Wednesday, December 18, 2019
WACKY WEDNESDAY: An Outsider Music Xmas
It's the Wacky Wednesday before Christmas!
Let's celebrate with a bunch of tunes from some of my favorite "outsider" musicians. (And if you baren't hip to "outsider music," educate yourself HERE and check out this previous Wacky Wednesday HERE.)
Let's start with some holiday cheer from Wesley Willis
Beneath the wacky exterior, this Yuletide song by Larry "Wild Man" Fischer tells a heartbreaking holiday story
Daniel Johnston had the Christmas spirit
A spoken-word recital from the jolly old Legendary Stardust Cowboy
B.J. Snowden, the self-declared "Queen of Outsider Music," teamed up with Fred Schneider of the B-52s for this Christmas dance number
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Sliding Down Your Digital Chimney, a New Big Enchilada!
OK, once again this is not really a Christmas podcast. I included just enough Christmas songs to make you smash your head against the bathroom mirror, not enough to chop off your own head. Besides, fans of this kind of music got some bad news right before I started working on this: Roy Loney, a founding member of The Flamin' Groovies died. So there's a rocking Roy tribute right in the middle of the show
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Here's the playlist:
(Background Music: Jingle Bells by Gene Krupa)
No Gifts for Nazis by The Alice Bag Band
Baby Doll by The A-Bones
My Amazing Life by Kathy Freeman
Axe to Grind by Graceland
Ain't Comin' Back by Intruders Five
Christmas Time is Coming (A Street Carol) by Stormy Weather
(Background Music: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo by Billy May with Alvin Staffer)
ROY LONEY TRIBUTE
High Flyin' Baby by Flamin' Groovies
Stop It Baby by Roy Loney & The A-Bones
Slow Death by Charlie Pickett
Teenage Head by Ross Johnson & Jeffrey Evans
Scum City by Roy Loney & The Phantom Movers
Comin' After Me by Flamin' Groovies
(Background Music: Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Jackie & The Cedrics)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by The Barbaraellatones
Big Beat Strong by The Woggles
Lie Detector Machine by Flametrick Subs
Black and Blue by Ko & The Knockouts
Christmas Holiday by Dale Ducktail
(Background Music: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Beausolei)
Play It Here:
(Background Music: Jingle Bells by Gene Krupa)
No Gifts for Nazis by The Alice Bag Band
Baby Doll by The A-Bones
My Amazing Life by Kathy Freeman
Axe to Grind by Graceland
Ain't Comin' Back by Intruders Five
Christmas Time is Coming (A Street Carol) by Stormy Weather
(Background Music: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo by Billy May with Alvin Staffer)
ROY LONEY TRIBUTE
High Flyin' Baby by Flamin' Groovies
Stop It Baby by Roy Loney & The A-Bones
Slow Death by Charlie Pickett
Teenage Head by Ross Johnson & Jeffrey Evans
Scum City by Roy Loney & The Phantom Movers
Comin' After Me by Flamin' Groovies
(Background Music: Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Jackie & The Cedrics)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by The Barbaraellatones
Big Beat Strong by The Woggles
Lie Detector Machine by Flametrick Subs
Black and Blue by Ko & The Knockouts
Christmas Holiday by Dale Ducktail
(Background Music: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Beausolei)
Play It Here:
Sunday, December 15, 2019
TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST
Sunday, December 15, 2019
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org
Here's my playlist :
OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Breathless by Jerry Lee Lewis
Sonic Reducer by The Dead Boys
Colour from the Tube by Gang of Four
Lust Lil Lucy by Nick Curran & The Lowlifes
Let Me In by ET Explore Me
Disolve by Mudhoney
Victory by P.J. Harvey
My Amazing Life by Kathy Freeman
Too Good to Be Blue by Trixie & The Trainwrecks
Trouble in Mind by Big Bill Broonzy
Yeah Yeah Yeah by Los Gallos
Backstreets by Shannon & The Clams
The Hungry Wolf by X
Plant the Seed by Imperial Wax
Big Blue Burning Bus by The Hormonauts
Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45) by The Circle Jerks
Along Came Jones by The Coasters
R.I.P. Roy Loney
She's Falling Apart by Flamin' Groovies
Jump into the River by Roy Loney & The A-Bones
32-20 by Flamin' Groovies
Slow Death by Charlie Pickett
I Couldn't Spell !!*@! by Roy Loney & The Young Fresh Fellows
Scum City by Roy Loney & The Phantom Movers
Scratch My Back by Flamin' Groovies
Teenage Head by Ross Johnson & Jeffrey Evans
Gonna Rock Tonight by Flamin' Groovies
So Glad You're Mine by Junior Wells
Train Train by Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
Stay Gold by Black Pumas
Gotta Have My Baby Back by Kelly Hogan
Since I Don't Have You by The Skyliners
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
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Thursday, December 12, 2019
THROWBACK THURSDAY: A Belated Birthday Salute to Big Mama Thornton
Willie Mae Thornton, better known as "Big Mama," would have turned 93 on Wednesday. But she died in 1984 at the age of 57.
Happy belated birthday, Big Mama.
Born in Ariton, Alabama she started her musical path singing in church, though she was drawn to the blues of Bessie Smith and Memphis Minnie. Thornton was a hard-living, hard-drinking R&B singer whose heyday was in the 1950s, when she was part of Johnny Otis' Revue.
Though she deserved fame on her own talents, Thornton is best known for two songs done later by other singers.
She recorded the first version of "Hound Dog," written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1952. A guy named Presley had a huge hit with a seriously mutated version of that song three years later.
She also wrote an odd, dark blues called "Ball and Chain" in the early '60s, though it wasn't released until after Janis Joplin, fronting Big Brother & The Holding Company, recorded it and made it famous in 1968. (And in an archetypal story of music industry greed and cruelty, her record company owned the copyright, so Thornton didn't receive any royalties from Janis' cover.
Have I told you lately how much I hate the music industry?
Big Mama outlived both Elvis and Janis, but by the time the '80s came around, the booze had destroyed her liver and her heart. Despite her trademark girth for so many years, when she died, she reportedly weighed less than 100 pounds.
But today, we celebrate her life and music. Let's start with her best known song:
Big Mama knew rats as well as hound dogs.
Here's "Ball and Chain" before Big Brother put it through the psychedelic grinder:
Big Mama recorded this Ray Charles hit in 1969
In 1980, Aretha Franklin had Big Mama as a guest on her TV special. Thornton would have been in her early 50s at the time she and Aretha sang this Bessie Smith classic.
Sunday, December 08, 2019
TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST
Sunday, December 8, 2019
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org
Here's my playlist :
OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
The Holygram's Song (Back from the Shadows Again)
Mechanical Man by Mean Motor Scooter
Bromidic Thrills by Imperial Wax
If It's News to You by Tammi Savoy & Chris Casello
Martin Scorsese by King Missile
Suck You Dry by Mudhoney
The Sky is a Poisonous Garden by Concrete Blonde
Insane Asylum by The Detroit Cobras
See You in the Boneyard by The Flesheaters
No Gifts for Nazis by Alice Bag Band
If You Play With My Mind You're Going to Get Your Hands Dirty by Cornell Hurd Band
No Cussin', No Fussin' by Dale Watson
Black Moon Risin' by Black Pumas
Suit or So by Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
The Boogey Monster by Gnarls Barkley
John E.'s Mood by Jon E. Edwards & The Internationals
Don't Hold My Hand by The Darts
Air B & B by Kim Gordon
John Lennon set
I'm Losing You by John Lennon
Isolation by Ty Segall
Cold Turkey by Lenny Kravitz
She Said, She Said by Black Keys
Everybody's Got Something t o Hide Except Me and My Monkey by Fats Domino
Working Class Hero by John Lennon
Helter Skelter by Siouxsi & The Banshees
No Reply by The Beatles
Tom Waits Set
Waiting for Waits by Richie Cole
Raised Right Man
Heart Attack and Vine by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Singapur by Kazik
House Where Nobody Wins by Iris DeMent
Muriel by Eleni Mandell
Innocent When You Dream by Tom Waits
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Wednesday, December 04, 2019
WACKY WEDNESDAY: Cornell Hurd's Comic Country
Just got back to town last night, so Wacky Wednesday is a little late today ...
While visiting Austin, Texas last week, I got to see Cornell Hurd and his always-amazing band for the first time in several years.
Besides his strong voice and tight country-swing group (Cornell eschews the term "country," preferring to call his sound "Texas dance music"), what I like best about Cornell is his songwriting, which is fortified by his sardonic sense of humor. Many of his song titles alone are funnier than most of what passes as "comedy" these days.
It's too bad that I couldn't find "The Genitalia of a Fool" on YouTube. But below are some other great examples:
Cornell played this one (and gave a similar intro) when I saw him last week.
I washed my mind in muddy water ...
This may leave you .... breathless -ah
Mom was ahead of her time
This is one of my son's favorites when he was growing up (from probably my favorite kiddie album by anyone.)
While visiting Austin, Texas last week, I got to see Cornell Hurd and his always-amazing band for the first time in several years.
Besides his strong voice and tight country-swing group (Cornell eschews the term "country," preferring to call his sound "Texas dance music"), what I like best about Cornell is his songwriting, which is fortified by his sardonic sense of humor. Many of his song titles alone are funnier than most of what passes as "comedy" these days.
It's too bad that I couldn't find "The Genitalia of a Fool" on YouTube. But below are some other great examples:
Cornell played this one (and gave a similar intro) when I saw him last week.
I washed my mind in muddy water ...
This may leave you .... breathless -ah
Mom was ahead of her time
This is one of my son's favorites when he was growing up (from probably my favorite kiddie album by anyone.)
Thursday, November 28, 2019
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Have a Throwback Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving, gentle readers.
Enjoy some fine old Thanksgiving tunes. And I'm thankful for you all. (Or most of you, at least)
Let's start with this classic from Der Bingle from the 1942 film Holiday Inn, which also gave us “White Christmas”:
Here's Lonesome George from 1955:
This one isn't holiday specific, but Cab's song captures the Thanksgiving spirit:
I played this one by Gordondon on last Sunday's Sound World:
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