From beautiful downtown San Diego, it's the Whig Out! Today it's 60's garagers the Ugly Ducklings, Masters Apprentices, plus modern groups The Missing Souls, Woggles, Mongrelettes, Courettes (click that link for their new video!), Jon & The Vons and many more!
Tune in here at 7 Eastern for the Real Nitty Gritty and keep on listening at 8 Easter (5 Pacific) for the Whig Out!
Starting off this year with a bang (well, really a jangle!) Crayons to Perfume's first show for 2016 is really up tight and outta site featuring our Girl of the Week: Miriam Linna and her latest LP on Norton Records Down Today - AND - we also have a special guest DJ, Ichiban's own Real Nitty Gritty Tania who spins a half hour of her favorite girl groups, 60's female artists and - even some modern girls in the garage! Tune in at 7 on Wednesday - http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/CE
Higher and Higher baby! Tonight the Whig Out! takes you there with a repeat of our sixth show, featuring tons of girls in garage bands, folk-rock and of course plenty of straight ahead 60's garage sounds!
- we'll be back again next week with a brand new show .... but for now tune in at 8pm, right after the Real Nitty Gritty ... https://wfmu.org/playlists/WT
Tonight at 7:00 on The Real Nitty Gritty : Modesty -- savage R&B, greasy rockabilly, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, sleazy instrotrash records on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban,
Happy New Year Groovers!!! It's time to name the Fringe Factory Fringin' Faves of 2015!! All the best new psychedelic and garage songs newly released and played on the show the past year! Listen to the show with DJ Vikki Vaden and view the playlist/comments on wfmu.org right here http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/64372
1-2-3 ... ETTES! Today on Crayons To Perfume! it's girl groups with the suffix "ettes" on their name, and the Sham-ettes are our girls of the week! A full hour of Fab-u-l-ette-s girl groups! https://wfmu.org/playlists/CE
Whig Your Way...from the 60's into the 80's with Richard and Glynis on the Whig Out, right after The Real Nitty Gritty! We've got 60's garage bands covering other 60's garage bands and 80's garage bands covering other 80's garage bands ... so grooveth your gourd, and flip your Whig tonight with the Fringe Factory! 8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific!
Sad news has come to pass with the legendary Stevie Wright dying this week at age 68.
Stevie was the unstoppable, frantic, and fabulous singer of Aussie legends The Easybeats.
The Easybeats WERE THEE band of the 1960s in Australia. They put that country on the map as a competitor of the British Invasion and the American scene. Featuring 2 Britons, 2 Dutch, and 1 Scotsman. They were simply one of the most rocking and original bands of the entire rock 'n' roll canon. Inventive riffs, humor, soul, and heart-stopping performances.
A lot of this was due to Stevie Wright who co-wrote most of their early hits with George Young, including "She's So Fine."
Just watch this insane performance of another Wright/Young song "Sorry." Stevie is a man possessed by the power of teenage lust and rock 'n' roll.
Hit after hit followed for the boys until it was time for them to do what many Aussie bands did, which is find their fortune in England. Boy did they ever!
Teaming up with legendary producer Shel Talmy, the AMAZING "Friday On My Mind" album came of this collaboration, featuring the worldwide hit "Friday On My Mind." Which even made the top charts in the U.S.A.
Also from that album is my favorite version of "River Deep, Mountain High." Proving Stevie could pack a punch in the face of soul for such a small face.
Stevie will not be forgotten and left an incredible legacy of records, all worth searching out, if you haven't already!
Tune in tonight to The Real Nitty Gritty for Flying Saucers Rock n Roll -- savage R&B, greasy rockabilly, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, sleazy instrotrash --
7pm on the WFMU Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban stream http://www.wfmu.org/
