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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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Killer double shot with Jerry Lee Lewis, Linda Gail Lewis, Cash covers and more! Mar 02, 2015

Show notes

The Lewis family proves once again why they are such a force to be reckoned with as we hear a Killer double-shot from Jerry Lee and a rockin' tune from his sister, Linda Gail. The only thing holding them back is there are only 88 keys on the piano and they rock every one of them! We hear a couple of Cash covers from Reverend Horton Heat and Dion, plus some rockers from Stray Cats, Fats Domino, Charlie Gracie, Blue Plate Specials, Joe Clay covering Jack White and so much more!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Stray Cats- "Rebels Rule"

Charlie Gracie- "Rock N Roll Heaven"

Fats Domino- "I'm Ready"

Marty Stuart- "Look At That Girl"

Gene Vincent- "Say Mama"

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Long Tall Sally"

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Mississippi Kid"

Linda Gail Lewis- "Real Wild Child"

Moonshine Reunion- "Blue Train"

Sonny Burgess- "Blue Train"

Reverend Horton Heat- "Get Rhythm"

Dion- "I Walk The Line"

Wanda Jackson- "Honey Bop"

Sixteen & The Sidewinders- "Stick Around"

Dave Edmunds- "Git It"

Blue Plate Specials- "I Need A Car"

Darrel Higham- "Let's Rock Tonight"

Devil's Daughters- "I'm Comin' For You"

Joe Clay- "Trash Tongue Talker"

Dwight Pullen- "Let's All Go Wild Tonight"

2 Nicks, 2 Everlys and a lot more! Feb 23, 2015

Show notes

2 Nicks (Nick Waterhouse and Nick Curran), 2 Everlys (Don & Phil), Blasters, Coasters, Paladins, a blues blast of Big Maybelle, Mud Morganfield with Kim Wilson, an early rockabilly entry from a later country legend and so much more fill the playlist on this week's Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour!

Ricky Nelson- "My Babe"

Paladins- "Tore Up"

Nick Curran- "Ain't No Good"

Nick Waterhouse- "If You Want Trouble"

Elvis Presley- "Power Of My Love"

Tweed & The Sugardaddies- "Real Gone Jerk"

The Coasters- "Three Cool Cats"

The Blasters- "Real Rock Drive"

Big Maybelle- "That's A Pretty Good Love"

Mud Morganfield/Kim Wilson- "I Don't Know Why"

George "Thumper" Jones- "Who Shot Sam?"

Everly Brothers- "Claudette"

Junior Brown- "Highway Patrol"

Barry Ryan- "Rockabilly Jamboree"

Jack Scott- "Baby She's Gone"

Chris Isaak- "Crying, Waiting, Hoping"

Ray Campi- "Caterpillar"

Jinx Jones- "You Can't Kill Me 'Cause I'm Already Dead"

Shakedown Combo- "Honey Hush"

Burnettes, Blues and lots more! Feb 16, 2015

Show notes

This week we hear from the Burnettes (Johnny & Dorsey, Billy and Rocky). Plus, the Backyard Blues Band featuring Mario Valens (Ritchie's younger brother), Big Sandy, Huelyn Duvall, Dale Hawkins, Polecats, Wanda Jackson and much more!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Wanda Jackson- "Tore Down"

The Rockats- "Reckless Rebel"

Collins Kids- "Whistlebait"

Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys- "Chalk It Up To The Blues"

Deke Dickerson- "Deep River"

Polecats- "Train Kept A Rollin'"

Dale Hawkins- "Little Liza Jane"

Rosie Flores- "Rock Your Baby"

Bill Kirchen- "Heart Of Gold"

Johnny Horton- "I'm Coming Home"

Backyard Blues Band- "Rock You Tonight"

Huelyn Duvall- "Three Months To Kill"

Larry Williams- "Dizzy Miss Lizzy"

Billie & The Kids- "Scorched"

Jim Liban & Joel Paterson Trio- "Stop On By"

Carl Bradychok- "Do Me No Wrong"

Don Woody- "Bird Dog"

Johnny & Dorsey Burnette- "Warm Love"

Billy Burnette- "Didn't Start Livin'"

Rocky Burnette, Darrel Higham & The Enforcers- "Hip Shakin' Baby"

Tom Ingram- Viva Las Vegas interview, new tunes and more Feb 09, 2015

Show notes

This week we chat with Tom Ingram, owner and founder of Viva Las Vegas, about the upcoming lineup, fun stories, tunes from some of the performers scheduled (Dion, The Sonics, Levi & The Rockats, etc) and our full weekend ticket giveaway. Plus, we have new tunes from both Jittery Jack and Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones. We also have rockers from Janis Martin, Webb Wilder and lots more!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

*Jittery Jack- "Bare My Heart"

Dave & Phil Alvin- "You've Changed"

Jack Scott- "Two Timin' Woman"

Janis Martin- "Bang Bang"

Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones- "I'm The One"

Starkweather Boys- "Straight Razor Baby"

Tiny Kennedy- "Country Boy"

Billy Boy Arnold- "I Wish You Would"

Runnin' Wild- "All I Want"

Webb Wilder- "She Said Yeah"

Tom Ingram interview segment 1

*The Sonics- "Keep A Knockin'"

Tom Ingram Interview segment 2

*Dion- "Ruby Baby"

Tom Ingram interview segment 3

Warren Smith- "I've Got Love If You Want It"

*Joe Clay- "Ducktail"

*Buzz & The Flyers- "Every Walk Of Life"

*Levi & The Rockats- "Note From The South"

Carl Perkins- "Glad All Over"

The Phantom- "Love Me"

Robert Gordon- "It's Late"

*= performing at Viva Las Vegas 18

Winter Dance Party and more! Feb 02, 2015

Show notes

We remember the artists from the Winter Dance Party Tour this week. Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens were tragically killed in a plane crash on February 3rd, 1959. We hear from Dion who was also a part of the tour with his group The Belmonts on his thoughts on Buddy Holly and why he calls it "The Day The Music Was Born". Also this week, we've got rockers from Jerry Lee Lewis, Levi Dexter & Gretsch Brothers, Johnny Burnette, Robert Gordon, Traveling Wilburys and lots more!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Little Richard- "Tutti Frutti"

Brian Setzer- "Lemme Slide"

Hot Rod Walt & The Psycho DeVilles- "Rebel"

Ronnie Self- "Ain't I'm A Dog"

Traveling Wilburys- "Wilbury Twist"

Buddy Holly & The Crickets- "Rock Me Baby"

Eddie Cochran- "Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie"

Dion interview segment

Dion & The Belmonts- "I Wonder Why"

Levi Dexter & Gretsch Brothers- "Everyday"

Roy Orbison- Chicken Hearted"

Big Bopper- "White Lightning"

Waylon Jennings- "Jole Blon" (produced by Buddy Holly)

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Stepchild"

JD McPherson- "Let The Good Times Roll"

Howlin' Wolf- "Come To Me Baby"

Ritchie Valens- "Come On Let's Go"

Chan Romero- "Hippy Hippy Shake"

Johnny Burnette- "Sweet Baby Doll"

Rhythm Bound- "Come On In"

Robert Gordon- "Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll"

Final Elvis Birthday Bash and plenty more! Jan 26, 2015

Show notes

Our final Elvis Birthday Bash segment brings covers from Dave Edmunds, Buddy Holly and Dion plus interview footage from Elvis himself. We also hear tunes from Billy Lee Riley, BellFuries, Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers, Danny B. Harvey & Mysti Moon, Dibbs Preston & The Detonators and lots more!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Billy Lee Riley- "Red Hot"

The BellFuries- "Hey, Mr. Locomotive"

BR5-49- "Look Me Up"

The Bullets- "While You Were Sleeping"

Moonshine Reunion- "Playin' With Fire"

Carl Perkins- "Matchbox"

The Coasters- "Young Blood"

Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers- "Jeezy Peezy"

Dale Hawkins- "Tornado"

Danny B. Harvey & Mysti Moon- "Shake It Down"

Elvis Birthday Bash segment

Dave Edmunds- "Return To Sender"

Buddy Holly- "You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)"

Elvis Presley interview segment

Elvis Presley- "Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do"

Elvis Presley- "Like A Baby"

Dion- "Mean Woman Blues"

Rosco Gordon- "I'm Gonna Shake It"

Dibbs Preston & The Detonators- "Living In The Shadows"

Shakedown Combo- "Creepin' Up On Me"

Elvis Birthday Bash part 3, Stray Cats solo and lots more! Jan 19, 2015

Show notes

The Elvis Birthday Bash segment continues this week with solo tracks from each member of the Stray Cats. Dean Torrence from Jan & Dean recalls playing football with Elvis as well. We get another installment of "Ask The Clowns" with The Reach Around Rodeo Clowns plus tunes from Gene Vincent, Buck Owens, Johnny Powers, Chuck Berry and an instru-Mental Breakdown with Dick Dale and Link Wray. As always, there is lots more so don't miss a moment!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

Gene Vincent- "Double Talkin' Baby"

Dave Edmunds- "Dynamite"

Bloodshots- "Waste Away"

Bo Diddley- "Hey Bo Diddley"

Buck Owens- "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail"

Planet Rockers- "Big Wheel"

Jimmy Sutton's Four Charms- "Up Jumped The Devil"

Johnny Powers- "Be Mine All Mine"

Dick Dale- "Night Rider"

Link Wray- "Mustang"

Elvis Birthday Bash segment

Katmen- "Big Hunk Of Love"

Brian Setzer- "Just Because"

Dean Torrence interview segment

Elvis Presley- "Ready Teddy"

Elvis Presley- "Teddy Bear"

Lee Rocker- "That's Alright Mama/Blue Moon Of Kentucky"

"Ask The Clowns"

The Reach Around Rodeo Clowns- "King Of The Slot Car Track"

Chuck Berry- "Maybellene"

Little Richard- "Good Golly Miss Molly"

Elvis Birthday Bash 2, new JD McPherson and more! Jan 12, 2015

Show notes

We continue our Elvis Birthday Bash with tunes and interview segments from both Wanda Jackson and Robert Gordon as well as a collaboration between Elvis and the Swing Cats. We also hear a new track from the upcoming JD McPherson album and tunes from The Blasters, Red Meat, Eddie Clendenning, Stray Cats, Dion, The Sonics and so much more!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey

The Blasters- "Crazy Baby"

Red Meat- "I'm A One Woman Man"

Kay Marie- "He Used To"

Imelda May- "Pullin' The Rug"

Emmy Lou & The Rhythm Boys- "Bip Bop Boom"

Eddie Cochran- "Cut Across Shorty"

Eddie Clendening- "Low & Lonely"

Stray Cats- "Sexy & 17"

Thurston Harris- "Little Bitty Pretty One"

Dion- "Gonna Make It Alone"

Elvis Birthday Bash

Wanda Jackson- "Baby Let's Play House"

Elvis Presley/ Swing Cats- "Good Rockin' Tonight"

Robert Gordon & Chris Spedding- "Tryin' To Get To You"

Elvis Presley- "Memphis, Tennessee"

Elvis Presley- "Hound Dog"

Jinx Jones- "Bop-A-Lena"

Deke Dickerson- "Wear Out The Soles Of My Shoes"

JD McPherson- "Bossy"

The Sonics- "Shot Down"

Elvis Birthday Bash part 1 and much more! Jan 05, 2015

Show notes

Each week during the month of January, the Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour will have a segment on the show called the "Elvis Birthday Bash" as we celebrate what would have been Elvis' 80th birthday! Ronnie Tutt is on this segment talking about Elvis having the idea for the orchestra, etc. We'll hear tunes from Billy Burnette & The Rockats in that segment as well. We also have rockers from Ronnie Dawson, Big Sandy, Nathan Belt, a new tune from Reckless Ones, a duet with Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis and so much more!!

Intro voice over- Rob "Cool Daddy Dempsey"

Ronnie Dawson- "Up Jumped The Devil"

Cliff Richard- "Fabulous"

Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys- "Steady Baby"

Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis- "Think Twice Before You Go"

Tommy Sands- "The Worryin' Kind"

Sonny Burgess- "Rock On Mars"

Screamin' Rebel Angels- "May Day"

Sean Coleman & The Quasars- "Count On Me"

Charlie Feathers- "Wild, Wild Party"

Chris Casello Trio- "Linda Lu"

Elvis Birthday Bash segment!

Billy Burnette- "Today Is Elvis' Birthday"

The Rockats- "Heartbreak Hotel"

Ronnie Tutt talks about Elvis

Elvis Presley- "Polk Salad Annie"

Elvis Presley- "Long Tall Sally"

The Crickets- "That'll Be The Day"

Nathan Belt & The Buckles- "Little Chain"

Reckless Ones- "Broken Bones"

Rockpile- "Fool Too Long"

2014 Favorites! Dec 29, 2014

Show notes

We take a look back at some of the great music that came our way during 2014. There's no way we could possibly play all of our favorites because we just have one hour! So, here's a portion of some of our 2014 favorites. Thanks to all the artists and labels that sent such great music to the Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour!!

Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy Dempsey"

Levi Dexter & Gretsch Brothers- "7 Nights To Rock"

Robert Gordon- "I'm Coming Home"

Brian Setzer- "Let's Shake"

Bullets- "Go Man Go"

Danny B. Harvey- "Rock Lil Baby"

Jason D. Williams- "Fingernails"

Deke Dickerson & The Trashmen- "Real Wild Child"

Jittery Jack- "Something Wicked This Way Comes"

JD McPherson- "I Wish You Would"

Imelda May- "Tribal"

Jerry Lee Lewis- "Sick & Tired"

Tweed & The Sugardaddies- "Lonesome When You Go, Go, Go"

TJ Mayes- "When Love Come Down"

Planet Rockers- "Voodoo Woman"

Sixteen & The Sidewinders- "Full Moon Baby"

Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin- "Truckin' Little Woman"

Shorty K- "Quit Jivin' Me"

Vince Ray- "My Little Sister's Gotta Motorbike"

Dr. Rubin's Pomade

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