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This program was pre-recorded on Saturday, April 4th, 2026

Theme:  Dave Van Ronk, Sunday Street (SUNDAY STREET, Philo)

Opening set 
Gene Autry, Peter Cottontail (THE ESSENTIAL GENE AUTRY, Legacy) 
Steve Goodman, Easter Parade (THE EASTER TAPES, Red Pajamas)  
Nina Simone, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (TO LOVE SOMEBODY, RCA) 
Tom Russell, Nina Simone (BLOOD AND CANDLE SMOKE, Shout Factory) 

Set # 2
John Prine, Jesus, the Missing Years (LIVE ON TOUR, Oh Boy) 
Cry Cry Cry, The Ballad of Mary Magdalene (LIVE AT THE FREIGHT,  bandcamp.com)
Richard Thompson, Gethsemene (THE OLD KIT BAG, Cooking Vinyl)
David Olney, Barabbas (THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY, Philo)
Patti Smith, Easter (EASTER, Arista)

Set # 3
Sloan Wainwright, When I Walk Away (LIFE GROWS BACK, Derby Disc) 
Sloan Wainwright, Between the Lines (LIFE GROWS BACK, Derby Disc)

(Sloan Wainwright plays WUSB's Sunday Street Series on Sunday, April 19th at 5 P.M.
Information at sundaystreet.org)

Set # 4
A conversation with Sloan Wainwright that included:
Sloan Wainwright, Summertime (COOL MORNING, Derby Disc)
Sloan Wainwright, First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (UNCOVERING, Not on Label)
Loudon Wainwright et.al.,Meet The Wainwrights  (YEARS IN THE MAKING, StorySound)

Set # 5
Sloan Wainwright & Rufus Wainwright, Tired of Wasting Time (LIFE GROWS BACK, Derby Disc) 
Kate & Anna McGarrigle, School Days (THE McGARRIGLE HOUR, Hannibal) 
Loudon Wainwright III, The Acid Song (MORE LOVE SONGS, Rounder)
Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche, Landslide (MUD & APPLES, self-released)  
Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche, Get the Better (I CAN HEAR YOU STILL, StorySound) 

Set # 6
Ralph McTell, Jesus Wept (SAND IN YOUR SHOES, Red House)
David Massengill, Crucifixion (WHAT'S THAT I HEAR?, Sliced Bread) 

Set # 7
Phil Ochs, Boy in Ohio (PHIL OCHS GREATEST HITS, A&M) 
Phil Ochs, Jim Dean in Indiana (PHIL OCHS GREATEST HITS, A&M)
Michael McNevin, Giant Lonesome (IN THE ROUGH, Mudpuddle Music)
James O'Malley, CelluloId Heroes (THE KINKS UNKOVERED, Paradiddle)
Garland Jeffreys, 35 mm Dreams (GHOST WRITER, A&M)

Dylan  
Bob Dylan, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (THE 'ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT', BOOTLEG SERIES V.4, Columbia)
Bob Dylan, Visions of Johanna (THE 'ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT', BOOTLEG SERIES V.4, Columbia)


 

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