WACKY WEDNESDAY: Musical Chimps

Ain't got that much for you this Wacky Wednesday.

Except a bunch of musical chimps.

Let's start with a classic early TV ad for Red Rose Tea starring The Marquis Chimps

 

This Post cereal commercial isn't nearly as cool as "Red Rose Tea." But it's still chimps.



In the '70s, Lancelot Link & The Evolution Revolution was the hippest chimp band going.



But let's go back to an earlier era of tlevision when the Nairobi Trio played The Ernie Kovacs Show. Technically, they were gorillas, but I think they fit in here.

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, September 20, 2015
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
Webcasting!
101.1 FM
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Here's the playlist

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Little War Child by the Oblivions

Testify by The BellRays

Turned Out Light by Thee Oh Sees

The Sky is a Poisonous Garden by Concrete Blonde

Brightness by The Malarians

Sookie Sookie by Steppenwolf

Devil Dance by The A-Bones

Cool Arrow (EP version) by The Hickoids

Hell Hound on My Trail by The Slow Poisoner

 

Mr. Kicks by Oscar Brown, Jr.

Please Please Please by David & Phil Alvin

Empty Space by Holly Golightly

I Wonder Why People Don't Like Me by Thee Headcoats

Lost Avenue by Johnny Dowd

Crackpot Baby by L7

Betty vs The NYPD by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Funplex by The B-52s

Down on Me by Big Brother & The Holding Company

 

They Lie by Mind Spiders

Psycho Train by Sinister Six

15 Degrees Capricorn Asc. by Sam Samudio

Full Moon in the Daylight Sky by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

Before the Next Teardrop Falls by Big John Hamilton

Bob George by Prince

I Got Your Number by The Sonics

Shout by Question Mark & The Mysterians

Speedway by Alan Vega

So Glad You're Mine by Junior Wells

Since I Met YouBaby by Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

I Don't Think So by Dinosaur Jr

What You Gonna Do 'Bout Me by Proffessor Charles Taylor & The Taylor Singers

Love is All Around by The Troggs

What Kind of Fool Am I by Sammy Davis, Jr

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

 

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THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, September 18, 2015
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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Here's my playlist :
OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens
Crazy Arms by Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis
Honky Tonk Merry Go Round by The Stumbleweeds
A-Town Blues by Wayne Hancock
Henry by New Riders of the Purple Sage
Mean Mean Man by Wanda Jackson
Feudin' and Fightin' by Marti Brom with the Cornell Hurd Band
Dirty Mouth Flo by Robbie Fulks
Hello Walls by The Malpass Brothers
Whose Gonna Take Your Garbage Out by Rosie Flores & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts
When the Whiskey Turns to Tears by Cornell Hurd
Southern Eyes by Joe Ely

Five Brothers by Marty Robbins
Don't Remember Me by The Misery Jackals
Out on the Highway by Mose McCormack
Meet You Down South by The Reverse Cowgirls
MisAmerica by Legendary Shack Shakers
The Wheels Fell Off the Wagon by Johnny Paycheck
John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto' by Chris Thomas King
Front Porch Trained by Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Madness, Murder, Mayhem Set
Psycho by Jack Kittell
Pardon Me I've Got Someone to Kill by Lonesome Bob
Dolores by T. Tex Edwards & Out on Parole
The Rubber Room by Porter Wagoner
Postcard from Jack by Ronny Elliott
Knoxville Girl by The Louvin Brothers
I'm a Nut by Leroy Pullens
Crazy by Willie Nelson

Something Stupid by The Mavericks with Trish Yearwood
I Never Go Around Mirrors by Lefty Frizzell
Your Hearty Laugh by The Defibulators
Ballad of Terri McGovern by Joe West & The Sinners
Never Cold Again by The Imperial Rooster
Between a Rock and Heartache by Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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Joe Ely and The Mavericks Live on The Plaza Saturday

Joe Ely playing with The Flatlanders
Thirsty Ear Festival, Santa Fe 2007

Just in case you haven't heard (because you live in a cave and only read this blog), there's a free show on The Santa Fe Plaza Saturday night (tomorrow! Sept. 19) featuring Joe Ely and The Mavericks.

And yes, I said FREE.

The show starts with Ely's set at 6:30 p.m. The Mavericks come on at 8 p.m.

This event is part of  St Vincent’s Hospital Foundation's 150th Anniversary. Hey, it's better than a night in the hsopital (and lots cheaper).

Also Saturday night, don't forget The Sons of Royalty are playing right down the street at Skylight, 139 W. San Francisco St. starting at 7 p.m. I wrote about this in last week's Terrell's Tuneup. Tickets are $20 and it's a benefit for  La Luz de Santa Fe Family Shelter.

Here's a video of Ely doing a Robert Earl Keen song on Austin City Limits.

THROWBACK THURSDAY: "... it was Roy Acuff, then God."

One hundred twelve years (and two days) ago in the tiny town of Maynardville, Tennessee, the Great Speckled Bird delivered a baby boy named Roy Acuff, who would grow up to become virtually synonymous with The Grand Ol' Opry ... and Hell, synonymous with country music itself for many years.

Of Acuff, Hank Williams was quoted saying,  "He's the biggest singer this music ever knew. You booked him and you didn't worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff, then God."

I bet even God didn't mind playing second fiddle to Roy Acuff.

Here is a video tribute to Roy, who, with his band, The Smokey Mountain Boys, helped make a great music even greater.

Let's start with one of his best known songs, "The Wabash Cannonball."



"Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour." (Jeremiah 12:9)



I'm more familiar with Little Jimmy Dickens' version of this next one. But Roy's version is nice too.



Here's a team-up with Red Foley on another Acuff classic.



Roy frequently turned his stage over to band members, who sometimes called themselves "Roy Acuff's Jug Band."

Finally, here's a weird musical connection: In the early days of the Acuff Jug Band, a young black kid played the jugs and spoons with the group. That might have been a goofy gig, but the kid, a Nashville native named Bobby Hebb, grew up to be a serious singer who had a huge hit in 1966 with a wonderful song called "Sunny." In the '70s Hebb cut a rocking soul version of Acuff's "Night Train to Memphis."



Hat tip to T. Tex Edwards for alerting me to Roy Acuff's birthday via a Google Plus post.