Sunday, November 22, 2020 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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terrell(at)ksfr.org
Here's my playlist :
OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Poor Gary from the Gallows by Harvey McLaughlin
Over You by The Cavemen
Teen Angel by Dirty Fences
Julio Iglesias by Butthole Surfers
All I’m Saying by Alien Space Kitchen
Rats in My Kitchen by The Fleshtones
Ain’t Your Choir by Churchwood
One Dark Day by Dave Del Monte & The Cross Country Boys
Don’t Make Me Pregnant by Miss Tammy Faye Starlite
(Background Music: Jitterbug by Angelo Badalamenti)
JFK ASSASSINATION SET
November by The Rockin’ Guys
Back and To The Left by JFn’K
Lee Harvey by T. Tex Edwards
Jack Ruby by Camper Van Beethoven
Memories of Kennedy by Hasil Adkins
I Want to Know Why by James & Fannie Brewer
Get Outta Dallas by Mal Thursday & The Cheetahs
A Tragedy in Dallas by James Dotson
He Was a Friend of Mine by The Byrds
(Background Music: Jack Ruby by Roland Alphonso)
Way Down in the Hole by Tom Waits
Hand Sanitizer by The Terrorists
Up in Her Room by The Seeds
Turtles All the Way Down by Sturgill Simpson
(Background Music: Perry Mason Theme by Bloodless Pharoahs with Brian Setzer
)
Make It Mine by The Howlin’ Max Messer Show
You Don’t Want Me by The Compulsive Gamblers
When I Turn Off the Living Room Light by The Kinks
Postcards from Italy by Beirut
Hand of God by Soundgarden
In God’s Eyes by Willie Nelson
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
Ray Collins, the original lead singer of The Mothers of Invention, was born on
this day, November 17, 1936.
Happy birthday, Ray.
Collins died in 2012 at the age of 76.
After dropping out of high school (he'd gotten his girlfriend pregnant)
Collins, the son of a Pomona police officer, started singing with an R&B covers band called The Soul Giants in
Pomona, Cal. Among its members were drummer Jimmy Carl Black (a former New
Mexico resident) and Roy Estrada on bass. And following a dispute with The
Soul Giants' guitarist, Collins recruited a guy named Frank Zappa, who shared
his love for old R&B and Doo-Wop, along with his sense of musical
adventurousness.
Collins had a great background in doo-wop. He sang with local L.A. favorite Little Julian Herrera & The Tigers. You can hear his vocals on Herrera's "I Remember Linda."
Collins and Zappa, who had been friends since 1961, engaged in a side project called Ned & Nelda. This
1963 parody of the hit "Hey Paula" definitely was a pre-cursor to Ruben &
The Jets.
Collins and Zappa co-wrote a song called "Memories of El Monte," which was
recorded in 1963 by The Penguins. It wasn't nearly as big as the group's
best-known song, "Earth Angel," but it's still pretty bitchen.
Zappa slowly took over The Soul Giants, which mutated into The Mothers of
Invention. Here's a tune from The Mothers' first album,
Freak Out (which later was re-recorded for
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets.)
And here's the lead track of the Mothers' second album, Absolutely Free.
But tensions between Collins and Zappa were growing during this period. According to a 2009 interview with Collins in The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin:
[Collins] "had been ambivalent about the Mothers ever since Zappa relocated the band from Pomona to Hollywood to pursue a record deal. ... Quitting became a running joke.
"`I think I [quit] four times, maybe,' Collins says. "I didn't like doing that stuff onstage. Too much comedy, too much making fun of stuff. ... I wanted to make beautiful music. I was raised on Johnny Mathis and Nat King Cole.' "
Collins did quit the band after Absolutely Free, but came back to sing on Cruising with Ruben & The Jets.
But I don't think Johnny Mathis done it this way.
Ruben & The Jets turned out to be the last gasp of Collins' music career.
In the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin interview, Collins said, "People will ask why it's been 40 years since I've been onstage. I don't know ... If you just enjoy life it's conducive to not being successful. You know what I mean? I just enjoy life."
Sunday, November 15, 2020 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM Webcasting! 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
Get Thee Gone by Geraldine Fibbers
Teaching You the Fear by The Bellrays
122 Hours of Fear by Archie & The Bunkers
Plenty Wrong to Go Awry by Churchwood
Outta My Mind by The King Khan & BBQ Show
Rom Say Sok by Dengue Fever
(Background Music: Progmorphious by Alien Space Kitchen)
Mojo Workout by King Salami & The Cumberland 3
A Certain Guy by Mary Weiss
Jungle Rock by The Replacements
Keep Your Kitten Inside by Dirty Fences
I Don’t Know by The Hipshakes
I Love You by Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
Badman by The Oblivians
Let it Slide by Shrunken Heads
Angel on the Road by X
Ping’s Chinese Restaurant by Harvey McLaughlin
(Background Music: Project Zero by The Bomboras)
Bella Donna by Goshen
Nightmare by The Cavemen
Buried Next to You by Hipbone Slim & The Knee-Trembers
Yesterday, Tuesday Nov. 10, 2020, would have been the 80th birthday of
graveyard rocker and titular head of the
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
David Edward Sutch. That's Screaming Lord Sutch to you.
Sutch, who took his own life in 1999, was, along with another screamer, Jay
Hawkins, an early pioneer of mixing horror with rock 'n' roll. His early
singles were produced by British iconoclast Joe Meek. According to
Discogs, the Lord's very first single, in 1961, was a cover of Little Richard's
"Good Golly Miss Molly." But he became far better known for songs like "She's
Fallen In Love With The Monster Man," "Monster In Black Tights," "Murder in
the Graveyard" and his best known song, "Jack the Ripper."
Spurred by his fame in the U.K., Sutch launched his first campaign for British
Parliament in 1963, under the banner of something called the National Teenage
Party. He didn't win any of those races. Then in 1982, Sutch and Alan "Howling Laud" Hope created
the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, still active today. The party's official motto is "Vote Insanity." Some might argue that the U.S. Republican Party has coopted Official Monster Raving Loony Party values in that respect. But I won't go there.)
Sutch didn't win any elections as a OMRLP candidate. Obviously a victim of voter fraud by the Deep State. That's probably a good thing. But still, for those with ears to hear, Screamin' Lord Sutch's music lives on.
Here's one of his classic monster raving loony tunes,"All Black and Hairy":
Apparently the Lord had a deep desire to become Dracula's son-in-law.
Here's an early
rock and blues classics, "Honey, Hush," performed by an early Sutch on French television in the '60s:
A bevy of late '60s British rock royalty -- John Bonham, Jeff Beck, Nicky
Hopkins and Noel Redding -- joined the good Lord on his 1970 "comeback" album,
Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends. The critics raved: "The album is
regarded as a kind of Plan 9 from Outer Space of rock LPs: it's bad,
but endearingly so ... " proclaimed
Allmusic. "Many Led Zeppelin fans -- who bought this album when it was released
on the heels of the first two Zep records -- have never forgiven Page for it."
Aw, what do they know?
And here's the song that made us all fall in love, "Jack the Ripper," live in '65:
Sunday, November 8, 2020 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org
Here's my playlist :
OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
This Time I Know I’m Right by Muck & The Mires
Bees of the Invisible by Churchwood
I’ll Be Back by Question Mark & The Mysterians
Jesus Christ Twist by Reverend Beat-Man
Are You a Wally by The Spartan Dreggs
The Money’s Rolling In by Alien Space Kitchen
Fever by Bandemic
It’s a Sin by Alejandro Escovedo
(Background Music: James Bond Theme by Davie Allan & The Arrows)
Don’t Slander Me by The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies
Starvation Dance by The Hickoids
Another Person by Jay Reatard
Prissy Missy by King Salami & The Cumberland 3
Conjure Man by Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds
Brain Dead by Sons of Hercules
Arrow Pierce Horror by LoveStruck
He Sure Could Hypnotize by The A-Bones
Naked Party by Ross Johnson with The Gibson Bros.
(Background Music: James Bond Medley by The Stylers)
By My Side by The Dirtbombs
Junk by The Cynics
Oh, How To Do Now by The Monks
Baby, I’m Your Dog by Stomping’ Nick & His Blues Grenade
Give Me Back My Wig by Hound Dog Taylor
Horse With No Water by The Frontier Circus
I Was Drunk by Bobby Bare
(Background Music: James Bond Theme by John Barry Orchestra)
Bad Boy by Martha Fields
Lover’s Hell by Merle Kilgore
Bus Station Blues by Little Freddie King
Sharkey’s Day by Laurie Anderson
What Kind of Fool Am I by Grandpaboy
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis