North Fork Sound Top 20 - June 12th 2011

Pokey LaFarge

photo: Jo McCaughey

1. Pokey LaFarge And The South City Three: Chittlin' Cookin' Time In Cheatham County
2. Junior Parker: Taxman
3. Levon Helm: Ophelia (live)
4. Lambchop: Six O'Clock News
5. First Aid Kit: Universal Soldier
6. Dennis Wilson: You And I
7. Wynonie Harris: Bloodshot Eyes
8. The Jim Jones Revue: Premeditated
9. Lewis Black: Democrats & Republicans
10. Dr. Feelgood: All Through The City
11. Maceo Parker: To Be Or Not To Be
12. The Pretty Things: Honey, I Need
13. Otis Redding: Day Tripper (take 4)
14. Lee 'Scratch' Perry w/Ejigayehu Shibabaw & Hawk: African Revolution
15. Intastella: Manchester
16. Jacob Miller: Baby I Love You So
17. Spooky & Sue: I've Got The Need
18. Goodnight Monsters: Demonstrator
19. Justin Vernon: Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow)
20. Blackbeard Allstars: Bridgeport Dub

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

Dave Alvin: Eleven Eleven

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Bruce Anderson

Last Week's Listener Favourites

Burning Spear

Burning Spear: Marcus Garvey
The Byrds: This Wheel's On Fire
Culture: Love Shine Bright
The Dirty Strangers: Talk To Me
Drive-By Truckers: Birthday Boy

East River String Band

East River String Band: Nobody's Business If I Do
Eddie Cochran: Hallelujah, I Love Her So
Ernie Isley: High Wire
The Flashcubes: Natalie
Fraser Anderson: Clock Watchers
Gallon Drunk: Series Of Dreams
The Go-Go's: We Got The Beat
The Grateful Dead: Mr. Charlie (live)
The Groundhogs: Split Pt. 2

Huw Gower

Huw Gower: Free As A Bird
Imperial State Electric: Leave My Kitten Alone
Inspiral Carpets: Commercial Rain
Jackie Wilson: (Your Love Keeps Liftin' Me) Higher And Higher
James Hunter: Don't Do Me No Favours
Joe Jackson: Nineteen Forever
Johnny Lover: I Like It Like That
Junior Murvin: Cool Out Son
Johnny Otis Rhythm & Blues Caravan: Boogie Guitar

Ketty Lester

Ketty Lester: Love Letters
The Kinks: Come Dancing
Laurie Anderson (w/Lou Reed): Only An Expert
Magic Sam: Everything Gonna Be Alright
Marianne Faithfull: The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
Max Romeo: Wet Dream
Maxine & Jahnet: One Light, Four Wheels

Mick Ronson
photo: Mick Rock

Mick Ronson: Growing Up And I'm Fine
The Mike Eldred Trio: Lookie Here
MX-80 Sound: Someday You'll Be King
Neil Young: This Note's For You
The New York Dolls: Making Rain
Nick Lowe: They Called It Rock
Nicodemus: Computer Knife And Fork
The Passengers: Two Lovers
Peter C Johnson (w/Carlene Carter): Statue Of Liberty

Petty Booka

Petty Booka: I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
The Psychedelic Furs: Sister Europe
The Rakes Progress: Salvation
Ramsey Lewis Trio: The In Crowd
Roxy Music: Both Ends Burning
Scotty: Draw Your Brakes
The Slits: Typical Girls
Smithereens: Rings On Her Fingers
Status Quo: Down Down
Suicide: Girl
Tappa Zukie w/The Musical Intimidators: Sensimelia Version
Todd Rundgren: Afterlife
The Traveling Wilburys: Tweeter And The Monkey Man

Wanda Jackson

Wanda Jackson: Thunder On The Mountain

North Fork Sound Top 20 - February 27th 2011

Robyn Hitchcock
photo: Michèle Noach

1. Robyn Hitchcock: August In Hammersmith
2. Dave Alvin: Harlan County Line
3. The Gibson Brothers: Dixie
4. Buddy Miller w/Shawn Colvin: That's The Way Love Goes
5. Bo Diddley: I Can Tell
6. The Jesus & Mary Chain: Bo Diddley Is Jesus
7. J.C. Lodge: Make It Up
8. Michael H. Price & His Bluesicians: The Best Ol' Fool
9. PJ Harvey: This Glorious Land
10. Eve And The Exiles: All I Want
11. Barry Biggs: Sideshow
12. Bob Geldof: Silly Pretty Thing
13. Irma Thomas w/Jon Cleary: Too Much Thinking
14. Clare Maguire: I Surrender
15. Beady Eye: The Roller
16. June Christy: Something Cool
17. XTC: Greenman
18. Julian Dawson: Gabriel's Hill
19. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx: NY Is Killing Me
20. James Blake: Lindisfarne II

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

Eden & John's East River String Band: "Be Kind To A Man When He's Down"

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Lee Perry

Last Week's Listener Favourites

Bobby Fuller

Bobby Fuller Four: I Fought The Law
Bohannon: Bohannon's Beat
Brinsley Schwarz: Feel A Little Funky
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Big Eyed Beans From Venus
The Drive-By Truckers: Pulaski
Eddie & The Hot Rods: Teenage Depression
Eddie Cochran: Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie

Elizabeth Cotten

Elizabeth Cotten & Brenda Evans: Shake Sugaree
Glenna Bell: These Days
Go-Kart Mozart: Fuzzy Duck
The Grateful Dead: Mr. Charlie (live)
Joey Ramone: Don't Worry About Me
Katy Moffatt: Stoned At The Jukebox

Lisa O Piu

Lisa O Piu: Simplicity
Lonnie Mack: Oreo Cookie Blues
Luna: Hello Little One
Marcia Ball: Strong Woman
Max Romeo: Iron Gate
The Maytals: 54-46 That's My Number
The Olivia Tremor Control: Glass Beard
Penguin Café Orchestra: Giles Farnaby's Dream

The Phobics

The Phobics: Make It If You Try
Procol Harum: Shine On Brightly
Randy Newman: Rednecks
Robert Wyatt: Pigs...(In There)
Sara Hickman: Mad World
Wanda Jackson: Thunder On The Mountain

Wanda Jackson

Wanda Jackson w/Dave Alvin: Rockabilly Fever

The Who: Relay
Willie Nelson: Nite Life

North Fork Sound Top 20 - December 19th 2010

Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) (R.I.P.)
photo: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

1. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Well
2. John Powhida International Airport: Daddy's The Man
3. Hamell On Trial: Hail
4. The Persuaders: Some Guys Have All The Luck
5. John Phillips: She's Just 14
6. Happy Talk Band: Pacific Coast Time
7. Hank Williams III: I'm A Long Gone Daddy
8. John Lee Hooker: Dimples
9. The Yayhoos: Never Give An Inch
10. Keith Richards: The Harder They Come
11. Suicide: Hey Lord
12. Angelo Badalamenti: Freshly Squeezed
13. The Humblebums: Why Don't They Come Back To Dunoon?
15. Soul Brothers Six: Some Kind Of Wonderful
16. Diana Jones: Pony
17. The Upsetters: Dollar In The Teeth
18. Tim Buckley: Move With Me
19. Dr. John & The Lower 911: Feel Good Music
20. Red Simpson: Sleeper Five By Two

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Vincent Quatroche: Singing Mr. Cedric

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
Rubén Blades

Last Week's Listener Favourites

801: Tomorrow Never Knows
Aretha Franklin w/Keith Richards: Jumpin' Jack Flash
Bettye LaVette: My Man-He's A Lovin' Man
Bo Diddley w/Keith Richards & The Shirelles: Bo Diddley Is Crazy
Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez: When I Work My Thang On You

Cottonhead (Mary Birdsong)

Cottonhead: Fuck Me
The Creatures: Pinned Down
Dillinger: The Table Gonna Turn

The Dirty Strangers

The Dirty Strangers: She's A Real Botticelli
Elvis Presley: Talk About The Good Times
The Mothers Of Invention: Cheap Thrills
George Jones & Keith Richards: Say It's Not You
Gillian Welch: Good Til Now
Gretchen Wilson: Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Ian McLagan w/Keith Richards: Truly
Jimmy Ricks & The Ravens: Daddy Rolling Stone
Johnny Depp & Come: Madroad Driving
LCD Soundsystem: 45:33 (i)
Lindisfarne: Winter Song
Luna: Sideshow By The Seashore
Marianne Faithfull w/Keith Richards: Sing Me Back Home
Marvin Gaye: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Pink Floyd: Arnold Layne
Rodney Crowell: Britney's Got The Blues
The Rolling Stones: Dance Little Sister
Roxy Music: Editions Of You
Roy Lee Johnson: When A Guitar Plays The Blues
Sandy Denny & The Strawbs: How Everyone But Sam Was A Hypocrite
Scott McClatchy: Perfect Thing
Seasick Steve: Just Because I Can (CSX)
The Small Faces: The Universal
Terry Anderson: One Good Heart

Wanda Jackson

Wanda Jackson: Nervous Breakdown
Wanda Jackson: Rip It Up
Wanda Jackson: Thunder On The Mountain
The White Stripes: Rated X
Tho Who: Baby Don't You Do It
The Wild Tchoupitoulas: Here Dey Come
Wingless Angels: Rivers Of Babylon

happy holidays, 'forkers...
next week: the year's best music

North Fork Sound Top 20 - December 12th 2010

Wingless Angels

1. Wingless Angels: Bright Soul
2. Los Lobos: Patria
3. Gillian Welch: Good Til Now
4. Kid Rock: I Know How
5. The Phobics: 2am
6. Alexis Korner: Get Off Of My Cloud
7. Afrocubism: Mali Cuba
8. David Ruffin: Walk Away From Love
9. Cottonhead: Fuck Me
10. Ed Harcourt: The Devil Came Down The Chimney
11. Howard Tate: You Don't Know Nothing About Love
12. Billie Jo Spears: Stepchild
13. Junior Parker: Taxman
14. Terry Anderson: One Good Heart
15. Julie London: Come On A My House
16. Roy Harper: When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease
17. Bettye LaVette: My Man - He's A Lovin' Man
18. Ry Cooder: He'll Have To Go
19. Kate Rusby: Village Green Preservation Society
20. Dillinger: The Table Gonna Turn

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Wanda Jackson: The Party Ain't Over

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
Rubén Blades
(w/Tommy LiPuma)
SIR Studios, 25th St, NYC
photo: ht

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Brinsley Schwarz: The Version (Hypocrite)
Dirk Hamilton: Los Gatos
Doug Powell: The Uninvisible Man

Gene Casey

Plainview, NY - 11/20/10
photo: ht

Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: It Should Rain

Georgie Fame: Do The Dog
Geraint Watkins: Champion

Glenna Bell

Glenna Bell: The Cougar Anthem

Glenna Bell: The Southern Gothic Wedding Waltz
The Georgia Satellites: Six Years Gone
The Honeydogs: The Kiss
James Brown: Cold Sweat Pts 1&2
Jerry Lee Lewis: Let's Talk About Us
Junior Byles: The Long Way
Levon Helm: It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Pizzicato Five: Strawberry Sleighride
Porcupine Tree: Bonnie The Cat

The Pretty Things

The Pretty Things: She's A Lover

Amy Winehouse
London, UK 6/18/07
photo: ht

Amy Winehouse: It's My Party
Robert Plant With Lil' Band O' Gold: It Keeps Rainin'
Roland White: If I Should Wander Back Tonight
Rubén Blades y Seis Del Solar: Cuentas Del Alma
The Saints: (This) Perfect Day
Trombone Shorty: Show Me Something Beautiful

North Fork Sound Top 20 - March 14 '10

North Fork Sound congratulates the 2010 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees:

1. Iggy & The Stooges: Raw Power

2. Derek Martin: Daddy Rollin Stone (Otis Blackwell)
3. Ellie Greenwich: Be My Baby
4. Genesis: Dusk
5. Jimmy Cliff: Hurricane Hattie
6. Darlene Love: Lord, If You're A Woman (Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil)
7. Abba: The Visitors
8. The Hollies: Honey And Wine
9. Elvis Presley: Little Sister (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)
10. Mojo Nixon: Bring Me The Head Of David Geffen
11. Bill Haley & His Comets: Shake, Rattle & Roll (Jesse Stone)
12. Wanda Jackson: Shakin' All Over
13. Tom Waits: Get Behind The Mule (live)
14. Chumbawamba: The Devil's Interval
15. Merle Haggard: Wishing All These Old Things Were New
16. Jeff Beck: The Stumble
17. The Prissteens: Goint Out Tonight
18. Humble Pie: Natural Born Bugie
19. The Black Belles: What Can I Do
20. Angel Corpus Christi w/Alan Vega: Theme From Taxi Driver/New York, New York

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Jimi Hendrix: Valleys Of Neptune

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
Captain Beefheart / Don Van Vliet
etching 'B'

Last Week's Listener Favourites
22 Pistepirrko: Rally Of Love
10,000 Maniacs: Planned Adolescence
Albert Lee: Forty Miles Of Bad Road
Billie Davis: No Other Baby
Bob Dylan: Neighborhood Bully
Buddy Holly: Well...All Right
Bunker Hill: The Girl Can't Dance
Carlene Carter: Spider Lace
Chris Isaak: Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)
Delbert McClinton: One Of The Fortunate Few
Dirk Hamilton: The Main Attraction
Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Beyond Belief
Fastball: The Way
Galactic feat. Rebirth Brass Band: Boe Money
Gary Lucas: Please Allow Me To Look At You Again (instr.)
Gene Casey: Come Home With Me
Georgie Fame: Monkeying Around
Hamell On Trial: Civil Disobedience
Hank Mizell: Jungle Rock
The Heroes: Seven Day Weekend
Hole: Skinny Little Bitch
The Idle Race: Skeleton And The Roundabout
Joey Ramone & General Johnson: Rockaway Beach
John Campbell: Down In The Hole
Julian Cope: World Shut Your Mouth

Keith Richards
Life, NYC
photo: ht

Keith Richards: Wicked As It Seems
Leadbelly: Rock Island Line
Levon Helm: The Mountain
The Lightning Raiders: Didja
Martin Belmont: Alison
Mary B: Something For You Baby
Miles Davis: Shhh/Peaceful
Motörhead: Life's A Bitch
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Over And Over
Nick Lowe: I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
Otis Redding: Hey Hey Baby

Genesis P-Orridge
W. 24th St, NYC
photo: ht

Psychic TV: Acidosis
Randy Newman: You Can Leave Your Hat On
Richard & Linda Thompson: Hokey Pokey
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Star Of Venus
Roky Erickson & The Aliens: The Interpreter
Sinéad O'Connor: Ode To Billie Joe
Smoke Fairies: Gastown
The White Stripes: 300 M.p.h. Torrential Outpour Blues
X-Tal: Stepford Rockers
ZZ Top: Tush

Wanda Jackson

Wanda Jackson and The Prissteens

Tramps, NYC
photo: ht

Wanda Jackson will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, April 4th 2009