Rufus Thomas

Patron Saint of Ichiban

10 years gone but not forgotten. 

One Hundred Years Ago Today

December 14, 1911- May 1, 1965

On this day in the year Nineteen Hundred and Eleven, in the city of Long Beach in the land of California, a child was born unto a humble railroad agent and his bride, and they did christen the infant Lindley Armstrong Jones. And lo, because he was so slender, like unto a railroad spike, men did call him "Spike." And when he became a man, he gathered unto him many odd-looking Disciples, and together they made Music of a nature unlike any the the world had ever heard. And they traveled throughout the land, bringing this Music to all the people, and their Glorious Cacophony brought Joy unto the Multitudes,even unto his death and beyond, and his Song shall sound throughout the world, until the End of Days. Amen.

Call Me Lonesome

Arthur Alexander - Call Me Lonesome

Black cat bone.

This Just In

Sugar Pie DeSanto on Fool's Paradise with Rex this Saturday 1-3 PM!  See her live at the Bell House in Brooklyn on December 31st with Lee Fields!

Arthur Alexander Month: The Monument Years CD

The Monument Years CD covers Arthur's post-Dot 60s work. Over half of it was unreleased at the time and while there's some duff cuts, most of it sounds great. Arthur is a little bit less despairing than during his Dot years, so there is the occasional lapse in intensity, but not on this great pissed off (and otherwise unreleased) self-penned rant where he actually bucks fate instead of just giving into it. "I PLAY SANTA CLAUS FOR YOU!"

You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care)

Jazzed Up And Bonkers!!

Dan and Travis do a radio podcast. It's called Jazzed Up And Bonkers!! They play funny tapes and dumb songs. Do you like funny tapes and dumb songs? Sure you do. We do too. That's why the staff here at WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban are honored that Dan and Travis have created a special episode of Jazzed Up And Bonkers!! especially for the Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban audience. Oh yeah--the stuff they play rocks out like crazy, also. Check out the special Jazzed Up And Bonkers!! episode now!

WFMU’S ROCK AND SOUL ICHIBAN- JAZZED UP AND BONKERS!! #1

1. Don & Dewey- “Jungle Hop”
2. The Lifeguards- “Everybody Out of the Pool”
3. Rico & The Ravens- “Don’t You Know”
4. Denny & The Catalinas- “It Ain’t No Big Thing”
5. Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns- “Beatnik Blues”
6. Roy Brown – “Party Doll”
7. Little Walter- “Crazy, Mixed-Up World”
8. Roy Gaines- “Skippy is a Sissy”
9. Little Richard- “Keep A Knockin’ (live medley)
10. Ronnie Dawson- “Do Do Do”
11. Jim Backus- “Caveman”
12. The Gestures- “Run, Run, Run”
13. The Jalopys- “A Real Bonkers Jalopy Mess”
14. The Bantams- “Suzy Q”
15. Baby Jean- “If You Wanna”
16. Vonnie Fritchy- “Sugar Booger Ave.”
17. Elvis Presley- “She’s A Machine”
18. Bobby Lee Trammell- “Uh-Oh”
19. Link Wray- “Walking Down the Street Called Love”
20. Ronnie Self- “Bop-A-Lena”
21. Gino Washington- “I Gotta Move On”

Midnight To Six Man

Jungle 45 of the Week

KAN_GU_WA!

Lancelot Link - Secret Chimp

The Rolling Stones - You Better Move On

Wife Of The Party

Liz Anderson - Wife Of The Party (2:28)

Robert Altman's Nashville 1975