North Fork Sound Top 20 March 15th ’09

(St. Patrick’s Day special – for Roger)

1. Jerry Lee Lewis w/Don Henley: The Irish Heart Beat
2. Thin Lizzy: The Rocker
3. Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
4. Pierce Turner: Julie London
5. Stiff Little Fingers: Alternative Ulster
6. The Nipple Erectors: King Of The Bop
7. The Divine Comedy: Lost Property
8. The Edge & Sinéad O’Conner: Heroine
9. Marc Carroll: Crashpad Number
10. Bob Geldof: Pale White Girls
11. The Pogues & The Dubliners: The irish Rover
12. Ernie Graham: Romeo And The Lonely Girl
13. The Undertones: Teenage Kicks
14. My Bloody Valentine: Only Shallow
15. Andy White: Religious Persuasion
16. Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan: What A Wonderful World
17. Roy Harper: All Ireland
18. The Waterboys: Medicine Bow
19. The Wheels: Bad Little Woman
20. Flogging Molly: Requiem For A Dying Song

'Danny Boy' by:
Ace Cannon
Conway Twitty
Elvis Presley
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Jackie Wilson
Johnny Cash
Leon Russell & Willie Nelson
Mickey Newbury
Richard Thompson Big Band
Rubén Blades & Luba Mason
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Leonard Slatkin)

Vinyl B-side:
Goldie & The Gingerbreads: Please Please

The Guilty Pleasure:
The Prissteens: Teenage Dicks

Featured Album:
Them: The Story Of Them (featuring Van Morrison)

Last Week’s Listener Favourites:
PF Sloan: Eve Of Destruction
Mary Gauthier: I Drink
Motörhead: Killed By Death
Inez Foxx: Ask Me
The Pink Fairies: The Snake
The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed
? & The Mysterians: 96 Tears
The Shirelles: Baby It’s You
Roy Wood: Forever
Third World War: Shepherd’s Bush Cowboy
Stephen Bruton: Please Send Me Somebody To Love
Luna: Friendly Advice
The Faces: All Around The Plynth
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Saturday Groovers
Phyllis Dillon: Don’t Touch Me Tomato
The Sex Patels: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Chuck Berry: Hello Little Girl Goodbye
Scott McClatchy: The Legend
Roxy Music: Trash
Gregory Isaacs: My Number One
Arthur Lee: Do You Know The Secret?
Nico: One More Chance
John Prine: Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody
Nik Void: Rocket USA
Percy Mayfield: Please Send Me Someone To Love
Richard Lloyd: Swipe It
The Nutley Brass: I Wanna Be Sedated
Genesis: The Musical Box
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band: Low Yo Yo Stuff
Lou Reed: Vicious
Peter Green: The Stumble
The Sex Pistols: Anarchy In The UK
The Georgia Satellites: Nights Of Mystery/I’m Waiting For The Man (live)
Buddy Guy: She Got The Devil in Her
Jim Jones Revus: Cement Mixer
The Heptones: Hypocrite
The Handcuffs: I Just Wanna Be Free, Man
Guy Clark: Baby Took A Limo To Memphis
Lonnie Mack: Money (That’s What I Want)
Gavin Bryars, Tramp & Tom Waits: Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Gay Dad: To Earth With Love
Ian McNabb: Go Into The Light,
Elvis Presley: That’s All Right
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps: Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me

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Danny Gatton interview pt. 1

Danny Gatton
interview w/ht
Big Mo Studios, Kensington, MD (1993)
camera: Jehr Schiavo

Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks

Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks
"All By Myself/Tear It Up/Guitar Boogie"
Rodeo Bar, NYC 3/7/09
Gene Casey (guitar, lead vocal)
Chris Ripley (drums,vocals)
Tony Palumbo (upright bass, vocals)
Paul Scher (sax, marracas, vocals)

By the beginning of last Saturday's second set, tables had been cleared and NYC's Rodeo Bar was transformed from chips 'n salsa/beer 'n Bar-B-Q dive into a full-on, barnstorming, honky-tonkin' juke-joint thanks to primo rockabilly/western-swing/rhythm & twang combo The Lone Sharks rare foray into the city to show them how it's done. Their rowdy, pulchritudinous East End/S.I. fans think nothing of traveling the 90 miles there and back to get their fix of Cash, Diddley, Alexander, Burnette and Elvis covers along with killer Gene Casey originals like 'It's A Free Country', 'Bad Baby', 'Dirty All The Time', 'That's What Cheaters Do' and others pulled from their 3 and a half albums, 'Aqua Western', 'Fire Theft & Casualty', 'What Happened' and 'Six Pack'. Hell, they even made 'Cry' by Johnny Ray sound great. Go on, take a look at their large and very tasty repertoire.
I arranged to meet some friends at the show, and each of them was very impressed. One - an a&r vet with 30 years under his belt - said the band "restores my faith", a sentiment I feel every time I see them. Another said "my kind of band...good guitar, they swing old school style and the pretty girls shake their their booty to the beat" which, at the end of the day, is really all you need.
Any of you who found this blog by googling "North Fork" + "Long Island Sound", looking for a nice rental for the summer should be pleased to learn that one of the bonuses we get out here is the Sharks play 2 or 3 different places every weekend, all summer long. It may not quite be the new Memphis, Austin or Nashville but, along with the mighty Blaggards, who are also making a great noise in this corner of the world, the Greenport/Riverhead/Amagansett axis is beginning to look like a cool stopover for any pilgrim looking for the real rock & roll.

Ian McLagan & The Bump Band

Ian McLagan & The Bump Band were in top form last Tuesday night at BB King's in NYC. In fact, I'd have to say they were the best I'd ever seen them. Earlier that day, Mac's latest album, 'Never Say Never' was given its offical release on 00:02:59 and from it, he played its title track, 'I Will Follow', 'Little Black Number' and 'When The Crying Is Over'. The rest of the set was pulled from all stages of his illustrious career including his art-school group, The Muleskinners (a Rev. Gary Davis tune), stints with the Small Faces ('Get Yourself Together') and The Faces ('Cindy Incidentally', 'You're So Rude', 'Glad And Sorry') plus 30 years of solo work ('Little Troublemaker', 'Judy Judy Judy', 'You're My Girl', 'Date With An Angel', 'Temperature' and his touching tributes to Ronnie Lane, 'Spiritual Babe', 'Kuschty Rye').

Ian McLagan & The Bump Band
"Kuschty Rye"
Ian McLagan (keyboards, vocals)
Don Harvey (drums)
Mark Andes (bass, backing vocals)
'Scrappy' Jud Newcombe (guitar, backing vocals)
BB Kings, NYC March 3rd '09

Not many things sound better than a Hammond B-3 through Leslie cabinet and Mac coaxed, teased, pulled and squeezed all the best notes out of his, ahem, purple monster while drummer Don Harvey, bassist Mark Andes and guitarist Jud Newcomb each showed why they're one of the best outfits on the road today. CBS TV's Sunday Morning music correspondent Bill Flanagan paid his respects, and I spotted Damn Fine Day's Scott Schinder and Arnie Goodman from (the ever-tastier) Elmore magazine amongst the super-appreciative crowd.

Earlier Mac told me he'd just had some surgery in the UK but you wouldn't have guessed, as his voice sounded better than ever. His sly cracks aimed at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (Madonna? Faces support act, Black Sabbath??) drew laughs from the audience and his winning banter made it seem like we were in a west London sitting-room with a bunch of mates. He mentioned that rehearsals for the proposed Faces reunion were fun and went well, although - apart from a rumoured get-together at a future Ronnie Wood show - there's nothing in stone. Everyone's waiting for Rod...including us.
Still, it's not as if Mac has an empty sheet. This tour runs until the end of March, returns to Austin for some SXSW dates and his regular Thursday night Lucky Lounge residency before picking up again for a west coast swing at the end of April/beginning of May. And he's still in high demand as a session player, so catch him when you can. Ian and his Bump Band are a brilliant reminder of bygone days when musical chops and solid material were a fundamental part of being allowed onstage and, of course, a time when rock & roll was more about fun than anything else
Bless ya, Mac...good to see ya.

John Stainze, Ian McLagan
Austin, TX
photo: ht

North Fork Sound Top 20 March 8th ‘09

1. Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas: Woh Din
2. Ian McLagan & The Bump Band: An Innocent Man
3. JJ Cale: Fonda-Lina
4. John Lee Hooker: Kiddio
5. The Sand Pebbles: Nathalie
6. Ornette Coleman: The Sphinx
7. Jim Jones Revue: Cement Mixer
8. The Cramps: You Got Good Taste
9. Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: The Girl On The Cutting Room Floor
10. Robert Cray: Nothin’ But A Woman
11. George Gilmore & The Giblets: Keep On Lovin Me
12. Living Things: Let It Rain
13. The Heptones: Hypocrite
14. The Flamin’ Groovies: Yeah My Baby
15. Sean Tyla: Breakfast In Marin
16. The Resentments: The Greatest
17. Andre Williams: Pray For Your Daughter
18. The Pretenders: Precious
19. Johnny G: The Golden Years
20. Niney The Observer: Blood And Fire

Vinyl B-side:
Otis Watkins: If You’re Ready To Rock (Stiff Records)

The Guilty Pleasure:
Alvin Stardust: Pretend (Stiff Records)

Featured Album:
Charlie Louvin: Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs (Tompkins Square)

Last Week’s Listener Favourites:
NY Loose: Bitch
The Psychedelic Furs: The Ghost In You
Television: Prove It
Van Der Graaf Generator: Theme One
Them: Here Comes The Night
Amy Allison: No Frills Friend
Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers: A Woman’s Got The Power
Whale: Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
Patti Smith: Rock & Roll Nigger
Derek Martin: Daddy Rollin’ Stone
The Wolfmen: Buzz Me Kate
The Pink Fairies: Taking LSD
Angel Corpus Christi: Hurdy Gurdy Man
Buddy & Julie Miller: Gasoline And Matches
Billy Swan: Shake, Rattle & Roll
Chumbawamba: Add Me
Jet Black Berries: Cara Lin
The Only Ones: Another Girl, Another Planet
Republica: Ready To Go
Intastella: Manchester
Marianne Faithfull: Sister Morphine
The Star Spangles: I Don’t Wanna Be Crazy Anymore
Rupert Holmes: Second Saxophone
The Ronettes: Be My Baby
Mem Shannon: You Ain’t Nothin’ Nice
Cookies: Nothing More
Parliament: Flash Light
Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Please Don’t Dance
Paul Thorn: A Lot Of Good Reasons
Bo Diddley: Diddley Daddy
Mick Farren & Andy Colquhoun: The Ladbroke Groove
The Mothers Of Invention: Electric Aunt Jemima
Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm: Prancin’
Screamin’ Joe Neal: Rock & Roll Deacon
Vince Taylor: Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie
Roy Orbison: Oh, Pretty Woman
Nick Lowe: Keep It Out Of Sight

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Gary Lucas

Gary Lucas
Greenwich St, NYC
March 3 '09

North Fork Sound Top 20 March 1st ‘09

1. Living Colour: Desperate People
2. Blossom Dearie: Someone To Watch Over Me
3. Alice Cooper: Under My Wheels
4. Chuck Perkins & The Voices Of The Big Easy: We Ain’t Dead Yet
5. Lo-Fidelity Allstars: Feel What You Feel
6. Aine Furey: Hello In There
7. Latimore: Let’s Straighten It Out
8. RL Burnside: Alice Mae
9. John Prine: Big Fat Love
10. Toots & The Maytals: Louie Louie
11. Rubén Blades: Muévete
12. Andre Williams: Bait And Switch
13. Mark Olson & Gary Louris: Bloody Hands
14. Chuck Berry: Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
15. Finbar Furey: My Song Of Emigration
16. Albert Lee: Good Times
17. Lene Lovich: Say When
18. Rupert Holmes: Second Saxophone
19. Deborah Evans-Stickland: I Just Want To Make Love To You
20. Altered Images: I Could Be Happy

Vinyl B-side:
Dire Straits: Eastbound Train (live) (Vertigo)

The Guilty Pleasure:
Lou Reed: My Name Is Mok

Featured Album:
Buddy & Julie Miller: Written In Chalk (New West Records)

Last Week’s Listener Favourites:
Nico: Fairest Of The Seasons
Nino Tempo: I Know Where You’re Going
Penguin Café Orchestra: Nothing Really Blue
Humble Pie: Natural Born Bugie
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton: Ride The River
John Cale: Dirty Ass Rock ‘n’ Roll
Sonny: Laugh At Me
Johnny Burnette & The Rock & Roll Trio: Tear It Up
The Georgia Satellites: Railroad Steel
Neil Young: Out On The Weekend
Kimberley Rew: The Truth
Lambchop: This Corrosion
Lo-Fidelity Allstars: Battle Flag
Hoodoo Gurus: You Open My Eyes
Andy MacKay: Alloy Blossom Trumpets in The Suburbs
Harvey Mandel: Wade In The Water
The Beat: Tears Of A Clown
Burning Spear: Pick Up The Pieces
Gillian Welch: Elvis Presley Blues
Hamell On Trial: Big As Life
The Pretty Things: Sickle Clowns
Seasick Steve: St. Louis Slim
Th’ Faith Healers: This Time
Los Lobos: Jockey Full Of Bourbon
The Stooges: Dirt
Little Feat: Cat Fever
Genya Ravan: Flying
Ian Hunter: Death Of A Nation
Timebox: Poor Little Heartbreaker
Jim Kremens: Street Fair
Squeeze: Tempted (BBC)
The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
Randy Newman: Korean Parents
Mickey Jupp: Rock ‘n’ Roll Peg
The Rolling Stones: Melody
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg: Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus
Ian McLagan & The Bump Band: Hello Old Friend
Odetta (w/Dr. John & John Campbell): America, The Beautiful
Nino Rota: La Dolce Vita
The Flowerpot Men (feat: Dr John): Walk On Guilded Splinters
Son House: My Black Mama
Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Bad Baby
Rubén Blades: Hopes On Hold (Lou Reed version)

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