TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, February 28, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 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

With This Ring by The Goldstars

The Other Side of This Life by The Mal Thursday Quartet

Great Googa Moga by Dave Del Monte & The Cross Country Boys

Stay Out of It by Kathy Freeman

Camper of the Year by Too Much Joy

Multiple Maniacs by The Stools

Black Cat by Herzegovina

Chimealong by Danger Cutterhead

Coconut by Fred Schneider

Bear Cat by Rufus Thomas

(Background Music: For a Few Dollars More by Hugo Montenegro)

Pinky’s Dream by David Lynch with Karen O

The Girls of Porn by Mr. Bungle

Put Me Back in My Cage by James Chance

This Dog is the King of Losers by Bee Bee Sea

New Skin by Celebration

Keep It Hid by Rick Holstrom

I Flipped My Wig in San Francisco by Harry “The Hipster” Gibson

(Background Music: The Bookhouse Boys by Angelo Badalamenti)

Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days by Louis Prima

I Want to Be Like You by Los Lobos

Gut Bucket Blues by Dr. John

Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat by The William Loveday Intention

Block the Comet by Quintron & Miss Pussycat

This Morning at Nine by Bill Hearne

Won’t Let the Fear In by Honshu Wolves

Pretty Dancing Girl by Brave Combo

(Background Music: Zorba the Greek by Milos Theodorakis)

Eleanor Rigby by Black Pumas

Home Cookin’ by The Luxurious Faux Furs

One’s on the Way by Loretta Lynn with Margo Price

One of the Unsatisfied by Lacy J. Dalton

Unsatisfied by The Replacements

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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Here's the playlist:

(Background Music: Hornets Nest by Los Straitjackets)

Buzz Buzz Buzz by The Blasters

No Panic, No Stress by The Scaners

That Wasn't Chicken by Dose

Birdbrain by Kevin Coyne

Gilligan's Wake by Mal Thursday Quintet

Bumble Bee Zombie by Roky Erikson

(Background Music: Green Hornet Theme by Al Hirt)

The Wasp by Pussycat & The Dirty Johnsons

Commuter by Danger Cutterhead

Ping's Chinese Restaurant by Harvey McLaughlin

Sick of You by The Revox

Alabama's Doomed by Wizzard Sleeve

Black Cat by Herzegovina

(Background Music: Beehive by Candye Kaine)

Sting-A-Ree by Edison Rocket Train

Spells and Magic by Laino & Broken Seeds

Something's in the Air by Honshu Wolves

Pretty Girl Snatcher by Lovestruck

Bumble Bee by Brave Combo

(Background Music: King Bee by The Valuneers)

Play it below:

WACKY WEDNESDAY: Uncle Junior is 90!

Dominic Chianese, who played Corrado "Junior" Soprano in The Sopranos was born this day, February 24, 1931in New York City.

Happy birthday, Uncle Junior!

Though mostly known as an actor, serious Soprano fans know Chianese is a talented singer as well. Before his success in acting he also knocked around New York bars and coffee houses. He was master of ceremonies on open mike night at Gerdes Folk City in Greenwich Village. 

In the below scene from The Sopranos, Uncle Junior showed off his vocal talent:

Here's a little song from Chianese that Mafia movie fans should recognize

Here's a duet with Raul Malo of The Mavericks

To conclude, here's Chianese singing an Elvis/Hank Snow song. 

Buon Compleanno, Dominic!

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, February 21, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 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

Rock & Roll by The Velvet Underground

Hard to Be Human Again by The Mekons

Fixin’ to Crawl by Churchwood

Buzz Buzz Buzz by The Hollywood Flames

Outhouse Crescent Moon by Harvey McLaughlin

Deepest Lake on the Planet by Dengue Fever

(Background Music: Surf Beat by Dick Dale) 

Bowdlerize by Danger Cutterhead

Pawnbroker’s Wife by Johnny Dowd

Galoot Update by Frank Zappa

Ballad of Hollis Brown byThe William Loveday Intention

Little Esther’s Blues by Little Esther Phillips

On the Courduroy Road by Al Duvall

(Background Music: Where I Live: The Apartment; Cleaning Up For Jenny; The Polish Landlady by Stan Getz)

Lay in the Sun by Roy & The Devil’s Motorcycle

Safe as Milk by Captain Beefheart

What’s it All About by The Goon Mat & Lord Bernardo

Swamp Dogg’s Hot Spot by Andre Williams

Saved by LaVern Baker

(Background Music: Alamo Dragway by The Krayolas)

Welfare Music by The Bottle Rockets

Lovesick Blues Boy by Paul Burch

Deep Down in Florida by Muddy Waters

Ghost of You by Rachel Brooke

Fast Car by Black Pumas

I Only Have Eyes for You by The Flamingos

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Greatest Polish-American Country Star

 

Pee Wee King performing in front of Wisconsin's largest cactus  

Not all country stars come from the South. Hell, Hank Snow, who was born and raised in Nova Scotia,  knew a lot more about squid jigging than cotton picking, could have told you that.

Similarly Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski -- born 107 years ago today -- wasn't a native son of Old Dixie. He was a Polish kid from Wisconsin, the son of polka musician. His first musical gig was in his dad's polka band.

But he went on to fame and glory in country music under the name Pee Wee King. His best known song, written with his musical partner Redd Stewart, was that beautiful "Tennessee Waltz." (I can't help but wonder whether the song would have become as famous if he's called it "Wisconsin Waltz.")

From his biography on the Country Music Hall of Fame website:

He changed his name to King (after the then-popular polka performer Wayne King) and formed his own high school band, Frankie King & the King’s Jesters. In 1933 young Frankie King joined the Badger State Barn Dance and soon had his own radio show on WJRN in Racine.

King’s lucky break came in the spring of 1934, when he met promoter J. L. Frank. He moved with Frank to Louisville in 1934 to back up Gene Autry for a time,  joined Frankie More’s Log Cabin Boys as accordionist on WHAS radio, and in 1936 married Frank’s stepdaughter Lydia.

In 1936 King was in Knoxville performing on WNOX. In 1937 he formed the Golden West Cowboys and moved to Nashville to begin a ten-year run on WSM’s Grand Ole Opry, with the exception of 1940, when he worked primarily out of Louisville. In 1941–42 he and his band were featured with the Camel Caravan, a WSM touring company that presented some 175 shows at military installations in the United States and Central America.  At various times his band included Eddy Arnold, Redd Stewart, Ernest Tubb, Cowboy Copas, and Minnie Pearl.

After joining the Grand Ole Opry in June 1937, King helped introduce an array of new instruments and sounds to that program’s stage, including the trumpet, drums, and the electric guitar. In addition, he dressed his band members in spiffy western outfits designed by Hollywood tailor Nudie Cohn. His nattily attired Golden West Cowboys generally produced a smooth and danceable sound during their heyday in the 1940s; in the 1950s they even branched out briefly into mild rockabilly.

Here are a few of Pee Wee's performances, starting with his hit, "Slow Poke."

Here's his version of the country classic "Bonaparte's Retreat." (Click link for more on that song.)

Finally here are two of King's best known songs, "Tennessee Waltz" and "You Belong to Me" with Redd Stewart on vocals.

Pee Wee died in 2000 at the age of 86. The accordion fell out of favor in country music. But there was real power in his music.

Happy Birthday, Mr.  Kuczynski!