Chuck Berry countdown #2 and #1/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-31-16

We hear #2 and #1 in our Favorite Chuck Berry Song Countdown this week!  Plus we get Berry covers from both Rockpile and Jerry Lee Lewis.  We also hear new track from The Baseballs and Boz Boorer as well as tunes from 13 Cats, Matt Hill, Liz Brasher, Jessica Lee Wilkes, Charlie Thompson, Chris Casello, JD McPherson, Alan Mills with Darrel Higham and a lot more!

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If you missed our previous 2 previous countdown shows hear them below...
#10-#7:

#6-#3:



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

The Baseballs- "Never Ever"
13 Cats- "Crazy Baby"

#2 Chuck Berry- "You Never Can Tell"

Billy Fury- "Turn My Back On You"
JD McPherson- "It's All Over But The Shouting"
Rockpile- "Let It Rock" (live at Montreux 1980)
Alan Mills (with Darrel Higham)- "Gene Jeanie"
Boz Boorer- "El Camino Real"
Charlie Thompson- "We're Buggin' Out"
Chris Casello Trio- "Linda Lu"
Jerry Lee Lewis- "Promised Land"
Jessica Lee Wilkes- "Love Like Crazy"
Joe Alexander & The Cubans (with Chuck Berry on guitar)- "Oh Maria"
Liz Brasher- "Muddy Roots"
Matt Hill- "Caramel Baby"
Bill Haley & His Comets- "Razzle Dazzle"
Rocky Burnette with Darrel Higham- "Baby Bye Bye"

#1 Chuck Berry (listen to show above to reveal #1 tune in countdown)

Outro music bed:  Chuck Berry- "Long Fast Jam"

Catching A Wave Halloween show!!

It's our first Halloween show on Catching A Wave.  It's a ghoulishly fun hour of frightfully good tunes!  We hear The Messer Chups, Jan & Dean, The Ventures, The Ghouls, Link Wray, Los Straitjackets, The Atomic Mosquitos, Southern Culture On The Skids, The Vettes, a brand new Freddy Cannon tune and so much more!!

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Intro music bed:  The Beach Boys- "Catch A Wave"

The Messer Chups- "Munster Theme"

Los Straitjackets- "Ghostbusters"

Link Wray- "The Shadow Knows"

The Beach Boys- "Monster Mash"

The Bomboras- "A Fistful Of Terror"

Jan & Dean- "Batman"

The Surfin' Gorillas- "Batman"

Brian Setzer- "Go Go Godzilla"

The Vettes- "Devil Drivers Theme"

The Ventures- "The Twighlight Zone"

The Ghouls- "Dracula's Deuce"

Ben Vaughan- "PSYCHO"

The Neanderthals- "2000 lb Werewolf"

The Tormentos- "Ride Sunset Devil"

The Atomic Mosquitos- "Zombie Church Bells"

Southern Culture On The Skids- "Werewolf"

Jim Messina & His Jesters- "The Thing"

Untamed Youth- "Ghost Wave"

Boss Fink- "Night Of The Living Finks"

Davie Allan & The Phantom Surfers- "Exrasensory Deception"

Freddy Cannon- "Svengoolie Stomp"

Outro music bed: The Ghouls- "Shake, Rattle & Rot"

Young Jammin' James Riley as Batman for Halloween (mid-70's)

Chuck Berry Countdown 6-3 and more! Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-24-16

We continue our "Favorite Chuck Berry Song Countdown" as we hear #6 through #3.  We've also got Chuck Berry covers from Stray Cats, Liam Grundy, Eddie Angel, Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly.  Plus, hear new tunes from Kenichi Yamaguchi, Darrel Higham & Jittery Jack, The Millwinders and rockers from Linda Gail Lewis, Jai Malano, Billy Lee Riley, Charlie Rich & more!

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

Billy Lee Riley- "Got The Water Boiling"
Jai Malano- "Rocket Girl"

#6 Chuck Berry- "No Particular Place To Go"
Stray Cats- "Beautiful Delilah"
Liam Grundy- "Back In The USA"

Kenichi Yamaguchi- "Memphis Train"
Levi & The Gretsch Brothers- "Teddy Boy Rock & Roll"

#5 Chuck Berry- "Nadine"
Eddie Angel- "Almost Grown"
Rick Nelson- "I'm Talking About You"

The Millwinders- "Two Timing Fool"
Charlie Rich- "Who Will The Next Fool Be"

#4 Chuck Berry- "Let It Rock"
Elvis Presley- "Memphis, Tennessee"
Buddy Holly- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"

Darrel Higham & Jittery Jack- "Big City Blues"
Carl Perkins- "Glad All Over"

#3 Chuck Berry- "Maybellene"

The Obscuritones- "Ready To Roll"
Linda Gail Lewis- "Don't Stop Now"

Outro music bed: Chuck Berry- "O Rangutang"

Buddy Holly begins last recording session in 1958

Buddy Holly begins his last recording session in 1958 at a New York recording studio.  This session brought us "True Love Ways", "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", "Moondreams" and "Raining In My Heart".  Hear each of them here...

"True Love Ways"

"It Doesn't Matter Anymore"

"Moondreams"

"Raining In My Heart"

Chuck Berry Countdown 10-7 and more!/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-17-16

We begin our "Favorite Chuck Berry Song Countdown" this week as voted on by you!  We hear #10 through #7 this episode.  This to celebrate Chuck's 90th birthday on October 18th!!  We also get some Berry cover tunes from Sleepy LaBeef, Dave Edmunds, Dion, Jerry Lee Lewis, Go-Getters, Eddie Cochran, Sonny Burgess and Headcat.  Plus, we hear brand new tunes from Royal Hounds and Darrel Higham and rockers from Jeff Daniels, Rockin' Bonnie, The Rockats, Marcel Bontempi, A Man Called Stu and Deke Dickerson!  How's that for a birthday party?!

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

Royal Hounds- "Train Kept A Rollin'"
Jeff Daniels- "Daddy-O-Rock"

#10 Chuck Berry- "Carol"
Sleepy LaBeef- "Too Much Monkey Business"
Dave Edmunds- "Dear Dad"

Rockin' Bonnie & The Mighty Ropers- "I'm Movin' On"
The Rockats- "Go Cat Wild"

#9 Chuck Berry- "Almost Grown"
Dion- "Sweet Little Rock & Roller"
Jerry Lee Lewis- "Little Queenie"

Marcel Bontempi- "Dig A Hole (Stroll Version)"
A Man Called Stu- "Sweethearts Or Strangers"

#8 Chuck Berry- "Roll Over Beethoven"
Go-Getters- "Thirty Days"
Eddie Cochran- "Sweet Little Sixteen" (live)

Darrel Higham- "I Found A Smile"
Deke Dickerson- "Someone Used To Love Me"

#7 Chuck Berry- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
Sonny Burgess & The Rhythm Rockers- "Around & Around"
Headcat- "Let It Rock

Outro Music Bed: Chuck Berry- "Johnny B. Blues"

Eddie Angel interview/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-10-16

Eddie Angel at The Nashville Palace/ Photo by And How! Imaging

Eddie Angel of Los Straitjackets, Planet Rockers and more is our guest this hour.  We'll talk about his various bands, early influences, artists he's toured with, playing on Conan, a request for Groovey Joe Poovey and a lot of great tunes!

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

Eddie Angel- "Straight A's In Love"
Segment 1
Eddie Angel- "Sheila"
Segment 2
Tex Rubinowitz- "Hot Rod Man"
Robert Gordon- "Ain't Gonna Take It No More"
Segment 3
Los Straitjackets- "Itchy Chicken"
Segment 4
Eddie Angel- "Lynxtail"
Segment 5
Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy- "Calor"

Los Straitjackets with Link Wray

Segment 6
Eddy Clearwater with Los Straitjackets- "Hillbilly Blues"
Segment 7
Planet Rockers- "Thunder Road Rock"
Segment 8
Planet Rockers- "Saturday Night In Oak Grove, LA"
Segment 9
Ronnie Dawson- "Fish Out Of Water"
Segment 10
Los Straitjackets with Nick Lowe- "Shake That Rat"

The Planet Rockers

Segment 11
Groovey Joe Poovey- "Move Around"

Outro music bed:  Eddie Angel- "Brawl"

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Nick Lowe, Los Straitjackets, Conan O'Brien

Tex Rubinowitz- "Hot Rod Man" (w/ Eddie Angel)

Los Straitjackets- "Pacifica" on Conan

Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy- "Good Golly Miss Molly"

Planet Rockers- "Voodoo Woman"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-03-16

We've got a new track from Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers, a new Dale Yeah segment with Dale Watson recommending the late Red Simpson and the "Instru-Mental Breakdown" returns with The Messer Chups and Duane Eddy!  Plus, we get killer tracks from Brian Setzer, The Paladins, Cheryl Deseree, Eddie Cochran, Rusty & Doug Kershaw, Reverend Horton Heat, Ricky Nelson, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys and so much more!

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

Brian Setzer- "Nothing Is A Sure Thing"
Freddy Cannon- "Buzz Buzz A Diddle It"
Ray Campi- "Rockabilly Man"
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys- "Texas Playboy Rag"
Cheryl Deseree- "Stage Door Jenny"
Incorruptibles- "Is That So Wrong"
Eddie Cochran- "Nervous Breakdown"
Rusty & Doug Kershaw- "Oh Love"
Instru-Mental Breakdown:
The Messer Chups- "Horns & Hooves"
Duane Eddy- "Peter Gunn Theme"
Dale Rocka & The Volcanoes- "Hot Rockin' Baby"
Spo-Dee-O-Dee- "Don't Go Pretty Baby"
Otis Blackwell- "Daddy Rollin' Stone"
The Paladins- "Hot Rod Rockin'"
Reverend Horton Heat- "Revival"
Dale Yeah 3
Red Simpson- "Highway Patrol"
Dale Watson- "Don't Let The Screen Door Hit Ya"
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers- "The Way I Walk"
Rufus Thomas- "Tiger Man"
Ricky Nelson- "Am I Blue"

Outro- Joel Patterson- "Mable's Rock"