We’ll put on some records to cheer you up!
We’ll put on some records to cheer you up on Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio) We’ve got an eclectic mix of music, including Jimmy Cliff, The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Viagra Boys, Wilson Pickett, Bruce Springsteen, Cassidy Snider & The Wranglers, Shane Parish, Bill Callahan, & more!
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Show archive
Playlist
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The Rolling Stones, “Miss You (12" Version)”
from The Singles 1971-2006 (Box Set)
Polydor Records - 2011
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Grateful Dead, “New Minglewood Blues (Live)”
from Dick's Picks Vol. 13: 5/6/81 (Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY)
Grateful Dead/Rhino - 1999
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Grateful Dead, “Stella Blue (Live)”
from 1982/04/03 Norfolk VA, The Scope
Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/gd1982-04-03.sbd.miller.96069.sbeok.flac16/ - 1982
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Viagra Boys, “Man Made of Meat”
from viagr aboys
Shrimptech Enterprises - 2025
Joel's Pick of the Week
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Eddie Floyd, “634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)”
from Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
Craft Recordings - 2023
RIP Steve Cropper (12/03/2025)
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Wilson Pickett, “In the Midnight Hour”
from In the Midnight Hour
Rhino Atlantic - 1965
RIP Steve Cropper (12/03/2025)
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Bruce Springsteen, “Streets of Minneapolis”
from Streets of Minneapolis - Single
Columbia Records - 2026
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Joe Ely, “She Never Spoke Spanish To Me”
MCA Nashville - 1977
Joe Ely (RIP 12/15/2025)
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Julian Cope, “I Have Always Been Here Before”
from Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye (A Tribute To Roky Erickson)
Rhino/Warner Records - 1989
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Bill Callahan & Smog, “Beautiful Child”
from The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan’s "Smog" Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session - EP
Drag City - 2024
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![Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition) [Live]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music116/v4/9b/c7/f7/9bc7f7d5-fefa-cb5a-6ebb-ccd5e862f215/603497831289.jpg/225x225bb.jpg)
Talking Heads, “Slippery People (Live)”
from Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition) [Live]
Rhino/Warner Records - 1984
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The Barr Brothers, “English Harbour (feat. Jim James & Arc Iris)”
from Let it Hiss
Secret City Records - 2025