It came to me yesterday after I ran into my friend Dan during my afternoon walk along the Santa Fe River Trail and he mentioned a Ty Segall album called Fudge Sandwich. For some reason that reminded me of Primus' album Pork Soda.
Then it got worse.
So here's. selection of songs from albums named for dishes you've probably never consumed -- and never would want to.
My drink order? How about a frosty can of ...
I see the soup d'jour is Goat Head Soup.
I can' decide between the Burnt Weenie Sandwich ...
Or the Fudge Sandwich ...
But I would like a side of Caviar and Chitlins
And for dessert, how about a slice of Spider-Cake? (I'm cheating here. This actually is an EP by a group called The Ashens, not a full album. But that's o.k. I'm suddenly not very hungry.)
Sunday, April 21, 2024 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
I was born in a dump / Mama died and my daddy go drunk...
These are the first words of a song that became one of the most covered tunes
of the 1960s, though the covers have gone well beyond. "Tobacco Road" is the
story of poverty, sentimentality and a young man's determination to better his
circumstances. Or maybe "sentimentality" shouldn't be part of that
description, as in the last verse, the singer declares his desire to "blow it
up and start all over again."
It sounds like some ancient blues song, something John or Alan Lomax might have picked up from some half-drunk sharecropper or mean-eyed Angola Prison inmate.
But, no, it was written by John D. Loudermilk, a country and pop songwriter from Durham, N.C. He wrote it and was the first to
record it 1959 (and released in 1960).
I got the idea for writing that song from a road in our town that was
called Tobacco Road because it waswhere they rolled the hogsheads full of Tobacco down to the river to be
loaded onto barges. Along that road were a lot of real tough, seedy-type
people, and your folks would have just died if they thought you ever went
down there.
He didn't mention that "Tobacco Road" previously had been used as a
title of a 1941 movie directed by John Ford, as well as a 1933 Broadway play,
both of which were based on a 1932 novel of the same name by Erskine
Caldwell.
But that's neither here nor there. The movie, play and novel largely have been
forgotten, while the song is a classic. It's been recorded by everyone from Edgar Winter to David Lee Roth; from Hank Williams, Jr. to The Jefferson Airplane ... and lots of folks in between.
Here's that original 1960 version by Loudermilk:
But Loudermilk's version failed to become a hit. It wasn't until the 1964
British Invasion, when a one-hit-wonder band called The Nashville Teens
recorded it. And yes, their one hit was indeed wondrous:
And soon after this, the song became a garage-rock standard. One of my
favorites was by The Blues Magoos.
Even before The Nashville Teens, Lou Rawls gave "Tobacco Road" some soul gravitas:
Eric Burdon performed the song with The Animals. But a few years later he did a more interesting version with War:
Had you told me that "Tobacco Road" was written especially for Bobbie Gentry, I probably would have believed you. It's just her kind of tune:
Junior Wells took it to Chicago in 1990:
And in 2007, Southern Culture on the Skids returned the song to its rightful North Carolina home:
Sunday, April 7, 2024 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Sunday, March ,31 2024 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell Email me! terrell(at)ksfr.org
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
You Better Run by The Stooges
Bad Girl by The Detroit Cobras
Holy Water by WolfWolf
Without You by The Grawks
Circus Freak by The Electric Prunes
Black Eyes by The Darts
The Mouth of Harahan (Ballad of King Louie Bankston) by Quintron & Miss
Pussycat
Sunday, March 24, 2024 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Shortnin' Bread by The Cramps
Clown of the Town by Reverend Beat Man
Heidi is Alive by WolfWolf
Baethoven by Ekko Astral
Inseminate My Love by Robbie Quine
No More Romance by Kate Clover
Shove by L7
Timothy by The Buoys
Sputnik Hires a Band by Sputnik Monroe
Hulkster in the House by Hulk Hogan
Chicken & Ribs by Dred Zeppelin
Wild Wild Lover by Flat Duo Jetts
What a Way to Die by The Pleasure Seekers
Mardi Gras Creep by Bobby M.G. and the Qreeps
Red Sun by Jerry J. Nixon
Louisiana Liplock by Mojo Nixon
Gumby Heart Song by Frank Sinatra Jr.
Whip It by Devo
Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars by Weird Al Yankovic
Sunday, March 17, 2024 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell Email me! terrell(at)ksfr.org
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
I Feel Alright by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Jump, Jive and Harmonize Thee Midnighters
50 Ft Queenie by PJ Harvey
You Got Two Seconds by Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys
Sunday, March 10, 2024 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Needlessly Wild by Sleater-Kinney
People Hear What I Say by Count Five
Marlboro Country by Charlie Pickett
Nutbush City Limits by Frontier Dan & the Hickoids.
Oh How She Dances by Tav Falco's Panther Burns
Kinder of Spine by The Fall
Look in the Mirror by Gregg Turner
Jak Chcesz Być Piękna To Cierp (You Have to Suffer for Beauty) by Kazik
I See The Want To In Your Eyes by T. Tex Edwards & Out On Parole
I'm Waiting for the Man by Keith Richards
Strawman by Lou Reed
Ya No Hay Beatles [Ain't No Beatle] by Los Apson
Corner of Fuck and You by The Grannies
If Dogs Run Free by Bob Dylan
Louie Louie by Richard Berry
Mony Mony by Tommy James & The Shondells
Quarter to Three by Gary U.S. Bonds
Jenny Take a Ride by Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
Double Shot (of My Baby's Love) by The Swingin' Medallions
Shout by The Isley Brothers
Keep on Dancing by The Gentrys
Seventh Son by Johnny Rivers
You Can't Sit Down by The Dovells
California Sun by The Rivieras
Hully Gully by The Beach Boys
The Only One by Rachel Brooke
Lerikos by Nocturne Spark
Too Far Gone by Elvis Costello
How I Wanted To by Richard Thompson
Where or When by Dion & The Belmonts
Blood Red Velvet by Joe West
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
Sunday, February 25, 2024 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Sunday, February , 2024 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Leave My Kitten Alone by Detroit Cobras
Girl U Want by Devo
Sex Shop by The Sex Organs
Devil in the Flesh by Billy Childish & Dan Melchior
Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed
Walk on the Wild Side by Brook Benton
I Found Out by Nathaniel Mayer
It's Your Voodoo Working by Samantha Fish
Tell Laura I Love Her by Dex Romweber
Madman on the Loose by Flat Duo Jets
RIP Dex Romweber
The Death of Me by Dex Romweber Duo
I Can't Stop by Angel Face
Whiskey Moon by The Purrverts
In a Gadda da Vida by Mojo Nixon
My Dawlin' New Orleans by Lil' Queenie & The Percolators
I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say by Jelly Roll Morton
The Devil Didn't Make Me Do It by Twin Temple
Jesus Christ Pose by Soundgarden
Dead Moon Night by Dead Moon
Here & Now by Black Angels
Betty by Johnny Dowd
Can't Sit Down by Wolfman Jack & The Wolf Pack
Good Man by Heavy Trash
The Lover's Curse by A-Bones
Mess Around by Eilen Jewell
Don't Get Weird by Boris McCutcheon
Send Me Some Lovin' by Little Richard
Don't Let Her Know by Ray Charles
Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos by The Band
Count Every Star by The Ravens
Singing Bones by The Handsome Family
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Buzz Buzz Buzz by The Hollywood Flames
Beat on the Brat by Weird Al Yankovic
Thunder Express by Joecephus & The George Jonestown Massacre with Jimbo Mathus
Something Broken in the Promised Land by Wayne Kramer
Ow! Stew for Red Shoe by Renaldo & The Loaf
Pray by Hamell on Trial
Greatest Lover in the World by Thee Headcoats
Lone Warrior by Movie Movie
Way Down in the Hole by Compulsive Gamblers
Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman) by The Cellos
Ed Sullivan by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Womb to Worm by Snakefinger
Primitive by The Cramps
It's a Hard Business by Wild Man Fischer with Rosemary Clooney
I went out for my daily afternoon walk yesterday in the cold and the wind. I
wore my loudest, tackiest Hawaiian shirt, initially out of ironic defiance of
the elements I supposed. But not long after I got home from that miserable
trek, I learned the true reason for my fashion choice:
Mojo -- real name Neill Kirby McMillan, Jr. -- died after a heart attack while
aboard the annual Outlaw Country Cruise, where he's participated as a
performer and emcee for years. He was 66.
I think fellow Mojo fans will appreciate that the first thought to pop
into my head after reading this sad news about Mojo dying on a cruise ship was
"Elvis needs boats, Elvis needs boats ..."
Like most of his fans, I suppose, I first became a Nixon devotee after seeing
the insane video of his signature song, "Elvis is Everywhere."
Not long after seeing that landmark video in the '80s, Mojo and his
washboard rubbing partner Skip Roper came to Albuquerque, the EL Rey Theater I
think, so I got to see him live. One outstanding memory from that show: Mojo
at one point went out went out into the crowd (the first time I'd ever seen
slam-dancing to acoustic music!) and stood on a table or chair to serenade the
revelers below. I was standing right behind him. During the song he turned
around and spoke directly to me:
"Stop lookin' at my butt!"
I saw him again a couple of years later inn Santa Fe, when he performed with
his super group, The Pleasure Barons, which included Dave Alvin, John Doe,
Rosie Flores, Katy Moffatt and a tall, gangly deep-voiced maniac called
Country Dick Montana, who Mojo often referred to as his "de-mentor."
And a few years after that, during one of my first South by Southwests, I saw
a brief afternoon Exhibition Hall Mojo performance.
That was the last time I ever got to see him. I'm really kicking myself now
for somehow never making it to one of Mojo's notorious SXSW parties at the
Continental Club.
But like Celine Dion's heart, Mojo's music will go on. As I've seen all over
various social-media posts since yesterday "Mojo is Everywhere!" So here are
some of my favorite Mojo tunes.
This one is on the very first Mojo album I ever bought. It's called "I'm Gonna
Dig Up Howlin' Wolf":
Here's a video that MTV did NOT want you to see, starring Mojo with Wynona
Ryder as Debbie Gibson:
Speaking of The Pleasure Barons, here's a track from that band's only album,
Live from Las Vegas, with Mojo covering Jerry Reed:
And here's one from Prairie Home Invasion, Mojo's album with Jello Biafra:
Finally, here's the song that made us all fall in love.
Sunday, February 4, 2024 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Don't Slander Me by Roky Erikson
Bikini Girls With Machine Guns by The Courettes
Funnel of Love by Tav Falco's Panther Burns
I'm Gonna Strangle You Shorty by The Flatlanders
Easy Rider by Scott H. Biram
All Aboard the S.S. Sinker by Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Mary, Hear Those Love Bells by The Chestnuts
Which Time by Eric Hisaw
Safety Pack by Howlin' Jaws
CIA Man by The Fugs
Eggman by Ty Segall
Jughead by Prince
Come a Little Closer by Greg Cartwright
Isaac Mizrahi by Robbie Quine
Sara by Fleetwood Mac
RIP WAYNE KRAMER
Come Together by MC5
Back When Dogs Could Talk by Wayne Kramer
Shakin' Street by Joecephus & The George Jonestown Massacre with Alice Cooper
Ramblin' Rose by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Kick Out the Jams by Afrika Bambaataa
Cocaine Blues by Wayne Kramer & The Pink Fairies
The Torture Never Stops by Frank Zappa featuring Captain Beefheart
I Don't Like the Man That I Am by Billy Childish & The Singing Loins
That Nightmare is Me by Mose McCormack
Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues by Jeffrey Lee Pierce & Cypress Grove
Is That You in the Blue by Dex Romweber Duo
Love and Mercy by Brian Wilson
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
Sunday, January 28, 2024 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Heart Attack and Vine by Lydia Lunch
Burn Baby Burn by The Aqua-dolls
Break Through by Old Time Relijun
My Best Friend by Ty Segall
98% by ET Explore Me
Red Head Walking by Beat Happening
Hoodoo Hop by The Courettes
Give Him a Great Big Kiss by The Shangri-Las
Nootmare by Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Perm Act by Thee Oh Sees
Transdemic Baby by Ekko Astral
Bury My Bone by The Residents
Femme Fatale by Twin Temple
Smiling Face by WITCH
Homowo by The Psychedelic Aliens
The Seven by Primus
Not Me by The Orlons
Brain Dead by Sons of Hercules
Keep Warm by The Minks
It's Not Love, But It's Not Bad by Eli "Paperboy" Reed
Fist by The Ghost Wolves
Drunk Dial Me by Hamell on Trial
Nothing Makes Me Happy by The Gawks
Mama's Favorite Son by Slackeye Slim
Georgia on a Fast Train by Margo Price & Waylon Payne
She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby
The Silencers by Vikki Carr
Marie Laveau by Dr. John
Dollar Bill Bar by Sierra Ferrell
I Was Drunk by Alejandro Escobedo
Love Letters by Ketty Lester
Far From Any Road by The Handsome Family
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
