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Coffee Break: Seasoned artists for National Fossil Day

October 12, 2016

This 3 million-year-old foot bone suggests that Australopithecus -- Lucy and her kind -- could have been the first upright walkers.
This 3 million-year-old foot bone suggests that Australopithecus -- Lucy and her kind -- could have been the first upright walkers.Carol Ward and Elizabeth Harman/Science/AAAS, via NPR

It's National Fossil Day - a day when the National Park Service promotes public awareness of fossils and an appreciation of their scientific and educational values.

In slightly related news, Desert Trip (lovingly nicknamed Oldchella) is headed into its second weekend, featuring The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and The Who.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what "seasoned" artists would you like to hear?

Songs played

Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia
Aretha Franklin - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
Tom Waits - The Soul Of A Man
Mavis Staples - Action
The Replacements - I'm In Trouble
Iggy Pop - Gardenia