Sunday, July 07, 2013

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

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Terrell's Sound World Facebook BannerSunday, July 7, 2013 
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M. 
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time 
Host: Steve Terrell
Webcasting!
101.1 FM
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 OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Mighty Lonesome Man by James Hand
James Hand Interview
Old Man Henry by James Hand
Hand Interview part 2
Mona Lisa by James Hand
Breathless by Jerry Lee Lewis
My Baby Left Me by Elvis Presley

We Kill Evil by The Pocket FisRmen
Slipping Away by Mudhoney 
Church Mouse by Nobunny
School Days by Paint Fumes
You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover by Bo Diddley
I Give Up by Figures of Light
Down on Me by Big Brother & The Holding Company
Let's Get the Baby High by The Dead Milkmen
Born With a Tail by The Supersuckers

Tomorrow Today by PiƱata Protest
The Boys are Back by Dropkick Murphys
American Wedding by Gogol Bordello
To Life by Yidcore
Slow Death by Flamin' Groovies
Down on the Street by The Stooges
Life Sucking Voodoo Women by Flametrick Subs
Bong Song by The Butthole Surfers
Gargon's Disco Balls by Johnny Dowd

Bread by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
It's My Own Fault by Bobby "Blue" Bland & B.B. King
Houiou Djin Nan Zon Aklumon by Discafric Band
What Have You Done For Me Lately by Sharon Jones
Old Men by Mem Shannon
What Kind of Fool am I by Sammy Davis, Jr.
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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Friday, July 05, 2013

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST


Santa Fe Opry Facebook BannerFriday, July 5, 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
Fourth of July by Dave Alvin
The Devil's at Red's by Anthony Leon & The Chain
Sugar Baby by Legendary Shack Shakers
Sales Tax by Great Recession Orchestra
Ain't Mad About Nothin' by The Rustlers
Yvette by The Riptones
I Still Miss Someone by John Doe & The Sadies
Under the Jail by Mose McCormack
Oh Babe by Big Al Dowling & The Poe-Cats

Shadows Where the Magic Was / Favorite Fool by James Hand
Broke Down South of Dallas by Junior Brown
Something's Gonna Get Us All by Earl Poole Ball
Polly Put the Kettle On by The Clarksdale.Bluebeats
Nitty Gritty by Doug Sahm
Union Maid by Old Crow Medicine Show
Polly Put the Kettle On by The Clarksdale Bluebeats
Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor by Sleepy LaBeef
Snake Doctor Blues by Jelly Jaw Short

Mother Blues by Ray Wylie Hubbard
Freeborn Man by Jimmy Martin
Julia Belle Swain by The Howlin' Brothers
Skilly Bom Billy Flop by The Imperial Rooster
Hey People by The Dinosaur Truckers
Voodoo Cadillac by Southern Culture on the Skids
Polk Salad Annie by Tony Joe White
Amos Moses by Jerry Reed

Worried Mind by Johnny Dowd
Stupid Boy by The Gear Daddies
Lover of the Bayou by The Byrds
Mountain Storm by Michael Martin Murphey
Indoor Fireworks by Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Suit
No Good For Me by Waylon Jennings
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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TERRELL'S TUNEUP: Murph Settles Into Red River

A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican 
July 1, 2013

A lot of country singers do songs about being a cowboy. But Michael Martin Murphey doesn't just have the songs and the hat.

In a recent telephone interview, Murphey said he operates ranches in Colorado, Texas, and Wisconsin.

“They’re pretty much dedicated to horses. I’ve been involved with cattle, but I’ve decided to concentrate on horses,” said the man responsible for “Wildfire,” probably the most famous horse song of the 20th century this side of “Tennessee Stud.”

Murphey used to live in New Mexico. He moved to Taos around 1980 and stayed 20 years, he said. And now, he’s back, at least for a few months. Red River will be his base this summer. And he has a lot planned there — a series of shows plus the release of a new album, Red River Drifter.

First of all, there’s a show Saturday, July 6, at the Motherlode Saloon that he’s calling the Cosmic Cowboy Rebellion. The show also features Gary P. Nunn (most famous for writing “London Homesick Blues,” which was later used for the closing theme of PBS’s Austin City Limits), Bob Livingston, Craig Hillis, Herb Steiner, and Paul Pearcy.

“All those guys were in my Cosmic Cowboy band,” Murphey said, referring to the early and mid-1970s, when Murphey was a key figure in the progressive country scene in Austin. Murphey said the individual musicians will be playing their own solo sets as well as playing together like the old Cosmic Cowboy days.

He had a song called “Cosmic Cowboy, Part 1,” on his album Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir, which has the refrain “I just want to be your cosmic cowboy/I just want to ride and rope and hoot.” That fertile longhair redneck musical alliance included Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Rust Weir, Steve Fromholz, and others. “I got sick for awhile, so the Cosmic Cowboy band started playing with Jerry Jeff and became the Lost Gonzo Band.”

Then there’s Murphey’s new amphitheater in Red River called the Rocking 3M Chuckwagon Stage. “Just three miles up Bitter Creek Road,” he explained. It’s a covered amphitheater near a small lake.

“A couple of years ago, my partner and I bought the old Lazy H Ranch, which was an old guest ranch where lots of musicians used to stay when they played Red River. Jerry Jeff Walker stayed there and Gary P. Nunn. I actually stayed there in the cabins back then.”
Murph in Placitas, May 2006

Murphey is doing a series of shows at the amphitheater beginning Friday, July 5, and he will be playing music spanning his career. “I’ll be doing my music, all my hits, a lot of cowboy songs.” And he’s not kidding about that chuck-wagon part. The concerts will feature chuck-wagon meals catered by Texas Reds Steakhouse.

Murphey said these shows will provide a real Western experience. But one thing that won’t be real — unless the drought gives us all a break later this summer — is the campfire. “It’ll be an artificial fire, unless they lift fire restrictions.”

Good idea — “Murphey sparks wildfire” would be far too tempting for newspaper headline writers across the country.

Flashback: The first time I met Murphey was in the summer of 1980 when he played a show at the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater that was great until his surprise guest Roger Miller, who had recently moved to Tesuque, came out on the stage.

Miller stepped up to the mike and said, “I live down the road apiece,” strummed a chord or two, and all of a sudden the clouds opened up. The rain refused to quit, and the show was stopped for fear of electrocution on the uncovered stage.

Miller must have been cursed. Next time he performed here — a big show with Barbara Mandrell at the Santa Fe Downs a couple of years later — it rained like crazy again.

All this and a new album too: Red River Drifter is released next week. It’s an all-acoustic album with bluegrass overtones — especially the upbeat “Peaceful Country,” which opens the CD. Like all Murphey albums in the past several years, it’s produced by his son Ryan Murphey, an accomplished songwriter and guitarist.

The best song here is a funny one, “Shake It Off,” which Murphey sings with Pauline Reese. It’s got one foot in bluegrass and one foot in the blues. It could almost be an old jug-band song from the 1920s.

“When the monkey’s on your back don’t you cut him any slack/ Buddy, won’t ya shake it off/ When the devil’s at your door, don’t you take it any more/ Buddy, won’t ya shake it off.”

“Faded Blues” is basically a western take on Thoreau’s adage, “Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.” It tells of a poor kid whose girl leaves him for “a sharp-dressed dude, kind of a high-brow cat.” This tune has some tasty Mexican-style guitar that would make Marty Robbins proud.

Another favorite is “Mountain Storm,” a minor-key tune with some sweet fiddling and a melody that might remind you of “Poor Wayfaring Stranger.”

From the beginning, Red River Drifter is full of gorgeous melodies, the sweet, sentimental tune called “The Gathering” perhaps being the best example. It’s good to know that New Mexicans will have plenty of opportunities to hear those melodies up close this summer.

The Cosmic Cowboy Rebellion show is at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at The Motherlode, 410 E. Main in Red River. Tickets are $42 (VIP tickets $60).

Murphey’s shows at the Rocking 3M Chuckwagon Stage are scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday, July 5; Tuesday, July 9; and Thursday, July 11; and continue through Aug. 31. The theater is at 178 Bitter Creek Road, Red River. Tickets are $58, $52 for seniors, and $29 for children.

Tickets for all the shows are available at www.tix.com and by calling 575-754-6280. 

UPDATE: 9:30 am Sunday The spelling of Steve Fromholz's name has been corrected.

MURPHEY VIDEO BONUS

Here's "Shake It Off" from the new album.



Here's Murph doing one of my favorite Marty Robbins gunfighter ballads




And below is a song Murph sang last year at the memorial service for our mutual friend Erik Ness. This one still chokes me up.




Thursday, July 04, 2013

HAPPY JULY 4 with the Alvin Brothers



I saw The Blasters with Phil Alvin do this song at the Hootenanny Festival near Irvine, Calif. in 2009 on July 4!

Here's Phil's brother Dave with The Blasters in 2010




And for more July 4 fun ...

Diego Mulligan's Memorial Service


The memorial service for KSFR's Diego Mulligan will be held 2 p.m. Saturday July 20, at The Commons, 2300 West Alameda.

Parking is  limited, so car pooling is encouraged.

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

James Hand Live on Terrell's Sound World

One of the coolest scores for Santa Fe Bandstand this year was James "Slim" Hand, an old-time Texas country singer whose album Mighty Lonesome Man I called "The best basic old-fashioned, honest-to-God heartache and honky-tonk country music of the year. Maybe in the last several years."

Hand is playing on the Plaza Monday, July 8 It's free, part of the annual Bandstand program. The music starts at 6 p.m. and Hand goes on at 7:15 p.m.

And the night before, he's playing on my Sunday night radio show, Terrell's Sound World on KSFR, Santa Fe Public Radio 101.1 FM. He'll be playing some tunes and talking about his life and music. That show starts at 10 p.m.
James Hand at The Moose Lodge in Austin Tx, March 2012

Hand's management just sent me a bunch of autographed copies of Mighty Lonesome Man CDs as well as autographed copies of his previous album Shadows Where the Magic Used to Be.

I'll be giving those away this weekend on Sound World as well as on my hillbilly music show, The Santa Fe Opry (Friday night, same time,same station)

In fact, I'm in a good mood, so I'll give away a few right now. I'll give an autographed CD to the first three people who email me at stephenwterrell (at) gmail.com . Make sure you give me your mailing address and which of the CDs you prefer. ( UPDATE: 3:23 pm. We have winners for those first three CDs, but tune in Friday and Sunday for chance to win the others)

Here's a video for a James Hand song used in a Breaking Bad episode:







Monday, July 01, 2013

The Latest Big Enchilada Podcast Episode Has Arrived!



Consider the Big Enchilada a roadside souvenir shop. Among the jackalope antlers, prickly pear candy, rattlesnake balls and authentic Indian headdresses made in China are some crazy musical curios for the easily excitable and the wild at heart.



Here's the playlist:

(Background Music: The Wild One by Shorty Rogers & His Orchestra)
Vato Peron by Pinata Protest
You Keep Around by The Copper Gamins
Scratch That Itch by The Go Wows
I'll Make You Happy by The Ugly Beats
Spittin' Fire by Sons of Hercules
Maze Fancier by Thee Oh Sees

(Background Music: Marianna by Fanfare Ciocarlia)
On The Run by The Gories
No Respect Rev. by The Fall
Living in Squalor by Chump
I am a Girlfriend by Nobunny
Call the Police by The Oblivians

(Background Music: Dum Maro Dum by What Cheer? Brigade)
I Want Money by Figures of Light
Mad Dog Blues by Don Covay & the Jefferson Lemon Band
Hangman's Token by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
One Hand Loose by Ray Condo
Pretty Boy by Johnny Dowd
Take it Away by Pietra Wexstun & Hecate's Angels

Play it below:

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

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