Howlin’ For You: Halloween Edition Shaaaaady Groooooove Podcast #37
Kick off your Halloween Holiday, Shady style. Before you throw on that menacing fake wig and malicious white velour, and that single piece, lowcut jumpsuit, rock out to some good old fashioned sinful tunes courtesy of your favorite blogger, yours truly.
The Halloween Edition podcast included these bloodcurdling tracks:
Harry Nilsson – Take 54 (last 30 seconds) ++ Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street ++ The Dead Weather – I Can’t Hear You ++ The White Stripes – Little Ghost ++ Bobby “Boris” Pickett – Monster Mash ++ The Gourds – Ghosts of Hallelujah ++ Harlem – Friendly Ghost ++ The Black Keys – Howlin’ For You ++ Howlin’ Wolf – I Ain’t Superstitious ++ Phish – Wolfman’s Brother ++ Warren Zevon – Werewolves Of London ++ Beck – Strange Apparition ++ Harry Nilsson – I’d Rather Be Dead ++ Michael Jackson – Thriller ++ The Gourds – Haunted
Special Thanks to Bobby “Boris the Blade” Pickett, Jen “Shades of Death” Muscatello, and Warren “Blood Thirsty” Zevon for inspiration.
Download Howlin’ For You: Halloween Edition Shady Groove Podcast #37
Shady Groove Podcast #36
Feast your ears on this weeks’ tasty tracks:
David Bowie – Queen Bitch ++ Justin Townes Earle – Maybe Baby ++ The Wood Brothers – Made It Up The Mountain ++ The Black Keys – Midnight ++ Modest Mouse – Polar Opposites ++ Hoots & Hellmouth – Picked By The Root ++ Hayes Carll – A Lover Like You ++ Leon Russell – If The Shoe Fits ++ Dr. John – Tipitina ++ Derek & The Dominos – Key To The Highway ++ Delroy Wilson – This Life Makes Me Wonder ++ Mike Watt, Petra Haden, and Stephen Perkins – Work That We Do ++ Harry Nilsson – Jump Into The Fire ++ The Gourds – Melchert
Shady Groove Podcast #35: Rocktoberfest
Howdy, all you Shady rockers out there! Its that time of year again. Time for colder weather, falling leaves, football, pumpkins, gourds of all kind, kick-ass music, and great beer. Today we celebrate the fusion of beer, liquor, and music. A match made in heaven. Alcohol + Music. Each are individually respectively exceptional, but put the two together and they seem to complement each other. Much like how a fine wine complements an artisan cheese, or spicy mustard pairs beautifully with a classic bavarian pretzel.
Though it may seem like an innate union, my aim is to celebrate the two together. It is my hope that all Shady Groove listeners are enjoying the wonderful distilled beverages and bountiful beers that this time of year has to offer. So listen and drink as this podcast plays. If not now, definitely later tonight, and especially this weekend.
Welcome to Rocktoberfest 2k11! You. Are. Invited.
Rocktoberfest 2k11 consisted of these deliciously hoppy tracks:
moe. – Raise A Glass ++ Willie Nelson – I Gotta Get Drunk ++ The Kinks – Alcohol ++ Merle Haggard – I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink ++ Hayes Carll – Flowers And Liquor ++ Beck – Beercan ++ The Gourds – Gin And Juice ++ Leon Russell – A Six Pack To Go ++ George Thorogood And The Destroyers – One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer ++ Hank Williams Jr. – Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound ++ The Replacements – Here Comes A Regular ++ The Doors – Alabama Song ++ Gary Stewart – Drinkin’ Thing ++ The Gourds – I Like Drinking
Shady Groove Podcast #34
Podcast #34 included these fantastic, free-wheelin’, bittersweet, rowdy, spectacularly quirky tracks:
Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing ++ The Wood Brothers – Stumbled In ++ My Morning Jacket – Outta My System ++ The Gourds – Peppermint City ++ Iggy Pop – The Passenger ++ Cee Lo Green – (You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care ++ Beck – Scarecrow ++ William Elliot Whitmore – Black Iowa Dirt ++ Eric Clapton – Ain’t That Lovin’ You ++ The Mother Hips – White Falcon Fuzz ++ The Band – Atlantic City ++ Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere ++ The Gourds – Your Benefit ++ ….
Happy Birthday Robbie “Basspeare”
September 27, 2011
Born on this day in 1953: Robbie Shakespeare, session bass player.
Best known for being 1/2 of the iconic duo of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.
The salt and pepper duo of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare is well known as being the “masters of groove and propulsion”. The names Sly and Robbie are synonymous with Reggae music. The rhythm kings Drum and Bass are at the heart of popular music and for the last 30 years Sly and Robbie have been considered the best. They are also estimated to have played on or produced 200,000 recordings.
The duo changed the face of reggae several times: in 1976, they introduced a harder beat called “Rockers”, which quickly replaced the then prevalent “One drop” style, then introduced the “rub a dub” sound in the early 1980s. Sly and Robbie were important in developing the trend towards computer assisted music and programming in the mid 1980s.
They have obviously been a big part of the Jamaican music scene in which they have played for virtually every prominent Jamaican artist from Beenie Man to Sean Paul to Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Jimmy Cliff and others. Not only that, they have been one of pop music’s most sought after rhythm sections, playing for and producing such stars as Ben Harber, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker, Matisyahu, Michael Franti, Sting, Doug E Fresh, Carlos Santana, Robert Palmer and No Doubt.
Let’s tip one back for Robbie today. Throw a little reggae on the turntable in honor….chances are Robbie Shakespeare is playing on it.