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Playlist for June 1, 2008 from 11:59PM - 03:00AM

Current New Orleans Time: Sun, 8:23pm
Show Host(s): Jamie Dell'Apa

Playlist Date & Time: 6/1/2008 11:59PM - 3:00AM

Program: Archived Playlists for Jamie Dell'Apa

More topical sets including the Saturday night favorites beer and cigarettes. Consider it encouragement to get over your reasonableness. Enjoy fropp and slack off but beware of the dupes of the conspiracy always want you to become a slave of time. KILL TIME!!! See www.subgenius.com

Playlist Tracks
Jeremy Lyons
"50 cent"
Walking to the radio studio through the French Quarter I was approached by an budding public radio on-air fund raiser with this beginning plea. I'm a bit more seasoned in public radio, so I gave him a sidewalk tutorial about the importance of repeating the phone number and defining the reason for his plea. He then sand me this song.
Amos Milburn
"One Scotch, One Bourbon and One Beer"
The Best of R&B V one
There are so many drinking songs that I would have to build a new radio station just to play the complete list of topical drinking songs. Being a bit more practical, I narrowed tonight's show down from rum, whiskey, scotch, bourbon, wine etc. to just beer songs when someone called complaining that the music made them crave beer's Siamese Twin, cigarettes.

So I am discarding the four billion country and western songs about beer and cigarettes and I'm thinking about the chorus from this Amos Milburn song. Okay see if I can stick with only beer songs and only let in an occasional polka or schlocky country songs.
Bob Dorough and Fats Waller
"Better than Anything and Hold Tight"
2007
These are out of sequence and should preceed Amos Milburn. The brain trust is revamping the web site so pretty soon the playlist will become a sort of blog about the music you are hearing.
Dave Bartholomew
"Who Drank My Beer When I Was In The Rear"
Cosimo Matassa Story
Proper
2007
Go buy yourself a 40oz at Cosimo's grocery store at Dauphine and St. Phillip.
Billy Valentine
"Beer Drinking Baby"
Mercury R&B Story 1944 to 55
Mercury
Outside of country music there are not many songs about women beer drinkers.
Tom Waits
"Warm Beer and Cold Women"
Nighthawks at the Diner
The sequel song to this Waits late night remorse might be Cold Coffee and Crossed Legs.
Heileman Old Style
"Beer Song"
Ooompa! Achtune everybody sing!
Brave Combo
"In Heaven There Is No Beer"
Polkas For a Gloomy World
Brave Combo just made a rare appearance in New Orleans at the Blue Nile and I am kicking myself for missing them. The best dancing band ever...
Hank Thompson
"A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer"
A Proper Introduction to Hank Thompson
Proper
RIP Hank.
Louis Jordan
"What is Use of Getting Sober"
Louis Jordan
Bear Family
A nine cd set by my favorite record label. If you get a Bear Family anthology, you have the definitive collection.
Checker
"I Wasn't Thinkin I Was Drinkin"
Vocal Groups Classic Doo Wop
We are losing the relative romanticism of drinking beer to the dark side.
Corky Jones
"Rhythm and Blues"
Rockin Bones
Rhino
2005
This collection of bad kid rockabilly is so spectacular that I have not done a show without doing a song from this collection.
Jimmy Liggins & His 3 D Music
"Drunk"
The R&B Box
Rhino Atlantic
Just like the audio beer drinker we have created, the mood is getting darker.
Trooper Jim Foster
"Four on the Floor and a Fifth Under the Seat"
This is a real singing trooper supposedly performing warning song based on his experiences. The warning I take away is stay away from corny songs.
The Kidds
"Drunk, Drunk, Drunk"
Cosimo Matassa Story
Proper
2007
All this drinking of beer makes me want to light up a cigarette and further enhance my bar stool attractiveness.
Commander Cody
"Smoke Smoke Smoke"
Too Much Fun
MCI
The classic
Michelle Shocked
"The Chain Smoker"
The Texas Campfire Tapes
Michelle has moved away from New Orleans but I picked up this cd the other day and was again surprised by the quality of her musicl
Snooks Eaglin
"Lipstick Traces"
Out of Nowhere
Black Top
An excuse to stick Snooks into a set.
Lucky Millinder
"Chew Tobacco Rag"
Apollo Jump
Proper
Who made those spitting noises? An uncredited audio artist who had a strong performance in a very limited role.
Washboard Chaz
"Oh Oh Oh"
Mix It Up
Self
An import to New Orleans, Chaz is starting to become recognized for his inherent talent. A great talent.
Larry Evans aka james Wayne
"Junco Returns"
Love these answer songs - especially to New Orleans standards
Snuffy Smith
"Angola"
The Junco Partners always end up in Angola - the antithesis of the emerald city of Oz (or as we say around here the emerald studios wwOZ).
Big Al Downing
"Down on the Farm"
Angola's prison was called \\\"The Farm\\\" but I'm not sure Al ....
Lynn August
"Jure'"
Jure' is a primitive version of zydeco and recalls the field hollers that preceded blues singing. Just a bit more Louisiana
Jimmy Peters and Ring Dance Singers
"Gradn bois Zydeco"
Rounder
An even more primitive sounding jure as we end the set that took us up to \"The Farm.\"
Earl Palmer
"It All Went Down the Drain"
Guitar King
Fuel
King recorded this cd with Roomful of Blues and the combination worked well however this song was played only to kick off a set of great guitar players from that most unlikely of cities, Washington, D.C. Why D.C. nurtures spectacular roots music guitar players is beyond me but here are three of them.
Bobby Parker
"Bobby Q."
The guitarist that John Lennon claimed to emulate.
Danny Gatton
"Canadian Sunset"
The Humbler Stakes His Claim
Powerhouse
2008
Gatton's chops would have broken John Lennon's brain pan.
Link Ray
"Deacon Jones and Turnpike USA"
A non-native of D.C., Link Ray established himself in D.C.. He remains idolized by guitar players who started in rock but succumb to exploring the roots of their first musical love. When they look into the fuzz tone of Link Ray and discover that same battered amplifier tone in country and western music, then these formerly rock guitarists are forever looking for the roots of that sound that once was the center of their musical perspective. Wait until they discover New Orleans music and jazz!
Joe Liggins
"Pink Champagne"
A set break and I love this song.
Johnny Otis
"Call Operator 210"
Mercury R&B Story
Mercury
Getting a great deal of telephone calls tonight so a two song salute to you:
Lloyd Price
"Operator"
Lawdy!
Kingsmen
"The Jolly Green Giant"
Best of the Kingsmen
This was referred to in the Billy Wirtz song that was played some time earlier
Billy Wirtz
"Big Butts"
Backsliders Tractor Pull
Hightone
I forgot to list this as the finale to the cigarette set.
Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs
"Wooly Bully"
60s Dance Party
That vox organ sound from the west side of San Antonio. I am getting close to doing a special on this sound. Stay tuned to Saturday night at midnight.
The Cadillacs
"Speedo"
R&B Box 30 Years of
Rhino/Atlantic
Preceded by movie dialog from Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill: He is my seedling but he is no son of mine...
Ike Lloyd
"Boogie on the 88"
Mercury R&B
Mercury
Nellie Lutcher
"Fine Brown Frame"
The R&B Box, 30 Years
Rhino
RIP Nellie, South Louisiana produces and loses another great musician.
Gatemouth Moore
"I Aint Mad At You"
The best of R&B
Mabel Scott
"Elevator Boogie"
The Pelicans
"Aint Gonna Do It"
Cosimo Matassa Story
Proper
2007
Cosimo recorded plenty of vocal groups doing doo wop including the Pelicans
Stella Johnson
"Trial of Stagger Lee"
Another answer song this time to the classic Stagger Lee.
Randy Newman
"Kingfish"
Guilty
A new set with a more somber mood including the following pieces of poetry
Percy Mayfield
"Life is Suicide and The Rivers Invitation"
Poet of the Blues
I can never get over the haunting sound produced by Percy on these two frontal lob depression gems.
Merv Griffin
"Screaming Meammies From Planet x"
It is the music behind the novelty lyrics that fascinates me. Merv got some spectacular musicians together and they composed substantive instrumental music behind these goofy lyrics. Unlike most novelty songs, this holds up to repeated playing.
Ingrid Lucia
"Rhinestone Cowboy"
Sam is a bit delayed so we are off into a cowboy set.
Intruders
"Cowboys to Girls"
Sam arrives looking a bit tired but dressed as a dog sled musher complete with fur lined boots, coat, and hood. Sam told me his lead dog took after a cat which explains his delayed entry into the radio station. A very colorful guy this Sam. Stick around for his show and enjoy the audio version of a dresser made for television.