Dr. Kenton Wakes Up - Jun 03, 2026
Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band - This Little Light of Mine
Tom Waits - Downtown Train
And the pretty boy covers it, making it a huge hit…
Rod Stewart - Downtown Train
[Ed: I mentioned on today’s episode about my host sister’s 55th birthday. During my exchange year (1989-1990), Rod Stewart released Downtown Train, and it became a pretty big hit. As a result, he made the rounds of chat shows to perform it. One of them was on a German network (ZDF?) hosted by Thomas Gottschalk]. It might have been as a musical feature on a show like Wetten, dass…. In Any event, Rod performed the song, and in every other instance I recall from that show, the musician would come out and get interviewed by the host for a few minutes. Rod dipped out and there was no interview. Anyway, that’s how I remember it…]