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Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 03-04-19 Mar 04, 2019

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New tunes, classics, instru-Mental Breakdown, Time Machine and a Five Year Flashback in one hour! We've got NEW tunes from Dale Watson, Wildcat Rose, Kim Lenz, Sirocco Bros., Little Miss Blue Bass, classics from Stray Cats, Little Jimmy Dickens, High Noon, Billy Burnette, Annisteen Allen, Elvis Presley, a request for Crankshaft & The Gear Grinders, our instru-Mental Breakdown has a new tune from The Greasy Gills on Hi-Style Recordings and a rocker from Miss Amy Griffin and our Five Year Flashback is with legendary Sun Records drummer J.M. Van Eaton as he talks about the recording of Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On".

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Billy Burnette- "Guitar Bug"

Little Jimmy Dickens- "I Got A Hole In My Pocket"

Kim Lenz- "Pine Me"

High Noon- "Hanging From The Old Oak Tree"

Elvis Presley- "Mystery Train/ Tiger Man"

Dale Watson- "Tupelo Mississippi & A '57 Fairlane"

Annisteen Allen- "G'wan About Your Business" (w/ Mickey Baker on guitar)

Wildcat Rose- "I Don't Wanna Work No More"

instru-Mental Breakdown

Miss Amy Griffin- "Shifting Gears"

The Greasy Gills- "Crash Test Mummies"

Stray Cats- "What's Goin' Down (Cross That Bridge)"

Sirocco Bros.- "Knocking On The Devil's Door"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine

Week ending May 24, 1959:

#88 The Coasters- "Along Came Jones"

#87 Conway Twitty- "Hey Little Lucy (Don'tcha Put No Lipstick On)"

#1 Wilbert Harrison- "Kansas City" (1st of 2 weeks at the top of the chart)

Five Year Flashback:

J.M. Van Eaton on the recording of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On"

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On"

Crankshaft & The Gear Grinders- "When The Sun Goes Down"

Little Miss Blue Bass- "Bang Bang"

Outro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Be Bop-A-Lula"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 02-25-19 Feb 25, 2019

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It's a packed show on the latest Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour! We get our Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight (with Shaun Young & The 3 Ringers, Malin Petterson, Ashley Kingman as part of Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys, Ray Wylie Hubbard and The Lucky Stars), Heavy Hitter Triple Threat (honoring Big Joe Turner and including covers from Jerry Lee Lewis and Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin) and our Five Year Flashback with an interview snippet from WS Holland talking about the studio session for Carl Perkins' "Matchbox" that ended up with the impromptu jam of Carl, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis ("Million Dollar Quartet"). Plus, hear NEW tracks from The Jets, Joel Hofmann, The Reverend Horton Heat, Portuguese Pedro & His Band, Screamin' Rebel Angels, Nick Waterhouse and more!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Portuguese Pedro & His Band- "Coola Boola Bop"

Screamin' Rebel Angels- "Iris"

Nick Waterhouse- "Song For Winners"

Junior Brown- "I Hung It Up"

Reverend Horton Heat- "Got It In My Pocket"

Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight:

Rockabilly Group Nominee: Shaun Young & The 3 Ringers- "My Heartache's Been Confirmed"

Honky Tonk Female: Malin Petterson- "Yours"

Musician nominee: Ashley Kingman with Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys- "South Bay Stomp"

Outlaw Male Nominee: Ray Wylie Hubbard- "Rockabilly Rock"

Western Swing Group: The Lucky Stars- "Go To Town"

Joel Hofmann- "Ballad Of Riley's Tavern"

The Planet Rockers- "Down The Line"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:

Big Joe Turner- "Honey Hush"

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Shake, Rattle & Roll"

Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin- "Hide & Seek"

Five Year Flashback:

WS Holland on Million Dollar Quartet session

Carl Perkins- "Matchbox"

The Jets- "Little Doll"

Outro Music Bed: The Reverend Horton Heat- "Ride Before The Fall"

Nathan Belt interview part 2/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 02-18-19 Feb 18, 2019

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Nathan Belt joins us again for part 2 of our interview. We'll talk more about the new album, Ready, Set, Let Go! as well as the members of The Buckles. Nathan also gives a special request for Johnny Burnette. Plus, our Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight shines a light on nominees Pat Capocci, Jesse Daniel, Kevin Smith (backing up Ronnie Dawson), Cheryl Deseree and Rebecca Jed!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight:

Rockabilly Male nominee: Pat Capocci- "Coast To Coast"

Honky Tonk Male nominee: Jesse Daniel- "Gracie Henrietta"

Musician nominee: Kevin Smith (bass) playing with Ronnie Dawson- "Tired Of Travelin'"

Western Swing Female nominee: Cheryl Deseree- "Half"

Outlaw Female nominee: Rebecca Jed- "Hillbilly Jungle"

Nathan Belt interview:

Nathan Belt & The Buckles- "Good Rockin' Tonight"

Interview segment 1

Los Straitjackets- "Kawanga"

segment 2

*includes snippet of "Rebound" by Nathan Belt & The Buckles

segment 3

Nathan Belt & The Buckles- "When It's All Over"

segment 4

Nathan Belt & The Buckles- "Hey Temptation"

segment 5

Nathan Belt & The Buckles- "What You Do To Me"

segment 6

Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio- "Lonesome Train"

Elvis Presley- "Dixieland Rock"

Outro Music Bed: Link Wray- "Hound Dog"

Nathan Belt interview part 1/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 02-11-19 Feb 11, 2019

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Nathan Belt stopped by the Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour studio and we'll hear part 1 of that chat this hour. We'll talk early influences, funny moments from Ameripolitan showcases and begin conversation about the new album, Ready, Set, Let Go! We also spin a new track from Dale Watson and continue our Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight with tunes from Ruby Ann, Mike & The Moonpies, Joel Paterson and The Desperados!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight:

Rockabilly Female nominee: Ruby Ann- "Knocked Out No Love

Outlaw Group nominee: Mike & The Moonpies- "Road Crew"

Musician nominee: Joel Paterson- "Speedin' North"

Rockabilly Group nominee: The Desperados- "Let's Have Some Fun"

Nathan Belt interview:

Interview segment 1

Elvis Presley- "Bosom Of Abraham"

segment 2

Nathan Belt- "Four Letter Words"

Nathan Belt & The Buckles- "Money Makes The World Go 'Round"

segment 3

Nathan Belt & The Buckles- "Tiger By The Tail"

segment 4

Dale Watson- "Dumb Song"

(with WS Holland on drums and yelling "YES" at the end)

segment 5

Nathan Belt & The Buckles- "Ready, Set, Let Go!"

segment 6

Nathan Belt & The Buckles- "Sabotage"

Outro: Nathan Belt & The Buckles- "Hold Still"

60th anniversary of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper plane crash/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 02-04-19 Feb 02, 2019

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We look back 60 years ago to that plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper on February 3rd, 1959. We'll spin tunes from each of those along with Dion and Waylon Jennings. Dion also shares memories of Buddy, Sonny Curtis sings of the real Buddy story and we also hear a track from a recent release of Buddy Holly and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Rave on!!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Buddy Holly & Bob Montgomery (with Sonny Curtis)-

"Midnight Shift" (alternate version with false start)

Ritchie Valens- "Ooh! My Head"

Dion on Buddy Holly

Dion & The Belmonts- "I Wonder Why" (with studio chatter)

The Big Bopper- "Chantilly Lace"

Ritchie Valens- "Donna"

The Crickets- "Maybe Baby"

Buddy Holly (with Waylon Jennings handclaps)-

"You're The One" (recorded at KLLL in Lubbock, TX)

Dick Clark interview with Buddy Holly & The Crickets

The Crickets- "It's So Easy"

The Big Bopper- "White Lightning"

Buddy Holly- "Heartbeat"

Dion- "Hug My Radiator"

Ritchie Valens- "La Bamba"

Newsreel from plane crash

Buddy Holly- "Crying, Waiting, Hoping"

(recorded at Buddy's apartment

11 Fifth Ave, New York City Dec. 14, 1958)

Ritchie Valens- "Boney Maroney"

Dion- "Oh Boy"

Sonny Curtis- "Real Buddy Holly Story"

Buddy Holly & The Crickets with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-

"Rave On"

Outro Music Bed: Link Wray- "That'll Be The Day"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 01-28-19 Jan 28, 2019

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Excited to spin the new tracks on Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour from The Cactus Blossoms, Screamin' Rebel Angels, Kim Lenz, Danny "O" & The Astrotones, Charley Crockett, Gideon's Army, Marcel Bontempi, classics from Stray Cats, Charlie Feathers, Johnny Burnette & The Rock N Roll Trio and more! Plus, we get our Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight highlighting some nominees: Marcel Riesco, Mike Bernal, Cherry Rat, Whitney Rose and "Keeper Of The Key" recipient Larry Collins. We also start a new "Five Year Flashback" segment where we take a look back at highlights from the first 5 years of the show. This time, we remember chatting with Brenda Lee about her favorite Elvis tune and she sings a few lines from it! We'll play a classic from her as well!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Screamin' Rebel Angels- "Heel Grinder" Stray Cats- "Please Don't Touch" Danny "O" & The Astrotones- "Everyday Chains" Charlie Feathers- "Everybody's Lovin' My Baby" Charley Crockett- "A Dime At A Time" Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight: Rockabilly Male nominee: Marcel Riesco- "Runnin' Wild" Rockabilly Female nominee: Cherry Rat- "Bop To The Hell" Keeper Of The Key recipient: Larry Collins- "The Rebel-Johnny Yuma" Musician nominee: Mike Bernal, Dale Watson & His Lone Stars- "Birmingham Breakdown" Honky Tonk Female nominee- Whitney Rose- "Time To Cry" Marcel Bontempi- "No Club Lone Wolf" Kim Lenz- "I'll Find You" Five Year Flashback: Brenda Lee on her favorite Elvis song Elvis Presley- "Are You Lonesome Tonight" Brenda Lee- "Sweet Nothin's" The Cactus Blossoms- "Please Don't Call Me Crazy" Johnny Burnette & The Rock N Roll Trio- "All By Myself" Gideon's Army- "One Kiss" The Strikes- "If You Can't Rock Me" Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Mustang"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 01-21-19 Jan 21, 2019

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Classics, new tunes, time machine AND the Ameripolitan spotlight are on Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour this time around! We spin NEW tracks from Sarah Vista, Glen Campbell (singing for The King), The Di Maggio Connection, Danny Fisher, Al Dual, classics from Elvis Presley (from the Comeback Special), The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, George Jones, Dave Alvin, our Ameripolitan Spotlight with Levi Dexter, Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo, Colton Turner, Deke Dickerson, Two Tons of Steel and we board the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine for the week ending February 23, 1957 to hear the top 3 played jukebox hits on the Rhythm & Blues chart!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Dave Alvin- "Burning In Water Drowning In Flame"

Sarah Vista- "Better Off Never Than Late"

Glen Campbell- "Easy Come Easy Go"

Danny Fisher- "Don't Forbid Me"

Gene Vincent- "Right Now"

Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight:

Rockabilly Male nominee: Levi Dexter & The Rockats- "Room To Rock"

(40th Anniversary)

Rockabilly Group nominee: Colton Turner Band- "A Lot-A-Lovin'"

Musician nominee: Deke Dickerson- "Rockin' Gypsy"

Honky Tonk Group nominee: Two Tons Of Steel- "Count On Me (I'll Let You Down)"

Rockabilly Female nominee: Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo- "Sweet Baby Of Mine"

Al Dual- "Whiskey A Go-Go"

George Jones & The Jones Boys- "Who Shot Sam" (live 1965)

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine:

Week ending February 23, 1957 "Most Played In Jukeboxes Rhythm & Blues"

#3 LaVern Baker- "Jim Dandy"

#2 Mickey & Silvia- "Love Is Strange"

#1 Fats Domino- "Blue Monday"

The Di Maggio Connection- "Nowhere Latitude"

The Fabulous Thunderbirds- "Runnin' Shoes"

Elvis Presley- "That's All Right" (from 2nd sit-down performance '68 Comeback Special)

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Hound Dog"

Outro Music Bed: Jerry Lee Lewis- "High School Confidential"

Jim Heath-Reverend Horton Heat interview/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 01-14-19 Jan 14, 2019

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Jim Heath "Reverend Horton Heat" is our guest on Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour! We discuss new band members, some artists he's digging on the scene today, his songwriting approach, the new album Whole New Life and a special request. We also get the Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight with tunes from nominees The Delta Bombers, Kyle Eldridge & The Rhythm Rounders, Kenny Vaughan, Abby Girl & The Real Deal and Jimmy Dale & The Beltline. Plus, we get NEW tracks from Clint Bradley and The Twilight Drifters!! There's not one second on this show that you should miss!!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight:

Rockabilly Group nominee: The Delta Bombers- "Top Shelf Woman"

Western Swing Group nominee: Kyle Eldridge & The Rhythm Rounders- "I Left My Heart In Avalon"

Musician nominee: Kenny Vaughan- "Country Music Got A Hold On Me"

Rockabilly Female nominee: Abby Girl & The Real Deal- "I've Got A Feeling"

Rockabilly Male nominee: Jimmy Dale & The Beltline- "Mr. Lucky"

Jim Heath interview:

Reverend Horton Heat- "Big Little Baby (live)

Interview segment 1

Reverend Horton Heat- "Whole New Life"

Segment 2

*snippet of "Ride Before The Fall" in outro

Los Straitjackets with Reverend Horton Heat- "Down The Line"

Segment 3

Reverend Horton Heat- "Hate To See You Cry"

Segment 4

Reverend Horton Heat- "Viva Las Vegas"

Segment 5 (song request from Jim)

Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio- "Lonesome Train"

Clint Bradley- "Soul Of The West"

The Twilight Drifters- "'Round Curves"

Outro Music Bed- Link Wray- "Rumble On The Docks"

Nikki Hill interview/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 01-07-19 Jan 07, 2019

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Nikki Hill joins me on Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour to chat about her new album Feline Roots, her amazing band (featuring the twin guitar attack of Matt Hill and Laura Chavez), touring full time, a request for Howlin' Wolf and more! We also get an EXCLUSIVE tune from The Hi-Jivers, new tracks from Lindsay Beaver and Sister Suzie and a classic from Johnny Cash!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

The Hi-Jivers- "Just One More Time"

Lindsay Beaver- "Oh Yeah"

Sister Suzie- "Can't Hold Out"

Johnny Cash- "Blistered"

Nikki Hill interview:

Segment 1

Nikki Hill- "Ask Yourself"

Matt Hill- "High & Dry"

Segment 2

Nikki Hill- "Holler Out Loud"

Casey Hensley (with Laura Chavez)- "Hard Headed Woman"

Segment 3

Nikki Hill- "Tell The Next World"

Segment 4

*includes snippet of Nikki's "Might Get Killed Tonight"

Segment 5

Nikki Hill- "Get Down, Crawl"

Segment 6

*includes snippet of Deke Dickerson- "Nashville Boogie"

Nikki Hill, Deke Dickerson & The Bo-Keys- "Struttin'"

Segment 7

Howlin' Wolf- "Down In The Bottom"

Outro Music Bed: Matt Hill- "Griddle Bread Boogie"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 12-31-18 Dec 31, 2018

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So much great new music around this year plus a never-ending supply of classics! Hear NEW tunes from Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles, Joshua Hedley, Lulufin The Woo Hoo (in our instru-Mental Breakdown that also includes the Rough Shapes), Hal Peters & His Trio, Greasemark and a Buck Owens tune from a previously unreleased album! Plus, our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment honors Charlie Gracie with covers by Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Cliff Richard. We also board our Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine and go back to the week ending October 5, 1957 and still there's more!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

The Dominos- "Tornado"

Amber Foxx- "Home Of Mine"

Del Reeves- "My Baby Loves To Rock & Roll"

Bill Haley & His Comets- "Rockin' Through The Rye"

NRBQ- "I Got A Rocket In My Pocket"

Buck Owens- "John Law"

Hal Peters & His Trio- "Draggin'"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:

Charlie Gracie- "I'm All Right"

Sir Paul McCartney- "Fabulous"

Cliff Richard- "Butterfly"

Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles- "Love's Middle Name"

Greasemarks- "Meatshakes"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine

Week ending October 5, 1957:

#97 Johnny Cash- "Home Of The Blues"

#15 Elvis Presley- "Jailhouse Rock"

#1 Jimmie Rodgers- "Honeycomb"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Lulufin The Woo Hoo- "Jellyfish"

The Rough Shapes- "Buried Bones"

Joshua Hedley- "Singin' A New Song"

Carlene Carter- "One Love"

Outro Music Bed: Chris Casello- "Chris' Guitar Boogie"

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