Thursday, December 20, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - December 20th Playlist

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THE ANNUAL DIRTY ROOTS RADIO CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA!!!
Thanks to everyone for joining us for this once-a-year laid back time of Dirty Roots cheer!!  And an extra special thanks to my daughter, Kate, for co-hosting with me!!  



The Chipmunks – The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)
Keith Richards – Run Rudolph Run
James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects
The Sonics – Santa Claus
Aqua Teen Hunger Force – Feliz Navidad
Twisted Sister – Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Miles Davis w/Bob Dorough – Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)
Vince Guaraldi Trio – Linus & Lucy
The Blind Boys of Alabama – Last Month of the Year
The Blind Boys of Alabama w/Tom Waits – Go Tell It On the Mountain
Bob Seger – Sock It to Me Santa
Andre Williams – Rudibaker’s Christmas Wish
Girl in a Coma – Blue Christmas
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – Little Drummer Boy
Chuck Berry – Merry Christmas, Baby
Johnny Cash – Christmas As I Knew It
The Boxmasters – Silver Bells
Jacob Miller, Inner Circle & Ray I – We Wish You a Merry
          Christmas/Ahameric Temple
The Blind Boys of Alabama w/Mavis Staples – Born in Bethlehem
John Prine – Christmas in Prison
The Kinks – Father Christmas
Willie Nelson feat. Norah Jones – Baby It’s Cold Outside
Louis Armstrong – ‘Zat You, Santa Claus?
Reverend Horton Heat – Frosty the Snowman
Rufus Thomas – I’ll Be Your Santa, Baby
Shonen Knife – We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Steve Earle – Christmas in Washington
Lemmy w/Dave Grohl & Billy F. Gibbons – Run Rudolph Run
Jimi Hendrix – Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne
Bob Dylan – O’ Little  Town of Bethlehem

BACKGROUND MUSIC: Los Straitjackets - Tis The Season For Los Straitjackets

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"Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.  What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store.? What it Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.?"  
- Dr. Seuss

Thursday, December 13, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - December 13th Playlist

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Tom Waits – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Robert Earle Keen – Merry Christmas From The Family
Bruce Springsteen – Easy Money
Bruce Springsteen – Shackled And Drawn
WhiteTrash WhipLash – My Buick Goes 180
Dwight Yoakam – Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
Dr. John – Big Shot
Imelda May – Walking After Midnight
Nathaniel Mayer – Village Of Love
John Lee Hooker – Blues for Christmas
Aerosmith – Back In The Saddle
Chuck Berry – Crazy Arms
Mike Ness – No Man’s Friend
Albert King – Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’
Jerry Lee Lewis – You Win Again
Two Gospel Keys – You Got to Move (When the Lord Gets Ready)
Bob Dylan – Long and Wasted Years
Willie Nelson – Devil In A Sleepin’ Bag
Gene Vincent – I’m A Lonesome Fugitive
The Sonics – Santa Claus
Muddy Waters – She’s All Right
William S. Burroughs – A Junky’s Christmas
Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
Joe Tex – King of the Road
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers – Do You Love Me
R.L. Burnside – Shake ‘Em on Down
Jon Langford – The Death of Country Music
Lemmy Kilmister, Dave Grohl & Billy F. Gibbons – Run Rudolph Run
Steve Earle – Breed
The Rolling Stones – Doom and Gloom
Pearl Jam – Nothingman

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"Here's to the crazy ones.  The misfits.  The rebels.  The trouble makers.  The round heads in the square holes.  The ones who see things differently.  They're not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo.  You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.  The only thing you can't do is ignore them.  Because they change things.  They push the human race forward and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.  Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."  - Jack Kerouac

"Be a deviant...or die of boredom."  - William S. Burroughs

"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion."  - Jack Kerouac

"After one look at this planet, any visitor from outer space would say, 'I want to see the manager'."  - William S. Burroughs

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, that ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes, 'Awww!'"  - Jack Kerouac

Thursday, December 6, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - December 6th Playlist

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Little Richard – Tutti Frutti
Little Richard – Get Rhythm
Little Richard – Rip It Up
Little Richard – I Don’t Know What You’ve Got (But It’s Got Me)
Social Distortion – Death or Glory
The Clash – Death or Glory
Motorhead – Ace of Spades (acoustic)
Townes Van Zandt – Lungs
Grandpa Boy – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson – Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
The Head Cat – Crying, Waiting, Hoping
The Head Cat – Fool’s Paradise
Roy Orbison – Lana
Boo Boo Davis – Mike In Jail
The Buchanan Brothers – When You See (Those Flying Saucers)
Roy Acuff – Sixteen Chickens and a Tambourine
Roy Orbison – Only the Lonely
The Squires – I Wonder
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Walk Like a Giant
Nick Waterhouse – Time’s All Gone, Pt. 2
The Louvin Brothers – The Great Atomic Power
Uncle Tupelo – Atomic Power
Uncle Tupelo – Satan, Your Kingdom Must  Come Down
Bob Log III – Settin’ the Woods on Fire
Roy Acuff – Whoa Mule
Tom Waits – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Dick Dale – Miserlou
Dick Dale – Third Stone from the Sun
Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone
The Buchanan Brothers – Atomic Power
Tom Waits w/Keith Richards – Last Leaf
The Blind Boys of Alabama w/Tom Waits – Go Tell It on the Mountain
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros – From Willesden to Cricklewood

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"Little Richard is my idol."  - James Brown

"Little Richard is the beginning of rock 'n' roll."  - Smokey Robinson

"Little Richard is king."  - Mick Jagger

"The most exciting moment of my life was appearing on the same stage as Little Richard."  - Keith Richards

"If it hadn't been for Little Richard, I would not be here."  - Otis Redding

"I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice."  - Jimi Hendrix

Thursday, November 29, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - November 29th Playlist

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Joan Jett & The Blackhearts w/The Coasters – Nag
Kid Koala – 1 bit Blues (10,000 miles)
Jimi Hendrix – Third Stone From the Sun
George Harrison – Marwa Blues
Imelda May – Psycho
Imelda May – Johnny Got A Boom Boom
King Kahn & The BBQ Show – Fish Fight
Tim Timebomb & Friends – Bad Luck
Tim Timebomb & Friends – Ooh La La
Rival Sons – Keep On Swinging
Rival Sons – Pressure And Time
Jason & The Scorchers – White Lies
Dan Auerbach – Trouble Weighs a Ton
King Kahn & The Shrines – Bite My Tongue
Dolly Parton – Jolene
Merry Clayton – Gimme Shelter
Muddy Waters – I Just Want to Make Love to You
Charlie Rich – Behind Closed Doors
The Hooten Hallers – The Ugliest Girl
Bob Reuter’s Alley Ghost – Hell Town
Del Shannon – Runaway
The Rolling Stones – Rip This Joint
The Rolling Stones – Happy
Johnny Cash – One More Ride
Social Distortion – Bakersfield
Steve Earle – My Old Friend The Blues
Chuck Berry – Reelin’ and Rockin’ [live]
The Rolling Stones – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Blitzkrieg Bop [live]
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers – Chinese Rocks
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Down by the River
Paul Jones – Pucker Up Butter Cup
Dwight Yoakam – Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminals Starvation League – The Heart Bionic
Tom Waits – Down There by the Train
Rancid – East Bay Night
Rancid – Last One To Die
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
The Runaways – Queens Of Noise
Justin Townes Earle – The Good Life
Scott H. Biram – 18 Wheeler Fever
Bob Dylan – It’s All Good

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"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead."

"Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside - remembering all the times you've felt that way."

"We are all going to die, all of us, what a circus!  That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't.  We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing."

"You have to die a few times before you can really live."

"I don't hate people.  I just feel better when they're not around."

"If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose."

"I was laying in bed one night and I thought, I'll just quit - to hell with it.  And another little voice inside me said, don't quite - save that tiny little ember of spark.  And never give them that spark because as long as you have that spark, you can start the greatest fire again."  

- Charles Bukowski

Thursday, November 15, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - November 15th Playlist

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The Clash – Complete Control
The Clash – White Riot (alternate version)
Rolling Stones – One More Shot
Link Wray & His Wray Men – Comanche
The Sonics – Leave My Kitten Alone
Paul Thorn – You Might Be Wrong
Eddie Rabbit – I Love A Rainy Night
The Fendermen – Mule Skinner Blues
Jason & the Scorchers – Moonshine Guy/Releasing Celtic Prisoners
Motorhead – Damage Case
Ike Reilly – I Don’t Want What You Got (Goin On)
Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone
Those Darlins – Wild One
Those Darlins – Be Your Bro
Lee Hazelwood – Nobody Like You
Supersuckers – Eastbound & Down
Andre Williams & The A-Bones – The Way You Dog Me Around
Hasil Adkins – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
ZZ Ward – Put the Gun Down
Social Distortion – When the Angels Sing
Stud Cole – Always & Always
Tom Waits – Mr. Siegel
The 101’ers – Keys to Your Heart
Willie Williams – Armagideon Time
Those Darlins – Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Twisted Road
Jeff Bridges – Hold On You
Bob Dylan – Ballad of a Thin Man
Wanda Jackson – Busted
Joe Penny – Bip A Little, Bop A Lot
Rudy “Tutti” Grazel Y Los A-Bones – Wooly Bully Espanol
Rachid Taha – Rock the Casbah
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Ol' Man River
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound - Want More
Charlie Feathers - Everybody's Lovin' My Baby

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"Poetry rollin' off his tongue, like Hank Williams chewin' bubble gum."  - Neil Young

"You got to tell me, brave captain...Why are the wicked so strong?  How do the angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porch light on?"  - Tom Waits

"Jerry Lee Lewis with his balls on fire in the back of a rocket '88 with an out of state plate and an underage date..."  - Ike Reilly

Thursday, November 8, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - November 8th Playlist

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The Stories – Brother Louie
John Lee Hooker w/Bonnie Raitt – I’m in the Mood
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
T-Model Ford – I’m Insane
Johnny Cash – Rusty Cage
The Masked Marauders – I Am The Japanese Sandman (Rang Tang Ding Dong)
Dale Hawkins – L.A. Memphis Tyler Texas
Andre Williams – The Monkey Speaks His Mind
Rudy Ray Moore – Rally In The Valley
James Brown – I Got the Feelin’
Scott H. Biram – I Want My Mojo Back
Cream – Steppin’ Out
Barrett Strong – Money (That’s What I Want)
Bettye LaVette – Joy
Led Zeppelin – Rock And Roll
Left Lane Cruiser & James Leg – When the Levee Breaks
The Rivieras – California Sun
Johnny Ace – Pledging My Love
Dex Romweber Duo – The Death Of Me
Kim Fowley – Wildfire
The Coasters – Shopping for Clothes
Southern Culture on the Skids – Muswell Hillbilly
The Chips – Rubber Biscuit
The Monkees – Goin’ Down
Bostweeds – Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
R.L. Burnside – See What My Buddy Done
Tommy Tucker – High Heel Sneakers
T-Model Ford – Hi-Heel Sneakers
Sir Douglas Quintet – It Didn’t Even Bring Me Down
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers – Chinese Rocks
Mable John – Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
Michael Parks – Long Lonesome Highway
Michael Parks – Big “T” Water
Monkees – Salesman
Solomon Burke – I Can’t Stop Loving You
Tom Waits – I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You

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"'N' every gimmick hungry yob digging gold from rock 'n' roll
Grabs the mic to tell us he'll die before he's sold
But I believe in this and its been tested by research
He who fucks nuns will later join the church."
-Joe Strummer (The Clash)

Thursday, November 1, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - November 1st Playlist

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John Lee Hooker – Big Legs Tight Skirt
Tom Waits – Frank’s Wild Years
John Mellencamp – Your Life Is Now
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Ignant And Shit
Gary Clark, Jr. – Third Stone From The Sun/If You Love Me Like You Say
Tom Waits – Way Down in the Hole
The Clash – Safe European Home
Kris Kristofferson  - Untitled Hidden Track (from “Closer to the Bone” album)
Timi Yuro – What’s A Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)
Johnny Cash – Thunderball
Bare Jr. – If You Choose Me
Kim Fowley – Animal Man
WhiteTrash WhipLash – Every Rose Has Its Thorn
L.H. & the Memphis Sounds – Out Of Control
Dwight Yoakam – Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
Dwight Yoakam – Long Way To Go
The Treniers – (We Want A) Rock And Roll President
Merry Clayton – Gimme Shelter
Mississippi Fred McDowall – I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device
Andre Williams – Shake a Tail Feather
Waylon Jennings – Goin’ Down Rockin’
Dr. John – Revolution
The Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
The Highwayment – Here Comes That Rainbow Again
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Piece of Crap
The V-Roys – Mary
Suzi Quatro – Can The Can
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – White Line
Social Distortion – Dear Lover
Bettye LaVette – Everything Is Broken
The Clash – Tommy Gun
Tom Waits – Train Song
Willie Nelson w/Ray Charles – Seven Spanish Angels

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"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."  - Frank Zappa

"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."  - Victor Hugo

"The only truth is music."  - Jack Kerouac

"Play it fuckin' loud!"  - Bob Dylan

Thursday, October 25, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - October 25th Playlist

Tune in to Dirty Roots Radio every Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (central) at www.wgrn.net.

THE HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA

Louvin Brothers/ Hank III – Satan Is Real/Straight to Hell (excerpt)
Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster
John Paul Keith – You Devil You
Montesas – Igor’s Party
Jim Stafford – Spiders and Snakes
Southern Culture on the Skids – Zombified
Reverend Organdrum – Experiment in Terror
Tom Waits – Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard
Tommy Scott & Scotty Lee – Exorcism
Screaming Lord Sutch – Jack The Ripper
Little Richard – Heeby-Jeebies
Little Richard – Heeby-Jeebies
Stage Fright – Bad Moon Rising
Dexter Romweber – Monster Blues
Joe Johnson – The Gila Monster
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Little Demon
Bostweeds – Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
New York Dolls – Frankenstein
The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Go-Go Godzilla
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put a Spell on You
Gil Scott-Heron – Me And The Devil
Bo Diddley – Bo Meets the Monster
The Cramps – Goo Goo Muck
The Cramps – I Was A Teenage Werewolf
The Cramps – Zombie Dance
Mike Ness – The Devil in Miss Jones
Daniel Johnston – Casper the Friendly Ghost
Johnny Cash – Ain’t No Grave
Meteors – Little Red Riding Hood
Howlin’ Wolf – Evil
Bryan “Legs” Walker With His Walkin’ Talkin’ Sax – Trick or Treat
The Sonics – Psycho
Larry & The Blue Notes – Night Of The Sadist
The Headliners – Voodoo Plan
Dixie Dee – Voodoo Mama
Roky Erikson And The Aliens – I Walked With A Zombie
Townes Van Zandt – Black Widow Blues
Cedell Davis – She’s Got the Devil in Her
The Coasters – Poison Ivy
Stevie Wonder – Supersticious

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - October 18th Playlist

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Onie Wheeler – Onie’s Bop
Chuck Berry – Reelin’ and Rockin’ [live]
Social Distortion – Down Here (With the Rest of Us)
Rudy Ray Moore – Rally In The Valley
Chuck Berry – You Never Can Tell
Chuck Berry – Carol
The Rivieras – California Sun
The Monkees – Goin’ Down
The Dictators – Who Will Save Rock And Roll?
The Cramps – Fever
Chuck Berry – Our Little Rendezvous
Sister Rosetta Tharp – Didn’t It Rain
Chuck Berry – Too Much Monkey Business
Luis Bacalov – Django
Link Wray – Fire and Brimstone
James Leg – Have To Get It On
The 101ers – Letsagetabitarockin
Steve Earle – Breed
The Music Machine – Talk Talk
Captain Beefheart – Diddy Wah Diddy
The Monks – Monk Time
Sammy Davis, Jr. – I Got A Woman
Chuck Berry – Crazy Arms
Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early – Hoopin and Hollerin’
Bobby Bare, Jr. – Bionic Beginning/The Heart Bionic
Stud Cole – Always & Always
Andre Williams w/The A-Bones – The Way You Dog Me Around
Johnny Cash – Orange Blossom Special [live]
Lightnin’ Hopkins – Automobile Blues
Chuck Berry – Maybellene
Mink Deville – Cadillac Walk
Chuck Berry – Down the Road a Piece
Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
Cedell Davis – Keep on Snatchin’ It Back
Del Satins – Feelin’ No Pain
Chuck Berry – Roll Over Beethoven
The Rolling Stones – Sway

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"Rock's so good to me.  Rock is my child and my grandfather."  - Chuck Berry

"It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest."  - Chuck Berry

"My mama said, you and Elvis are pretty good, but you're no Chuck Berry."  - Jerry Lee Lewis

"Well, Chuck Berry is the first singer-songwriter I know of."  - Roy Orbison

"The epitome of what it is to be a rock 'n' roll guitar player, songwriter, and singer."  - Joan Jett

"The only Maybellene I knew was the name of a cow."  - Chuck Berry

Thursday, October 11, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - October 11th Playlist

Remember earlier tonight, when I mentioned on the Dirty Roots Radio Facebook page that since today's date was 10-11-12 that it must signify some kind of good luck and that some god hoodoo was in line for the show tonight? 

Yeah..not so much.

We were beset with inexplicable technical issues (AGAIN) tonight and the online stream didn't work.  I made it through the first hour before I confirmed that all online listeners had in fact lost touch (some were able to tune in for a while, others not at all).

Anyway...I wanted to extend both my sincerest apologies for the difficulties and, especially, my deepest of gratitude to those who attempted to tune in.  

As I often say, it means a GREAT DEAL to me that you make an effort to listen.  This show is my baby...a labor of love...and when someone takes the time and effort to check it out, that's an incredible thing to me.  So it's extra upsetting then when things don't go right from the technical standpoint.

I'm on the lookout for some good options for the show, including an internet station, or perhaps an archive/podcast.  There are lots of factors with each (money, equipment, etc.), but the biggest is the simple fact that I really enjoy doing the show LIVE without a net.  Recording it in advance doesn't hold the same thrill.

At any rate...I'll keep working on it and doin' what I do...and you keep (hopefully) tuning in and (hopefully) loving it!!!  (When the hamster stays on the wheel and powers the online stream appropriately, anyway!!!)

Tune in to Dirty Roots Radio every Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (central) at www.wgrn.net.

The Persuasions – Chain Gang
Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue
The Atmospheres – The Fickle Chicken
The Tempests – Lemon Lime
Little Willie John – I’m Shakin’
Ding Dongs – Sweet Thing
Del Satins – Feelin’ No Pain
The Excels – Let’s Dance
The Premiers – Firewater
The Premiers – Daytona
The Premiers – Little Angel Face
Wanda Jackson – Tore Down
Dale Hawkins – L.A. Memphis Tyler Texas
Andre Williams – Its Only You That I Love
The Mekons – Sin City
The Rhythm Rockers – Twang
John the Conqueror – I Just Wanna
Johnny Guitar Watson – The Bear
The Bottle Rockets – Come On
The Dinosaurs – Behind Enemy Lines
Cherokee – Funky Business
Wanda Jackson – Pushover

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"Bad music can make you weak."  - Ry Cooder

Thursday, October 4, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - October 4th Playlist

Tune in to Dirty Roots Radio every Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (central) at www.wgrn.net.

Ennio Morricone – Navajo Joe (Main Title)
Toni Harper – Candy Store Blues
Bob Dylan – Narrow Way
Tom Waits – Make It Rain (live)
Flat Duo Jets – The Phantom
Alex Chilton – Can’t Seem to Make You Mine
Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle
5.6.7.8’s – Harlem Shuffle
Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle
Howlin’ Wolf – Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
Alex Chilton – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Ramones – The KKK Took My Baby Away
C.W. McCall – Convoy
Tom Waits – Big Joe and Phantom 309
Neil Young – Rockin’ in the Free World
The Breakaways – That’s How It Goes
The Jaynetts – Sally Go Round the Roses
Steve Earle & the Dukes – I Love You Too Much
Hasil Adkins – She Said
Hasil Adkins – Rockin’ Robin
Misfits – Rat Fink
Albert King – Born Under a Bad Sign
Thee Midniters – Whittier Blvd.
Thee Midniters – Jump, Jive, and Harmonize
Townes Van Zandt – Black Jack Mama
Joe Tex – King of the Road
Hasil Adkins – Chicken Walk
Louis Armstrong – (I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You Rascal, You
X – Wild Thing
The Runaways – Queens of Noise
Social Distortion – Born to Lose
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers – Born to Lose
Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminals’ Starvation League – Flat Chested Girl From Maynardville
Cake – Motor
Reverend Deadeye – Chased Ol’ Satan

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"Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true
Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil
Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
...
All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
So there was only one thing I could do...
was...
Ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long"

-Al Jourgensen
MINISTRY

Thursday, September 27, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - September 27th Playlist

Tune in to Dirty Roots Radio every Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (central) at www.wgrn.net.

T-Model Ford – Talk to You
Social Distortion – Far Behind
James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing
The Monkees – Goin’ Down
Gary Glitter – I Didn’t Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock & Roll)
Kathy Young – A Thousand Stars
The Squires – Mustang
The Mynah Birds – It’s My Time
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – School Days
Dexter Romweber – Blues That Defy My Soul
Bettye Lavette – Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Was In
Bare Jr. – Why Do I Need a Job
Jerry Lee Lewis – Money (Live at the Star Club – Hamburg, Germany, 1964)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls of Fire (Live at the Star Club – Hamburg, Germany, 1964)
Andre Williams & the A-Bones – The Way You Dog Me Around
The Clash – Wrong ‘Em Boyo
Mike Ness – Gamblin’ Man
Jerry Lee Lewis – Mean Woman Blues (Live at the Star Club – Hamburg, Germany, 1964)
Billy Bob Thornton – Smoking In Bed
Hasil Adkins – No More Hot Dogs
Louvin Brothers – Satan Is Real
The Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
James Leg & Left Lane Cruiser – Shake It
The Count Five – Psychotic Reaction
Tom Waits – Step Right Up
Ralph Stanley – White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
The Persuasions – Buffalo Soldier
Bettye Swann – Don’t You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)
Kris Kristofferson – Best of All Possible Worlds
Captain Beefheart – Diddy Wah Diddy
Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (Live at the Star Club – Hamburg, Germany, 1964)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Mansion On the Hill
Bob Dylan – Soon After Midnight
Scott H. Biram – I Want My Mojo Back

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"Elmore James only knew one lick, but you had the feeling that he meant it."  - Frank Zappa

"When I die, they'll say, 'He couldn't play shit, but he sure made it sound good'."  - Hound Dog Taylor

"If you don't know the blues...there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music."  - Keith Richards

"If you've gotta think about being cool, you ain't cool."  - Keith Richards

"For so long we plowed different furrows...the greats...be it of country, rhythm & blues, rock 'n' roll...you know what they were doing?  They were messing with your heart and soul.  That's what it was.  Nothing has the strength, the power of music."  - Sam Phillips

Thursday, September 20, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - September 20th Playlist

Tune in to Dirty Roots Radio every Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (central) at www.wgrn.net.

Robert Cage – Easy Rider
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Shot the Sheriff
Lead Belly – Black Betty
Lucinda Williams – Joy
Ike Reilly – I Don’t Want What You Got Goin’ On (Goin’ On)
Motorhead – Leavin’ Here
Ketty Letster – Love Letters
Alexander – Truth
Bottle Rockets – White Boy Blues
Bottle Rockets – Nancy Sinatra
Perry Como – Juke Box Baby
Muddy Waters – I’ve Got My Mojo Working
Bob Dylan – Maggie’s Farm (live)
T-Model Ford – Ask Her for Water
Mike Ness – I Fought the Law
Conor Oberst – I Don’t Want To Die (In the Hospital)
Johnny Dilks & His Visitacion Valley Boys – Comin’ On Thru
Steve Earle – Breed
Jeff Chapman – Imagination
The Music Machine – Talk Talk
Jimmy Lee Williams – Hoot Your Belly
The Peddlers – On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Bo Diddley – Pills
Jason & the Scorchers – 19th Nervous Breakdown
Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown Traffic
Fats Domino – I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
Richard Hawley – Long Black Train
The Seeds – Can’t Seem To Make You Mine
The Shadows – Rhythm And Greens
Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels – Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man
Steve Earle – Guitar Town
Tom Waits – Filipino Box Spring Hog
Ike Reilly – God And Money
Bob Dylan – Tin Angel

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"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space."  - Bob Brozman

"Anyone who used more than three chords is just showing off."  - Woody Guthrie

"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."  - Frank Zappa

"All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel."  - Jimi Hendrix

Thursday, September 13, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - September 13th Playlist

Tune in to Dirty Roots Radio every Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (central) at www.wgrn.net.


Bob Dylan – Hurricane
R.L. Burnside – Everything Is Broken
Bo Diddley – Hey! Bo Diddley
Alex Chilton – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
The Clash – Police & Thieves
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – You Don’t Know What You’ve Got
Bob Dylan – Thunder On the Mountain
The WhiteTrash WhipLash – Spodie Odie Hey!
The Shadows – Rhythm & Greens
Chuck Berry – Crazy Arms
Solomon Burke – Maggie’s Farm
Jack Scott – The Way I Walk
The WhiteTrash WhipLash – My Buick Goes 180
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
The Flamin’ Groovies – Money (That’s What I Want)
The Flamin’ Groovies – High Flyin’ Baby
Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire
Social Distortion – Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash – The Mercy Seat
Bob Dylan – Ring Them Bells
Sex Pistons – God Save the Queen
Vince Taylor – Brand New Cadillac
The Cramps – Fever
MC5 – Baby Please Don’t Go
Gene Vincent – Be-Bop-A-Lu-La
Buddy Guy – Baby Please Don’t Leave Me
Bob Dylan – Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
Bob Dylan – Dirt Road Blues
Buddy Holly – Early In the Morning
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Townes Van Zandt – Loretta
Tom Waits – Goin’ Out West
Tom Waits – Train Song
Steve Earle – I Am a Wanderer
Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros – Junco Partner
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros w/Mick Jones – White Riot
Mike Ness – No Man’s Friend
The V-Roys – Mary
Junior Kimbrough w/Charlie Feathers – Release Me
Bob Dylan – High Water (For Charley Patton)
Muddy Waters – Champaign & Reefer
Johnny Thunders – (I’m Not) Your Stepping Stone
Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought the Law
Bettye LaVette – What Condition My Condition Is In
Charles Bradley – Heart of Gold
Bruce Springsteen – Pony Boy
Andre Williams – Jaw Dropper
Motorhead – Louie Louie
Iggy Pop – Some Weird Sin
Bottle Rockets – Floataway
Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone

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"We didn't have any instruments, so I had to use my guitar."  - Mother Maybelle Carter

"All music is folk music.  I ain't never heard no horse sing a song."  - Louis Armstrong

"In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human beings."  - Joe Strummer

"You don't find a style...a style finds you."  - Keith Richards

"A bad rendition of you is better than a good rendition of somebody else."  - Willie Dixon

Thursday, September 6, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - September 6th Playlist

Tune in to Dirty Roots Radio every Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (central) at www.wgrn.net.

Isaac Hayes – Walk on By (RIP Hal David)
Velvet Underground – Foggy Notion
Mike Ness – The Devil in Miss Jones
Nina Simone – Be My Husband
Ennio Morricone – Il Buono, Il Cattivo, Il Brutto (The Good, the Bad, the Ugly – Main Title)
Steve Earle – All My Life
Southern Culture on the Skids – Rose Garden (RIP Joe South)
Bob Dylan – Duquesne Whistle
Rolling Stones – The Last Time
Rolling Stones – All Over Now
Rolling Stones – Happy
Muddy Waters – Crosseyed Cat
Andre Williams w/the Sadies – I Can Tell
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers – Do You Love Me
Social Distortion – Reach for the Sky
Solomon Burke – Cry to Me
Jerry Lee Lewis – Breathless
Dex Romweber Duo – The Death of Me
Sir Douglas Quintet – I Wanna Be Your Mama Again
Hasil Adkins – Wooly Bully
Neil Young – For the Turnstiles
Kris Kristofferson – Blame It on the Stones
Peter Tosh – Why Must I Cry
Rev. Lonnie Farris – Peace in the Valley
Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night
James Leg – Fire And Brimstone
Tom Waits – Children’s Story
Tom Waits – Heartattack and Vine
Tom Jones – Burning Hell
The Sonics – Leave My Kitten Alone
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Itty Bittty Pretty One
The Clash – Tommy Gun


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"I have spent most of my life (like most people) avoiding transcendence at all costs, mainly because the shit hurts.  Merely defining transcendence can sometimes be painful.  I once heart that “Transcendence is the act of going through something.”  Ouch.  I see plate glass windows and divorces.  Someone else told me that it was “rising above whatever one encountered in one’s path” but at this point in my life that smacks of avoidance as well as elitism of some sort.  I am compelled to look back on years of going through, above, as well as around my life looking for loopholes to redefine everything including any and all of the ideas that I have held close to my heart along the way – Art – Freedom – Justice – Revolution – Love (a big one) – Grown – Passion – Parenting (a really big one) – and I find that for me, for now, transcendence is about being still enough long enough to know when it’s time to move on.  Fuck me." 

-Steve Earle, Chicago (January, 2000)
**From the liner notes of "Transcendental Blues"

Thursday, August 30, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - August 30th Playlist

Tune in to Dirty Roots Radio every Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (central) at www.wgrn.net.

The night the devil took over the equipment...

Leonard Cohen – Everybody Knows
Tom Waits – Way Down in the Hole
Starlets – You Don’t Know Me
Grinderman – Get It On
Muddy Waters – I Can’t Be Satisfied
Gonn – Don’t Need Your Lovin’
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Hear You Knockin’
Sir Douglas Quintet – She’s About A Mover
Count Five – Psychotic Reaction
Daddy Long Legs – I Feel So Electric
Scott H. Biram – Only Jesus
Scott H. Biram – I Saw the Light/What’s His Name?
The Clash – Know Your Rights
James Brown – Mind Power
The Bottle Rockets – Slo Toms
Motorhead – The Train Kept A Rollin’ (live)
Blue Cheer – Summertime Blues (live)
Merle Haggard – Workin’ Man Blues
Billy Bragg – There Is Power In A Union
Social Distortion – Death or Glory
The Clash – Police On My Back
Johnny Thunders – (I’m Not) Your Stepping Stone
MC5 – Tutti Frutti
The Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head
Bob Dylan – Duquesne Whistle
Roscoe Gordon – Cheese and Crackers
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – I Wanna Be Your Dog
Sam the Sham & the Pharoes – Ring Dang Doo
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros – Pressure Drop

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"Rock has always been the devil's music...I feel rock and roll is dangerous...I feel we're only heralding something even darker than ourselves."  - David Bowie

"The energy of devils and angels is the same energy; it's how you use it.  It's fuel.  There's a saying: If you scare all your devils away, the angels will go away with them.  You know, the halo and the horns are the same thing."  - Carlos Santana

"...Resist the devil and he will flee from you."  - James 4:7

"You gotta keep the devil way down in the hole."  - Tom Waits

"Fuck the devil."  - Reverend Deadeye

Thursday, August 23, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - August 23rd Playlist

Tune in to Dirty Roots Radio every Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (central) on WGRN 89.5 FM.  Listen online from anywhere in the world at www.wgrn.net.

Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros – Ramshackle Day Parade
The Clash – Hate & War
Joe Strummer & the Latino Rockabilly War – Trash City
Ryan Adams – To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high)
The Detroit Cobras – On a Monday
Social Distortion – 99 to Life
Mike Ness – I Fought the Law
Little Milton – If Crying Would Help Me
Kris Kristofferson – To Beat the Devil
Gene Maltais – Gang War
Jeff Chapman – Imagination
Duane Eddy – Rebel Rouser
Charlie Robison – John O’Reilly
Steve Earle – Copperhead Road
Motorhead – Dance
The Clash – Guns of Brixton (live at Shea Stadium)
The Slickers – Johnny Too Bad
Sonik Omi – Main Theme From Andhera/Darwaza
Willie Nelson – Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour? (Where Are You, My Love?)
Willie Nelson – I Never Cared for You
Johnny Cash – Time of the Preacher
John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom
Billy Preston – Slaughter
Isaac Hayes – Title Theme (From Three Tough Guys)
Supersuckers – Bloody Mary Morning
Reverend Horton Heat – Hello Walls
Paul “Wine” Jones – Lead Me On
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears – Mustang Ranch
The Versatones – Tight Skirt Tight Sweater
Joe Tex – You Said a Bad Word
Canned Heat – Fried Hockey Boogie
New Grass Revival with Leon Russell – I Am A Pilgrim/Columbus Stockade (live)  - by request last week
Steve Earle & the Dukes – Dead Flowers (live)


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"Without music, life would be a mistake."  - Friedrich Nietzsche

"None but ourselves can free our minds."  - Bob Marley

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."  - Frank Zappa

"Love the 'fly by the seat of your pants' feel of the show.  No f'ing 'playlist'.  Just play what feels right."  - Dirty Roots listener Doug from Detroit

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'"  - Jack Kerouac

Happy birthday last week to "Our Patron Saint", Joe Strummer.  RIP
(original art by Noel Harnetiaux, created for Dirty Roots Radio)

Thursday, August 9, 2012

DIRTY ROOTS RADIO - August 9th Playlist

Tune in to Dirty Roots Radio every Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (central) on WGRN 89.5 FM.  Listen online from anywhere in the world at www.wgrn.net.

Tom Waits – Goodnight Irene
Henry Thorne – Wolf Bait
James Brown – The Payback
Kris Kristofferson – The Pilgrim: Chapter 33
Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early – Mother’s Dead
The Cramps – Drug Train
Dex Romweber Duo – Redemption
Motorhead – Dance
Dr. Dog – Lonesome
Tom Waits – Hell Broke Luce
Townes Van Zandt – Who Do You Love
The Everly Brothers – Gone, Gone, Gone
Left Lane Cruiser – Lost My Mind
Jack Scott – My True Love
R.L. Burnside – See What My Buddy Done
Johnny Cash – One Piece at a Time
The Crystals – I Wonder
The WhiteTrash WhipLash – Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Syl Johnson – Is It Because I’m Black
Mike Ness – Big Iron
The Staple Singers – The Weight
The Sonics – I’m A Man
The Sonics – Psycho
The Clash – Hate & War
Paul Jones – Pucker Up Buttercup
Sunnyland Slim – The Devil Is A Busy Man
Willie Nelson – Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die
Ten Foot Polecats – Tears On My Windshield
Flatt & Scruggs – I Still Miss Someone
Jason & the Scorchers – Absolutely Sweet Marie
The Lively Ones – Surf Rider
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears – Livin’ In the Jungle



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"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed and night, and in between he does what he wants to do."  - Bob Dylan

"Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read."  - Frank Zappa

"Don't you know there ain't no devil?  There's just God when he's drunk."  - Tom Waits