TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, January 10, 2021
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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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres 

You Made it Weird by Quintron & Miss Pussycat

Feel All Right by The Oblivions with Mr. Quintron

Second Skin by Kathy Freeman

I’m an Asshole by Rick Holmstrom

Hialeah Backstretch by Charlie Pickett

Richard Speck by The Chesterfield Kings

Nest of the Cuckoo Bird by The Cramps

Punk Ass Blues by Simon Stokes & Hammerlock 

(Background Music: Jitterbug by Angelo Balalamenti)

Mixed-Up Confusion by Bob Dylan

Pablo Picasso by Jonathan Richman

Too Much Paranoias by Devo

They Don’t Know by King Salami & The Cumberland 3

Sookie Sookie by Steppenwolf

Famous Last Words by Churchwood

What’s This Thing by Mudhoney

Don’t Start Me Talking by David Johansen & The Harry Smiths

I Believe by Lou Reed & John Cale

(Background Music: Savage Night by The Blue Hawaiians)

Donut Quota by The Gluey Brothers

I Just Wanna by The Krayolas

Lost Love by The Dirtbombs

Mama Talk to Your Daughter by Hound Dog Taylor

Hoochie Choochie Man by Nightlosers

Derbeder by Istanbul Blues Kumpanyasi

Stairway to Heaven by Tiny Tim & Brave Combo

(Background Music: The Scrambler by The Civil Tones)

Leave the Capitol by The Fall

New Blue Mercedes by Drywall

Nazi Punks Fuck Off by Eugene Chadbourne

The Loneliness in Me by Rachel Brooke

Mas y Mas by Los Lobos

Fever Dreams by Scott H. Biram

Send Me Some Lovin’ by Little Richard

It’s All in the Game by Tommy Edwards

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Murder Ballad Answer Songs

 

As any lover of American and British folk ballads know, murder ballads are an essential part of our heritage -- especially those songs about young women who fall for, and eventually are felled by a violent dickhead lover.

And as lovers of '50s and '60s rock and country know, answer songs, if not essential, can be a lot of fun, from Etta James' "Roll With Me Henry" (an "answer" to "Work With Me Annie") to "Dawn of Correction," (a response by a group called The Spokesmen to "Eve of Destruction.") 

As I wrote on this blog a few years ago: 

There are some truly important artists who sang answer songs -- Etta James and Kitty Wells, to name a couple. But there is something so inherently tacky, so nakedly bottom-feederish about the whole game of trying to glom onto someone else's hit, I can't help but love the answer-song.

And yes, gentle readers, there are examples of answer songs to murder ballads.

Let's look first at a ballad ballad that was based on the true story of a Tennessee man named Finley Preston who killed his lover, Lillie Shaw and burned her body in 1903. Preston was hung for the crime in 1905.

The murder turned into a ballad known by several names including "Come All Ye Coal Miners," "Lilli Schull" and "Finley Preston." This is the title used by Clint Howard and Fred Price in this 1972 recording.

The great alt-country band, Uncle Tupelo recorded a version called "Lilli Schull" on their live album,  March 16-20, 1992. Later in the '90s, after Uncle Tupelo broke up, singer Jay Farrer, with a new band, Son Volt, recorded this answer song called "Been Set Free," which begins,  "I am the voice of Lilli Schull ..."

Another classic murder ballad is "Down in the Willow Garden," which deals with the murder of a woman named Rose Connelly. It's an Appalachian ballad with roots in Ireland. Here's the version by The Everly Brothers:

In 2011, Rachel Brooke released an answer song on her album "Down in the Barnyard." Here Rose's childhood friend sees justice done.

Perhaps the best-known murder ballad is "Pretty Polly." Question: How many bluegrass bands or alt-country bands does it take to play "Pretty Polly"? Answer: Apparently all of them.

Here's the version by The Stanley Brothers:

Technically this 2011 song, "Pretty Polly's Revenge" by Florida singer Fred "Butch" Burns, isn't technically an answer song. It's a re-write of the original. But here, let's just say the scoundrel Willie makes the mistake of bringing a knife to a gunfight.

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, January 3, 2021
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 

Wooly Bully Español by Rudy “Tutti” Grayzell & Los A-Bones

Tiger Man by John Schooley

It’s Gravity by T. Tex Edwards

When She Begins by Social Distortion

The Splank! By Oh! Gunquit

Ya Ha Ba Be by Ana Threat

Thank You For Giving Me Life by The Geraldine Fibbers

Bing Can’t Walk by Stan Ridgway

(Background Music: Sweet Georgia Brown by Bert Weedon)

The Lie by Gun Club

Sherlock Holmes by The Dirtbombs

That’s All by Shrunken Heads

27 Devils by REQ’D

Teenage Maniac by The Spook Lights

Single Again by Scott H. Biram

They’re Coming to Take Me Away by Butcher Babies

On on the Barge by Al Duval

Angel by Bobby Swanson

(Background Music: Chicken Stuff by Hop Wilson)

Gun Slinger by Bo Diddley

You Can’t Judge a Book by The Plimsouls

Magic Potion by Mondo Topless

Insane Jane by The Molting Vultures

Despot by Sleeve Canon 

Don’t Look Down by Lovestruck

Johnny’s Got a Gun / Destination X by Dead Moon

Daddy Lolo by Gamin’s Asia Minors

(Background Music: Ghastly Stomp by The Ghastly Ones)

Mr. Supernatural by King Khan & The Shrines

Brimful of Hate by Jack Ketch & The Crowmen

Everybody is in Love with You by Lynx Lynx

The Money’s Rolling In by Alien Space Kitchen

One Night of Sin by Frontier Dan & The Hickoids

Last Night on Earth by The Mekons

Blue Wing by Tom Russell with Dave Alvin

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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WACKY WEDNESDAY: Sharing a Birthday

UPDATED 

On this day, December 30 in 1928, a child named Elias McDaniel was born in McComb, Mississippi. He would grow up to be a member of the Valencia County Sheriff's Reserves, an honorary citizen of Santa Fe, and, oh yeah, a true founding father of rock 'n' roll, known to the world as Bo Diddley.

Thirty three years later in New York City a boy named Sean Patrick Hannity was born. He grew up to be one of the nation's most successful right-wing blowhards and unofficial advisors of outgoing President Donald J. Trump, the loser of last month's presidential election.

Hannity and Diddley born on the same day. This proves astrology is real!

I've met both of these birthday boys. In 1985 I interviewed Deputy Diddley when he came to Santa Fe to play Club West. The day of the show Mayor Louis Montano -- at my urging -- had Diddley come to his office to be honored with a certificate naming him an honorary citizen of our city. That was a momentous day!

Then in 2004, at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, while waking around the convention center one afternoon I stumbled across "Radio Row," where radio reporters were working. There at a desk was Hannity doing a live broadcast. I was surprised to see him at a Democratic convention and stood there slack-jawed for a couple of moments. Hannity looked up at me, obviously irritated. "Can I help you with something?" he said. 

That wasn't as momentous as meeting Bo Diddley.

In honor of the senior birthday boy, here are a couple of tunes celebrating the man amongst men. 

Sorry, I couldn't find any songs honoring Sean Hannity. [OOOPS! See update below]

First, Warren Zevon covering a Diddley hit:

Here's Roky Erikson with The Nervebreakers, mutating one of Diddley's hits

The Jesus and Mary Chain proclaimed that "Bo Diddley is Jesus." I'd have loved to have seen Diddley's face if or when he ever heard this.

And here's Diddley himself, doing one of my favorite songs from his latter-day catalogue.

UPDATE: My Washington correspondent and Beltway Insider Chuck pointed this Hannity song by the Gregory Brothers (featuring Blondie. And what's Weird Al doing in this photo?)

Chicken Shack Playlist

Tuesday, December 29, 2020
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays Mountain Time
Substitute Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org

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(Background Music: Back at the Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith)

I Like My Baby’s Pudding by Wynonie Harris

Let Me Off Uptown by Gene Krupa (vocals by Anita O'Day)

Five Guys Named Moe by Louis Jordan

Jack, You’re Dead by B.B. King

African Twist by Stacy Lane

What a Little Moonlight Can Do by Benny Goodman (vocals by Helen Ward)

(Background Music: Late at Bailey’s Pad by Warren Barker)

Low Down Dog by Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson 

I’m a Country Boy by Clarence “Frogman” Henry

Zip Gun Bop by Royal Crown Revue

Detroit Swing City by Alien Fashion Show

You Heard What I Said by Kid Thomas & Joe Bennett

I’m Gonna Put a Watch on You by Ruby Lee

Seventh Son by Mose Allison

(Background Music: Chicken Stuff by Hop Wilson)

I’ve Known Rivers by Gary Bartz & Nu-Troop

Rock H-Bomb by H Bomb Fergusson

My Chick by Rosco Gordon

(Background Music: Back at the Chicken Shack by Reuben Wilson)

Zip a Dee Doo Dah by Sun Ra

Twee-Twee-Tweet by Cab Calloway

Atomic Cocktail by Slim Gaillard

Decent Woman Blues by Julia Lee

Mutual Admiration Society by Louis Prima & Keely Smith 

(Background Music: M Squad Theme by Stanley Wilson)

Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop by Lionel Hampton

Faces in the Jazzamatazz by Ken Nordine

I’m Busted by Ray Charles with The Count Basie Orchestra

El Tirili by Don Tosti’s Pachuco Boogie Boys

Wine Wine Wine by Floyd Dixon

(Background Music: The Killer by Lalo Schifrin)

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by Ma Rainey

The Other Night by Big Maybelle

Heebie Jeebies by Louis Armstrong

Heebie Jeebies by Little Richard

The Greasy Chicken by Andre Williams

Happy New Year to You by The Qualities

(Background Music: Back at The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith)