World Cafe Playlist for 04/06/2021

Best songs about playing guitar, hosted by Raina Douris

A special episode for guitar-lovers…What are the best songs ever written ABOUT playing the guitar? Host Raina Douris takes us on a journey of great jams about “strumming the six-string” and “shredding the axe”! World Cafe listeners were polled for their favorite tunes, and we’ll hear the top picks in this hour-long set – Featuring Radiohead, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, and so many more.

Buddy Guy “Born To Play Guitar” Born To Play Guitar

The Beatles “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” The Beatles

Talking Heads “Electric Guitar” Fear of Music

Radiohead “Anyone Can Play Guitar” Pablo Honey

Lilly Hiatt “Never Play Guitar” Walking Proof

John Hiatt “Perfectly Good Guitar” Perfectly Good Guitar

Jonathan Richman “Fender Stratocaster” Johnathan Richman

Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” Chuck Berry Is On Top

Bruce Springsteen “Thunder Road” Born To Run

Rosanne Cash “Tennessee Flat Top Box” King’s Record Shop

The Hooters “Beat Up Guitar” Zig Zag

They Might Be Giants “The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)” Apollo 18

Jump Little Children “My Guitar” Magazine

Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing” Dire Straits

Hour Two
*Beck “Bottle of Blues” Mutations

The Weather Station “Tried to Tell You” Ignorance

Phoenix “Identical” Music from the Motion Picture “On the Rocks”

serpentwithfeet “Fellowship” DEACON

Jamila Woods “Zora” Legacy! Legacy!

Oliver Wood “Fine Line” Always Smilin’

Jerry Garcia “Cats Under the Stars” Cats Under the Stars

Waxahatchee “Streets of Philadelphia” Saint Cloud (Deluxe Edition)

Goat Girl “Sad Cowboy” On All Fours

Echo & The Bunnymen “The Killing Moon” Ocean Rain

Fleet Foxes “Sunblind” Shore

*Optional Song