THROWBACK THURSDAY: Lotsa Musical Birthdays on October 21

October 21 is the birthday of many amazing musical giants of various styles and genres. Happy birthday all!

On this day in 1915 Owen Bradley was born in Westmoreland, Tenn. He became renowned as one of country music's greatest producers in the 1950s and '60s. He was the subject of an episode in the current season of the Cocaine & Rhinestones podcast. And though he's most famous for his behind the scenes work for other artists -  Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Bill Monroe, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty etc. -- Bradley also recorded some songs under his own name. Here's one from 1949 with vocals by Jack Shook and Dottie Dillard:

John Birks Gillespie, better known as "Dizzy," was born in 1917. He was a colossus of be-bop and he did it all with a bent trumpet. Here he is in France in 1971 playing "Night in Tunisia":

Cuban singer Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, aka Celia Cruz, was born in Havana in 1925. Here she is playing in Zaire in 1974

Derek Bell, best known as the harpist for The Chieftains was born in Belfast in 1935. This is from a solo album called (I'm not kidding!!) Derek Bell Plays With Himself:

Blues rocker Elvin Bishop was born in 1942 in Glendale, California.

Erick Lee Purkhiser was born in 1946. The world later got to know him as Lux Interior of The Cramps. He was the maddest daddy!

Other musicians born on Oct. 21 include country singer Mel Street (1935); British Invader Manfred Mann (1940); soul guitarist Steve Cropper (1941); Beau Brummel singer Ron Elliot (1943 -- not to be confused with Florida rocker Ronny Elliott); weirdo rocker Julian Cope (1957); Queens of the Stone Age singer Nick Oliveri (1971) and singer songwriter Josh Ritter (1976).

Happy birthday all!

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Sunday, October 17, 2021
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Psychotic Reaction by The Cramps

Dirt by Lou Reed

Hillbilly Zombies by Deadbolt

Lonesome, On'ry and Mean by Henry Rollins

Too Hot to Handle by Jayne Mansfield

Bug Zapper by The Control Freaks

Jumpin' Jack Flash by Alex Chilton

Lo Stregone (The Witch Doctor) by Fred Buscaglione

Last Grave by Sloks

Sad Songs by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Nutbush City Limit by Black Diamond Heavies

Baby OK by Izobel Garcia

One Dark Day by Dave Del Monte & The Cross Country Boys

All Black and Hairy by Screaming Lord Sutch

Waxman by Ty Segall

Dragnet for Jesus by Sister Wynona Carr

Camptown Races by Freddie & The Dreamers

Stand for the Fire Demon by Roky Erickson

This Wondrous Day by The William Loveday Intention

Captain of the Creeps by Oh! Gunquit

The Boogie Disease by Doctor Ross

Infeccion by Nestter Donuts

Sneaky Jesus by Chuck E. Weiss

Only Black Man in South Dakota by Andre Williams

A Bloody Life by Reverend Tom Frost

Lonely Street by Carl Belew

Working Woman by Shinyribs

Haunted House Blues by Bessie Smith

Demon in My Head by Joe Buck Yourself

Los Canarios by Rudy De Anda

Cerrickfergus by The Chieftains with Van Morrison

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WACKY WEDNESDAY: Freddie & The Dreamers Deep Cuts

 

Say the name "Freddie & The Dreamers" and Americans of a certain age (read: old) reflexively will start moving their arms and legs in a quasi-jumping-jack style and singing in a bad British accent, "I'm telling you now, I'm telling you right away ... " or,  "It's the thing to do, kids will envy you / Do the Freddie ..."

And this, Freddie and band have gone down in history as a two-hit wonder.

But this British invasion band, which put Manchester on the rock 'n' roll map two decades before The Fall, recorded more than 20 singles and several albums between 1963 and 1968, when the original group disbanded.

Freddie Garrity died in 2006 at the age of 69.

So this Wacky Wednesday we celebrate Freddie's less celebrated songs.

I remember seeing this one on Shindig in the mid '60s:

I remember this minor Freddie hit very fondly. I always thought it was The Dreamers' strongest tune, even though it wasn't nearly as popular as "Do the Freddie":

The first time I actually paid attention to this song was a version by The Hentchmen, with guest Jack White,  about 20 years ago. "Some Other Guy" is a Lieber and Stoller tune originally recorded by American R&B singer named Richie Barrett in 1962. Soon after that it was recorded by a British band called The Big Three, after which it became a frequent cover by Mersy Beat/British Invasion groups, including a little combo of Fab Moptops, who frequently played it on stage. 

As "Some Other Guy" shows, Freddie was hardly averse to doing cover songs. For instance here's a Stephen Foster tune:

And like Sun Ra, Freddie & The Dreamers even did an album of Disney songs. This one's super:

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Sunday, October 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

Bayou Fever / The Jellybutt of Timbuktu by King Salami & The Cumberland 3

Stoney Path by Divine Horsemen

Hide Another Round by Dinosaur Jr.

Stroll In Hell by The Goldstars

Psychedelic Freakout by The Barbarellatones

The Boss Wants to Party With You by Quintron

Bridget the Midget by Ray Stevens

Little Annie Fanny by The Kingsmen

Leave My Bed by The Routes

Toe Cutter Thumb Buster by Thee Oh Sees

Smell My Tongue by The Monsters

Fisticuffs by Primus

Oxycontin Girl by The Claypool Lennon Delirium 

Boo! by Bonzo Dog Band

Scream by Lindsey Buckingham

DESTINATION SOUNDWORLD!

All songs from Bear Family's Destination series

People from Another World by The Jive Five

That Makes It by Jayne Mansfield

Psycho Serenade by Big Jay McNeely

Lonely by Sleepy LaBeef

Fever by Kay Martin & Her Body Guards

Destination Moon by Dinah Washington

The Fang by Nervous Norvus

Delicious by Jim Backus & Friend

Rock Doc by Louis Jordan

The Night is So Lonely by Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps

Shanty Tramp by Betty Dickson

Polka Dot Dress by Southern Culture on the Skids

Living for the City by The Dirtbombs

I'm Going to Leave You Baby by Lazy Lester

How the Light Knows by Shinyribs

Come Closer by Honshu Wolves

The Observations of a Crow by Marty Stuart

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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FOLK REMEDY Playlist

Sunday, October 10, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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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

Powers and Horror by Chivalrous Amoekons

The Fame of Lofty Deeds by Jon Langford

Fear and Beer by The Mekons

That's How Every Empire Falls by John Prine

16 Miles of Chain by Tami Neilson

My Eyes by Tony Gilkyson

The Crawdad Song by The Meat Purveyors