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Playlist for June 27, 2009 from 12:00AM - 3:00AM
Current New Orleans Time: Thu, 1:19pm
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
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Johnny And The Hurricanes
Sheeba
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Joe Maphis
Water Baby Boogie
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Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
Fujiyama
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Joe McCoy
Hey Hey Loretta
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Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
Philly Rag
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Eddie Cochran
20 Flight Rock
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Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
I Asked My Doctor
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Kai Ray
Trashman's Blues
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Johnny and The Drifters
Rim Shot
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Johnny Emilio and the Downbeats
Downbeats
A couple songs consisting only of the musician's names.
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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.
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Johnny Burnett
Oh Baby Baby
Another lyric-challenged song. Burnett's lyric consist almost entirely of the word, "Baby."
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jamie Horton
Robot Man
Link to a robot making a martini.
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Aaron Neville
Angola Bound
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Dr. John
Junco Partner
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Frankie Lymon
The Teenagers
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Rod Bernard
All Night In Jail
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Magic Sam
21 Days In Jail
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Andre Williams
Pulling Time
Link is to jail escape.
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Tami Lynn
I Am Going Run Away From You
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Richard Berry
The Big Break
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Persuasions
When I Leave These Prison Walls
Escape!
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Little Band of Gold
Prisoners Song
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The Invictas
Over the Wall
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Larry Bright
Release the Bloodhounds
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Light Crust Dough Boys
Pussy Pussy Pussy
Video performance from 1936
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Dodgers
Cat Hop
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Romancers
House Cat
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Jay Haggard and the Jublileers
Tom Cat
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Kenny and Doolittle
Kitty Cat
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Andrew Williams
Sweet Little Pussy Cat
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Romans
Cats Meow
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Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers
Wild Cats Scream
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Marvin Rainwater
Tough Top Cat
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Unknown
Top Cat Television Theme
Link to Top Cat cartoon intro
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Rene Hall
Cleo
Top Cat intro in Polish
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Miller Sisters
Ten Cats Down
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Blue Cats
Jump Cat Jump
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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.
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Jeff Beck
Cat Man
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Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow
Bon Temps Roulay
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Edgard Blanchard
Lawdy Momma
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Pale Dry Boogie
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Ernie K-Doe
Do Baby Do
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Earl King
Trick Bag
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Charles Hungry Williams
So Glad She's Mine
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Chris Kenner
I Like It Like That
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Slick Slavin
Speed Crazy
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Mike Fern and the Del Royals
Brake Jake
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Sonny Knight
But Officer
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Medallions
Blowin' Through Yokohama
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Link Davis
Don't Big Shot Me
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Chris Kenner
Don't Make No Noise
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Equerita
Crazy Crazy Feeling
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Mickey Gilley
Call Me Shorty
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Little Ernest Tucker
Too Small To Dance
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Mickey Hawks and the Night Raiders
Screamin' Mimi Jeanie
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Motivations
The Birds
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Monzells
Sharkskin
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Ron Haydock and the Boppers
99 Chicks
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Red Prysock
Thunderbird
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Johnny Carroll
Hot Rock
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Wilbert Harrison
1960
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