JB's Wild Ride

05/13/2026

(listen link included) Setlist for JB's Wild Ride 5/11/26 on 102.3 WHIV FM Live Monday's at 7 on 102.3 and whivfm.org

HOWLIN WOLF - 300 LBS OF JOY
LEE DORSEY - GIVE IT UP
MASS PRODUCTION - FIRECRACKER
MALCOLM MCLAREN'S WORLD FAMOUS SUPREME TEAM - BUFFALO GALS
WAR - LOW RIDER

JOHNNY BRUNETTE'S ROCK AND ROLL TRIO - HONEY HUSH
SALLY BABY'S SILVER DOLLARS - I'VE GOT NO MORE TEARS LEFT TO CRY
LEFTY FRIZELL - MANY BABY'S JUST LIKE MONEY
STEVE EARLE - POOR BOY
BYRDS - FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER

DEVO - GATES OF STEEL
BLONDIE - UNION CITY BLUES
DICK DALE - LET'S GO TRIPPIN'
SIR DOUGLAS QUINTENT - SHE'S ABOUT A MOVER
THE RIVIERAS - CALIFORNIA SUN
T-REX - JEEPSTER (REQUEST BY LAURA)

BEACH BOYS - WOULDN'T BE NICE (ISOLATED VOCALS)
BEACH BOYS - WOULDN'T BE NICE (INSTRUMENTAL)
BEACH BOYS - WOULDN'T BE NICE (FULL MIX)

PETER TOSH - STEPPING RAZOR
TONY ALLEN/HUGH MASAKELA - NEVER
DE LA SOUL - (3 IS) THE MAGIC NUMBER
SKINTS - RISE UP
RONNIE HUDSON - WEST COAST POPLOCK

JB'S TIME MACHINE: AUGUST 10, 1920. MAMIE SMITH BECOMES FIRST BLACK ARTIST TO RECORD A BLUES RECORD, AND FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE FEATURED ARTIST ON A RECORDING, FOR HER MILLION SELLER:

MAMIE SMITH - CRAZY BLUES

BIG MAYBELLE - ROCK HOUSE
Samantha Fish - I'M DONE RUNNIN'
OUTLAWS - THERE GOES ANOTHER LOVE SONG
CHARLEY CROCKETT - SILVER DAGGER

THE JAM - WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG
THE NOMADS - PRIMORDIAL OZZE
L7 - PRETEND WE'RE DEAD
BRAKES - ANCIENT MYSTERIES

BILLY PRESTON - BILLY'S BAG

https://whivarchive.pacificaservice.org/mp3/whiv_260511_190000jbswildride.mp3

04/28/2026

On last nights Wild Ride on 102.3 WHIV FM, special guest Kenny Tucker & I turned back the clock to the glory years of bubblegum pop and AM radio gold with two hours of audio happiness:

DAVY JONES - GIRL -
CRAZY ELEPHANT - GIMME GIMME GOOD LOVIN
BANG BANG SHANG A LANG - ARCHIES
1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY - 1,2,3 RED LIGHT
MAC AND KATIE KASSOON - CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP

ALBERT HAMMOND - IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ROCK AND ROLL DUBBLE BUGGLE - BUBBLE GUM MUSIC
PARTIDGE FAMILY - I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING
SUGAR BEARS - YOU ARE THE ONE
TOMMY ROE - JAM UP JELLY TIGHT

MUD - TIGER FEET
ORANGE COLORED SKY - MR PEACOCK
KASENATZ & KATS - QUICK JOE SMALL
COWSILLS - THE RAIN, THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS
GALLERY - IT'S SO NICE TO BE WITH YOU

SWEET - LITTLE WILLIE
SAMMY JOHN - CHEVY VAN
BAY CITY ROLLERS - SATURDAY NIGHT
FLYING MACHINE - SMILE A LITTLE SMILE FOR ME
ANDY KIM - ROCK ME GENTLY

TONY BURROWS MEGASET:

FIRST CLASS - BEACH BABY
EDISON LIGHTHOUSE - LOVE GROWS WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES
BROTHERHOOD OF MAN - UNITED WE STAND
FIRST CLASS - DREAMS TEN A PENNY
WHITE PLAINS - MY BABY LOVES LOVIN

LOOKING GLASS - BRANDY
JEFFERSON - BABY TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS
MUNGO JERRY - BABY JUMP
ABBA - BANG A BOOMERANG
0HIO EXPRESS - CHEWY CHEWY
BLUE SWEDE - HOOKED ON A FEELING

04/14/2026

Setlist for April 13th's JB's Wild Ride on 102.3 WHIV FM

BO DIDDLEY - ROCK N ROLL
CHANTAYS - PIPELINE
LINK WRAY - JACK THE RIPPER
THE CLASH - THE LEADER
The Moon City Masters - WHERE YOU WANNA RUN TO

DOBIE GRAY - OUT ON THE FLOOR
HEPCAT - TOGETHER SOMEDAY
ENGLISH BEAT - I CONFESS (*REQUEST BY KIRK*)
Lianne La Havas - WHAT YOU DON'T DO
DAVID BOWIE - 1984

HASHEEM AMIN - STREETS ARE STILL JUMPIN' (*REQUEST BY AISHA*)
INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND - APACHE
REBIRTH BRASS BAND - CASANOVA
HOWLIN WOLF - KILLING FLOOR (*REQUEST BY DENISE*)
DAVID LINDLEY - MERCURY BLUES

JB'S TIME MACHINE - JULY 16TH 1930 TWO MUSICAL TITANS COLLABORATE FOR THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME

JIMMIE RODGERS & LOUIS ARMSTRONG - BLUES YODEL #9
ERNIE CHAFIN - FEELIN' LOW
WATERBOYS - FISHERMAN'S BLUES
MARSHALL CRENSHAW - WHENEVER YOU'RE ON MY MIND
STANDELLS - RARI

GOLDEN GATE QUARTET - JOHN THE REVELATOR
BESSIE BANKS - GO NOW
BOBBY MARCHAN - SNOOPIN' AND ACUSIN'
DON COVAY - MERCY MERCY
BOOGALOO JOE JONES - RIGHT ON

QUEEN - KILLER QUEEN
Michael Rault - I'LL BE THERE
SWEET - HELLRAISER
DEADBOYS - SONIC REDUCER
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION - SWEET AND SOUR
STOOGES - DOWN ON THE STREET

WILCO/BILLY BRAGG - ALL YOU FASCISTS ARE BOUND TO LOSE (LONG DISTANCE DEDICATION TO VIKTOR IN BUDAPEST)

04/09/2026

Here's what got played on Monday's Wild ride on 102.3 WHIV FM and streaming 7-9 PM Central time on whivfm.org:

HOORAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF - ALIBI
GEORGE HARRISON - WHAT IS LIFE
ROKY ERICKSON - 2 HEADED DOG
XTC - STATUE OF LIBERTY
WILCO - HEAVY METAL DRUMMER

CAB CALLOWAY - THE JUMPIN' JIVE (req by Matt)
ELLA FITZGERALD - OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
TITO RODRIGUEZ - THE LATIN TWIST
JR WALKER AND THE ALL STARS - TWIST LACKAWANNA
RAY CHARLES - MESSAROUND

CHAMBERS BROTHERS - UPTOWN
MINT CONDITION - GOOD FOR YOUR HEART
DETROIT EMERALDS - FEEL THE NEED IN ME
Cha Wa - CHA WA
Big Freedia - N.O. BOUNCE

MELODIANS - SWEET SENSATION
ALTHEA & DONNA - UPTOWN TOP RANKING
MADNESS - HOUSE OF FUN
MEMPHIS SLIM - 14TH ST BOOGIE
T-BONE WALKER - THE REASON

BLACK SABBATH - SWEET LEAF
NINE POUND HAMMER - SHOTGUN IN A CHECY
FLEETWOOD MAC - OH WELL
ANTHRAX - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH (for Jimi P)
BAD BRAINS - BIG TAKEOVER

STEVE EARLE - I FEEL ALRIGHT
JOE ELY - DALLAS
LONG RYDERS - LOOKINBG FOR LEWIS & CLARK
TIM HARDIN - REASON TO BELIEVE
Dash Rip Rock - PACK YOUR BAGS
FRANK BLACK & THE CATHOLICS - BULLETT

JIMI HENDRIX - RED HOUSE (req by Danny)

04/01/2026

Here's what got played on Monday's Wild ride on 102.3 WHIV FM and streaming 7-9 PM Central time on whivfm.org:

PATSY CLINE - WALKIN AFTER MIDNIGHT
WOODY GUTHRIE - TEAR THOSE FASCISTS DOWN
ROLLING STONES - RIDE ON BABY
WATERBOYS - NOVEMBER TALE
AL GREEN - SHA LA LA

MAYTALS - TREAT ME BAD
GREGORY ISAACS - NIGHT NURSE
PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - HEY NOW BABY
GENO DELAFOSE - FRENCH ROCKIN' BOOGIE
RAY BARRETTO - TOGETHER

** JB'S TIME MACHINE - 6/8/28 - LOUIS ARMSTONG INVENTS A NEW MUSICAL LEXICON

LOUIS ARMSTONG & HIS HOT FIVE - WEST END BLUES
JOE WILLIAMS - CHICAGO
THE HIGHLIGHTERS - FUNKY 16 CORNERS
SHARON JONES - YOUR THING IS A DRAG
GEORGE MCRAE - I GET LIFTED

DALTREY, PLANT, ELTON JOHN, DAVID GILMOUR ET. AL. - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE
BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY - GIRL OF MY DREAMS
BIG STAR - FEEL
MYRACLE BRAH - WHISPER SOFTLY
MATTHEW SWEET - GIRLFRIEND
HUSKER DU - BOOKS ABOUT UFOS

** JB'S TIME MACHINE - 3/6/51 - A DROPPED AMPLIFIER CHANGES ROCK AND ROLL FOREVER

JACKIE BRENSTON - ROCKET 88
SONNY BURGESS - WE WANNA BOOGIE
JIMMY STEWART - ROCK ON THE MOON
CRAMPS - MAD DADDY
LONE JUSTICE - WAYS TO BE WICKED

SWAN SIILVERTONES - MARY DON'T YOU WEEP
SAM COOKE - WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN
SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - KEEP ON RUNNING
BEATLES - NO REPLY

THE BAND - LIFE IS A CARNIVAL

03/27/2026

On Monday, the Wild Ride on whiv featured these fab tunes: Pretenders - Cuban Slide
Little Willie John - I'm Shakin'
Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day
Boswell Sisters - Shout, Sister Shout
The Jive 5 - What Time is It?

Beans on Toast - Money for War
Grace Petrie - Meanwhile in Texas
John Hiatt - You Must Go (Request by Matt)
Pokey LaFarge - Something in the Water
Eddie Cochran - Something Else

** JB's Time Machine - February 10, 1942. We're there as Glenn Miller accepts the first-ever Gold Record (for Chattagnooga Choo-choo)

Glenn Miller - Chattanooga Choo-choo
Big Maybelle - Big House
Sally Baby's Silver Dollars - I've Got No More Tears
Eddie Bo - Check Mr. Popeye
Elvis Costello - Love for Tender

EriK B & Rakim - Teach the Children
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock (Request by Deb)
James Brown - Get on Up
Spinners - Rubberband Man
Sister Carol - Dread Natty Congo

** JB's Time Machine - October 16, 1954. Elvis Appears on the Louisiana Hayride as an Unknown, Leaves a Star

Elvis Presley - That's All Right Mama / Blue Moon
Rolling Stones - Sway
Jimbo Mathus - Shady Dealin'
Tex Ritter - You've Two Timed Me One Time Too Often
Rainbow Girls - Down Home Girl

Clash - City of the Dead
Dog Park Dissisdents - Rainbow Drones
Rancid - Time Bomb
Hasil Adkins - She Saidfinlin - Sugar Blue

Jess Malin & Spoon - the Way We Used to Roll

03/17/2026

On Monday’s Edition of JB’s Wild Ride on 102.3 WHIV FM , Here’s What Got Spun: (Listen live on WHIVFM.ORG every Monday 7-9 central)

Flogging Molly - Devil’s Dance Floor
Thin Lizzy - Rosalie
Maura O’Connell - Irealnd
Young Dubliners - Bodhran
Van Morrision - Caravan

JB’s Time Machine - Sept 14, 1955
Little Richard Rescues His Career in New Orleans

Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Chuck Willis - Rang Dang Do
Willie Tee - Walking up a One Way Street
Snookum Russell - Basin Street Aint Bnasin Street No More
Dinah Washington - Baby Get Lost

Sugarhill Gang - Rappers Delight
Kool Moe Dee - Wild, Wild West
Detroit Emerals - Baby Let Me Take You in My Arms
Mr Hot Topic - You Got My Atention
Gary Toms Empire - 7,6,5,4,3,2,1

Waylon Jennings - Luchenbach Texas
Junior Brown - Highway Patrol
Bleeker Street Cowboys - Bumpy Ridin’
Gene Clark & the Gosdin Bros - Tried So Hard
Grateful Dead - Dire Wolf

Jbs Time Machine - August 14, 1959. A Young Jimi Hendrix Is Inspired by the Fabulous Wailers at the Spanish Castle

Fabulous Wailers - Dirty Robber (Recorded Live at the Spanish Castle)
Sonics - Have Love Will Travel
Kingsmen - Louis Louie
Paul Revere & the Raiders - Louie Go Home
Jimi Hendrix - Spanish Castle Magic

Jackie Mittoo - Groovy Spirit
Skatalites - Guns of Navarone
Juaneca Y SU Combo - Perdido en Espacio
Desi Arnaz - Cuban Pete

Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rythym Stick
Dropkick Murphys - Flanigans Ball

03/11/2026

We're now in full swing on Monday nights from 7-9 Central on 102.3 WHIV FM, New Orleans' station dedicated to human rights & social justice. You can listen live at whivfm.org or via your favorite radio app. Live text line: 504-300-9390

Here's what I played this week:

Howlin Wolf - Built for Comfort
Peppermint Harris - Wait Until It Happens to You
Songhoy Blues - Bamako
Calexico - The Ride
The Raveonettes - Love in a Trashcan

Joe Cocker - Hitchcock Railway
Hank Williams III & Wayne Hancock - Juke Joint Jumpin'
LARRY AND HIS FLASK - Ebb & Flow
The N**e Party - Ride On
Ma Rainey - Booze & Blues

JB's TIME MACHINE - August 1962, Otis Redding nails his Stax Audition:

Otis Redding - These Arms of Mine
Sly & the Family Stone - Stand (request by Max in Mid City)
Don Covay - Three Time Loser
Ann Peebles - Somebody's On Your Case
Roy Montrell - Every Time I Hear that Mellow Saxophone

Kinks - Get Back in Line
Kinks - Did You See His Face
Count Bishops - Route 66
Eddie & the Hot Rods - Get Across to You
Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head

JB's TIME MACHINE - May 12, 1941, Charlie Christian & Thelonious Monk invent Bebop at Minton's

Charlie Christian - Swing to the Bop recorded live at Minton's
Nancy Sinatra - Sugar Town
Dean Martin - Ain't That a Kick in the Head?
Butch Walker - Bodegas & Blood
Kerry Pastine & The Crime Scene - City of Love
Drag The River - Embrace the Sound

Delroy Wilson - Cool Operator
Derrick Harriot - Riding for a Fall
Pete Rodriguez - I Like it Like That
Beans on Toast - Stinging Nettles
Nada Surf - So Much Love

12/02/2025

At the races on Thanksgiving Day. A New Orleans tradition.

11/09/2025

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11/06/2025

Here's Sunday's playlist as heard on 102.3 WHIV FM. You can hear the show on demand - Go to https://whivarchive.pacificaservice.org, look for JB's Wild Ride

Otis Redding - Mr. Pitiful
Patti Labelle - Dreamer
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band - 65 Bars & a Taste of Soul
Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
Cha Wa - Cha Wa

Peter Gabriel - Not One of Us
Los Lobos - Matter of Time
Calexico - Across the Wire
Willie Nelson - Across the Borderline
The Impressions - This Is My Country

The Clash - Groovy Times (req. by Robert)
Pioneers - Longshot Kick De Bucket
U Roy - Stick Together
Fats Domino - Be My Guest
Smiley Lewis - Te-Nah-Nah

Thelonious Monk - In Walked Bud
Original Tuxedo Jazz Band - Original Tuxedo Rag
Professor Longhair - Walk Your Blues Away
W***y Deville - Hellp My Lover
Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet - Tell Me

T Rex - Life's a Gas
Joann Campbell - I Changed My Mind, Jack
The Who - Any, Anyhow, Anywhere
The Sports - Who Listens to the Radio?
Skinny Lister - Wanted

Elvis Presley - Rubberneckin'
Three Dog Night - Shamhala
JD McPherson - Just Like Summer
Rose Royce - Car Wash
Al Green - I'm a Ram
Music Explosion - Little Bit O Soul
Nada Surf- So Much Love