"Action Packed: Some Jumpin' Little Records You'll Want Your Jockey To Play": THE WEEKEND MIX

The first time I heard about half of these songs were as cover versions. Some were on Nick Lowe records. Many were on Robert Gordon records. One I heard on a Clash record. I even heard one on a k.d.lang record.

The other half rounding out the mix are faves of mine for one reason or another, like that froggy moan on Barbara Green's "Long Tall Sally," or listening to Ronnie Dio before he discovered rainbows and devil horns.

I'm pretty sure you will have some fun listening to them all.

Enjoy!

TRACKLIST
Sweet Love On My Mind- Jimmy & Johnny
Jugue- The Downbeats feat. Johnny Amelio
All By Myself- Roy Hall
Long Tall Sally- Barbara Green
Bo Bo Ska Diddle Daddle- Wayne Walker
Tryin' To Get To You- Johnny Carroll & His Hot Rocks
Playboy- Bob Denton
Action Packed- Ronnie Dee
You Don't Know My Mind- Roy Moss
Black Slacks- Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
Go 'Way Hound Dog- Cliff Johnson
Flyin' Saucers Rock 'N' Roll- Ray Scott
The Worryin' Kind- Tommy Sands
Bad Boy- Robin Luke
Mercy- Collins Kids
Brand New Cadillac- Vince Taylor
Love Pains- Ronnie Dio
Hey Jibbo- Art Wood
Bop-A-Lena- Ronnie Self
Behave, Be Quiet Or Begone- Roy Duke
The Way I Walk- Jack Scott
Folding Money- Carl Belew
You Mostest Girl- Bobby Lee Trammell
You're Humbuggin' Me- Lefty Frizzell
Watching The 7:10 Roll By- Buck Griffin
I Wanta Be Free- Evelyn Harlene with Casey Clark's Band
Red Hot- Billy Riley
Sebbin Come Elebbin- Jimmy Heap & The Melody Masters
Mama Don't You Think I Know- Jackie Lee Cochran
Rock Billy Boogie- Johnny Burnette

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Ready, Set....

 

I'm working on something for tomorrow that I think is a blast...if I do say so myself.

Dig this for now.

 

 

 

Wah Gwaan, Willie?

 

I recently listened to Willie Nelson's "Countryman," his 2005 reggae record which actually began production ten years earlier in 1995. I liked it when I first heard it and I still like it now. Steve Leggett over at All Music, on the other hand, does not, though his 6.4 star rating doesn't really jibe with his review, which uses phrases like "woefully out of whack" and states that "there isn't enough ganja in Kingston or enough whiskey in Nashville to make this hybrid Texas reggae idea work."

One thing I don't disagree with in Leggett's review is his assessment that "Countryman" is neither good reggae or good country. While that may be true for purists, I think the hybrid that Willie delivers works as a really fun and upbeat record. Plus, any record that has a cover of "The Harder They Come" as good is this one is surely a keeper.

 

 

 

Did She Mention My Name?

 

 

From 1964 and recorded at the legendary Cosimo Matassa's studio in New Orleans, please enjoy Ronnie Barron singing on what is essentially a Dr. John demo, one of several written and recorded by Mac Rebennack at the time, all with different vocalists.

This song, a b-side, feels more like an Allen Toussaint arrangement than anything the good Doctor would go on to create a few years later, and the backing vocals, at least to my ears, sound like a young Allen & Mac together.

I think it's a gem. 

 

Songs Of The Week, 2025: 11/8-11/14

 

Mama Told Papa- Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
So Good- P. Hux
She Knows Me Too Well- The Beach Boys
Rosewood Bitters- Michael Stanley
Can't Stand It- Wilco
Blue Sofa- The Plugz
The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)- Cheap Trick

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Mama Told Papa- Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
(If you dig this track, make listening to "Bayou Ruler" a priority, especially if you are yearning for a good mood.)

So Good- P. Hux
("Give me a rose, I'll kill it. Give me a glass, I'll spill it." So good.)

She Knows Me Too Well- The Beach Boys
(Something this gorgeous should have never been relegated to the b-side.)

Rosewood Bitters- Michael Stanley
(I knew this by Joe Walsh before I knew Stanley's original, which features Todd Rundgren on clavinet.)

Can't Stand It- Wilco
("No love as random, as God's love. I can't stand it. I can't stand it!"

Blue Sofa- The Plugz
(Have I mentioned that I think the two Plugz records are punk rock essentials? Yes, I have. Dozen of times. Don't let the word "punk" throw you. Listen and you'll see.)

The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)- Cheap Trick 
(This was never a fave on "Dream Police," then one day, years later, it hit me. From Zander's delivery of "all day, all night, every day, every night" to Nielsen quoting The Beatles and The Yardbirds in the fade, this is classic Trick!)

 

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