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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

Latest Episodes:

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 08-06-18 Aug 06, 2018

Show notes

A newly re-released track from The Rockats hits the airwaves this week plus NEW rockers from Marcel Riesco, Tami Nelson, The Hi-Jivers, Little Lesley & The Bloodshots, The Devil's Daughters, Brand New Fifties and Ed Cavin & The Blue Kings! We also pay tribute to Clarence Carter of Blind Boys Of Alabama (passed away June 3) and Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater (passed away June 1). Our Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine goes back to the week ending May 1st, 1957, our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat celebrates the music of Dion with covers by Del Shannon and Dave Edmunds and we start a new fun segment called Goin' Up The Country as we spin a couple of rockin' tunes from Country music superstars Mel Tillis and Roger Miller!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

The Hi-Jivers- "Old Feeling"

Little Lesley & The Bloodshots- "Losing My Mind"

Ed Cavin & The Blue Kings- "Red Headed Woman"

Marcel Riesco- "So Lonely Without You"

Tami Neilson- "Kitty Cat"

In Memoriam:

(Clarence Fountain passed away June 3)

Blind Boys Of Alabama- "Hop Skip And Jump"

Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater with Los Straitjackets-

"Ding Dong Daddy"

(Eddy passed away June 1)

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine

(week ending May 1st, 1957)

#97 Charlie Gracie- "Fabulous"

#69 The Coasters- "Young Blood"

#1 Elvis Presley- "All Shook Up"

Goin' Up The Country:

Mel Tillis- "Stateside"

Roger Miller- "Trouble On The Turnpike"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:

Dion- "My Michelle"

Del Shannon- "Runaround Sue

Dave Edmunds- "The Wanderer"

The Rockats- "Kool & Krazy"

The Devil's Daughters- "Pedal To The Metal"

The Brand New Fifties- "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"

Outro Music Bed: Danny B. Harvey- "Crazy Lil' Baby"

Tammi Savoy & Chris Casello interview & more!/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 07-30-18 Jul 30, 2018

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Tammi Savoy & Chris Casello join us later in the show to talk about their new EP. We connected backstage at Nashville Boogie in late May. We also hear great NEW duo tunes from John Fogerty & Billy F. Gibbons and Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis as well as NEW tunes from The Greasemarks, Kim Lenz, Eric Heatherly, The Crank-Tones (as part of our instru-Mental Breakdown), The Memphis Suns, McKinley James and Saint Dom & The Sinful. We also pay tribute to Royce Porter who passed away June 1st just a week after his Nashville Boogie Performance.

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

The Greasemarks- "Pickin' Time"

Kim Lenz- "Percolate"

Royce Porter- "Yes I Do"

Eric Heatherly- "The Road Song (Route 66 Revisited)"

Saint Dom & The Sinful- "Phantom Lady"

Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis- "Wild Wild Wild"

McKinley James- "Sail Away"

The Memphis Suns- "Demon Woman"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

The Crank-Tones- "Fireball"

Deke Dickerson- "Tropical Island Boogie Serenade"

Tammi Savoy & Chris Casello interview:

Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo- "Voodoo Voodoo"

Segment 1

Ruth Brown- "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean"

Segment 2

Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo- "Jim Dandy"

Chris Casello Trio- "Pink Thunderbird"

Segment 3

Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo- "Them There Eyes"

John Fogerty & Billy F. Gibbons- "The Holy Grail"

Outro Music Bed: Link Wray- "Apache"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 07-23-18 Jul 23, 2018

Show notes

So much great music this year and we spin the latest from John Paul Keith, Adam Lopez, The Guana Batz, Deke Dickerson & Bloodshot Bill, Hillbilly Casino and Babe Miller! Plus rockers from Gene Vincent, Boz Boorer (with Sarah Vista), The 24th Street Wailers, Buddy Holly, Hayden Thompson, Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakam, our instru-Mental Breakdown and our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment about Jerry Lee Lewis with covers from Brian Setzer and Mudcrutch (featuring Tom Petty).

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

James Intveld & The Rockin' Shadows- "You're My Baby"

Dwight Yoakam- "The Big Time"

Hillbilly Casino- "Dog On A Chain"

Boz Boorer (with Sarah Vista)- "Make A Circuit With Me"

The 24th Street Wailers- "Cursed"

John Paul Keith- "Throw It On Me Baby"

The Guana Batz- "Girl On A Motorbike"

Babe Miller- "1200 Building"

instru-Mental Breakdown

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown- "Oakie Dokie Stomp"

Omar & The Howlers- "Omar's Boogie"

Johnny Cash- "I Love You Because"

Hayden Thompson- "Love My Baby"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Breathless" (take 3)

Brian Setzer- "Great Balls Of Fire"

Mudcrutch- "High School Confidential"

Adam Lopez & The San Joaquin Valley Boys- "Coffee Every Morning"

Gene Vincent- "Temptation Baby"

Deke Dickerson & Bloodshot Bill- "Bad Biscuit"

Buddy Holly- "Little Baby"

Outro Music Bed: Eddie Angel- "Brawl"

Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon interview! Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 07-09-18 Jul 09, 2018

Show notes

Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon is our guest this week! We discuss a couple of classics, his love of Boston Red Sox and all the sports teams from the area, touring various circuits, his friends in Los Straitjackets, recent singles that pay tribute to his mentor Chuck Berry ("Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll") as well as a brand new killer rockabilly romp ("Boppin' The Blues") and we even make reference to "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Freddy Cannon & The Gears- "Move It On Over"

Interview part 1

snippet of "Down At Fenway Park"

Freddy Cannon with Frank Slay & His Orchestra- "Humdinger"

Interview part 2

Soundbite of Ric Flair

Freddy Cannon- "Tallahassee Lassie"

Interview part 3

Freddy Cannon with Frank Slay & His Orchestra- "Palisades Park"

Interview part 4

Freddy Cannon- "Buzz Buzz A Diddle It"

Interview part 5

Freddy Cannon's jingle for Arnie Ginsburg

Interview part 6

Freddy Cannon and Los Straitjackets- "The Sox Are Rockin'"

snippet of "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"

Freddy Cannon with Frank Slay & His Orchestra- "The Urge"

Interview part 7

Freddy Cannon- "Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll"

Interview part 8

Freddy Cannon- "Boppin' The Blues"

Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy- "Chica Alborotada" (Tallahassee Lassie)

Interview part 9 (with song request from Freddy)

Chuck Berry- "Roll Over Beethoven"

Freddy Cannon with Frank Slay & His Orchestra- "Muskrat Rumble"

Outro Music Bed: Los Straitjackets- "Jack The Ripper"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 07-02-18 Jul 02, 2018

Show notes

Just when you thought you had heard all the great music so far...we bring you more! Hear NEW tracks by The Hillbilly Moon Explosion (with Mark "Sparky" Phillips), The Devils Daughters (Mysti Moon and Annie Marie Lewis with Danny B. Harvey), John Lindberg Trio, Marcel Bontempi, Motel Mirrors, The Wise Guyz, The Hi-Risers, The Coguaros (Don Diego Trio), Aisha Khan, our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment on Roy Orbison with covers by The Cramps and something new from Marcel Riesco, plus we go back to the week ending July 12, 1959 in our Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine and still there's MORE! Whew...strap yourself in for this fun ride!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

The Devil's Daughters- "Baddest Girls In Town"

John Lindberg Trio- "The Fool"

Marcel Bontempi- "Havana Moon"

Dave Biller & Jeremy Wakefield- "Steel Crazy" (w/ Big Sandy)

Eddie Cochran- "Cut Across Shorty"

Jake Calypso & His Red Hot- "Gonna Bring You Back"

Motel Mirrors- "Do With Me What You Want"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine (week ending July 12 1959):

#98 Bo Diddley- "Crackin' Up"

#43 Elvis Presley- "A Big Hunk Of Love"

#1 Johnny Horton- "The Battle Of New Orleans"

The Wise Guyz- "Rude Bad Boy"

The Hi-Risers- "Stella Gotta Fella"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:

Roy Orbison- "Almost 18"

Marcel Riesco- "The Actress"

The Cramps- "Domino"

The Coguaros (Don Diego Trio)- "Kalura"

Aisha Khan- "Make A Grown Man Cry"

The Hillbilly Moon Explosion (with Mark "Sparky" Phillips)- "Queen Of Hearts"

Johnny Carroll- "Two Timin'"

Outro Music Bed: Duane Eddy- "Curveball"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 06-25-18 Jun 25, 2018

Show notes

So much great new music hitting the playlist again with tunes from Tiger Army, Webb Wilder, The Crank-Tones, Marcel Riesco, The Rhythm Shakers, The Hi-Jivers, Tommy Guns, Cherry Divine and Elvis Cantu. We pay tribute to Rayburn Anthony who passed away on April 21st. We also step into our Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine and go back to the week ending November 16, 1958 plus we hear rockers from JD McPherson, Janis Martin, The Kokomo Kings, Rock-A-Teens, Bloodshot Bill and more!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Webb Wilder- "Powerful Stuff"

Elvis Cantu- "Blood Red Moon"

Rayburn Anthony- "Hambone"

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

Cherry Divine- "Shakin' In My Boots"

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

The Kokomo Kings- "Pillow Of Gold"

Bloodshot Bill- "Rattle My Brain"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Tommy Guns- "Swooney"

Pat Capocci- "The Pickle"

Rock-A-Teens- "Janis Will Rock"

Janis Martin- "Will You Willyum"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine-

Week ending November 16, 1958:

#93 Johnny Otis- "Crazy Country Hop"

#80 Chuck Berry- "Sweet Little Rock & Roller"

#1 Conway Twitty- "It's Only Make Believe"

The Crank-Tones- "Draggin'"

Marcel Riesco- "Kiss From You"

Tiger Army- "Dark Paradise"

The Rhythm Shakers- "All Women Are Bad"

Outro Music Bed: Danny B. Harvey- "Travis Rag"

Sun-sational show! Hour of Sun Studio tunes with Connor Rocket co-host/ Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 06-18-18 Jun 18, 2018

Show notes

Connor Rocket co-hosts our Sun-sational show to kick off summer sun fun! Summer officially starts June 21st and we thought we'd also focus on some of the great Sun Studio recordings to give double meaning to the "Sun" fun! All the songs this hour were recorded at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, TN. We'll hear from B.B. King, Billy Lee Riley, Charlie Rich, Dale Watson, Elvis Presley, The Prisonaires, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chris Isaak, Sonny Burgess, Johnny Cash, Joe Hill Louis, Margo Price, Howlin' Wolf, Carl Perkins, Charlie Feathers, Jake Calypso, Roy Orbison and Rufus Thomas!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

B.B. King- "B.B.'s Boogie" (1950)

Howlin' Wolf- "Howlin' Wolf Boogie" (1951)

Joe Hill Louis- "Dorothy Mae" (1952)

The Prisonaires- "Just Walkin' In The Rain" (1953)

Rufus Thomas- "Bear Cat" (1953)

Elvis Presley- "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" (1954)

Johnny Cash- "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen" (1957)

Carl Perkins- "Caldonia" (1956)

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Lovin' Up A Storm" (1959)

Roy Orbison- "I Like Love" (1957)

Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison (Class Of '55)-

"Waymore's Blues" (1985)

Charlie Feathers- "Peepin' Eyes" (1955)

Billy Lee Riley- "I Want You Baby" (1957)

Sonny Burgess- "We Wanna Boogie" (1956)

Charlie Rich- "Everything I Do Is Wrong" (1959)

Chris Isaak- "Live It Up" (2011)

Dale Watson- "You Can't Undo The Wrong" (2012)

Margo Price- "About To Find Out" (2016)

Jake Calypso & His Red-Hot- "Trouble Bound" (2015)

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

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 06-11-18 Jun 11, 2018

Show notes

We've got a TON of NEW tunes hitting the show this week from John Lindberg Trio, Jesse Dayton, Lily Locksmith, The Delta Bombers, Patrick Sweany, Babe Miller, Hot Boogie Chillun, Joshua Hedley and Charley Crockett. Our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment this week is about Little Richard with covers from Jerry Lee Lewis and The Everly Brothers plus we board the Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine and head back 40 years ago to 1978 to hear tracks from Johnny Cash, Dave Edmunds, Robert Gordon (with Link Wray), Carl Perkins and Matchbox!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Jesse Dayton- "May Have To Do It (Don't Have To Like It)"

Scotty McKay- "Evenin' Time"

Elvis Presley- "Power Of My Love" (takes 2 & 3)

The Delta Bombers- "Take These Chains From My Heart"

Lily Locksmith- "You Gotta Try"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine- 1978:

Johnny Cash- "I Will Rock & Roll With You"

Dave Edmunds- "Never Been In Love"

Carl Perkins- "Kaw Liga"

Robert Gordon- "Twenty Flight Rock"

Matchbox- "Circle Rock"

Patrick Sweany- "Up and Down"

Babe Miller- "Queen Of Kuwait"

Heavy Hitter Triple Threat:

Little Richard- "Rip It Up"

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Long Tall Sally"

The Everly Brothers- "Lucille"

Hot Boogie Chillun- "The One"

Joshua Hedley- "Let Them Talk"

John Lindberg Trio- "Promised Land"

Charley Crockett- "Goin' Back To Texas"

Outro Music Bed: Joel Paterson- "Mable's Rock"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 06-04-18 Jun 04, 2018

Show notes

Great to spin new tracks from Kid Ramos, Guana Batz, Motel Mirrors, Jeremy & The Harlequins and Ray Black & The Flying Carpets this hour! Plus, we hear rockers from Brian Setzer, Scotty Baker, BR549, Chet Atkins with The Carter Sisters, Kyle Lacy & The Harlem River Noise, Lily Locksmith, The Sirocco Bros. and our instru-Mental Breakdown with Reverend Horton Heat and Sultans Of Swing! We also begin a new segment called "Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine" and this time we go back to the week ending June 6, 1956 to hear tunes from Bill Haley & His Comets, Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps and Elvis Presley!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Guana Batz- "No Way Back"

Brian Setzer- "'59"

Kyle Lacy & The Harlem River Noise- "Bedhead"

Joakim Tinderholt & His Band- "Jungle Bo"

Lily Locksmith- "No Use But O' Well"

Laura Lee Perkins- "Don't Wait Up"

Chet Atkins with The Carter Sisters- "It's My Lazy Day"

Motel Mirrors- "Paper Doll"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Reverend Horton Heat- "The Happy Camper"

Sultans Of Jungle- "Spy From Shanghai"

Ray Black & The Flying Carpets- "Rolling Stone"

The Sirocco Brothers- "Chicken Bone"

Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine (week ending June 6, 1956):

Bill Haley & His Comets- "Hot Dog Buddy Buddy"

Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps- "Be Bop A Lula"

Elvis Presley- "Heartbreak Hotel"

Kid Ramos- "Heartbeat"

BR549- "A1 On The Jukebox"

Jeremy & The Harlequins- "California Rock"

Scotty Baker- "Lady Killer"

Outro Music Bed: Chuck Berry- "Chuckwalk"

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour 05-28-18 May 28, 2018

Show notes

We've got rockin' new tunes from Nick Lowe (with Los Straitjackets), Elvis Presley (from The Searcher Deluxe Edition box-set), The Hi-Risers, T-Bone Burnett, Sam Morrow (with Jaime Wyatt), John Paul Keith and new tracks from Kim Wilson and The Nut Jumpers in our instru-Mental Breakdown. Our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment this hour is about The Everly Brothers with covers by Lee Rocker and Dave Edmunds & Nick Lowe. We also spin the title track from Elvis' Speedway movie which is celebrating it's 50th anniversary this year and we hear rockers from Dale Watson, Lefty Frizzell, Cousin Harley, Gene Summers and more!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"

Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets- "Tokyo Bay"

Gene Summers- "Baby Please Tell Me Why"

Elvis Presley- "Speedway"

Cousin Harley- "Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette"

Dale Watson- "I Got To Drive"

Lil' Linn & The Lookout Boys- "Open Road"

Lefty Frizzell- "You're Humbuggin' Me"

Hal Weston (Darrel Higham)- "Rockin' N Boppin'"

instru-Mental Breakdown:

Kim Wilson- "Teenage Beat"