' two and half hour performance last month.
• The Jimmyriggers "I Stand In the Weeds" I love these local guys who are slowly building a larger audience. Classic roots and rock sound with sharp songwriting skills.
• Booker T. Jones "The Road From Memphis" If you love your swirling soulful Hammond B3 organ as much as I do it's tough to find better than this Hall of Famer who gets some vocal help from Jim James and Sharon Jones.
• Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears "Scandalous" While on the topic of classic soul and R & B (with a dash of punk)... Another live highlight of 2011 (at Salla Rosa). Andie Bennett's favourite band.
• Hugh Laurie "Let Them Talk" A better musician than Jeff Bridges. Not by much.
• G. Love "Fixin' To Die" Without his special sauce. An unexpected treat produced by Avett Brothers.
• Nick Lowe "The Old Magic" One of the tracks is called "Sensitive Man".  That about sums up his latest. Unforgettable solo performance opening up for Wilco. Must return to Montreal with full band.
• The Low Anthem "Smart Flesh" Unique, haunting sound from Rhode Island. Can also wage an all out rock and roll assault. 
• Bob Marley And The Wailers "Live Forever" Entire final concert September 23, 1980 in Pittsburgh. What else is there to say?
• Craig Morrison And Friends "Blowing In The Wind" A special night at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall. I was the MC. I mostly listened. You should have been there. Don't miss Craig's 15th annual Roots of Rock & Roll concert spread over two nights in early February.
• My Morning Jacket "Circuital" Jim James has one of the most chillingly inspiring and unique voices in rock and roll history. The fact that he can also lead a 10 minute jam puts him near or at the head of the class of rock vocalists in 2012. One of my "I was there" moments at Bonnaroo in 2008 when My Morning Jacket performed, beginning at midnight, a four hour set in the pouring rain.
• New York Dolls "Dancing Backward In High Heels" Third album as part of the Dolls return and perhaps the most musically rich. Have now released more albums in the last five years than they did when they first hit the scene and then broke up in the early 1970's.
• North Mississippi All Stars ""Keys to The Kingdom"  Luther and Cody Dickinson honour their late father Jim. With help from Mavis Staples, Ry Cooder and Spooner Oldham.
• Roy Orbison "The Monument Singles Collection (1960 - 1964). Every single and B side plus a DVD of a 1965 concert. Brilliant.
• John Prine "The Singing Mailman Delivers"  Very early studio and live performances of some of Prine's greatest tunes, written while he was still a full time mailman in Chicago. Hearing Prine sing "Sam Stone", "Hello In There", "Angel From Montgomery" and so many others to an unsuspecting regular crowd at The Fifth Peg Club in Chicago in November 1970 is fly-on-the-wall-history-in-the-making. His first studio LP would not be released until several months later.
• Red Hot Chili Peppers "I'm With You" Some have complained about John Frusciante's missing guitar licks but I love this album.
• Sam Roberts Band "Collider" Almost a full hour of proud Montrealer Sam and mates (nice to see him add the "Band" to his name). Can we call it Classic Canadian Rock?
• Tom Russell "Mesabi" Tom Russell is so good at everything he does. Would love to see him on the big screen. He's created enough characters and written about so many others.
• The Sheepdogs "Learn & Burn" More Canadiana. These kids earned their way onto the cover of Rolling Stone.  An inspired FM Rock station would play "I Don't Know" followed by The Guess Who's "Running Back To Saskatoon".
• The Kenny Wayne Sheppard Band "How I Go" Stole the show at the traveling Hendrix Tribute at Metropolis. This album solidifies his rep. He also gets a nod of respect from SRV bassist Tommy Shannon.
• Paul Simon "So Beautiful Or So What" Simon's best in years, maybe decades.
• Todd Snider "Live The Storyteller" Hippie dippy pot smoking Jesus loving witty songwriter/raconteur. Once played the old Club One for BillyBob Productions on Oscar night in front of about, oh, maybe 10 people.
• Social Distortion "Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes" There is much, much more to this than the brilliant cover of Hank Williams' "Alone And Forsaken". Another candidate for album of the year.
• Tedeschi/Trucks band "Revelator" As was the case with Derek Trucks' last effort ("Already Free") this might be the most joyous album of the year. Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks might be the best husband/wife team in music since Louis Prima and Keely Smith (look them up).
• The Strokes "Angles" Maybe if they weren't such bloody cool New Yorkers...
• Kurt Vile "Smoke Rings For My Halo" Thirty something guitarist - songwriter from suburban Philly who's a big Springsteen fan.  Keep an eye on him.
• Tom Waits "Bad As Me" Tug of war for album of the year with (see below). Now when the hell does he finally show up in Montreal again?
• Wilco "The Whole Love" Unlike Waits I actually got to see Jeff Tweedy and his friends on stage in my city. Nobody does rock and roll and everything it stands for better than Wilco.
• Various Artists "The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams" Williams gets the old Wilco-Billy Bragg Woody Guthrie treatment here as some of his lyrics are transformed by Bob Dylan (he got the project rolling) and son Jakob plus Norah Jones, Jack White, Alan Jackson and Lucinda Williams. A true team effort.
• Lucinda Williams "Blessed" I'm happy she's finally found happiness but some of us need a touch more angst.
• Neil Young International Harvesters "A Treasure" Cowboy Neil's 1984-85 concert tour of America's heartland with the late Ben Keith on pedal steel. Superb sound. Four to five years before Neil came all the way back with 'Freedom" and "Ragged Glory". But of course, like Dylan, Neil Young never went away.