Current Mystic Ya Ya Playlist :
All of these listed tunes have been performed and recorded with Krewe of Renegades, Rita Clarke and the Naturals, Rita’s Backyard Band , Rita & Richard, and The Mystic Ya Ya Band. This music has been inspired by some of the best and most prominent traditional New Orleans music legends along with the rich and diversified musical heritage of Memphis and American roots rock & roll. So get up and dance, tap your feet and let the music move your spirit!
Ain’t Necessarily Married – Rita Clarke and the Naturals
Ain’t That True Love – Oscar Toney Jr.
Angel From Montgomery – Bonnie Raitt & John Prine
Atlantic City – Bruce Springsteen
Bitter and Blue – Krewe Of Renegades
Black Drawers – Jimmy & Janie Cheatham
Blue Bayou – Roy Orbison
Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino
Breakaway – Irma Thomas, Jackie De Shannon
Brickyard Blues (Play Something Sweet) – Allen Toussaint
Buddy Bolden’s Blues – Jelly Roll Morton
Can’t Straighten Your Mind – Chuck Garbo
Casa Del Sol – Krewe Of Renegades
Cherry Bomb – John Mellencamp
Cissy Strut – The Meters
City of New Orleans – Steve Goodman
Deep River Blues – Delmar Brothers
Desperado – Eagles
Dixie Chicken – Little Feat
Do You Really Know What’s Goin’ On – Krewe Of Renegades
Don’t Mess With My Toot Toot – Rockin’ Sidney
Down By The Riverside (Study War No More) – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Everyday People – Sly and the Family Stone
Feelin’ Good – JB Lenior
Forever Young – Bob Dylan
Give It Up Or Let Me Go – Bonnie Raitt
Go To The Mardi Gras – Professor Longhair
Good Night Irene – Leadbelly, James Booker
Hallelujah I Just Love Him So – Ray Charles
Hang Tuff – Allen Toussaint
Hey Pocky Way / Brother John – The Meters, Wild Tchoupitoulas
Hip Shakin’ Mama – Irma Thomas
Holy Cow – Lee Dorsey
I Can Hear Music – The Ronnetts, the Beach Boys
I Did My Part – Irma Thomas
I Got Loaded – Los Lobos/ Little Bob and the Lollipops
I Hope You’re The End Of My Story – Pistol Annies
I Know – Barbara George
If I Needed You – Townes Van Zandt
If Not For You – Bob Dylan
Iko Iko/ Brother John – Dr. John, Dixie Cups, Wild Magnolias
In The Pines – Traditional/Link Wray/Rita & Richard Clarke
It Takes A Lot – Dorothy Pierce/Rita Clarke and the Naturals
It’s Raining – Irma Thomas
Jambalaya – The Meters, Hank Williams
Jolie Blonde – Traditional
Junco Partner – James Booker, Dr John
Just In Time – Rita Clarke and the Backyard Band
Just Want My La La – Krewe Of Renegades
King of the Road – Roger Miller, James Booker
La Treccia Bionde/Capriccio Italiano – The Backyard Band/Tchaikovsky
Life – Allen Toussaint
Life’s Lessons – Rita Clarke’s Backyard Band
Lit – O – Bit – Rita Clarke and the Naturals
Little Lovin’ – Rita Clarke and the Naturals
Little Ole’ Money Maker – The Meters
Louisiana 1927 – Randy Newman
Mama and Papa – Earl King
Mardi Gras Mambo – The Meters
Maybe – Chantells
Me and My Chauffeur – Memphis Minnie
Mean 0le’ World – Professor Longhair, Little Walter
Menopause Song – Rita Clarke and the Naturals
Mind Your Own Business – Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder, Hank Williams
Moondance – Van Morrison
Moonshadow – Cat Stevens
More Than You Know – Billie Holiday
My Toot Toot – Rockin’ Sydney
November Rose – Krewe Of Renegades
Oh My – Allen Toussaint
Ophelia – The Band
Other Side Of The Mountain – Rita Clarke and the Naturals
Pancho & Lefty – Townes Van Zandt
People Got To Be Free – The Rascals
Put A Little Love In Your Heart – Jackie De Shannon
Quinn The Eskimo – Bob Dylan
Radiatin’ Streetside – Krewe Of Renegades
Reconsider Me – Johnny Adams
Remedy – The Band
Right Place, Wrong Time – Dr John
Roamin’ itus – Eddie Bo
Rockin’ Pneumonia – Huey Piano Smith
Ruler Of My Heart – Irma Thomas
Saints Go Marching In – Traditional
Second Line – Senator Jones
Shoo Ra Shoo Ra – Allen Toussaint, Betty Wright
Sick and Tired – Chris Kenner, Fats Domino
Simply Something Else – Krewe Of Renegades
Sittin’ In La La – Lee Dorsey
Sloop John B – Beach Boys
So Swell When You’re Well – James Booker
Something You Got – Chris Kenner, Wilson Pickett
Son Of A Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
Stollin’ Rampart – Krewe Of Renegades
Such A Night – Dr John
Sunny – Bobby Hebb
Take Care Of The Heart – Rita Clarke and the Naturals
Teenage Wedding (You Never Can Tell) – Chuck Berry
That Soulful Thang – Krewe Of Renegades
The Chicken – Pee Wee Ellis/Jaco Pastorius
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band
They All Ask For You (Audubon Zoo) – The Meters
Thinking Of You – Irma Thomas/Leon Davis Bonds
Tipitina – Professor Longhair
Time Is Tight – Booker T and the MG’s
Turn It Around – Krewe Of Renegades
Two Winters Long – Irma Thomas
Under The Purple Moon – Rita Clarke and the Naturals
Voodoo Queen – Krewe Of Renegades
Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker/Bob Dylan
What ‘Cha Gonna Do – Rita Clarke and the Naturals
What Was I Thinking – Rita Clarke and the Naturals
When A Man Loves A Woman – Percy Sledge
When The Battle Is Over – Dr John, Jesse Hill
Who Do You Love – Bo Diddley, Jo Ann & Troy
Who’ll Stop The Rain – John Fogerty
Who Were You Thinking Of – Jim Glaser, Doug Sahm
Women Be Wise – Sippie Wallace
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – Bob Dylan, The Band
You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis/Ray Charles/Richard Berry
Your Mind Is On Vacation – Mose Allison