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Playlist for March 15, 2010 from 12:00AM - 3:00AM
Playlist Date & Time: 3/15/2010 12:00AM - 3:00AM
Program: Blues in the Night with Jamie Dell'Apa
Special Show Blog Post: Jungle Boogie
Jungle Boogie
Why are there so many songs about the "jungle?" Hundreds of songs from country and western to disco and every style in between. Jungle songs? Imagine oooga boogas, oongowas, monkey and elephant noises and way too many Tarzan yells all put to music.
There couldn't be this many musicians who's spent anytime in a jungle so what's their motivation?
Hell, I don't know and I don't want to flunk my own Ink Blog test by guessing. But there is plenty of good music about the jungle from folks like - Screaming Jay Hawkins, Bo Diddley, Snooks Eaglin, Guitar Slim, Dave Bartholomew... you know the usual Saturday midnight to 3am crowd of musicians.
As always, interstitial audio clips between songs from the trash-cana of American. Think of dialog clips from the corniest TV shows to ever decay the culture - George of the Jungle, Tarzan, Mogali, Commander McBragg, Wednesday Munster and Mr. Ed. Mix and match 'em with each other and the music and we'll supply enough inadvertent messages to break the brain pans of conspiracy theorists for years.
P.S. We'll also continue our two year string of trying to break the radio sound barrier of one selection per minute over a three hour show. At 180 SPM the radio tower may fall, your radio may melt or I could spontaneously combust.
We'll also show those namby-pamby big babies like Glen Beck how to do real radio. Yeah - I said it. Glen Beck wears a seat belt in the radio studio.
Box Score for Tonight's Game:
87 Selections over 150 minutes for one selection every
1.66 Minutes (0.667 too slow to break the radio sound barrier of
1.00 Average selections every minute over a three hour show
66 Songs
21 Interstitials (This is where I fell down - need at least
2:1 Interstitials to song ratio to beat the radio sound barrier. Excuse time:
20 Hours of driving from Baltimore to New Orleans in the
2 Days before the show
14 Number of times Vic called to tell me about her bourbon drinking night
2 Number of e-mails from Vic
1 Number of e-mails questioning my sanity for continuously ranting about songs including the word "tater" in the lyrics. Come to think of it, that rant initiated Vic's calls.
0 Number of prostitutes outside my house when I got home
6 Number of people in the post-show bar at 4am
24 Number of people in the same bar at 5am (this is the social equivalent of water running up hill).
0 Number of statistics provided by Emergency Room Kevin in Bardstown
2 Groups of six people stopped me to comment on my University of Northern Colorado shirt (on the ten minute walk from my house to WWOZ)
0 People ever mentioned the shirt in the three years before tonight.
5 Pledges came in during Sam's show last week. That's impressive for the 3am to 6am shift.
Playlist complete with interstitials:
Cara id
Bush Jamie is boring
The Darling Of The Okra Strut Super Great Music For Modern Lovers! The Tin Men
Atom Bomb Glen Barber
Jaguar Hunt <jungle noises> Crew
Zebra Jungle Exotica [Strip] Youngsters
You wig wearing rhesus monkey 0:02
Watusi Freeze pt. 1 <jungle> Big Walter & the Thunderbirds
get that monkey off our backs 0:03
Wild Man Walk Jungle Exotica [Strip] Ebonnettes
I don't make monkeys I just train em 0:03
Oasis Jungle Exotica [Strip] Majestics
b-monkey 0:08
African Echoes Kovac's Collection Kovacs, Ernie
Conga Twist Jungle Exotica [Strip] Revels
apes somewhere better than man 0:05
Jungle Run Jungle Exotica [Strip] Pastels
A planet where apes evolved from men 0:03
Isis Jungle Exotica [Strip] Megatons
take your stinking paws of me you dirty ape 0:06
Monkey Walk Various - The Lavender JunglE Jerry Warren
apes whole insane 0:02
Africa Speaks <speaking> Bo Diddley
Bo Diddle In The Jungle Scary Songs King, Tommy
Apes because youre man 0:04
African Jive Laughing in Rhythm: Slim Gaillard
apes madhouse madhouse 0:06
Ooh-Diga-Gow <jungle sounds drum> Cecil Young Quartet
Apes idiocy 0:10
Umgowa Twist <jungle dance> Jimmy Ricks & the Ravens
apes kiss goodbye 0:13
Congawa! Jungle Exotica [Strip] Zirkons
elephant2 0:01
Watusi Zombie Jungle Exotica [Strip] Davis, Jan
Able On<monkey and jungle sounds> Eddie Seacrest
tarzan yell 0:03
Tarzan 2:19 Jungle Exotica [Strip] Del Saints
Jungle, T Jungle Exotica [Strip] Diablito
Oh Father, what are we, Cannibals 0:03
Jungle Hop Born Bad Kip Tyler
Another tape of sounds 0:06
Jungle Safari Jungle Exotica [Strip] Nocabouts
Christmas in the Congo Marquees
parental discretion violent content 0:03
Congo Mambo 2 Guitar Gable
On this job you will be shot at 0:03
Congo Bo Diddley
Ah! Congo UNKNOWN
matureaudiences 0:03
carstart 0:03
Congo Cab Calloway (1935-1940) Calloway, Cab
Hey Stella 0:03
Feast Of The Mau Mau Repeating Echoes - The Best Of Screaming Jay Hawkins
Attention kmart shopper blue light 0:03
Don't Wanna Leave the Congo Jungle Exotica [Strip] Valiants
Lumumba The Best Of Spinett Records Snuffy Smith
Stranded In The Jungle Rock 'n' Roll Bell Ringers Jimmy Leyden
Please Help <stranded in the jungle The Dukays
Tape will disavow 0:07
Yabba! Jungle Exotica [Strip] Hully Gully Boys
Jungle Fever Dick Dale & the Del-Tones
Rockin' in the Jungle <tarzan cheeta> Eternals
11 See You Soon, Baboon _ Bobby Charles?
Don't Monkey With Tarzan Get A Board The Pygmies
tarzan Credit WFMU Sonny day and the rare breed -
Tarzan New Orleans Popeye Party Lee Tillman
Cheeta Out Of Nowhere Snooks Eaglin
Cheeta ( Harry & the Choco-Diles
Gorilla <monkey> Scary Songs Convy, Bert
King Kong Jungle Exotica [Strip] Tarantula Ghoul & The Gravediggers
I Go Ape < Greasy Rock'N'Roll Vol 10 Various Artists
Willie The Weeper Western Swing & Country Jazz Swift Jewel Cowboys
Georgia Slop The Mercury Recordings Jimmy McCracklin
Lost In The Ozone Too Much Fun: T Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
The Hipster's Blues - Harry (The Hipster) Gibson Harry "The Hipster" Gibson
Flipsville Great Rockin' Girls Vol.2 Stormy Gayle
Bad Motorcycle 1 Storey Sisters <with Wild Jimmy Spruill>
Is It True Andre Williams
Madhouse Ow Ow Ow Barrence Whitfield & Savages
Detour Sentimental Journey 79 Spade Cooley & his Orchestra
Hippy Hippy Shake Chan Romero <Rene Hall arrange and guitar, Car…
Boney Maronie Very Best Of Ritchie Valens
Bad Boy Creole Kings Of New Orleans Larry Williams <rene hall guitar>
Cruisin' The Humbler: Live Danny Gatton & Robert Gordon
Te Ni Nee Ni Nu Hip Shakin' (Disc 2) Slim Harpo
Boom Boom The Cosimo Matassa Story The Barons
Playlist Tracks
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Tin Men
Darling of the Okra Strut
Super Great Music For Modern Lovers
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Glen Barber
Atom Bomb
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Crew
Jaguar Hunt
Jungle Exotica
Taking a great deal of music off tis Jungle Exotica release. See above playlist for specifics
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Youngsters
Zebra
I love this band's one-word lyric for this song; Zebra. Another great lyric is on this Youngster song (made for my always drunk Saturday after midnight listenership):
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Big Walter and the Thunderbirds
Watusi Freeze
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Eboneettes
Wild Man Walk
Not much for the video but the poster's comments fit into the show's theme: |
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Majestics
Oasis
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Ernie Kovacs
African Echos
Kovac's Collection
With the success of Ernie Kovac's Nairobi Trio, his agent saw gold in this pure "jungle song." Out came the autoharp for the first and only jungle song that used the autoharp.
As I think of it, the only other autoharp pieces I know are folk music and Pharoah Sanders ... I think it was Sander's great Thembi album. Maybe even the musical introduction to the title cut.
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Revels
Conga Twist
Another big fan of the Revels:
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Pastels
Jungle Run
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Megatons
Isis
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Jerry Warren
Monkey Walk
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Bo Diddley
Africa Speaks
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Tommy King
Bo Diddley in the Jungle
Scary Songs
Love this record player:
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Slim Gaillard
African Jive
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Cecil Young
Ooh diga Gow
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Jimmy Ricks and the Ravens
Umgowa Twist
From the youtube notes on the band: The Ravens were an R&B vocal group. They were formed in 1945 by Jimmy Ricks and Warren Suttles. They were structurally similar to The Ink Spots, especially in their combination of high tenor (Maithe Marshall) and deep bass (Ricks), but their material was more varied, including elements of pop, jazz, R&B, and gospel styles. Although they had excellent lead tenors (Maithe Marshall, and later, Joe Van Loan), the Ravens primarily existed to showcase bass singer Jimmy "Ricky" Ricks. In this, they were so successful, that Ricks' voice became the standard against which every rhythm and blues bass was measured for the next generation. It is not an exaggeration to say that every aspiring rhythm and blues singer with a low voice wanted to sound like Ricks. His voice was so deep and rich, however, that few even came close; no one surpassed him. In spite of this, the Ravens had few chart hits, although they were very popular at appearances. The group's greatest successes were in the late 1940s, including covers of "Ol' Man River" (1947) and "Count Every Star" (1950). They had continued success into the 1950s, but Suttles left the group in 1954 and Ricks in 1955. The group continued on for some time thereafter, with various changes in personnel, but it was never as successful or influential as before. Ricks went on to a solo career, and was the vocalist for the Count Basie orchestra. He died on July 2, 1974. The Ravens were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.
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Congowa
Zirkons
With an introduction that isn't from the Zirkons but should be:
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Jan Davis
Watusi Zombie
Having good luck finding these songs for the playlist:
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Eddie Seacrest
Able On
Seacrest had some chops:
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Del Saints
Tarzan
I believe the Del Saints also backed up Dion. See below (under Diabilito):
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Diablito
The Jungle
A video with Dion and the Del Saints:
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Kip Tyler
Jungle Hop
Born Bad
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Nocabouts
Jungle Safari
From the youtube comments: 50's Belgium R&B Rock band doing R&B novelty tune. Here 'tis:
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Marquees
Christmas in the Congo
A band that could turn out novelty lyrics:
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Guitar Gable
Congo Mambo
You know the New Orleans guys always stand out in sound:
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Bo Diddley
Congo
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Unknown
Ah! Congo
Like Oh! Calcutta?
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Cab Calloway
Congo
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Screaming Jay Hawkins
Feast of the Mau Mau
Repeating Echos the Best of Screaming Jay
With Henry:
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Valiants
Don't Wanna Leave the Congo
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Snuffy Smith
Lumumba
The Best of Spinnett Records
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Jimmy Leyden
Stranded in the Jungle
Rock n Roll Ringers
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The Dukays
Please Help
Spazzy Answer Songs
Answer song to the Stranded in the Jungle
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Hully Gully Boys
Yabba!
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Dick Dale and the Del Tones
Jungle Fever
Will be playing at the Howlin' Wolf this Wednesday night.
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Eternals
Rockin' in the Jungle
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Bobby Charles
See You Soon Baboon
Uncredited artist - sure sounds like Bobby
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The Pygmies
Don't Monkey With Tarzan
Get a Board
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Sonny Day and the Rare Breed
Tarzan
Credit WFMU
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Lee Tillman
Tarzan
New Orleans Popeye Party
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Snooks Eaglin
Cheeta
Out of Nowhere
Black Top
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Harry and the Choco-diles
Cheeta (Teach Me How To Monkey)
Yep, I did try this dance step in the studio.
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Bert Convy
Gorilla
Scary Songs
So you don't believe me about the man you associated with Password. Here 'tis:
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King Kong
Tarantula Ghoul and the Gravediggers
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Unknown
I Go Ape
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Blossum Dearie
Moonlight Savings Time
My New Celebrity is You
Guess what time it is. (Besides topical song time.)
From a Jack Parr show performance:
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Washboard Rodeo
Sadie Green (that tramp from New Orleans)
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Willie the Weeper
Swift Jewel Cowboys
I think Washboard Rodeo and Swift Jewel Cowboys have a very similar sound.
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Jimmy McCracklin
Georgia Slop
The Mercury Recordings
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Commander Cody
Lost in the Ozone
Too Much Fun
This is a scream. Who screwed up the billing on this? Jerry Lewis, MS kids and Commander Cody? Ed McMahon even mispronounces Commander Cody's name.
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Harry "The Hipster" Gibson
The Hipster's Blues
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Stormy Gayle
Flipsville
Great Rockin' Girls
You'll love the poster's rant that accompanies this video:
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Storey Sisters
Bad Motorcycle
Their classic was Bad Motorcycle with Wild Jimmy Spruill on guitar but this Cha Cha Boum highlighted their great voices:
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Andre Williams
Is It True
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Barrence Whitfield
Madhouse
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Spade Cooley
Detour
Oh boy! A historic version of that cliche' "...we quit being violent so we could..." "...play music..." "...dance..." "...costume..." etc...
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Chan Romero
Hippy Hippy Shake
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Ritchie Valens
Boney Maronie
Very Best of
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Larry Williams
Bad Boy
Creole Kings of New Orleans
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Danny Gatton and Robert Gordon
Crusin'
The Humbler: Live
From a Baltimore club that often books New Orleans acts, the 8X10. I've spent many a night there seeing the greats including Danny Gatton:
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Slim Harpo
Te Ni Nee Ni Nu
Hip Shakin'
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The Barons
Boom Boom
Cosimo Matassa Story
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Further Information
Louisiana Music Collective
A perfect song - contains all the magical lyrics:
Tater (as in "...tater patch...),
Hound dog,
Atomic bomb,
Hiding in my cave,
Top those lyrics Leonard Cohen!