WAYNE THE TRAIN TONIGHT!!

Perhaps the greatest living purveyor of honky-tonk music, Wayne "The Train" Hancock is appearing tonight at Santa Fe Brewing Company's Pub & Grill, 7:30 p.m. That's right off State Road 14.

Felix y Los Gatos opens (and they're really good too. I haven't seen them since last June's Thirsty Ear Festival.)

Tickets $15 at the door.

Enjoy some Wayne below:

Wayne Hancock

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, January 22, 2010
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
Bad Times Are Coming by The Waco Brothers
Hard Times by Jon Langford
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way/Dog-gone it Baby I'm In Love by Carl Smith
Shout You Cats by Maria Muldaur
You Ought to Move Out of Town by Jed Davenport & The Beale Street Jug Band
My Old Man Boogie by The Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band
Sittin' Here Drinkin' a Beer by Joe Swank & The Zen Pirates
Sweet Georgia Brown by Johnny Gimble with Merle Haggard

Bosco Stomp by Beausoliel
Rita's Breakdown by Mama Rosin
Hanging Dog by Jacques & The Shakey Boys
Bang Bang by Gov. Jimmie Davis
Pony Tail Partner by Bing Day
I Swear I Was Lying by Kim Lenz & Her Jaguars
Lady Killin' Pappa by Deke Dekerson
Elvis Loved His Mama by Nancy Apple
Love Me by Elvis Presley
Paper Boy Boogie by Texas Bill Strength

Big City Goodtime Gal/Your Love and His Blood by Wayne Hancock
Juke Joint Jumpin' by Wayne Hancock & Hank Williams III
(Wayne Hancock is playing The Santa Fe Brewing Co. Pub & Grill 7:30 pm Saturday)
No Muss, No Fuss, No Bother by Hank Penny
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line by Waylon Jennings
Behind the Shield by Kevin Deal
Red's Place by The Starline Rhythm Boys
Union Maid by The New Harmony Sisterhood Band
At the End of My Blues by Ethyl & The Regulars

Pots and Pans by Ray Wylie Hubbard
Sweet Love on My Mind by Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio
You Can't Judge a Book by The Cover by Sleepy LaBeef
The Heart of a Clown by Cornell Hurd
Walk That Lonesome Valley by Porter Wagoner
Lonesome Pine Special by Hazel Dickins
Worry Bout Your Own Back Yard by The South Memphis String Band
I'm Ready to Go Home by The Louvin Brothers
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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

TERRELL'S TUNEUP: ZAPPA IN PHILLY

A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
January 22, 2010


Frank Zappa is alive and well in Philadelphia.

Not literally. But the recently released live double-disc Philly ’76 is like a sweet postcard from the dead for Frank-ophiles everywhere. It’s a dynamic two-hour-plus show with a little-recorded Mothers lineup doing a wide variety of material.

For those who like those lengthy instrumentals in which Zappa draws from jazz and modern classical sounds, there’s a near-19-minute version of “Black Napkins”; and there are lots of his better-known funny songs like “Dinah-Moe Humm,” “Stink Foot,” and “Dirty Love.” Zappa reaches back to his first album, Freak Out! (1966), for “You Didn’t Try to Call Me” and to the groupie suite of Fillmore East: June 1971 for the song “What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are.” And there is some funk fusion (“City of Tiny Lites”), a cool old R & B cover (The Cadets’ “Stranded in the Jungle”), and a song that later became the basis for U.S. foreign policy (“The Torture Never Stops”).

Material from some of my favorite underappreciated Zappa albums, Chunga’s Revenge (two songs!) and Bongo Fury (ditto), are here.

Zappa plays the hip MC, “a more sinister Dick Clark,” as he says during one spiel. His twisted pseudo-scientific/pseudo-religious “The Poodle Lecture” is classic Zappa humor.

The true star of this album is a singer called Lady Bianca Thornton, billed as Bianca Odin and introduced by Zappa at this show as “the Bionic Woman.” Her résumé includes background vocals with Jon Hendricks, the late disco star Sylvester, Sly Stone, Taj Mahal, and Van Morrison. Before now, the only (legal) Zappa album that featured Odin was You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 6.

She was only a Mother for a few months. According to Zappa Wiki Jawaka (Wikipedia for Zappa fans), “She quit the band thanks to audience members constantly wanting her to take her clothes off.” Other accounts say she quit because of the crazy Zappa sex lyrics she was supposed to sing. I guess it’s harder than you think to find a woman willing to sing lines like “I get off being juked with a baby octopus and spewed upon with cream corn.”

That’s truly a shame. Her sultry, bluesy interpretation of “What Kind of Girl” is a treat — baby octopus and all. Her soulful rendition of “You Didn’t Try to Call Me” transforms the old doo-wop parody into a thing of beauty. And it gives a new perspective to hear a female sing lead on “Dirty Love” and “Advance Romance.” (“No more credit at the liquor store” is an ominous way to start off any song, no matter who sings it.)

Also standing out on this album is guitarist/singer Ray White, who in 1976 was new to Zappa’s band but stayed until the mid-’80s. White was in the Zappa lineup that played the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater in 1984 — the only time I got to see Zappa live. He especially shines on “City of Tiny Lites,” performed here three years before the song appeared on a Zappa record. White’s scatting and his call-and-response segment with Odin is a real pleasure.

Others shine too. Eddie Jobson’s violin solo on “Black Napkins” stands proud by the work of previous Zappa fiddlers Jean-Luc Ponty and Don “Sugarcane” Harris. And drummer Terry Bozzio — another longtime Zappa player — is, as always, a powerhouse.

This is a warts-and-all recording. You hear Zappa calling to the sound man in “Advance Romance” when the power goes out on Patrick O’Hearn’s bass. I’m glad they didn’t edit it out. It’s almost like being there.

Bonus: Back in 2002 when Rykodisc released Zappa Picks, a couple of “mix tape” collections of Zappa songs compiled by musician fans (one by Larry LaLonde of Primus, the other by Jon Fishman of Phish), I compiled my own “Zappa Picks by Steve Terrell” list. My selections still hold up today. (Though how could I have forgotten "Latex Solar Beef"?) Here’s that list.

1. “Are You Hung Up” and “Who Needs the Peace Corps” from We’re Only in It for the Money
2. “Inca Roads” from One Size Fits All
3. “WPLJ” from Burnt Weenie Sandwich
4. “Zomby Woof” from Over-Nite Sensation
5. “Harder Than Your Husband” (vocals by the late Jimmy Carl Black) from You Are What You Is
6. “The Mud Shark” from Fillmore East
7. “Advance Romance” from Bongo Fury
8. “Concentration Moon” from We’re Only in It for the Money
9. “Who Are the Brain Police?” from Freak Out!
10. “The Torture Never Stops” from Zoot Allures
11. “Oh No” and “The Orange County Lumber Truck” from Weasels Ripped My Flesh
12. “Later That Night” from Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
13. “Lemme Take You to the Beach” from Studio Tan
14. “Teen-age Prostitute” from Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
15. A condensed version of “Porn Wars” from Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, January 17, 2010
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Rockin' Bones by Ronnie Dawson
Jailbait by Flamin' Groovies
Radio Beat by The Devil Dogs
The Gospel by The Sworn Liars
You're Not as Pretty by Reigning Sound
Perverts in the Sun by Iggy Pop
Thinkin' About You by The Hollywood Sinners
Raspberry Beret by The Hindu Love Goods
Gravedigger by Beat Happening
Bikini by The Bikinis

See You Later Alligator by Bobby Charles
Walking to New Orleans by Fats Domino
Take it Easy, Greasy by Bobby Charles
Beer:30 by Rev. Horton Heat
I Need Somebody by ? & The Mysterians
Surfing in the China Sea by The Hong Kongs
What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are? by Frank Zappa
Pink Berets by Tin Huey
Wobble Lou by Hector & The Eastmen

Wounded/An Ugly Death/My Shadow by Jay Reatard
There Goes George by King Automatic
Bitter Heart by Marshmallow Overcoat
Low Budget Life by J.J. & The Real Jerks
Video Violence by Lou Reed
Drums in My Typewriter by Woody Leafer

Manny's Bones by Los Lobos
Goon Squad by Elvis Costello
I Fought the Law by The Clash
Up and Down by The Chesterfield Kings
Mr. Potato by Kahuna Kawentzmann
Deep Blue Sea by North Mississippi Allstars
Blue Rendevous by Bernadette Seacrest
Picture in a Frame by Tom Waits
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

WAGOGO HAITI BENEFIT

To benefit relief efforts in Haiti following the earthquake, Fan Man, the band Wagogo and the Santa Fe Brewing Co have decided to make Saturday night's concert a benefit to aid Haitian relief efforts.

Proceeds from the concert will be donated to the American Red Cross.

Wagogo is an Albuquerque band that plays Zimbabwe/world music fusion

Tickets are still only $6. They also will be accepting donations at the door.

The show starts at 8 pm tonight.