Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 11-16-20

 

New tunes, classics, special features and a tribute to a couple of icons this week!  We pay tribute to WS Holland and Roy Head who both passed away this past September in both our instru-Mental Breakdown and the Jammin' James Jukebox.  We hear a snippet from a 2015 interview of WS Holland talking about his involvement with the Million Dollar Quartet.  WS Holland passed away September 23rd, 2020 at the age of 85 and Roy Head passed away September 21st, 2020 at 79 years old.  We also have NEW tunes from James Intveld & The Honky-Tonk Palomino's, Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo, Stray Cats, Kim Wilson, Kyle Eldridge, Rip Masters, Lucky Jones and The Honkabillies!  Beth Riley has a great blues track in her Beth's Blues Break.  We take a trip in the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine to 1956.

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

James Intveld & The Honky Tonk Palomino's- "Never Gonna Let You Go"

The Honkabillies- "Lockdown Lonely (Alt. Version)"

Stray Cats- "Mean Pickin' Mama" (live)

instru-Mental Breakdown:

The Roy Head Trio- "Tush Hog"

Tennessee Three- "A Boy Named Sue"

Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo- "G'wan 'Bout Your Business"

Lucky Jones- "These Lonely Blues"

Rip Masters- "Over The Line"

Beth's Blues Break:

(Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues")

Willie 'Poor Boy' Lofton- "Dirty Mistreater"

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Kyle Eldridge- "Well Oh Well"

WS Holland on the Million Dollar Quartet

Million Dollar Quartet- "I Shall Not Be Moved"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine Billboard Top 100

Week ending August 15, 1956

#90 Carl Perkins- "Boppin' The Blues"

#68 Bill Haley & His Comets- "Teenagers Mother (Are You Right?)"

#1 The Platters- "My Prayer" 

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Roy Head- "One More Time"

Kim Wilson- "Slow Down"

Outro Music Bed: Duane Eddy- "Fireball Mail"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 02-25-19

It's a packed show on the latest Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour! We get our Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight (with Shaun Young & The 3 Ringers, Malin Petterson, Ashley Kingman as part of Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys, Ray Wylie Hubbard and The Lucky Stars), Heavy Hitter Triple Threat (honoring Big Joe Turner and including covers from Jerry Lee Lewis and Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin) and our Five Year Flashback with an interview snippet from WS Holland talking about the studio session for Carl Perkins' "Matchbox" that ended up with the impromptu jam of Carl, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis ("Million Dollar Quartet").  Plus, hear NEW tracks from The Jets, Joel Hofmann, The Reverend Horton Heat, Portuguese Pedro & His Band, Screamin' Rebel Angels, Nick Waterhouse and more!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey
Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Portuguese Pedro & His Band- "Coola Boola Bop"
Screamin' Rebel Angels- "Iris"
Nick Waterhouse- "Song For Winners"
Junior Brown- "I Hung It Up"
Reverend Horton Heat- "Got It In My Pocket"

Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight:
Rockabilly Group Nominee: Shaun Young & The 3 Ringers- "My Heartache's Been Confirmed"
Honky Tonk Female: Malin Petterson- "Yours"
Musician nominee: Ashley Kingman with Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys- "South Bay Stomp"
Outlaw Male Nominee: Ray Wylie Hubbard- "Rockabilly Rock"
Western Swing Group: The Lucky Stars- "Go To Town"

Joel Hofmann- "Ballad Of Riley's Tavern"
The Planet Rockers- "Down The Line"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:
Big Joe Turner- "Honey Hush"
Jerry Lee Lewis- "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin- "Hide & Seek"

Five Year Flashback:
WS Holland on Million Dollar Quartet session
Carl Perkins- "Matchbox"
The Jets- "Little Doll"

Outro Music Bed: The Reverend Horton Heat- "Ride Before The Fall"

Dale Watson- Call Me Lucky CD review!

Dale Watson's latest Call Me Lucky (on Red House/ Compass Records February 15th) is quite possibly his best release to date.  Considering the quality of his past discography, that is an impressive feat.  All but one of the songs were recorded at the historic Sam Phillips Recording studio in Memphis.  While he's recorded around the corner at Sun Studio several times in the past, this is his first album recorded here.  The album features the long-awaited duet with Celine Lee (who also appears on the album cover and certainly gives the meaning behind Dale's album title which kicks off the album in style) on the song they wrote over text messages to each other, "Johnny & June".  Celine's Grand Ole Opry debut was performing this track with Dale which makes it even more special. The song hearkens back to the great country radio days of stellar duets from folks like Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn, George Jones & Tammy Wynette and of course the namesakes of the song, Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash.  Their voices have always blended well and we can only hope to hear more collaborations on record in the future.

"Dumb Song" is a tongue-in-cheek account of doing all the things folks say he shouldn't do.  The Johnny Cash groove is played by Cash's long time drummer WS Holland who we can hear yelling "yes!" at the end of the song.  The first single, "Tupelo Mississippi & A '57 Fairlane", is a song that really sort of wrote itself after Dale purchased a Ford Fairlane from a man in Tupelo and decided to stop and get a dough burger at Johnny's Drive-In en route to bringing the car back to his home in Memphis.  The horns in the song really give it a Memphis soul feel as well.  Perhaps a song I was excited to finally get on album the most is "Run Away" which I heard him perform at a small bar in Memphis long before this project was released.  Dale notoriously does not do set lists but since he was performing with some folks that hadn't played with him a lot this night, he wrote a list of songs he said he MIGHT play.  I happened to notice the song title and thought perhaps he was going to cover Del Shannon's tune.  I tried to imagine Dale's baritone voice soaring to hit those high notes but then was treated to this new song he had written.  Then I tried to imagine Del trying to hit those low notes in this Dale tune.  The song's melody and lyrics stuck with me for months and I was thrilled to see it's inclusion here.

Another highlight (trying to pick highlights on this one is like picking a favorite child) is "David Buxkemper" which was inspired by a fan message from a gentleman with that name.  He told his story to Dale and it was too good to pass up.  The music is infectious and one to hit on repeat.  You can hear the Memphis influence and it's combined with the Texas style that will always be a part of what he does.  It's purely Ameripolitan with a little Memphis soul, humor, attitude and a whole lot of fun!  You can call us lucky as well!
-James Riley/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour

1. Call Me Lucky
2. The Dumb Song
3. Johnny And June
4. Tupelo Mississippi & A '57 Fairlane
5. Haul Off And Do It
6. Restless
7. David Buxkemper
8. Inside View
9. You Weren't Supposed To Feel This Good
10. Mama's Smile
11. Who Needs This Man
12. Run Away

Produced by Dale Watson

Red House Records/Compass Records
February 15, 2019

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Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 05-01-17

WS "Fluke" Holland talks about being involved with the session that later became known as the "Million Dollar Quartet".  We'll hear the song the initial session was for (Carl Perkins' "Matchbox") as well as a track from the quartet.  Plus, we get songs from The Hoodoo Tones, Southern Culture On The Skids, BR5-49, Jeff Beck & The Big Town Playboys, The Planet Rockers, Webb Wilder, Wayne Hancock, Johnny Cash and more!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey
Intro Music Bed:  Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

The Hoodoo Tones- "Blue"
Southern Culture On The Skids- "I Ain't Gonna Hang Around"
Brenda Lee- "Rock The Bop"
The Polecats- "School Of Rock & Roll"
Bill Haley & His Comets- "Two Hound Dogs"
Petunia & The Vipers- "Gitterbug"
Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys- "Hi-Billy Music"
The Blasters- "Fun On Saturday Night"
Webb Wilder- "Lonely Blue Boy"
Big Bopper- "Little Red Riding Hood"
Wayne Hancock- "Ride"
Fendermen- "Mule Skinner Blues"
Carl Perkins- "Matchbox"
WS "Fluke" Holland on the Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet- "Reconsider Baby"
BR5-49- "Cherokee Boogie"
Johnny Cash- "Five Feet High & Rising"
Jeff Beck & The Big Town Playboys- "Catman"
The Planet Rockers- "Moon Over Memphis"
The Modern Sounds- "Lonesome Joe From Kokomo"

Outro Music Bed: Chris Casello- "Hideaway"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 09-26-16

This week, we hear new tunes from Sirocco Bros and The Millwinders (produced by Deke Dickerson), interview segments with WS Holland and Robert Gordon as well as tunes from The Caezars, Charlie Feathers, Jack Scott, Farmer & Adele, The Blasters and more!  We also hear a tune from Alan Mills who unfortunately passed away July 21st.  He leaves behind a lot of great music which we will continue to honor!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey
Intro music bed:  Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

The Caezars- "Big Big Thumb"
AJ & The Rockin' Trio- "She Do The Bop"
WS Holland on "Blue Suede Shoes"
Carl Perkins- "Blue Suede Shoes"
Charlie Feathers- "Nobody's Woman"
Alan Mills (with Darrel Higham)- "High School Confidential"
Wynn Stewart- "Come On"
The Sirocco Bros.- "Alcatraz"
The Knitters- "Baby Out Of Jail"
The Blasters- "21 Days In Jail"
Jack Scott- "Trouble"
Jerry Lee Lewis- "Hound Dog"
Robert Gordon on Link Wray
Robert Gordon (with Link Wray)- "Red Hot"
Jeff Daniels- "Switch Blade Sam"
Jake Calypso- "I'm Fed Up"
Millwinders- "Love Me So"
George Jones- "Heartbreak Hotel"
The Farmer & Adele- "Wrong Day"
Fatboy- "Summertime Bop"

Outro music bed: Chuck Berry- "Liverpool Drive"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 07-25-16

This week's show is a rocker!!  We've got interview snippets from both WS Holland and John Fogerty!  Plus, new tunes from Frantic Rockers, A.J. & The Rockin' Trio, Fatboy, Rocky Burnette & Darrel Higham and classics from Elvis Presley, Eddie Dixon, Gene Vincent, The Diamonds, BR5-49, Skeets McDonald, Sleepy LaBeef and more!

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Intro by Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey
Intro music bed:  Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

AJ & The Rockin' Trio- "Waitin' For You"
Elvis Presley- "Reconsider Baby"
WS Holland on Johnny Cash and "Ring Of Fire"
Johnny Cash- "Ring Of Fire"
Eddie Dixon- "Relentless"
Fatboy- "Cruel Love"
Flying Saucers- "Some Like It Hot"
Roy Brown- "Hip Shakin' Baby"
The BellFuries- "Letter To My Maybe Baby"
Gene Vincent- "Say Mama"
The Diamonds- "The Stroll"
Lee Rocker- "Hard Headed Woman"
John Fogerty on going for a rockabilly sound with CCR
Creedence Clearwater Revival- "Green River"
BR5-49- "Seven Nights To Rock"
Skeets McDonald- "Heartbreakin' Mama"
Frantic Rockers- "Low Down Dog"
Rocky Burnette & Darrel Higham- "Unlucky Blues"
Sleepy LaBeef- "Polk Salad Annie"

Outro music bed:  Rocky Burnette & Darrel Higham- "Green Hills"

WS Holland part 4, Johnny Cash countdown #5-1 and more!

WS Holland Band

We hear our final segment with drummer WS Holland as he discusses the WS Holland band and we hear the #1 song in our Favorite Johnny Cash Song Countdown with #5-1 plus great rockers from Gene Vincent, Imelda May, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Big Mama Thornton and more!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Gene Vincent- "Lotta Lovin'"

Chuck Berry- "Jaguar & Thunderbird"

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

Johnny Burnette & Rock N Roll Trio- "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee"

WS Holland interview part 4-

WS Holland segment 1

WS Holland Band- "Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby"

WS Holland segment 2

WS Holland Band- "Ragged Old Flag"

WS Holland segment 3

WS Holland Band- "Million Dollar Memories"

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Favorite Johnny Cash Song Countdown-

#5- "Folsom Prison Blues"

#4- "Sunday Morning Coming Down"

#3- "Big River"

#2- "Get Rhythm"

WS Holland on the #1 song

#1- Hear episode above to reveal #1 song in countdown

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Fabulous Thunderbirds- "Rock Candy"

Big Mama Thornton- "My Man Called Me"

Rhythm Sofie- "Jim Dandy"
Polecats- "Big Green Car"

WS Holland part 3, Johnny Cash countdown #10-6, album review and more!

l-r: Johnny Cash, WS Holland, Carl Perkins

WS Holland continues his great stories as he talks about playing in the studio with Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, the Cash/Dylan sessions, touring with The Highwaymen and some of his favorite Cash tunes.  We also hit the top 10 in our Favorite Johnny Cash Song countdown with #10-6.  Connor Rocket brings us the :60 album review of the new JD McPherson, a new tune from Marti Brom, rockers from Jason D. Williams, Robert Gordon, Danny B. Harvey & Mysti Moon and much more!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Crawling King Snakes- "Philadelphia Baby"
Danny B. Harvey & Mysti Moon- "Black Betty"
Matchbox- "Midnite Dynamos"
Jason D. Williams- "Mean Woman Blues"
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters- "Look At Little Sister"

WS Holland interview part 3
WS Holland segment 1
Carl Perkins- "Good Rockin' Tonight"
WS Holland segment 2
The Highwaymen- "Devil's Right Hand"
WS Holland segment 3
Carl Mann- "Mona Lisa"

Johnny Cash with WS Holland
in the studio

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Favorite Johnny Cash Song Countdown
#10- "I Still Miss Someone"
#9- "Jackson"
#8- "Guess Things Happen That Way"
WS Holland on "Boy Named Sue"
#7- "Boy Named Sue
#6- "I Walk The Line"

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Marti Brom- "Ambush"
Robert Gordon- "It's Only Love"
:60 Album Review with Connor Rocket
Traveling Wilburys- "Rattled"

WS Holland part 2, Johnny Cash countdown #15-11 and more!

Johnny Cash on the Grand Ole Opry featuring our guest WS Holland (2nd from left)

WS Holland joins us again this week to talk about the Million Dollar Quartet session, being the first drummer with a full set on the Grand Ole Opry and other great stories.  We continue our "Favorite Johnny Cash Song Countdown" with #15-11 and we hear new tunes from JD McPherson, The Blasters, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Lee Rocker covering Eddie Rabbitt, Hillbilly Moon Explosion covering Blondie and so much more!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Shakin' Triple Play-
JD McPherson- "It Shook Me Up"
Elvis Presley- "All Shook Up"
The Blasters- "I'm Shakin"

Hillbilly Moon Explosion- "Call Me"
Eddie Cochran- "C'mon Everybody"

Million Dollar Quartet
l-r: Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins
Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash

WS Holland interview part 2
Million Dollar Quartet- "Little Cabin On The Hill"
WS Holland segment 1
Million Dollar Quartet- "Reconsider Baby"
WS Holland segment 2
Carl Perkins- "Glad All Over"
WS Holland segment 3
Billy Lee Riley- "I Want You Baby"

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Favorite Johnny Cash Song Countdown
#15- "I Got Stripes"
#14- "Cry Cry Cry"
#13- "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen"
#12- "Orange Blossom Special"
#11- "Rock Island Line"

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Lee Rocker- "Drivin' My Life Away"
Shilos Land- "Little Miss May"
Johnny Horton- "I'll Do It Everytime"
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis- "It Ain't Your Business"

WS Holland interview part 1, Johnny Cash countdown 20-16 and more!

WS Holland is our guest for the next few episodes.  He toured with Johnny Cash for nearly 40 years but before that played with Carl Perkins from the beginning of his Sun Records day through his first album on Columbia before joining up with Johnny.  This week we here about those early days and the origin of how "Blue Suede Shoes" came about.  We also hear the beginning of our "Favorite Johnny Cash Song Countdown" sponsored by Dr. Rubin's Pomade.  This week, we hear songs #20-#16.  And, if that's not enough, we hear new songs from The Mavericks, Planet Rockers and Pokey LaFarge.  Our "Ask The Clowns" segment returns with The Reach Around Rodeo Clowns telling us their favorite Johnny Cash songs along with what prompted one of them to "get a beatin'"!  All this and more on this week's Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Ritchie Valens- "Hurry Up"
Kim Lenz & Her Jaguars- "Tumble & Fall"
The Mavericks- "All Night Long"
Johnny Carroll- "That's The Way I Love"
Heavy Trash- "Bumble Bee"

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WS Holland interview part 1
WS Holland segment 1
Carl Perkins- "Movie Magg"
WS Holland segment 2
Carl Perkins- "Blue Suede Shoes"

Johnny Cash Countdown
#20- "Wreck Of The Old 97"
#19- "Train Of Love"
#18- "One Piece At A Time"
#17- "San Quentin"
#16- "Home Of The Blues"

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"Ask The Clowns" segment
The Reach Around Rodeo Clowns- "Long Gone Daddy"

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The Planet Rockers- "Jenny Lee"
Pokey LaFarge- "Something In The Water"
Hillbilly Casino- "Debt With The Devil