PART 1: Jimmy Carter sworn in as president, 1/20/77; Jimmy Carter Says Yes! – Gene Marshall; Jimmy Carter Saved the Day – The Mold Monkies; On the Road Again – Willie Nelson; Black Diamond Bay – Bob Dylan; Do You Wanna Dance? – Ramones; Jessica – The Allman Brothers Band; In the Basement – Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto; American Beat ’84 – The Fleshtones; New Year’s Day – U2; A Celebration – U2; Stand Up and Fight – Bush Tetras; Fight the Power – The Isley Brothers; Fight Fire – The Golliwogs; I’d Rather Fight Than Switch – The Tomboys; Fighting the Good Fight – Rattanson; The Battle of Armageddon – Hank Williams; War ina Babylon – Max Romeo; (You Must Fight to Live) On the Planet of the Apes – The Mummies; Fight Fire – The Pist; None of Your Business – The Pist
PART 2: A Room With a View – Zoo Front; Happy Song – Zoo Front; Unbroken – Zoo Front; Clementine – Cosmic Criminals; Now I See – Cosmic Criminals; White Flag – Cosmic Criminals; Carry – Cosmic Criminals; New Gun in Town – Cheap Cassettes; Bad Xerox – Cheap Cassettes; Hung the Moon – Cheap Cassettes; Creeping Thyme – Cheap Cassettes
PART 3: Secret Place – The Dogs; Call My Name – The Dogs; Class of ’70 – The Dogs; Do Anything U Wanna Do – The Dogs; I Got Nothing – The Dogs; I’m Alive – The Dogs; Nothing Lasts 4 Ever – The Dogs; Back to California – 20/20; Lucky Heart – 20/20; Laurel Canyon – 20/20; Spark – 20/20; King of the Whole Wide World – 20/20; Don’t Play – Beth Peabody; Other Woman – Beth Peabody; Shut Up and Drink Your Beer – Miss Georgia Peach
… is the hostess of Franorama 2.0, most Thursdays from 1-5 p.m. Eastern Time on Cygnus Radio. So what’s a genre? I just throw everything against a wall and see what sticks. Rock’n’roll, garage, punk, soul (especially Northern), rockabilly, real country, cheesy goofball stuff – no matter what generation, if it has a heart and soul, it has a home here.