Hours before the 2014 start of game 7 of the world series between the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals, California Zephyr radio tips its cap to the American Pastime with The Baseball Show. Your host DJ Knockout plays some of the greatest baseball songs out there, talks about his history with baseball and sprinkles in some baseball comedy for good measure.

It's a historical show on a historic day for San Francisco...

PLAY BALL!


Set List:

Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
*Walt Whitman "base ball" - Garrison Keillor*
The Baseball Game - Sister Wynona
*Shot Heard Round The World by Bobby Thompson*
Say Hey - The Treniers
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? - Buddy Johnson
Who's On First? - Abbott & Costello
If You Can't Make A Hit In The Ballgame - The National Pastime Orchestra
Joltin' Joe DiMaggio - Les Brown & His Orchestra
Joe Dimaggio Done It Again - Billy Bragg
Baseball Baby - Johnny Darling
Catfish - Bob Dylan
Take Me Out To the Ballgame - Harvey Hindermyer
Take Me Out To The Ballgame - Dr. John
Star Spangled Banner - Big League Orchestra
The Greatest - Kenny Rogers
Lefty - Chuck Brodsky
Dock Ellis' No-No - Chuck Brodsky
The Baseball Song - Corey Smith
Centerfield - John Fogerty
Baseball Cards - Andi Smith
Baseball - The Musical
Play Ball With Babe Ruth - Fancy Curves
Baseball - Michael Franks
Baseball Boogie - Mabel Scott
Baseball Theme - Vince Guaraldi Trio
You Gotta Have Heart - Musical
Three Strikes and You're Out - Cowboy Copas
*interview with Sam Bush*
The Wizard Of Oz - Sam Bush
Baseball, Baseball - Kyle O'Brien
SF Giants Bluegrass Fight Song - Hot Buttered Rum

DJ Knockout is far from the station, but staying up to tune in to this episode of the California Zephyr. Guest hosted by Mr muse of the Mission himself: Misisipi Mike Wolf, proclaiming of this show: "Allow me to take you on a sea voyage, a trip through time and space, and then a dance party all all though music and imagination!"
We're on board with you Mr. Wolf, let's cruise.


Set List:

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (live) - Bob Dylan and the Band
Inspiration Information - Shuggie Otis
Cabin In The Sky - Matmos
Wild Mountain Honey - Steve Miller
UFO announcement
Five Years (live) - David Bowie
Love Letters - Arthur Alexander
Threshold of A Dream - The Moody Blues
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Nina Simone
A Cautionary Tale - The Decemberists
Dogs - Pink Floyd
Wooden Ships (demo) - Stephen Stills
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Countin' (demo) - Harry Nilsson
I'm Straight - Jonathon Richman
Falling Through Your Clothes - New Pornagraphers
Gardenhead - Neutral Milk Hotel
Happiness is A Warm Gun - The Beatles
Trust In Me - Etta James
Shilo Town - Mark Lanegan
Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
Somebody Pick Up My Pieces - Betty Lavette
Hello Hello - Sopwith Camel
Don't Let Me Down - Dillard and Clark
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
Tam Lin - Fairport Convention
Mystic Lady - T Rex

In this episode of the California Zephyr, DJ KO stretches out into another realm of the shuffle universe to bring you a groovy yet unpredictable show. Also in the studio this week: Michael De Gallo, a world-traveling playboy in his own right.

Enjoy the show!


Set List:

Blood - The Middle East
Bones - De Yarmond Edison
It's Ok - Land Of Talk
Holocene - Bon Iver
Twice - Little Dragon
Black Sands - Bonobo
Emkay - Bonobo
Flashlight - Bonobo
La Voz - Acid Pauly
And I Say (Xinobi Edit) - Nicholas Jaar
Where Is My Man - Eartha Kitt
Midnight Crush (Oxford Remix) - Walter Sobcek
Reo Grande (Let's Groove) - Nicholas Jaar
Bring My Soul - Irina
Wildwood - Paul Weller & Portishead
Radio Cure - Wilco
Art Of Almost - Wilco
Audio from eviction - Charles Mingus
Myself When I'm Real - Charles Mingus

It's October in the Bay and that can only mean two things: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in the park and Halloween madness. Join your host, DJ Knockout and his buddy Paul Pants as they travel through time and space to transport you into all the action at Hardly Strictly... from the comfort of your headphones.

Hardly Strictly recap show.

Jump On!


Set List:

12:02 The Last Steam Engine Train - The Waybacks
12:07 Police Dog Blues - The Waybacks
12:11 Shady Grove - Peter Rowan
12:15 Illegal Smile - John Prine
12:18 Kim - Ryan Adams
12:23 Pool Party - The Aquabats
12:27 Holy Roller - Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
12:29 Whiskey - Poor Man's Whiskey
12:40 A Little Bit of Everything - Dawes
12:45 Things You Can Do - Deltron 3030
12:48 Frankie's Gun! - The Felice Brothers
12:51 What Were You Waiting For - Roses Pawn Shop
12:59 Six Days On The Road - Steve Earle & the Dukes
1:02 Forever Young - Chris Isaak
1:10 New Star Over Texas - The Time Jumpers
1:13 Roly Poly - The Time Jumpers
1:18 Sweet Tooth - Dave Rawlings Machine
1:21 Christchurch Woman - Justin Townes Earle
1:25 I'll Be No Stranger - Dry Branch Fire Squad
1:29 Please Don't Let Me Be So Understood - Tweedy
1:30 Ndakhumudwa (You Betray Me) - The Malawi Mouse Boys
1:34 Nellie Kane - Hot Rise
1:36 Colleen Malone - Hot Rise
1:41 Play That Song Again - Chuck Prophet
1:43 Something's Wrong With the World - Chuck Cannon
1:46 Sis Draper - Shawn Camp
1:51 Ring Them Bells - Sarah Jarosz
1:54 Cover Me Up - Jason Isbell
2:00 Act Naturally - Dwight Yoakam

DJ KO is out of town on an Earl IBMA mission, so this episode of the California Zephyr features guest host, Misisipi Mike.

It's a dark and still night in the heart of the Mission. If You listen close enough, you can hear the city breathe.


Set List:

12:03 Whispering Pines - The Band
12:07 Love You Too - Yim Yames
12:21 No Quarter - Led Zeppelin
12:23 Reason To Believe - Bruce Springsteen
12:24 It's Too Late - Buddy Holly
12:26 Furnace Room Lullaby - Neko Case
12:29 Easy To Be Heard - Three Dog Night
12:35 St James Infirmary - Louis Armstrong
12:38 I'm Free (The Prisoner's Song) - Johnny Bragg
12:42 Wicked Messanger - Bob Dylan
12:43 Too Much In Love - King Kahn and BBQ
12:46 Jump Steady - Dr. John
12:51 Killing A Southern Belle - Elliot Smith
12:55 Beware of Darkness - Leon Russell
12:59 Into The White - Cat Stevens
1:02 I'll Take Care Of You - Bobby Blue Bland
1:09 Solitude - Black Sabbath
1:12 The Balance - The Moody Blues
1:14 Whew - Dave Grusin
1:17 Long Long Long - The Beatles
1:19 Eclipse - the Flaming Lips
1:24 In Dreams - Roy Orbison
1:28 Theme From The Exorcist
1:29 The Exorcist
1:30 Let Me Dream If I Want To (Amphetamine Blues) - Mink Deville
1:33 Astral Plane - The Modern Lovers
1:41 Singing OM with train sounds - George Harrison
1:43 Creeping Coastline of Lights - Mark Lanegan
1:44 Big Black Car - Big Star
1:48 On The Run - Pink Floyd
1:53 Hot Chip - Playboy
1:57 Gone For Good - OV Wright

Midnight Shuffle time here at the California Zephyr radio show with your host DJ Knockout and special guests featuring Paul Pants.

Set List:

Nothing But A Moment - Polaroid International
Lovely Bloodflow - Baths
Love What Happened Here - James Blake
I Get Nervous - Lower Dens
My Best Fiend - Cool Doves
U Don't Have To Call - Telephoned
Going Back To Cali - Notorious B.I.G.
Cool - Le Youth
Get Free - Major Lazer ft. Amber from Dirty Projectors
Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Corporation
Disko Partizani - Shantel
In Your Eyes ft. Johnny Osbourne - Brookes Brothers
The Neighborhood: SOMA - A1
Hey You - Tyler the Creator & Toro y Moi
Uz a Freek Bitch (instrumental) - Black Milk
So What - Miles Davis
Goumou - Khaira Arby and her band
Days Like This - Van Morrison
Tule's Blues - Warren Zevon

Another classic run for the California Zephyr radio broadcast: The Car Show.

From Woodie Guthrie to Bob Dylan, the Who to Johnathan Richmond and a whole lot of other great artists singing about cars. We've got Caddys, Lincolns and hot rods racing through the radio waves in this episode. So buckle your seat-belt and settle in for the ride.

DJ Knockout at the helm.


Set List:

Car Song - Woodie Guthrie
I Love You Honey - Patsy Cline
Hot Rod Honeymoon - Jeff Beck
Race With The Devil - Gene Vincent
Fun, Fun, Fun - The Beach Boys
Drive My Car - The Beatles
The Scavenger - Dick Dale and his Del-Tones
Transfusion - Nervous Norvus
Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
Jaguar And Thunderbird - Chuck Berry
Highway Man - Howlin' Wolf
Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson
Driving Wheel - Al Green
Cadillac Assembly Line - Albert King
The Passenger - Iggy Pop
Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman
Always Crashing In The Same Car - David Bowie
Going Mobile - The Who
Black Limousine - The Rolling Stones
Willie The Wimp - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
Hot Rod Heart - John Fogerty
Always Drive A Cadillac - The Everly Brothers
On The Road Again - Willie Nelson
One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash
Passenger Side - Wilco
1000 Dollar Car - The Bottle Rockets
Brand New Cadillac - The Clash
My GTO - Teen Generate
My Car Is Going To Kill Me - Pink Lincolns
Bitchin' Camero - The Dead Milkmen
Ol' 55 - Tom Waits

In this artist profile episode of the California Zephyr, DJ Knockout is joined in the studio by local artists: Andrew Blair and Jonathan Kirchner.

Andrew Blair is an East Bay native, songwriter and frontman for the band We Became Owls. With the release their second EP–There Are Other Animals At The Zoo–this talented group of musicians has earned their spot as a band to watch in the Bay Area. Described as alt. country, americana, bluegrass, indie-folk and indie-rock.

Jonathan Kirchner is in high-demand as a bass player and sound engineer in the San Francisco/Bay area, performing in the band Con Brio at venues such as the Independent and the Great American Music Hall. Described as dirty funk, blues, psychedelic dance music. Jonathan also performs with local muse, Kelly McFarling and her band the Home Team – described as bluegrassy, singer-songwriter songs sung beautifully.

Tune in to hear the boys talk about their music and the music that inspired them along the way. It's another thrilling ride on the California Zephyr. Jump on.


SONG LIST:

Freight Train Boogie - The Delmore Brothers
The Lost and I - We Became Owls
Oak Tree - We Became Owls
Table For One - We Became Owls
Lovely and Lonesome - We Became Owls

912 Greens - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
At Dawn - My Morning Jacket
What Is The Light - Flaming Lips

I Love You - The Band Of Bees
She's A Jar - Wilco
Don't Do It - The Band

Kiss The Sun - Con Brio
A Sex Supreme - Con Brio
Never Be The Same - Con Brio
Survivors - Kelly McFarling

The World (Is Going Up In Flames) - Charles Bradley & the Menahan Street Band
Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
1612 - Vulfpeck
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
Memphis Train - Buddy Miles
The Game I'm In - Ego vs Id

In this episode of the California Zephyr, host DJ Knockout takes the show for a spin in the first ever Midnight Shuffle – a place where beats and punch-lines hit hard, a space where anything can happen.


Set List:
It All Feels Right - Washed Out
Nevermind - Foster The People
Day One - Toro Y Moi
Polish Girl - Neon Indian
War, Racism and Stephen Hawking - Ricky Gervais
When A Fire Starts To Burn - Disclosure
Something About Us - Daft Punk
Time To Pretend - MGMT
Dance Yrself Clean - LCD Soundsystem
Flippers - Art vs Science
Why? - Luis C.K.
Tapes & Money - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
I Sold My Bed, But Not My Sterio - Capital Cities
Black Hills - Gardens & Villa
Going Out - Hospitality
Rare Old Material - Robin Williams
Lover’s Carvings - Bibio
Fire Ant - Bibio
Estate feat. Louie Austen - Rodion
Minted - Star Slinger
Glen Close (feat. One Be Lo) - One Be Lo
Amnesia - Blu
Believe In Us - Thomas Prime feat. Awon
The Seed (2.0) - The Roots
Smooth As Eggs - Dave Chappelle
Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High? - Arctic Monkeys
Waiting Room - Fugazi
New Low - Middle Class Rut
What’s On Your Mind - Greyhounds
(Live Bonus)
Who - David Byrne & St. Vincent
L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. - Noah and the Whale

In this episode of the California Zephyr, DJ Knockout explores the world of drugs, guns and killers in an action-packed show about OUTLAWS.

Guest: Misisipi Mike


Another thrilling ride on the California Zephyr, jump on board!


Set List: (in reverse order)

Fish In The Jailhouse - Tom Waits
If You're A Viper - Fats Waller
Reefer Man - Cab Calloway
Billy The Kid - Ry Cooder
Opium - Ray Willie Hubbard
Arkansas Line - The Earl Brothers
Little Sadie - Clarence Ashley
The Lily of the West - The Chieftains ft Mark Knoftler
Down In The Willow Garden - Tim O'Brien
In The Jailhouse Now - Willie Nelson & Webb Pierce
Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde - Travis Tritt
Big Iron - Marty Robbins
Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jerry Lee Lewis
Stagger Lee - Jerry Lee Lewis
I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four
Lawyers Guns and Money - Warren Zevon
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon
Bury Me In Montgomery - Misisipi Mike Wolf & The Midnight Gamblers
Mama Tried (live) - Merle Haggard
Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised - Johnny Paycheck
Highway Patrol - Junior Brown
Get Out of Denver - Dave Edmunds
Radar Gun - The Bottle Rockets
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen
Ballad of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum
Ladies Love Outlaws - Waylon Jennings
Long Haired Redneck - David Allan Coe
Ain't No Good In An Evil Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings & Johnny Cash
Black Rose - Billy Joe Shaver
Outlaw Bit - Waylon Jennings
Frankie and Johnny - Johnny Cash
Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash

In this episode of the California Zephyr, DJ Knockout explores the magical world of vocal harmonies, starting with the harmonizing pros–brother duo–the Everly Brothers.

Paul Pants also makes an appearance and chimes in on the ALS ice-bucket challenge as well as providing a few fashion tips that every Mission hipster should know.

Other than that, nothing but great music featuring some of the greatest harmonizers of all time.

It's another can't miss trip aboard the California Zephyr, Radio Trans-Misison.

Set List:

Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
Devoted to you - The Everly Brothers
Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers
Radio & TV - The Everly Brothers
Devoted To You - The Everly Brothers

Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
I Get Around - The Beach Boys
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys

She's Not There- The Zombies
Da Doo Ron Ron- The Association
Gone Gone Gone - Robert Plant & Allison Krauss
The Christian Life - The Louvin Brothers
Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family
Towers - Bon Iver
Half-Moon - Iron and Wine
Dumpster World - Band of Horses
Two Weeks - Fleet Foxes

Day Tripper - The Beatles
No Reply - The Beatles
Let em In - Paul McCartney
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
Drive My Car - The Beatles

Back In Your Arms Again - The Mavericks
All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down - The Mavericks
Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills and Nash
Carry On - Crosby, Stills and Nash
Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds
One More Cup Of Coffee - Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
Country Store - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
Coming Soon - Doyle Lawsone and Quicksilver
Nelly Cane - Hot Rise
Down To The River to Pray - Allison Krauss

The first ever show for the California Zephyr, focusing on great brother musical groups throughout the ages. DJ Knockout takes his Maiden journey with a shiny new engine and a full head of steam.

Misisipi Mike joins the Zephyr on its first ride, playing a few of his favorite brother songs and making witty remarks from time to time.

It's the first ever, can't miss show, from the California Zephyr Radio Trans-Mission

Set LIst:

Long Train Runnin - Doobie Brothers
Gone Gone Gone - The Everly Brothers
My Baby's Gone - The Louvin Brothers
Knoxville Girl - The Louvin Brothers
Little Maggie - The Stanley Brothers
Hard To Be - The Vaughan Brothers
Long Way From Home - The Vaughan Brothers
Well Respected - The Kinks
Footsteps In The Dark - The Isley Brothers
Morning Mr Magpie - Radiohead
Darcy Farrow - The Rice Brothers
Murder In The City - The Avett Brothers
If You Want Me To Stay - Sly and the Family Stone
Ghost Town - First Aid Kit
Rum and Coca Cola - The Andrews Sisters
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters
Dirty Lie - Secret Sisters
Mississippi Song - Rising Appalachia
The Wedding - Runrig
No Refusing - The Sales Brothers
Misty Mountain Morning - Edgar and Johnny Winter
Rye Whiskey - The Punch Brothers
Next To The Trash - The Punch Brothers
Frankie's Gun - The Felice Brothers
Ragoo - Kings of Leon
Paper Doll - Mills Brothers
Help Me Lose My Mind - Disclosure
Boogie Child - The Bee Gees
Livin Together - The Bee Gees