Summer Mix 2016

While this year's summer mix spans 60 years, nearly half of the songs are from 2015-16, and with a few exceptions fall primarily within the rock and/or blues genres. Rock isn't dead, you just need to know where to look. Some of the older tracks have been long-time summer favorites that had yet to make it onto a mix, like "Arc of a Diver" by Steve Winwood and "Thunder And Lightning" by Phil Collins. Both of these and a few others have been synonymous with summer since first listen. There are also some extended mellow sections that give the mix a nice ebb and flow throughout. Initially I was going to include the new Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Dark Necessities" and Eric Clapton's "Catch the Blues", but felt their tone didn't mesh with the other tracks. - Salud!



Summer Mix 2016
Midnight Sun (intro) - Jackie Gleason (1963)
Waiting on Your Love - Eric Krasno (2016)
Soundcheck - Catfish and the Bottlemen (2016)
Message In A Bottle - The Police (1979)
Shine - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals (2016)
My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder (1969)
My Ever Changing Moods - The Style Council (1984)
Weekend's Long - Ziggy Marley (2016)
Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood (1980)
Better - Haley Reinhart (2016)
Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest (1973)
I Need Never Get Old - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (2015)
Angela - The Lumineers (2016)
Howling At Nothing - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (2015)
Lover Come Back - City and Colour (2015)
Tempted - Squeeze (1981)
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton (2015)
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out - Bruce Springsteen (1975)
Thunder And Lightning - Phil Collins (1981)
Don't Know What It Means - Tedeschi Trucks Band (2016)
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - The Hollies (1971)
Sexy M.F. - Prince (1992)
Take It Off - The Donnas (2002)
Something So Strong - Crowded House (1986)
All Night Long - Eric Lindell (2008)
Our Love Is Here to Stay - Dinah Washington (1956)

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