Friday, August 27, 2010
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
Jawbone by Angry Johnny & The Killbillies
Pay the Devil by Van Morrison
Keep Your Motor Hot by Sam Nichols With The Melody Rangers
I Like Drinking by The Gourds
Fisherman's Friend by Shinyribs
Death in the Morning by Phil Alvin
Oh Those Tombs by Roy Acuff
In the Pines by Charlie Feathers
Waymore's Blues by Waylon Jennngs
Baby Doll by Jimmy Dale
Freeway Ballet by Chipper Thompson
Twice the Lovin' (In Half the Time) by Jean Shepard & Speedy West
Hogs on the Highway by Bad Livers
Lone Cowboy by Michael Martin Murphey
Liquor Store by The Meat Purveyors
Worried Man Blues by Ralph Stanley
Hey Joe by Jerry Douglas
Hello Trouble by Buck Owens
Arizona Rose by The Waco Brothers
Walk Hard by Dewey Cox
Bad Actor by Merle Haggard
Fan It by The Swift Jewel Cowboys
Honky Tonk Affair by David Serby
Maybellene by Marty Robbins
Gettin' Drunk and Fallin' Down by Hank III
Wild Man Boogie by Ray Batts
Talking Hot Pants Blues by The Hickoids
You Wanna Give Me a Lift by Eilen Jewell
Wings of a Dove by Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette & Loretta Lynn
This Orchid Means Goodbye by Carl Smith
Steel Guitar Heaven by Ry Cooder
When You're Finally Done Drinkin' by The Stumbleweeds
There's a Tear in My Beer by Big Bill Lister
I Love You Because by Elvis Presley
You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry by Ernest Tubb
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
TERRELL'S TUNEUP: RIDGWAY'S NEON MIRAGE
A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
August 27, 2010
Even before he formed Wall of Voodoo back during the New Wave scare, Stan Ridgway had a cinematic perspective on the music he makes. Many of his songs — the instrumental “Heat Takes a Walk,” epic meditations like “My Beloved Movie Star” — sound like they were ripped from celluloid. Even some of his albums, the noirish The Big Heat being the most obvious, seem like soundtracks.
So when I popped Ridgway’s new one, Neon Mirage, into the CD player and heard the opener, “Big Green Tree,” it occurred to me that all his musical work might be considered one big soundtrack of his life.
Here was a recurring theme. The song first appeared on Ridgway’s 1995 album Black Diamond (as “Underneath the Big Green Tree”). It’s a wistful, bittersweet tune, more first-person confessional than Ridgway usually gets (especially back in 1995).
“Is there a home, a home for me?/Where the people stay until eternity?/Is there a road that winds up/Underneath the big green tree?”
It seemed like a fitting song for Black Diamond. That was Ridgway’s first solo album on an independent label, and he undoubtedly was feeling somewhat chewed up and spit out by his experience in the majors. And indeed, it seems appropriate for Neon Mirage, an album that, as Ridgway has explained, was forged when several people close to him — including his father, an uncle, and one of the musicians who plays on some of the tracks — died.
“Events like that can’t help but have an impact on the music you’re making at the time,” Ridgway said in his blog. “You’d be lying to yourself — and your listeners — if you thought otherwise. I’ve probably confused people with my music, my choices, the albums, and the changes in direction from year to year. But I can’t help it. There’s a weird old American jukebox in my head, and it still plays everything that’s ever got under my skin.”
In the new version of “Big Green Tree,” produced by Dave Alvin, it’s amazing how Ridgway’s voice has matured since the first one — not that he was a spring chicken in 1995. But now his voice sounds richer, more wizened, sadder, and wiser.
And singing background harmonies is Amy Farris, the violin player who committed suicide last year before the album was completed.
The new songs on Neon Mirage are pretty remarkable too. “This Town Called Fate” features the Western — well, probably spaghetti Western — sound that Ridgway has done so well since his Wall of Voodoo days.
The melody of this one sounds like it was influenced by Ridgway’s friends The Handsome Family. It’s a song built around a metaphor of impending death, fearing that “final knock on the door.” But it’s not without Ridgway’s wry humor.
That classic Ridgway story line about small-time criminals and drifters running from the law — and one another — pops up in the song “Scavenger Hunt,” which features a jazzy flute by saxman Ralph Carney and a fuzzy, bluesy guitar by longtime Ridgway collaborator Rick King. We never find out exactly why the narrator’s wife has flown the coop, but there are all sorts of fascinating clues — broken dishes, a treasure map, an interstate underpass “where your uncle hid the briefcase on our wedding day.”
“Desert of Dreams” is an enlightened take on what is termed “easy listening,” with sinister touches of exotica. Images of cocktails by the pool will fill your head. But the sweet daydream starts to turn downright crazy right near the end when Carney starts blowing wild, like Pharoah Sanders ripping out pages of the Creator’s master plan. It’s like he’s trying to abduct the listener and break out of the whole vision. It’s one of the most remarkable moments on the album.
“Turn a Blind Eye,” is a smoky little rocker about the world going to hell — Ridgway’s answer to The Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion”?
Then “Like a Wandering Star” sounds like a stray show tune. It’s a bouncy little number with a subtle steel guitar and string section in the background. (Ridgway says this is his stab at the Owen Bradley countrypolitan sound.)
There are some sad, pretty, introspective songs here. “Behind the Mask” is perhaps the best example. It’s atmospheric in a Daniel Lanois way, starting off with a violin solo by Farris and ending with some psychedelic guitar by King. “Who am I behind the mask?” Ridgway croons throughout.
Neon Mirage includes a Dylan cover. It’s “Lenny Bruce,” an early 1980s song Dylan wrote for the late comic renegade. But the album ends with an original song that sounds even more like a Dylan tune — “Day Up in the Sun” has a Planet Waves vibe to it. Pietra Wexstun’s keyboards here can’t help but remind you of Garth Hudson. It’s a big, upbeat production that ends the album with a note of optimism.
If this album were a movie, the credits would be rolling during “Day Up in the Sun” and everyone would be filing out full of hope, gratitude, and popcorn. But as Ridgway fans know, this is just an intermission.
This movie ain’t over yet.
Here's a video from the album:
August 27, 2010
Even before he formed Wall of Voodoo back during the New Wave scare, Stan Ridgway had a cinematic perspective on the music he makes. Many of his songs — the instrumental “Heat Takes a Walk,” epic meditations like “My Beloved Movie Star” — sound like they were ripped from celluloid. Even some of his albums, the noirish The Big Heat being the most obvious, seem like soundtracks.
So when I popped Ridgway’s new one, Neon Mirage, into the CD player and heard the opener, “Big Green Tree,” it occurred to me that all his musical work might be considered one big soundtrack of his life.
Here was a recurring theme. The song first appeared on Ridgway’s 1995 album Black Diamond (as “Underneath the Big Green Tree”). It’s a wistful, bittersweet tune, more first-person confessional than Ridgway usually gets (especially back in 1995).
“Is there a home, a home for me?/Where the people stay until eternity?/Is there a road that winds up/Underneath the big green tree?”
It seemed like a fitting song for Black Diamond. That was Ridgway’s first solo album on an independent label, and he undoubtedly was feeling somewhat chewed up and spit out by his experience in the majors. And indeed, it seems appropriate for Neon Mirage, an album that, as Ridgway has explained, was forged when several people close to him — including his father, an uncle, and one of the musicians who plays on some of the tracks — died.
“Events like that can’t help but have an impact on the music you’re making at the time,” Ridgway said in his blog. “You’d be lying to yourself — and your listeners — if you thought otherwise. I’ve probably confused people with my music, my choices, the albums, and the changes in direction from year to year. But I can’t help it. There’s a weird old American jukebox in my head, and it still plays everything that’s ever got under my skin.”
In the new version of “Big Green Tree,” produced by Dave Alvin, it’s amazing how Ridgway’s voice has matured since the first one — not that he was a spring chicken in 1995. But now his voice sounds richer, more wizened, sadder, and wiser.
And singing background harmonies is Amy Farris, the violin player who committed suicide last year before the album was completed.
The new songs on Neon Mirage are pretty remarkable too. “This Town Called Fate” features the Western — well, probably spaghetti Western — sound that Ridgway has done so well since his Wall of Voodoo days.
The melody of this one sounds like it was influenced by Ridgway’s friends The Handsome Family. It’s a song built around a metaphor of impending death, fearing that “final knock on the door.” But it’s not without Ridgway’s wry humor.
“Now don’t pick up the phone, just wait until I’ve run the test/Unplug all these computers now, we’ll burn them with the rest/We’ll leave this hard drive by the tree, yes as policeman’s bait/Here in this town they call Fate.”
That classic Ridgway story line about small-time criminals and drifters running from the law — and one another — pops up in the song “Scavenger Hunt,” which features a jazzy flute by saxman Ralph Carney and a fuzzy, bluesy guitar by longtime Ridgway collaborator Rick King. We never find out exactly why the narrator’s wife has flown the coop, but there are all sorts of fascinating clues — broken dishes, a treasure map, an interstate underpass “where your uncle hid the briefcase on our wedding day.”
“Desert of Dreams” is an enlightened take on what is termed “easy listening,” with sinister touches of exotica. Images of cocktails by the pool will fill your head. But the sweet daydream starts to turn downright crazy right near the end when Carney starts blowing wild, like Pharoah Sanders ripping out pages of the Creator’s master plan. It’s like he’s trying to abduct the listener and break out of the whole vision. It’s one of the most remarkable moments on the album.
“Turn a Blind Eye,” is a smoky little rocker about the world going to hell — Ridgway’s answer to The Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion”?
Then “Like a Wandering Star” sounds like a stray show tune. It’s a bouncy little number with a subtle steel guitar and string section in the background. (Ridgway says this is his stab at the Owen Bradley countrypolitan sound.)
There are some sad, pretty, introspective songs here. “Behind the Mask” is perhaps the best example. It’s atmospheric in a Daniel Lanois way, starting off with a violin solo by Farris and ending with some psychedelic guitar by King. “Who am I behind the mask?” Ridgway croons throughout.
Neon Mirage includes a Dylan cover. It’s “Lenny Bruce,” an early 1980s song Dylan wrote for the late comic renegade. But the album ends with an original song that sounds even more like a Dylan tune — “Day Up in the Sun” has a Planet Waves vibe to it. Pietra Wexstun’s keyboards here can’t help but remind you of Garth Hudson. It’s a big, upbeat production that ends the album with a note of optimism.
If this album were a movie, the credits would be rolling during “Day Up in the Sun” and everyone would be filing out full of hope, gratitude, and popcorn. But as Ridgway fans know, this is just an intermission.
This movie ain’t over yet.
Here's a video from the album:
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
TAKE A BITE OUT OF THE NEW BIG ENCHILADA PODCAST
It's a Hillbilly Pig Out this month on The Big Enchilada, a delicious high-cholesterol feast of Dixie-fried rockabilly, hickory-smoked honky-tonk madness, pickled bluegrass, meaty backwoods boogie and crazy country side dishes. So loosen your dadgum belt, sit back with your favorite moonshine and prepare to stuff your ears.
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(Background: Porky's Boogie on Strings by The Rhythm Boys)
Hogtied Over You by Billy Bacon & The Forbidden Pigs with Candye Kane
Diggin' For Gold by The Stumbleweeds
Pine Box Rotten by Crankshaft
Done Gone Crazy by Ray Condo & The Ricochets
Give It To Me, Daddy by Hartman's Heartbreakers
Brain Damage by The Austin Lounge Lizards
The Genitalia of a Fool by The Cornell Hurd Band featuring Justin Trevino
(Background Music: Feather Your Nest by The Washboard Wonders)
Hogs on the Highway by Bad Livers
Yodel Til I Turn Blue by Johnny Dilks & His Visitacion Valley Boys
Nothin' Clickin' Chicken by The Down Homers
Little White Pills by The Meat Purveyors
Hillbilly Blues by Ronnie Dawson
Ed's Place by Horace Heller
(Background Music: Texas Playboy Rag by The Pine Valley Cosmonauts)
Too Much Pork For Just One Fork by Southern Culture on the Skids
Sweet Singin' Daddy by Jimmy & Johnny
Countin' the Years by Yuichi & The Hilltone Boys
Who Puts The Cat Out When Papa's Out Of Town by Sam Nichols & The Melody Rangers
You've Never Been This Far Below by Freakwater
The Wings of a Dove/God Said I'll Be There by Retta & The Smart Fellas
You like this hillbilly stuff? If so, then you'll probably like some of my previous episodes like:
Episode 22: Honky in a Cheap Motel
Episode 16: Hillbilly Heaven
Episode 10: More Santa Fe Opry Favorites
Episode 8: Santa Fe Opry Favorites Vol. 2
Episode 2: Santa Fe Opry Favorites
Listen to this podcast 7 p.m. Mountain Time Tuesday August 24 on Real Punk Radio
Sunday, August 22, 2010
TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST
Sunday, August 22, 2010
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
Webcasting!
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org
OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Bitch Slap Attack by Lovestuck
Fire on the Moon by The Bell Rays
Easy to Cry by The Little Darlings
Mister Down Child by Sonny Boy Williamson with The Yardbirds
What's Your Name by Nathaniel Mayer
I Don't Like the Man I Am by Thee Headcoats
Panic in Georgia by Deadbolt
Sorrow's Forecast by Dead Moon
Mary Louise by Ichabod Strangelove
I Got Worms by Archie & The Pukes
Roly Poly by Joey Dee & The Starliters
The Pigmy Grind, Pt. 1 by Sonny Dublin
Woman Cops by The Ding-Dongs
Ten of Hearts by Mark Sultan
Anala by The King Khan & BBQ Show
Honey Hush by Big Joe Turner
Tiger Man by Rufus Thomas
Rocker by Nick Curran & The Lowlifes
100 Days, 100 Nights by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Find Me a Home by Detroit Cobras
R.I.P. Richard "Cannibal" Lopez
Zulu King by Cannibal & the Headhunters
Land by Patti Smith (Live 2005 version)
Land of 1000 Dances by Chris Kenner
Cannibal Girls by The Hydes
Whittier Boulevard by Thee Midnighters
Mark of the Unnamed/Budos Band Theme by The Budos Band
I Told You So by The Dirty Robbers
Idiot From Here by Kult
Under the Marble Faun by Movie Star Junkies
Please Ban Music/Gegen Alles by Country Teasers
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
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KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
Webcasting!
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org
OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Bitch Slap Attack by Lovestuck
Fire on the Moon by The Bell Rays
Easy to Cry by The Little Darlings
Mister Down Child by Sonny Boy Williamson with The Yardbirds
What's Your Name by Nathaniel Mayer
I Don't Like the Man I Am by Thee Headcoats
Panic in Georgia by Deadbolt
Sorrow's Forecast by Dead Moon
Mary Louise by Ichabod Strangelove
I Got Worms by Archie & The Pukes
Roly Poly by Joey Dee & The Starliters
The Pigmy Grind, Pt. 1 by Sonny Dublin
Woman Cops by The Ding-Dongs
Ten of Hearts by Mark Sultan
Anala by The King Khan & BBQ Show
Honey Hush by Big Joe Turner
Tiger Man by Rufus Thomas
Rocker by Nick Curran & The Lowlifes
100 Days, 100 Nights by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Find Me a Home by Detroit Cobras
R.I.P. Richard "Cannibal" Lopez
Zulu King by Cannibal & the Headhunters
Land by Patti Smith (Live 2005 version)
Land of 1000 Dances by Chris Kenner
Cannibal Girls by The Hydes
Whittier Boulevard by Thee Midnighters
Mark of the Unnamed/Budos Band Theme by The Budos Band
I Told You So by The Dirty Robbers
Idiot From Here by Kult
Under the Marble Faun by Movie Star Junkies
Please Ban Music/Gegen Alles by Country Teasers
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
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Friday, August 20, 2010
THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST
Friday, August 20, 2010
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
One Cup of Coffee by Glen Glenn
Honky Tonk Merry Go Round by Lucky Tomblin
Pawn Shop Guitars by Al Anderson
Tore up and Loud by Hank III
Sweet Singing Daddy by Jimmy & Johnny
Honky Tonk Man by Sleepy LaBeef
Hootin'-Nanny Papa by The Buchanan Brothers
She Likes to Boogie Real Low by Ray Condo & His Richochets
Lovin' Ducky Daddy by Carolina Cotton
Down the Bar From Me by Kell Robertson
Cherokee Fiddle by Michael Martin Murphey
Tennessee Boogie by Zeb Turner
Driving Nails in My Coffin by Hank Thompson
I Hold the Bottle, You Hold the Wheel by Reckless Kelly
The Window Up Above by George Jones
That Mink On Her Back by Hank Penny
Mental Cruelty by Buck Owens & Rose Maddox
Don't You See That Train by The Delmore Brothers
Side by Side Doublewides by The Hickoids
Right or Wrong by Willie Nelson & Asleep at The Wheel
Until I Die by The Ding Dongs
I Get Nothin' From My Girl by Mark Sultan
Fire's Still Burnin' by Hipbone Slim & The Knee Tremblers
Endless Sleep by The Frantic Flintstones
You Tell Her, I Stutter by Jimmy Lee Prow
Hi De Ho Boogie by Al Dexter
I Ain' Got Time For the Blues by Bill Kirchen with Maria Muldaur
Mean, Mean Man by Wanda Jackson
This Town Called Fate by Stan Ridgway
Death Valley Days by Jon Langford & Skull Orchard
Sittin' & Thinkin' by Ray Price
Cheap Living by Eric Hisaw
Ain't No Cane on the Brazos by The Band
Faded Loves and Memories by Blaze Foley
Last Days of Tampa Red by Ronny Elliott
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
One Cup of Coffee by Glen Glenn
Honky Tonk Merry Go Round by Lucky Tomblin
Pawn Shop Guitars by Al Anderson
Tore up and Loud by Hank III
Sweet Singing Daddy by Jimmy & Johnny
Honky Tonk Man by Sleepy LaBeef
Hootin'-Nanny Papa by The Buchanan Brothers
She Likes to Boogie Real Low by Ray Condo & His Richochets
Lovin' Ducky Daddy by Carolina Cotton
Down the Bar From Me by Kell Robertson
Cherokee Fiddle by Michael Martin Murphey
Tennessee Boogie by Zeb Turner
Driving Nails in My Coffin by Hank Thompson
I Hold the Bottle, You Hold the Wheel by Reckless Kelly
The Window Up Above by George Jones
That Mink On Her Back by Hank Penny
Mental Cruelty by Buck Owens & Rose Maddox
Don't You See That Train by The Delmore Brothers
Side by Side Doublewides by The Hickoids
Right or Wrong by Willie Nelson & Asleep at The Wheel
Until I Die by The Ding Dongs
I Get Nothin' From My Girl by Mark Sultan
Fire's Still Burnin' by Hipbone Slim & The Knee Tremblers
Endless Sleep by The Frantic Flintstones
You Tell Her, I Stutter by Jimmy Lee Prow
Hi De Ho Boogie by Al Dexter
I Ain' Got Time For the Blues by Bill Kirchen with Maria Muldaur
Mean, Mean Man by Wanda Jackson
This Town Called Fate by Stan Ridgway
Death Valley Days by Jon Langford & Skull Orchard
Sittin' & Thinkin' by Ray Price
Cheap Living by Eric Hisaw
Ain't No Cane on the Brazos by The Band
Faded Loves and Memories by Blaze Foley
Last Days of Tampa Red by Ronny Elliott
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets
Subscribe to The Big Enchilada Podcast! CLICK HERE
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