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Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 12-09-19 Dec 09, 2019

Show notes

A few more tunes appear in our Christmas jukebox this week from The Mavericks, Roy Clark, Marti Brom, Squirrel Nut Zippers and April Mae & The June Bugs. We'll take a trip to the Doo-Wop Corner (revealing who a backing band was for one of those), an Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight with Laura Palmer and Screamin' Rebel Angels, Charley Crockett, Farmer & Adele, Eddie Clendening and Katie Shore with Asleep At The Wheel. Plus, we hear new tunes from GA-20, Jolie & The Jackalopes and the latest from Robert Gordon with Chris Spedding and Ronnie Wood with Imelda May in our "Double Trouble" segment! And yes...still there's more!!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

GA-20- "Got Love If You Want It"

Jolie & The Jackalopes- "Little Chevrolet"

Buddy Holly & The Crickets- "Oh Boy"

Double Trouble:

Robert Gordon with Chris Spedding- "The Wanderer"

Ronnie Wood with Imelda May- "Rock 'n' Roll Music"

Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight nominees:

Rockabilly Female: Laura Palmer/ Screamin' Rebel Angels- "Racing Death"

Honky Tonk Male: Charley Crockett- "Big Gold Mine"

Western Swing Female: Katie Shore (with Asleep At The Wheel)- "Big River"

Rockabilly Male: Eddie Clendening- "Rolling Stone"

Western Swing Group & Western Swing Male: The Farmer & Adele-

"Gone Long Gone"

Christmas Jukebox:

Squirrel Nut Zippers- "Hot Christmas"

April Mae & The June Bugs- "Zat You Santa Claus?"

Marti Brom- "Sleigh Bell Rock"

Roy Clark- "Jingle Bells"

The Mavericks- "Santa Wants To Take You For A Ride"

Doo-Wop Corner:

James Powell & The Blue Velvets- "Beverly Angel"

The Penguins- "Jingle Jangle"

High Noon- "When She's Good"

Elvis Presley- "Dirty, Dirty Feeling"

Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Rumble Mambo"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 12-02-19 Dec 02, 2019

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We start a new segment on Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour called "Christmas Jukebox" this hour with NEW holiday tracks from JD McPherson (from the recent Record Store Day release) and Los Lobos from latest Christmas release. We also spin NEW tracks from Hot Chickens, Sarah Mai, Stray Cats, Marti Brom, The Swamp Shakers, The 40 Acre Mule and Brea Burns & The Boleros as part of our instru-Mental Breakdown! We'll take a walk to the Doo-Wop Corner with tracks by The Heartbeats and Big Sandy AND the Ameripolitan Music Awards spotlight returns as we play 2020 Honky Tonk Group nominees Western Centuries, Casey James Prestwood & The Burning Angels, The Country Side Of Harmonica Sam, The Shootouts as well as a track from Master Award recipient Duane Eddy!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Hot Chickens- "Rave On"

Stray Cats- "I'll Be Looking Out For You"

Marti Brom- "Last Ten Years With You"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Brea Burns & The Boleros- "El Camino Del Peyote Part 1"

Danny Gatton- "The Simpsons theme"

The Swamp Shakers- "Hot Rod Rocket"

The 40 Acre Mule- "Josephine"

The Ridgetop Westeernaires- "Lookin' For Better Days"

The Doo-Wop Corner:

The Heartbeats- "A Thousand Miles Away"

Big Sandy- "Guided Missiles"

Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight 2020

Honky Tonk Group Of The Year Nominees:

Western Centuries- "Wild Birds"

Casey James Prestwood & The Burning Angels- "Jailbird"

Duane Eddy (Master Award recipient)- "Mr. Guitar"

The Country Side Of Harmonica Sam- "If That's The Way It's Gotta Be"

The Shootouts- "Reckless Abandon"

Christmas Jukebox:

Los Lobos- "Christmas and You"

JD McPherson- "Red Bowl (For A Blue Girl)"

Outro Music Bed: Los Straitjackets- "Tempest"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 11-25-19 Nov 25, 2019

Show notes

This week, Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour spins the latest from The Mavericks (covering Waylon Jennings), Jason James, Love Tattoo, Dasta & The Smokin' Snakes, Marty Stuart, The Delta Bombers, Jimmy Dale, Rio & The Rockabilly Revival, Mike Teardrop Trio, The Sugar Daddys as well as Los Tiki Phantoms and Urban Zotel in our instru-Mental Breakdown. We'll take a trip to the Doo-Wop Corner, hear some requests in Hey Mr. DJ and still there's more!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Dasta & The Smokin' Snakes- "Get Wild Or Get Gone"

Love Tattoo- "Anybody Else But Me"

The Sugar Daddys- "Don't Really Matter"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Los Tiki Phantoms- "I Fought The Law"

Urban Zotel- "Shoestring Shuffle"

Mike Teardrop Trio- "Just A Country Boy"

Marty Robbins- "Running Gun"

Rio & The Rockabilly Revival- "On My Knees"

Jason James- "City On The Bayou"

The Mavericks- "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" (radio edit)

Jimmy Dale- "Diggin' The Boogie"

Marty Stuart- "That'll Be All Right"

The Delta Bombers- "Lovin' Hell"

Doo-Wop Corner:

Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers- "Little Bitty Pretty One"

Eugene Church & The Fellows- "Pretty Girls Everywhere"

Hey Mr. DJ request segment:

Johnny Horton- "Let's Take The Long Way Home"

The Cramps- "Rock On The Moon"

Peter Gunn & The Neatbloods- "Stomp To The Boogie"

Janis Martin- "Two Long Years"

Outro Music Bed: Link Wray- "Black Widow"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 11-18-19 Nov 18, 2019

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Country, Blues, Rockabilly, Doo-Wop...it's all here on this Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour. We've got NEW tunes from Charley Crockett, Janiva Magness, The Carolyn Sills Combo, Pat Capocci, Marti Brom, Deke Dickerson & The Sex-Phonics, Todd Day Wait, Bamboozle and Sarah Mai. Plus, our Hey Mr. DJ request segment, a trip to the Doo-Wop Corner a Country icon's debut 1959 single, our instru-Mental Breakdown (featuring a mostly-instrumental from Danny "O" & The Astro-Tones and a classic from Larry Collins and Joe Maphis) and more!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Pat Capocci- "Hot Hot Heat"

Deke Dickerson & The Sex-Phonics- "Barefoot Blues"

Marti Brom- "If 'If' Was A Fifth"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Danny "O" & The Astrotones- "Machine Gun"

Larry Collins & Joe Maphis- "Early American"

The Carolyn Sills Combo- "Feleena"

Todd Day Wait- "Who's To Blame"

Wanda Jackson- "Bye Bye Baby"

Doo-Wop Corner:

The Silhouettes- "Get A Job"

The Cleftones- "Little Girl Of Mine"

Dolly Parton- "Puppy Love"

Sarah Mai- "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean"

Old 97's & Waylon Jennings- "Iron Road"

Bamboozle- "The Lowdown"

Charley Crockett- "7 Come 11"

Hey Mr. DJ request segment:

Maddox Brothers & Rose- "New Step It Up And Go"

Brenda Lee- "One Step At A Time"

Janiva Magness- "Lookin' Out My Back Door"

Outro Music Bed: The Tennessee Three- "Cry, Cry, Cry"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 11-11-19 Nov 11, 2019

Show notes

There's 15 killer new tracks on this episode from Jimmy Dale (newly released from 1998 with Nick Curran and Jake Erwin), Dale Watson, Tami Neilson, Chuck Mead, Marty Stuart, Hot Chickens, Jason James, Terra Jackson, Magic, Tiger Army, Twisted Rod, Jesse Dayton, Dave Del Monte & The Cross Country Boys as well as new tunes from Crown City Bombers & Joel Paterson in our instru-Mental Breakdown! Our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment returns honoring Hank Williams with covers by Jerry Lee Lewis and Jack Scott! Plus, there's a great classic from Johnny Cash to finish things up.

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Tami Neilson- "Hey Bus Driver"

Chuck Mead- "Shake"

Terra Jackson with Danny B. Harvey- "Fallin'"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Crown City Bombers- "Rockin' Tomato"

Joel Paterson- "All My Loving"

Dale Watson (with Dave Gonzalez)- "Brylcreem and Vaseline"

Jason James- "Move A Little Closer"

Jimmy Dale- "Riverside Jump"

Magic- "Forever Rock 'N' Roll"

Tiger Army- "Shadowlight"

Jesse Dayton- "Just What I Needed"

Twisted Rod- "I Wanna Bop"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:

Hank Williams- "I'm A Long Gone Daddy"

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Your Cheating Heart"

Jack Scott- "Honky Tonk Blues"

Marty Stuart- "Been Lonely Too Long"

Hot Chickens- "Well All Right"

Dave Del Monte & The Cross Country Boys- "Rag Roof Roadster"

Johnny Cash- "Oney"

Outro Music Bed: Johnny Cash- "Rollin' Free"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 11-04-19 Nov 04, 2019

Show notes

Still plenty of KILLER new music to be heard this year!! We spin the latest from Marti Brom, The Delta Bombers, Carolyn Sills Combo, Johnny Falstaff, Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders, The Kabooms, Bamboozle, Mike Teardrop Trio, GA-20 and The 40 Acre Mule and NEW tracks by Kentucky Cowhands and The Royal Hounds in our instru-Mental Breakdown! We take a trip to the Doo-Wop Corner and hear a couple of requests in our Hey Mr. DJ segment. We'll also pay tribute to the late, great Lew Williams who passed away September 1st.

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Marti Brom- "Come Destroy Me"

Bamboozle- "Heebie Jeebies"

Buddy Holly- "Changin' All Those Changes"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Kentucky Cowhands- "Frontiers Fiddlin'"

The Royal Hounds- "Pororoca"

Carolyn Sills Combo- "Hold Your Horses"

Johnny Falstaff- "Steppin' Stone"

Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders- "Everyday"

Mike Teardrop Trio- "Two Timing Mama"

The 40 Acre Mule- "16 Days"

In Memoriam:

Lew Williams- "Bop Bop Ba Doo Bop" (Lew passed September 1, 2019)

The Kabooms- "Bigger Fish To Fry"

GA-20- "Lonely Soul"

Doo-Wop Corner:

The 5 Royales- "Messin' Up"

Dion & The Belmonts- "I Got The Blues"

Hey Mr. DJ:

Peanuts Wilson- "You've Got Love"

Little Richard- "Hey Hey Hey Hey"

The Delta Bombers- "Give Em' All"

Dwight Yoakam- "Three Good Reasons"

Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Roughshod"

2nd Annual Halloween Show! Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-28-19 Oct 28, 2019

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It's the 2nd annual Halloween Show on Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour. Connor Rocket once again co-hosts an hour of devilishly good tunes and vintage horror film trailers! You'll drop your candy and run when you hear tunes from Thurston Harris, Marcel Bontempi, The Delta Bombers, Messer Chups, John Fogerty, Chris Isaak, Roy Clark, Sirocco Bros., Bobby Bare, Vince Ray's Loser Machine, Round Robbin, The Time Burners, an instru-MENTAL Breakdown with Los Straitjackets and The Moontrekkers and more!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Tarantula Ghoul & Her Gravediggers- "Graveyard Rock"

Messer Chups- "They Call Me Zombie"

John Fogerty- "Wicked Old Witch"

Round Robin- "I'm The Wolfman"

The Haunted Strangler trailer

Jack Turner- "Nightmare"

Sirocco Bros.- "Flying Saucers"

Brian Setzer- "Flyin' Saucer Rock 'n' Roll"

Marcel Bontempi- "Witch Girl"

I Was A Teenage Werewolf trailer

The Time Burners- "Little Wolf Man"

snippet from Space Ghost- "It's Not Easy Bein' Evil"

Chris Isaak- "Voodoo"

Vince Ray's Loser Machine- "Monster Hop a Bop-a-Lula"

Bobby Bare- "Vampira"

Horror Of Dracula trailer

Roy Clark- "Spooky Movies"

instru-MENTAL Breakdown:

The Moontrekkers- "Night Of The Vampire"

Los Straitjackets- "Theme From Halloween"

Thurston Harris- "Purple Stew"

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown snippet

The Delta Bombers- "Witch Doctor"

Robot Monster trailer

Claudine Clark- "Walkin' Through A Cemetary"

The Monotones- "Legend Of Sleepy Hollow"

Outro Music Bed: Satan's Pilgrims- "Gravewalk"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-21-19 Oct 21, 2019

Show notes

Lots of killer new tunes this week from The Mavericks (covering John Anderson and we dare you not to sing along), Charley Crockett, Vaden Landers, Hot Chickens, Diablogato, The Swamp Shakers, Marcel Bontempi with Carlos Slap, Danny "O" & The Astrotones, Ryan Glenn Band and The Shootouts and Nick Waterhouse in our instru-Mental Breakdown. Plus, we go down to the Doo-Wop Corner as well as hear a couple of your requests! If that isn't enough, we throw in some rockers by Brian Setzer, The Gunboat Diplomats, Charlie Feathers and Terry Noland! It's more fun than you imagined possible in one hour!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Brian Setzer- "Nothing Is A Sure Thing"

The Swamp Shakers- "Didn't Start Livin'"

Hot Chickens- "Love's Made A Fool Of You"

Diablogato- "Boston Bound, Memphis Heart (Get On Up)"

Terry Noland- "Ten Little Women"

Danny "O" & The Astrotones- "Translation"

Ryan Glenn Band- "Delusional Disorder"

Charlie Feathers- "Bottle To The Baby"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

The Shootouts- "Quick Draw"

Nick Waterhouse- "El Viv"

Vaden Landers- "Young Lovers"

Marcel Bontempi & Carlos Slap- "Young Souls"

The Gunboat Diplomats- "Crazy About You"

Doo-Wop Corner:

The Dells- "Jo Jo"

The Gladiolas- "Run Run Little Joe"

Hey Mr. DJ request segment:

Patsy Cline- "Lovesick Blues"

JD McPherson- "Wolf Teeth"

The Mavericks- "Swingin'"

Charley Crockett- "5 More Miles"

Outro Music Bed: Duane Eddy- "Movin' 'N' Groovin'"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-14-19 Oct 14, 2019

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We've got Kings, Requests, Blond Bomber, Beatles cover and more on the latest Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour! We spin new tunes in our instru-Mental Breakdown by Joel Paterson (covering The Bealtes) and Greg Townson plus new tracks by Chuck Mead, Janiva Magness (covering John Fogerty), Jolie & The Jackalopes, The 40 Acre Mule, Darrel Higham & The Enforcers, Peter & The Wolves, Crown City Bombers and a recently released Elvis live track. Our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment honors Ronnie Dawson with covers by The Del Moroccos and the Hillbilly Moon Explosion. Plus, we hear a couple of your requests and tunes from the 3 Kings Of The Blues...B.B. King, Albert King and Freddie King!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Darrel Higham & The Enforcers- "I Know"

Chuck Mead- "Daddy Worked The Pole"

Peter & The Wolves- "Hot Foot Woman"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Joel Paterson- "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"

Greg Townson- "Speed Bump"

Crown City Bombers- "A Big Hunka Love"

The 40 Acre Mule- "Make Up Your Mind"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:

Ronnie Dawson- "Monkey's Uncle" (backed by The Planet Rockers)

The Del Moroccos- "Action Packed"

The Hillbilly Moon Explosion- "Fish Outa Water"

Elvis Presley- "Baby What You Want Me To Do" (live 8-25-69)

Janiva Magness- "Change In The Weather"

Three Kings Of The Blues:

B.B. King- "Please Love Me"

Albert King- "Little Boy Blue"

Freddie King- "I'm Tore Down"

Hey Mr. DJ:

The Derailers- "100% Pure Fool"

Eddie Cochran- "Stockings & Shoes"

Jolie & Jackalopes- "She's Too High"

Outro Music Bed: Los Straitjackets- "Dipsy Doodle"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 10-07-19 Oct 07, 2019

Show notes

I had so much fun putting together this week's Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour! We've got the latest from Headcat 13, Johnny Falstaff, Kentucky Cow Hands, Jesse Dayton, Kokomo Kings, Lee Rocker, Daddy Long Legs, Love Tattoo, Jacob Tolliver and Mike Teardrop Trio. Our Hey Mr. DJ request segment has some good ones from Conway Twitty and Tracy Pendarvis. The Instru-Mental Breakdown has rockers from Black Flamingos and Lonnie Mack (with Stevie Ray Vaughan), we take a walk to the Doo-Wop Corner and our Five Year Flashback is with Chris Isaak!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Daddy Long Legs- "Winners Circle"

Jacob Tolliver- "Restless"

Headcat 13- "Rockin' Route 66"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Lonnie Mack (with Stevie Ray Vaughan)- "Double Whammy"

Black Flamingos- "Chicken Wire"

Kentucky Cow Hands- "Old Cowhand"

*snippet of Walter Hill, Bobby Woods & Les Deux Love Orchestra-

"James Riley Takes A Hand"

Johnny Falstaff- "Move A Mountain"

Mike Teardrop Trio- "Good For Nothin'"

Hey Mr. DJ request segment:

Tracy Pendarvis- "A Thousand Guitars"

Conway Twitty- "I Vibrate"

Kokomo Kings- "Fighting Fire With Gasoline"

Lee Rocker- "Honey Don't" (live)

Love Tattoo- "When Life Comes Knockin'"

Doo-Wop Corner:

The Fleas- "Scratchin'"

Lil Mo & The Dynaflos- "Why Don't You Answer"

Five Year Flashback:

Chris Isaak on Jerry Lee Lewis

Chris Isaak- "Running Down The Road"

Jesse Dayton- "State Trooper"

Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Black Widow"

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