TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, March 27, 2022
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Bad Betty by The Sonics

See Me Frown by Les Grys-Grys

On Graveyard Hill by The Pixies

Take a Good Look by The Fleshtones

Groove Shelter by Xposed 4Heads

Bruges Jail Rhumba by Nesttor Donuts

Can't Seem to Make You Mine  by The Barbaraellatones

Nobody Spoil My Fun by The Seeds

I'm Not Afraid by Dead Moon

We Can Really Feel Like We're Here by Negativland

She Don't Care by Ty Segall

Divide and Conquer by Husker Du

Crashing Down by The Grawks

(Hey Mama) Wild Tchoupitoulas by The Neville Brothers with Ivan Neville, Ian Neville &  George Porter Jr.

La Rosa Enflorece by Nocturne Spark

Bunch of Losers by Thee Butchers Orchestra

Meetin' My Baby by Bloodshot Bill

Judy Belle Thompson by The Freakons

Waitress Song by Freakwater

Where Were You by The Mekons

Troubled Friends by Gogol Bordello

Crooked by Lemon Bucket Orkestra

Middle Finger by Dropkick Murphys

Moonshiner by Gary Gorence

Last Kiss by Wayne Cochran

Somebody Else by Sarah Shook & The Disarmers

You Gonna Miss Me by Eilen Jewell

Can't You See I'm Soulful by Eleni Mandell

Another Place I Don't Belong by Big Al Anderson

Blue Distance by Peter Case

A Mission in Life by Stan Ridgway

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Let's Get to Bob Bob Bobbin' Along!

 

It's officially spring -- although yesterday in Santa Fe we all woke up to a winter wonderland, which, thankfully melted by afternoon. And, during my daily walk, I actually saw a red red robin, bob bob bobbin' on a neighbor's recycling bin.

So let's help nudge our sleepyhead spring to get up, get out of bed by celebrating a song that for nearly 100 years has been synonymous with the spring, "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)."

This tune was written in 1926 by Tin Pan Alley's Harry Woods, who also wrote or co-wrote songs like "Paddlin' Madeline Home,"  "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover," "Side by Side," (that's the one that starts out, "Well we ain't got a barrel of money...") and "Try a Little Tenderness."

Woods' song about the bird was recorded by several singers in 1926, but Al Jolson's version is surely the best-known:

Starting in the late 1920s, "Red Red Robin" became the signature tune for actress Lillian Roth. (This recording was decades later, 1956 to be exact.):

There seemed to be a Robin revival in the '50s. For instance, Louis Armstrong took a shot at the robin in 1956...

... as Doris Day had done in 1954

But I believe my favorite version of this happy tune came even later. Texas singer Rosie Flores did this rockabilly "Robin" on a Bloodshot Records children's song compilation, The Bottle Let Me Down in 2002:

For more deep dives into songs, check out The Stephen W. Terrell Web Log Songbook

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

 

Sunday, March 20, 2022
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Red Red Robin by Rosie Flores

I'm Going Back by Les Grys-Grys

Dirt Bag Fever by Quintron

Voice in the Mirror by Thee Oh Sees

Pornography Part 1 by Mike Edison

Meow Meow by Nesttor Donuts

Kiss My Ring by King Salami & The Cumberland 3

Make It Up by Reigning Sound

You're Crazy for Taking the Bus by Jonathan Richman

Bionic Trunk by Old Time Relijun

Cream Johnny by Night Beats

Nothing Makes Me Happy by The Grawks

Do Me Do by Johnny Dowd

Gloomy Sunday by Nocturne Spark

Handful of Sand by Divine Horsemen

(There's ) No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car by Elvis Presley

Dog is Life / Jerusalem by The Fall

Alice by Figures of Light

Vodka is Poison by Golem

Corn and Grain by The Mekons

Down by Sam Snitchy

Oak Tree Hanging by Gary Gorence

Judy in Disguise by Jello Biafra

I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day by The Pogues

Born Stupid by Paul Leary

Three on the Tree by Bigdumbhick

I Love You So by The Chantels

Feelings by Die Zorros

Goodnight Irene by Tom Waits

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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WACKY WEDNESDAY: '70s Variety Show Beatles Covers

 

The Beatles broke up in 1970. And yet their music lived on. Why weren't they forgotten by the masses like The Dave Clark 5 or Gerry & The Pacemakers?

The answer is obvious: The stars of 1970s TV variety shows made a bold effort throughout the Me Decade to make sure Beatles songs would be remembered through time.

The Beatles may have been over and done as a band, but the tacky variety shows, which were on the rise, threw their music a necessary lifeline.

Old school variety show host Ed Sullivan might have helped launch The Beatles in 1964. But Donny & Marie and their contemporaries helped preserve the Fab 4's legacy.

Actually, even before the '70s, some variety programs displayed a sincere affinity for The Beatles' music.

For instance, this 1967 clip from the Carol Burnett Show, starring Carol along with Phyllis Diller, Gwen Verdon (best known as a dancer), and Bobbie Gentry -- all of whom grew mustaches for the occasion --  might have been the template for the variety shows that followed. 

On one hand, how cool was it, seeing Bobbie Gentry and Phyllis Diller in the same "band"? On the other hand, this reinforces a line in The Dictators' song "Who Will Save Rock 'n' Roll": 

"I wish Sgt. Pepper had never taught the band to play." 

Skip ahead to 1975 and here's Cher, on her popular television program, singing a Beatles medley with Tina Turner and ... Kate Smith???????

And in 1978, Donnie & Marie were joined by none other than Kris Kristofferson for another rollicking Beatles medley.

But as far as I'm concerned, the best variety-show Beatles song was the 1970 appearance by the beautiful Juliet Prowse (hey, this lady dated both Sinatra and Elvis). She did a crazy Bollywood-style "Tomorrow Never Knows" -- one of my favorite Beatles tunes, that rarely gets covered -- on The Engelbert Humperdinck Show.

Top this, Phyllis Diller!

And if you enjoyed this post, check out the crazy Beatles covers HERE and HERE

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, March 13, 2022
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

I'm Gonna Dig Up Howlin' Wolf by Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper

Evil (Is Going On) by Howlin' Wolf

Got No Friends by Gino & The Goons

Cool for Cats by Squeeze

Infeccion by Nestter Donuts

The Inhuman by The Mekons

She Asked Me, So I Told Her by T. Model Ford

Raspberry Beret by Hindu Love Gods

Why Can't We Live Together by Timmy Thomas

Isolation by Ty Segall

Two Steps Ahead by The Routes

Crime Don't Pay by King Khan Unlimited

Billy the Kid by Nocturne Spark

Silk Scarf by Johnny Dowd

Jacksonville (Part 1) by Sam Snitchy

Slanted by The Blues Against Youth

I Hope You Go to Hell by The Royal Hounds

Under Lock and Key by Gary Gorence

CHRIS ABEYTA TRIBUTE 

Besame Mucho by Chris Abeyta & Don Lovato

Flor de las Flores by Chris Abeyta & Gerry Carthy

Mi Ranchito by Chris Abeyta & Don Lovato

Santa Fe by Chris Abeyta & Gerry Carthy

STAN ROSEN TRIBUTE

Pie in the Sky by Utah Phillips & Ani DiFranco

There is Power in the Union by Bucky Halker

Bread & Roses by Si Khan, Pete Seeger & Jane Sapp

Solidarity Forever by Joe Glazer

The Body of an American by The Pogues

Tear-Stained Letter by Richard Thompson

Don't Tell Me by Joey Quinones

If I Could Only Fly by Merle Haggard

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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