TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, November 22, 2009
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
Webcasting!
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
November/Weapon by The Rockin' Guys
Tiki Man by Deadbolt
Low Budget Life by J.J. & The Real Jerks
I Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was in by Mojo Nixon
Misunderstood by The Sons of Hercules
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead by Warren Zevon
Bad Boy by Larry Williams

It's a Cadillac by Three Bad Jacks
Ghost Rider by Allen Vega
Shout Bama Lama by Detoit Cobras
Little Latin Lupe Lu by The Strawberry Zots
Moodswings by King Automatic
Kukamonga Boogaloo by King Khan & The Shrines
Mojo Workout by King Salami & The Cumberland 3
Let Them Knock by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

City of Refuge by Alvin Youngblood Hart
Christ is Everthing by The Soul Stirrers
The Holy Ghost is Here by Rev. Milton Brunson
I'm Waiting for Jesus by The Dixie Hummingbirds
15 Rounds for Jesus by Sister Wynona Carr
Pray On by The Staples Singers
Jordan River by Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens
Three Little Fishes, Five Loaves of Bread by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
I'm on My Way by Mahalia Jackson
Don't You Ever Let Nobody Drag Yo' Spirit Down by Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir with Wilson Pickett & Eric Bibb

Ultimate by Gogol Bordello
Tip My Canoe by Dengue Fever
Always Horses Coming by Giant Sand
The Comb by Tin Huey featuring Patty Donahue
Circus by Tom Waits
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

NEW BIG ENCHILADA PODCAST 16

Here it is, a little taste of Hillbilly Heaven right here on Earth! Spinning the righteous country sounds he loves to play on The Santa Fe Opry on KSFR, Steve Terrell presents songs by The Delmore Brothers, The Maddox Brothers & Rose, Charlie Poole, The Hoosier Hotshots plus some mutated hillbilly sounds from Bob Log III, T. Tex Edwards, The Watzloves and more!

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Here's the playlist

(Background music: Rambler's Stomp by Doug Bine & His Dixie Ramblers)

Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down by The Maddox Brothers & Rose

Knot Hole by Robbie Fulks

The One You Slip Around With by Skeeter Davis

Down to My Last Dime by Johnny Paycheck

Dolores by T. Tex Edwards & Out on Parole

Rock 'n' Roll Killed My Mother by The Hi-Fi Guys

Five Against One by Al Duvall

(Background Music: Steel Guitar Rag by The Pine Valley Cosmonauts)

Catch Me a Possum by The Watzloves

Piano Bill by The Jet Girls

Settin' the Woods On Fire by Bob Log III

Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue by Scott H. Biram

Moving Day in Jungle Town by The Hoosier Hotshots

(Background Music: 3rd Stone From the Sun by Psychograss)

Monkey on a String by Charlie Poole

All Go Hungry Hash House by Norman Blake

Hesitation Blues by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

I'm The Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World by Loudon Wainwright III

(Background Music: Flop-eared Mule by The Highlanders)
Arkansas Hard Luck Blues by Lonnie Glosson

A Better Range is Home by The Delmore Brothers

Goodnight Irene by Wayne & Gina Hancock

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THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST
Friday, November 20, 2009
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Blackland Farmer by Sleepy LaBeef
Louisiana Blues by Wayne Hancock
Stuff You Gotta Watch by Levon Helm
Moody River by John Fogerty
Custer by Johnny Cash
Mr. Custer Stomp by The Scouts
Stripper Song by Jacques & The Shakey Boys
Pirate Radio by Mojo Nixon

Going Down by The Electric Rag Band
Born Again Again by The Legendary Shack Shakers
Nine Pound Hammer by The Waco Brothers
Your Cousin's on Cops by Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band
Rodeo Show by Quarter Mile Combo
Bucktooth Potato by Bob Log III
Cowboy Boots by The Backsliders
Selling the jelly by The Noah Lewis Jug Band
Sidewalks of Chicago by The Sundowners

Best Liquor Store by The Hickoids
I Ain't Got You by Rosie Flores & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Honky Tonk Maniac From Mars by Jason Ringwald with Hamell on Trial
Cold Cold Ground by The Grevious Angels
Get Behind the Mule by Tom Waits
Left Hand Cigarette Blues by Trailer Bride
Chain Gang by Fred Eaglesmith

Darling My Darling by The Handsome Family
Goin' on Down to the BBQ by Drywall
He'll Have to Go by Tav Falco
Route 41 by Gary Gorrence
It Won't Be Long (And I'll Be Hating You) by Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys
National Weed Grower's Association by Michael Hurley
Desert Rose by Chris Hillman
Man About Town by Tony Gillyson

Steve Terrell is proud to report to the monthly Freeform American Roots Radio list

FREE TOM WAITS!

No, he's not in jail -- as far as I know. He's offering free downloads, eight full songs to be exact, 38 minutes worth of music from his new live album Glitter and Doom, to be released next week.

I just downloaded it and it's sounding great. Check out the groovy widget below:

Also, I might have plugged this a few months ago, but a free two hour podcast of a 2008 Waits concert in Atlanta is available from NPR. CLICK HERE

True story: A couple of days ago my son and I were in the car listening to my iPod on shuffle mode. A Waits song came on. My son's pretty hip (He has Rev. Beat-Man's "Jesus Christ Twist" on his MySpace page.) But he started grumbling about the Waits song.

"You don't like Tom Waits," I asked disapprovingly.

"No," he said. "He always sounds like a hobo yelling at me."

He has a point, but I still love Waits.

TERRELL'S TUNEUP: FOGERTY & LEVON

A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
November 20, 2009

Here are a couple of recent albums from classic rockers from influential bands — Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Band — whose music was always an extension of American roots music — blues, R & B, rockabilly, gospel, and straight-up hillbilly sounds.

Even though their latest works won’t be and shouldn’t be considered breakthroughs or high-water marks of either artists’ career, John Fogerty’s The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again and Levon Helm’s Electric Dirt are records that show each artist remaining true to his muse. And both albums are full of good-time, honky-tonkin’ fun.

First, the Fogerty album: When Creedence — for my money, the best singles-oriented band of the late ’60s — crumbled in the early-’70s, Fogerty regrouped by degrouping. That is, he went into the studio basically as a one-man band, The Blue Ridge Rangers, playing all the instruments himself on a salute to his favorite country and bluegrass music.

The result was an album called The Blue Ridge Rangers, which featured covers: Hank Williams’ “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)”; “Today I Started Loving You Again” by Merle Haggard; Jimmie Rodgers’ “California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)”; George Jones’ “She Thinks I Still Care”; “I Ain’t Never” by Mel Tillis; and others. That he did not release the album under his own name could be one reason why sales tanked and the record was largely forgotten. (Historical footnote: In that same golden year of 1973, rocker Leon Russell released Hank Wilson’s Back — consisting of country and bluegrass covers and released under a pseudonym. For some reason, Hank Wilson got far more attention than Fogerty’s record did.)

I’m not sure what prompted Fogerty to revive The Blue Ridge Rangers after 36 years — except, perhaps, that he still loves this music. This time, however, he hired other musicians to handle fiddle, steel, drums, bass, mandolin, background vocals, and whatever was needed. And, for better or for worse, he even brought in some superstar guest vocalists.

The new Rangers tackle some of the classics — Ray Price’s “Fallin’, Fallin’, Fallin’” and “I’ll Be There,” which, for the record, is my favorite song on this album; Buck Owens’ “I Don’t Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)”; the Everly Brothers’ “When Will I Be Loved,” a spirited duet with Bruce Springsteen; and “Heaven’s Just a Sin Away” by the near-forgotten ’70s country duo The Kendalls.

One of the strangest tunes here is “Moody River,” a dark tale of suicide and betrayal written and originally recorded by a rockabilly dude named Gary Bruce (released under the name Chase Webster) but best known in the early ’60s version by Pat Boone (!). And there’s a cool countrified take on Jumpin’ Gene Simmons’ R & B novelty song “Haunted House.” This is fun, though my favorite remains the one by Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs.

For this album, Fogerty turned to several singer-songwriters of the ’70s. There’s a solid bluegrassy take on John Prine’s “Paradise,” and as far as “Back Home Again” goes, let’s just say this version is better than John Denver’s.

But the Denver song isn’t the worst of it. That would be Rick Nelson’s hit “Garden Party.” The song was a self-pitying account of Nelson getting booed at a 1971 rock ’n’ roll revival show at Madison Square Garden. It’s not a bad song, and I always love Tom Brumley’s steel guitar. But I’m not sure what drove me nuts more, the “oblique” but obvious lyrics (“Yoko brought her walrus” — was that secret code or something?) or the pop-psych Me Generation refrain, “You can’t please everyone, so you’ve got to please yourself.”

To add insult to injury, Fogerty brings in two members of the smarmiest band in the world, The Eagles — not only for background vocals but to sing lead on a couple of verses. I hope they’re all pleased with themselves.

But there’s another early-’70s countryish pop hit on which Fogerty shines. That’s Delaney & Bonnie’s “Never Ending Song of Love.” With Jodie Kennedy and Herb Pederson singing background, Greg Leisz on steel, and Jason Mowery on fiddle, it’s country music at its best.

As for the Helm album, when I first heard he was doing a record called Electric Dirt, I was afraid it might have versions of the songs from his previous record, Dirt Farmer, done with psychedelic wah-wah guitars and over-miked drums. Fortunately, my fear was for naught.

This album, like Fogerty’s, consists mostly of down-home cover tunes — in a sound remaining true to The Band.

There are fewer traditional folk numbers than there were on Dirt Farmer. Helm branches out with a couple of Muddy Waters songs (“Stuff You Gotta Watch” and “You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had”); a cool, clunky Grateful Dead tune (“Tennessee Jed”); and a cover of “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free,” a song best known in the Nina Simone version, here featuring some funky New Orleans horns arranged by Allen Toussaint, an old ally of The Band.

Helm does a tasty cover of Randy Newman’s “Kingfish,” again aided by Toussaint. But without the context found in Newman’s Good Old Boys album, in which the character of Louisiana Gov. Huey Long is a major theme, listeners unfamiliar with the song might wonder why Helm seems to hate the “Frenchmen” in New Orleans.

But my favorite on this album is the Pops Staples gospel song “Move Along Train.” Helms’ daughter Amy plays the role of Pops’ daughter Mavis.

American music doesn’t get much finer.