Goodbye

"It's one thing to make an entrance, it's another thing entirely to get out alive. So for the next hour we'll be checking all the exits, finding our way outta here…and this show might run a little long this week, but that's OK. What are they gonna do, fire me?"

Singers and Songs

  • Elmore James
    Goodbye (Baby)
  • Charlie Poole
    Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane
  • Bessie Banks
    Go Now
  • The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
    The Leaving of Liverpool (Fare Thee Well, My Own True Love)
  • The Ovations
    Adios Señorita
  • Slim Smith
    (If It Don't Work Out) Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
  • Les Paul & Mary Ford
    Vaya Con Dios (Go with God)
  • Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler
    If This Is Goodbye
  • Little Caesar
    Goodbye Baby
  • Weldon Rogers & The Teen Kings
    So Long, Good Luck and Goodbye
  • Los Lobos
    Let's Say Goodnight
  • Jimmy Liggins and His Drops of Joy
    Troubles Goodbye
  • Buffalo Springfield
    Go and Say Goodbye
  • Slim Gaillard
    Sploghm
  • Bobby Charles
    See You Later Alligator
  • Jackie Brenston
    Much Later
  • Warren Smith
    So Long, I'm Gone
  • Peppermint Harris
    Bye Bye Fare Thee Well
    “Great loose sounding record. Really sounds like he's in it. You know what drives me crazy? I see all these pictures of rock bands in the studio, and they're very careful to make sure you can see the bottle of whiskey they have with them. They want you to know they're on the edge. You listen to their records, they don't sound like that. What's up with that? This guy, Peppermint Harris, probably just had a couple nips before he went into the studio and he sounds loose as a goose.”
  • Jamaican Duke and The Mento Swingers
    Jamaica Farewell
  • Ivie Anderson and Duke Ellington
    I'm Checkin' Out, Goo'm Bye
  • Lead Belly
    Goodnight Irene
  • Lee Dorsey
    So Long
  • Woody Guthrie
    So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust)

Other People and Players

Other Songs and Albums

  • Dust My Broom
  • Pieces of Sky
  • Wrecking Ball
  • The Leaving of Liverpool (Fare Thee Well, My Own True Love)
  • Rockin 88
  • Whole Lotta Shakin Going On
  • I Got Loaded
  • Got My Drink On
  • Three Sheets To The Wind
  • I'm Drunk
  • Drinking Some More
  • I'm Thirsty
  • I Will Always Love You
  • Little Liza Jane
  • Samuel Bratton

The Plays & Musicals

  • Hamlet

The Radio Shows

Record Labels

  • So Long
  • Aladdin
  • Sittin in With
  • Imperial Records
  • Qwing Records
  • Sun
  • Specialty Records
  • Hollywood
  • Columbia
  • Tiger
  • Atlantic
  • Crown
  • Trumpet Records

Places

  • England
  • Broadway
  • Minnesota
  • The Hotel De France
  • Fenton, NY
  • Memphis, TN
  • United States
  • Altamont, CA
  • Birmingham, AL
  • Greenwich Villiage
  • Glasgow
  • Glasgow
  • Pittsburg
  • California
  • Seminole, West Texas
  • New Mexico
  • Argentina
  • Paris
  • Buenos Aries
  • Guggenheim
  • Mexico
  • Germany
  • Barcelona
  • Goodman Theatre
  • Chicago
  • Texarkana
  • New Jersey
  • Culver City Cotton Club
  • Australia
  • Montreal

Guests

  • Ellen Barkin

Books and Poems

Movies and TV Shows

Songs Hits in Foreign Languages

  • La Bamba

    Richie Valens

  • The Macarena
  • Santana

    Oye Como Va

  • Sukiyaki

    Kyu Sakamoto

  • Styx

    Mr Roboto

Slang Terms for Goodbye

  • Catch you on the flip flop
  • Check ya later
  • Later Skater
  • Tata for now
  • Cheerio
  • Bon Voyage
  • So long and thanks for all the fish
  • Tally-ho
  • See ya later, alligator

Misc

“And it has been good to know you this year and here we are at the end of another season. May you have warm words on a cool evening, a full moon of a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door. I'm going to head on down to Elmo's Lounge. We're having our wrap party there. Sampson's Diner is catering. If you happen to be driving by and the light is still on, come in and have a drink. It'd be good to see ya. In the mean time, see ya later, so long, and don't ever forget, every goodbye is the birth of a memory. Splogham”