Cochran Countdown 5-3 & more! Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-01-18

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour is celebrating what would have been Eddie Cochran's 80th birthday (October 3rd) with a "Cochran Countdown"!  We asked you what your favorite tune from Eddie is and we're spinning the top 5!  This hour, we hear #5 through #3 plus a Cochran cover from The Rockats!  We also play NEW tunes from Elvis Presley, Dale Watson, Asleep At The Wheel, The Wise Guyz, Crystal & The Runnin' Wild, Crown City Bombers, Slapback Johnny and Slowey & The Boats (from Hi-Tide Recordings).  We also pay tribute to Lorrie Collins who passed away on August 4th at 76 years old with a solo track from her, a duet with Ricky Nelson and of course a tune with her brother Larry Collins as The Collins Kids!  Our instru-Mental Breakdown includes Al Dual and Buck Owens & His Buckaroos and still there's more!!

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

Lorrie Collins &
Ricky Nelson

The Wise Guyz- "Jukebox Rock"
Chuck Berry- "Don't You Lie To Me"

Lorrie Collins tribute spotlight:
Lorrie Collins- "Home Of The Blues"
The Collins Kids- "Move A Little Closer"
Ricky Nelson & Lorrie Collins- "You Are The Only One"

Crystal & The Runnin' Wild- "Take Me Home"
Slapback Johnny- "Throw Down"
Crown City Bombers- "No Good Lover"

instru-Mental Breakdown:
Al Dual- "Riders In The Sky"

The Collins Kids
(Larry & Lorrie)

Buck Owens & His Buckaroos (feat. Don Rich)- "Buckaroo"

Asleep At The Wheel- "Seven Nights To Rock"
The Rockats- "My Way"

Cochran Countdown:
#5 Eddie Cochran- "C'mon Everybody"
#4 Eddie Cochran- "Nervous Breakdown"
#3 Eddie Cochran- "Summertime Blues"

Dale Watson- "You'll Cry Too"
Slowey & The Boats- "Slow Boat To China"
Elvis Presley- "So High"
Patsy Cline- "In Care Of The Blues"

Outro Music Bed:  James Wilsey- "The Rattler"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 09-24-18

We're heading into Fall 2018 and no signs of slowing down with great new music.  Hear the latest from Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis, Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Webb Wilder, The Hicksville Bombers, The Kokomo Kings, Kid Ramos (in our instru-Mental Breakdown), Marcel Bontempi, Eddie & The Head Starts, Cliff Westfall and Jared Pettys & The Headliners.  Our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment honors Ricky Nelson with a NEW cover from Darrel Higham and a classic cover from Creedence Clearwater Revival.  Hear the original "Hot Rod Lincoln" as well as the song it became the answer song for- "Hot Rod Race" and more!

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Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed:  Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Matchbox- "Buzz Buzz A Diddle It"

Marcel Bontempi- "Blue Moon Baby"

Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets- "Crying Inside"

Eddie & The Head Starts- "Midnight Blues"

Webb Wilder- "Hey Mae"

Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis- "Round Too Long"

Hipbone Slim & The Knee Tremblers- "Snake Pit"

Dorsey Burnette- "How Do You Rock"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Kid Ramos- "Mashed Potatoes and Chili"

The Planet Rockers- "Outta Gear"

Arkie Shibley & His Mountain Dew Boys- "Hot Rod Race"

Charley Ryan & The Livingston Brothers- "Hot Rod Lincoln"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:

Ricky Nelson- "If You Can't Rock Me"

Darrel Higham- "Blood From A Stone"

Creedence Clearwater Revival- "Hello Mary Lou"

The Hicksville Bombers- "Beast From The East"

The Kokomo Kings- "Silicone Brain"

Jared Petteys & The Headliners- "Pistol Packin' Mama"

Cliff Westfall- "Baby You Win"

Outro Music Bed: Danny B. Harvey- "Hell Cat Stomp"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 09-17-18

We've got a jam-packed hour of recent modern favorites and classics on the new Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour!  Hear NEW tunes from Colton Turner, Junior Brown, Cheryl Deserée, Reckless Ones, Jack Rabbit Slim, Dragan Zac Zdravkovic & The Zacmondo Combo, Dr. Bontempi's Snake Oil Company, The Boom Boom Booms, The Lucky Odds, Lucky Lance & The Stardevils, Marian Aas Hansen & Zelimir (with Chan Romero) plus our instru-Mental Breakdown!  Our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment honors Charlie Rich with covers by John Lindberg Trio and Juliet Simmons Dinallo.  And still there's more!

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

Colton Turner- "Two Shoes"
JD McPherson- "Crying's Just A Thing You Do"
Reckless Ones- "Desire"
Jack Rabbit Slim- "Time To Bop"
Buddy Holly & The Crickets- "Oh Boy"
Marian Aas Hansen & Zelimir (with Chan Romero)- "Hippy Hippy Shake"
Lucky Lance & The Stardevils- "I Wanna Jump"
Dragan Zac Zdravkovic & The Zacmondo Combo- "Rocket To The Moon"

instru-Mental Breakdown:
The Swing Cats (featuring Danny B. Harvey & Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitars)-
"Seven Come Eleven"
Brian Setzer- "Pickpocket"

Cheryl Deserée- "Sitting Duck"
Dr. Bontempi's Snake Oil Company- "Pistol Boogie"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:
Charlie Rich- "My Baby Done Left Me"
Juliet Simmons Dinallo- "Whirlwind"
John Lindberg Trio- "Break Up"

Junior Brown- "Drag Race At Forty Fathoms"
Boom Boom Booms- "Bang Bang (Baby Give You) Bang Bang"
The Lucky Odds- "Chasin' The Devil Down"

Outro Music Bed: Junior Brown- "Sugarfoot Rag"

Dreamy album review HERE

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 09-10-18

Well over half the Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour playlist this time is more NEW rockin' tunes!  So excited to spin a NEW tune from Asleep At The Wheel featuring Katie Shore on vocals!!! We also get the latest releases from Swelltune Records (Shaun Young & The Texas Blue Dots, Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo and Three Blue Teardrops) as well as recent releases from El Toro Records (Johnny Bach/John Lewis, RVB and Wild Wax Combo), a Link Wray cover from The Primitive Finks (Hi-Tide Recordings), Kyle Eldridge & The Rhythm Rounders as part of our instru-Mental Breakdown and The Delta Bombers kicking off the show. Plus, our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment honoring Ritchie Valens with covers by Dion and Los Lobos and we spin rockers by icon artists Buzz & The Flyers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Wanda Jackson as well!

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

The Delta Bombers- "Good Disguise"
Buzz & The Flyers- "Boomerang"
Asleep At The Wheel- "Jack I'm Mellow"
Johnny Bach & The Moonshine Boozers- "The Mill"
John Lewis & His Trio- "Definitely Ain't Got The Money"
Roy Orbison- "Heartbreak Radio"
Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo- "Big Baby"
Shaun Young & The Texas Blue Dots- "Look At Me"

instru-Mental Breakdown:
Kyle Eldridge & The Rhythm Rounders- "Flat Get It"
Duane Eddy & His Rock-A-Billies- "Ramrod"

The Primitive Finks- "Mash Potato Party"
Jerry Lee Lewis- "Number One Lovin' Man"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:
Ritchie Valens- "Cry Cry Cry"
Dion- "Come On, Let's Go"
Los Lobos- "Ooh, My Head"

Three Blue Teardrops- "Ballin' Jack"
RVB- "You Don't Care"
Wild Wax Combo- "Model A"
Wanda Jackson- "Slippin' & Slidin'"

Outro Music Bed:  Ritchie Valens- "Ritchie's Blues"

Ritchie Valens

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 09-03-18

We get a leg up on everyone this week as we crank up King Leg and his cover of Little Richard's "Lucille" on the latest Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour.  We also spin new tracks from Vince & The Sun Boppers, Cat Lee King & His Cocks, Cherry Divine, Billie & The Kids and Crystal & Runnin' Wild.  Our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment honors Joe Clay with covers by Levi Dexter & The Ripchords and The Road Kings.  We also step into the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine for the week ending May 30, 1953 to hear the top 3 tunes on the Rhythm & Blues chart.  Plus, we hear rockers from Eddie Cochran, Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, Ray Collin's Hot Club, Faye Reis, Big Sandy with Los Straitjackets and Rocky Burnette with Darrel Higham!

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

Vince & The Sun Boppers- "Heartbeats"
Big Sandy & Los Straitjackets- "Silent Partner"
Cat Lee King & His Cocks- "You Can Do No Wrong"
Billie & The Kids- "He Can Rock"
Ray Collins' Hot Club- "Freight Train"
Faye Reis- "Dont'cha Break My Heart"
Crystal & Runnin' Wild- "Recipe For Agony"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:
Joe Clay- "Doggone It"
Levi & The Ripchords- "Crackerjack"
The Road Kings- "Sixteen Chicks"

King Leg- "Lucille"
Rocky Burnette with Darrel Higham & The Enforcers- 
"Lonesome Tears In My Eyes"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine:
Week ending May 30, 1953
Rhythm & Blues Most Played In Jukeboxes chart
#3- Willie Mabon- "I'm Mad"
#2- The 5 Royales- "Help Me Somebody"
#1- Big Mama Thornton- "Hound Dog"

Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers- "Johnny Cash Is Dead & His House Burned Down"
Cherry Divine- "Devil Heard Me Coming"
Eddie Cochran- "Am I Blue"

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