The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour
by Russ Tolman
Host Russ Tolman hoists anchor and sails the sonic seas near and far to discover and recover pleasingly eclectic, genre-defying musical nuggets new and old, fresh and classic. Russ will attempt to amaze with his smooth segues and his interviews with indie music legends.
Episodes
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #38
A bespoke set of entertainment from Russ: Lula Wiles - Oh My God (Shame & Sedition, 2021) The Delines - Maureen’s Gone Missing (Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom, 2025) Angaleena Presley - Wrangled (same. 2017) Sandy Denny - Who Knows Where the Time Goes (John Peel, BBC Session. 1973) Russ Tolman - Stuck Like...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #37
Russ gets down with his bad self and plays: 1. Allah-Las - Houston (Lahs, 2019) 2. Khraungbin - May Ninth (A La Sala, 2024) 3. Arc De Soleil - Got Caught in Amsterdam (The Thief in Marrakesh Got Caught in Amsterdam Trying to Escape, 2019) 4. LA LOM - El Sueno (La Lom, 2022) 5. Gill Landry - I…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #36 (1st Anniversary Show)
Russ pops the cork on one year of the Goodtime Hour and spins the following: Lambchop - Up With People (Nixon, 2000) Nick Drake - Hazey Jane II (Bryter Layter, 1971 Russ Tolman - You Oughta See Her Drive (City Lights, 1998) Grateful Dead - Ripple (American Beauty, 1970) Father John Misty…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #35 (TRUE WEST Special)
Russ talks True West and spins tunes from his former band. Get the inside story from the guy who was there: Lucifer Sam Hollywood Holiday Steps to the Door 20th Room (live in New Orleans) I Put A Spell On You (live) Look Around (Verlaine version) Burn The Roses (Verlaine) Throw Away The Key...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #34 (Souldies Special)
Russ spins souldies, both old and new! Thee Vellords - Somebody Please Baby Bash, Gabriella Martinez- Pure Intentions Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Ooh Baby Baby Odyssey - What’s Your Name === Thee Sacred Souls - We Don’t Have To Be Alone Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her? Aaron Frazier - Little...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #33 (Guest: Chris Stamey)
Russ chats with guest Chris Stamey about his new album and plays the following tunes: 1. Son Volt - Windfall 2. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - What We Had 3. Russ Tolman - Kid 4. Chris Stamey - Anything is Possible 5. Chris Stamey - I’d Be Lost Without You 6. Chris Stamey - Don’t Talk (Put Your...
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RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #32
1. Al Green - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (Let’s Stay Together, 1972) 2. Buck Owens - Massachusetts (In The Palm of Your Hand, 1972) 3. Paul Weller - I Started a Joke (Find El Dorado, 2025) 4. Michael Bublé - To Love Somebody (To Be Loved, 2013) 5. Translator - Everywhere That I am Not 6. The...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #31 (All Music(
Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno - Hopeless at Ease (Luminal, 2025) Bruce Springsteen - Sunday Love (Lost and Found: Selections from The Lost Albums, 2025) Frank Sinatra - What’s Now is Now (Watertown, 1970) Jon Klages - God Bless Columbia House Record Club (Fabulous Twilight, 2021) Jenny Lewis - Psychos...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #30 (Guest, Nelson Bragg)
It's a Power Pop Parade as I chat with Nelson Bragg about his new album and spin the following: 20/20 - Yellow Pills (s/t, 1979) Nelson Bragg - We’re Gonna Laugh About it (Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, 2025) Nelson Bragg - Forever Days (Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, 2025) Nelson Bragg…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #29 (Guest, Peter Holsapple)
Russ chats with Peter Holsapple about his new album and plays the following songs: Pernice Bros (w/ Neko Case) - I Don’t Need That Anymore (Who Will You Believe, 2024) Peter Holsapple - Larger Than Life (The Face of 68, 2025) Peter Holsapple - One for The Book (The Face of 68, 2025) Peter…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #28 (All Music)
Russ is back in the saddle with another great show: Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing (1979) Nelson Bragg - We’re Gonna Laugh Ab Soft Boys - Kingdom of Love (Underwater Moonlight) Popealopes - Violet (Kerosene, 1989) Matt Berninger - Bonnet of Pins (2025) Psychedelic Furs - We Love You (s/t 1980)…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #27 (All Music)
This week, Russ plays: Old Sea Brigade, Luke Sital-Singh - Call Me When You Land (2020, All The Ways You Sing in The Dark) Scott Hirsch - Future King (2025, Future King) Beck - Where It’s At (1996) The Delines - Maureen’s Gone Missing (2025, Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom) Neal Frances, She Say She - Broken...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #26
Jessica Pratt - Life Is (Here is the Pitch, 2024) Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (Psychocandy, 1985) Mekons - You’re Not Singing Anymore (Horror, 2025) Pretenders - Kid (s/t - 1979) Ian & Sylvia - Early Morning Rain (Early Morning Rain, 1965) John Martyn - Over Hill (Solid Air, 1973)...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #25
Russ pops the cork on the 25th episode of The Goodtime Hour: Thunderclap Newman - Something in The Air (1969) Pulling Mussels from a Shell - Squeeze (Argybargy,) Nick Lowe - So it Goes (Jesus of Cool, 1978) Byrds - My Back Pages Russ Tolman - North Hollywood Blues Guy Clark - LA Freeway Hiss…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #24
1. Gill Landry - Make It Through The Night (Anthropocene Blues) (Cinnamon Canyon Blues, 2024) Eilen Jewell - Witness (Gypsy, 2019) Theo Lawrence - Heaven To Me (Homemade Lemonade, 2018) Thee Sacred Souls - Can I Call You Rose (s/t - 2022) Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On (Let’s Get It On, 1973)…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #23 (Guest GILL LANDRY)
Russ chats with Gill Landry, two-time Grammy winner with Old Crow Medicine Show, about his own music... 1. Gill Landry - Dead Language 2. Gill Landry - Denver Girls 3. Gill Landry - Waiting For Your Love 4. Gill Landry - Nobody’s Coming 5. Gill Landry - Take This Body 6. Gill Landry - Always Here...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #22 (w/ guest Jon Langford)
Russ chats with artist/musician Jon Langford and spins the following tunes: 1. Delines - Left Hook Like Frazier 2. Thee Sacred Souls - Live for You 3. Mekons - Where Were You 4. The Three Johns - Death of the European 5. Jon Langford - Natchez Trace 6. Jon Langford - Pill Sailor 7. Freakons…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #21 (RAIN PARADE Special w/ guest Matt Piucci)
Russ chats with old pal Matt Piucci about all things Rain Parade, boatclub, Hellenes, Crazy Horse, and rocking with Country Joe McDonald... Rain Parade - You Are My Friend (explosions in the glass palace) Rain Parade - No Easy Way Down (ditto) Rain Parade - Depending on You (Crashing Dream)...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #20 (GIANT SAND Special with Guest HOWE GELB
Longtime buddy Howe Gelb and I take a peek at his 40 year career... 1. Howe Gelb - Thousand Kisses Deep 2. Giant Sand - Shiver 3. Giant Sand - Happenstance 4. Howe Gelb - Terribly So 5. Giant Sand - Cowboy Boots on Cobble Stone 6. Howe Gelb Sno Angel - Paradise There About 7. Giant Sand - Hurting...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #19 (Paisley Underground Special)
Russ Tolman of Paisley Underground adjacent band True West spins PU tunes and tells tales about the scene: 1. 15 Minutes - Last Chance For You 2. True West - Steps to the Door 3. Rain Parade - I Look Around (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip, 1983) 4. Salvation Army - She Turns to Flowers...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #18
Russ travels East... Alex Chilton - Bangkok Johnny Thunders & the ese Rocks Iggy Pop - China Girl Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden Dead Kennedy - Holiday in Cambodia The Vapors - Turning Japanese Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki Be Bop Deluxe - Japan The Teriyaki Boyz - Tokyo Drift (Fast &...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #17
Russ spins tunes from some of musical artists with which he has shared the stage over the years: 1. The Specials - Message To Rudy 2. Gang of Four - I Love a Man in a Uniform 3. Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy 4. Nina Hagen - TV Glotzer 5. The Three O’Clock - Jet Fighter 6. The Dream Syndicate - Then…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #16 (w/ guest Anton Barbeau)
Russ chats with psychedelic pop genius Anton Barbeau and plays the following tunes: 1. Merry Christmas (I Don’t to Fight) - Anna Ash, Brian Whelan, Darla Hawn 2. Alison Seconds - Little World 3. Anton Barbeau - In The Village of The Apple Sun 4. Anton Barbeau - Waiting on the Radio 5. John Cale -...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #15
Another great Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour. Russ spins: 1. Benny Trokan - Hey Lover (Hey Lovers, 2022) 2. The Lostines - A Tear (Meet The Lostines, 2024) 3. Bob Kuban & The In-Men - The Cheater (1966) 4. Anton Barbeau - Beautiful Look (Caveman Remake) 2024 5. Be Bop Deluxe - Electrical Language...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #14
Russ spins: 1. Dwight Twilley - Looking For The Magic 2. The 101ers - Keys to Your Heart 3. Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You 4. Bill Callahan - Too Many Birds 5. Russ Tolman - Lay Lady Lay 6. Okkervil River - Don’t Move Back To LA 7. Jesse Woods, Chapparelle, Zella Day - Sex & Rage 8. The Delines…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #13 (TELEVISION SPECIAL w/ guest RICHARD LLOYD)
Russ chats with Television guitarist Richard Lloyd about the early days of Television, meeting Hendrix, paling with Anita Pallenberg, the wonders of broccoli and more... 1. Television - Venus (Live in SF ’78) 2. Richard Lloyd - Alchemy (1979) 3. Television - Marquee Moon (Marquee Moon - 1977) 4....
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #12
Russ talks tomato canneries in Davis, CA and spins the following: 1. Charles Earland - More Today Than Yesterday (Black Talk - 1969, Prestige Label) 2. Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life (Revolver, 2022 Remix) 3. Waylon Jennings - Looking for a Feeling (Willie & Waylon - 1978) 4. Theo Lawrence…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #11
Russ spins tall tales and the following cool tunes: 1. Dr Lonnie Smith & Iggy Pop - Why Can’t We Live Together 2. Gill Landry - Nobody’s Coming 3. Giant Sand - Out There (Provisions) 4. Charley Crockett - Visions of Dallas 5. Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Blonde on Blonde) 6. Velvet Underground…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #10 (Guest: DANI MEZA of the crushedvelvets)
Russ chats with Dani Meza, frontman and songwriter of the soul-inflected band the crushedvelvets and spin tunes from the new album I PLANTED, APOLLOS WATERED, BUT GOD KEPT MAKING IT GROW. Playlist: 1.Felice Bros - Jazz on The Autobahn (single 2021) 2.Lou Reed - Vicious (Transformer 1972) 3.The...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #9 (Guest: SID GRIFFIN of the LONG RYDERS)
Russ interviews Long Ryder and Coal Porter SID GRIFFIN about his new solo album The Journey from Grape to Raisin, new Long Ryder and Coal Porter concert dates, his spring US tour with Peter Case, and his 32 years as a yankee in London. We spin the following tunes: XTC - Making Plans for Nigel…
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #8 (Guest: IAIN MATTHEWS - Fairport Convention, Matthew's Southern Comfort, Plainsong)
Russ chats with UK folk rock pioneer Iain Matthews and plays songs from his new album How Much is Enough. Russ also spins '60s Waylon Jennings, Waxahatchee, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Richard Hawley and more... Waxahatchee - Bored (Tigers Blood - 2024) Waylon Jennings - That’s What You Get For...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #7 (Guest: Barbara Manning)
Russ and Barbara chat about her long indie career, 28th Day, marriage, tortoises, her upcoming tour of Finland, plans for a new album, teaching a class of 80 kids how to play guitar, and much more. Russ also spins: 1. Tommy James - Crimson and Clover 2. Barr Brothers - Come In The Water (Sleeping...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #6 (w/ guest CHUCK PROPHET)
Russ chats with singer-songwriter, guitarist Chuck Prophet about his new album Wake The Dead and more... Russ also spins: Brian Eno - Here He Comes (Before and After Science - 1977) Cactus Blossoms - Statues (Everytime I Think About You - 2024 Harry Nilsson - Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga - (Pussy Cats -...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #5 (All Music)
Russ tells stories and spins the following wax: Chuck Prophet - Sugar into Water Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino ? and the Mysterians - Hangin’ on a String JP Harris - Dark Thoughts Ronnie Milsap - Daydreams About Night Things Theo Lawrence - Liquor & Love Richard Hawley - Prism in Jeans...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #4 (All Music)
This week, we are spinning these great tracks: 1. Iggy Pop - The Passenger (Lust for Life - 1977) 2. David Bowie - Sound & Vision (Low - 1977) 3. Thin White Rope - Mother (Moonhead - 1987) 4. Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar (1987) 5. The Mighty Stef - Nightwatchman of Iveagh Flats (2014) 6....
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #3 (guest PETER HOLSAPPLE)
Peter Holsapple chats with Russ about The dBs: history, reissues, reunion shows, and how nice Linda McCartney was. PLUS Peter takes the deep dive into his other band The Continental Drifters and the new book, 2CD tribute, and the best of collection. Plus Russ spins these tunes: 1. The Frightnrs -...
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THE RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #2 (w/ guest STEVE WYNN of the Dream Syndicate, Baseball Project)
Today's episode finds Russ chatting with his old friend Steve Wynn about Steve's new memoir I Would Say It If It Wasn't True and his new album Make It Right. Russ and Steve also share stories of their time to together in Davis, CA and the band Suspects with Kendra Smith (later of Dream Syndicate)...
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RUSS TOLMAN GOODTIME HOUR #1 (All Music)
Join Russ on his debut broadcast when he talks about life and radio in Davis and plays: 1. Flamin’ Groovies - Shake Some Action 2. Steve Wynn - Make It Right (title track of new album out next Friday) 3. Dillard & Clark - Don’t Let Me Down (Through the Morning, Through The Night - 1969) 4. Nick...
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Host Russ Tolman hoists anchor and sails the sonic seas near and far to discover and recover pleasingly eclectic, genre-defying musical nuggets new and old, fresh and classic. Russ will attempt to amaze with his smooth segues and his interviews with indie music legends.
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