Encore: Pete Townshend (HR 1), Raphael Saadiq (HR 2)

World Cafe returns to some of the year’s best interviews as 2019 comes to a close. Today, it’s Pete Townshend, who has a new album with The Who and has published his first ever novel, The Age of Anxiety. Pete talks about how the book relates to The Who’s classic rock opera, Tommy, and what he’d now say to his younger self – the one who wrote the line, “I hope I die before I get old.” Then in the second hour, Raphael Saadiq discusses his latest album, Jimmy Lee, named for his late brother, and reflects on working with Stevie Wonder, Kendrick Lamar, and Solange.

*The Who “5:15” Quadrophenia
Pete Townshend “Face The Face” White City
The Who “Overture” Tommy
The Who “Amazing Journey” Tommy
The Who “Sensation” Tommy
The Who “See Me, Feel Me” Then And Now
The Who “Baba O’ Riley” Who’s Next
The Who “All This Music Must Fade” Who
The Who “My Generation” Then And Now
The Who “Ball And Chain” Who
Pete Townshend “The Sea Refuses No River” All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes

Hour Two
*Joan Osborne “Running Out Of Time” Righteous Love
Raphael Saadiq “Something Keeps Calling” Jimmy Lee
Raphael Saadiq “Glory to the Veins” Jimmy Lee
Raphael Saadiq “So Ready” Jimmy Lee
Stevie Wonder “Golden Lady” Innervisions
Raphael Saadiq “Rearview” Jimmy Lee
Solange “Cranes In The Sky” Seat At The Table
Raphael Saadiq “I’m Feeling Love” Jimmy Lee
Citizen Cope “Son’s Gonna Rise” The Clarence Greenwood Recordings
Bob Marley & The Wailers “Jamming” Exodus
Grace Potter “Love Is Love” Daylight
Al Green “Tired Of Being Alone” Al Green Gets Next To You
Michael Kiwanuka “You Ain’t The Problem” Kiwanuka
Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs “Repo Man” God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise

*Optional Song