Saturday, February 09, 2013

Remembering Lux

It was only four years and five days ago that the mighty Lux Interior, high potentate of The Cramps, left this unworthy world.

We'll celebrate his rockin' bones Sunday night on Terrell's Sound World with songs by the Cramps, songs The Cramps taught us and songs Lux and Ivy loved.

The show starts 10 p.m. Mountain Time on KSFR, 101.1 FM for listeners in Santa Fe and much of Northern New Mexico. It also will stream live at THIS LINK. I'll probably start this set right after The 11th Hour.

In the meantime, those of you with Spotify should check out my Lux and Ivy Favorites playlist (embedded below) and/or download some or all of the compilations by Kogar the Swinging Ape.

Stay sick, pendejos!


Friday, February 08, 2013

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST


Santa Fe Opry Facebook BannerFriday, Feb. 8 , 2013 
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM 
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10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time 
Host: Steve Terrell 
101.1 FM
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 OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line by Buck Owens
White Lightning by Don Rich
Where the Devil Don't Stay by Drive-By Truckers
Jimmie Rodger's Last Blue Yodel by Jason & The Scorchers
Hang Up and Drive by Junior Brown
Venus by Southern Culture on the Skids
Floor to Crawl by James Hand
Borrowed Love by Beth Lee and the Breakups
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Maria Muldaur

I Like the Way by The Imperial Rooster
Lost in the Ozone Again by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Do What I Say by The Waco Brothers
Bang Bang Bang by Gurf Morlix
They Call Me Country by DM Bob & The Deficits
Snake Farm by Ray Wylie Hubbard
Rapid City South Dakota by Kinky Friedman
Prayin' Hands by Elliott Rogers

Beautiful Blue Eyes by Red Allen & The Kentuckians
John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto' by Chris Thomas King
Rock Chalk by The Calamity Cubes
Smokey Old Bar by Dale Watson
Bring It To Me When You Come by David Bromberg with Levon Helm
Kiss and Tell Baby by Kim Lenz & Her Jaguars
Raise the Moon by The Goddamn Gallows
Move on Down the Line by Roy Orbison

The Sky Above, The Mud Below by Tom Russell
The Farmer's Daughter by Merle Haggard
Entella Hotel by Peter Case
Dark End of the Street by Frank Black
Come on Sugar by Amanda Pearcy
Om the Corduroy Road by Al Duvall
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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TERRELL'S TUNEUP: Blues Codgers Roar!

A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican 
Feb. 8,  2013


Blues, soul, and folk-funk trooper Bobby Rush isn’t exactly stretching any musical boundaries on his latest album, Down in Louisiana. But the album is full of strong, energetic performances that should satisfy old fans and maybe even impress some new listeners.

A longtime veteran of the contemporary “chitlin’ circuit” — a loose-knit string of music venues that caters to middle-aged working-class African Americans — Rush didn’t receive much national attention until 10 years ago, when he was featured in a memorable segment of The Road to Memphis, part of the Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues series on PBS.

A little history: Rush was born Emmit Ellis Jr. in Homer, Louisiana, in 1940 — or 1936, or was it 1935? Reportedly his father’s profession — he was a pastor at not one but two churches — is why the younger Ellis decided to use a stage name. Back then, the son of a preacher man wasn’t supposed to be fooling around with the devil’s music — though according to some sources, Emmit Sr. picked a little guitar and blew a little harp himself.

Rush’s family moved to Arkansas when he was a teenager and to Chicago in the mid-’50s. There he fell in with blues giants Freddie King and Luther Allison, playing in bands with both. Rush didn’t have a “hit” record until 1971, when tiny Galaxy Records released his single “Chicken Heads” (which was included in the impressive soundtrack of the 2007 film Black Snake Moan).

By the early ’70s, Rush slipped the surly boundaries of Chicago blues, signing up with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff’s Philadelphia International label. His first album for the label, Rush Hour (1979), wasn’t as lush and slick as most of Gamble and Huff’s fare. Like Johnny “Guitar” Watson in the ’70s, Rush mutated from down-home blues to a sound closer to soul and funk than it was to the work of Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf.

For years, stretching into this century, Rush’s music featured horns, sometimes strings, and plenty of cheesy synthesizers (way too many for my taste). But Down in Louisiana features a stripped-down bar band (no horns, no synths) for a basic soul/blues sound. It’s not quite as basic as his “unplugged” acoustic album Raw from a few years ago, but it works.

The title song kicks off the album. Old rock ’n’ rollers should notice that some of the lyrics are lifted from the old P.J. Proby hit “Niki Hoeky” (a song that Rush himself covered several years ago). It’s a swampy song that features a Cajun accordion and hard-throbbing bass.

It’s good to know that despite his advanced years, Rush still has a healthy dirty mind. Among the songs here are double-entendre-ridden tunes (mild by modern standards) such as a remake of one of his early songs, “Bowlegged Woman” (“You and me, baby, we go in hand/Like a bowlegged woman and a knock-kneed man”). And there’s one I had never heard before, “You Just Like a Dresser” (the punch line here is “Someone’s always ramblin’ in your drawers”).

Rush gets to show off his harmonica powers on “Don’t You Cry,” a sweet, slow blues ballad. Then on “Tight Money” he sings about economic hard times. It’s about the current economic situation, though the song starts out when the singer is 5 years old and his parents have to pack up and leave town — for reasons the youngster doesn’t understand until years later.

One of the best cuts here is “Raining in My Heart,” which features a nice, raunchy guitar hook and more “borrowed” lyrics (“The sun’s gonna shine in my back door someday”).

Speaking of that old blues tradition of lifting lyrics from older songs, Down in Louisiana ends with “Swing Low,” a back-to-the-swamp spiritual (with guitar licks that would make John Fogerty smile) in which Rush mixes lines from that song about the chariot, “Samson & Delilah,” “12 Gates to the City,” and probably others. It’s a satisfying Sunday-morning coda to a fun Saturday-night kind of album.

Also recommended:

* Live at Legends by Buddy Guy. Buddy Guy is much better known than Bobby Rush. He was honored at the Kennedy Center last year for his contributions to American arts. He played at the White House a few months before and even got the president up on stage to sing “Sweet Home Chicago” with him and other blues greats.

But the two have a lot in common. Both were born in Louisiana and made their first records in Chicago. And both are able to blast out the blues despite the fact that they are in their mid-70s.

Guy even does a version of Rush’s “Chicken Heads” on this album, as part of a medley with Willie Dixon’s “I Just Want to Make Love to You.” At one point during the tune, he chuckles, “I know y’all laughin’ but I didn’t write this fuckin' song. This was written by Bobby Rush. I just like it.”

Guy is best known not as a writer, not even as a singer, but as a guitarist. It’s well documented that his flashy, fiery style (and high-energy stage antics, especially in his younger days) was an enormous influence on the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.

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Legends' old location, 2008
In recent years, it seems these ’60s rockers have had as much influence on Guy as he did on them. On this album Guy covers a couple of songs by Clapton’s group Cream — “Strange Brew,” which is part of a medley with John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom,” and “Sunshine of Your Love,” which is part of a medley with Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile.”

Like the title says, most of this album was recorded live at Legends, which is Guy’s own nightclub on Chicago’s South Side. The live tracks were actually recorded at the old location of the club — in 2010 it relocated to a new home a few doors up on South Wabash Avenue.

But for reasons probably best known to his record company, the album also has three studio cuts. Fortunately, they’re good ones. Guy’s “Polka Dot Love” (longtime fans know Buddy has a weird thing for polka dots) is especially powerful.

Learn more HERE about Buddy Guy, his music, his nightclub, and even the lunch and dinner menus for Legends — Buddy’s Blackened Blues Burger and the Highway 61 Caesar’s Salad sound delightful.


Tuesday, February 05, 2013

R.I.P. George Koumantaros

George circa 1974
I just learned of the death of longtime Santa Fe musician George Koumantaros.

I first met George back in the late 70s or early 80s when I fancied myself as a local musician. (I wrote funny songs. George was a damned musician!) He always was friendly and supportive. Used to see him at the old TAC Club all the time.

I recall seeing him at a workshop given by David Amram at the old Armory for the Arts back around 1980. I was covering it for the Santa Fe Reporter. George was there and he was so enthusiastic it helped me appreciate how cool it was that Amram was conducting a workshop in Santa Fe.

R.I.P. George. And thanks to J.D. Haring, another SF musician active here under the name Malix during those years, for posting this video and to Marcia Stehr for alerting me to George's passing.



Here's what Malaix wrote:

Friday night my dear old friend George Koumantaros came to me in a dream. We talked for what seemed to be a long time and I remember feeling good about our meeting. Then, when I awoke Saturday morning, I was overcome by inexplicable sadness... had no idea why... until this morning when I read the post by George's son Theo Horsdal about his father's passing. Now I understand why George came to me in the dream and why I felt the overwhelming sadness Saturday morning.. Here's one of my favorite George Koumantaros tunes. R.I.P my dear old friend!

Monday, February 04, 2013

Hear My Most Recent Folk Remedy Show

I uploaded my most recent Folk Remedies show to Mixcloud. That's Tom Adler's Sunday morning show on KSFR. I subbed for him a few months ago.

I know some of you night owls didn't get a chance to tune in that morning. But you can enjoy this now, any time of day.

You can find the playlist HERE. I mainly played a bunch of old timey hillbilly and race records, starting off with a set of great old backwoods gospel tunes (The first hour is what you'll hear on Mixcloud.)

I have a few other old radio shows on Mixcloud HERE.

The player below takes a few  seconds to load. But it's worth the wait.

Enjoy:


Sunday, February 03, 2013

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST


Terrell's Sound World Facebook BannerSunday, Feb. 3, 2013 
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M. 
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time 
Host: Steve Terrell
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 OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
War Games by The Night Beats
Know Your Rights by The Clash
Rockin' Man by Richard Berry
The Future is Now  ... and it Stinks! by J.J. & The Real Jerks
Thanks God for Sinners by Ty Segall
That's the Bag I'm In by The Fabs
Summer Honey by The Mighties
Out of Focus by Blue Cheer
Baby Let's Play House by Arthur Gunter

The Great Banana Hoax by The Electric Prunes
Who Was in My Room That Night by The Butthole Surfers
Jesus Built My Hot Rod by Ministry
Cream Puff War by The Grateful Dead
Modern Art by The Black Lips
Janglin' Jack by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Sun Dance, Moon Dance by Bleach 03

Blank Generation by Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Beat Generation by Bob McFadden & Dor
Sonic Reducer by The Dead Boys
Psychedelic Woman by Honny & The Bees Band
Charlie the Boogie Man by King Porter & His Orchestra
Need You Love So Bad by Little Willie John
You Just Like a Dresser by Bobby Rush
Boom Boom/Strange Brew by Buddy Guy
Rip This Joint by The Rolling Stones
My Wig Fell Off by Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band

Mystery Girl by Roy Orbison
I Bleed by The World Famous Headliners
The Daughter Brings the Water by The Swans
My World is Gone by Otis Taylor
Good Old World by Tom Waits
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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Friday, February 01, 2013

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST


Santa Fe Opry Facebook BannerFriday, Feb. 1, 2013 
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM 
Webcasting! 
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time 
Host: Steve Terrell 
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org
 OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Nothing at All by The Waco Brothers
A-Town Blues by Wayne Hancock
Ain't Got a Clue by Josie Kreuzer
You Made Me What I Am Today by The Watzloves
You'd Better Not Do That by Tommy Collins
Beer Joints by The Ex-Husbands
Silver Threads and Golden Needles by Loretta, Dolly & Tammy
Country Hixes by T. Tex Edwards & Out on Parole
I'm Comin' Home by Sleepy LaBeef
Dime Store Cowboy by Split Lip Rayfield

My Baby Don't Love Me Anymore by Chris O'Connell
Bump Bounce Boogie by Asleep at the Wheel
Nothin' But a Nothin' by Jimmy Stewart & His Nighthawks
Sweet Singin' Daddy by Jimmy &  Johnny
I'll Never Honky Tonk You by Amanda Cevallos
Mermaid by Bobby Bare
Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me by Mississippi John Hurt
Skull and Crossbones by Bell & Shore
I Want it So Bad by The Gourds
White Dress by Anthony Leon & The Chain

Honky Tonk Heroes by Billy Joe Shaver
Where Do You Want it by Whitey Morgan & The 78s
Drink Drink Drink by Dale Watson
Judas Iscariot by Joe West & The Sinners
Bring You Home by Amanda Pearcy
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age by Jerry Lee Lewis & George Jones
One Has My Name, the Other Has My Heart by Jimmy Wakely
It Pays to Advertise by The Farmer Boys
Henry by New Riders of the Purple Sage
Pig Fork by The Imperial Rooster

Ophelia by The Country Blues Revue
Down in Mississippi by Ry Cooder
Never Say Die by Waylon Jennings
The Letter Edged in Black by Johnny Cash
Green Green Grass of Home by Joe Tex
Feeling Mortal by Kris Kristofferson
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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