This week on The Shake Out: spotlight on the career of Earth, Wind and Fire leader Maurice White, including his early days as a session drummer for Chess Records in Chicago, including work for the Radiants, Fontella Bass, Minnie Riperton and more. Plus we’ll hear his later production work for the Emotions, Deniece Williams and others. But first, we kick off the show with some great 45s, including Detroiters Joe Murphy, Marvin Gaye, and the Superlatives.

All new, all-vinyl episode of The Shake Out with host Dave Lawson.

The Shake Out Playlist for July 28, 2026

• “Shake” – Shadows of Knight
• “Go On and Have Yourself a Ball” – Mar-Vels
• “So Blue (Without You)” – Joe Murphy
• “Need Your Lovin (Want You Back)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Down Home” – The Jaynells
• “I Smiled Yesterday” – Dionne Warwick
• “Foolin’ ‘Round” – Patsy Cline
• “Ooh Ooh Here Comes the Dragon” – Marvin Holmes and the Uptights
• “Don’t Walk Away” – Superlatives
• “I Can’t Please You” – Jimmy Robbins
• “Shim Sham Shimmy” – Champion Jack Dupree
• “Wade in the Water” – Ramsey Lewis
• “Rescue Me” – Fontella Bass
• “Ain’t No Big Thing” – The Radiants
• “Sitting in the Park” – Billy Stewart
• “La La La” – The Salty Peppers
• “Wear It on Our Face” – The Dells
• “Les Fleurs” – Minnie Riperton
• “On Your Face” – Charles Stepney
• “On Your Face” – Earth Wind and Fire
• “Watching Over” – Deniece Williams
• “Love’s What’s Happenin'” – The Emotions
• “Uhuru” – Ramsey Lewis
• “Happy Feeling” – Earth Wind and Fire

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music we’ll check out forthcoming music from Jack White, newly released work from Vince Staples, Sylvan Esso, Jesse Welles and much more…

Also this week, some Earth Wind & Fire for those who have (and haven’t) seen the new HBO doc, plus the Detroiter who taught EWF some valuable lessons!

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for June 20, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Gentle Reminder” – MT Jones
• “Pep Talk” – Death Cab For Cutie
• “Fallin'” – Alicia Keys (Songs In A Minor turns 25)
• “Cool Cat” – Us3
• “I Believe (Everything’s Gonna Be Alright)” – Thornetta Davis
• “The Ballad Of Big Balls” – Jesse Welles
• “Serpentine Fire” – Earth Wind & Fire
• “Uhuru” – Ramsey Lewis Trio
• “What You Won’t Do For Love” – Bobby Caldwell
• “Magic Island” – Kathy Kosins
• “Dollar Bill” – Jack White
• “Only In America” – Vince Staples
• “Ain’t No Man” – The Avett Brother (turned 50 at Hill yesterday!)

HOUR TWO:

• “Stranger Danger” – Infinity Song
• “Stay On That” – Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds
• “Right Action” – Franz Ferdinand
• “Burning Out” – The Linda Lindas
• “Black Cloud” – Rosetta Pebble
• “The World Moves On” – Michelle Held (Tiny Desk Detroit)
• “I Am Woman Again” – Vahn Black (Tiny Desk Detroit)
• “Fossils” – THAO
• “Hot Slob” – Sylvan Esso
• “How Come You Never Go There” – Feist w/Mountain Man
• “Run Baby Run” – Grace Potter
• “Funky Dollar Bill” – Funkadelic
• “Keep Your Head To The Sky” – Earth Wind & Fire

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music we’re celebrating Record Store Day by doing the show live in a record store! It’s an all-vinyl show, featuring vintage and brand new discs, live from Third Man Records in the Cass Corridor!

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for April 18, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground” – The White Stripes (live at WDET 1999)
• “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” – James Brown
• “1999” – Charli XCX
• “Little Plastic Castles” – Ani Difranco
• “In The Stone” – Earth Wind & Fire
  
• “Some Other Guy” – The Hentchmen (Third Man Records customer purchase)
  
• “Get On The Right Track Baby” – Ray Charles
• “George Clinton Got In My Car” – The Howling Diablos
• “Can You Get To That” – Funkadelic
• “Looking At You” – MC5
• “Make You Better” – The Decemberists
• “If You Want Me” – The Womack Sisters
• “Let’s Rock” – Barrett Strong
  

• “Atlantic City” – The City Lines
• “On The Northline” – Frontier Ruckus
• “Hurtin’ On The Bottle” – Margo Price
• “Long Gone Lonesome Blues” – Sheryl Crow
• “Talk To Me Nice” – Tinashe
• “Tribute To Mississippi Fred McDowell” – Bonnie Raitt
• “Paint This Town” – Old Crow Medicine Show (Third Man Records customer purchase)
• “Lizzie” – Starcrawler (Third Man Records customer purchase)
• “Rock You Up” – The Romantics
• “Paradise” – Sade
• “Lookin’ Back” – Bob Seger
  
• “I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It” – Stevie Wonder
  

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org