Let's Go To The Beach!

Rita Hayworth

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Happy 40th Anniversary WCBS FM

Harry Harrison

My favorite jock from the CBS years.  Here's a 1968 aircheck from WMCA.

Thanks to Spazz for making this happen!

Sir Douglas Quintet: Blue Norther

The flipside of the Tribe single "The Tracker" is an eerie minor key rocker called "Blue Norther". The term "blue norther" itself is Texan for a cold front that drops the temperature suddenly and brings a storm, usually followed by a period of blue skies and cold weather. With its menacing rhythm guitar, spooky backups and ominous Augie Meyer organ, this song evokes that sudden chill very effectively, signalling a uniquely Texan rock and roll band with deeper regional and musical roots than your average teenage combo.

While it's easiest to find "Blue Norther" on Tribe, the song was actually the flipside of the very first Sir Douglas Quintet single, released on Pacemaker in '64 (the topside was the Cajun stomper "Sugar Bee"). It's the same version as the Tribe version but has an earlier fade.

BLUE NORTHER

Shock After Shock @ Fool's Paradise Twin

 

GRUESOME EXPERIMENTS !

FLESH-EATING MAGGOTS !!

TEENYBOPPERS DEFILED !!!

THIS WEEKEND !!

TWO BIG NIGHTS

OF HORROR !! 

FIRST...

See Veronica Lake in Her Final Role !

in

FLESH FEAST

(1970, dir. Brad F. Ginter) 

 

THEN...

TEENAGE STRANGLER

(1964, dir. Ben Parker) 

   

Flesh Feast / Teenage Strangler radio spot

FULL SERVICE SNACK BAR
featuring: 

Tasty corndogs!  Refreshing beverages! Savory BBQ! 
and
- for this engagement only -
GUMMY WORMS !
 

*No Outside Food Or Drink*

PROGRAM BEGINS AT DUSK
ONLY THOSE OVER 17 ADMITTED • LEGIBLE PROOF OF AGE REQUIRED 

  

THE FOOL'S PARADISE TWIN ACCEPTS

JAMES BROWN BLACK & BROWN STAMPS

Membership Card

Join The Sir Douglas Quintet International Fan Club!  (thanks to Postman Tom)

Cowboy Peyton Place

Doug Sahm Month: Tracker, Tiger, Jagger, Sahm

Sir Douglas's 2nd 45 on Tribe was fronted by this great "Searchin'" styled stalker stomp, here reproduced live on Shindig in July of 1965.  Let's take a moment to note that Sir Douglas and the Quintet all have their headcoats on.

When I first came across this song, it was on the Tribe "Best of the Sir Douglas Quintet" album (which I think we'll all agree is a fine way to title your very first LP). I didn't bother to check the song titles when I'd spin it, and I thought that the lyric was "I'm a Tiger". I guess I thought Sahm was hunting this object d'affection down to gobble her up. Certain lines really had to be twisted to get the verses to follow my delusional chorus. When I finally realized that he was saying "I'm a Tracker", the whole thing made much more sense. Thing was, my wife thought it was "I'm a Tiger", too.

Shortly thereafter, a couple of friends, newly married, came to town, and we were driving around the area with a Doug Sahm comp. tape blasting away. This song came on, and was playing for a while, when the bride in the back said, "Why does he keep saying 'I'm Mick Jagger?!?'"

This made even less sense than "I'm a Tiger" but was way funnier.

My thumbs will be her jail!

The Gowanus All-Stars!

Recorded live at the Rock Shop in Brooklyn on Monday, June 25th.  Catch them every Monday this month, except July 16th!

Gowanus All-Stars Live!!

Happy 4th!

1963 dancin' holiday from the good lovin', tater mashin' slop stompers.

Doug's Country Groove

Sir Doug & The Texas Tornados  -  Country Groove

Of all the tricks Doug Sahm had in his nearly bottomless bag, none made me smile more than his tendency to revel in his love for honky-tonk sounds, as he does on this 1976 album track that appeared on his Texas Rock For Country Rollers LP on the ABC-Dot label.  His lyrics, delivered over a superb shuffle beat, salute country MVPs like George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, Willie Nelson and fiddler Link Davis.

By the way, the Texas Tornados that appear here are not the same Texas Tornados that Sahm recorded and toured with beginning in the early 90s, though keyboardist Augie Meyers was on hand for both projects.  For much more information about this LP, and the opportunity to stream each track, head over to the Adios Lounge.  You'll be glad you did.

Tassel Twirler Tuesday!

Blo_Jangs!

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Homework

Sir Doug Serves Up The Bacon Fat

Sir Douglas Quintet  -  Bacon Fat

Welcome back to Doug Sahm Month.  Yesterday we served up the SDQ's version of The Rains Came, so tonight we'll check out the other side of this astonishingly superb 45.  Despite what the label here says, Bacon Fat was written by the larger than life R&B kingpin Andre Williams.  I have no idea how the name Syd Nathan (president of King records in Cincinnati) was listed as the author.  In any event, the Sir Douglas Quintet really nails this one.  It's one of my all time favorite 45s.