TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, February 27, 2011
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
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101.1 FM
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OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Don't Let Me Down by The Pornostuntman
Miniskirt Blues by Simon Stokes & The Heathen Angels
Trick Bag by The Gories 
Danger Zone by Groovy Uncle
At The Fight by by Gotham City Mashers  
Hey Luciani by The Fall
Lee, Bob & Lula by LoveStruck 
40 Miles of Bad Road by Dead Moon 
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter by Dean Martin 

Boomerang by The Black Lips
Grieving Man Blues by The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies 
Blood, Sweat and Murder by Scott H. Birham
Do the Romp by Richard Johnston
Pass The Biscuits Please by Andre Williams With The Gino Parks Quartet 
Help Me by Junior Wells
Cool, Cool Blues by Sonny Boy Williamson 
Howlin' for You by The Black Keys 
Nervous by Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim 

Rhapsody in Pink by Pere Ubu
Lick My Decals Off , Baby by Captain Beefheart
Qiyamat by Old Time Relijun
The O Men by The Butthole Surfers
Hit the Road, Jack by The Residents
Sports Car by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Plen Yuk Owakard by The Viking Combo Band

Fever in My Mind by Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre featuring Jim Dandy
Cornbread by The Blackbyrds
Scavenger Hunt by Stan Ridgway 
Mannish Boy by Electric Mudkats, Chuck D & Common
England by PJ Harvey 
No Woman's Flesh But Her's by Johnny Dowd
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, February 25, 2011
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
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OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Plenty Tuff, Union Made by The Waco Brothers
Ray's Automatic Weapon by Drive-By Truckers
Louisiana Blues by Wayne Hancock
We're Still Here by Peter Stampfel & The Worm All-Stars
I Feel So Good by Scott H. Biram
Huntsville by Merle Haggard
Dreamin' My Dreams by Waylon Jennings
I Ain't a Bit Drunk by George "Shortbuckle" Roark

One Night With You by Wanda Jackson
Just Blow in His Ear by David Wilkens
Polk Salad Annie by Tony Joe White
What I Used to Do All Night by Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
How Come You Do Me by Junior Thompson
You're Humbuggin' Me by Lefty Frizzell
Love's Made a Fool of You by Bobby Fuller Four
Didn't Mean To Be Mean by Ray Campi 
Corn Dog by Roy D. Mercer
Minnie the Mermaid by Bernie Cummins & The Hotel New York Orchestra 

Thunderball by Johnny Cash
Thunderball by Tom Jones
Six White Horses by Tommy Cash 
Hello, I'm Johnny Credit by Johnny Credit 
Restless Kid/ The Frozen Logger by Johnny Cash
Gonna Romp & Stomp by Slim Rhodes
No Goodwill Store in Waikiki by Gurf Morlix
Henry Lee by Dick Justice 

Jimmy Brown the Newsboy by Flatt & Scruggs
Last Train from Poor Valley by Norman Blake
Bootlegger's Blues by South Memphis String Band
When Jesus Comes by Uncle Sinner 
Old Gospel Ship by Ruby Vass
Sweet Desert Rose by Bil Hearne Trio
Tiny Island by Leo Kottke
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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TERRELL'S TUNEUP:Johnny Cash Saves the World From Nuclear Blackmail

A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
February 25, 2011


Johnny Cash was no stranger to gunfighter ballads, but I only recently learned that at one point, fairly early in his career, he also took a stab at the spy-music genre.

That’s right. And a James Bond movie theme to boot. “Thunderball,” by Johnny Cash, is one of the many delights to be found on the brand new rarities collection Bootleg, Volume II: From Memphis to Hollywood.

Cash’s “Thunderball,” never before released in these United States, was rejected by the producers of the Bond movie by the same name. Instead, they chose another song with the same name by Tom Jones, which, to be blunt, is superior to Cash’s tune. Jones’ “Thunderball” is my favorite Bond theme of all time, right up there with Shirley Bassey’s “Goldfinger” and Nancy Sinatra’s “You Only Live Twice.”

Even though Cash’s trademark chunka-chunka beat isn’t really suited for the debonair 007, the Man in Black’s “Thunderball” is an interesting little tune. And at least it doesn’t have the weird grammatical gymnastics of Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die” (”... in this ever-changing world in which we live in ...”) Cash sings, “Thunderball your fiery breath can burn the coldest man/ And who is going to suffer from the power in your hands?

Cash seems far more at home with a song like “Restless Kid.” It’s an outlaw tune that should have been a classic — also recorded by Ricky Nelson (an underrated singer of cowboy songs) and Waylon Jennings. The version here is a demo by Cash, featuring only his voice and acoustic guitar. Cash seems natural as he takes the persona of a desperado: “None of your business where I’ve been, don’t ask me what I’ve done/Run your ranch and punch your cows and stay behind my gun. ... They got a man locked in a cell that’s a freer man than I/He’s gonna laugh right in their face when they lead him out to die and/He’s gonna leave this bad land and ride off in the sky.”

From Memphis to Hollywood is a worthy successor to Personal File, the excellent first Sony Legacy Cash "bootleg" in 2006. There are 57 tracks, including a radio performance, demos of Cash songs — both famous and obscure — a smattering of old Sun records, and tunes that, for whatever reason, never saw the light of day.

Although the sound quality isn’t great, the radio show — on station KWEM in West Memphis, Arkansas — is a real kick. I especially like the commercials in which Cash plugs aluminum screens and awnings.

Here are some more highlights from From Memphis to Hollywood:


* “I Walk the Line.” This is a demo of one of Cash’s best-known songs. It’s not as good as the hit version. It’s interesting that the song started out as a slower, almost mournful tune — not the punchy masterpiece we know and love.

* “New Mexico.” It’s a tale of a young cowpoke who signs on to work on a cattle drive one summer in the Land of Enchantment. He faces terrible weather, thorns and thistles, and a boss who rips him off. “Go back to your friends and loved ones/Tell others not to go/To the God-forsaken country they call New Mexico.” I don’t know why the state Tourism Department has never picked up on this one.

* “On the Line.” This war song reminds me of John McCutcheon’s “Christmas in the Trenches.” Backed by a sweet mandolin, Cash sings of a battle in some unnamed war. An officer on one side calls for a ceasefire. “You can go ahead and kill me, enemy, but I’m taking my wounded from the creek.” His counterpart on the other side agrees and follows suit. And just like the World War I “Christmas truce” McCutcheon sings of, the two sides come together when the gunfire stops and somehow can’t see fit to start shooting one another when their task is finished.

* “Six White Horses.” This was a hit for Johnny’s brother Tommy Cash in the late ’60s. It’s basically a country version of “Abraham, Martin & John,” but I’ve always liked it better than Dion’s more popular song. In the verse about Martin Luther King, Johnny sings, “Some preach black and some preach white/Which is wrong and which is right?/Takes every kind to make the world go round/Only takes one to gun you down.” Such thoughts might not seem that daring today. But back when it was written, there were undoubtedly millions of segregationist country radio fans who took personal offense.

* “Come Along and Ride This Train.” Here is a demo of what became the theme song of a popular segment on Johnny Cash’s ABC variety show in the late ’60s and early ’70s. It’s amazing that the song does not appear on Cash’s 1960 concept album Ride This Train.

* “One Too Many Mornings.” Unlike most Nashville stars of his day, Cash palled around with New York folkies, most famously Bob Dylan. Cash covered Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice.” I like this one even better, though it’s not as much fun as the Dylan-Cash collaboration “Wanted Man.”

* “Hardin Wouldn’t Run.” Speaking of Dylan songs and outlaw songs, here’s a tune about the infamous Old West gunfighter (1853-1895). I don’t know about you, but I like this one better than Dylan’s “John Wesley Harding.” (Dylan misspelled the man’s name.) In Cash’s tune, Hardin is killed by Sheriff John Selman because Hardin’s girlfriend pistol-whipped Selman’s deputy. Not sure how historically accurate that is, but it makes a great murder ballad.

Here's a song from the collection I probably should have mentioned:

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, February 20 , 2011
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
Webcasting!
101.1 FM
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OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Rats in My Kitchen by The Fleshtones
On a Monday by Detroit Cobras
Alleys of Your Mind by The Dirtbombs
Wild About You by The Offhooks
The Egyptian Thing by The Syndicate 
Little Miss Tee-N-Tee by The Mummies 
I'm a Mummy by The Fall
Mummy by Kilimanjaro Yak Attack 
Big Man with a Gun by Gotham City Mashers
Got Any Mantras by Groovy Uncle 

Eegah by The Stomachmouths 
Raunch City by Texas Terri Bomb
Monkey Trick by The Jesus Lizard
Ashes Over Idaho by The Necronauts
Motorhead with Me by Nobunny 
Scotch and Water and You by Monkeyshines 
Pack Your Pistols by The Dirty Novels 
Sylvia Plath by The Rockin' Guys 
Ding Ding Dong by Waipod Phetsuphan

SIMON STOKES SET
All songs by Simon except where noted
Honky
100 Naked Kangaroos in Blue Canoes by Timothy Leary &  Simon Stokes
Apocalypse Girl
The Black Whip Thrill Band by Simon Stokes & The Black Whip Thrill Band
Hey You
Miniskirt Blues by The Cramps with Iggy Pop
Infected
Hard Travelin' 

So Much in Love by The Thymes
Run Run Run by The Velvet Underground
Georgia Slop by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Convict Man by Deadbolt
Walk Along by Sky Saxon
Nudist Camp by Ross Johnson
Out of the Bushes by The Treniers
Hang On Sloopy by The Remains
Closing Theme: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

The Big Enchilada Podcast: Kitchen Grease

Steve Terrell cooks up some hot and greasy sounds this month  in his bitchen Kitchen of Doom. Too many cooks won't ruin this musical stew. Contributing their magic ingredients are Simon Stokes, Nobunny, Dan Melchior, Don Covay, The Mekons, The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Sleepy John Estes, The Persian Claws, The Purple Merkins, Key Frances and so many more. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. But don't slip on the grease.


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(Background Music: Greeazzy by The Greasers)
Switchin' in the Kitchen by Don "Pretty Boy" Covay
Hey You by Simon Stokes & The Heathen Angels
We Want the Lot by The Movements
Shuffling Spector by Dan Melchior und Das Menace
Bubba's Truck by Key Frances
Never Been Kissed by Nobunny *

(Background Music: Kitchen Sink Boogie by Hound Doug Taylor)
Grease Monkey Go by The X-Rays
Clever Way to Crawl by Persian Claws
Melvin by The Belles
Polaroid (I Don't Own, I Only Dote) by The Mekons
Two Girls and One Cup by Zhod/ Zentralheizung of Death
R'n'R Rocket by The Micragirls
Chop Top Bop by The Legendary Hucklebucks

(Background Music:Out in the Kitchen by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282)
Rats in My Kirchen by Sleepy John Estes
Bite of My Soul by The Fleshtones
Higgle-Di Piggle-Di by The Purple Merkins
'31 Coup by Angie & The Car Wrecks
Meet Me By The Garbage Can by Waylon Thornton & The Heavy Hands
Standing in a Trashcan (Thinking of You) by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy
(Background Music: Hot Skillet Mama by Sun Ra with Yochanan)

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