THROWBACK THURSDAY: Country Stars Salute Joe Stalin

J. Stalin

Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, aka Josef Stalin, the Fearless Leader of the Soviet Union (technically the general secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR) for 30 years suffered a stroke on March 1, 1953. He never recovered. Just four dayslater, in the words of American country singer Ray Anderson, "Stalin kicked the bucket."

Apparently country singers, including a couple of America's best-known hillbilly stars, had a thing for Stalin, Here's a 1951 "tribute" from Roy Acuff:

A year before that, Hank Williams himself weighed in on the Stalin question. (Unfortunately, Hank died two months before Stalin did.)



Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith wasn't nearly as famous as Roy Acuff or Hank Williams, but with his band The Crackerjacks, he had a thing or two to say about Stalin in 1950.



But let's let Ray Anderson have the last word. Here's his 1953 novelty hit:

WACKY WEDNESDAY: A Quickie Birthday Wish for "Bugsy"

American gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was born Fe, 28, 1906.

According to the Internet Index of Tough Jews, he was "a gangster who through a combination of movie star looks, murderous prowess and visionary instincts with respect to Las Vegas, established himself as one of the most enduring figures in American pop culture. "

(Personally, I just like the fact that there's an "Internet Index of Tough Jews.")

For Siegel's  birthday here's a scene from Boardwalk Empire in which Siegel, portrayed by Michael Zegen, is being held hostage by Nucky Thompson's organization. Faithful readers should recognize the song.

February's Big Enchilada: Frog Girl & Friends #117

Welcome to the freakishly delightful new episode of The Big Enchilada. It's a mutant sock hop for the Frog Girl and her swinging cohorts, rockin' and rollin' to a spectacular line-up. Party til you croak!

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Here's the playlist:

(Background Music: Leap Frog by Les Brown)
Miss Froggy by Warren Smith
Let's Go to Mars by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Read You Your Rights by The Electric Mess
Don't Mess With Me by Rattanson
Dirty Photographs by The Bonnevilles
Daddy Frog by Big Daddy & The Little Sisters

(Background Music: Frog Legs Rag by James Scott)
Mind Mower by Toads of the Short Forest
Wimp by Jean Caffeine 
Demonica by The Dwarves
Better Than You by He Who Cannot Be Named
Screaming Rummy by Drawer Devils
Before I Die by Guttercats
Little LuLu Frog by T. Valentine

(Background Music: Frog Bog by Moondog)
Froggy by Danny Dell & The Trends
Because of You by The Goon Mat & Lord Bernardo
Mysterioso Blues by Harvey McLaughlin
DGASAY by Greg Wheeler & The Polygamist Mall Cops
Cannibal Island by The Young Rochelles
Bullfrog Blues by Legendary Shack Shakers
(Background Music: Frog and Peach by Lorette Velvette)

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A Radio Mutation Podcast

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
The Beast is You by The Electric Mess
Get Into Yours by Mudhoney
Anything That Moves by The Dwarves
One More Time by He Who Cannot Be Named
Necrophiliac in Love by Blood Drained Cows
Don't Curse the Darkness by The Bonnevilles
Flesh Eating Cocaine Blues by Daddy Long Legs
I Don't Wanna by Flying Over
Just Like Me by Paul Revere & The Raiders
(Background Music; Flight of the Bumble Bee by Al Hirt)

Sex Billy by Pocket FishRmen
Bad Betty by The Sonics
Pain by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Johnny Gillette by Simon Stokes
30 Seconds Over Tokyo by Rocket From the Tombs
The Cosed Circuit by Kult
The Man Whose Head Expanded by The Fall
(Background Music; Taxi Driver by Bernard Herrmann)

I'm Horny, I'm Stoned by The Doors
Teenage Barbarian by Rattanson
A Cutie Named Judy by The Sloths
Wade in Bloody Water by The Grannies
Lovin' Machine by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Evil Hoodoo by The Seeds
Dead Moon Night / Burn the Fires by Dead Moon
(Background Music; Blue's Theme by Davie Allan & The Arrows)

Baron Samedi by The Dead Brothers
Talkin' at the Same Time by Tom Waits
Sorry Somehow by Husker Du
Love Me by Flat Duo Jets
In That Great Gettin' Up Morning by Mahalia Jackson
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, Feb. 23, 2018
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
Never Be Your Darlin' by The Backsliders
Ruby Get Back to the Hills by Hank 3
A Real Country Song by Dale Watson
Artificial Flowers by Cornell Hurd
Mean Blue Spirit by The Dead Brothers
That's the Day by Dad Horse Experience
He Kept to Himself by Ramblin' Deano
Highway Cafe by Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jewboys
It's Movin' Day  by Charlie Poole
(Background Music: Cow Cow Voodoo by Clothesline Revival)

PRESIDENTS SONGS
FDR in Trinidad by Ry Cooder
Mr. Garfield by Norman & Nancy Blake
Ex-Presidents Waltz by David Massengill

Over You by Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
La Prision de Folsom by Steve Ortiz y Mas Tequila
Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue?) by Ernest Tubb
(Background Music: Roustabout by Clothesline Revival)

Five Brothers by Marty Robbins
Divorce Me C.O.D. by Wayne Hancock
Big Fake Boobs by The Beaumonts
I Ain't Got Nobody by Merle Haggard
Heartache by the Number by Ray Price
Linda on My Mind by Conway Twitty
You've Never Been This Far Before by Freakwater
This Cat's in the Doghouse by Rosie Flores & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Tear-Stained Eye by Son Volt
I Really Don't Know Me Anymore by Clay Blaker
(Background Music: Crawdaddio by Clothesline Revival)

When You Awake by The Band
With a Vamp in the Middle by John Hartford
Drifting Too Far from the Shore by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice
Thirteen Silver Dollars by Colter Wall
To Know Her is To Love Her by David Bromberg
Passin' Through by Gary Heffern
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets



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