Thursday, July 30, 2020

THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Mysterious Case of the Non-Barking Dog


This week on Throwback Thursday, let's look at a recurring theme in the blues and soul music: a mean dog that somehow doesn't bark when a certain guy comes around -- the implication being the dog somehow already knows this guy, with whom the lady of the house also is friendly.

Though I suspect the concept is actually older, a singer named Prince Patridge recorded this song, "How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come Around)?" in 1955.



In 1961, a singer named Roscoe Scully, while crediting Prince Patridge, released this version, featuring a "confrontation" between the frustrated dog owner his friend his mean hound doesn't bark at.



A few years later, soulman Howard Tate specified the breed of dog, as well as the suspected cuckholder, "Big Jim." Tate credited this version of the song to Sam Bell and Lorraine Ellison.



Bluesman Mickey Baker in the early '70s with a similar tune called "My Dog."



Venice Beach street singer Ted Hawkins did one of my favorite takes with "Bad Dog" in his 1985 album Happy Hour.



Here's a country version by Buck Owens:



In the '90s, Dr. John took this dog to New Orleans



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Sunday, July 26, 2020

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST





Sunday, July 26, 2020
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
9 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Be in the Now by Alien Space Kitchen
Down to the Dogs by Dead Moon
Lap Dancer by Big Ugly Guys
Blue Ain’t My Color by Chubby & The Gang
Baby Please Don’t Go by The Fuzztones
Catfight by The Barbarellatones

Mr. Tuna’s Big Old Place by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Sam the Homosapien by Mean Motor Scooter
Lust by The Tryfles
Geraldine by The A-Bones
West York Ballad by The Mekons
Man With Soul by Alex Maiorano & The Black Tales
La Mula Bronca by Al Hurricane
Deteriorata by Norman Rose

Wrecked by Sleeve Cannon
Angel on the Road by X
I’m a Pig by Jono Manson
Speedway by Alan Vega
What Jail is Like by Afghan Whigs
I See the Light by The Five Americans
Hi Ho Baby by Lightning Beatman
Budujemy Nowy Dom (We Are Building a New Home) by Kazik

Revolution Kids by REQ’D
Walker on the Wild Side by The Grannies
Your Love by Marshmallow Overcoat
Purple Merkin Power by Purple Merkins
Can’t Stop Buying Records by Dave Del Monte & The Cross Country Boys
Don’t Wanna Wash Off Last Night by Gaunga Dyns
Somebody Told the Truth by Peter Case
I Was a Teenage Kiddie Porn Star by Al Foul & The Shakes

R.I.P. Rep. James Lewis
Eyes on the Prize by Mavis Staples
We Shall Not Be Moved by Sharon Jones
People Get Ready by The Chambers Brothers
Why (The King of Love is Dead) by Nina Simone
The Alabama Bus (Parts 1 & 2) by Brother Will Hairston
Say It Loud, I’m Black and Proud Part 1 by James Brown

Good Ship Venus by Loudon Wainwright III
Plastic Jesus by Gal Holiday & The Honky Tonk Revue
Down Off the Farm by Kipp Bentley
I Had an Od Cow by Baby Gramps
Hard Travelin’ by Tim Timebomb
In the Heat of the Night by Ray Charles
You Gotta Move by Sam Cooke
Where Did the Night Go by Gil Scott-Heron
Gun by Little Sparta with Sally Timms
Mysteries of Love by Julie Cruise
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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Thursday, July 23, 2020

THROWBACK THURSDAY: George Clinton is 79

George Clinton plays The Downs at Santa Fe in 2007
Yesterday was the 79th birthday of founding funk forefather George Clinton.

Happy birthday, Atomic Dog!

There might be a handful of people -- perhaps those raised in a bomb shelter or cult survivors who just escaped -- who aren't familiar with Clinton or his wonderful bands Parliament, Funkadelic, The P-Funk Allstars, etc.

Well bless your hearts. You've got some catching up to do. Hey, start HERE with a blog post I did a couple of years ago, which contains videos of some his greatest tunes.

But on this Throwback Thursday, let's throw back even further and look at an earlier music group Clinton was part of starting in the 1950s -- a New Jersey doo-wop combo called The Parliaments.

Inspired by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, Clinton formed The Parliaments while running a barbershop in Plainfield, N.J.

Yes, a real-life barbershop quartet -- but one that didn't suck.

In the group's earliest form, they would entertain customers who came in to get a hair cut. There were some personnel switcheroos in the early days, but eventually the lineup solidified into Clinton along with fellow barbers Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas. These guys would be the core of Clinton's groups in the Cosmic Slop heyday of funk.

According to Allmusic

In 1967, the Parliaments scored a number three R&B/number 20 pop ranking on the Billboard charts with "I Wanna Testify" for Revilot, and signaled the coming changes in R&B. In 1968, the Parliaments had a dispute with Revilot and refused to continue working for the label. To avoid waiting for some kind of settlement, Clinton hastily renamed the group Funkadelic, with the only musicians listed being the original backing band for the Parliaments. Revilot soon folded and the Parliaments' contract was sold to Atlantic. 

Here are a few of The Parliaments' song, in those years before they boarded the Mothership.

The first couple, "Poor Willie" (1959) and "Lonely Island," (1960), capture Clinton and group's doo-wop roots






By the mid 60s, the influence of Motown Records -- where Clinton got a gig as a songwriter and producer -- became obvious in The Parliaments. "Heart Trouble" is from 1966.



This is The Parliaments' biggest hit "I Want to Testify, from 1967."



And by 1968, the group started incorporated more funk-ready, psychedelic adjacent sounds, as heard on "The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg."



In a couple of years Funkadelic and Parliament would emerge. The world would never be the same!

Happy birthday, funky George.

George Clinton & The P-Funk Allstars in Santa Fe 


Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Chicken Shack Playlist





Tuesday, July 21, 2020
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays Mountain Time
Substitute Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist:

Mama Get the Hammer by Barrence Whitfield
Petey Wheatstraw by Nat Dove & The Devils
Devil with the Blue Dress by Shorty Long
Don’t Kick My Dog by Andre Williams

Pass the Sugar by Swamp Dogg
My Soul by Rudy Ray Moore
Fine Time by Tomar & The FCs
Jon E.’s Mood by Jon E. Edwards

Attica Blues by Archie Sheep
Good Morning Judge by Wynonie Harris
I’m a Country Boy by Clarence “Frogman” Henry
I’m a Midnight Mover by Bobby Womack
Coming Back to Me Baby by James Carr
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens by B.B. King

I Believe to My Soul by Van Morrison
Don’t You Want a Man Like Me by Little Brother
Now I’m Gone by Durand Jones & The Indications
I Need It by Johnny “Guitar” Watson

Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) by Bobby Darin
65 Bars by Louis Jordan
Chicken Hearted by NRBQ
Walkin’ My Baby Back Home by Dan Hicks with Maryanne Price

Do the Chicken (Dance With You) by Roscoe Gordon
Sweet Breeze by Wiley & The Checkmates
Witchcraft by The Spiders
The Last Meal by Hurricane Harry
Boogie Woogie Bye Bye by The Johnny Otis Show

Sunday, July 19, 2020

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST





Sunday, July 19, 2020
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
9 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Don’t Try it by The Devil Dogs
Go-Go Girls by Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
I’m Just a Mops by The Mops
Let Go by Gino & The Goons
Cretin Family by The Ramones
Despot by Sleeve Cannon
Those Fabulous 60s by Christopher Guest
Dead Pool by Mission of Burma

Eye of the Zombie by John Fogerty
Opus I: Unintended Consequences by Johnny Dowd
Everybody Out by Al Scorch
Laugh at Me by Frontier Dan & The Hickoids
All Night Cowboy by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy
Turnin’ Blue by The Candy Snatchers
English Scheme by The Fall
Money (That’s What I Want) by The Backbeat Band
Nutbush City Limits by Ike & Tina Turner

Evil! By Grinderman
Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) by The Raconteurs
The Same by Grey City Passengers
Baby in a Well by Scott H. Biram
Huntsville by Tex Offenders
Love Me Two Times by Reverend Beat-Man & Izobel Garcia
Wir Sind Keine Menschen by Bonaparte
Honky Tonky Rhythm by Bobby Sisco
The Last Meal by Hurricane Harry

Have Love Will Travel by Big Sandy
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark by The Nightbeats
Dirty Robber by The Sonics
I’m Not Playing Your Games by Miss Ludella Black & The Masonics
Meet Me by The Garbage Can by Waylon Thornton & The Heavy Hands
I Love Living’ in the City by Fear
Funky Old Man by Bobby Rush
Centerfold by Beach Balls
Robot Drone by Holly Wood

Pinon Lurker by The Gluey Brothers
Behemoth by TAD
Candyass by The Dirtbombs
Dark Lonely Street by Bloodshot Bill
So Sad About Us by Dex Romweber Duo
Gaslight by Hamell on Trial
Death Wears an Overcoat by Bichos
Bread and Butter by The Newbeats
Yippee Hippee by Teri & The Librettos

Dusty Plain by Little Sparta with Sally Timms
There are Things by The Mekons
Sadness Malaise and Other Southwestern Tragedies by Alien Space Kitchen
Jesus in Pajamas by Kinky Friedman
Oh Fuck It by Pete Krebbs & Danny Barnes
She Walks Too Close to the Sun by Nick Vulture
New Skateboard by William Elliott Whitmore
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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