Podcast #14: A Very Shady Christmas
This year, spend your Holidays listening to the best mix of Christmas music around. Straight from the shelves of the Shady Groove archives comes a smart, sophisticated, freewheeling compilation of the finest nature. We’ve compiled many of the season’s classics along with some not-so-well-known favorites of mine. Listen. Dance. Enjoy.
A Very Shady Christmas 2010: Vince Guaraldi Trio – Linus and Lucy ++ The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping ++ Chuck Berry – Run Rudolph Run ++ Clarence Carter – Backdoor Santa ++ Run DMC – Christmas in Hollis ++ Bing Crosby – Mele Kalikimaka ++ Big John Greer – We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo ++ The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick ++ Madonna – Santa Baby ++ Brenda Lee – I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus ++ Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Merry Christmas Baby ++ Neil Diamond – You Make It Feel Like Christmas ++ Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy ++ Paul McCartney – Wonderful Chrismastime ++ Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas ++ The Youngsters – Christmas In Jail ++ Champion Jack Dupree – Santa Claus Blues ++ Booker T and the MG’s – Jingle Bells ++ CJ Chenier and The Red Hot Louisiana Band – Zydeco Christmas ++ John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Download Shady Groove’s Radio Co-Host Debut Show on 91.9 WNTI
Well folks, I know you’ve all been anxiously awaiting my radio co-host debut and it is finally here. Listen. Enjoy. Share.
If you missed the track listing last time, here it is.
91.9 FM December 7:
Buddy Holly – Down the Line ++ Aretha Franklin – Dr. Feelgood (vinyl) ++ Cake – Opera Singer ++ Old 97’s – Bel Air ++ Bob Dylan – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight ++ The Avett Brothers Pretty Girl From Cedar Lane ++ Dr. John – Huey Smith Medley (vinyl) ++ The Black Keys – Everlasting Light ++ Blitzen Trapper – Country Caravan ++ Mason Porter – Old Freight Train ++ Shinyribs – If You Need the (442) ++ The Allman Brothers Band – BB King Medley ++ Wood Brothers – Luckiest Man ++ Toots and the Maytals – Pressure Drop ++ Grateful Dead – Scarlet Begonias ++ Israel Kamaka – Somewhere Over the Rainbow ++ Leon Russell – Tight Rope (vinyl) ++ Hazmat Modine – Yesterday Morning ++ Boz Scaggs – Loan Me a Dime ++ The Gourds – I Come Up > All the Labor.
Download WNTI Co-Host debut Part 1
Download WNTI Co-Host debut Part 2
By the Way…
….here is the playlist that was ripped and rocked on the air:
91.9 FM December 7:
Buddy Holly – Down the Line ++ Aretha Franklin – Dr. Feelgood (vinyl) ++ Cake – Opera Singer ++ Old 97’s – Bel Air ++ Bob Dylan – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight ++ The Avett Brothers Pretty Girl From Cedar Lane ++ Dr. John – Huey Smith Medley (vinyl) ++ The Black Keys – Everlasting Light ++ Blitzen Trapper – Country Caravan ++ Mason Porter – Old Freight Train ++ Shinyribs – If You Need the (442) ++ The Allman Brothers Band – BB King Medley ++ Wood Brothers – Luckiest Man ++ Toots and the Maytals – Pressure Drop ++ Grateful Dead – Scarlet Begonias ++ Israel Kamaka – Somewhere Over the Rainbow ++ Leon Russell – Tight Rope (vinyl) ++ Hazmat Modine – Yesterday Morning ++ Boz Scaggs – Loan Me a Dime ++ The Gourds – I Come Up > All the Labor.
You can also check out the playlist HERE
Thanks again to WNTI studios at Centenary College NJ and Mel for the hospitality. Still working on uploading the audio track of the show. It will be up and ready very soon.
In other news, thought I’d bring y’all a bit of ‘this day in rock history.’ It just so happens that on this day in 1966, ‘The Guitar God’ himself, James Marshall Hendrix and the The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded “Foxey Lady” for their 1967 release of the debut album, Are You Experienced. Recorded for Track Records and produced by Chas Chandler, the song is known for its use of the so-called “Hendrix Chord”, the dominant 7#9.
Lets pay tribute to this musical genius and one of his masterpieces as seen from a mainstream media point of view. Check out this classic scene from a classic rock n’ roll movie. Awesome movie, and a timeless song…
Shady Groove guest host on 91.9 FM!
Thank you to the Faithful Shady Groove-heads out there who caught me on the airwaves in Hi-fi Frequency Modulation this tuesday morning on 91.9 FM WNTI. It was a great show. Host Mel, “Dawnbird”, and I conversed at length about our love of good music …….. I also got a chance to shamelessly promote this blog and the podcast, dropping the name every 5 mins!
Check out the short write up on the WNTI website: WNTI Highlights
Or just visit thier homepage…..we’re also on there: www.wnti.org In response to the requests for a replay of the show, I am working on uploading an MP3 to the blog as soon as I can.
Rock on.
Leon Russell….opening act?
Leon Russell
Live at the Keswick Theater
Glenside, PA
11/27/10
Setlist….not necessarily in this order:
–Medley: Jumpin Jack Flash (Rolling Stones)>Papa was a Rollin Stone>Paint it Black intro (Rolling Stones)>Kansas City
–Sweet Little Angel (1930’s blues standard > made famous by BB King)
–Dixie Lullaby
–Wild Horses (Rolling Stones)
–Hummingbird
–I’ve Just Seen a Face (Beatles)
–Tight Rope
–Out in the Woods
–Walkin Blues (Robert Johnson)
–Georgia on My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael >made famous by Ray Charles)
–Stranger in a Strange Land
–Delta Lady
–A Song For You
This show had such a strange billing. They had Leon Russell, one of rock and roll’s most gifted songwriter and performers, OPENING for Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Nothing against Southside Johnny and his band but Leon should have definitely been the headliner at this show. My guess is that they added Leon to the bill to fill the seats. And fill the seats he did. Now, its not that Southside Johnny was awful; although at times…..they really weren’t very good. Every facet of the band was a wannabe replica of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and in every area they were sub par. The Asbury Jukes were not nearly as bad as Southside Johnny himself, who looked and sounded like a pompous, awkward looking uncle trying to belt out rock music. The crazy part is that they have been around since the mid 70’s. They have a box set. They have a loyal following.
Maybe they were cool back in the day but not so much anymore. Honestly, the main reason that the Southside Johnny show was such a hard pill to swallow was the fact that he followed Leon Russell. And Leon is still cool.
Lets not let Southside put a damper on the overall event. Leon put on a great show, rocking through some of the greatest rock, blues, and R&B standards of our time. He was all business, no nonsense, which I think was a big reason the show was so fulfilling. I don’t think he spoke once in between songs, and to some that was a flaw.
I don’t think so. I like banter just as much as the next one but when you’re placed in an opening slot with an hour to perform, its best to give the crowd what they’re looking for. And it helps to keep his mysterious, rock-star persona alive and well.
So, hats off to Leon Russell. The coolest 68 year old I have seen in a long time.
Here’s a great song off of his self titled album, Delta Lady. I don’t really know what is going on in this video….I think its an old PBS special or something. great tune nonetheless…