WACKY WEDNESDAY: Random Acts of Wackiness

Usually I have a theme for Wacky Wednesday.

This week I don't.

All I've got are a few stray videos of musical weirdness.

First of all, this panhandler, who definitely earned his handout.



A little Greek yodeling Hawaiian style by Kostas Bezos



A sweet song about a kitty cat



And, in conclusion, a little Mongolian Nazi pop

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday,

April 3, 2016 KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.

10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time

Host: Steve Terrell

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Here's the playlist

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

Mojo Workout by King Salami & The Cumberland 3

Jungle Noise by The Monsters

Down in the Basement by The Gears

Burn to Breathe by The Night Beats

I Know Your Name by Scratch Buffalo

Goin' on Down to the BBQ by Drywall

Again and Again by Black Lips

I Don't Like You No More by Andre Williams

 

Video Violence by Lou Reed

Gudbuy t' Jane by Hickoids

She's a Hunchback by The Dickies

The Lonely Streets by Pirate Love

Big Mouth Mickey by The Guilty Hearts

Whispers by Sulphur City

The Hunch by Hasil Adkins

War Dancers by King Mud

Rapping with Lee by Lee Fields

 

David Briggs' Talk by The Come N' Go

Voodoo Moonshine by Deadbolt

Mesopotamia by B-52s

Heart Attack and Vine by Lydia Lunch

Cock in Pocket by Iggy & The Stooges

Lost and Found by The Hunchmen

La Coulleuvre by Thee Verduns

Let's Dress Up the Naked Truth by New Bomb Turks

Dotted White Line by Blues Against Youth

Man on the Flying Trapeze by Spike Jones & His City Slickers

 

I'm Not Gonna Cry by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

Wilderness by Sleater-Kinney

Turn Back the Hands of Time by Timmy Thomas

Let Me Down Easy by Bettey LaVette

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis Youth

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THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

 

Friday, April 1, 2016

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

Polk Salad Annie by Tony Joe White

Nitty Gritty by Southern Culture on the Skids

A Fool Such as I by Marti Brom

Johnny Come Lately by Steve Earle & The Pogues

Don't Fall in Love With a Girl Like That by The Boxcars

Blue Eyed Elaine by John Prine & Mac Wiseman

The Women Make a Fool Out of Me by Ernest Tubb

Drinkin' Wine and Staring at the Phone by Dave Insley

Little Birdy by Steve Young

 

Big Fool of the Year by George Jones

My Name is Jorge by The Gourds

UFO on Farm Road by Sidney Ester

Walk Right In by Dave Alvin

Too Much Sex (Not Enough Jesus) by Drive-By Truckers

Twang Town Blues by Jason & The Scorchers

Driftwood 40-23 by Hickoids

Hey Good Lookin' by Tom Hiddleston

 

Seven Nights to Rock by Moon Mullican

Lonesome Hearted Blues by The Maddox Brothers & Rose

Cherokee Boogie by Hank Williams

River of Fools by Los Lobos

Favorite Fool by James Hand

One Sweet Hello by Merle Haggard

Cadillacin' by Paul Burch

Out of Jail by Waylon Jennings

Fire and Flame by Del McCoury

You're Gonna Miss Me by Hasil Adkins

I'm Just a Fool to Care by C.C. Adcock

In the Pines by Loretta Lynn

The Longest Train I Ever Saw by The Tenneva Ramblers

Hidden Love by Peter Case

World of Fools by David Bromberg 

South Bend Soldiers On by Robbie Fulks

The Scarlet Tide by Elvis Costello with Emmylou Harris

CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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Listen to Steve Young Live on the Santa Fe Opry in 2005

I was out of town last month when singer-songwriter Steve Young died, so I didn't get to pay him proper tribute on the radio until last week's Santa Fe Opry.

There I played a couple of songs from Steve's appearance on the show back in October 2005. They sounded so good to me I thought maybe I should put last week's show up on Mixcloud.

Then I thought, Hell! I should post his whole live appearance.

And so I did and here it is.

Unfortunately, the first moments of the conversation didn't make it onto the recording . But all the songs he played are there, Steve sang a few originals, a couple of covers of songs best known by Hank and Elvis and talked with me about his life and career.

Thanks again to Jim Terr, a longtime friend of Steve Young's, for arranging him to come on the show.

Play it below and find all sorts of my radio shows and podcasts on my Mixcloud page,

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Happy Birthday, Hillbilly Piano King

He only wanted to make the kind of music "that'll make them goddamn beer bottles bounce on the table."

And I believe that Aubrey Wilson "Moon" Mullican accomplished that goal many times over.

Born in Polk County, Texas in 1909, Tuesday would have been Mullican's 107th birthday.

As a boy in Texas, the first music he loved was the blues. According to an article on the Texas State Historical Association site:

Though Moon served as a church organist during his teens, he developed an interest in blues music and learned to play the guitar with instruction from a black farmer. Impressed also by pianists who performed in local juke joints, Mullican developed a distinctive two-finger right-handed piano style that became his trademark. Much to the chagrin of his father, he began to play for dances as a teenager and aspired to become a professional musician. When he was about sixteen years old he moved to Houston and worked as a piano player for establishments that some observers characterized as "houses of ill repute." Sleeping by day and working evenings, Mullican may have received his nickname for his nocturnal habits during this period. For a time in the 1930s he performed with his own band in clubs and on the radio in Southeast Texas and Louisiana.

By the 1930s he was playing in a number of western swing bands including  Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers,

In 1947 he signed with King Records in Cincinatti, where he recorded his best-known song "I'll Sail My Ship Alone." In 1949 he joined The Grand Old Opry.

Along the way, Mullican he developed a style of hillbilly boogie that was a huge influence on rockabilly. In fact one of Mulican's devotees was a fellow singing piano player named Jerry Lee Lewis. Mullican's style spanned country, blues, jazz and later, he embraced rock 'n' roll.

By the time he died on Jan. 1, 1967, he'd faded away from the national stage. But he kept on gigging in Texas, making them goddamn beer bottles bounce on the table until the end.

So happy belated birthday, Moon. Here are a few videos of live performances to keep his memory alive.

I wonder if Moon ever met Clarence "Frogman" Henry ...


Moon sings of the moon


On these clips Moon does best when pretty girls are around his piano


And here's Moon Mullican's signature song.