THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, July 8, 2016
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org

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OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens

Granny Panties by Broomdust Caravan

Gamblin' Man by Mike Ness

Devil's at Red's by Anthony Leon & The Chain

Way Out West by Moonshine Willie

Thank You Lord by James Hand

Don't Get Weird by Boris & The Saltlicks

Everybody Out by Al Scorch

Quit That Ticklin' Me by Bayou Seco

Robot Drone by Holly Wood

San Antonio Romero by Cathy Faber's Swingin' Country Band

Band of Gold by Loretta Lynn

My Tight Wad Daddy by Audrey Williams

Dead Bury the Dead by Legendary Shack Shakers

Kohrn Sirrup Sundea by Imperial Rooster

Drinking Champagne by Willie Nelson

A Girl Don't Have to Drink to Have Fun byThe Stumbleweeds

Rehab Girl by Joe West & The Sinners

Big City by Merle Haggard

No Relief in Sight by Dallas Wayne

Baton Rouge by Bill Hearne

Keep Your Mouth Shut by Beth Lee

TJ by Hickoids

Do You Think About Me by The Waco Brothers

Pins and Needles by Alex Maryol

Dance This Mess Around by Asylum Street Spankers

Rainbow Stew by Jason Ringenberg

Aunt Peg's New Old Man by Robbie Fulks (Coming to Los Alamos Aug. 5)

Singing for My Supper by Jaime Michaels

Down on Me by Mary Pickney and Janie Hunter

Weather Woman by Tom Adler

Still Lookin' For You by Townws Van Zandt

CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets


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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Lookin' for that Bully of the Town

Bullys suck.

They've always sucked.

And thus a song that became known as "Bully of the Town" became popular with folk, blues and country musicians in the 20th Century.

Actually, though it sprang from the late 19th Century, where,  credited to Charles Trevathan, it was originally known as "The Bully Song."

Musician and music writer Elijah Ward writes of the song.

“The Bully Song” was a huge hit in 1895 for a Scots-Canadian singer named May Irwin, who performed it in a stage play called The Widow Jones — which is also notable because a brief scene which she kisses one of the other actors was filmed by Thomas Edison in 1897 and hence is one of the first movie love scenes. Irwin followed with other songs about African American badmen, sung in exaggerated dialect — though, unlike most white singers who specialized in that sort of material, she did not wear blackface make-up — and she was one of the few pop stars of the late 19th century to record some of her hits, including “The Bully Song.”

But Ward explains there is some evidence that the song predates Irwin's version. He quotes W.C. Handy saying he heard it in the early 1890s.

Songs of this sort could be tremendous hits sometimes. On the levee at St. Louis I had heard Looking for the Bully sung by the roustabouts, which later was adopted and nationally popularized by May Irwin. I had watched the joy-spreaders rarin’ to go when it was played by the band

Below is Irwin's recording of the song. Unlike some of the versions that followed, Irwin is explicit in her desire to give the bully a taste of his own medicine.

She also explicitly -- and repeatedly-- uses that well racist term that contemporary polite folk call "The N-Word." You'd think she was NWA or something.

So if you don't want to hear that word, don't press play! (Ward does a cleaned-up version of the song HERE)



Gid Tanner was rather vague about the circumstances of the song here.



Lead Belly's version is similar, though he gives some additional information -- i.e. the Bully "shot the woman down." I suspect Mr. Ledbetter wanted to kill the Bully, go to prison for it, then get released by writing a song sucking up to the governor of whatever state he was in.



Here's Jerry Reed doing a version -- without the racist language -- closer in spirit to May Irwin's original. This bully is a definite asshole. There's a violent confrontation and the bully loses. [ Note from 2025: The original video with Reed singing the song with Buck Owens and Roy Clark on Hee Haw has vanished from YouTube]



For more deep dives into songs, check out The Stephen W. Terrell Web Log Songbook

WACKY WEDNESDAY: Late, but Don't Judge Me!

This is the latest in the day that I've ever posted a Wacky Wednesday.

Besides battling some bug (I got eight hours of sleep last night!) I've also been commuting to Albuquerque to cover legal proceedings, so I just couldn't do it this morning.

I was going to try to post this from the courthouse during the lunch break today.

But the public wi-fi there does not allow users to access any fun sites like Youtube or Blogspot -- both of which I need to do this work.

But enough of my sniveling excuses. Here's a Wacky Wednesday musical tribute to the American legal system.

Starting with Pigmeat Markham, of course:






Here's Wynonie Harris



Here's a classic from Moby Grape. [Disclaimer: this song does not reflect my personal feelings toward any of the many wise and hard-working men and women I know who have served on the bench.]

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, July 3, 2016 
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(at)ksfr.org

Here's the playlist

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
An American is a Very Lucky Man by Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians
4th of July by X

All By Myself by Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers

My Escape by Dead Moon

Gotta Get Fired by The Sloths

Gone Deep Underground by Stan Ridgway

They Took You Away by Gregg Turner

Listen by The Hotbeats

There's a UFO Up There by Travis Wammack

Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover by Bo Diddley

House Rockin' Boogie by Howlin' Wolf

Del Rio's Close Shave by The Fezz

I Hate You by The Sinister Six

Hey Gyp by The Orphans

Iron Dream by Kaos

Primitive Man by The Monsters

Work With Me Annie by Dave Van Ronk

We Want a Rock and Roll President by The Treniers

The Pusher by Left Lane Cruiser

Raise a Little Hell by Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band 

Safety Zone by Lonesome Shack

Pimps Don't Like It by Juke Joint Pimps

Suzy's Cookies by King Mud
Pucker Up Buttercup by Paul Wine Jones

Misery / Azael by The Devils

Crawl Through Your Hair by New Mystery Girl

Lonely Avenue by Sam Samudio

Zombie OUtbreak by Alien Space Kitchen

Harm's Way by The Ugly Beats

My Dark Heart by The Bonnevilles

Nothin' to Prove by Sons of Hercules

Old Man Mose by Pierre Omer's Swing Revue Swing Cremonia

Bang Bang by Gaunga Dyns

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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Here's the playlist:

(Background Music: Echo Four-Two by Johnny Gregory & His Orchestra)
I Must Be the Devil by Glambilly
Before I Die by The Sloths
Look in the Mirror by Gregg Turner
Coitus Interuptus From a Priest by The Devils
Chevrolet by Left Lane Cruiser
I Found a Peanut by Thee Midnighters

(Background Music: Lonely Road to Damascus by Milt Rogers & His Orchestra)
Stepping on My Toes by New Mystery Girl
The Devil & Me by The Vagoos
69 by The Four
Gimme That Girl by The Devil Dogs
I Don't Want to Die Again by White Fangs
It's a Cryin' Shame by The Gentlemen
Groovy Babe by Durand Jones & The Indications

(Background Music: Forbidden Planet by David Rose & His Orchestra)
Diablo con Vestido Azul by Los Streaks
The Man Without a Head by The Pulsebeats
Will Success Spoil Me by Help Me Devil
Lobo by Davilla 666
Cult Casualty by Messkimos
She Let the Devil In by Tom Morse
(Background Music: I Lost My Baby to a Satan Cult by Stephen W. Terrell)


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