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A great place to discover and relive vintage and modern rockabilly, blues, surf, roots, r&b, oldies, etc. Hear favorites and obscure tracks as well as exclusive interviews

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Annual "Keep On Truckin'" show/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 09-14-20 Sep 14, 2020

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Breaker One Nine! Gear-Jammin' James Riley here with our 2nd annual "Keep On Truckin'" show to celebrate National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (September 13-19). We've got the latest from Maple Run Band and classics from Dale Watson, Dave Dudley, Red Simpson, The Hi-Jivers, Chris Sprague, Sonny George, Dick Curless, Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, Weldon Henson, Kay Adams and more! Plus, Beth Riley brings a special truckin' blues tune from Watermelon Slim & Super Chikan in Beth's Blues Break and we get a special truck-themed selection in our Jammin' James Jukebox!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Maple Run Band- "Keep On Truckin'"

Moonshine Reunion- "Tired Of Drivin'"

Johnny Dollar- "Big Rig Rollin' Man"

Chris Sprague- "Diesel Made For Two"

Dale Watson- "Phillip At The Station"

Weldon Henson- "Haulin Freight"

Kay Adams- "Little Pink Mack"

Bobby Braddock- "Gear Bustin' Sort Of A Feller"

Beth's Blues Break:

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

Watermelon Slim & Super Chikan- "Trucking Blues"

Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE

Dave Dudley- "Keep On Truckin'"

Johnny Cash- "Monteagle Mountain"

The Hi-Risers- "18 Wheels Of Love"

Tilford Sellers- "Tanker Full Of Tears"

Jerry Reed- "Texas Bound And Flyin'"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Dick Curless- "A Tombstone Every Mile"

Sonny George- "Dixie Fireball"

Ricky Nelson- "Truck Drivin' Man"

Outro Music Bed: Sonny George- "Jackknife"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 09-07-20 Sep 07, 2020

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New music, classics, special features and more on this week's Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour. We spin the latest from Deke Dickerson (and the Whippersnappers), Dale Watson, Jesse Dayton, Charley Crockett, The Memphis Suns, McKinley James, Mike Flanigin, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys, Cherry Tess & Her Rhythm Sparks, newly released Chick Willis as well as The Rough Shapes and The Hi-Tide Orchestra in our instru-Mental Breakdown. Beth Riley plays a classic Elmore James track in Beth's Blues Break, we take a trip in the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine to September 1959 and we hear a Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week from Johnny Burnette!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Deke Dickerson & The Whippersnappers- "Here Kitty Kitty"

Chick Willis- "You've Got The Devil In You"

Charley Crockett- "Paint It Blue"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

The Rough Shapes- "Some Strange Way"

The Hi-Tide Orchestra- "Bullseye!"

Dale Watson- "Chevy Van"

The Memphis Suns- "As I Am"

McKinley James- "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"

Beth's Blues Break:

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

Elmore James- "It Hurst Me Too"

Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE

Cherry Tess & Her Rhythm Sparks- "I'll Wait Forever"

Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Can't Stop Buying Records"

Jesse Dayton- "Mardi Gras Shake"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine

Week ending September 28, 1959:

#14 Fats Domino- "I Want To Walk You Home"

#4 The Everly Brothers- "(Till) I Kissed You"

#1 Santo & Johnny- "Sleep Walk"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Johnny Burnette- "Eager Beaver Baby"

Mike Flanigin- "I Live Where The Action Is"

Ricky Nelson- "You Tear Me Up"

Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Mustang"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 08-31-20 Aug 31, 2020

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We've got a TON of great NEW music for you this hour! Hear the latest from The Gold Hope Duo (Lara Hope & Matt Goldpaugh of Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones), Sonny West, Rip Masters, Don Diego Trio, JP Cyr & The Midnightmen, Mystery Gang, TJ Mayes, Robert Gordon (with Steve Wariner), Lucky Jones, Boppin' B, Sirocco Bros., John Primer & Bob Corritore plus Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue and El Machico in our instru-Mental Breakdown! Beth Riley brings us a classic T-Bone Walker track in her Beth's Blues Break, we'll spin a couple of your requests in Hey Mr. DJ AND we've got a great tune in our Jammin' James Jukebox. All this...and MORE!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Rip Masters- "Bare Knuckle Piano"

The Don Diego Trio- "Nine Pound Hammer"

Lucky Jones- "The Rockin' Hillbilly"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue- "Swing Thing"

El Machico- "Drink That Bombo"

The Gold Hope Duo- "Go Big & Stay Home"

Sonny West- "Sweet Fanny Mae"

Boppin' B- "40 Miles"

Beth's Blues Break:

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

Robert Johnson- "Hellhound On My Trail"

Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE

Sirocco Bros- "Jungle Stomp"

Robert Gordon- "I've Had Enough" (with Steve Wariner)

JP Cyr & The Midnightmen- "Southbound Train"

TJ Mayes- "Nightmare"

Hey Mr. DJ request segment:

Deke Dickerson- "It Would Be A Doggone Lie"

Gene Vincent- "Rip It Up"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Ernest Tubb- "Lots Of Luck"

Mystery Gang- "Diamond Ring"

John Primer & Bob Corritore- "Keep A Drivin'"

Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Rumble Mambo"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 08-24-20 Aug 24, 2020

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NEW tune from Headcat 13 kicks the show off this week! Turn this one up! We're also spinning killer new tracks from The Ramblin' Bandits, Jake Calypso, Marcel Bontempi, Charley Crockett, Mighty Joe Castro & The Gravamen, Dead Rock West, Whitney Rose, Marti Brom and a new track from Messer Chups in our instru-Mental Breakdown as well as The Jaguars from 1959 featuring the late, great Charlie Daniels. Beth Riley has a Slim Harpo classic for us in Beth's Blues Break, we spin a Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week AND we hear another "Stars In Their Eyes" segment playing early tracks of arts we love!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Headcat 13- "Let's Go Crazy"

The Ramblin' Bandits- "We Are The Ramblin' Bandits"

Mighty Joe Castro & The Gravamen- "Come On Angels"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

The Jaguars (feat. Charlie Daniels/1959)- "Jaguar"

Messer Chups- "Beware Of Sentimentality"

Marti Brom- "Get In The Car, Loretta"

Charley Crockett- "Run Horse Run"

Marcel Bontempi- "Gonna Have Myself A Ball"

Beth's Blues Break:

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

Slim Harpo- "Baby, Scratch My Back"

Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE

Wanda Jackson- "Sticks & Stones"

Jake Calypso- "When The Pretty Girl Bop"

Dead Rock West- "I'll Never Get Over You"

Stars In Their Eyes segment (artists we love before we loved them):

Wink Westerners (feat. Roy Orbison/ 1955)- "Ooby Dooby"

Jerry Lee Lewis (demo 1952)- "Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)"

Love Sculpture (feat. Dave Edmunds/ 1968)- "Wang Dang Doodle"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Waylon Jennings- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"

Whitney Rose- "I'd Rather Be Alone"

Celine Lee- "Don't Let The Screen Door Hit Ya"

Stray Cats- "Elvis On Velvet"

Outro Music Bed: Danny B. Harvey- "Cattin' Around"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 08-17-20 Aug 17, 2020

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New music thankfully continues to pour in and we're doing our best to get to as many as possible! This week, hear new tunes from The Don Diego Trio, Western Terrestrials, Robert Gordon (with Linda Gail Lewis), Maple Run Band, Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, The Hi-Jivers, Andrea & Mud, Fireball Steven, The Mavericks, Pokey LaFarge, Dion (with Sonny Landreth), Ray Allen and a newly released Johnny Cash early mix. We'll take a break with Beth Riley in Beth's Blues Break (with a classic John Lee Hooker track), board the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine (for 1959) and hear a Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Ray Allen- "Jersey Pearl"

Maple Run Band- "Independence Day"

Robert Gordon (with Linda Gail Lewis)- "She Will Come Back"

Pokey LaFarge- "Carry On"

The Don Diego Trio- "Guitar Pickin' Man"

Johnny Cash- "Get Rhythm" (early mix)

Fireball Steven- "Thunder and Lightning"

The Mavericks- "Poder Vivir"

Beth's Blues Break:

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

John Lee Hooker- "Dimples"

Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE

Andrea & Mud- "The Reason Why She Cries"

Nick Lowe (with Los Straitjackets)- "Love Starvation"

Western Terrestrials- "Roger Miller Time"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine

Week ending May 18, 1959 on Billboard Singles Chart:

#17 Elvis Presley- "I Need Your Love Tonight"

#5 Dion & The Belmonts- "Teenager In Love"

#1 Wilbert Harrison- "Kansas City"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Buck Owens- "Love's Gonna Live Here"

Dion (with Sonny Landreth)- "I Got The Cure"

The Hi-Jivers- "Something's Gotta Shake"

Outro Music Bed: Los Straitjackets- "Onion Dip"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 08-10-20 Aug 10, 2020

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New tunes, classics and more on this Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour! We've got the latest from Al Dual, Jesse Dayton, The Cactus Blossoms, The Hawkmen, Wildcat Rose, The Farmer & Adele, Lee McCormack, The Hula Girls (on Hi-Tide Recordings), Edwardian Devils, The Dice Cubes and The Western Distributors. We'll take a break with Beth Riley on her Beth's Blues Break, jump in the Time Machine for 1956 and spin a Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week from The Rockats. And still...there's more!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Al Dual- "A New Day Will Be True"

The Western Distributors- "Old Black Dog"

Edwardian Devils- "Wipin' & Slidin'"

Adriano BaTolba Trio- "Troublemaker"

Buddy Holly- "I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down"

The Dice Cubes- "Something About That Girl"

Lee McCormack- "Train To Heartbreak"

The Hula Girls- "The Isle Of Rhum Boogie"

Beth's Blues Break:

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

Albert Collins- "Cold, Cold Feeling"

Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE

Wildcat Rose- "I'm Goin' Down"

The Farmer & Adele- "You Are My Sunshine"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine

Week ending May 26, 1956 Cash Box Singles Chart:

#9- Fats Domino- "I'm In Love Again"

#4- Carl Perkins- "Blue Suede Shoes"

#1- Elvis Presley- "Heartbreak Hotel"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

The Rockats- "Rockabilly Doll"

The Hawkmen- "Hawkmen Stomp"

The Cactus Blossoms- "Happy Man"

Outro Music Bed: The Paladins- "Powershake"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 08-03-20 Aug 03, 2020

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Killer new tunes hitting the playlist this week from Western Terrestrials, Marcel Bontempi, Robert Gordon, Dion (with Stevie Van Zandt), Joe Louis Walker (with Dion & Eric Gales), Boppin' B, John Lindberg Trio, Kathryn Legendre, The Ramblin' Bandits plus new tunes from Aqualads (on Hi-Tide Recordings) and Urban Zotel in our instru-Mental Breakdown! We'll take a much needed break with Beth Riley in Beth's Blues Break, hear a Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week and board our Time Machine for the week ending January 19th, 1959!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Boppin' B- "Rock 'n' Roll Singer"

Western Terrestrials- "Rlying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll"

John Lindberg Trio- "Keep A Knockin'"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Urban Zotel- "Midnight Walk"

Aqualads- "Catch On"

Joe Louis Walker (with Dion & Eric Gales)- "Blues Comin' On"

Kathryn Legendre- "Waiting In Line"

The Ramblin' Bandits- "You Never"

Beth's Blues Break:

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

Lightnin' Hopkins- "Woke Up This Morning"

Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE

Carl Perkins- "Jive After Five"

Marcel Bontempi- "Down Bound Train"

Robert Gordon (with Emanuela Hutter)- "Would Ja"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine

Week ending January 19th, 1959 (Billboard Magazine Singles Chart):

#13 Elvis Presley- "One Night"

#4 Ritchie Valens- "Donna"

#1 The Platters- "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Johnny Cash- "Man In Black"

Dion (with Stevie Van Zandt)- "Way Down (I Won't Cry No More)"

Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Black Widow"

Blues show 2/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 07-27-20 Jul 27, 2020

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Blues show 1/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 07-20-20 Jul 20, 2020

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In honor of International Blues Day on August 1st, we're doing a 2 week "All Blues" feature on Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour. Beth Riley (host of our "Beth's Blues Segment") co-hosts and picks the majority of the tunes. This hour, we hear a NEW Dion track (with Brian Setzer...who shares an April 10th birthday with Beth), plus we spin some classics from B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Big Mama Thornton, R.L. Burnside, Otis Rush, T-Bone Walker, Big Bill Broonzy, Pinetop Perkins, Lowell Fulsom, a rockin' cover of Muddy Waters by Billy F. Gibbons AND Little Walter and Ry Cooder in our instru-Mental Breakdown!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

B.B. King- "The Thrill Is Gone"

Big Mama Thornton- "Everything Gonna Be Alright"

Muddy Waters- "Mannish Boy"

Big Bill Broonzy- "How You Want It Done"

R.L. Burnside- "Hard Time Killing Floor"

Howlin' Wolf- "Highway 49"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Little Walter- "Juke"

Ry Cooder- "Dark End Of The Street"

Dion- "Uptown Number 7" (with Brian Setzer)

Otis Rush- "Double Trouble"

T-Bone Walker- "Get These Blues Off Me"

Pinetop Perkins- "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"

Lowell Fulson- "Reconsider Baby"

Billy Gibbons & The BFG's- "Standing Around Crying"

Outro Music Bed: Kim Wilson- "Teenage Beat"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 07-13-20 Jul 13, 2020

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LOTS of great NEW music and more on this week's show! Hear the latest from Charley Crockett, Zephaniah Ohora, Marcel Bontempi, Nick Lowe, Andrea & Mud, Sonny West, Devil Doll, The Rip'em Ups, Delta 88 as well as Los Straitjackets and Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue in our instru-Mental Breakdown. We'll hear a rocker from Al Hendrix, take a break with Beth Riley on her Beth's Blues Break and a new segment called Stars In Their Eyes where we hear artists we know...before we knew them!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

The Rip'em Ups- "Love Is Blind"

Devil Doll- "Lover & A Fighter"

Sonny West- "Gin Soaked Floor"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue- "Swinging G String"

Los Straitjackets- "Venus"

Marcel Bontempi- "Handsome Girl"

Nick Lowe- "Here Comes That Feeling"

Andrea & Mud- "Hellhounds"

Beth's Blues Break:

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

Fenton Robinson- "Somebody Loan Me A Dime"

Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE

Ritchie Valens- "Little Girl"

Zephania Ohora- "All American Singer"

Charley Crockett- "Welcome To Hard Times"

Stars In Their Eyes segment:

The Confidentials (featuring Robert Gordon 1967)- "Let's Picket"

Tony Joe & The Mojos (Tony Joe White 1965)- "Bad Mouth"

The Last Mile Ramblers (featuring Junior Brown 1974)- "Diesel Smoke Dangerous Curves"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week:

Reverend Horton Heat- "Big Little Baby"

Delta 88- "My Perfection"

Al Hendrix- "Monkey Bite"

Outro Music Bed: Chuck Berry- "Berry Pickin'"

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