Playlist for June 27, 2009 from 12:00AM - 3:00AM
Current New Orleans Time: Sat, 12:45pm
Playlist Date & Time: 6/27/2009 12:00AM - 3:00AM
Program: Blues in the Night with Jamie Dell'Apa
Cats in the Belfrey
Cat songs with meow chorus predominate tonight. No motivation outside of the above title.
Also songs about jail breaks. Four guys break out of jail on the north shore but never get much further than a couple miles from the jail. Where are you going to run in Louisiana? Swamps are worse than jail... Plenty of good songs about the topic and many done by New Orleans musicians.
Playlist Tracks
Johnny And The Hurricanes "Sheeba" |
Joe Maphis "Water Baby Boogie" |
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks "Fujiyama" |
Joe McCoy "Hey Hey Loretta" |
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks "Philly Rag" |
Eddie Cochran "20 Flight Rock" |
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks "I Asked My Doctor" |
Kai Ray "Trashman's Blues" |
Johnny and The Drifters "Rim Shot" |
Johnny Emilio and the Downbeats "Downbeats" A couple songs consisting only of the musician's names. |
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks "Skippy's Farewell" The Hot Licks singing their names in harmony. Never thought about it but Naomi Eisenberg's name has a natural rhythm to it. |
Johnny Burnett "Oh Baby Baby" Another lyric-challenged song. Burnett's lyric consist almost entirely of the word, "Baby." |
Johnny Bell "The Third Degree" These lyrics actually happened to me when I was 17 years old. I had to meet my date's father before I could take her out. Of course the opportunity to experience the 1950s was more exciting than even the date so I gladly took part in this game. What a goof ball her father turned out to be. He was impressed that my weekend work was picking mushrooms. In hindsight, I feel sorry for his daughter. What chance would a kid have with a father who's satisfied (much less impressed) by the career of a 17-year-old mushroom picker? |
Johnny Fortune "Dragster" Okay so I'm stuck in a time when musicians included recorded car sounds in their songs. Makes that father even more of a loser. |
Johnny Roane "Dragstrip Baby" I figure his daughter is probably hanging around with some figure-eight demolition-derby pit man. At least she didn't get stuck with a mushroom picking, New Orleanian with a public radio habit. |
Joe Johnson "Gila Monster" Joe Johnson must have been inspired by the 1959 movie Giant Gila Monster. The web link allows you to watch or download this movie. |
Billy Tircuit "Crazy Green Lizard" New Orleanians have all seen those Green Anoles hunting around their homes. Why Billy Tircuit found inspiration from an anole is beyond me but perhaps the web link might answer the question for you. |
Jamie Horton "Robot Man" Link to a robot making a martini. |
Aaron Neville "Angola Bound" |
Dr. John "Junco Partner" |
Frankie Lymon "The Teenagers" |
Rod Bernard "All Night In Jail" |
Magic Sam "21 Days In Jail" |
Andre Williams "Pulling Time" Link is to jail escape. |
Tami Lynn "I Am Going Run Away From You" |
Richard Berry "The Big Break" |
Persuasions "When I Leave These Prison Walls" Escape! |
Little Band of Gold "Prisoners Song" |
The Invictas "Over the Wall" |
Larry Bright "Release the Bloodhounds" |
Light Crust Dough Boys "Pussy Pussy Pussy" Video performance from 1936 |
Dodgers "Cat Hop" |
Romancers "House Cat" |
Jay Haggard and the Jublileers "Tom Cat" |
Kenny and Doolittle "Kitty Cat" |
Andrew Williams "Sweet Little Pussy Cat" |
Romans "Cats Meow" |
Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers "Wild Cats Scream" |
Marvin Rainwater "Tough Top Cat" |
Unknown "Top Cat Television Theme" Link to Top Cat cartoon intro |
Rene Hall "Cleo" Top Cat intro in Polish |
Miller Sisters "Ten Cats Down" |
Blue Cats "Jump Cat Jump" |
Dave Bartholemew "Cat Music" Link is to the New Orleans one hour, twenty-four minute music documentary "Going Back to New Orleans" - the video link of the night. |
Jeff Beck "Cat Man" |
Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow "Bon Temps Roulay" |
Edgard Blanchard "Lawdy Momma" |
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown "Pale Dry Boogie" |
Ernie K-Doe "Do Baby Do" |
Earl King "Trick Bag" |
Charles Hungry Williams "So Glad She's Mine" |
Chris Kenner "I Like It Like That" |
Slick Slavin "Speed Crazy" |
Mike Fern and the Del Royals "Brake Jake" |
Sonny Knight "But Officer" |
Medallions "Blowin' Through Yokohama" |
Link Davis "Don't Big Shot Me" |
Chris Kenner "Don't Make No Noise" |
Equerita "Crazy Crazy Feeling" |
Mickey Gilley "Call Me Shorty" |
Little Ernest Tucker "Too Small To Dance" |
Mickey Hawks and the Night Raiders "Screamin' Mimi Jeanie" |
Motivations "The Birds" |
Monzells "Sharkskin" |
Ron Haydock and the Boppers "99 Chicks" |
Red Prysock "Thunderbird" |
Johnny Carroll "Hot Rock" |
Wilbert Harrison "1960" |
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