Playlist for October 17, 2009 from 12:00AM - 3:00AM
Playlist Date & Time: 10/17/2009 12:00AM - 3:00AM
Program: Blues in the Night with Jamie Dell'Apa
Wild Jimmy Spruill
In honor of this weekend's spectacular Blues and BBQ festival in Lafayette Park, tonight's show will feature bluesman, Wild Jimmy Spruill.
Who? You've not only heard Wild Jimmy Spruill tart ultra-twangy guitar and you've loved his music. Unfortunately you probably heaped your praise on the the front men such as Wilbert Harrison, Noble Thin Man Watts, The Story Sisters or Bob Gaddy without even being aware of the session guitarist with that unique scratchy sound that actually caught your ear.
Tonight, take an audio tour through your listening past and connect that sound with the musician that brought you that joy - Wild Jimmy Spruill.
My thanks to for the material and inspiration to The Hound at:
http://thehoundblog.blogspot.com/
also:
http://offbeat.com/artman/publish/article_1290.shtml
http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/jimmy_spruill.htm
http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/rhythmnblues.htm
Box Score
94 Selections over three hours for a low density show
2:00 Between changes
35 Interstitials
59 Songs
25 Wild Jimmy Spruill songs (two #1 hits, a #3 hit and a #1 R&B hit)
16 Songs about going to the bar or ordering a drink
0 Prostitutes hanging around my house at 3:30 am
4 Vomits on the bed by my dog, Azzurri ("Z! Leave mints not kibble!")
14 to 0 Saints v. Giants score by the time I woke up
41 to 17 By the time I took my outdoor shower
1 Local mayors given a musical salute, now going to jail
Interstitials by:
Duckman, Bugs Bunny, Homer Simpson, Rocket J. Squirrel, Groucho, Elvira, Dean Wormer, Swinging Barmaids Trailer, Three Stooges, Spinal Tap, Reefer Madness, and more...
Ingestion report - Pimms Cup, separator topped with whipped cream and cherry, beer, oyster po boy, gumbo, cheese fries with Tony Chach and peanut butter and jelly brownie. (Azzurri had sympathetic stomach?)
The great videos are:
The Treniers
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Wild Jimmy Spruill and
Down by Law
Playlist Tracks
Roy Brown "Saturday Night" Is this a video view of how this show starts? |
Charlie Musselwhite "Harlem Nocturn" Link to Charlie singing and playing |
Travis Wammack "NIght Train" Link to Travis talking and playing guitar |
Treniers "Rockin' is Our Business" Like this song selection, this video is of The Treniers great live shows. One of the top video links of the playlist. |
Tommy Scott and the Ramblers "Jumpin From Six to Six" Another top video. |
Terry Dunavan and the Earthquakes "Earthquake Boogie" |
Willie Love "Everybody's Fishin'" |
Wild Jimmy Spruill "Country Boy" Didn't play this song but it's as good as any Spruill song. |
Charlie Lucas Combo (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Walkin" Thanks hound for the music and inspirations. This link is to a Wild Jimmy memorial that is touchingly personal. |
Wild Jimmy Spruill "Scratch and Twist" Spruill citation |
Wild Jimmy Spruill "Hard Grind" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa76w4InMMM&feature=related |
Tarheel Slim (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Number 9 Train" Loud Fast and Out of Control |
Tarheel Slim (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Wildcat Tamer" Sprill citation |
Tarheel Slim and Little Ann (with Wild Jimmy Spruill0 "It's Too Late" |
Wilbert Harrison (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Kansas City" |
Wilbert Harrison (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "The Horse" |
Wilbert Harrison (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "1960" Spruill citation |
Wilbert Harrison (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Let's Stick Together" Same song. |
Wilbert Harrison (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Goodbye Kansas City" |
Wilbert Harrison (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Don't Wreck My Life" |
Elmore James (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Bobby's Rock" |
Noble Thin Man Watts (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Jookin'" |
Noble Thin Man Watts (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Blast Off" |
Noble Thin Man Watts (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Hard Times (The Slop)" A nice tribute to Watts |
Bobby Lewis (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Tossin and Turnin" |
Shirelles (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Dedicated to the One I Love" |
Buster Brown (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Fanny Mae" |
Wild Jimmy Spruill "Cut and Dried" |
Wild Jimmy Spruill "Scratchin'" Link to Larry Dale song with unrelated but great dance foreground (probably by Whitey's Lindy Hoppers). |
Bob Gaddy (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "C'mon Little Children" |
Larry Dale (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Drinkin Wine Spodee Odee" |
Storey Sisters (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Bad Motorcycle" From youtube caption:
Only single from Cameo Parkway girls The Storey Sisters, who were later re-branded as 'Twinkle' although this didn't get them a lot further up the charts than this #85 entry. However, this curiosity is fantastic, with harmonized motorcycle engine tick-over sounds and an insight into the tribulations of being a teenage girl in 1958 |
Willie Mabon (with Wild Jimmy Spruill) "Poison Ivy" |
Taj Mahal "Satisfied and Tickled Too" |
Irma Thomas "I Count the Tears" After the Rain One of the few movies to capture New Orleans |
Stevie Wonder "Hey Love" Hood Dreams |
Tami Lynn "The Boy Next Door" |
Bumps Blackwell and Bobby Poore "Mama Says I Can't Go Out Tonight" Bumps and Little Richard talking about that time in New Orleans. A set of music about that excitement of getting out to go to the bar. |
Kid Thomas "Rock This Joint Tonight" |
Jimmy Preston "Rock The Joint" |
Scott Engle "The Livin' End" |
Swinging Barmaids "Swinging Barmaids Trailer" |
Bozo Ratliff "Let Me In" |
Slim Dusty "The Pub Rock" Not exactly the up tempo "The Pub Rock" |
Dolly Cooper "Big Rock Inn" |
Gene Phillips "Hey Bartender, There's a Bug in My Beer" |
Little Junior Parker "Sittin' at the Bar" |
Thurston Harris "Smokey Joe's" Smokey Joe's got a bar that sounds as musical as his more famous cafe. |
Al Barkle "Jumpin From 6 to 6" |
The Thrills "I Ain't Got the Money to Pay For This Drink" |
Floyd Dixon "Hey Bartender" |
Ray Price "I Can't Go Home Like This" Not the bartender song but such a classic song with Ray in his two dimensional life when he was living in the black and white world (and still wearing glittery cowboy clothes). |
Roy Brown "Bar Room Blues" Read the comments section on this video post. |
Jay McShann "Bar Fly Blues" Not a link to Bar Fly Blues but it has Julia Lee so you know it's great music. |
Yochanan with Sun Ra Arkestra "Hot Skillet Mama" Sonny Blount in Egypt at the pyramids along with with the Arkestra. Perhaps the top video of 2009's playlists |
Ada Ray "I No Longer Believe in Miracles" More Ra! |
Al Epp and the Pharoahs |
Ward Darby and the Raves For the caller who's spine harmonized with Ward Darby. |
Paul Revere and the Raiders "Little Red Riding Hood" And finally the video with the dancing band and 1960's girls with bee hive hair dos. John Waters is transported back to his youth. (In 1988 Coppin State professor Bob Catollioti and I drove up to the studio and adjacent radio tower in Baltimore where Waters found his inspiration for "Hairspray." The tower was for sale for a six multiple and the knucklehead I brought the deal to fumbled the deal - my only regret from the tower buying days.) |
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