One month almost done in 2023 - my last show of the month included new music from the Godfathers and lots of old music courtesy of the Dead Milken, the Troggs, Rufus Thomas, the Neckbones, the A-Bones, Lonnie Mack & more!
I always forget that it is Friday the 13th, and I'm supposed to like play lots of spooky music or songs about bad luck, etc. Oh, well, I watched an episode of Friday the 13th: The Series last night to make up. I guess that counts. Come to think about it, I did play at least one spooky song, a great new one from the great T. Tex Edwards, who was backed by the late, great Homer Henderson. Definitely grab it at Bandcamp right this minute.
Hello everyone, got a lot behind on my postings, so here are playlists for three weeks. Wow! You can relive Christmas, New Year's and last week! Ooh.
New music in the last few weeks from Tyler Keith, Pat Todd & the Rankoutsiders, Terry Alan Hackbarth, the Quilz, the Guy Hamper Trio, the Bobby Lees, Stupidity, & more!
Two weeks of playlists for you because, yes, it is that time of the semester. Quite a few new releases, from the likes of Movie Movie with a groovy, groovy holiday song that you can hear in the fantastic video above , Danny Boy & His Big Britches (Danny Kurtz --- Backsliders, Phil Lee, etc.), who deliver a whopping dose of rock'n'roll, Xposed 4heads with a new Christmas ditty, power pop long-haulers Sloan, and an awesome archival release of Hozac from the Revelons and much more.
Two tributes to this week to musicians who passed away way, way too soon: Peter Cooper, who was also a noted music journalist and frequent collaborator with Eric Brace, and Jess Barr from Slobberbone.
No show for me this Friday as I tackle more of the aforementioned papers, but I will be back Dec. 23 for my annual Don't Bite Santa, Dusty holiday show.
This way to Zero Hour for Dec. 9 and that way to Dec. 2 (only a partial show, unfortunately).
Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self
The Fireballs "Groovy Motions" on Atco
1910 Fruitgum Company "Special Delivery" on Buddah
The McCoys "Come On Let's Go" on Bang
Danny Boy & his Big Britches "Oh Baby, I Love You!" on Self-released
The Senders "I Can Give You Everything" on Left for Dead
Little Bob Story "Come on Home" on Chiswick
Jimmie Dee & The Offbeats "Henrietta" on Dot
The Huns "You Know" on Gear Fab
The Gentrys "Make Up Your Mind" on MGM
The Young Rascals "Come on Up" on Atlantic
The Dogmatics "X’mas Time (It Sure Doesn’t Feel Like It)" on Rum Bar Records
Peter Cooper "Sheboygan" on Red Beet Records
Slobberbone "Josephine" on New West Records
George Jones "You're Still On My Mind" on Mercury
Sam & Dave "Still Is the Night" on Atlantic
Xposed 4heads "Sleigh Ride" on Internal Combustion
Holly and the Nice Lions "Depression in French" on Spare Change
Indonesian Junk "Crimes" on Lost Cat/Some Weird Sin
Liv Mueller "A Little Bit of Pain - single" on self-released
The Marvelettes "Twistin' Postman" on Tamla
Carla Thomas "Separation" on Stax
Reigning Sound "If Christmas Can't Bring You Home" on Norton Records
Sir Douglas Quintet "She's Gotta Be Boss" on Tribe
Ramma Lamma "Big Street Time" on FDH
The Countdowns "Love Her So" on Scooch Pooch
Jerry Lee Lewis "Wild One" on Norton
Tav Falco & The Panther Burns "She's the One to Blame" on Sympathy
The LeRoi Brothers "Ain't I'm a Dog" on Self
The Master Plan "Find Something Beautiful" on Blood Red
Louie Louie "Out in the Streets" on Hidden Volume
Mick Collins & Danny Kroha "Winter Blues and Greens" on Norton Records Inc.
The Seeds "I Tell Myself" on GNP Crescendo
Santo & Johnny "Long Walk Home" on Canadian & American
Art Jerry Miller "Finger Lickin' good" on Enterprise
The Kinks "I Gotta Move" on Reprise
The Pirates "Mona / Who Do You Love" on Crimson
Strawberry Alarm Clock "Sit With the Guru" on Grapefruit
The Castells "An Angel Cried" on Ace
The Martinis "Holiday Cheer" on Light In The Attic Records
Movie Movie "Another Holiday" on Self-Released
Slim Harpo "I'm Gonna Miss You (Like the Devil)" on Excello
Wilson Pickett "Toe Hold" on Atlantic
The Bo-Keys "Cracker Jack" on Electraphonic
Ike & Tina Turner "You Can't Blame Me" on Sue
Dave 'Baby' Cortez "I'm Happy" on Clock
Clarence Reid "Chicken Hawk" on Alston
Sloan "She Put up with What She Put Down" on Yep Roc Records
Dany Laj and The Looks "Your Lips" on Rum Bar
Cindy Lawson "The Girl" on Rum Bar
Marshall Crenshaw "You're My Favorite Waste of Time" on Warner Brothers
Little Richard "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave" on Specialty
The Fox Sisters "Uum Uum Uum" on Dive Records
The Upsetters "Where You Goin' There Sapphire?" on Norton
Roddy Jackson "There's A Moose On The Loose" on Specialty
Dec. 2
Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self
The Sonics "Have Love Will Travel" on Etiquette Records
The 5.6.7.8.'s "19th Nervous Breakdown" on Norton
Danny & the Darleans "Soul on Ice" on In The Red
Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds "Dance Me Swamply" on In The Red
The Revelons "Red Hot Woman" on Hozac
Suzi Quatro "Primitive Love" on Chrysalis Records
Los Pekenikes "Suspicion"
The Jaybirds "The Right Kind" on Modern Harmonic
Lee Rogers "You Won't Have to Wait Til Xmas" on Koko-Mojo
Carla and Rufus "Cause I Love You" on Atco
Roy Loney & the Phantom Movers "Hundred Miles an Hour" on Solid Smoke Records
The Rubs "Yer Trouble" on Hozac Records
The Rubs "What Did I Do?" on Hozac Records
The Beau Brummels "News (Demo)" on Now Sounds
Tommy James & The Shondells "Do Unto Me" on Roulette
Reigning Sound "You Don't Hear The Music" on Sympathy For The Record Industry
Dick Satan Trio "Ride The Pony Jerk" on Devil's Kiss
The L.A. Explosion! "You Don't Know Me" on Don't
Nerve Twins "Mindflower" on Atomic
Trent Fox and The Tenants "Old Lady" on Kind Turkey Records
The Mistreaters "Push You" on P. Trash
The Mistreaters "Oh! Didn't I Say" on P. Trash
The Real Kids "All Kindsa Girls" on Norton
Ramma Lamma "Hot Stuff" on Certifed PR
Zorton and the Cannibals "Prom Song" on Badgerow
Ramones "You're Gonna Kill That Girl" on Rhino/Warner Bros.
The Sellwoods "Curse of the Ramones" on Chaputa
Elvis Presley "Witchcraft" on RCA Victor
Tyler Keith "Have You Ever Gone Insane?" on Black & Wyatt Records
The Dream Syndicate "Every Time You Come Around" on Fire Records
The Baseball Project "Box Scores" on Yep Roc
House of Freaks "You Can Never Go Home" on Rhino
Range Rats "The Two of Us" on Tombstone Records
Them / Belfast Gypsies "Boom Boom (Remastered)" on Munster
Sir Doug & The Texas Tornados "Texas Ranger Man" on ABC Dot
Jerry Lee Lewis "Thirty Nine and Holding" on Elektra
Wilson Pickett "Danger Zone" on Atlantic
Thee Midniters "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" on Rhino
The Sapphires "Who Do You Love" on Eric
NRBQ "I Got A Little Secret" on Sundazed
The Grass Roots "Where Were You When I Needed You" on Dunhill
Bards "Thanks a Lot Baby" on Norton Records
Del Shannon "So Long Baby" on Edsel
The A-Bones "Don't Talk About Him" on Norton Records
Etta James "The Pick-Up" on Ace
Young Jessie "Mary Lou" on Crown
The GTVs "Just About to Lose Your Clown" on Teen Sound
The Plimsouls "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" on Planet
The Outlaws "Fun, Fame & Fortune" on Garageland
The Ventures "Ginchy" on Dolton
Chubby Checker "The Fly" on Roulette
Beasts of Bourbon "Ten Wheels for Jesus" on Big Time
The Kazoo Brothers "Soul Man" on Rhino
YouTube Movie of the Week: Bo Diddley Documentary 1966
Hope everyone had a tip-top Thanksgiving! I was the lucky guest of Ryan King and Wendy Norton, who are great friends and the rock'n'rollers who put the Ramma and Lamma in my opening theme song each and every week.
New releases this week from the legendary Senders, who have a dynamite new double LP or double CD compilation out on Wisconsin-based Left for Dead Records. Also new music this week from Wild Billy Childish & the Singing Loins on Damaged Goods, Churchwood on Saustex and the Popular Creeps on Big Stir Records.
In other news this week, Kicksville USA, the online radio arm of Norton Records and Kicks Magazine, debuted, delivering way-killer music 24/7 and "special focus" programs like interviews with Dion and lost recordings from Fortune Records - oh, my! Listen at their website or at TuneIn.
The Senders "Devil Shootin' Dice" on Left for Dead
Eugene Fox "Sinners Dream" on Secret
Jon Wayne "But I've Got Texas" on Third Man Records
Churchwood "The Boule Oui" on Saustex Records & Entertainment, LLC
Roger Miller "Heartbreak Hotel" on Hilltop
Johnny Thunders "Pipeline" on Real Records
6 String Drag "Bottle of Blues" on E-Squared
Booker T & The M.G. s "Children, Don't Get Weary" on Stax
Javier Escovedo "Gypsy Son" on Saustex Media
The Little Girls "Earthquake Song" on Big Beat
Link Wray & His Ray Men "The Freeze" on Sundazed
Trolley "My Actions Are My Words" on Easter
The Blow Pops "Stop!" on Get Hip
The Haskels "Little Dolls" on Splunge
The Trusty Knife "Goliath & Son" on Dusty Medical Records
The Mod VI "It's the Not Same" on Gear Fab
Danny & the Darleans "Girl" on In The Red
Mark IV "Swingin' Hangout" on Outhouse Records
Chuck Berry "Oh Yeah" on Geffen*
The Twisters "Peppermint Twist" on Crown
Jerry Lee Lewis "Pumping Piano Rock" on Rhino
Ronnie Milsap "Wish You Were Here" on Kent Soul
The Diablos "Come Home, Little Girl" on Regency
Spanking Charlene "Tie Me Up" on Slacker Music
Jack Oblivian "Lover Please!" on Big Legal Mess Records
Otis Redding "Look At That Girl" on Atco
The Tough & Lovely "The Ooh la La" on Spoonful
Dex Romweber "Nightide" on Bloodshot Records
Barbara Lynn "You Left the Water Running" on Kent Soul
Miriam "Our Love Can Still Be Saved" on Norton Records Inc.
The Ronettes "When I Saw You" on Abcko
Popular Creeps "Flame Thrower" on Big Stir
Young Fresh Fellows "November" on Yep Roc Records
Amy Rigby "Year of the Fling" on Signature Sounds Recordings
The Moaners "Bartender's Lament" on Holidays for Quince Records
Nancy Lee Jordan "Happy Don't Last Forever" on Numero Group
Librarians with Hickeys "Stumbling Down Memory Lane" on Big Stir Records
Bird Streets "On Fire" on Deko Entertainment
Gentleman Jesse "Hunger" on Beach Impediment
The Hondells "Just One More Chance" on Ace
The Kinks "Got My Feet On the Ground" on Reprise
The Rondels "One More Chance" on AIP
The Afghan Whigs "A Line of Shots" on Royal Cream
Movie Movie "Big City Tonight" on Movie Movie
The Wonder Stuff "Grin" on Polydor
Harmonica Lewinski "Panther Beat" on 2020 Harmonica Lewinski
Wild Billy Childish & the Singing Loins "Stood Upon a Chair" on Damaged Goods
Julie Christensen "Jimmy Reed is the King of Rock n' Roll" on Wirebird / JTMMusic
You Tube Movie of the Week
Check out this great PBS noir documentary before Noirvember 2022 takes the big dirt nap (hat tip to Derek Davidson, who can be seen in the previous video with his new band Movie Movie) :
Returning to Blogspot for playlist posting and assorted rambling -- can you feel the excitement? Dig this episode, my return after many teaching-related absences this fall. I played a few new albums, including ones by Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre, Bird Streets and the dynamite new Gear Fab compilation, Psychedelic States: The Carolinas in the '60s. I also did a belated and brief tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis. I just might do another belated tribute next week.
It was a Discovery Radio week, so Zero Hour starts about 30 minutes into the archive. Hoping to do more than post playlists on the site, which I kind of used to do when I first started the blog, We'll see -- hope to see you around! I accidentally deleted my reading list, so please let me know if there are blogs, etc. I should add. Thanks to Tim "Quixotronic" Demeter for the groovy, outstanding, tip-top new blog logo.
Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self
The Raunch Hands "Detox Moon" on Crypt Records
Subsonics "Why Don't You Give Up On Flowers" on Slovenly Recordings
Spanking Charlene "Cry Baby" on Slacker Music
Hoodoo Gurus "I Come From Your Future" on Universal Music Australia (Distribution)
Pocket FishRmen "Positive Vibes" on Saustex
Miss Georgia Peach "You Blow My Mind" on RumBar Records
Certain Stars "Maribel" on Cuba Libre Records
Mothers Room "Passionate Kisses" on Rockhaus
The Grovelers "Distance Between" on The Grovelers
Spud Bucket "Standing Right Here" on Spud Bucket
Rose Maddox "Happy Everyday I Live" on Takoma
Otis Redding "My Lover's Prayer" on Volt
The Byrds "Lady Friend" on Ace
Bird Streets & Ed Harcourt "Sleeper Agent" on Deko Entertainment
Suzi Quatro "She's in Love with You (2017 Remaster)" on Chrysalis Records
Dion "Lost for Sure" on Capitol Records (CAP)
Terry Anderson "I Love Everybody" on Doublenaught Records
The Grifs "Catch a Ride" on Gear Fab
Unknown "I've Had Enough" on Norton Records
The Second Helping "Let Me In" on Beat Rocket
The Piltdown Men "Gargantura" on Bear Family
The Cramps "Fever" on IRS Records
John Sowell & Jack Olsen Orch. "Nightmares" on Koko-Mojo
Jerry Lee Lewis "Meatman"
Jerry Lee Lewis "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" on Smash
Jerry Lee Lewis "Whole Lot of Twistin' Going On" on Rhino
Jerry Lee Lewis "Lovin' Up a Storm" on Sun International
Jerry Lee Lewis "Herman the Hermit" on Picwick
Jerry Lee Lewis "I Hate Goodbyes" on Mercury Nashville
Carl Mann "Knocking on the Backside" on Charly
Hasil Adkins "Gonna Have Me a Yard Sale" on Norton Records
Phil Lee "Nobody's Gotta Know" on Shanachie
Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre "Summer of 93" on Saustex Records & Entertainment, LLC
Sky "How's That Treatin' Your Mouth, Babe?" on RCA
Smile "American Top Forty" on Staple Gun
Movie Movie "Love Has Come and Gone" on Movie Movie
Paul Collins "Just Too Bad You're Leaving" on Alive Naturalsound
Librarians with Hickeys "Over You" on Big Stir Records
