Sunday, January 06, 2013
TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST
Sunday, Jan. 6 , 2013
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OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Jack Pepsi by TAD
English Civil War by The Clash
Hey Hey We're The Gories by The Gories
Pancakes by Mark Sultan
Don't Slander Me by Roky Erikson
You Turn Slick on Me by Howlin' Wolf
Wang Dang Doodle by P.J. Harvey
Living Proof by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Baby Please Don't Go by Them
Please Jesus, Don't Let Me Go to Jail Tonight by The Stout City Luchadors
Better Days by The Fleshtones
The Idiot Bastard Son by The Mothers of Invention
Girl (You Captivate Me) by ? & The Mysterians
Johanna by Iggy Pop & James Williamson
She Said Yeah by The Rip Offs
Inside Looking Out by The Chesterfield Kings
Call My Name by Gravelroad
I Dig Them Little Green Men by The Uglies with JD
I Wish You Would by The Yardbirds
Walkin' the Dog by The Soledad Brothers
Widow's Delight by Dennis Most
Rumble in Brighton by The Stray Cats
The Sky is a Poisonous Garden by Concrete Blonde
Return of the Mantis by The Hydes
Pills by The New York Dolls
Hoodoo Party by Tabby Thomas
Oh Girl by The Copper Gamins
Three Cool Chicks by The 5.6.7.8.s
Nervous by Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim
The Snake by Johnny Rivers
Black Rider by Frank Black & The Catholics
After You Die by Tom Waits
Rock Minuet by Lou Reed
Blue Angel by Hundred Year Flood
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
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Friday, January 04, 2013
THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST
Friday, Jan. 4, 2013
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OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Brain Damaged by The Austin Lounge Lizards
Forbidden Fruit by Marti Brom
A Wild Cat Woman and a Tom Cat Man by Cliff Carlisle
Kiss Me Like Crazy by Rose Maddox
Swampblood by Legendary Shack Shakers
Cocaine Cowboy by Terry Allen
This Town's a Riot by Bill Kirchen
Hell Came to Killville by Angry Johnny
Don't Make Me Pregnant by Miss Tammy Faye Starlite
Sac of Religion by 16 Horsepower
Knoxville Girl by Brett Sparks
Widow Maker by Jimmy Martin
Whiskey River by Willie Nelson
You're the Reason Our Kids are Ugly by Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
Black Rose by Waylon Jennings
The Never Ain't Lazy by Asleep at the Wheel with The 5 Blind Boys of Alabama
City Water by Chris O'Connell
Ramblin' Man by Hank Williams
No Place to Fall by Townes Van Zandt
Bring it on Home to Me by Ted Hawkins
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Rosie Flores
Invitation to the Blues by Bill & Bonnie Hearne
Cracklins by The Gourds
The Phantom of the Opry by Junior Brown
Honky Tonk Kind by Charlie Feathers
Whatever Happened to You by The Ex Husbands
Life Sentence Blues by Rachel Brooke
Rock Chalk by Calamity Cubes
Banjo Song by Seasick Steve
Deep Blue Sea by Otis Taylor with Alvin Youngblood Hart
Roving Gambler by The Everly Brothers
Nobody Eats at Linebaugh's Anymore by John Hartford
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Happy Honky Tonk New Year from The Big Enchilada!
Happy New Year, podlubbers! I'm kicking off 2013 with some wild hillbilly sounds both old and new. You'll hear rockabilly, bluegrass, hardcore honkytonk and podunk madness from the sticks.
Here's the playlist:
(Background music: Auld Lang Syne by Big Daddy Bluegrass Band)
The Phantom of the Opry by Junior Brown
Free Born Man by Jimmy Martin
We Wanna Boogie by Sonny Burgess
Henry by The Jet Tones
Now Not Later by James Hand
The Hoover Farm Exorcism by The Imperial Rooster
(Background Music: Auld Lang Syne by The Radiators)
Restless Man Blues by The .357 String Band
Dixieland Boogie by Hardrock Gunter
Rhinestone Cowboy by The Frontier Circus
He'll Never Cheat No More by Ann Clark
Down Past the Bottom by Wanda Jackson
The Bug by Gene Maltais
Hard to Be Humble by Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
(Background Music: Old Lang Syne by Big Smith)
St. James Infirmary by Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners
Dying Crapshooter's Blues by Blind Willie McTell
Streets of Laredo by Webb Wilder
(Homework! For more info on the above 3 songs, CHECK THIS OUT)
Dried Out River by The Dad Horse Experience
6 Packs and Cigarettes by Pearls Mahone & The One-Eyed Jacks
Only for You by Rachel Brooke
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST
Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
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OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Outrun the Law by The Things
Motorcycle Girl by Eric Burdon
I Love You Peggy by The Butthole Surfers
Mad Daddy by The Cramps
Sacred Darling by Gogol Bordello
You Are What You Is by Frank Zappa
I Can't Get No Nookie by The Masked Marauders
Touch Me I'm Sick by Mudhoney
Jailbait by The Flamin' Groovies
Will Success Spoil Me by Help Me Devil
Oxymoron by The Fall
Not in My World by Vicious Beatniks
Laughing Gas by Pirate Love
Not the Country of My Dreams by Kult
Not to Touch the Earth by The Doors
TOP 2012 Albums set
I Bought my Eyes by Ty Segall Band
World of Pain by Figures of Light
Watch the Corners by Dinosaur Jr.
Shoot the Freak by LoveStruck
I Didn't Miss You at All by The Electric Mess
Que Wow by Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns
Semi-Pseudo Sort-of Plan by Mission of Burma
It's All Too Much by Stan Ridgway
You Lie by Dr. John
Linda by Johnny Dowd
Everything is Broken by Betty LaVette
Black Thoughts by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Jesus' Chariot by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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Host: Steve Terrell
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OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Outrun the Law by The Things
Motorcycle Girl by Eric Burdon
I Love You Peggy by The Butthole Surfers
Mad Daddy by The Cramps
Sacred Darling by Gogol Bordello
You Are What You Is by Frank Zappa
I Can't Get No Nookie by The Masked Marauders
Touch Me I'm Sick by Mudhoney
Jailbait by The Flamin' Groovies
Will Success Spoil Me by Help Me Devil
Oxymoron by The Fall
Not in My World by Vicious Beatniks
Laughing Gas by Pirate Love
Not the Country of My Dreams by Kult
Not to Touch the Earth by The Doors
TOP 2012 Albums set
I Bought my Eyes by Ty Segall Band
World of Pain by Figures of Light
Watch the Corners by Dinosaur Jr.
Shoot the Freak by LoveStruck
I Didn't Miss You at All by The Electric Mess
Que Wow by Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns
Semi-Pseudo Sort-of Plan by Mission of Burma
It's All Too Much by Stan Ridgway
You Lie by Dr. John
Linda by Johnny Dowd
Everything is Broken by Betty LaVette
Black Thoughts by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Jesus' Chariot by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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Friday, December 28, 2012
THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST
Friday, Dec. 28, 2012
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
The Savior by The Imperial Rooster
Move It! by T. Tex Edwards
Yearning, Burning Heart by The Farmer Boys
Treat Me Like a Dog by Sleepy LaBeef
Shotgun by Anthony Leon & The Chain
Blinding Sun by Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Hangman Boogie by Cowboy Copas
Joy by Lucinda Williams
St. James Infirmary Meditations set
St. James Infirmary by Ray Condo & The Hardrock Goners
Dyin' Crapshooter Blues by David Bromberg
Streets of Laredo by Webb Wilder
I'm Walking the Dog by Webb Pierce
Cook County by Tom Edwards
Skid Row on My Mind by Chris O'Connell
Beer Holder by The Reverend Horton Heat
Rocking Dog by Ronnie Dawson
BEST OF 2012 set
Mother Blues by Ray Wylie Hubbard
Drug Through the Mud by Joe "King" Carrasco
Lesson in Depression by James Hand
We'll Get Through by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Just Like a Monkey by South Memphis String Band
Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man by Carolina Chocolate Drops
Afghan Forklift by Stan Ridgway
Serpentine Blues by Rachel Brooke
Soon After Midnight by Bob Dylan
This Land is Your Land by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Silver Threads Among the Gold by Jerry Lee Lewis
Fool Number One by Ronny Elliott
He'll Never Cheat No More by Ann Clark
Dear Someone by Gillian Welch
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
TERRELL'S TUNEUP: Best of 2012
A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
Dec. 28, 2012
Here’s the music released in 2012 that I enjoyed the most.
1) Meat and Bone by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. A reunion album that actually works. The first studio album for Spencer’s unholy trio — which introduced a new generation of punk and alt-rock kids to real live razor-fightin’ Mississippi blues — is a true dandy, stuffed full of the maniacal, irreverent, rompin’-stompin’ sounds that shook the free world back in the ’90s. All the old ear-damaging intensity is still there. The Blues Explosion returns loud and trashy and sounding like they’re having a lot more fun than a bunch of middle-aged guys are supposed to be having.
2) Grifter’s Hymnal by Ray Wylie Hubbard. This album of folksy, blues-soaked redneck rock ‘n’ roll breaks little new musical ground, yet it’s refreshing. With his Okie drawl, Hubbard has a way of sounding wise even when he’s cracking wise. He seems highly spiritual even when he’s singing about shady nightclub characters and strippers. He sings proudly of being an upright, sober family man, yet he offers sharp insight into the carnal side of life. Hubbard is one of the very few musicians of his generation who has actually gotten better with age.
3) Locked Down by Dr. John. Hands down, the best record Mac Rebennack has made in decades.This music recalls his early work, but it has a sharp contemporary edge — for which we can thank producer Dan Auerbach, frontman of The Black Keys. It captured the thick, atmospheric, heady hoodoo Night Tripper excursions of his early albums — Remedies, Babylon, The Sun, Moon & Herbs, and especially his classic Gris-Gris. But refreshingly it doesn’t sound like a paint-by-number re-creation of the old sound.
4) Drop Dead by Figures of Light. This is blasting, primitive, raw two-or-three-chord rock ‘n’ roll. Some call it “proto-punk, ” but I think it might even be more proto than that. This band, originally based in New York, rose to obscurity in the early ’70s, broke up and revived itself a couple of years ago after Norton Records stumbled upon one of The Figures’ rare early singles. Singer Wheeler Winston Dixon and guitarist Michael Downey are aided by The A-Bones’ rhythm section (drummer Miriam Linna and Marcus “The Carcass” Natale on bass). And this time out, Mick Collins (of The Gories and The Dirtbombs) plays guitar and produced the album.
5) Slaughterhouse by Ty Segall Band. This is one of three (!) albums the prolific Californian released this year — the others being the recently released Twins, (listed under his own name as opposed to the “Ty Segall Band”) and Hair, credited to Segall and White Fence (who is actually just one guy, Timothy Presley). I like Slaughterhouse best because it’s the noisiest and the most relentlessly rocked out, though there’s enough melody to keep it interesting. It’s a wild and thrilling show from the first cut, “Death,” which begins with blasts of crazy feedback before launching into a demonic joyride with guitar and bass riffs that suggest The Stooges’ “TV Eye.” Segall and band do a crunching cover of Bo Diddley’s “Diddey Wah Diddey” and “The Bag I’m In” performed by The Fabs and dozens of other obscure garage bands, but written by Fred Neil, more famous for “Everybody’s Talking at Me.”
6) A Mighty Lonesome Man by James Hand. Let’s get right to the point: This was the best basic old-fashioned, honest-to-God heartache and honky-tonk country music of the year. Maybe in the last several years.
The themes and situations Hand sings about and the simple music with which he conveys them are not groundbreaking or innovative. They are just honest songs that prove that old-school country can still sound fresh and that mighty lonesome men can still make mighty powerful music.
7) Old Times There by South Memphis String Band. The central theme of this album is race. Within the context of the music of old time string bands and jug bands of the 1920s and 30s, this integrated band -- which includes Contemporary blues growler Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers, etc.), Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi All Stars) plus new member bassist Justin Showah -- confronts the race issue head on, with songs new and old. Some have archaic, and, frankly, racist lyrics that are bound to shock the squeamish and politically-correct.
The String Band not only recreates a particular sound from a particular time, but forces a listener to confront what was going on in the world that gave birth to that music.
8) A Killer’s Dream by Rachel Brooke Despite her innocent-sounding voice and her pretty melodies, Brooke’s lyrics reveal a dark, spooky side and are full of stories of all the things that make American folk music the deep, mysterious force it is.
And for this album, she’s got a band, a Florida group called Viva Le Vox. They give her sound heft, and Brooke gets the opportunity to rock and even strut.
9) Americana by Neil Young & Crazy Horse. This is bound to be my most controversial choice. Lots of people, including many Young fans, just couldn’t get into the selection of dusty old folk tunes like “Oh Susanah,” “Tom Dula” (better known as “Tom Dooley”), and “Gallows Pole” (no kids, Led Zeppelin didn’t write this song) — plus, for some reason, “God Save the Queen” (not the Sex Pistols song) and the doo-wop classic “Get a Job.”
But I love seeing these old songs being given new life. I'm especially impressed at how Young delved into the hoary apocalyptic origins of "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain," which started out as an African-American spiritual about the end of the world called "When the Chariot Comes." (Young calls it "Jesus' Chariot.") And this album contains the best version of "Darling Clementine" since Huckleberry Hound's.
10) Glow in the Dark by LoveStruck. This is a basic guitar/bass/drums trio seeped in garage punk with recessive rockabilly DNA led by Danish-born Anne Mette Rasmussen. The album is full of rocked-out, hooky tough-chick tunes, but the best is the title song. a slow, sleazy minor-key tune that might best be described as “garage noir.”
Honorable Mention
* Mr. Trouble by Stan Ridgway
*Unsound by Mission of Burma
* Thankful n Thoughtful by Bettye LaVette
* Tempest by Bob Dylan
* Falling Off the Face of the Earth by The Electric Mess
* Between the Ditches by The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
* Que Wow by Joe King Carrasco
* Leaving Eden by The Carolina Chocolate Drops
* No Regrets by Johnny Dowd
* I Bet on Sky by Dinsosaur Jr.
Below is my Spotify playlist featuring songs from the above albums that were available on Spotify. (16 out of 20 ain't bad!)
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
St. James Meditations
Earlier I was re-reading Sarah Vowell's 1999 essay on her continuing awe at the American classic song "St. James Infirmary."
Vowell mentions several versions of the song: Louis Armstrong's, Cab Calloway's, Bobby "Blue" Bland's, even the '90s group Snakefarm's trip-hop version.
Re-reading the Vowell piece reminded me of a piece by Rob Walker in Gambit Weekly, which traced the song back even further. It's a direct descendant of a British folk tune called "The Unfortunate Rake" -- which is about a young man who apparently was dying from venereal disease. Other offspring of "The Unfortunate Rake" include the cowboy ballad "The Streets of Laredo" and Blind Willie McTell's "The Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues."
Writes Walker:
Here are a few versions of the song. Like Vowell, I still get the shivers from some of these.
Two of my country heroes singing "Streets of Laredo."
This is one of my favorites: Ian McShane as Al Swearengen singing "The Unfortunate Rake" in Deadwood.
For more deep dives into songs, check out The Stephen W. Terrell Web Log Songbook
This song gave me the shivers then and it gives me the shivers now. Not just because it’s a morgue scene, not just because of the cold body lying there on a table instead of a bed, but because of the chill of the man’s words. Hearing it as a young girl, hearing it before I ever fell in love myself, it frightened me because of the way it shoots down the idea of love as a true possibility. If you need love in part to know you’ll be missed when you’re gone, what does it mean if your sweetheart stands over your icy corpse and — instead of wishing to rejoin you on some astral plane – fantasizes about impressing his buddies with a big dumb coin?
Cab Calloway sang the song in a
Betty Boop spoof of Snow White
Vowell mentions several versions of the song: Louis Armstrong's, Cab Calloway's, Bobby "Blue" Bland's, even the '90s group Snakefarm's trip-hop version.
Re-reading the Vowell piece reminded me of a piece by Rob Walker in Gambit Weekly, which traced the song back even further. It's a direct descendant of a British folk tune called "The Unfortunate Rake" -- which is about a young man who apparently was dying from venereal disease. Other offspring of "The Unfortunate Rake" include the cowboy ballad "The Streets of Laredo" and Blind Willie McTell's "The Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues."
Writes Walker:
Sometimes, as in "Bad Girl's Lament," the ballad is about the woman, but basically follows the same pattern (an early mention of St. James' Hospital, a closing request for "Six pretty maidens with a bunch of red roses, six pretty maidens to sing me a song ..."). You won't find many of these exact same words in the most typically played version of "St. James Infirmary" today, but this at least is a back story that makes some of the latter's sentiments perfectly logical: The singer makes a jealousy-tinged boast and turns quickly to thoughts of his own death because his "baby" just died of VD. Dig?A common thread is the wild fantasy of the narrator's grandiose funeral for himself.
Here are a few versions of the song. Like Vowell, I still get the shivers from some of these.
Two of my country heroes singing "Streets of Laredo."
This is one of my favorites: Ian McShane as Al Swearengen singing "The Unfortunate Rake" in Deadwood.
For more deep dives into songs, check out The Stephen W. Terrell Web Log Songbook
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