Fool's Paradise With Rex

Tune in today from 1 - 3 PM est for all the old noise.  91.1 FM or WFMU


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You Be The DJ

Richard D - Rock Roll Soul (mp3)


Slim Gaillard - (Atomic 216 1945) Jumpin' at the Record Shop
Cecil Gant - (Gilt Edge 501 1944) I Wonder
Joe Liggins & Honeydrippers - (Exclusive 207 1945) Honeydripper
Gatemouth Moore - (King 4224 1947) East of the Sun
Johnny Otis & Orchestra - (Excelsior 536 1948) Happy New Year Baby
Peppermint Harris - (Sittin' In 568 1949) Fat Girl Boogie
Louis Jordan - (Decca 23741 1947) Let the Good Times Roll
Cecil Gant - (Bullet 250 1949) Nashville Jumps
Big Charlie Bradix - (Blue Bonnet 153 1949) Boogie Like You Wanna
Dossie Terry - (RCA Victor 4648 1949) When I Hit the Numbers

Lester Williams - (Maxcys 5004 1949) I Know that Chick
T Bone Walker - (Black & White 411 1946) Don't Leave Me Baby
Louis Jordon & Tympani Five - (Decca 18818A 1946) Beware (Brother Beware)
                        (Decca 24155 1947) Look Out (Sister)
Doc Pomus - (Savoy 5545 1947) Doc's Boogie
Jimmy Baby Face Lewis - (Savoy 1948) I'm Wise to You Baby
Cootie Williams - (Derby 784 1951) Beauty Parlor Gossip
Roy Milton & Solid Senders - (Specialty 524 1948) I've Hand My Moments
Roy Brown - (De Luxe 3212 1949) Rockin' At Midnight
Doc Pomus - (Derby 712 1949) Kiss My Wrist

Johnny Otis & Little Esther (Modern 20-748 1949) Mean Old Gal


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MONKEES MONKEES

SEEBURG SATURDAY

Gear Bustin' Sort Of A Feller (MP3)

Bobby Braddock - Gear Bustin' Sort Of A Feller (1:58)

It's probably fair to say that Bobby Braddock experienced a great deal more success as a songwriter than as a singer. His songs have been recorded by a wide array of Nashville talents, including Marty Robbins, Tammy Wynette, George Jones (separately and together), Little Jimmy Dickens, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Paycheck, and Bill Anderson among many others.

His two best known songs were both co-written with Curly Putman: He Stopped Loving Her Today, which features one of George Jones' most powerful vocal performances, which is really saying something, and D-I-V-O-R-C-E, one of Tammy Wynette's signature songs.

When he came through Atlanta a few years back to promote his memoir about growing up in a sparsely populated central Florida in the years before Disney World came along (Down In Orbundale: A Songwriters Youth In Old Florida), I made sure to let him know his mostly forgotten trucking record was held in very high esteem in my house. Somehow, criminally, it never managed to hit the charts but give it a listen and see if you don't think Bobby was robbed. He was kind enough to sign my book "To Greg, A Gear Bustin' Sort Of A Feller."

Beau Brummels

Village Of The Giants

Drive Me

Stu Gardner - Drive Me (The Socker!)

WURLITZER WEDNESDAY

SUNNY SUNDAY

OTIS RUSH - SO MANY ROADS, SO MANY TRAINS

Happy 2011

Criswell - Insight Into The Future (mp3)

PIED PIPER PORKY OF PLATTER

OLYMPICS - SHIMMY LIKE KATE

Happy New Year! NSFW!!!!!!

Tony Rodelle Larson - Bear Rug (mp3)

New Year's Eve With Johnny Paycheck (MP3)

Johnny Paycheck - The Old Year Is Gone (2:33)

Johnny Paycheck's dour kiss-off to a lousy year and a bad relationship may just be exactly what you need to get in the proper mood for this evening's festivities.

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve Eve?

Photo via Grotto

Hey, Monkey!  There's no ball to watch tonight, so why not tune in to Music To Spazz By on WFMU?  The party starts at 9 PM and swings until midnight.  Special guests galore!  Don't miss the countdown to New Year's Eve with all your favorite Rock 'n' Soul Hits!!  BYOB.

Gordon Thomas - Cocktails, Darling?  (mp3)


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BEECHWOOD'S WORD ON THE BIRD

The Trashmen Live On Fool's Paradise With Rex!

WHOA DAD!

GOOD SHOW, OLD CHAPS!

In a show of good taste rarely seen in the last three or four decades, our cousins across the pond in Old Blighty have sent History's Most Perfect Musical Performance to number three on the U.K. Pop Single charts, according to this here article in the L.A. Times. Sure, one could argue that this represents less an act of respect for greatness and more one of eminently justifiable contempt for Simon Cowell and his diabolical puppets, but by God, it still counts! Congratulations to these great Minnesotans, who can next be seen on our shores January 15th in Anaheim, CA at friend of the blog Deke Dickerson's Guitar Geek Festival. If you're in the Pacific Time Zone or can get to the Pacific time zone by then, you'd be a chump not to attend!

AMI, THE AMI GIRL

Midnight Blues

 

Happy New Year!  (2011 zip)...well, just one more martooni, then.

Ski Party

Beach Girls - Skiing In The Snow (mp3)


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3 MILES TO A GHOULLON

PITTSBURGH

YOUNGSTERS - XMAS IN JAIL

Hello, Uncle Daddy (MP3)

Parrish Brothers - Hello, Uncle Daddy

This sordid record (but, really, it's not nearly as warped as the title suggests) goes out to Uncle Daddy & The Kissin' Cousins, Atlanta's own hillbilly jug band.

They may be hillbillies, but that doesn't mean they're without a Facebook page.

Tannenbaum

TRAMP TIME

Xmas Fiasco

 

Tune in to Music To Spazz By Tonight from 9 PM - Midnight for the annual Christmas Fiasco!

Jim Backus - Why Don't You Go Home For Christmas? (mp3)

WURLITZER WEDNESDAY

WURLITZER WEDNESDAY

Let's Go On The Beach

Rita Hayworth

Jed Clampett On The Doubleneck Guitar

Speaking of CBS (Country Broadcasting System) here's an insane clip I've been meaning to put up ever since my pal Jerry hipped me to it a day or so ago. That's some kind of stringbending style Jed's got on that doubleneck Danelectro! Someone sign him up for Deke Dickerson's Guitar Geek Festival!

COUNTRY BROADCASTING SYSTEM

Vote Ichiban!

We've been nominated for best "Greatest Hits in new platform" category over at Radio-Info.com.

Cast your vote before the end of December.

The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (45)

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Tidy Tim

Tidy Tim was Detroit's premiere midget clown litter foe in the 1950s.

SCORNED SOUND

Hey Ba Ba Re Bob mystery (MP3)

Unknown - Hey Ba Ba Re Bob (3:10)

A bit earlier this week, a friend sent me this MP3 in hopes of solving the mystery of who, exactly, made this record. The disc features an unidentified artist or band offering a decidedly smutty version of Lionel Hampton's colossal 1946 hit Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bob.

The question is: who the heck is the mystery artist? The Maddox Brothers minus Rose is one guess that's materialized. I have no idea. How about you?

MOTHER FUYER

Périphérique Est - Dans Ma Roll's (Belgium 2010)

WILSON WEDNESDAY

Winter Soul-stice!

Tune in this Sunday from 5-7 PM for the semi-annual Soooooooooooooul-stice show on WFMU.  Gaylord and I will bring you two solid hours of original soul 45s, like this one by Effie Smith.

Harper Valley P.T.A. Gossip (45)

Listen to the archive.

Ichiban New Bin

Great Googly Moo!  Thanks to Dave the Spazz for the add.

Shirley Ellis - Ka Ta Ga Boom Beat (mp3)

Bonus Shirley:

Fannie Mae!

Here's another overlooked masterpiece from Booker T. and the MG's. Yeah, I called it a "masterpiece".
"But", you protest, "it's just a simple 12 bar blues workout!" Then I say it sure is, and it's better than anything the Beatles ever did, and then we either agree to disagree or the whole thing escalates into physical violence.
This version of Buster Brown's "Fannie Mae" was originally on the flipside of "Mo' Onions" and was later pulled in favor of "Tic Tac Toe", a move that to my mind is a little like trading Sandy Koufax in his prime for Pedro Martinez in his. Anyhow, this "Fannie Mae" is slower and a little more loping and dirty than the (also great) different take issued on the Stax CD Soul Men, a collection of covers of hits which you should go get right now if you don't already have it, it's got killer versions of Harlem Shuffle, Day Tripper and Baby, Scratch My Back, among other gems.
Steve Cropper's solo here says pretty much everything that needs to be said, and he only takes one time thru the changes to say it. So, in all its scratchy glory, direct from the 45 RPM record to your home typewriter, here it is:
Booker T. and the MG's - Fannie Mae

The Orchids - Mr. Scrooge (Cinebox Film)

The Desperate Hours

Surely, this is the most profoundly disturbing publicity photo ever taken to promote a Humphrey Bogart movie. I have, understandably, been forbidden to hang this unsettling picture on the wall in my house.

SUNDAY SPIN

Listen To The Voices

Another album that blew my mind this year is Sly Stone In The Studio 1965-1970.  This record is the second volume from Ace Records chronicling the Stone Family's earliest recordings as well as outside collaborations with the Beau Brummels, Joe Hicks and his sisters, Vaetta and Tiny.

Sly Stone - For Real (Demo)

Snuff Dipper (MP3)

Malcolm Miller - Snuff Dipper (2:33)

I don't know about anyone else, but whenever I see an actual street address, as opposed, say, to a Post Office box, listed on a record label that put out something really odd or exciting, I sometimes cannot resist going to Google maps to check to see if a "street view" photo is available. So many weird records came from labels set up in small, unassuming houses in very normal looking neighborhoods. Below is the Hunstville, Alabama house from which Snuff Dipper emerged.

It's a Kay Martin Christmas!

Kay Martin was a model during the 60's. She eventually became a night club singer/entertainer and released a few albums of the "risque" variety. Please enjoy the memorabilia pictured above while you listen to her xmas album classic; I Know What He Wants for Christmas...But I Don't Know How to Wrap it!

While in Reno, stay at the Kay Martin Lodge.

I_Know_What_He_Wants_for_Christmas

Only 34 More Days Until Mighty Hannibal Day!

 

January 12th is Mighty Hannibal Day.  Go ahead and mark your calendar.  Hannibal will be in Atlanta, Ga. to mark the occasion. 

In between time, The Truth Shall Make You Free (45)


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