Sunday, October 10, 2021 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM Webcasting! 8 am to 10 am Sundays Mountain Time Substitute Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org Here's the playlist :
Never Did No Ramblin' by The Folksmen
Last Train from Poor Valley by Norman Blake
In Tall Buildings by John Hartford
Grey Funnel Line by Peter Case
The Murder of Leo Frank by Mark Rubin
Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan
Poor Carrie Anne by Al Duvall
Lonesome Dove by Almeda Riddle
The Burglar Man by Bob Carpenter
The Irish Soldier and the English Lady by Neil Morris
Poor Ellen Smith by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Dreaming My Dreams with You by Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Headed South by Martha Fields
Back in Your Kitchen by Tommy Shaw
Red-Neck Hippie Romance by Bobby Bare
Asleep with Both Eyes Open by Possessed by Paul James
Saucy Sailor by Steeleye Span
Cakes and Ale by Silly Sisters
Railroad Blues by Sam McGee
Greenville Strut by Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe
They Don't Rob the Trains Anymore by Ronny Elliott
For my birthday last month I was lucky that both of my kids gave me generous
Amazon gift certificates. And by some weird coincidence I'd just discovered
that the venerated German record label Bear Family, in just the past couple of
years, had released
a fantastic series of CD compilations
featuring wild old (mostly from the 1950s and early '60s) R&B,
rockabilly, doo-wop, country, blues and warped pop, each title beginning with
the word "Destination."
For years I thought of Bear Family primarily as the source of exhaustive,
10-CD sets of obscure hillbillies, blues shouters and early rockers -- all of
which sound great but would set you back hundreds of bucks. Case in point: on
the label's home page at the moment they're selling a 16(!) CD box set
calledR&B in DC 1940-1960 , 20 hours of music and a 352-page hardcover book, all for a
mere $273.04.
But these Destination compilations are actually affordable (especially when my
kids are paying), about $12 each and each disc has at least 30 tracks.
And all of them are retro delights with bitchen album art and comprehensive
liner notes.
I bought all six Destination compilations
So I'm going to post a song from each of the five compilations I bought. Here's one of my favorites from Destination Forbidden Planet, which consist of Sputnik-era sci-fi themes (including a few weird old movie trailer clips). It's none other than Louis Prima, contacting intergalactic civilizations.
Similar to Destination Forbidden Planet, the Destination Moon compilation is about going to the moon, which was very much on the nation's mind in the '50s and '60s. Here's Lenny Welch, best known for his 1963 version of "Since I Fell for You," in a flight to the lunar surface.
There is no vaccination for either rocking pneumonia or the boogie woogie flu. Therefore, there are no shortages of tunes about doctors, nurses, hospitals, and medications, as Destination Health (subtitled"Doc Feelgood's Rock Therapy") proves. This song by Macy Skipper was covered by The Cramps.
We've all walked down Lonely Street at some time or another, and some of us have even been guests in that street's most famous hotel. Here's the first song from Destination Lonely Street, Gene Vincent covering the 1956 hit by country singer Carl Belew (which is the closing track on the CD)
Now let's get to the sex.
There are two volumes of Destination Lust, each stacked with breathy vocals and suggestive lyrics full of double, maybe triple, entendres. Both volumes include some sexy Golden-Throat Hollywood bombshells including Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Ann-Margret, Elke Sommer and the ever delightful Mamie Van Doren. From Volume 1, here's Mamie with "Separate the Men from the Boys."
From Volume 2, (subtitled "Chicksville USA,") here's a lesser-known singer, Pat Morrisey with a slinky little number called "Trapped in the Web of Love."
To conclude, here are a couple of Bear family promo videos for a couple of these Destinations.
Les Claypool, the bass-plucking force behind Primus and many lesser-known
bands (Sausage, Holy Mackerel, The Fearless Flying Frog Brigade and others) turns 58 today.
Happy birthday, Les. I remember when I was your age.
Unless you were completely deaf to early '90s "alternative" rock, you
already know that Primus was one of the most unique acts of the era -- a
"power trio" (I bet Claypool hates that label!) that centered around
the bass rather than guitar. And speaking of labels, Primus often was lumped
into the "punk-funk" category along with the more popular but vastly inferior
Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Besides Claypool's crazy talent (and guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer
Tim Alexander werent exactly slouches either) the main thing that set Primus
apart was their humor and sense of absurdity.
So on this Wacky Wednesday, I present some of the wackiest Primus tunes.
The first song that drew me to Primus was the celebration of a murderous
hillbilly called "My Name is Mud.":
On this song, Primus pays tribute to one of the finest members of the rodent kingdom, a big brown beaver:
One of my favorite Primus tunes is "Fisticuffs." Here's a live version from 2013:
Although Primus is associated with punk and funk, they've also been known to do amazing covers of country songs. Back in the '90s, they recorded a wondrous version of Jerry Reed's "Amos Moses". More recently (2003) they recorded and made a bitchen video for this Charlie Daniels classic:
One of Claypool's most recent projects is his work with son of the Walrus Sean Lennon. Here's a tune from 2016, a touching tribute to a boy and his chimp:
Happy birthday, Les! Your name is never Mud on this blog.
Sunday, September 26, 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
I'm Alive, Your'e Dead by Kathy Freeman
Feel Good by Ty Segall with Denee Segall
Killer vs. Killer by Sloks
Fruit Fly by Hickoids
Satan's Just a Waitin' by Big Al Anderson
Shrieking Insects by John Trubee & The Ugly Janitors of America
Last Kind Words by Dex Romweber Duo with Jack White
They Wanted the Devil But I Sang of God by The William Loveday Intention
Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman) by The Cellos
I Can't Get No Nookie by The Masked Marauders
Hairy Lula by Hipbone Slim & The Knee-Tremblers
Humans by Pocket FishRMen
Take the Skinheads Bowling by Camper Van Beethoven
Spilling Blood (at the Rock 'n' Roll Show) by The Fleshtones
Since retirement, I enjoy drinking my morning coffee out on the old
front porch when the weather is nice and warm.
This morning, after about a half a cup, I came back inside. It was too chilly.
It's Sept. 23 and I think summer time is over. So let's celebrate
"Summertime."
This classic song started on Broadway, composed in 1935 by George
Gershwin with lyrics by DuBose Heyward, for the musical Porgy and Bess. The lullaby soon became a jazz standard and made its impact in other genres of popular music as well.
Here's the first recording of it from 1935 featuring soprano Abbie Mitchell on vocals and Gershwin on piano. Abbie's part doesn't start until about 2 minutes in:
Here's the version by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, who did an album
of Porgy and Bess songs in 1959:
The very first version I ever heard was Sam Cooke's. And it's still a doozie:
Soul singer Billy Stewart had a hit single with the song in the '60s. Dig the
10-gallon hat here:
Many members of My Generation believe that "Summertime" started with Big
Brother & The Holding Company. It didn't, of course, but Big Brother's version was beyond powerful. Here's a 1969 live performance by Janis
Joplin after she went solo:
Doc Watson, with his son Merle, took the song to the country:
And more recently, the Swiss band Die Zorros (featuring the unstoppable Reverend Beat-Man) took it to the Bizarro World:
The cool weather is nice, but don't be a stranger, summertime! I like it best when the livin' is easy!
