Friday, February 20, 2009
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org
OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Wickedest City by The Waco Brothers
That's What Makes the Jukebox Play by Roy Acuff
Big Harlan Taylor by Roger Miller
The Moon Is High by Neko Case
Honky Tonk Man by Johnny Horton
That Little Honkey Tonk Queen by Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley
Parchman Farm by Ray Condo & His Ricochets
The Girl on Death Row by T. Tex Edwards & Out on Parole
I Don't Want to Go by Stud Cole
La Delaysay by The Pine Leaf Boys
Make Friends by Cornell Hurd
Tight Like That/People Who Died by The Asylum Street Spankers
Sin Away by The Grevious Angels
Poon-Tang by Deke Dekerson with The Treniers
Walking Bum by Heavy Trash
Bottle of Wine by Angry Johnny & The Killbillies
Be Real by Freda & The Firedogs
Let Me Be The Judge by Amber Digby
Catch 'em young, Treat 'em Rough and Tell 'em Nothing by Hank Penny
Sweet as the Flowers in Maytime by The Carter Family
Mustang Kid/Fuzzy Stuff by Andy Anderson
I Can't Find the Doorknob by Jimmy & Johnny
Shortnin' Bread Rock by The Collins Kids
Red Hot by Billy Lee Riley
Trucker From Tennessee by Link Davis
I'm Comin' Home by Sleepy LaBeef
Hillbilly Music by Jerry Lee Lewis
Honey Hush by Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio
Johnny Valentine by Andy Anderson
Don't Buy a Skinned Rabbit by Blonde Boy Grunt & The Groans
Cool and Dark Inside by Kell Robertson
One More Down by John Egenes
Grinding Wheel by Hundred Year Flood
Tiny Island by Leo Kottke
You Coulda Walked Around the World by Butch Hancock
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets
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Friday, February 20, 2009
TERRELL'S TUNE-UP: A ROLLING STONE IN TAOS?
A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
February 20, 2009
Bet you didn't know that one of the original Rolling Stones used to live in Taos.
No, not Mick or Keith or any of those other limeys who popped up in the '60s. I'm talking about Andy Anderson, the founder of a first-generation rockabilly band by that name, which sprang out of Clarksdale, Mississippi, in the mid-1950s; he sang songs like "Johnny Valentine" and "Tough, Tough, Tough." He never sold a fraction of the records the latter-day Stones did. But Mick Jagger can't say he helped build a New Mexico state fish hatchery, now can he?
I recently received a package of CDs with a personal note from Andy. "Many of these songs were written when we lived in Taos. Many great memories from Santa Fe and the area." He went on to write that he lived in Taos between 1976 and 1988.
The CDs he sent are all titled One Man's Rock & Roll. My favorite is subtitled The Early Years 1955-1965. The other two, which also include some dang good tracks, are more recent recordings. They are subtitled Anthology Vol. 1 and Anthology Vol. 2: Party Down.
Like many ascended masters of the blues, Anderson grew up on a Mississippi plantation. One big difference: he wasn't a sharecropper. His parents owned the plantation. The liner notes for The Early Years say that as a child he actually went to live shows featuring the likes of Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, and B.B. King.
Anderson formed The Rolling Stones during his college years at Mississippi State University. A 2005 interview with The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi, quotes the singer talking about his early years with The Stones: "Nobody drank. We were clean livin' rock 'n' rollers, good old boys who just wanted to make music and took everything for granted. We didn't want a million dollars, we wanted more gigs."
Clean living? That doesn't sound like the Rolling Stones most of us know.
The group cut a lot of records, even some at Sun Studio with Jack Clement as producer. Alas, those songs have yet to be released. The Early Years, however, is a great sampler of Anderson's Rolling Stones years and of his work with his next band, The Dawn Breakers (from 1959 on).
Though you never hear them on oldies radio, Anderson had some extremely cool tunes. There's "Johnny Valentine" — three versions of which are included in this collection — a song about a rockin' Romeo who "goes out with the girls all of the time/He's in love with 'em all; he goes out every night/He's got about a hundred; he likes to hold 'em tight." "I-I-I Love You" is simple and greasier than Kookie's comb. And "Tough, Tough, Tough," is a punchy little rocker that lives up to its name.
Unlike the golden gods of rockabilly whose names we all cherish, Anderson had some regional hits, but he never quite caught on. He kept his day job as manager of an electrical- supply store and kept recording through the late '60s. The later songs on The Early Years show Anderson progressing beyond rockabilly, incorporating elements of soul, R & B, and country.
He worked the business end of the music biz too. During a stint in California in the late '60s, he was part of a management company whose clients included Jefferson Airplane, The Seeds, and Canned Heat. Anderson had all but given up on music by the early 1970s. But then he hooked up with a songwriter named J.J. Hettinger and started a band called The Eagle and the Hawk. The group relocated to New Mexico in the mid-'70s — perhaps because they heard our music industry was for the birds.
Not only did Anderson play music in Taos, he also sold real estate. And though he didn't mention it in his note to me, he spent some time in Albuquerque building custom homes. Shortly after moving to Taos, Anderson lost a finger in a mishap with a hydraulic lift. That was the end of The Eagle and the Hawk. Anderson started a construction company called Big Valley Land & Construction.
According to his biography in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame Web site, the company was subcontracted to help build the state fish hatchery near Questa. But Anderson's hard luck continued. "The general contractor on the project went bankrupt," the Web site says. "This cost Andy his profit from the job and forced him to liquidate his company to pay off all of his debts."
By this time, Anderson was doing some gigs and even some recording with local musicians. But he returned to Mississippi by the end of the '80s, reportedly so he could work with hard-core Southern rockers.
The two anthologies are from his post-New Mexico period. While they aren't as much fun as the '50s and '60s recordings on The Early Years, there are some great blues-drenched boogie stompers here. These include "Wichita Watchita Omaha Cowboy," "Red Dog Cider," "Sweet Imogene," and "Damned Old Ford." Then there's "Fuzzy Stuff," which starts out "I went on down to the fabric store." Anderson's voice has gotten rougher and gruffer with age, and it suits these songs well. Never has a trip to the fabric store sounded more fun or nastier.
Unfortunately, too many slow ballads on these albums are sappy. Andy's more convincing as a tough old rocker than an old softie.
February 20, 2009
Bet you didn't know that one of the original Rolling Stones used to live in Taos.
No, not Mick or Keith or any of those other limeys who popped up in the '60s. I'm talking about Andy Anderson, the founder of a first-generation rockabilly band by that name, which sprang out of Clarksdale, Mississippi, in the mid-1950s; he sang songs like "Johnny Valentine" and "Tough, Tough, Tough." He never sold a fraction of the records the latter-day Stones did. But Mick Jagger can't say he helped build a New Mexico state fish hatchery, now can he?
I recently received a package of CDs with a personal note from Andy. "Many of these songs were written when we lived in Taos. Many great memories from Santa Fe and the area." He went on to write that he lived in Taos between 1976 and 1988.
The CDs he sent are all titled One Man's Rock & Roll. My favorite is subtitled The Early Years 1955-1965. The other two, which also include some dang good tracks, are more recent recordings. They are subtitled Anthology Vol. 1 and Anthology Vol. 2: Party Down.
Like many ascended masters of the blues, Anderson grew up on a Mississippi plantation. One big difference: he wasn't a sharecropper. His parents owned the plantation. The liner notes for The Early Years say that as a child he actually went to live shows featuring the likes of Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, and B.B. King.
Anderson formed The Rolling Stones during his college years at Mississippi State University. A 2005 interview with The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi, quotes the singer talking about his early years with The Stones: "Nobody drank. We were clean livin' rock 'n' rollers, good old boys who just wanted to make music and took everything for granted. We didn't want a million dollars, we wanted more gigs."
Clean living? That doesn't sound like the Rolling Stones most of us know.
The group cut a lot of records, even some at Sun Studio with Jack Clement as producer. Alas, those songs have yet to be released. The Early Years, however, is a great sampler of Anderson's Rolling Stones years and of his work with his next band, The Dawn Breakers (from 1959 on).
Though you never hear them on oldies radio, Anderson had some extremely cool tunes. There's "Johnny Valentine" — three versions of which are included in this collection — a song about a rockin' Romeo who "goes out with the girls all of the time/He's in love with 'em all; he goes out every night/He's got about a hundred; he likes to hold 'em tight." "I-I-I Love You" is simple and greasier than Kookie's comb. And "Tough, Tough, Tough," is a punchy little rocker that lives up to its name.
Unlike the golden gods of rockabilly whose names we all cherish, Anderson had some regional hits, but he never quite caught on. He kept his day job as manager of an electrical- supply store and kept recording through the late '60s. The later songs on The Early Years show Anderson progressing beyond rockabilly, incorporating elements of soul, R & B, and country.
He worked the business end of the music biz too. During a stint in California in the late '60s, he was part of a management company whose clients included Jefferson Airplane, The Seeds, and Canned Heat. Anderson had all but given up on music by the early 1970s. But then he hooked up with a songwriter named J.J. Hettinger and started a band called The Eagle and the Hawk. The group relocated to New Mexico in the mid-'70s — perhaps because they heard our music industry was for the birds.
Not only did Anderson play music in Taos, he also sold real estate. And though he didn't mention it in his note to me, he spent some time in Albuquerque building custom homes. Shortly after moving to Taos, Anderson lost a finger in a mishap with a hydraulic lift. That was the end of The Eagle and the Hawk. Anderson started a construction company called Big Valley Land & Construction.
According to his biography in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame Web site, the company was subcontracted to help build the state fish hatchery near Questa. But Anderson's hard luck continued. "The general contractor on the project went bankrupt," the Web site says. "This cost Andy his profit from the job and forced him to liquidate his company to pay off all of his debts."
By this time, Anderson was doing some gigs and even some recording with local musicians. But he returned to Mississippi by the end of the '80s, reportedly so he could work with hard-core Southern rockers.
The two anthologies are from his post-New Mexico period. While they aren't as much fun as the '50s and '60s recordings on The Early Years, there are some great blues-drenched boogie stompers here. These include "Wichita Watchita Omaha Cowboy," "Red Dog Cider," "Sweet Imogene," and "Damned Old Ford." Then there's "Fuzzy Stuff," which starts out "I went on down to the fabric store." Anderson's voice has gotten rougher and gruffer with age, and it suits these songs well. Never has a trip to the fabric store sounded more fun or nastier.
Unfortunately, too many slow ballads on these albums are sappy. Andy's more convincing as a tough old rocker than an old softie.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
THE PLANT-KRAUSS COLLABORATIVE MODEL
I've got to post this one in both my blogs, music and politics.
In her column at The Ventura County Star, Beverly Merrill Kelley says politicians could learn a lot from the Grammy-winning collaboration between former Led Zep wailer Robert Plant and modern bluegrass princess Allison Krauss.
I don't think much of the Grammys, but it's still a worthwhile column.
You can read it HERE.
Thanks to Deborah Baker at the Associated Press for showing me this.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST
Sunday, February 15, 2009
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org
OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Do the Clam by The Cramps
Spreading the Love Vibration by 27 Devils Joking
Hate You Baby by The Marshmellow Overcoat
Sonny Could Lick All Those Cats by Chuck E. Weiss
Kingdom of My Mind by The Blood-Drained Cows
Primitive by The Groupies
You Talk, I Listen by Ross Johnson
House of Pain by Johnny Dowd
Outta Gear by Los Straitjackets
Spastica by Elastica
The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) by The Grateful Dead
Occurance on the Border by Gogol Bordello
Where the Flavor Is by Mudhoney
Somebody in My Home by John Schooley
Picture of You by The Dex Romweber Dup
City Hob Goblins by The Fall
Tallahassee Lassie by The Flamin' Groovies
Let That Liar Alone by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Things Are Movin' Way Too Fast by Hasil Adkins
An Ugly Woman (Is Twice as Sweet) by Don Covay
Pachuca Hop by Mad Mel Sebastian
The Monkey Song by The Big Bopper
Baby by Marty Roberts & His Nightriders
Money (That's What I Want) by Paul Revere & The Raiders
I'm the Wolf by Howlin' Wolf
Boom Chank by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Goo Goo Muck by Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads
Bacon by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
I'm Watching You by Jay Reatard
The Piston and The Shaft by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
My Hat by Pere Ubu
Broken World by Shemekia Copeland
Miss Beehive by Howard Tate
Longtime Jerk by The Clash
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org
OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Do the Clam by The Cramps
Spreading the Love Vibration by 27 Devils Joking
Hate You Baby by The Marshmellow Overcoat
Sonny Could Lick All Those Cats by Chuck E. Weiss
Kingdom of My Mind by The Blood-Drained Cows
Primitive by The Groupies
You Talk, I Listen by Ross Johnson
House of Pain by Johnny Dowd
Outta Gear by Los Straitjackets
Spastica by Elastica
The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) by The Grateful Dead
Occurance on the Border by Gogol Bordello
Where the Flavor Is by Mudhoney
Somebody in My Home by John Schooley
Picture of You by The Dex Romweber Dup
City Hob Goblins by The Fall
Tallahassee Lassie by The Flamin' Groovies
Let That Liar Alone by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Things Are Movin' Way Too Fast by Hasil Adkins
An Ugly Woman (Is Twice as Sweet) by Don Covay
Pachuca Hop by Mad Mel Sebastian
The Monkey Song by The Big Bopper
Baby by Marty Roberts & His Nightriders
Money (That's What I Want) by Paul Revere & The Raiders
I'm the Wolf by Howlin' Wolf
Boom Chank by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Goo Goo Muck by Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads
Bacon by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
I'm Watching You by Jay Reatard
The Piston and The Shaft by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
My Hat by Pere Ubu
Broken World by Shemekia Copeland
Miss Beehive by Howard Tate
Longtime Jerk by The Clash
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
Friday, February 13, 2009
THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST
Friday, February 13, 2009
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org
OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Funnel of Love by Wanda Jackson with The Cramps
Sucker for a Cheap Guitar by Ronnie Dawson
Wild and Free by Hank Williams III
Out There a Ways by The Waco Brothers
Hesitation Blues by Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel
Tough Tough Tough by Andy Anderson
White Trash Girl by Candye Kane
Adios Mexico by Joe "King" Carrasco & Texas Tornados
Dallas Alice by Doug Sahm
California Blues by Alejandro Escovedo with Jon Langford
21 Days in Jail by The Blasters
Give That Love to Me by Ray Campi
Why I'm Walkin' by Johnny Paycheck
Crazy Mixed Emotions by Rosie Flores
Firewater Seeks Its Own Level by Butch Hancock & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Deep as Your Pockets by Amber Digby
Handyman by C.W. Stoneking
Beer by Asylum Street Spankers
How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live by The Del-Lords
Brother Can You Spare a Dime by Dr. John with Odetta
Hollis Brown by Thee Headcoats
Busted by Ray Charles
Artificial Flowers by Cornell Hurd featuring Blackie White
Going Down This Road Feeling Bad by Doc Watson
Why Do You Bob Your Hair, Girls? by Ann Magnuson
Tangled Up in Love by The Rifters
Willie the Weeper by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Lucille by The Beat Farmers
Loudmoth Cowgirls by Kim & The Cabelleros
Magnificent Seven by Jon Rauhouse
Green Green Grass of Home by Ted Hawkins
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets
Steve Terrell is proud to report to the monthly Freeform American Roots Radio list
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org
OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Funnel of Love by Wanda Jackson with The Cramps
Sucker for a Cheap Guitar by Ronnie Dawson
Wild and Free by Hank Williams III
Out There a Ways by The Waco Brothers
Hesitation Blues by Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel
Tough Tough Tough by Andy Anderson
White Trash Girl by Candye Kane
Adios Mexico by Joe "King" Carrasco & Texas Tornados
Dallas Alice by Doug Sahm
California Blues by Alejandro Escovedo with Jon Langford
21 Days in Jail by The Blasters
Give That Love to Me by Ray Campi
Why I'm Walkin' by Johnny Paycheck
Crazy Mixed Emotions by Rosie Flores
Firewater Seeks Its Own Level by Butch Hancock & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Deep as Your Pockets by Amber Digby
Handyman by C.W. Stoneking
Beer by Asylum Street Spankers
How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live by The Del-Lords
Brother Can You Spare a Dime by Dr. John with Odetta
Hollis Brown by Thee Headcoats
Busted by Ray Charles
Artificial Flowers by Cornell Hurd featuring Blackie White
Going Down This Road Feeling Bad by Doc Watson
Why Do You Bob Your Hair, Girls? by Ann Magnuson
Tangled Up in Love by The Rifters
Willie the Weeper by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Lucille by The Beat Farmers
Loudmoth Cowgirls by Kim & The Cabelleros
Magnificent Seven by Jon Rauhouse
Green Green Grass of Home by Ted Hawkins
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets
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