CRUISIN FOR A BLUISIN

9.6.11

HEY ALL YOU BODGIES AND WIDGIES NOSTALGIA REIGNS TONITE AS WE FEATURE SOME ROCKABILLY DUE MAINLY TO WINTERSUN WHICH STILL EXISTS BUT BY THE BOGAN NAME OF COOLY ROCKS ON. SO AS YOU KNOW ANY CHANCE I GET TO PLAY ROCK’N’ROLL I TAKE. ENJOY HEP-CATS.

www.detonators.com.au  www.eltororecords.com  www.theplanetcompany.com  www.canetoadrecords.com.au   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

LETS START WITH THE WELL KNOWN. GET OUT THE HAIRBRUSH AND SING ALONG.

·      1. We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock. Bill Haley & His Comets. Golden Hits. EMI.

·      1. Blue Suede Shoes. Carl Perkins. Rockabilly. As Good As It Gets. Disky. 2000.

·      3. Be Bop A Lula. Gene Vincent. Rockabilly. As Good As It Gets. Disky. 2000.

·      17. Let’s Play House [Live]. Elvis. Rockabilly. As Good As It Gets. Disky. 2000.

·      18. Boppin’ the Blues. Carl Perkins. Rockabilly. As Good As It Gets. Disky. 2000.

·      19. Woman Love. Gene Vincent. Rockabilly. As Good As It Gets. Disky. 2000.

·      24. Domino. Roy Orbison. Rockabilly. As Good As It Gets. Disky. 2000.

·      3. Hippy Hippy Shakes. Chan Romero. Hippy Hippy Shakes. Del-Fi Records. 1995.

Nostalgia it’s not what it used to be.

There are the cars, the clothes, and the style and then there is the Rockabilly Stage and these guys will be playing there on Sunday. The Detonators formerly known as Rockbottom James and the Detonators.

·      1. Ain’t Got You. Blow It Up.

·      2. Shame On You Miss Roxy.

·      3. Don’t Let Go.

·      3. Jason You’re A Lout. Top Night Out. Blackmarket Music. 2007.

·      8. All Of Me [All Over You].

·      3. Skinny Skinny Skinny. Live at the East. Blackmarket Music. 2008.

Rockabilly was a wild, hepped-up meeting between country & western music and early rhythm & blues. It was one of the very first forms of rock & roll, and it was the first one performed predominantly by white musicians (almost all of whom came from the South). Rockabilly was played with spare instrumentation: a twangy electric guitar and an acoustic stand-up bass whose strings were snapped percussively in a technique dubbed "slap-back" (which sometimes made drums unnecessary). Rockabilly had a thumping, jumping beat that easily made it the most propulsive, visceral, and implicitly sexual style of "white" American music up to that point. Essentially, it made rock & roll accessible to white audiences, thus touching off a cultural revolution the effects of which are still being felt. The genesis of rockabilly dates back to the early '50s, when Bill Haley started fusing electrified country boogie with jump blues. But the style truly crystallized on Elvis Presley's 1954-56 recordings for the Sun label, which captured the manic, primal energy that would become a rockabilly staple. They also established rockabilly's signature production style: echoed vocals, loads of reverb, and a warm, crisp ambience that became the Sun label's trademark. Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" broke rockabilly into the big time in 1955.

One of the premier Australian Rockabilly labels is Press-Tone Music [Preston] out of Melbourne.

·      1. Hepcat Saturday Nite. Kieron McDonald. It’s A Gas. Volume 2. Press-Tone Music. 2009.

·      2. Way Too Long. Pat Capocci. It’s A Gas. Volume 2. Press-Tone Music. 2009.

·      5. Jack the Rat. Bone Rattlers. It’s A Gas. Volume 2. Press-Tone Music. 2009.

·      6. Black Cadillac. Straight 8’s. It’s A Gas. Volume 2. Press-Tone Music. 2009.

·      7. Kangaroux. Ben Rogers’ Instrumental Asylum. It’s A Gas. Volume 2. Press-Tone Music.

·      8. Rock’n’Roll Piano Man. Ezra Lee. It’s A Gas. Volume 2. Press-Tone Music. 2009.

·      10. Ruby. Matt Dwyer. It’s A Gas. Volume 2. Press-Tone Music. 2009.

·      19. Beer. The Speed Kings. It’s A Gas. Volume 2. Press-Tone Music. 2009.

A simple music form dealing with the most complex issues – cars, women and alcohol.

El Toro records from Spain is another fantastic label promoting 50’s and 60’s Roots Music. Check out their web-site www.eltororecords.com  here are some tracks from their catalogue.

·      1. Havin’ A Whole Lot of Fun. Johnny Jano. Rocking and Rolling. 1956-1958.

·      2. I’d Make Man For You. Johnny Jano. Rocking and Rolling. 1956-1958.

·      7. High Voltage. Johnny Jano. Rocking and Rolling. 1956-1958.

·      18. She’s My Baby. Johnny Jano. Rocking and Rolling. 1956-1958.

·      21. Hip Shakin’ Baby. Roy Brown. Got Them Hill Billy Blues. 32 Black Blues Boppers.

·      27 I’m a Lover Not a Fighter. Lazy Lester. Got Them Hill Billy Blues.

·      28. First Stages of the Blues. Johnnie Fuller. Got Them Hill Billy Blues.

Also appearing at Cooly Rocks On is Doug Wilshire and the re-formed Chrome Daddies.

·      1. 8 Ball. Chrome Daddies. Preston Records. 2001.

·      3. Catty Town. Chrome Daddies. Preston Records. 2001.

·      5. Dearest Darling. [Bo Diddley] Chrome Daddies. Preston Records. 2001.

·      8. Strip Poker. Chrome Daddies. Preston Records. 2001.

·      13. Let’s Walk. Chrome Daddies. Preston Records. 2001.

·      16. Stuarts Boogie. Chrome Daddies. Preston Records. 2001.

If we are talking labels that celebrate the music of the 50’s and 60’s then we must include Canetoad Records. “Rockin’ is Our Business” features Sydney bands from the inner city in the 70’s doing 50’s revivals. Johnny Gray, Jim Conway, Bridie King, Greg Dean, Bruce Allen the Zarsoff Brothers are the culprits.

·      2. Move It On Over. The Bopcats.

·      3. Blood Shot Eye. The Layabouts.

·      5. It Ain’t The Meat. The Eddys.

·      6. I’ll Be a Baby For The Dingo In Your Heart. The Ratbags of Rhythm.

·      8. It’s Love Baby. [24 hours]. The Layabouts.

·      10. I’m Coming Home. The Bopcats.

·      25. Long Blond Hair. The Comets.

·      26. Don’t Mess With My Man. The Layabouts.

Finish with selections from

·      Great Rockabilly. Just About As Good As It Gets. Smith 7 Co. 2008.

·      Classic Rockabilly. Proper Records. 2007.

·      Bill Haley and His Comets. Greatest Hits.

thehoneydripper   CRUISIN FOR A BLUISIN

THURS 8 -10

BAY-FM  99.9

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE and VIEW PLAYLISTS at www.bayfm.org