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Pacific Street Blues and Americana

Pacific Street Blues and Americana

By: Rick Galusha
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The Ecclectricty of Pacific Street Blues and Americana weaves together a divergent mix of old and new blues against a texture of Americana roots and the rock bands you either grew up with...or wish you had. Pacific St. Blues and Americana is a highly knowledgeable, Omaha-centric, radio show for those that hold a lust in their hearts to hear new music that is anchored in the love and lore from the blues to those halcyon music daze gone by. 

In 2010 PSB&A received a prestigious Keeping the Blues Alive award and has, over its 31 years of radio broadcasting, culled an extensive international and domestic audience. ...If you like your blues straight-up, this may or may not work for you...and that's okay. It's only music. Stay in touch at www.facebook.com/PSBlues. 

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Episodes
  • Episode 464: New Releases with Lil' Ed. Joanne Shaw Taylor, Bonamassa-BB King, Lucinda w/Mavis, Mike Farris and more 03292026
    Mar 23 2026

    Pacific St Blues & Americana
    March 29, 2026
    Part 1 of 2 - Musical Ecclectricity Since 1991

    1. Mike Finnigan / Leave That Liar Alone (Salgado)
    2. Selwyn Birchwood / Should'a Never Gotten Out of Bed
    3. Joanne Shaw Taylor / Hell or High Water
    4. Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials / Bad All By Myself
    5. Fabulous Thunderbirds / Full Time Lover
    6. Jimmie Vaughan & Lou Ann Barton / In the Middle of the Night
    7. Joe Bonamassa (BB King Tribute) / To Know You is To Love You
    8. Delaney & Bonnie / Are You a Beatle or a Stone?
    9. Jerry Jeff Walker / LA Freeway
    10. Dave Alvin / Redneck Friend
    11. Jackson Browne / Minutes to Downtown
    12. Keb Mo / Rock Me on the Water
    13. Lucinda Williams w/ Mavis Staples / So Much Trouble in the World
    14. Eric Clapton / I Shot the Sheriff
    15. Toots & The Maytals w/ Bonnie Raitt / True Love is Hard to Find
    16. Stephen Marley / You Don't Know How It Feels
    17. Marcus Trummer / Hard Time
    18. Mike Farris / Precious Lord, Take My Hand
    19. Sister Rosetta Tharpe/ Gospel Train
    20. Aretha Franklin / Spirit in the Dark

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Episode 463: Skiffle Music, The Banjo, and Libba Cotten with Grateful Dead, Keith Richards, Van Morrison, The Beatles
    Mar 22 2026

    Pacific St Blues
    Skiffle, The Banjo, & Libba Cotten
    Part 1 of 2

    1. fIREHOSE / In Memory of Elizabeth Cotton
    2. Grateful Dead / Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie
    3. Elizabeth Cotten & Brenda Evans / Shake Sugaree
    4. The Undisputed Truth / Smiling Faces
    5. Van Morrison / Freight Train (Sue Foley, Rory Block, Gary Clark Jr., Tommy Castro)
    6. The Beatles / Maggie Mae
    7. The Vipers / Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
    8. Chris Barber & Eric Clapton / Weeping Willow
    9. Harry McClintock / Big Rock Candy Mountain
    10. Ramblin' Jack Elliot / Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
    11. Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger / The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack, The Fugees)
    12. Kirsty MacColl / Days (The Kinks)
    13. Mark Knopfler / Donegan's Gone
    14. Traveling Wilbury's / Nobody's Child (Tom Petty, George Harrison)
    15. Lonnie Donegan / Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour on the Bed Post Overnight?
    16. Leadbelly Rock Island Line
    17. John Fogerty / Midnight Special
    18. Keith Richards / Goodnight Irene

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Episode 462: Mooooore New Release w/ Tinsley Ellis, Eric Gales, Lil' Ed, Sebastian Lane, Selwyn Birchwood, Mike Finnigan, The Black Crowes 03152026b,
    Mar 15 2026

    Pacific St Blues & Americana
    March 15, 2026
    Part 2 of 2

    21. Fabulous Thunderbirds / You're Humbuggin' Me
    22. Johnny Winter / Be Careful with a Fool
    23. Wings / Call Me Back Again
    24. Paul Rodgers / Let Me Roll It
    25. Mike Finnigan / Leave that Liar Alone
    26. Selwyn Birchwood / Should'a Never Gotten Out of Bed
    27. The Movies (Matt Whipkey) / Ruffin
    28. Bruce Springsteen / American Land
    29. Tom Waits / Jersey Girl
    30. Lucinda Williams / Freedom Speaks
    31. Tinsley Ellis / Too Broke
    32. Led Zeppelin / Black Country Woman
    33. Sebastian Lane / Floatin' Away
    34. Eric Gales / Rockin' Horse (feat Kingfish Ingram)
    35. Joann Lynn Parker / End of the Line
    36. Black Crowes / Profane Prophecy

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    1 hr and 10 mins
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