THROWBACK THURSDAY: Happy Birthday Ray Davies

Ray Davies -- singer, songwriter and front man for The Kinks -- turns 74 today.

Happy birthday, Ray.

Born in Muswell Hill in North London in 1944, Davies and his younger brother Dave Davies. The two brothers began performing in bands together as teenagers. By 1964, The Kinks had a recording contract. And by that summer, they had a hit with a Ray Davies original, "You Really Got Me."

To honor Ray on his birthday, and to give a hint at how influential Davies and The Kinks have been, I'm going to present several videos of other artists performing Davies songs.

Kinks Kovers, as it were.

Let's start with "I'm Not Like Everybody Else," as done by The Chocolate Watchband

 

Here's Queens of the Stone Age with their take on "Who'll Be the Next in Line."



 Sly & The Family Stone created a funkified version of  "You Really Got Me."



Southern Culture on the Skids put the hillbilly in "Muswell Hillbilly."



The Fall practically made "Victoria" their own.



And The Murder City Devils sound like they're well acquainted with Old Demon "Alcohol."



Finally, here are The Kinks themselves on Shindig in the mid '60s. Damn, they were good!

WACKY WEDNESDAY: Brian Wilson's Wackiest

It's Brian Wilson's birthday! The songwriter and architect of The Beach Boys' sound is 76 years old today.

Happy Birthday, Brian!

Though he's best known for his beautiful melodies and flawless harmonies, Wilson also was responsible for some outright wackiness on early Beach Boys albums.

Here's his wackiest moments:

It was supposed to be a dumb skit about a conflict between Wilson and singer Mike Love that appeared on their 1964 album Shut Down Volume 2.

It's not likely that anyone in 1964 would have realized that this painful stab at comedy actually foreshadowed decades of strife between Wilson and Love.


A year later, the album Summer Days (and Summer Nights !!) included a bizarre doo-wop parody called "I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man." At the time it seemed sweet and silly. But back then we didn't know about the Wilson boys' abusive father Murray Wilson.

The video below was recorded about a decade after  "I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man." was released.


Unlike the first two, this song isn't throwaway material. Musically, it fit in well with the other songs on Love You (1977). Still, any song heaping near-religious praise unto Johnny Carson has to be considered wacky. And Wilson doesn't disappoint.

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Here's the playlist:

(Background Music: Bluegrass Special by Bill Monroe)
I Ride an Old Paint by Holly Golightly & The Broke-offs
Crazy Mixed Up World by Ray Condo & The Hardrock Goners
Charlottesvillre by Jesse Dayton
Run 'em Off by Lefty Frizzell
Shot Four Times and Dying by Bill Carter
Roadmap for the Blues by Butch Hancock

(Background Music: Oklahoma Rag by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys)
I Made the Prison Band by Bill Hearne
Wild Wild Wild by Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis
Snake Farm by Ray Wylie Hubbard
Hand of the Almighty by John R. Butler
I Want to Live and Love Always by The Maddox Brothers & Rose
White Lightning by The Valley Serenaders
She Was Always Chewing Gum by Grandpa Jones

(Background Music: Festival Acadiens Two Step by Pine Leaf Boys)
Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don't by Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
Reservation Radio by Eric Hisaw
It's Nothing to Me by San Antonio Kid
At Least I'm Genuine by Stevie Tombstone
Fancy by The Geraldine Fibbers

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TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, June 17, 2018
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Wavespotting by Mean Motor Scooter
Lusty Little Lucy by Nick Curran & The Lowlifes
Sugar Bee by The Sir Douglas Quintet
Mon Nom by The Yawpers
On Broadway by Esquirita
Throw Me a Line by The Ugly Beats
Shortnin' Bread by The Ready Men
I Have Enough by Reverend Beat-Man
Wild and Free by Hank III

I Am What I Am by The Fleshtones
Plastic Jack by The Electric Mess
Tropical Hotdog Night by Captain Beefheart
You on the Run by Black Angels
Annie by Elastia
Blue Ticket by Ratannson
Shot Down by The Sonics
The Bottle Never Lets Me Down by Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
He's Making a Tape by Wild Billy Childish & Musicians of the British Empire

Wild America by Wayne Kramer
Feels Good by Stud Cole
Sex Cow by Teengenerate
Voodoo Got Me by The Goon Mat & Lord Bernardo
I'm Your Witch Doctor by Them
Lost in Today by Archie & The Bunkers
Mad Love by The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies
Polk Salad Annie by Jason & The Scorchers
Victoria by The Fall
Ants on the Melon by The Gourds

Stewball by Holly Golightly
How Does That Grab You Darlin' by The Empress of Fur
Lightning's Girl by Nancy Sinatra
Papa Won't Leave You Henry by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I Only Have Eyes for You by The Flamingos
Love Letters by Kitty Lester
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THE FINAL SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, June 15, 2018
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
The Ballad of Thunder Road by Robert Mitchum
Tell the King The Killer's Here by Ronny Elliott
Life of Sin by Sturgill Simpson
Bloody Mary Morning by Willie Nelson
Life, Love, Death and The Meter Man by Angry Johnny & The Killbillies
Fruit of the Vine by Nancy Apple
I Will Stay With You by Emily Kaitz with Ray Wylie Hubbard
Snake Farm by Ray Wylie Hubbard

I Ride an Old Paint by Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
Pigfork Jamboree by The Imperial Rooster
Crazy Mixed Up World by Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners
LSD by T. Tex Edwards & Out on Parole
I'm Home Gettin' Hammered While She's Out Gettin' Nailed by Jesse Dayton
The Hand of The Almighty by John R. Butler
This Town Gets Around by Margo Price
Hillbilly Town by Mose McCormack
Wine Spo Dee Odee by Kell Robertson
Hello Trouble by Bill Hearne

See Willy Fly By by The Waco Brothers
Nashville Radio / The Death of Country Music by Jon Langford's Hillbilly Lovechild
Wild Wild Wild by Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis
Mighty Lonesome Man by James Hand
God Has Lodged a Tenant in My Uterus by Tammy Faye Starlite
Daddy Was a Preacher, Mama Was a Go Go Girl by Southern Culture on the Skids

Ode to Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry
Roadmap for the Blues by Butch Hancock
Long Way to Hollywood by Steve Young
I Hate These Songs by Dale Watson
(Out on the Streets) Junk is Still King by Gary Heffern
In Tall Buildings by John Hartford
Someday We'll Look Back by Merle Haggard
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets



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