TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, July 11, 2021
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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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

You Made It Weird by Quintron & Miss Pussycat

The Corner Man by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

My Heart Aches (Not Because of Love or Any Other Stupid Thing, I Should See a Doctor) by Nots

Saving Nothing by Imperial Wax

This Train by The Hormonauts

Lucky Chicken Foot by The Tenants

Call the Police by The Oblivians

A Little More Time by Reigning Sound

Almost Nearly Nancy by The Hickoids

Surf City by The Black Angels

Toe Cutter, Thumb Buster by Thee Oh Sees

Vault by Sleeve Cannon

Meeting of the Spirits by The Mahavishnu Orchestra

High Noon in Killville by Angry Johnny & The Killbillies

Remembering Kell Robertson 

Cool and Dark Inside by Kell Robertson

Julie's Neon Shoes by Blonde Boy Grunt & The Groans

Go on Home by Jason Ecklund, Mike Good & Tom Irwin

Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee by Kell Robertson

Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee) by Sticks McGee & His Buddies

Drinkin' Wine Spodyody by Pere Ubu

Walking to You by Dinosaur Jr.

Nancy Sinatra by Johnny Dowd

Sleep Thinkers by Laino & The Broken Seeds

I Saw by San Antonio Kid

No Tellin' When by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Hillbilly Babylon by Martha Fields
Man About Town by Tony Gilyson

Drink to Me, Babe, Then by A.C. Newman

Cast No Shadows by The Mekons

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Pass That Bottle to Me

 

Granville Henry McGhee, nicknamed "Stick" or sometimes "Sticks," was in the Army when he heard what Allmusic describes as "a ribald military chant" about the joys of getting drunk off the fruit of the vine. This tune allegedly had a refrain that went  “Drinkin' wine motherfucker, drinkin' wine, goddamn!"  

But Stick, who was the younger brother of bluesman Brownie McGhee, decided to make it more radio friendly and instead of singing "motherfucker," he substituted a nonsense phrase from an older song -- a wonderful example of creative bowdlerization.

McGhee first recorded "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" in 1947 for the Harlem label. But the song didn't become a hit until 1949 when McGhee signed with Atlantic Records and re-recorded it in 1949. In that second version, McGhee moved the wino action from St. Petersburg to New Orleans.

Here's the original 1947 " 'Petersburg" version credited to "Stick McGhee & His Buddy." (The '49 version was credited to Stick McGhee & His Buddies.")

The mysterious phrase "spo-dee-o-dee" came from a song by that name by Lovin' Sam Theard, a former circus worker from New Orleans who wrote or co-wrote songs including "(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You" and the Louis Jordan hit "Let The Good Times Roll."   

Not much here in the way of vino in this Theard song, but it's got a similar spirit of wild abandonment as McGhee's tune. (Later Theard would record and perform under the name "Spo-Dee-O-Dee.")

Following McGhee's hit in 1949, several big names recorded the song that same year. It was a natural for jump-blues shaman Wynonie Harris:

Also in 1949, Lionel Hampton brought some good vibes (I sincerely apologize for that) to "Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee":

Besides jazz and R&B artists, the rockabillies became big promotors of the Spo-Dee-O-Dee drink. Here's Johnny Burnette's take:

And here's a guy named Jerry Lee Lewis. I got my first belt of wine spo-dee-o-dee back in the early '70s, with the version the Killer cut with a bevy of British rock stars. But he'd recorded the song before, on his 1966 album Memphis Beat.

One of my favorite latter-day versions is an acoustic version by British folk-rocker Richard Thompson:

Here's where things start getting weird.

Pere Ubu took Spo Dee O Dee to strange galaxies. (Actually, as Ubu fans know, the group is notorious for slapping well-known song titles onto bizarre and seemingly unrelated original songs.)

It's likely that many traditionalists consider Ubu's song to be blasphemous. But come on, you wanna hear some blasphemy? Let me introduce you to a guy named Pat Boone ...

So have some fun, spo-de-o-dee!

For more deep dives into songs, check out The Stephen W. Terrell Web Log Songbook

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, July 4, 2021
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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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

4th of July by X

The Outcast by Dave Van Ronk

Violet Crumble Cherry Ripe by The Fleshtones

Wet Bar by Ross Johnson

The Beat Goes On by Giant Sand

Love Hurts by Joecephus & The George Jonestown Massacre with Eddie Spaghetti and Ruyter Suys

Diddy Wah Diddy by Captain Beefheart

Sam the Hotdog Man by Lil Johnson

Who Will Save Rock 'n' Roll by The Dictators

American Music by Violent Femmes

American Music by The Blasters

Daddy Rolling Stone by Phil Alvin

Death Rattle of Love by Martha Fields

Run Through the Jungle by The Gun Club

Shout Bama Lama by The Detroit Cobras

You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover by Bo Diddley

4th of July by Soundgarden

Indoor Fireworks by Elvis Costello

A on Horseback by Charlie Pickett

The Horse by DM Bob & The Deficits

Know Your Rights by The Clash

Melt the North Pole by Negativeland

The Body of an American by The Pogues

One Time One Night by Los Lobos

Mariachi Blues by Joe "King" Carrasco

The Country is Young by Jon Langford

Democracy by Leonard Cohen

Hiawatha by Laurie Anderson

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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WACKY WEDNESDAY: A Musical Salute to the Corvette

 

On this day, June 30, in 1953, the very first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. This new American sports car was a major success. Though some generations of the 'Vette have been badged "Sting Ray" or "Stingray," Corvettes are still being made today -- which means the Corvette is a few months older than me!

The new car quickly won a place in pop culture. It was the car in which Martin Milner and George Maharis drove around the country in the tv show Route 66 in the early 1960s. (Chevrolet, of course, was a sponsor.)

And the Corvette inspired many songs in American music. Let's hear some, shall we?

The earliest song about Corvettes I've come across was from 1958, "Corvette" by The Corvettes (not to be confused with the all-girl pop-punk band, Nikki & The Corvettes):

In 1963 Chevrolet decided to call the second generation of Corvettes the "Sting Ray." The Beach Boys celebrated this the same year with "Shut Down," which was about a drag race between "my fuel injected Stingray" and a "Superstock Dodge."

I'm pretty sure that Chevrolet would have been less enthusiastic about this tragic 1964 teenage death song by Beach Boys pals Jan & Dean about about another teenage drag race involving a Sting Ray. (Two years later, Jan Berry would crash his Sting Ray into a parked car on Whittier Boulevard not far from the actual Dead Man's Curve in Los Angeles. He lived, but suffered severe head injuries.)

In the 1980s, George Jones sang the praises of the Corvette -- or was it a long-lost girlfriend?) with "The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)"

But the best-known song about a Corvette has to be that one by Prince:

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, June 27, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

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

Thunder on the Mountain by Wanda Jackson

Primitive by The Groupies

Wild Man by The Shadows of Knight

Walkin' the Dog by The Sonics

White Hat by Joe "King" Carrasco

Oo Poo Pa Doo by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Cock in My Pocket by Iggy & The Stooges

The Desert's Flame by The William Loveday Intention

I Wanna Holler (But the Town's Too Small) by Gary U.S. Bonds

Don't Cry Alone by Bloodshot Bill

Whistle Bait by Larry Collins

Society by The Routes

Wild Little Rider by The Bloodhounds

Town of Horseheads by Count Vaseline

Lost Dead Island by Laino & The Broken Seeds

Devil Dance by The A-Bones

The Snake by Reverend Tom Frost

The Definitive Tom Jones Medley by The Pleasure Barons

Popstar by Tom Jones

Look in The Mirror by Gregg Turner

Lizard Hunt by Gas Huffer

Frog Went a Courtin' by Flat Duo Jets

Marie by Mitch Webb & Los Swindles

Poor Gary from the Gallows by Harvey McLaughlin

It's Your Voodoo Working by Charles Sheffield

Night Driver by Southern Culture on the Skids

Gardens by San Antonio Kid

Tears on My Pillow by Roy & The Devil's Motorcycle

You Only Live Twice by Nancy Sinatra

As Soon As I Hang Up the Phone by Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn

I'll Take Care of You by Bobby "Blue" Bland

Where or When by Dion & The Belmonts

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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