Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 01-25-21

 

It's our last Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour (for now) as we take a hiatus to give time to starting up Catching A Wave (starting next week).  But, we have a killer hour planned on this episode with a great Howlin' Wolf tune from Beth Riley on her Beth's Blues Break.  We'll take a stroll to the Doo-Wop Corner (with songs from Dion and The Dynamics), drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear a rocker from The Blasters AND we get NEW tunes from Kim Wilson and Martini Shakers in our instru-Mental Breakdown.  Plus, hear the latest from Darrel Higham, Restless, Twang Gang, Jolie & The Jackalopes, Ry Bradley, Eva Eastwood, Howlin' Ramblers and another rockin' studio take from Elvis Presley.  We also have rockers from Gene Vincent, JD McPherson, Jimmy Sutton's Four Charms and Eddie Cochran!!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Darrel Higham- "Pretty Little Pearly"

Restless- "Knee Deep In The Beat"

Howlin' Ramblers- "Tennessee Border"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Kim Wilson- "Wingin' It"

Martini Shakers- "Martini Shake Boogie"

Elvis Presley- "Patch It Up" (take 1)

Eva Eastwood- "You Changed Your Mind"

Twang Gang- "So How Come (No One Loves Me)"

Beth's Blues Break:

Howlin' Wolf- "Going Back Home"

Gene Vincent- "Bluejean Bop"

Jolie & The Jackalopes- "Winter Wind"

Ry Bradley- "Please Please Baby"

Stray Cats- "Cry Baby"

Doo-Wop Corner:

The Dynamics- "Misery"

Dion- "Gonna Make It Alone"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Blasters- "Colored Lights"

Eddie Cochran- "Jelly Bean"

Jimmy Sutton's Four Charms- "Don't Make Me Beg"

JD McPherson- "Bossy"

Outro Music Bed: Jimmy Sutton's Four Charms- "6 String Boogie"

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 10-12-20

 

We've got a live track from the latest by Stray Cats this hour!  We also hear new live tracks by Lucky 757 and Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets.  You'll hear the latest by The Delta Bombers, Mike Flanigin, Lucky Jones, Mighty Joe Castro & The Gravamen, The Mellows and The Rhythm Slicks as well as Messer Chups and a Link Wray classic in our instru-Mental Breakdown.  Beth Riley brings us a Bo Carter tune in her Beth's Blues Break, we'll board the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox.  Throw in rockers by Elvis Presley and John Hiatt and you've got an hour full of great music and entertainment!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Lucky 757- "Hey Bartender" (live)

Mighty Joe Castro & The Gravamen- "Better Hold Tight"

The Delta Bombers- ".44"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Link Wray- "My Beth"

Messer Chups- "Green Flippers"

Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets- "Half A Boy, Half A Man" (live)

Lucky Jones- "Trifleonia"

The Rhythm Slicks- "Storm Blowin' Ali"

Beth's Blues Break:

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

Bo Carter- "I Got The Blues"

Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE

Elvis Presley- "It Feels So Right"

Stray Cats- "Blast Off" (live)

John Hiatt- "Rock Back Billy"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine

Week ending July 19, 1958 Cash Box Country Chart

#29 Ricky Nelson- "Poor Little Fool"

#5 Don Gibson- "Oh Lonesome Me"

#1 Johnny Cash- "Guess Things Happen That Way"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Fats Domino- "Country Boy"

Mike Flanigin- "I Got My Eyes On You"

The Mellows- "I Know, I Don't Know"

Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Mustang"

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Stray Cats Countdown Top 2 and more! Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 07-01-19

We spin the TOP 2 songs in our Stray "Cats Countdown" this hour PLUS we hear 2 more NEW tunes from their album, 40.  Slim Jim Phantom talks about Carl Perkins in our Five Year Flashback as well.  We also hear NEW tracks from Nick Lowe, Lucky 757 (with Matt's Blues), Pepita Slappers, McKinley James, Bat! and our instru-Mental Breakdown has the latest from Los Straitjackets and Bloodshot Bill.  Plus, we've got rockers by Dave Edmunds (with Stray Cats), Gene Vincent, Ritchie Valens, Deke Dickerson, John Fogerty and JD McPherson!  

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed:  Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Lucky 757 (with Matt's Blues)- "Enough To Make A Grown Man Cry"
McKinley James- "On The Run"
Stray Cats- "Three Times The Charm"
Gene Vincent- "Git It"
Dave Edmunds (with Stray Cats)- "The Race Is On"

#2 Stray Cats- "Stray Cat Strut"

JD McPherson- "I Can't Complain"
Bat!- "Villain"

instru-Mental Breakdown:
Los Straitjackets- "The Fishin' Hole"
Bloodshot Bill- "Shark Tank"

Stray Cats- "I've Got Love If You Want It"
John Fogerty- "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues"
Pepita Slappers- "Playing Hard To Get"
Nick Lowe (with Los Straitjackets)- "Raincoat In The River"
Deke Dickerson- "I'm Getting Your Message Baby"

Five Year Flashback:
Slim Jim Phantom on playing with Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins- "Blue Suede Shows" (w/ Slim Jim & Lee Rocker)

#1 Stray Cats- "Rock This Town"

Ritchie Valens- "Framed"

Outro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Pickpocket"

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Cats Countdown #5-#3 and more!/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 06-24-19

We begin our Cats Countdown where we count down the top 5 of your favorite Stray Cats songs.  This hour we hear #5-#3 as well as a NEW track from their latest album, 40.  Plus, our Five Year Flashback is with Lee Rocker!  We also hear NEW tunes from Eddie Clendening, George Benson, The Di Maggio Connection, Screamin' Rebel Angels, Los Blancos, The Shootouts, The Boogie Checkers and The Greasy Gills as part of our instru-Mental Breakdown that also features a track with The Ventures and Duane Eddy.  We spin some rockers from Elvis Presley, Charlie Gracie, 13 Cats, Johnny Cash and Rocky Burnette with Darrel Higham too!

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

Eddie Clendening- "Fire Engine Red"
The Boogie Checkers- "Dynamite Baby"

Cats Countdown #5:  
Stray Cats- "(She's) Sexy & 17"

Elvis Presley- "Slowly But Surely"
Rocky Burnette with Darrel Higham & The Enforcers- "Plenty Of Love"
Stray Cats- "Rock It Off"
Charlie Gracie- "You Got A Heart Like A Rock"
George Benson- "Memphis, TN"

instru-Mental Breakdown:
The Greasy Gills- "Tequila Bill"
The Ventures with Duane Eddy- "I Fought The Law"

Cats Countdown #4:
Stray Cats- "Gene & Eddie"

Los Blancos- "Teenie Marlenie"
The Shootouts- "Cleaning House"
Screamin' Rebel Angels- "I Believe"
13 Cats- "Snap, Crackle & Hiss"

Five Year Flashback:
Lee Rocker on Stray Cats high points

Cats Countdown #3:
Stray Cats- "Runaway Boys"

The Di Maggio Connection- "Rock 'A' Tango"
Johnny Cash- "Brakeman's Blues"

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

NEW Stray Cats and more!/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 04-29-19

How great is it to say there is a NEW Stray Cats tune on the latest Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour?!!  We also spin NEW tracks from Charley Crockett, Tami Neilson, Rosie Flores, Kim Lenz, Pope Paul & The Illegals, Wild Deuces, rockers from Jimmy Dale, Gene Vincent, Darrel Higham, Glen Campbell and more!  Our instru-Mental Breakdown has NEW tunes from Cap'n Mike & The King Tide and Anthony Castagna, the Five Year Flashback is with the always great Levi Dexter AND we board the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine for the week ending October 12, 1957!!

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

Jimmy Dale & The Beltline- "She's Wild"
Kim Lenz- "Guilty"
Stray Cats- "Cat Fight (Over A Dog Like Me)"
Rosie Flores- "Till The Well Runs Dry"
Tami Neilson- "Big Boss Mama"
Gene Vincent- "Hey Good Looking"
Charley Crockett- "River Of Sorrow"
Roger Miller- "Burma Shave"

instru-Mental Breakdown:
Anthony Castagna- "Rumble In Newport"
Cap'n Mike & The King Tide- "Rumble"

Pope Paul & The Illegals- "I Love The Way"
Wild Deuces- "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine for week ending Oct. 12, 1957:
#79 Fats Domino- "Wait & See"
#68 Thurston Harris- "Little Bitty Pretty One"
#1 The Everly Brothers- "Wake Up Little Susie"

Five Year Flashback:
Levi Dexter on the Levi & The Rockats new sound maybe not appealing to Ted's
Levi & The Rockats- "All Thru The Night"

Glen Campbell- "I'll Be Back"
Darrel Higham- "Blood From A Stone"
Eddie Cochran- "Little Lou"

Outro Music Bed:  Eddie Cochran- "Eddie's Blues"

Stray Cats- "Cat Fight (Over A Dog Like Me)"

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Stray Cat Lee Rocker interview/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 11-19-18

Lee Rocker from the Stray Cats joins us on Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour as we talk about his career, playing with icons like Carl Perkins, the amazing and emotional feeling of Stray Cats reuniting at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender and other shows as well as his new live project, The LOW Road.  Lee sent over some tracks from this new project so be one of the first to hear them this hour!  And just when you though it couldn't get better, his special request song is for Dave Edmunds!!  We recorded the interview in early October just before the Stray Cats album and tour was announced for 2019!

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

Stray Cats- "Runaway Boys" (live)
Interview segment 1
Stray Cats- "Rebels Rule"
segment 2
Stray Cats- "Everybody Needs Rock 'n' Roll"
Elvis Presley (with Lee Rocker, Slim Jim Phantom, Danny B. Harvey)-
"Baby Let's Play House"
segment 3
Carl Perkins & Friends (including Lee Rocker)- "Boppin' The Blues"
segment 4
Lee Rocker- "Drivin' My Life Away"
Lee Rocker- "Memphis Freeze" (live)
segment 5
Lee Rocker- "Ophelia"
segment 6
Lee Rocker- "Bulletproof"
Lee Rocker & Big Blue- "Call Me The Rocker (Good Rockin' Daddy)"
segment 7
Stray Cats- "My Baby Left Me" (live with lead vocals by Lee Rocker)
segment 8
Dave Edmunds- "Crawlin' From The Wreckage"

Outro Music Bed- James Wilsey- "El Dorado"

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Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 02-19-18

In honor of Stray Cats reuniting for the upcoming Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend, we've got 3 tracks from them throughout the show including involvement in the instru-Mental Breakdown and the Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment spotlighting Eddie Cochran.  We hear a cover from Darrel Higham in that segment as well.  New songs from Jackslacks, Kim Wilson, Sonny West, Scotty Baker and Colton Turner appear on the show plus rockers from The Shakin' Pyramids, Cliff Richard, Al Casey, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin and lots more!

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

Stray Cats- "Mystery Train Kept A Rollin'"
Al Casey- "(Got The) Teenage Blues"
Sonny West- "Screamin' (Fiesta En Calella Al Sol)"
Cliff Richard- "Move It"
Colton Turner- "How Many Times"
Hot Rod 56- "Grab The Bull"
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates- "Growl"
The Retrobaits- "Hey Mister Bottle"

instru-Mental Breakdown
Merle Travis & Joe Maphis- "Mainstreet Breakdown"
Stray Cats- "Sleepwalk"

Kim Wilson- "No Love In My Heart"
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin- "Sit Down Baby"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat"
Eddie Cochran- "Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie"
Darrel Higham- "Sweetie Pie"
Stray Cats- "Somethin' Else"

Jackslacks- "The 92107"
Scotty Baker- "Back To The Country"
The Shakin' Pyramids- "Too N-N-N-Nervous To Rock"
Si Cranstoun- "Big Bess"

Outro Music Bed:  Katmen- "Kill The Switch"

Slim Jim Phantom part 2/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 08-22-16

Slim Jim Phantom joins us for part 2 of our interview this week.  We discuss more of his book, A Stray Cat Struts, touring with Jerry Lee Lewis, appearing in a Clint Eastwood directed film, special relationships, Lemmy, Darrel Higham, Johnny Ramone, special requests and more! Plus, we hear tracks from Robert Gordon, Hank Mizell, Carl Perkins (with Slim Jim) and more!

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

Robert Gordon- "The Worryin' Kind"
Hank Mizell- "Jungle Rock"

Slim Jim Phantom interview:
Stray Cats- "She's Sexy & 17"
Segment 1
Slim Jim Phantom- "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line"
Stray Cats- "Please Don't Touch"
Segment 2
Head Cat- "Say Mama"
Segment 3
Katmen- "When The Drink's Dried Up"
Phantom, Rocker & Slick- "My Mistake"
Segment 4
Johnny Ramone (w/ Slim Jim & Danny B. Harvey)- "Viva Las Vegas"
Segment 5
Dead Men Walking- "Song For Eddie)
Stray Cats- "Fishnet Stockings"
Segment 6 & requests
Gene Vincent- "Cruisin'"
Elvis Presley- "Mystery Train"
Carl Perkins- "Glad All Over" (w/ Slim Jim, Lee Rocker, Dave Edmunds, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, etc.)

Outro:  Stray Cats- "Sleepwalk"

Head Cat with Jerry Lee Lewis (left to right: Danny B. Harvey,
Lemmy, Jerry Lee, Slim Jim)

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Jerry Lee Lewis (w/ Slim Jim)- "Goosebumps"

Head Cat- "Suzie Q"

Dick Clark interviews Phantom, Rocker & Slick

Stray Cats in the studio

Slim Jim Phantom interview part 1 & more! Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 08-15-16

Slim Jim Phantom is our guest for part 1 of our interview this week.  We talk about his new memoir, A Stray Cat Struts, as well as early influences, early days of The Stray Cats, connecting with The Rolling Stones, playing with Carl Perkins and more!  We also hear tunes from Eddie Cochran (appropriately titled "Skinny Jim"), Dennis Herrold, Ronnie Dawson & Crash Gordon!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro music bed:  Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Eddie Cochran- "Skinny Jim"

Dennis Herrold- "Hip Hip Baby"

Slim Jim Phantom interview

Stray Cats- "Rock This Town"

Segment 1

Stray Cats- "Gene & Eddie"

Katmen- "You Can Go Now"

Segment 2

Stray Cats- "Stray Cat Strut"

Elvis Presley (with Slim Jim, Lee Rocker & Danny B. Harvey)- "Baby Let's Play House"

Segment 3

Stray Cats- "Runaway Boys"

Segment 4

Stray Cats- "Baby Blue Eyes"

Segment 5

Carl Perkins- "Blue Suede Shoes"

Ronnie Dawson- "Bobwire Betty"

Crash Gordon- "Lies Lies Lies"

Outro music bed:  Danny B. Harvey- "Hell Cat Stomp"

Slim Jim, Dave Edmunds, Setzer
Jeff Lynne, George Harrison
Duane Eddy, Bob Dylan

James Riley with
Slim Jim Phantom
Nashville Boogie 2016

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Dick Clark interviews Stray Cats

"Stray Cat Strut"

Carl Perkins & Friends- "Boppin' The Blues"