Dangerous R&r Show Podcast

Well for those who keep score...….I usually don't do a new show on the 2nd Saturday of every month as I'm out juggling records like saucer plates on the Ed Sullivan Show at the aptly titled Second Saturday Record Show! So I decided to string together XTC's brilliant SKYLARKING which was released a couple of years ago as a double 45 rpm record with the POLARITY corrected mix....I'm not sure what went down but for those who do keep score know that the sessions with Todd Rundgren didn't go well.....Andy Partridge and The Runt didn't agree on much but one thing you have to agree on....The Runt delivered what is considered XTC's finest moment SKYLARKING / 1986. Something happened to the mixdown tapes where one of the machines was wired with the polarity crossed which cancelled out most of the bass so I'm told...it's been fixed and I strung the entire LP including "Mermaid Smiled" and "Dear God"....and I hope to whatever God you worship that I did a

Heading into the Labor Day weekend we have a top notch episode to deliver! Opening Salvo - Skinny dippin' in the oil o joy! Set 1: The Yardbirds fly in for some fun and games with "Little Games" offa the LP of the same name....Jimmy Page's debut LP with the 'birds' and not a bad cut on it! Page's "sloppy drunk" guitar is the star here.. *Dr Jack Van Impe with a public service announcement on the dangers of R&R The Sopwith Camel with "Frantic Desolation"...The Camel were one of the early San Fran groups to score a hit song with "Hello Hello" a novelty ditty that holds up to this day. Peter Kraemer's vocals and Norman Mayell's drums along with the guitars of Terry MacNeil and William "Truckaway" Sievers steal the show. Trader Horne was really a duo consisting of Judy Dyble & Jackie McAuley...Dyble was formerly with Fairport Convention and a brief demo recording stint with King Crimson while MaAuley cut his r&r cho

Set 1: Diggin' into the 45 vault for Tony Jackson & the Vibrations with "Fortune Teller" with stellar guitar work from Paul Pilnick...why isn't he in the R&R Hall of Shame?....Charlie Feathers [another candidate if you ask moi….maybe the requirement is a full set of teeth?] singin' his tale of a "Wild wild party" which was released on a 7" slab o wax in 1961 / Memphis Records. Mickey Most doesn't want to miss the 45 rpm party but even if he does "It's Alright" w/ Sir James Page on guitar...Fairport breaks the 45 spell with a cut from their first LP with "Time will show the wiser"...Ian McDonald aka Ian Mathews on lead vocals and none other than Judy Dyble on background vocals...great guitar work from Richard Thompson... Set 2: The Bloos Magoos on 45 rpm..."So I'm wrong and you are right"...after this [their 1st 45] they changed their name to The Blues Magoos. The Blue Things with a DRR staple "Orange rooftops o

Skinny Dippin;' in the Oil '0' Joy indeed, brothers and sisters...this weeks journey promises nothing but hopefully delivers goodness from the Purple Grotto! Every 2nd Saturday of every month I take my traveling monkeys, records, cd's and sometimes 78's on the road to fleece unsuspecting record collectors out of their hard earned moolah....actually I provide quality records and "satisfaction guaranteed" returns, etc. This week on the DRRShow we have some cool s**t to lay on your lobes.... Set 1: Opening Salvo.... Georgio [Moroder] starts off the show with a 45 rpm on the HANSA [Europe] DUNHILL [USA] label....a killer snotfest recorded in 1972 but sounding more like 1965..."Watch Your Step" Link Wray proves once again that he's the king of all things that crunch with "The Wild One". The Linkster never fails to deliver....The West Coast Pop Art & Experimental Band from their 1st Warners LP and one of my favorites "Shifting Sands". The

Hello! This is the last show of July and it's been a scorcher over here on the east coast of the USA....but thanks to air conditioning we managed not to wilt. SET 1: Starting us off is the Jefferson Airplane with a Marty Balin penned song: "3/5th of a mile in 10 seconds". A live cut off of BLESS IT'S POINTED LITTLE HEAD. The Smoke has us flying with a slightly different delivery system LSD with "My friend Jack"...killer stuff from 1966. Big Joe Turner lets everyone know he doesn't need that hallucinogenic sh*t...all he needs is his "Boogie woogie country girl" played from the original source...78rpm...you betcha! Keeping with slabs of wax we switch gears and throw a 45rpm on the table with a great Beatles cover by Boxer..."Hey bulldog". SET 2: Gram Parsons keeps the 45rpm vibe going with his early band The International Submarine Band and what I consider their finest moment: "Sum Up Broke". I have no idea what they mean by that but it's

Well it's another episode of the DR&R Show...I do have to point out that we're sometimes broadcast on Brother Ralph's Chestnut Radio Internet Station. Ralph is a long time friend and …..well it just makes sense to "skinny-dip with the power of the Internet" on as many stations as possible! Make no mistake: HGRNJ is home base. Starting off the show is Roky Erickson and The 13th Floor Elevators from BULL OF THE WOODS..."Livin' On" from 1969. At this point Roky was just about ready to check out for a few decades so listen up! Baby Woodrose follows with "I'm gonna make you mine". Who says the Danes can't rock? Van Morrison and the original lineup of Them kicks ass with "1-2 Brown Eyes" And Steve Gibson and the Original Red Caps with one of my favorite cuts "Big Game Hunter" offa a 10" vinyl 78rpm from 1953 on RCA. Set 2: The Harlem Hamfats and their first "Oh Red". A great cut that Chuck Berry just had to have in th

Ok......so it's not a new show but we'll be back next week....so stay tuned! Just to keep the vibe going I'm uploading a live show from one of my favorite bands of the 60's...The Move [I have many but Roy Wood and his band of Brummies won out this time]. I love the SHAZAM period of The Move and this live show encapsulates some of the songs from it while paying homage to Todd Rundgren's genius. The show opens with Rundgrens' early band The Nazz's "Open My Eyes"....what a great cut! Brilliant!....they slow it down with a heavy version of Brill Building Soundsmiths, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil's "Don't Make My Baby Blue". Some light humor with "Cherry Blossom Clinic" puts you on the analyst's couch for "The Last Thing On My Mind" which was written by folk staple Tom Paxton. "I Can Hear The Grass Grow" is one of the greatest singles ever....the only other version that comes close is The Blues Magoos version!

Skinny dippin' in the oil o' joy.....Set 1 opening up the card game with a royal flush in my books! NRBQ from their very first self titled LP just re-released for the first time ever on vinyl by Omnivore Records and baby they nailed it! Covering Eddie Cochran's "C'mon Everybody". Country Music Hall of Famer sweetens the pot with "Baby, I Just Want You". Helping out Floyd is Cajun God Link Davis! Davis is a triple-threat cat....fiddle, sax, harmonica and he can sing! We'll hear more from Mr. Davis in the next round....Horace Andy stokes the pot with his version of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine"...someone get me a spliff, mon! Mark Oliver Everett AKA The Eels is "Kinda Fuzzy" from all the action..... Set 2: Link Davis gets to sit at the "big pot table" and immediately bluffs with "Don't You Big Shot Me"...The Replacements won't fold and raise with "I Will Dare"....you know when your playin&apo

Scorpions.....this name gives immediately rise to association of the world famous hard rock band from Hanover in Germany. However, even the Scorpions had to start from scratch, and it was not hard rock but pure progressive rock they started with. In the mid-sixties Klaus Meine was the vocalist in a band called Shamrocks who changed their name later on to the Mushrooms. By the end of 1969 Klaus and Michael Schenkar were offered jobs with a band that included Michael's older brother, Rudolf, called The Scorpions. This cut represents the earliest version of "I'm Going Mad" which was re-recorded for the 1st Scorpions LP - LONESOME CROW. Dig it, brothers and sisters, and picture a young band of Germans trying to find their way in the Psychedelic Underground...

Tonights episode pays homage to Billy Joe Shaver who politely asked his victim before shooting him in Papa Joe's Texas Saloon "Where Do You Want it....." before he could answer he shot Billy Bryant Coker because he was " such a bully"....when Billy Bryant dropped his knife and apologized Billy Joe informed him "Well, if you had said that inside, there would have been no problem..." CROOKED STILL from Boston starts it all off with "Angeline the Baker" followed by an ultra sexy Spanish version of "Scratch My Back" by SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS...Billy Joe Shaver and his son Eddie let everyone in on a family secret that "Blood is thicker than water". Finishing up the 1st set is an old 78rpm on the Okeh label from 1941..The Golden Gate Quartet with "Jezebel". Set 2 The Dukes from N'Awlin's on the Specialty label from 1954: "Ooh Bop She Bop" a 45 rpm. The Woolies barely acne free blast a Bo Diddley style rocker: &quo

Open this episode of the DRR Show is rock god / poet / icon Bob friggin' Dylan! From what for me is his definitive LP BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME. When I was growing up I listened to all his LP's but BIABH is the only one that I identified with...."Subteranean Homesick Blues". After the AJ Weberman phone call is there any doubt that Dylan the artist was a little more "iconic" than the Dylan we heard on the phone?...doesn't matter...it's DYLAN! The subject of the phone call is none other than Mick Jagger or as Keith calls him "Nancy Girl". I like Jagger as long as I don't have to watch him dance and let's not forget the video he did with Bowie...what the f**k was Bowie thinking? ….sheesh..... The Kinks with "This Time Tomorrow" off of LOLA vs. POWERMAN..not one of my favorite Kinks LP's but it's grown on me over time. The Onion Radio News and Doyle Redland checks in with a story about an uninspired carpenter....that's me on any

Our opening Salvo brings us back to "Tuesday Afternoon" covered by NJ's own Doughboys....hopefully they'll be no "Morning Dew" via The Jeff Beck Group. If there is let's hope "Mr. Soul" and the Buffalo Springfield can handle Elvis Costello and his "American Gangster Time". Set 2....On this day in 1960 PSYCHO from Alfred Hitchcock debuted so why not mark the day with The Sonics from 5 years later with their punk offering: "Psycho".....Porter Wagoner had a pretty shitty time of it when he came home to find his wife with another man....so he tells us about the "Cold Hard Facts Of Life". Keeping with the [Alt] Country vibe is Sarah Shook & the Disarmers whose songs take on the usual country spin on shitty relationships, bad decisions, and excessive alcohol consumption for damn good reasons "The bottle never lets me down"...time to pick up the pace with "My baby likes to boogaloo" via a 45 on Tru-Glo-Town / 1965 by

Our opening salvo takes us to Sleepy Hollow NY where Gandalf Murphy and his band of Slambovians hold center court while "Living With God"...from there a visit with a "Good Shepherd" via the Jefferson Airplane airways lands us in Tennessee via Mississippi Fred McDowell and "Kokomo Me, Baby"...remember MFMcDowell does not play no R&R! Finishing off the 1st set of music is Tito & his Tarantulas warning of the hazards of going out late at night "After Dark". Set 2 has a raucous celebration of "Saturday Morning" via Mark Oliver Everett a.k.a. The EELS...but a reminder from Pops Staples has humbled us via "Gotta Serve Somebody". Finishing up a short set with "Struttin' Down Main Street" with a very righteous slide guitar from Ry Cooder and a band he recorded this record with called FUSION... Set 3 has the listeners "Driving The View" from one of the bastard children of the shotgun wedding called Uncle Tupelo....SON VOLT.

Starting off the show with our Opening Salvo and the Rolling Stones- No Expectations in glorious MONO, baby! The Stones are supported by none other than Terry Reid with "Tinker Tailor" off his killer 1st LP BANG BANG, YOU'RE TERRY REID. Tricky Dickie Nixon lets us know that he really wanted to end the War in Vietnam...right...war was way too profitable back then. Reid is supported by a band called Freedom and their very first 45 rpm from 1968 "Glimpse of You" on the Mercury label. Freedom sported 2 ex-Procol Harum alumni: Ray Royer [guitar] and Bobby Harrison [drums]. They both played on A WHITER SHADE OF PALE before jumping ship...hence the band name FREEDOM. The Fugs announce that "The Garden Is Open" for the summer! and Sweden is represented by one of their latest supergroups SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIFE...or STOOL for the hipcats. Set 2 starts off with one of my newer "discoveries" EYELIDS out of Portland featuring members of THE DECEMBERISTS, THE JICKS, etc. Produc

Dateline: December 20, 2003 Along with my good friend Greg "Rocketman" Lewis we hooked up the phones at WNTI 91.9 FM and spoke to the legendary leader of The Groundhogs....Tony "TS" McPhee. We had a blast and I had some explaining to do to our Station Manager about the 1 hour phone call that appeared on the bill during my shift on air.......We asked Tony just about everything about his career and the man was forthcoming! Dig it.......

Harvey Mandel was coming into town with The Chicago Blues Review for a gig at BB King's in NYC...I did a full interview with him which was a blast. Rocketman Greg Lewis and your humble DJ traveled in and saw the show with comped tix. Backstage was a hoot meeting Harvey, Nick Gravenites, Sam Lay, Corky Siegel, Tracey Nelson, etc. Dig it.....it's less than 13 minutes / Wade In The Water w/ mixed in Mickster & Harvey Mandel talking about guitar tone......

Eduardo Bort's self-titled album from 1975 contains four long tracks of spacey, melodic progressive rock with several longer acoustic/folky passages as well. The first track "Thoughts" reminds me a bit of the 70's Italian bands (especially the better parts on the Uno album). "Pictures of Sadness" has some great mellotron and excellent spacey guitar playing. Bort' s guitar playing reminds me both of Jimi Hendrix and Steve Hillage. By far the weakest point are the vocals. The flat, heavily accented singing is rather poor, but it doesn't spoil the album for me. The last, 12-minute track "Yann" starts with incredible mellotron/guitar/mini-moog interplay. This section could have been culled from Steve Hillage's masterpiece Fish rising. Superb. After about four minutes, part two of the track starts in a more acoustic setting, unfortunately with the worst of the vocal contributions. About two minutes later an instrumental section follows with nice guitar strummi

Hey....it's been awhile....I could use the excuse that I've been busy so I will. That compounded by the decision on my part to start selling off my vast LP collection and only keeping what I either listen to or want to use for future broadcasts. The money realized by "the selling' is being used to purchase 45's & 78's!! So not all is lost r&b, psych, blues heads! Dig this Pod originally broadcast in February 2012.......

Oh brothers and sisters.....it's been awhile. I could use the excuse that life has gotten busier, harder, unmanagable, yada yada yada....but the God's honest truth is that I'm a lazy Irishman that's been searching for inspiration...a period of calamity, uncertainty and sloth hopefully has tipped it's hand, shot it's load, got the f**k out of town, found another body to inhabit......we ask not for forgiveness but for absolute salvation!! WE'RE BACK!!!

Mushroom Disc 2 subtitled "OAKLAND" ventures into wistful jazz reveries, blaxploitation-flick mugging, languorously unspooling space-rock/jazz-fusion jams and growling, Brian Auger-like funk. Mushroom are promiscuous genre-jumpers, executing their moves with sincerity and occasionally a cocked-eyebrow sense of mischievousness. I happen to prefer Disc 1 over this but who the f**k am I to make comparisons?