Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 5-28-14

Happy Birthday Sonny Burgess- May 28th! 

On the show today, Sonny Burgess (celebrating a birthday today), Dick Dale, Deke Dickerson, Wanda Jackson, Bo Diddley, Molly Sue Gonzalez & The Mean, Mean Men and much more!

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Intro music bed- Link Wray- "Jack The Ripper"
Voice over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Dick Dale- "Ring Of Fire"
Eddie Cochran- "C'mon Everybody"

Music bed- The Ventures- "Rebel Rouser"

Molly Sue Gonzalez & The Mean, Mean Men- "Bad Example"
Bo Diddley- "You Don't Love Me"
Buddy & Julie Miller- "Gasoline & Matches"

Music bed- The Rockats- "Kitten With A Whip"

Buddy Holly- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
Imelda May- "Wild Woman"
The Fabulous Thunderbirds- "Can't Tear It Up Enuff"

Clarence Clemons- "Peter Gunn Theme"
Sonny Burgess- "Itchy"

Music bed- Joel Paterson- "Twin Guitar Shuffle"
Dr. Rubins Pomade

Billy Lee Riley- "Pearly Lee"
Deke Dickerson- "Little Innocent"
Dale Hawkins- "Little Pig"

Music bed- Marco Di Maggio- "Silver Moon"

Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm (feat. Jackie Brenston) You've Got To Lose
Robert Gordon :60 Album spot- I'm Coming Home
Everly Brothers- "High Heel Sneakers"
Tammy Lynne & Myles High- "Good Rockin' Tonight"

Stray Cats- "Double Talkin' Baby"
Wanda Jackson- "Funnel Of Love"

Music bed- Glen Campbell- "12 String Special"

Roy Orbison- "Rockhouse"
Roy Orbison- "You're My Baby"

Outro music bed- Eddie Angel- "Roughshod"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 5-21-14

Dion talks about one of his biggest inspirations, Carl Perkins, later in the program plus killer new tunes from The Rockats, The Reach Around Rodeo Clowns, Reckless Ones and flashback favorites from Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers, Johnny Cash and a Prince cover from The Polecats.  All that and much, much more!!

Now hear us twice a week at rockabillyradio.net.  Wednesdays 8am USA Central/ 2pm UK and Saturdays 1pm USA Central/ 7pm UK.

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Intro music bed- Link Wray- "Jack The Ripper"
Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Johnny Cash- "Cry, Cry, Cry"
The Reach Around Rodeo Clowns- "Long Gone Daddy"

Music bed- Eddie Angel- "Black Widow"

The Rockats- "Tear The Roof Off"
Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers- "My Little Sister's Gotta Motorbike"
Billy Burnette- "Are You With Me Baby"

Dale Hawkins- "Susie-Q"
Polecats- "Let's Go Crazy"
Warren Smith- "Ubangi Stomp"

Junior Wells- "We're Ready"
Brian Setzer- "Cherokee"

Music bed- The Ventures- "Memphis"
Dr. Rubin's Pomeade
Dion interview

Dion- "Blue Suede Shoes"
Robert Gordon I'm Coming Home :60 album spot
Waylon Jennings- "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line"

Music bed- Glen Campbell- "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"

Eddy Dixon- "Relentless"
Jimmy Carroll- "Big Green Car"
Dave Edmunds- "Trouble Boys"

Music bed- Duane Eddy- "Rumble"

Reckless Ones- "It's Time"
Robert Gordon- "Black Slacks"

Music bed- Kenny Vaughan- "Mysterium"

Charlie Feathers- "Stutterin' Cindy"
Charlie Feathers- "Tongue Tied Jill"

Outro music bed- Glen Campbell- "King Of The Road"

Who says The Beach Boys don't surf?

The Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston in his 1966 XKE with 2 longboards on the surf racks
heading out on a Southern California "Surfin' Safari" for the day!  Photo by Cyril Maitland and
from the Bruce Johnston Archives!

With June just around the corner, it's hard not to have The Beach Boys' "Surfin' USA" song stuck in our heads..."we're waxing down our surfboards, we can't wait for June"!  The Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston sent over some photos from his collection as he was tired of hearing people say that even though The Beach Boys sing of surfing, ironically they don't.  Well, nothing could be further from the truth.  See the photo above as Bruce heads out to Little Dume (north of Malibu) for a day of surfing in the mid-sixties!

Photo by Cyril Maitland and
from the Bruce Johnston Archives!

Photographer Cyril Maitland captures Bruce ridin' the waves.  Bruce said he started surfing in Malibu in 1959 while in high school and still surfs today at his home in Montecito (just below Santa Barbara) at Hammonds Reef.  Ironically, he surfed there as well in 1959!  Here's a recent shot of him surfing there on his short board (though he says he prefers long boarding more):

Photo by Mattina Lloyd from the Bruce Johnston Archives!

Both Bruce and Mike Love are long time members of The Surfrider Foundation and both are on the Advisory Board with Bruce also on the Founding Board.  Check them out:

http://www.surfrider.org/

Now get out there and wax down your surfboards!  Wave if you see Bruce going by!!

"Surfin' Sarari"

"Catch A Wave"

"Wild Woman" video from Imelda May

New music video for "Wild Woman" from Imelda May's latest album, Tribal!

Ritchie Valens was born this day in 1941

Richard Steven Valenzuela (Ritchie Valens) was born this day in 1941 in Pacoima, CA.  He tragically died 3 months before his 18th birthday along with Buddy Holly and "The Big Bopper" J.P. Richardson on February 3, 1959 while on the Winter Dance Party with fellow headliner Dion DiMucci.

"Ooh My Head"

"La Bamba"

"Donna"

"Come On, Let's Go"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 5-12-14

Smutty Smiff

Smutty Smiff joins us later in the program on this episode of The Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour.  Smutty is best known as the upright bass player for The Rockats, 13 Cats, Havalinas and more.  He also hosts a radio show in Iceland which he gives us more details on in the program as well as a couple of requests for us like "Woodpecker Rock", "Barking Up The Wrong Tree", "Cast Iron Arm" and "Race With The Devil".  Hear more classics from Jimmy Reed, Eddie Cocrhan, Carl Perkins, Arthur Crudup and more!!

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Intro bed- Link Wray- "Jack The Ripper"

Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Eddie Cochran- "Somethin' Else"

Peanuts Wilson- "Cast Iron Arm"

Music bed- Dick Dale- "Shake N Stomp"

Levi Dexter- "The Man Who Counts"

Nat Couty & The Braves- "Woodpecker Rock"

Music bed- Joel Paterson- "Speedin' North"

Starkweather Boys- "Abagail Blue"

Lee Rocker- "Rock This Town"

Music bed- Johnny & Dorsey Burnette- "Rockin' Johnny Home"

Paul Burlison w/ Kim Wilson- "She's Hot"

Smutty Smiff interview- part 1

The Havalinas- "High Hopes"

Smutty Smiff interview- part 2

Gene Vincent- "Race With The Devil"

Don Woody- "Barking Up The Wrong Tree"

Hank Ballard- "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go"

5, 6, 7, 8's- "Woo Hoo"

Music bed- Monty Norman Orchestra- "James Bond Theme"

Dr. Rubin's Pomade!!

Jimmy Reed- "I Ain't Got You"

Robert Gordon- I'm Coming Home :60 album spot

Pat Dinizio- "Words Of Love"

Willie Nelson- "Freight Train Boogie"

Carl Perkins- "Her Love Rubbed Off"

Music bed- The Ventures- "Memphis"

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup- "That's All Right"

Elvis Presley- "That's All Right"

Outro music bed- Marco Di Maggio- "Tiger Rag"

Dibbs Preston (left) and Smutty Smiff (right) during The Rockats set
Lanark Records Stage- Viva Las Vegas April, 2014

Find out more about Smutty Smiff's radio shows:

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http://smokestackradio.com/content/smutty-smiffs-radio-jukebox/
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Happy Birthday Billy Burnette!

Billy Burnette was born this day in 1953 in Memphis, TN.  In case you missed the interview last fall, check this out for a great overview of Billy's career HERE.  Here's to many more Billy....keep rockin and rollin' with it!

"Tear It Up"

"Wrong One Right"

"It's Late"

"My Love Will Not Change"

"Oh Well"

Imelda May- "It's Good To Be Alive" music video

From her new album, Tribal, check out the music video for Imelda May's "It's Good To Be Alive"!  More videos from this project on the way!

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 5-6-14

Sizzlin' hot tunes from Screamin' Rebel Angels, Stray Cats, Big Mama Thornton, Jerry Lee Lewis and more!

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Intro music bed- Link Wray- "Jack The Ripper"
Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Buddy Holly- That'll Be The Day"
Chan Romero- "My Little Ruby"

Music bed- The Rumblers- "Boss"

Dead Rock West- "Price Of Love"
Gas House Gorillas- "One Shot"

Robert Gordon- :60 I'm Coming Home album spot

Fats Domino- "I'm Walkin'"

Music bed- Duane Eddy- "The Attack Of The Duck Billed Platypus"

Glen Campbell- "In My Arms"
Vince Taylor- "Brand New Cadillac"
Big Bopper- "Chantilly Lace"
Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos- "Hey, Rat Fink"
Ritchie Valens- "Big Baby Blues"

Music bed- Duane Eddy- "Twango"
Dr. Rubin's Pomade!!

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Great Balls Of Fire"
Screamin' Rebel Angels- "Sizzle"
Big Mama Thornton- "Hound Dog"
Rufus Thomas- "Bear Cat"
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin- "Truckin' Little Woman"

Music bed- Johnny & Dorsey Burnette- "Bloody River"

Stray Cats- "Gene & Eddie"
Del Shannon- "From Me To You"

Vintage Elvis KSIJ spot

13 Cats- "Crazy Baby"

Music bed- The Rockats- "Kitten With A Whip"

Chuck Berry- "Nadine"
Chuck Berry- "Dear Dad"

Outro music bed- The Ventures- "Caravan"

Screamin' Rebel Angels- "Sizzle"

13 Cats- "Crazy Baby"

Happy Birthday Dick Dale

Dick Dale ("The King Of The Surf Guitar") was born this day in 1937 in Boston, MA.  His interest in surfing began after his family moved to Orange County, CA in 1954.  Because of his Lebanese heritage, Dale had a strong interest in Arabic music which played an important role in his surf music style.  He still tours today (see below for some recent shots at a Nashville concert).  Also, enjoy some of his hits from over the years!

Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN 4-30-13

Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN 4-30-13

"Misirlou"

"Let's Go Trippin'"

"Pipeline" (with Stevie Ray Vaughan)

"Smoke On The Water/ Peter Gunn Theme"

"Nitro"