Showing posts with label JM Van Eaton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label JM Van Eaton. Show all posts

Monday, March 4, 2019

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 03-04-19


New tunes, classics, instru-Mental Breakdown, Time Machine and a Five Year Flashback in one hour!  We've got NEW tunes from Dale Watson, Wildcat Rose, Kim Lenz, Sirocco Bros., Little Miss Blue Bass, classics from Stray Cats, Little Jimmy Dickens, High Noon, Billy Burnette, Annisteen Allen, Elvis Presley, a request for Crankshaft & The Gear Grinders, our instru-Mental Breakdown has a new tune from The Greasy Gills on Hi-Style Recordings and a rocker from Miss Amy Griffin and our Five Year Flashback is with legendary Sun Records drummer J.M. Van Eaton as he talks about the recording of Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On".

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

Billy Burnette- "Guitar Bug"
Little Jimmy Dickens- "I Got A Hole In My Pocket"
Kim Lenz- "Pine Me"
High Noon- "Hanging From The Old Oak Tree"
Elvis Presley- "Mystery Train/ Tiger Man"
Dale Watson- "Tupelo Mississippi & A '57 Fairlane"
Annisteen Allen- "G'wan About Your Business" (w/ Mickey Baker on guitar)
Wildcat Rose- "I Don't Wanna Work No More"

instru-Mental Breakdown
Miss Amy Griffin- "Shifting Gears"
The Greasy Gills- "Crash Test Mummies"

Stray Cats- "What's Goin' Down (Cross That Bridge)"
Sirocco Bros.- "Knocking On The Devil's Door"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine
Week ending May 24, 1959:
#88 The Coasters- "Along Came Jones"
#87 Conway Twitty- "Hey Little Lucy (Don'tcha Put No Lipstick On)"
#1 Wilbert Harrison- "Kansas City" (1st of 2 weeks at the top of the chart)

Five Year Flashback:
J.M. Van Eaton on the recording of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On"
Jerry Lee Lewis- "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On"

Crankshaft & The Gear Grinders- "When The Sun Goes Down"
Little Miss Blue Bass- "Bang Bang"

Outro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Be Bop-A-Lula"





Monday, October 5, 2015

J.M. Van Eaton interview and music!- Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-5-15


Legendary Sun Records drummer J.M. Van Eaton is our guest this episode.  We spin tunes and hear stories about many of the artists he's worked with such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Lee Riley, Charlie Rich, Bill Justis, Roy Orbison, Warren Smith, Johnny Cash, Charlie Feathers and some of his own instrumental and vocal tunes as well.  This is one you don't want to miss!  Hear stories from someone that helped shape the backbeat of Rock & Roll!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Warren Smith- "Uranium Rock"
Interview segment 1
Billy Lee Riley and his Little Green Men- "Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll"
Segment 2
Billy Lee Riley and his Little Green Men- "Red Hot"
Segment 3
Jerry Lee Lewis- "Crazy Arms"
Segment 4
Jerry Lee Lewis- "Breathless"
Segment 5
Jerry Lee Lewis- "Don't Be Cruel"
Segment 6
Charlie Rich- "Philadelphia Baby"
Segment 7
Roy Orbison- "Claudette"
Segment 8
Bill Justis- "Raunchy"
Segment 9
Johnny Cash- "Straight A's In Love"
Segment 10
Charlie Rich- "Lonely Weekends"
Segment 11
Charlie Feathers- "Cootzie Coo"
Segment 12
J.M. Van Eaton- "Beat Nik"
Segment 13
J.M. Van Eaton- "Bo Diddley"
Segment 14
J.M. Van Eaton- "Memphis '55"
Outro
Billy Lee Riley & His Little Green Men
(l-r: Billy Lee Riley, Roland Janes, Marvin Pepper , JM Van Eaton)
Billy Lee Riley session (JM Van Eaton drums, Roland Janes guitar
Jerry Lee Lewis piano, Marvin Pepper bass)


















Ink-N-Iron Festival, August 2015 Nashville, TN
(l-r: Danny B. Harvey, Annie Marie Lewis, James Riley
Linda Gail Lewis, J.M. Van Eaton)