WACKY WEDNESDAY: The Musical World of Lurch

Today would have been the 87th birthday of the late character actor Ted Cassidy, the man who played the Frankenstein-like butler Lurch on television's beloved The Addams Family.

Happy birthday, Ted!

Cassidy died in 1979, but Lurch still lives in the hearts of the true.

Devoted Addams Family fans know that Lurch had vocal talents beyond his trademark growling and catch phrase, "You rang?" He was a rock 'n' roll star ... or might have been.

Here's a scene in which his musical talent is discovered:



Just like The Beatlers, The Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf and so many great talents, Lurch got a spot on Shindig.



And back during his 15 minutes of musical fame, Cassidy showed he had real Red Sovine chops on this country talking song, which was the B-Side of "Do the Lurch."



Finally, on this Wacky Wednesday, here's Lurch doing a wacky Wednesday dance

The New Big Enchilada is Out of This World!

Greetings citizens of the galaxy and welcome to this month's spacey, racy episode of the Big Enchilada This month we're slipping the surly bonds of Earth and taking a joyride to the stars. That's one small step for podcast, one giant leap for podcastkind.

Shout out to my grandson Gideon Brake who provided the artwork for this episode.

And remember, The Big Enchilada is officially listed in the iTunes store. So go subscribe, if you haven't already (and gimme a good rating and review if you're so inclined.) Thanks. 

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Here's the playlist:

(Background Music: Outer Space Dixie by One Plus One)
Rocket Ship Rock by Yochanan
Wojny by Kazik & Zdunek Ensemble
Born Down Deep in the Country by Ali Gator & & His Real Hot Reptile Rockers
Texas Ranger Man by Hickoids
Girl From Outer Space by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

(Background Music: Rockin' in the Orbit by Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra)
I've Got it All by Xoe Fitzgerald
Earn Your Heaven by The Yawpers
Crane's Cafe by TAD
Sweet Thang by Jack Oblivian & The Dream Killers
Tweakers from Outer Space by The Royal Hounds

(Background Music: Rocket Boogie 88 by Big Joe Turner)
Outer Space by The Sex Organs
Bee Bop Palooza by Bee Bee Sea
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark by The Night Beats
Ne Dam Te by Ivana Rushaidat & Rakete
Juvenile Delinquent by Ronnie Allen
New Rocket Train Boogie by Edison Rocket Train
(Background Music: War of the Satellites by Man or Astroman?)

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TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, July 28, 2019
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Your Cousin's on Cops by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Who Do You Love by Bo Diddley
Tonight is the Night by The Goon Mat & Lord Bernardo
I Got the Hits by John Spencer
Pooky Poo by Bobby Rush
Red Riding Hood & The Wolf by Bunker Hill with Link Wray
Marble Orchard by Fire Bad!
Wait for Me by Roger Darmawuzan
Gangsters by Kazik & Zdunek Ensemble
Treat Her Right by Los Straitjackets & Mark Lindsay

Back in the USSR by Dead Kennedys
Things We Said Today by The Beatles
Annie Had a Baby by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Penny Instead by Charlie Pickett
The Green Manalishi by The Flesh Eaters
Driftwood 40-23 by The Hickoids
Scarla by Jack Oblivian & The Dream Killers
Rat Fink by Ron Haydock & The Boppers

Xoe's Favorite Honky Tonk by Xoe Fitzgerald
Honey Don't You Want a Man Like Me by Frank Zappa
The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing by The Persuassions
Zip a Dee Doo Dah by The Mummies
Boob Scotch by Bob Log III
Detroit House Party by Left Lane Cruiser
Jesus Built My Hotrod by Ministry
Let's Get the Baby High by Dead Milkmen

Give Punk a Chance by Alien Space Kitchen
Built Environment by Nots
Astral Plane by The Modern Lovers
Too Close to Heaven by The Dad Horse Experience
Hard Times by Eilen Jewell
Nothing But Flowers by Talking Heads
Something Broken in the Promised Land by Wayne Kramer
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Walter Brennan's Musical Legacy

Dag nabbit, it's Walter Brennan's birthday! He was born 125 years ago today in Lynn, Mass,

Happy birthday, Walter!

He was one of the country's best -known character actors starting back in the 1930s, winning his first Oscar for his role as Swedish lumberjack Swan Bostrom in a film called Come and Get It. 

He's become best-known for being the crusty sidekick of cowboy heroes like Gary Cooper (The Westerner and others) and  John Wayne (Rio Bravo and others). And I first knew him as Grandpappy Amos in a TV sitcom, The Real McCoys, which ran from 1957 to 1963.

But he also was a recording artist, a pioneer of white rap (or maybe, in Brennan's case, we should call it "clip-clop" music

Here are some of his tunes:



Mel Tillis wrote it, Kenny Rogers made it a hit. But Walter nailed it:



You have to have known that Walter would have at least one maudlin mama song


And this one actually was a huge hit in 1962:

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, July 31, 2019
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Who Was In My Room Last Night by Butthole Surfers
Obeah Man by Meet Your Death
Bloody Mary by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Oh My Lover by P.J. Harvey
Put de Pot On, Mary by Poontang Perkins
The Second Generation Punks by Wild Billy Chyldish &CTMF
TV Eye by Iggy Pop
She's Wild by The Vagoos
Forgiveness Through Pain by The Yawpers
Too Much Tension by The Mystery Lights

Bulldog by The Beatles
Isolation by Ty Segall
Bad Neighborhood by Daddy Longlegs
Louie Louie by The Night Beats
Don't You Just Know It by The Sonics
Personality Crisis by Johnny Thunders
Lula Baby by The A-Bones

The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan
Who's Knocking on My Door by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy
Xoe's FAvorite Honky Tonk by Xoe Fitzgerald
Bury Me Deep by Steve Train & His Bad Habits
Guns of Thunder by Pierced Arrows
Cool Arrow by Hickoids
Shake Sugaree by Elizabeth Cotton with Brenda Evans

Sweet Lizzy by Bobby Rush
79 Cents (The Meow Song) by Eilen Jewell
I'm the Ocean by Neil Young & Pearl Jam
It's Only Make Believe by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
The Curtain Falls by Bobby Darin
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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