Too much monkey business for you to be involved in? Hope not. This week The Jewel Case examines songs about primates with Buck Owens, The Dickies, I-Roy, Big Maybelle and tons more weighing in. But first...
- David Bowie- Little Wonder
- The Artwoods- Can You Hear Me
- The Monkees- Porpoise Song
- The Mermen- Scalp Salad
- The Go- American Pig
- Suzi Quatro- 48 Crash
- Run-D.M.C.- They Call Us Run-D.M.C. (Happy Birthday- Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels)
- Led Zeppelin- Bonzo’s Montreux (Happy Birthday- John Bonham)
- Free- Mr. Big
- The Yardbirds- Stroll On
- The Funk Ark- Rinconito
- Rachid Taha- Barra Barra
- Gorillaz- Starshine
And now for the theme: Too Much Monkey Business
- The Rolling Stones- Monkey Man
- Louis Prima- I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
- Major Lance- The Monkey Time
- Dave Bartholomew- The Monkey (Speaks His Mind)
- Elvis Costello & The Imposters- Monkey To Man
- The Kinks- Apeman
- The Dickies- You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)
- Gino Washington- Come Monkey WIth Me
- The New York Dolls- Dance Like A Monkey
- Patti Smith Group- Space Monkey
- Warren Zevon- Gorilla, You’re A Desperado
- Amy Winehouse- Monkey Man
- The Ideals- Go-Go Gorilla
- Rufus Thomas- Can Your Monkey Do The Dog?
- Big Maybelle- One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
- Fats Domino- Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
- Dave Rawlings Machine- The Monkey And The Engineer
- Buck Owens & His Buckeroos- You Made A Monkey Out Of Me
- Ten Years After- Hard Monkeys
- I-Roy- Fashion Monkey
- David Byrne- Monkey Man
- Ikenga Super Stars Of Africa- Soffry Soffry Catch Monkey
- Chuck Berry- Too Much Monkey Business
- B.B. King- Sell My Monkey
- The J. Geils Band- Monkey Island
Join Tod Weidner on Thursday, 8-11pm for The Jewel Case, a weekly celebration of all manner of musical goodness: deep cuts, forgotten treasures, and curiosities with a new theme each show spanning all genres, eras and locales.