Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon is our guest this week! We discuss a couple of classics, his love of Boston Red Sox and all the sports teams from the area, touring various circuits, his friends in Los Straitjackets, a high energy collaboration with The Gears, recent singles that pay tribute to his mentor Chuck Berry ("Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll") as well as a brand new killer rockabilly romp ("Boppin' The Blues") and we even make reference to "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair!
Hear episode here:
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| Ric Flair "wooo" |
Freddy Cannon & The Gears- "Move It On Over"
Interview part 1
snippet of "Down At Fenway Park"
Freddy Cannon with Frank Slay & His Orchestra- "Humdinger"
Interview part 2
Soundbite of Ric Flair
Freddy Cannon- "Tallahassee Lassie"
Interview part 3
Freddy Cannon with Frank Slay & His Orchestra- "Palisades Park"
Interview part 4
Freddy Cannon- "Buzz Buzz A Diddle It"
Interview part 5
Freddy Cannon's jingle for Arnie Ginsburg
Interview part 6Freddy Cannon and Los Straitjackets- "The Sox Are Rockin'"
snippet of "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"
Freddy Cannon with Frank Slay & His Orchestra- "The Urge"
Interview part 7
Freddy Cannon- "Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll"
Interview part 8
Freddy Cannon- "Boppin' The Blues"
Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy- "Chica Alborotada" (Tallahassee Lassie)
Interview part 9 (with song request from Freddy)
Chuck Berry- "Roll Over Beethoven"
Freddy Cannon with Frank Slay & His Orchestra- "Muskrat Rumble"
Outro Music Bed: Los Straitjackets- "Jack The Ripper"
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| Freddy Cannon & his wife Jeanette with Elvis in Las Vegas August '74 |
