WACKY WEDNESDAY: Merry Christmas, You Animals!

Here's some Yuletide cheer from some of our friends in the animal kingdom.

For this first one I'll give a hat tip to my friend Chuck who recently posted this on Facebook. It may be the scariest Christmas song I've ever heard, (You can learn more about about the album HERE)



I think this one is fake. But the horn section is pretty good.



 And then there is this classic ...


Finally, Richard Cheese does it doggy style

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, December 13, 2015
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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Here's the playlist

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Turned Out Light by Thee Oh Sees

Gimme Danger by Iggy & The Stooges

Dan Dare by The Mekons

Two Sided Triangle by Any Dirty Party

I Guess You're My Girl by The Vagoos

Long Distance Call by Super Super Blues Band

Everybody Loves a Train by Tom Jones

 

Don't Mess With My Toot Toot by Jello Biafra & The Raunch and Soul All Stars

Fake This One by Churchwood

Sit Down Baby by Dave & Phil Alvin

Rat Time by King Mud

Love is Like a Blob by Quintron & Miss Pussycat

Daisy Mae by The Seeds

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindoor by Tiny Tim

 

Boston Blackie by Chuck E. Weiss

Rock 'n' Roll Baby by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

Rollin' and Tumblin' by Canned Heat

Backstreet Girl by Social Distortion

We Live Dangerous by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Crossroad Hop by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

The Boner by Santa Geil & His Red Nose Pimps

 

Oh No / The Orange County Lumber Truck by The Mothers of Invention

Notoryczna narzeczona (Notorious Bride) by Kazik & Kwartet ProForma

Break the Spell by Gogol Bordello

Soy de Sagitario by Rolando Bruno

Cry About the Radio by Mary Weiss

Cheryl's Going Home by Miriam

The Kiss by Judee Sill

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

 

Friday, December 11, 2015
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens

White Lightnin' by The Waco Brothers

Stay a Little Longer by Willie Nelson

I Gotta Get Drunk by Gas Huffer

Hey Warden by Audrey Auld

Western Union Wire by Kinky Friedman & His Texas Jewboys

Askin' For Disaster by Banditos

Step Down by Jack Barlow

All You Facsists by Billy Bragg & Wilco

Opportunity to Cry by Tom Jones

 

Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets by DM Bob & The Deficits

Here Comes My Ball and Chain Again by Cornell Hurd

Run 'em Off by Brennen Leigh

Shine, Shave, Shower by Lefty Frizzell

Bad Dog by Danny Barnes

Santa Loves to Boogie by Asleep at the Wheel

Single Girl Again by Oh Lazarus

The Bottle Never Let Me Down by Dale Watson

Mystery Mountain by Porter Wagoner

Banks of the Brazos by James Hand

 

Let's Hop a Train by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

The One That Got Away by Legendary Shack Shakers

Santa Gotta Choo Choo by Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks

Needle and Thread by Eilen Jewell

Sloppy Drunk Blues by Devil in a Woodpile

Another Clown by Mose McCormack

California Hills by Nathan Payne & The Wild Bores

She's Got My Car by Electric Rag Band

 

Evicted by Peter Case

Runnin' From the Ghost of Your Past by Stevie Tombstone

Midnight Sun by Rolf Cahn

Bolshevik and Bollweevil by Freakwater

Angels Dancing 'cross the Moon by Chip Taylor & John Prine

Merry Christmas from the Family by Robert Earl Keen

CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: It's Almost Spike Jones' Birthday

Lindley Armstrong Jones was born Dec. 14, 1911 in Long Beach, California. The son of a railroad man, young Lindley was nicknamed "Spike" at an early age. His unusual musical talent began to emerge early on. 

According to various newspaper accounts, he got his first instrument at the age of 11 when "a negro cook" at a railroad lunch counter in Calexico, Calif. whittled two sticks from chair rungs and gave young Spike a breadboard to pound on. Reportedly he drummed along as he an the cook sang a duet of "Carolina in the Morning."

Jones started out as a jazz drummer and later got radio gigs with the likes of Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. But he and the band that came to be known as The City Slicker had a knack for performing parodies of popular songs, and as Cub Koda wrote in the Allmusic Guide  "taking the air out of pompous classical selections ..." 

Koda wrote:

"Not merely content to do cornball renderings of standard material or trite novelty tunes for comedic effect, Jones' musical vision encompassed whistles, bells, gargling, broken glass, and gunshots perfectly timed and wedded to the most musical and unmusical of source points. ... A definite precursor to the video age, Jones didn't merely play the songs funny, he illustrated them as well, a total audio and visual assault for the senses."

I'm reminded of Frank Zappa in Koda's description of Jones' role as bandleader: 

"Spike was a strict bandleader and taskmaster, making sure his musicians were precision tight and adept in a variety of musical styles from Dixieland to classical, with a caliber of musicianship several notches higher than most big bands of the day that played so-called `straight' music."

Spike Jones had to be heard to be believed. So in honor of his birthday, coming up on Monday, here are some live television performances from the 1950s.

And here is one of Jones' best known songs from the 1940s.



Happy birthday, Spike!

WACKY WEDNESDAY: This One's For the Birds!

Here's a high-flying tune by Jay Wilbur & His Metropole Players from 1932



The great Mel Blanc had a big hit with his tribute to this feathered celebrity in 1948



The Holy Modal Rounders did this bird ode in Easy Rider



The Trashmen had a big one-hit wonder with "Surfin' Bird." That that actually was a medley of sorts of two R&B songs by The Rivingtons, "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and this one, "The Bird's the Word"



Warning: DO NOT WATCH THIS WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS! (You might see gooney birds! But I love this lady's voice.)



If, for some strange reason you like these tunes, you might like my Duck Songs post from earlier this year.