Thursday, December 31, 2015

THROWBACK THURSDAY: New Year's Blues

Father Time's got the New Year Blues

OK, enough of this Auld Lang Syne crap! As this year goes down the tubes of eternity, let's get down down with some New Year's blues with some of the great blues artists from the last century.

Let's kick it off with Blind Lemon Jefferson and this song from the late 1920s.



Lightnin' Hopkins did this jaunty little jumper in the early 1950s



Back in 1962 Roosevelt Sykes sang about his troubles keeping New Year's resolutions.



Also in the early '60s Lonnie Johnson had some New Year's blues

 

This 1935 recording features Mary Harris on vocals, Charley Jordan on guitar and Petey Wheatstraw (William Bunch) on piano.



Finally, also from 1935, here is some Tampa Red.




May your New Year not be so blue!

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

WACKY WEDNESDAY: The Auld Lang Syne Variations


The new year is nearly upon us, so it's important to remember that there's more than one way to tip a cup of kindness with "Auld Lang Syne."

For instance, there's the Japanese one-man band way.



Here is another street musician, this one from Texas. "Folkie Kay" doesn't normally dress this way. She was wearing a costume that she says was "made for a production of Shakespeare's play Richard III at the University of Texas in the early 50s." Listen close and you'll hear a kazoo in the background.



Then there's this guy, performing what Dangerous Minds calls a "David Lynchian" version of Auld Lang Syne" on a theremin.



There's the slasher-movie/serial-killer way ...



And finally, here's how you do it if you're a cigarette-smoking cartoon lamb working for an Christian e-card company ...


For more on Auld Lang Syne CLICK HERE Happy New Year!

Thursday, December 24, 2015

THROWBACK THURSDAY: A Very Autry Christmas


I believe that Gene Autry was America's greatest singing cowboy.

I realize that Roy Rogers fans would dispute that. But one thing that's not debatable is that Autry was America's greatest singing Christmas cowboy. He could claim that title just for writing the following holiday hit (performed in 1953 in this video.)





But Autry also wrote this song, which he sang in the 1949 movie "The Cowboy and The Indians," in which Autry helps the Navajos, including Jay Silverheels (who also played Tonto in The Lone Ranger) against an an evil trading post operator.  The movie poster says, "Autry Blasts Pale Face Renegades."




And while Autry didn't write this next song, he was the first to record it, back in 1950


Have a very merry Gene Autry Christmas !

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

WACKY WEDNESDAY: Santa Claus in Outer Space


The idea of Santa Claus in Outer Space has been a twisted sub genre of popular Christmas music for decades now. It's not known exactly when Santa Claus began his space traveling. But The Lennon Sisters with Lawrence Welk's Little Band were singing about it by the late 1950s.



A disco-era Tiny Tim gave us a a Yuletide outer space tune. It rocketed to instant obscurity.



This next one is featured on my new Big Enchilada Christmas Special. It's by Bobby Helm, best known for "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." (Hat tip to my brother Jack)



Finally, here's the thrilling climax of Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, (I just realized that the title of that movie is itself a spoiler!) which ends in the classic Christmas song, "Hooray for Santa Claus."



And for all sorts of wacky Christmas songs, check out my Christmas Specials at The Big Enchilada Podcast.

Sunday, December 20, 2015

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

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Sunday, December 20, 2015
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
Webcasting!
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's the playlist

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Repo Man by Iggy Pop

Buy Before You Die by Figures of Light

Hillbilly with Knife Skills by The Grannies

Don't Be Angry by Nick Curran & The Nitelifes

Mr. Good Enough by JJ & The Real Jerks

The Claw by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

I Got Your Number by The Sonics

Funeral by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Smell of Incense by Southwest FOB

So Much in Love by The Persuassions

 

Dig That Crazy Santa Claus by The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Party World by Carbon/Silicon

Hey Darling by Sleater-Kinney

The 99s by Dead Moon

Hey Santa Claus by The Chesterfield Kings

Still Sober After All These Beers by The Bad Lovers

Get Away by Miriam

I Wish You Would by Tom Jones

Just Let Me Know by Any Dirty Party

Christmas in Jail by The Youngsters

 

Christmas Island by Leon Redbone

Land of 1,000 Dances by Jello Biafra & The Raunch and Soul All Stars

People Look Away by Death

Tomboy by Acid Baby Jesus

Santa Came Home Drunk by Clyde Lasley & The Cadillac Baby Specials

Sock it to Me Santa by Bob Seeger & The Last Heard

Sztos by Kazik & Kwartet ProForma

Smoked All My Bud by King Mud

Hurray for Santa Claus by The Fleshtones

 

Lupine Ossuary by Thee Oh Sees

We'll Be Together Again by Dex Romweber Duo

Chocolate Jesus by Raw Death

Taxidermy Porno by The Hex Dispensers

The Mystery of Love by Marianne Faithful

O Holy Night by Brian WIlson

Lucky Day by Tom Waits

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

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