Annual All Christmas Show!!!/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 12-21-20

Thrilled to co-host the annual "All Christmas" show with my lovely wife, Beth Riley (heard here weekly on her "Beth's Blues Break" as well as her own syndicated show called "Boppin' With Beth").  She has a Christmas edition of Beth's Blues Break and a great tune from Keb' Mo', we have an instru-Mental Breakdown courtesy of Hi-Tide Recordings with new tracks from The Volcanics and Slowey & The Boats, we'll take a stroll to the Doo-Wop Corner AND drop a coin in the Christmas Jukebox for a track from JD McPherson!  Hear NEW tunes from Dion, Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets, The Shootouts, Dallas Moore, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys and April Mae & The June Bugs as well as classics from Elvis Presley, Dwight Yoakam, Slim Jim Phantom feat. Jennie Vee, Dale Watson and Brian Setzer Orchestra!!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- "Rockabilly Christmas"

Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets- "Let It Snow"

Brian Setzer Orchestra- "Here Comes Santa Claus"

Dion (with Mike Aquilina, Joe Bonamassa)- "You Know It's Christmas"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Slowey & The Boats- "O Christmas Tree"

The Volcanics- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"

Elvis Presley- "Winter Wonderland"

Dwight Yoakam- "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"

The Shootouts- "Look Out The Window"

Beth's Blues Break:
(Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues")

Keb' Mo'- "Merry, Merry Christmas"

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Buck Owens- "Home On Christmas Day"

Dallas Moore- "Honky Tonk Holidaze"

Dale Watson- "Christmas Without You"

Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Drag Racing Santa"

Doo-Wop Corner-

The Four Imperials- "Santa's Got A Coupe DeVille"

The Drifters- "White Christmas"

Christmas Jukebox selection of the week:

JD McPherson- "Hey Skinny Santa"

Slim Jim Phantom feat. Jennie Vee- "Have A Rockabilly Christmas"

April Mae & The June Bugs- "It's Gettin' Kinda Chilly"

Outro Music Bed: Los Straitjackets- "Jingle Bell Rock"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 11-23-20

 

We've lots of covers and new tracks this week!  Hear the latest from Los Straitjackets (covering The Hollies) and Chairman Of The Boards in our instru-Mental Breakdown.  Plus, new tunes from Jared Petteys & The Headliners, The Joeys, Darrel Higham, Rachel Brooke, John Fogerty (Fogerty's Factory), Sean Burns & Lost Country, Danny Fisher, April Mae & The June Bugs and Jackslacks!  Beth Riley has another great blues tune in her Beth's Blues Break.  We take a trip in the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine and drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox...and still there's more!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Jared Petteys & The Headliners- "When She Walked Away"

The Joeys- "Planet Z"

Jackslacks- "Hog Heaven"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Los Straitjackets- "Bus Stop"

Chairman Of The Boards- "Board Whacks"

Sean Burns & Lost Country- "Six Days On The Road"

Danny Fisher- "I Was The One"

April Mae & The June Bugs- "Race With The Devil"

Beth's Blues Break:
(Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues")

Furry Lewis- "Dry Land Blues"

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Carl Perkins- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"

Rachel Brooke- "The Loneliness In Me"

John Fogerty- "Down On The Corner"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine

Top 3 tunes at WMPS (Memphis, TN) for the week of July 23, 1956:

#3 The Clovers- "Love, Love, Love"

#2 Little Richard- "Ready Teddy"

#1 Elvis Presley- "Hound Dog"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Robert Gordon with Link Wray- "Sea Cruise"

Darrel Higham- "A Woman Like You"

Ricky Nelson- "Am I Blue"

Outro Music Bed:  Darrel Higham- "Jam Sandwich"

HALLOWEEN SHOW/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-26-20

It's our annual Halloween show!  2020 might be scary enough but we have an hour of ghoulishly fun tunes to give your Halloween a proper soundtrack.  We've got new tracks from Marcel Bontempi, Western Terrestrials, April Mae & The June Bugs, SaraLee, The Rhythm Slicks and Messer Chups!  Hear chilling classics from Levi Dexter, Los Straitjackets, Billy Lee Riley, Bloodshot Bill, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Rayford Bros, some vintage horror movie trailers and lots more!  Beth Riley brings a Halloween edition of her Beth's Blues Break with the one and only Howlin' Wolf!  

Listen here...if you dare!! 

 

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Also includes music bed Los Straitjackets- "Ghostbusters"

The Rhythm Slicks- "Wolf In Sheep's Clothing"

Bloodshot Bill- "Pretty Little Gal From Mars"

SaraLee- "The Living Dead"

Trailer: Creature From The Black Lagoon

Messer Chups- "The Mummy"

Los Straitjackets- "The Munsters Theme"

April Mae & The June Bugs- "Graveyard Boogie"

Trailer: The House On The Haunted Hill

Billy Lee Riley- "Rockin' On A UFO"

Western Terrestrials- "Flying Saucer Rock N Roll

Beth's Blues Break:

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

Howlin' Wolf- "I Ain't Superstitious"

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Tyrone A'Saurus- "The Monster Twist"

Levi Dexter- "Cannibal Party"

The Rayford Bros- "I'm The Wolfman"

TV show snippet:  It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Don Love & The Heartbeats- "Happy Zombie"

Billy Taylor & The Teardrops- "Wombie Zombie

Marcel Bontempi- "Down Bound Train"

Trailer: King Kong

Dwain Turley With The Tads- "Devil's Den"

Creedence Clearwater Revival- "Tombstone Shadow"

Outro Music Bed:  Dick Dale- "Ghostriders In The Sky"

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Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 12-09-19

A few more tunes appear in our Christmas jukebox this week from The Mavericks, Roy Clark, Marti Brom, Squirrel Nut Zippers and April Mae & The June Bugs.  We'll take a trip to the Doo-Wop Corner (revealing who a backing band was for one of those), an Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight with Laura Palmer and Screamin' Rebel Angels, Charley Crockett, Farmer & Adele, Eddie Clendening and Katie Shore with Asleep At The Wheel.  Plus, we hear new tunes from GA-20, Jolie & The Jackalopes and the latest from Robert Gordon with Chris Spedding and Ronnie Wood with Imelda May in our "Double Trouble" segment!  And yes...still there's more!!!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

GA-20- "Got Love If You Want It"
Jolie & The Jackalopes- "Little Chevrolet"
Buddy Holly & The Crickets- "Oh Boy"

Double Trouble:
Robert Gordon with Chris Spedding- "The Wanderer"
Ronnie Wood with Imelda May- "Rock 'n' Roll Music"

Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight nominees:
Rockabilly Female: Laura Palmer/ Screamin' Rebel Angels- "Racing Death"
Honky Tonk Male: Charley Crockett- "Big Gold Mine"
Western Swing Female: Katie Shore (with Asleep At The Wheel)- "Big River"
Rockabilly Male: Eddie Clendening- "Rolling Stone"
Western Swing Group & Western Swing Male: The Farmer & Adele-
"Gone Long Gone"

Christmas Jukebox:
Squirrel Nut Zippers- "Hot Christmas"
April Mae & The June Bugs- "Zat You Santa Claus?"
Marti Brom- "Sleigh Bell Rock"
Roy Clark- "Jingle Bells"
The Mavericks- "Santa Wants To Take You For A Ride"

Doo-Wop Corner:
James Powell & The Blue Velvets- "Beverly Angel"
The Penguins- "Jingle Jangle"

High Noon- "When She's Good"
Elvis Presley- "Dirty, Dirty Feeling"

Outro Music Bed:  Eddie Angel- "Rumble Mambo"

*Christmas tunes