DOMENICI ENDORSES GONZALES

U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici endorsed Marco Gonzales in the Republican primary for the Third Congressional District.

The endorsement isn't that surprising considering Gonzales -- who is running against Rio Rancho contractor Dan East -- worked for Domenici for 10 years. Then again, the retiring senator isn't endorsing in the Heather Wilson/Steve Pearce U.S. Senate primary, even though Wilson has long been considered his protégé .

Here's the text of a postcard sent to CD 3 Republicans:

Dear Friend:
I'm so pleased that Marco Gonzales is running for congress to represent northern New Mexico.
I have known and been friends with Marco for over 20 years. Marco started his public service career by serving as my legislative assistant while attending college and law school at night.
I have seen firsthand Marco's dedication and commitment to New Mexico and have confidence in his ability to effectively represent the third district--from day one.
I have enjoyed seeing Marco advance his professional career back
home in New Mexico and re-establish his northern roots. Because Marco understands our unique cultures and interests and is a man of principle and conviction, I know he will serve us well in Congress.
That's why I'm supporting his candidacy and wanted to take a moment to encourage you to do the same. But don't just take it from me. I encourage you to call Marco or join him at upcoming event.
Talk to Marco about the issues facing our nation and learn more about his views for the future of New Mexico. I am confident that after you do, you too, will see the same qualities, talents, and views that have me supporting his candidacy for congress.
In closing, I want to thank you again for you support as I have worked to represent you in the United States Senate. It has been my honor to serve you and the state of New Mexico for the past 37 years.

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, May 27, 2008
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
Webcasting!
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Backstreet Girl by Social Distortion
Hey Grandma by Moby Grape
Mindblower by Link Wray
Wild About You Baby by Hounddog Taylor
Who You Driving Now by Mudhoney
Watching the Detectives by Elvis Costello
The Big Heat by Stan Ridgway

HAPPY MUMMIE'S DAY!
Teenage Mummy Radio Spot #1
I'm a Mummy by The Fall
The Ballad of Iron Eyes Cody by The Mummies
The Fez Man Walks by The A-Bones
Jenny is Feeling Bad by Mummy the Peep Show

Up Side by ? & The Mysterians
Howl by Iggy Pop
Hairball Alley by Rocket From the Crypt

This is My Life by Firewater
Sailor's Wife by Babylon Circus
Through the Roof 'n' Underground by Gogol Bordello
Romana by Kultur Shock
Twoj Moj Czas by Kult
200 Flying Girls by The Red Elvises
Sticky Little Girl by Zee Rok
Siki Siki Baba by Kocani Orkestar

Forks and Knives by Beirut
WPLJ by The Mothers of Invention
Wine-O Boogie by Don Ramon Sr.
Vikings by The Black Angels
She Lives (In a Time of Her Own) by The 13th Floor Elevators
Lightning's Girl by Nancy Sinatra
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

R.I.P. EDDY ARNOLD

Country singer Eddy Arnold died last week at the age of 89. Read about him HERE .

I think my favorite Eddy Arnold hit was his version of Roger Miller's "The Last Word in Lonsesome is Me."

According to Jim Terr, this photo, by his friend music historian Tony Byworth, might be one of the last ever taken of Eddy. (Photo(c) 2008. Used by permission.)

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*White Trash Girl by Candye Kane. Big beautiful Candye is a natural-born belter specializing in sexy blues "Work What You Got" is a song title on this 2005 album, but it's also Candye's guiding philosophy.

She does a tough, bluesy version of The Lovin' Spoonfuls' :What a Day for a Daydream"and a funny tune called "Estrogen Bomb." But my favorite here has to be a song that we used to sing in grade school "Let There Be Peace on Earth." (No, I didn't go to some hippie free school -- it was a regular public elementary school in Oklahoma in the '60s. Pretty hip, no?) Of course we didn't sing it with a fraction of Candye's soul.

Last month Candye underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer. She's recovering now and reportedly feeling better. Check out her Web site.


* Never Been Caught by The Mummies . They hailed from San Francisco, but they were a lot more Rice-a-Roni than Haight Ashbury. Spending more money on their Ace Bandage costumes, or so it would seem, than on their pawn-shop instruments, The Mummies called their sound "Budget Rock" (not to be confused with The Fleshtones' "Super Rock."). And it was a pretty apt description, as the production of their music did have a pronounced bargain-basement quality about it. This album, originally released in 1992, sounds like a lost cheap cassette bootleg of some teen dance at a VFW show in South Dakota in the mid '60s (Anybody remember Spider & The Crabs???!!!) When I hear The Mummies rip through The Young Rascals' "Come on Up" and The Righteous Brothers' "Justine" my first instinct is to scream out "Little Latin Lupe Lu!" And then there's "Mariconda's a Friend of Mine," the lyrics of which have been passed down generation to generation in elementary school boys' rooms.

* Memphis Sanctified Jug Bands 1928-1930. Jug band gospel music! What a concept! These tracks were recorded at a Church of God in Christ in Memphis. The album includes what has what has to be the greatest versions of "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" I've ever heard. Unfortunately the individual artists aren't listed on the tracks, though the Document Records Web site indicates "Whole World" is performed by Brother Williams Memphis Sanctified Singers.

Not all the songs are jug tunes. There's also some good old fashioned Black preaching with a Holy Ghost-filled choir moaning the Word behind the minister, sometimes with a short jug-band interlude following.

(Memory Lane: In the late '70s I used to live a couple of doors down from a Church of God in Christ on Gallegos Lane right here in Santa Fe. Sometimes I'd hear some amazing gospel being sung there. The church, however, was sold by the early '80s. The building is still there though.)

* Daptone 7-Inch Singles Collection, Vol. 1 by Various Artists. How can you go wrong with Dap regulars like Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields? There's also worthwhile offerings by lesser-known singers like Charlie Bradley and the deep-voiced Naomi Davis, who does a funk-filled tune called "Promised Land" (not the Chuck Berry classic) And there's a couple of instrumental groups -- The Sugarman 3 and Company -- who sounds as if they're making soundtracks for a new crop of Cleopatra Jones movies.

This compilation just serves to show why Daptone has become synonymous with 21st Century soul. I just saw that Daptone is releasing a Volume 2 of this. Can't wait.


* Directions to See a Ghost by The Black Angels. This is the brand new album from Austin's psychedelic drone masters, released just a couple of months after I became aware of them. (I saw them at Roky Erikson's Ice Cream Social during SXSW). It's cool that eMusic had the album available a few weeks in advance of its release.

Virtually every track is a lengthy journey to the center of what's left of your mind, culminating in the 16-minute "Snake in the Grass," which features Oooga Boooga drums and layers of feedback.


* Trains and Boats and Planes by Laura Cantrell. This is a nine-song EP by this New York country gal. Most the songs are about modes of transportation. Her talent is only eclipsed by her great tastes. I knew it would be worth it alone for her covers of two of my favorite obscure country songs from the early '70s: Roger Miller's "Train of Life" (covered by Merle Haggard on his landmark Someday We'll Look Back album) and John Hartford's "Howard Hughes Blues" from his greatest Aereo-Plain. Plus there's versions of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and New Order's "Love Vigilantes," a sad soldier song that sounds like it was written as a country tune.

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, May 9, 2008
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell

Now Simulcasting 90.7 FM, and our new, stronger signal, 101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
White Trash Girl by Candye Kane
Wanted Man by Johnny Cash
Hey Little Dreamboat by Rose Maddox
I Push Right Over by Rosie Flores
Qualudes Again by Bobby Bare
Friday Night on a Dollar Bill by Huelyn Duvall
Have Love Will Travel by Big Sandy
High and Wild by Ray Condo & His Ricochets
Tiny Blue Transistor Radio by Connie Smith
Tore Up Junction by Arty Hill & The Long Gone Daddies
The Palace Roses by Todd Andrews

Bleeding Willow by Bone Orchard
Blue Diamond Mines by Kathy Mattea
Reprimand by The Santa Fe All Stars
Nobody Eats at Linebaugh's Anymore by John Hartford
Johny Can't Dance by Mama Rosin
Merchants Lunch by The Austin Lounge Lizards

THE COMBINATION PLATE
Guacamole by The Texas Tornados
Martha's Tacos by Billy Bacon & The Forbidden Pigs
Tamale Baby by Joe "King" Carasco y Las Coronas
Cook yer Enchiladas by Stephen W. Terrell
Pink Burrito by R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders
Big Chorizo by Manic Hispanic
Hot Burrito #1 by The Flying Burrito Brothers

Red Hot by Billy Lee Riley
Whatcha Gonna Do Now by Tommy Collins
Junior by Simon Stokes

New Song of Freedom by Chip Taylor
A Girl in a House on Felony Flats by Richmond Fontaine
Davey Took a Gun and Killed His Wife/Sittin' on a Jury: The Verdict/Sittin' on a Jury: Epilogue by The Wilders
Weakness in a Man by Waylon Jennings
Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You by Dolly Parton
Iowa City by Eleni Mandell
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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