Today we examine what’s rock’n’roll and what’s not and what we like about it and what not… at least in first two songs, as Outrageous Cherry paraphrase Stones in one of the standout tracks on the new album Universal Malcontents. We also check out the new album for The Obits called I Blame You. We know the Obits from the 45 that they had earlier this year. We also have new album for Neko Case called Middle Cyclone. Neko’s songwriting is really in shape on this one, it’s a truly exciting new record. Dan Auerbach, the most famous rock’n’roll Ohioan today also has a new record entitled Keep It Hid. Another, less famous Ohioan, but well known to the regular listeners of this show, Derek Deprator has a new band called Ravenscroft and we check them out as the new demos are crawling out of the studio. And at last, we finish out with two new Homestead reissues – Big Dipper and Volcano Suns.
The Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But I Like It);
Outrageous Cherry – It’s Not Rock N’ Roll (And I Don’t Like It);
Obits – Fake Kinkade;
Green On Red – New World;
John Mayall – I Started Walking / Open Up A New Door;
Spencer Davis Group – Feel Your Way;
Ravenscroft – In The Pines;
Mark Lanegan – Where Did You Sleep Last Night;
Leadbelly – Where Did You Sleep Last Night?;
Dan Auerbach – I Want Some More;
Golden Palominos And Jack Bruce – Something Else Is Working Harder;
Lou Ann Barton – the doodle song;
Lucinda Williams – Heaven Blues;
Neko Case – People Got A Lotta Nerve;
Neko Case – People Gotta Lotta Nerve;
Big Dipper – Wrong in the Charts;
Volcano Suns – Descent into Hell.
Let me take you on a sixty minute ride down to Mississippi and Memphis TN – cradle of rock’n’roll. Of all places on this planet, Memphis is the mythical place where all the rock’n’roll crossroads meet in a very special way. We go there for a very concrete reason. I recently discovered a relatively new record label based there that nurtures new talents that are brewing in the area. The label is called Skeeter Hawk Records and to be more precise, the label is actually based in Hattiesburg MS, but that entire region from Hattiesburg up 300 miles North naturally, artistically and historically gravitates to Memphis. We check out three new names that are on the Skeeter Hawk roster. First, singer-songwriter Mark Mann whose rich talent is well documented on two of his CDs. Wide range of lyrical topics in his songs, capable band and deep understanding of all traditional rock idioms will make you keep returning to Mark’s songs. Besides Mark, Thomas Jackson and his Orchestra is another pleasant surprise on Skeeter Hawk Records. This rock and blues duet, with a little help of their friends created an interesting amalgam of traditional forms, but also some glammed up themes that you perhaps wouldn’t expect from a delta band. But then again, bold fusion of genres and ideas is hard-coded in rock’n’roll. Third band that we present here for the first time is Rooster Blues – a straight forward guitar+drum neo-blues outfit that echoes Black Keys. At least until they unplug and surprise you with their own brand of bluegrass. Does the new stuff from the area stand up to the good old Memphis crazies? Check it out in today’s podcast – between these three artists we sample a cross section of important Memphis artists covering all generations of musicians.
The Memphis Jug Band – Kokomo;
Rooster Blues – Down Is On My Way;
Thomas Jackson Orchestra – Blood Red Blues;
Lorette Velvette – Lost Part Of Me;
Lorette Velvette – Kokomo Blues;
Moloch – Gone Too Long (feat Johnny Woods);
Lee Baker & The Agitators – In ma Bag (Love me Tonite);
Jump Back Jake – Easy Answers;
Jump Back Jake – The Flood (Live);
James Luther Dickinson – The Curse Of The Alphastone;
Jim Dickinson with Chuck Prophet & The Creatures Of Habit – Pain and Drain;
Sid Selvidge – Stay in My Car;
Sid Selvidge – By Your Side;
Mark Mann – Vaeda;
Mark Mann – Zeus;
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns – Snake Drive;
Othar Turner’s Rising Star Fife and Drum Corps – Glory Hallelujah.
Very fresh show today at The Little Lighthouse! We have the new Billy Childish project The Chatham Singers which he founded together with his wife Julie. We also have new album for Neal Casal, Roots and Wings. Madeleine Peyroux, our favorite Billie Holiday sound-alike is also back with her third album so far Bare Bones. Detroit band Outrageous Cherry announced the new album with a fantastic mp3 single Get Out While You Can. Italian band Afterhours came up with a new album last year, but I just discovered it recently – so we check that out. The new LP is called I Milanesi Ammazzano Il Sabato. And we finish our new album list for this show with Black Lips’ 200 Million Thousand. Also, I played some songs by Cleveland Bill fox who I saw live last week and who blew me away with his talented performance.
Billy Childish – Caroline;
The Chatham Singers – Upside Mine;
Oblivians – Bad Man;
Reigning Sound – Find Me Now;
The Mice – Not Proud of the USA;
Bill Fox – Get Your Workingman’s Things;
Neal Casal – Back To Haunt You;
Neal Casal – I Will Weep No More;
Madeleine Peyroux – Life is Fine;
Madeleine Peyroux – Our Lady Of Pigalle;
Outrageous Cherry – Get Out While You Can;
Outrageous Cherry – Keep Everything Under Your Hat;
Alexander Spence – Keep Everything Under Your Hat;
Dewey Martin – Indian Child;
Afterhours – Riprendere Berlino;
Afterhours – Plastic;
Afterhours – Ballata per la mia piccola iena;
Black Lips – Starting Over.
Today’s show is dedicated to three rockers that died in the last few days: Lux Interior of The Cramps, Dewey Martin of Buffalo Springfield and John Martyn. John Martyn was a singer songwriter that emerged from the British scene of the late 60s. Good friend of this radio show, Kim Simpson, introduced me to him just mere days before Martyn died, so this posthumous homage to Martyn is also his debut at the Little Lighthouse. Buffalo Springfield on the other hand, is a very well known band that sprung up careers of Neil Young and Stephen Stills. Drummer in that band was Dewey Martin who had a decent voice himself. Dewey had some solo efforts after Buffalo Springfield, but these are difficult to come across. However, the biggest rock’n’roll loss that we commemorate in this show is definitely Lux Interior. Legendary singer of The Cramps died of the heart failure on February 3rd 2009. Although he was born as an Ohio boy name Erick Purkhiser, he died as Lux Interior, who might as well been from outer space…
John Martyn – Sing a Song of Summer;
Buffalo Springfield – Burned;
The Cramps – Human Fly;
The Cramps – Green Fuzz;
The Cramps – I’m Cramped;
Buffalo Springfield – Good Time Boy;
John and Beverley Martyn – John The Baptist;
John Martyn – May You Never;
The Cramps – Natives Are Restless;
The Cramps – All Women Are Bad;
Buffalo Springfield – Leave;
Buffalo Springfield – On the Way Home;
John and Beverly Martyn – Give Us A Ring;
Buffalo Springfield – Mr. Soul;
The Cramps – Bikini Girls With Machine Guns;
The Cramps – Cornfed Dames;
The Cramps – Garbageman;
The Cramps – Can Your Pussy Do The Dog;
The Cramps – She Said;
John Martyn – Hello Train.
Today’s show is dominated by five different versions of the legendary ska hit My Boy Lollipop. There’s absolutely no good or bad reason for that, it just happened that way. Besides that, we have the former Cosmic Cowgirl from KLSU, Kelsey Waite in her own version of Westerberg’s Dice Behind Your Shades that we dug out from Youtube. Margaret Doll Rod is also back with a new album Scintillating. Needless to say, she looks smoking hot on the cover. Also chack out the new name in today’s show, Kentucky’s Frontier Fok Nebraska.
Green on Red – Tenderloin;
You Am I – We’re Desperate;
The Saints – River Deep Mountain High;
Gentleman Jesse and His Men – Highland Crawler;
Brimstone Howl – Summer of Pain;
Frontier Folk Nebraska – City Lights;
Paul Westerberg – Dice Behind Your Shades;
Paul Westerberg – Dice Behind Your Shades (live);
Kelsey Waite – Dice Behind Your Shades;
Paul Westerberg – 5:05;
Barbie Gaye – My Boy Lollypop;
Millie Small – My Boy Lollipop;
Ljiljana Petrovic i Ansambl Bogdana Dimitrijevica – Moj decko lilihip;
Tamara Saric – Moj lilihip;
Via Talas – Lilihip;
Margaret Doll Rod – Turned On;
The Service Industry – Oh I;
The Drones – Your Acting Like It’s The End.
The main new album that we feature in today’s show is the new Heartless Bastards cd The Mountain. We also have a (relatively) new Memphis band Jump Back Jake with their second album Brooklyn Hustle Memphis Muscle. There’s also a block with brand new 45s for Sonic Chicken 4, Obits and Nobunny. We also announce our picks for the best short form and the best reissue/compilation of 2008. Not surprisingly, I chose the most frequently played ep this year Mona Lisa Overdrive’s debut The Up-Tight Sessions and The Replacements reissues. The rest of the playlist looks something like this:
You Am I – Dilettantes;
Holly Golightly – Till I Get;
Obits – Put It In Writing;
Sonic Chicken 4 – Toe Man;
Nobunny – Motorhead With Me!;
Motorhead – Leaving Here;
Leaf Hound – Freelance Fiend;
Service Industry – Not in My Section;
Mona Lisa Overdrive – Now That You’re Gone;
The Replacements – Birthday Gal;
Lucinda Williams – Tears Of Joy;
Heartless Bastards – Early In The Morning;
Jump Back Jake – Don’t Wanna Go;
Variety Show – In My Car;
Satin Gum – I Got A DUI Babe;
Smudge – It’s Over;
Treepeople – Mistake;
Boye – Ti (She);
Zafir Hadzimanov – Opomena.
Also, for this update, please note that I added a new bonus! From now on, (almost) every Thursday you will get a chance to download another podcast called Bad Music For Bad People created by Aleksandar Delibasic. Look in our download section to the right for the tied up lady in nylons…
The 2009 didn’t start right. Reboot please! They year barely started and we lost Ron Asheton, the legendary guitar player of The Stooges. Definitely one of the most influential “shredders” around. Dave Dee of Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich also left this ugly world. This former policeman was patroling when Eddy Cochran died in his car crash and had later on a few big hits with his band. Songs Band It! and Zabadak! are forgotten now, but back when I was a small kid, these two were my favorites. Besides our tributes to Dave Dee and Ron Asheton, we also have some new tunes. Satin Gum is a promising new band from Pittsburgh PA with influences in the melodic grunge. Variety Show is a duet from Chicago with a rich songwriting talent. We also have two ladies, Heather Waters, who was Delbert McClinton’s protege. We also have Jenny Scheinman for the first time, although her CD is almost a year old now. But it’s never too late for rock’n’roll!
Alejandro Escovedo – I Got A Right;
The Stooges – I Got a Right;
The Stooges – No Fun;
The Stooges – Loose;
The Stooges – Raw power;
Partibrejkers – Veceras;
Heather Waters – Wherever You Go;
Jenny Scheinman – Come On Down;
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – Hold Tight;
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – Bend It;
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – Zabadak!;
Satin Gum – … Naming Our Kids After Ikea Products;
Variety Show – Mary Doesn’t Need You Anymore;
Elektricni Orgazam – Vi;
Green On Red (The Serfers) – Wishful Thinking;
Mike Therieau – Devil Make My Bed.
So here we are. 2009 has started and we’re back on line every Thursday. The first show this year is dedicated to the greatest music in 2008. This is an entirely personal list and it’s most likely totally different than yours. But I still hope that you might find it interesting. My personal favorite in 2008 is Cobra Verde’s album Haven’t Slept All Year. It’s been in making since 2006 really and the band put a lot of effort into it. It’s their most diverse album yet, as good as legendary Nightlife. But because of my strong emotional attachment to this record, I’m leaving it out of competition. This makes Paul Westerberg’s experiment in novel forms 49:00 the greatest record in 2008 at the Little Lighthouse. Look below for the full list. My favorite unreleased album in 2008 is another one of my personal favorites. It’s Kamo Sutra’s new record, expertly recorded and exciting, one hundred percent fun. In today’s show, we go through the best albums of 2008:
00 Cobra Verde - Haven't Slept All Year
01 Paul Westerberg - 49:00 ... of Your Time Life
02 Alejando Escovedo - Real Animal
03 Endless Boogie - Focus Level
04 Gentleman Jesse And His Men
05 Dirtmusic
06 Brimstone Howl - We Came In Peace
07 Tim Lee - Good2B3
08 Drones - Havilah
09 Thee Oh Sees - The Master's Bedroom is Worth Spending a Night In
10 All The Saints - Fire on Corridor X
11 Service Industry - Limited Coverage
12 Fleshtones - Take A Good Look
13 Evangelista - Hello Voyager
14 Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
15 Willie DeVille - Pistola
16 Pierced Arrows - Straight To The Heart
17 Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours
18 Mojomatics - Don't Pretend That You Know Me
19 Electric Six - Flashy
20 You Am I - Dilettantes
And the playlist is:
You Am I – Frightfully Moderne;
Electric Six – Face Cuts;
The Mojomatics – Losin’ Time;
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – We’ll Be Turned On;
Pierced Arrows – Mr. Soul;
Willy Deville – When I Get Home;
Lucinda Williams – Real Love;
Evangelista – Smooth Jazz;
The Fleshtones – ;
The Service Industry – Job of Quality;
All The Saints – Fire on Corridor x;
Kamo Sutra – Nemam Para;
Thee Oh Sees – Ghost in the Trees;
The Drones – Oh My;
Tim Lee – (untitled);
Brimstone Howl – USMC;
Dirtmusic – Panther Hunting;
Gentleman Jesse and His Men – Butterfingers;
Endless Boogie – Gimme The Awesome;
Alejandro Escovedo – Real As An Animal;
Paul Westerberg – Who You Gonna Marry;
Cobra Verde – Free Ride.
In 2008 Paul Westerberg celebrated his 49th birthday with a record entitled 49:00. It was up for grabs on Internet music stores for 49 hours, it runs at around 49 minutes and the price was 49 cents. It was just one mp3 track, a mess of (possibly) 49 songs mixed, interleaved into one insane listening experience. More structured songs are mixed in with short snippets. The most shockingly, some songs end prematurely or begin from the middle. It’s maybe rough, but this record is a diamond. It’s (sadly) beautiful, it’s Paul at his wildest. Paul doesn’t just remind us here of why we love Replacements so much, he sends a convincing signal that he has a lot to say. Obviously, he will be over the hill in 2009, but this record shows that we have nothing to worry about.
Rock’n’roll veteran Alejandro has a story to tell. The story is about his life and his job – a rock’n’roll musician. He gave it all to his calling, and the calling took it all away. After a serious battle for life (versus hepatitis c) a few years ago, Alejandro emerged stronger than ever. In 2008, rejuvenated Alejandro with help of Chuck Prophet and producer Tony Visconti, put his life story in a form of an oldfashioned rock record (double LP if you got the vinyl version). And it’s a great record that will turn classic. Time will show, I’m sure.
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Today we examine what’s rock’n’roll and what’s not and what we like about it and what not… at least in first two songs, as Outrageous Cherry paraphrase Stones in one of the standout tracks on the new album Universal Malcontents. We also check out the new album for The Obits called I Blame You. We know the Obits from the 45 that they had earlier this year. We also have new album for Neko Case called Middle Cyclone. Neko’s songwriting is really in shape on this one, it’s a truly exciting new record. Dan Auerbach, the most famous rock’n’roll Ohioan today also has a new record entitled Keep It Hid. Another, less famous Ohioan, but well known to the regular listeners of this show, Derek Deprator has a new band called Ravenscroft and we check them out as the new demos are crawling out of the studio. And at last, we finish out with two new Homestead reissues – Big Dipper and Volcano Suns.
Let me take you on a sixty minute ride down to Mississippi and Memphis TN – cradle of rock’n’roll. Of all places on this planet, Memphis is the mythical place where all the rock’n’roll crossroads meet in a very special way. We go there for a very concrete reason. I recently discovered a relatively new record label based there that nurtures new talents that are brewing in the area. The label is called 
Very fresh show today at The Little Lighthouse! We have the new Billy Childish project The Chatham Singers which he founded together with his wife Julie. We also have new album for Neal Casal, Roots and Wings. Madeleine Peyroux, our favorite Billie Holiday sound-alike is also back with her third album so far Bare Bones. Detroit band Outrageous Cherry announced the new album with a fantastic mp3 single Get Out While You Can. Italian band Afterhours came up with a new album last year, but I just discovered it recently – so we check that out. The new LP is called I Milanesi Ammazzano Il Sabato. And we finish our new album list for this show with Black Lips’ 200 Million Thousand. Also, I played some songs by Cleveland Bill fox who I saw live last week and who blew me away with his talented performance.
Today’s show is dedicated to three rockers that died in the last few days: Lux Interior of The Cramps, Dewey Martin of Buffalo Springfield and John Martyn. John Martyn was a singer songwriter that emerged from the British scene of the late 60s. Good friend of this radio show, 
Today’s show is dominated by five different versions of the legendary ska hit My Boy Lollipop. There’s absolutely no good or bad reason for that, it just happened that way. Besides that, we have the former Cosmic Cowgirl from KLSU, Kelsey Waite in her own version of Westerberg’s Dice Behind Your Shades that we dug out from Youtube. Margaret Doll Rod is also back with a new album Scintillating. Needless to say, she looks smoking hot on the cover. Also chack out the new name in today’s show, Kentucky’s Frontier Fok Nebraska.
The main new album that we feature in today’s show is the new Heartless Bastards cd The Mountain. We also have a (relatively) new Memphis band Jump Back Jake with their second album Brooklyn Hustle Memphis Muscle. There’s also a block with brand new 45s for Sonic Chicken 4, Obits and Nobunny. We also announce our picks for the best short form and the best reissue/compilation of 2008. Not surprisingly, I chose the most frequently played ep this year Mona Lisa Overdrive’s debut 
The 2009 didn’t start right. Reboot please! They year barely started and we lost Ron Asheton, the legendary guitar player of The Stooges. Definitely one of the most influential “shredders” around. Dave Dee of Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich also left this ugly world. This former policeman was patroling when Eddy Cochran died in his car crash and had later on a few big hits with his band. Songs Band It! and Zabadak! are forgotten now, but back when I was a small kid, these two were my favorites. Besides our tributes to Dave Dee and Ron Asheton, we also have some new tunes. Satin Gum is a promising new band from Pittsburgh PA with influences in the melodic grunge. Variety Show is a duet from Chicago with a rich songwriting talent. We also have two ladies, Heather Waters, who was Delbert McClinton’s protege. We also have Jenny Scheinman for the first time, although her CD is almost a year old now. But it’s never too late for rock’n’roll!
