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Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 11-23-20 Nov 23, 2020

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We've lots of covers and new tracks this week! Hear the latest from Los Straitjackets (covering The Hollies) and Chairman Of The Boards in our instru-Mental Breakdown. Plus, new tunes from Jared Petteys & The Headliners, The Joeys, Darrel Higham, Rachel Brooke, John Fogerty (Fogerty's Factory), Sean Burns & Lost Country, Danny Fisher, April Mae & The June Bugs and Jackslacks! Beth Riley has another great blues tune in her Beth's Blues Break. We take a trip in the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine and drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox...and still there's more!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" Jared Petteys & The Headliners- "When She Walked Away" The Joeys- "Planet Z" Jackslacks- "Hog Heaven" instru-Mental Breakdown: Los Straitjackets- "Bus Stop" Chairman Of The Boards- "Board Whacks" Sean Burns & Lost Country- "Six Days On The Road" Danny Fisher- "I Was The One" April Mae & The June Bugs- "Race With The Devil" Beth's Blues Break: (Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues") Furry Lewis- "Dry Land Blues" Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE Carl Perkins- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" Rachel Brooke- "The Loneliness In Me" John Fogerty- "Down On The Corner" Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine Top 3 tunes at WMPS (Memphis, TN) for the week of July 23, 1956: #3 The Clovers- "Love, Love, Love" #2 Little Richard- "Ready Teddy" #1 Elvis Presley- "Hound Dog" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Robert Gordon with Link Wray- "Sea Cruise" Darrel Higham- "A Woman Like You" Ricky Nelson- "Am I Blue" Outro Music Bed: Darrel Higham- "Jam Sandwich"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 11-16-20 Nov 16, 2020

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New tunes, classics, special features and a tribute to a couple of icons this week! We pay tribute to WS Holland and Roy Head who both passed away this past September in both our instru-Mental Breakdown and the Jammin' James Jukebox. We hear a snippet from a 2015 interview of WS Holland talking about his involvement with the Million Dollar Quartet. WS Holland passed away September 23rd, 2020 at the age of 85 and Roy Head passed away September 21st, 2020 at 79 years old. We also have NEW tunes from James Intveld & The Honky-Tonk Palomino's, Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo, Stray Cats, Kim Wilson, Kentucky Cow Hands, Rip Masters, Lucky Jones and The Honkabillies! Beth Riley has a great blues track in her Beth's Blues Break. We take a trip in the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine to 1956.

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" James Intveld & The Honky Tonk Palomino's- "Never Gonna Let You Go" The Honkabillies- "Lockdown Lonely (Alt. Version)" Stray Cats- "Mean Pickin' Mama" (live) instru-Mental Breakdown: The Roy Head Trio- "Tush Hog" Tennessee Three- "A Boy Named Sue" Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo- "G'wan 'Bout Your Business" Lucky Jones- "These Lonely Blues" Rip Masters- "Over The Line" Beth's Blues Break: (Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues") Willie 'Poor Boy' Lofton- "Dirty Mistreater" Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE Kyle Eldridge- "Well, Oh Well" WS Holland on the Million Dollar Quartet Million Dollar Quartet- "I Shall Not Be Moved" Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine Billboard Top 100 Week ending August 15, 1956 #90 Carl Perkins- "Boppin' The Blues" #68 Bill Haley & His Comets- "Teenagers Mother (Are You Right?)" #1 The Platters- "My Prayer" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Roy Head- "One More Time" Kim Wilson- "Slow Down" Outro Music Bed: Duane Eddy- "Fireball Mail"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 11-09-20 Nov 09, 2020

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Hear new tunes from The Memphians (feat. Dale Watson, Mario Monterosso and others) and The Spiratones in our instru-Mental Breakdown. Plus, NEW tunes from Robert Gordon (with Steve Cropper), Robert Plant, Mike Flanigin, Stephie James, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys, Jared Petteys & The Headliners, TJ Mayes and The Broadway Twitsters! Beth Riley brings us a great track in her Beth's Blues Break, we take a stroll to the Doo-Wop Corner and drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear The Kentucky Headhunters cover Carl Perkins...and still more tracks from Reverend Horton Heat, Waylon Jennings & The Cochran Brothers (Eddie & Hank)!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" Marcel Bontempi- "Train To Flipsville" The Broadway Twisters- "Fender Car Disaster" The Reverend Horton Heat- "Party Mad" instru-Mental Breakdown: The Memphians- "Agent Elvis" The Spiratones- "Slink Wrink" TJ Mayes- "Come Back Baby" Jared Petteys & The Headliners- "Georgia Bound" Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "One Dark Day" Beth's Blues Break: (Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues") Forrest City Joe Pugh- "You Gotta Cut That Out" Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE Waylon Jennings- "Lonely Weekends" Robert Plant- "Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up Pt. 1) Robert Gordon (with Steve Cropper)- "Knock 3 Times" Stephie James- "These Days" Doo-Wop Corner: The Beach Boys- "Come Go With Me" The Trojans- "Alone In This World" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Kentucky Headhunters- "Dixie Fried" Mike Flanigin- "Thunderbird" The Cochran Brothers- "Slow Down" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Cochran- "Eddie's Blues"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 11-02-20 Nov 02, 2020

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We aren't slowing down with new releases...in fact, we're bringing you MORE of them this week. Hear the latest from The Honkabillies, Jackslacks, Lucky 757, The Hoodoo Tones, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and Dom Flemons (feat. Steve Cropper), Deke Dickerson & The Whippersnappers, Brandon Cunning, Sonny West, Johnny Cash & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Don Diego Trio, The Rhythm Torpedoes as well as Stray Cats and El Machico in our instru-Mental Breakdown. Beth Riley spins a Johnnie Temple track in her Beth's Blues Break, we hear a couple of your requests in Hey Mr. DJ and of course we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear a classic Jerry Lee Lewis tune! Plus...there's more!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" The Honkabillies- "Please Let Me In" The Hoodoo Tones- "Everybody" The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and Dom Flemons (feat. Steve Cropper)- "Shake Your Money Maker instru-Mental Breakdown: El Machico- "Chasin' Pedro" Stray Cats- "Misirlou" Beth's Blues Break: (Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues") Johnnie Temple- "Evil Devil Blues" Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE Brandon Cunning- "Little Woman On My Mind" Lucky 757- "Mood Is Right" Deke Dickerson & The Whippersnappers- "Wild Wild Thing" Sonny West- "Darlene" Hey Mr. DJ request segment: Link Wray- "Beautiful Brown Eyes" Sean Mencher- "Hit, Git & Split" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Jerry Lee Lewis- "Little Queenie" Elvis Presley- "Slowly But Surely" Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra- "Ring Of FIre" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Black Widow"

HALLOWEEN SHOW/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-26-20 Oct 26, 2020

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It's our annual Halloween show! 2020 might be scary enough but we have an hour of ghoulishly fun tunes to give your Halloween a proper soundtrack. We've got new tracks from Marcel Bontempi, Western Terrestrials, April Mae & The June Bugs, SaraLee, The Rhythm Slicks and Messer Chups! Hear chilling classics from Levi Dexter, Los Straitjackets, Billy Lee Riley, Bloodshot Bill, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Rayford Bros, some vintage horror movie trailers and lots more! Beth Riley brings a Halloween edition of her Beth's Blues Break with the one and only Howlin' Wolf!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" Also includes music bed Los Straitjackets- "Ghostbusters" The Rhythm Slicks- "Wolf In Sheep's Clothing" Bloodshot Bill- "Pretty Little Gal From Mars" SaraLee- "The Living Dead" Trailer: Creature From The Black Lagoon Messer Chups- "The Mummy" Los Straitjackets- "The Munsters Theme" April Mae & The June Bugs- "Graveyard Boogie" Trailer: The House On The Haunted Hill Billy Lee Riley- "Rockin' On A UFO" Western Terrestrials- "Flying Saucer Rock N Roll Beth's Blues Break: (Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues") Howlin' Wolf- "I Ain't Superstitious" Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE Tyrone A'Saurus- "The Monster Twist" Levi Dexter- "Cannibal Party" The Rayford Bros- "I'm The Wolfman" TV show snippet: It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Don Love & The Heartbeats- "Happy Zombie" Billy Taylor & The Teardrops- "Wombie Zombie Marcel Bontempi- "Down Bound Train" Trailer: King Kong Dwain Turley With The Tads- "Devil's Den" Creedence Clearwater Revival- "Tombstone Shadow" Outro Music Bed: Dick Dale- "Ghostriders In The Sky"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-19-20 Oct 19, 2020

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Lots of new tracks on the show this week from Robert Plant & Patty Griffin (covering Charlie Feathers), The Hi-Risers, Mike & The Moonpies, Kyle Eldridge, Dean Miller, JP Cyr & The Midnightmen, Colter Wall, Rip Masters, Little Lesley & The Bloodshots, Jared Pettys & The Headliners, Eddy & The Backfires as well as Rev Hank in our instru-Mental Breakdown. Beth Riley brings a classic Tommy Johnson track in her Beth's Blues Break, we'll take a stroll to the Doo-Wop Corner and drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" JP Cyr & The Midnightmen- "Wasting My Blues" Rip Masters- "Don't Dog This Cat" Little Lesley & The Bloodshots- "Still Crazy" instru-Mental Breakdown: James Burton- "Mystery Train" Rev Hank- "Knife Fight" Robert Plant & Patty Griffin- "Too Much Alike" Jared Pettys & The Headliners- "Billy Rockabilly" Colter Wall- "Big Iron" Beth's Blues Break: (Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues") Tommy Johnson- "Bye Bye Blues" Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE Linda Gail Lewis- "Lovin' Up A Storm" The Hi-Risers- "Smooth Operator" Eddy & The Backfires- "Let's Rock Tonight" Dean Miller- "Wild Eyed World" Doo-Wop Corner: The Del-Satins- "Does My Love Stand A Chance?" Dion (with The Del-Satins)- "Donna, The Prima Donna" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Dave Edmunds- "Almost Saturday Night" Mike & The Moonpies- "The Gold Barstool" Kyle Eldridge- "Saturday Night" Outro Music Bed: Duane Eddy- "Guitar'd & Feathered"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-12-20 Oct 12, 2020

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We've got a live track from the latest by Stray Cats this hour! We also hear new live tracks by Lucky 757 and Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets. You'll hear the latest by The Delta Bombers, Mike Flanigin, Lucky Jones, Mighty Joe Castro & The Gravamen, The Mellows and The Rhythm Slicks as well as Messer Chups and a Link Wray classic in our instru-Mental Breakdown. Beth Riley brings us a Bo Carter tune in her Beth's Blues Break, we'll board the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox. Throw in rockers by Elvis Presley and John Hiatt and you've got an hour full of great music and entertainment!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" Lucky 757- "Hey Bartender" (live) Mighty Joe Castro & The Gravamen- "Better Hold Tight" The Delta Bombers- ".44" instru-Mental Breakdown: Link Wray- "My Beth" Messer Chups- "Green Flippers" Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets- "Half A Boy, Half A Man" (live) Lucky Jones- "Trifleonia" The Rhythm Slicks- "Storm Blowin' Ali" Beth's Blues Break: (Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues") Bo Carter- "I Got The Blues" Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE Elvis Presley- "It Feels So Right" Stray Cats- "Blast Off" (live) John Hiatt- "Rock Back Billy" Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine Week ending July 19, 1958 Cash Box Country Chart #29 Ricky Nelson- "Poor Little Fool" #5 Don Gibson- "Oh Lonesome Me" #1 Johnny Cash- "Guess Things Happen That Way" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Fats Domino- "Country Boy" Mike Flanigin- "I Got My Eyes On You" The Mellows- "I Know, I Don't Know" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Mustang"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-05-20 Oct 05, 2020

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No shortage of rockin' tunes this hour! Hear the latest from Sonny West, Headcat 13 (with Annie Marie Lewis), Western Terrestrials (with Georgette Jones), Robert Gordon (with Kathy Valentine), Dion (with Samantha Fish), The Don Diego Trio, Wildcat Rose, Eddie Martin, The Ramblin' Bandits as well as The Hula Girls and Aqualads (both from Hi-Tide Recordings) in our instru-Mental Breakdown! Beth Riley has a classic blues rocker from Bo Diddley in her Beth's Blues Break segment, we take a stroll to the Doo-Wop Corner and drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox! If that wasn't enough, we've got classic rockers from Charlie Rich, Buddy Holly and Mike Zito with Luther Dickinson covering Chuck Berry!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" Eddie Martin- "One Hand Loose" Sonny West- "Cruisin' 95" Western Terrestrials (with Georgette Jones)- "Who's Gonna Fill These Boots?" instru-Mental Breakdown: The Hula Girls- "Don Ho Bop" Aqualads- "Night Tide" The Don Diego Trio- "All Dressed Up" Wildcat Rose- "Broken Bones" Buddy Holly- "Rave On" Beth's Blues Break: (Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues") Bo Diddley- "I'm A Man" Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE Charlie Rich- "Big Boss Man" Robert Gordon (with Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go's)- "Please Give Me Something" The Ramblin' Bandits- "Buck Shot" Dion (with Samantha Fish)- "What If I Told You?" Doo-Wop Corner: The Marcels- "I'll Be Forever Loving You" The Five Keys- "Ling Ting Tong" Ricky Nelson- "It's Late" Headcat 13 (with Annie Marie Lewis)- "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" Mike Zito (with Luther Dickinson)- "Too Much Monkey Business" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Lynxtail"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 09-28-20 Sep 28, 2020

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Get ready to turn this one up! So many great new tunes this hour by Dean Miller, Rip Masters, Zephaniah Ohora, The Hoodoo Tones, Eddie Clendening, Deke Dickerson, The Rhythm Torpedoes, JP Cyr & The Midnightmen, SaraLee as well as Los Straitjackets and The Time Burners in our instru-Mental Breakdown! Beth Riley has a classic track in her Beth's Blues Break, we board the Time Machine for week ending January 4th, 1959 and we spin a Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week! Throw in rockers from Johnny Cash, The Everly Brothers, Billy Burnette (covering Johnny Cash) and you've got a packed hour of great music!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" Rip Masters- "Rockabilly Man" JP Cyr & The Midnightmen- "Don't Come Knockin' At My Door" SaraLee- "Love Is Good" instru-Mental Breakdown: The Time Burners- "Pulling Pigtails" Los Straitjackets- "Genesee River Rock" Deke Dickerson & The Whippersnappers- "This Girl's Gone Rockin'" The Rhythm Torpedoes- "Wildfire Bop" Dean Miller- "The Will, The Way, The Want To" Beth's Blues Break: (Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues") Big Joe Turner- "Shake, Rattle & Roll" Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE Johnny Cash- "I Got Stripes" (early mix, 1987) Eddie Clendening- "Hey Little Star" The Hoodoo Tones- "Young Guns" Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine week ending Jan. 4, 1959 UK's Record Mirror Singles Chart #10 Little Richard- "Baby Face" #7 Cliff Richard- "High Class Baby" #1 Conway Twitty- "It's Only Make Believe" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: Chris Isaak- "Tears" Zephaniah Ohora- "Black & Blue" The Everly Brothers- "Not Fade Away" Billy Burnette- "Ring Of Fire" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Cochran- "Eddie's Blues"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 09-21-20 Sep 21, 2020

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We have an action packed hour in store for you! Hear a Freddie King classic in Beth's Blues Break with Beth Riley, take a stroll to the Doo-Wop Corner, drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox and enjoy a TON of new tunes! We spin the latest from The Delta Bombers, Southern Culture On The Skids, The Reeves Brothers, Dave Alvin, Lucky 757, The Rhythm Slicks, Mighty Joe Castro & The Gravamen, Fireball Steven, Karen Jonas, Lacy & Malone as well as Urban Zotel and The Don Diego Trio in our instru-Mental Breakdown. Plus, hear a snippet of an interview with drummer Jason Smay talking about a funny story from when he and the rest of the JD McPherson band were on tour with Robert Plant. The whole interview can be found in our Artist Spotlight Podcast Series!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

The Delta Bombers- "Save Me"

The Rhythm Slicks- "Howling"

Southern Culture On The Skids- "Cicada Rock 2020"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Urban Zotel- "Moonlight Wave"

The Don Diego Trio- "Fickle Chicken"

Lucky 757- "Run With Me"

Mighty Joe Castro & The Gravamen- "Why Not Just Give In This Time"

Fireball Steven- "Will Of Love"

Beth's Blues Break:

(Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues")

Freddie King- "Going Down"

Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE

Jason Smay interview snippet

(from Artist Spotlight Podcast Series. Full interview HERE)

JD McPherson- "Everybody's Talking 'Bout The All American"

Dave Alvin- "Mobile Blues"

Doo-Wop Corner:

Linda Hayes & Tony Williams (of the Platters)- "Oochi Pachi"

Clyde McPhatter- "Deep Sea Ball"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Polecats- "Rockabilly Guy"

The Reeves Brothers- "100 Proof Honky Tonk"

Larry & Malone- "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"

Elvis Presley- "Stop, Look & Listen"

Outro Music Bed: Link Wray- "Run Chicken Run"

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