Songs About Main Street

Who'd have thought that there'd be enough good Songs About Main Street to more than fill a post? Obviously, that was me. Turns out I was correct. So, please...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Late Night Alumni  ~  "Main Street"

2)  Kurtis Blow  ~  "One-Two-Five (Main Street Harlem U.S.A.)"

3)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  "Mainstreet"

4)  Omar & The Howlers  ~  "Full Moon On Main Street"

5)  Deer Tick  ~  "Main Street"

6)  Outlaws  ~  "Nothin' Main About Main Street"

7)  Los Lobos  ~  "On Main Street"

8)  The Four Tops  ~  "Main Street People"

9)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "In France They Kiss On Main Street"

10)  Carole King  ~   "Main Street Saturday Night"

11)  Dion  ~  "Midtown American Main Street Gang"

12)  Iggy Pop  ~  "Main Street Eyes"

13)  Gene Kelly & Vera-Ellen  ~  "When You Walk Down Main Street With Me"

14)  Bobby Bare  ~  "Waitress At The Main Street Cafe"

15)  Angus & Julia Stone  ~  "Main Street"

16)  Roy Wood & Wizzard  ~  "Main Street"

17)  Cataldo  ~  "Literally Main Street"

18)  The Takeover UK  ~  "Main Street Crush"

19)  Hugh Blumenfeld  ~  "Main Street Sky"

20)  Muddy Waters  ~  "Going Down To Main Street"

21)  Cornflower  ~  "Monks On Main Street"

22)  O.C. Smith  ~  "Main Street Mission"

23)  Virginia Maestro  ~  "Main Street"

24)  Gretchen Peters Trio  ~  "Main Street"

25)  Deric Ruttan  ~  "Main Street, 1979"

26)  Japan  ~  "Lovers On Main Street"

27)  Time King  ~  "Main Street"

28)  Guided By Voices  ~  "The Main Street Wizards"

29)  Mighty Ploughboys  ~  "Main Street"

30)  Ultravox  ~  "Life At Rainbow's End (For All The Tax Exiles On Main Street)"

Songs About Mojo

Merriam-Webster defines the word "mojo" as "a magic spell, hex, or charm" – or more broadly, "a magical power." In popular culture, it has taken on a variety of meanings, up to and including an individual's power to attract another person by seemingly invisible means. Here's a bunch of Songs About Mojo. I'll let you define it for yourself based on these examples. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Muddy Waters  ~  "Got My Mojo Working"

2)  Wilson Pickett  ~  "Mojo Mama"

3)  Johnny Winter  ~  "Mojo Boogie"

4)  Mindi Abair  ~  "Mojo"

5)  Jeff Buckley  ~  "Mojo Pin"

6)  Little Buster & The Soul Brothers  ~  "Mojo Hand"

7)  Lem Motlow  ~  "Mojo Man"

8)  Satchmo  ~  "Mojo"

9)  Barry Melton & The Joyfest House Band  ~  "Mojo Navigator"

10)  Quicksilver Messenger Service  ~  "Mojo"

11)  The Cadillac Three  ~  "Tennessee Mojo"

12)  Spyro Gyra  ~  "Soho Mojo"

13)  Mark Selby & Band  ~  "Don't You Throw That Mojo On Me"

14)  Sad Daddy  ~  "Don't Be Messin' With My Mojo"

15)  Cellus Hamilton  ~  "Mojo"

16)  Wooster  ~  "Mojo Rider"

17)  Claire Laffut  ~  "Mojo"

18)  Buffy Sainte-Marie  ~  "Love Charms (Mojo Bijoux)"

19)  The Neville Brothers  ~  "Mojo Hannah"

20)  Mose Allison  ~  "Mojo Woman"

21)  Dizzy Gillespie ft. Jon Faddis, Arturo Sandoval, Slide Hampton, & Johnny Griffin  ~  "Fiesta Mojo"

22)  Glenn Hughes  ~  "Switch The Mojo"

23)  Southern Culture On The Skids  ~  "Mojo Box"

24)  Paul Revere & The Raiders  ~  "Mojo Workout"

25)  Parov Stelar  ~  "The Mojo Radio Gang"

Things These Artists Have “Got,” Vol. 3

What else could these artists possibly have "got" that hasn't been covered already? Find out for yourself. Oh, yeah...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Muddy Waters  ~  “I’ve Got My Mojo Working”

2)  St. Lucia  ~  “We Got It Wrong”

3)  Michael Jackson  ~  “We’ve Got Forever”

4)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “I’ve Got A Picture Of Us On My Mind”

5)  The Dear Hunter  ~  “We’ve Got A Score To Settle”

6)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “I’ve Got That Old Feeling”

7)  Barry White  ~  “I’ve Got So Much To Give”

8)  Loreen  ~  “We Got The Power”

9)  Fred Astaire  ~  “I’ve Got My Eyes On You”

10)  Leah Daniels  ~  “We Got Snow”

11)  Pitch Perfect Cast  ~  “I’ve Got The Magic In Me”

12)  Young Soul Rebels  ~  “I Got Soul”

13)  Oscar Peterson Trio ft. Ben Webster  ~  “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)”  (Yes, we did hear this song – albeit with vocals – before in this series. But this instrumental version was WAY too good to exclude.)

14)  Lennon & Maisy  ~  “We Got Love”

15)  Aaron Tippin  ~  “I Got It Honest”

16)  Joey Heatherton  ~  “I’ve Got Your Number”

17)  Motörhead  ~  “I Got Mine”

18)  Joan Chamorro Quartet ft. Alba Armegou & Luigi Grasso  ~  “I’ve Got A Date With A Dream”

19)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “We’ve Got It Goin’ On”

20)  Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton  ~  “We’ve Got Tonight”

21)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”

22)  Natalie Cole  ~  “I’ve Got Love On My Mind”

23)  Pearl Jam  ~  “I Got Id”

24)  Alex Winston  ~  “We Got Nothing”

25)  Steve Wariner  ~  “I Got Dreams”

Songs About Squirrels

And now for the blog post you've all been waiting for. Well, maybe not ALL of you. But some of you have, you're just too ashamed to admit it. Ladies and gentlemen, a bunch of Songs About Squirrels. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Ray Stevens  ~  “The Mississippi Squirrel Revival”  (This is the quintessential song about squirrels. In case you were wondering.)

2)  Muddy Waters  ~  “Fox Squirrel”

3)  Marcy Playground  ~  “Secret Squirrel”

4)  Metallica  ~  “Black Squirrel”

5)  Chris Thile  ~  “The Squirrel Of Possibility”  (You may not know this guy by name, but he’s a band member of both Nickel Creek and The Punch Brothers. Assuming you’re familiar with either of them, of course.)

6)  Texas Gypsies  ~  “Coco And The Squirrel”

7)  Sesame Street  ~  “The Silly Squirrel Dance”

8)  Dick Dale and His Del-Tones  ~  “The Squirrel”

9)  Rhett & Link  ~  “Squirrel Rights”

10)  Eric Burdon & War  ~  “Bird & The Squirrel”

11)  Idgy Dean  ~  “The Indian Squirrel Dance”

12)  River Raisin Ragtime Revue  ~  “The Squirrel Rag Slow Drag”

13)  Zanilonia  ~  “Squirrel World”  (Well, this was…different. And not at all what I expected after its rather benign beginning.)

14)  Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra  ~  “Pink Squirrel”

15)  Phineas and Ferb  ~  “S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)”

16)  Cream  ~  “Cat’s Squirrel”

17)  Stackridge  ~  “Red Squirrel”

18)  Jeff Watson  ~  “Squirrels & Kerosene”  (This guy is best-known as the lead guitarist for the hard-rock band, Night Ranger.)

19)  Pink Martini  ~  “The Flying Squirrel”

20)  Charlie Parker & Chet Baker  ~  “The Squirrel”

21)  Outerview  ~  “A Pigeon And A Squirrel”  (Well, that was…also quite unique. Oddly enough, it was exactly what I expected from the title.)

22)  Corn Potato String Band  ~  “Squirrel Heads And Gravy”  (Fear not, squirrel lovers! No actual squirrels were decapitated in the making of this song.)

23)  Ott & The All-Seeing I  ~  “Squirrel And Biscuits”

24)  Billy Corgan  ~  “Squirrels With Tails”  (Avid fans may recognize Corgan as the frontman for The Smashing Pumpkins.)

25)  The Travelin’ McCourys  ~  “The Squirrel Hunters”