Roky Erickson

Roky Erickson
Webster Hall , NYC - May 25th 2010

North Fork Sound Top 20 - May 30th 2010

Alabama 3

1. Alabama 3 (feat: Steven Van Zandt): Jacqueline (Ruckspin mix)
2. Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Dearest Darling
3. David Rawlings Machine: Method Acting/Cortez The Killer
4. Kevin Ayers: Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes
5. James Hunter: She's Got A Way
6. Roy Orbison: Trying To Get To You (undubbed version)
7. Hawkwind: Silver Machine (Live, Paris Theatre, London, 9/28/72)
8. Prince Far I: Wisdom
9. Johnny Cash: For The Good Times
10. Patto: Flat Footed Woman
11. Roy Harper: Forever
12. Alvadean Coker: We're Gonna Bop
13. Stereolab: Wow And Flutter
14. Sofia: Search & Destroy
15. The Cramps: Strychnine
16. Sleeper: Delicious
17. Little Feat: A Apolitical Blues
18. Mark Bingham: Na-Na-Na-Na-Na
19. Shooter Jennings & Hierophant: Don't Feed The Animals (Caleb Sherman mix)
20. Jack Scott: The Way I Walk

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
The Pretty Things

Last Week's Listener Favourites

Andre Williams: Down Home Girl
Bob Dylan: Like A Rolling Stone (live)
Blur w/Phil Daniels: Parklife
Brinsley Schwarz: Don't Ever Change
Buddy Holly: Not Fade Away (alternate overdub)
Chris Montez: Let's Dance
Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez: A Shot Of You
Chumbawamba: Bankrobber
The Flamingos: I Only Have Eyes For You
Fleetwood Mac: Albatross
Gavin Bryars w/Tom Waits & Tramp: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
George Gilmore & The Giblets: This Is As Far As I Go
Happy Mondays: God's Cop
Ian Hunter: All Of The Good Ones Are Taken (slow version)
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Like A Rolling Stone (live)
John Martyn: Couldn't Love You More
Little Feat: Willin'
Man: Out Of Your Head
Max Romeo: War Ina Babylon
Motörhead: Tear Ya Down
Paul McCartney: No Other Baby
Paul Weller: Andromeda
The Pretty Things: Trust
The Pretty Things: Big Boss Man

Lemmy, John Lydon
Los Angeles, CA
photo: ht

Public Image Ltd: Disappointed
Ray Davies: Stand Up Comic
The Real Kids: Reggae Reggae
Roky Erickson w/Okkervil River: Please Judge
Rubén Blades: I Can't Say
Savoy Brown: Made Up My Mind
The Sex Patels: Life During Wartime

Patricia Morrison, Andrew Eldritch
The Power Station, NYC - 'This Corrosion' session
photo: ht

The Sisters Of Mercy: Dominion/Mother Russia
Sonny Boy Williamson: Eyesight To The Blind
Stephen Bruton: Everything Happens For A Reason
Stina Nordenstam: Little Star

The Stooges
Steve Mackay, Iggy, James Williamson
Hammersmith Apollo, London W6, May 3 '10
photo: ht

The Stooges: 1969 (alt. vocal)
The Stone Roses: Turn To Stone
Taste: See Here
The Velvet Underground: Cool It Down

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Next show: June 11th, and every second Friday of every month, 1-4pm:-
WPKN 89.5 or www.wpkn.org

Pink Fairies

Duncan 'Sandy' Sanderson, The Pink Fairies
The Inn On The Green, London, W.10
May 7th '10

North Fork Sound Top 20 - May 23rd 2010

Jason Pierce, Alan Vega
Suicide dressing room, Hammersmith Apollo
London, May 3 '10
photo: ht

1.= Spiritualized: Broken Heart
1.= Suicide: Girl
3. Ray Charles: In The Heat Of The Night
4. Lorraine Ellison: I'll Be Home
5. John Lydon: Dog
6. Danny Dell & The Trends: Froggy
7. Sara Hickman: Before You Change Your Mind
8. JJ Cale: Since You Said Goodbye
9. Ray Wylie Hubbard: Drunken Poet's Dream
10. Ed Sanders: Some FEMA Trailers In Hope
11. Kim Simmonds: North Country Town
12. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Dog On The Run
13. Richard Lloyd: There She Goes Again
14. Sinner DC: Glass Alley (360/Patrice Baümel & Nunos Dos Santos Remix)
15. Brinsley Schwarz: Don't Ever Change
16. ZZ Top: Heard It On The X
17. Leslee 'Bird' Anderson w/Danny Gatton: Little Jonah
18. Al Kooper: Making Plans For Nigel
19. The Stooges: 1969 (alt. vocal)
20. Jackie Moore: Both Ends Against The Middle

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Buddy Holly: Not Fade Away
The Complete Studio Recordings And More

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
The Pretty Things

Last Week's Listener Favourites

Bill Kirchen w/Dan Hicks: Word To The Wise
Chris Farlowe: It's All Over Now Baby Blue
Chris Hillman: Eight Miles High
Christine Ohlman: A Shot Of You
Dave Berry: Don't Give Me No Lip Child
David Allan Coe: Death Row
Ed Sanders: Some FEMA Trailers In Hope
Elvis Costello: Sulphur To Sugarcane
Eric Burdon & War: Spill The Wine
Isaac Hayes: Theme From Shaft
Jeri Bo Keno: Here It Comes (And Here I Go Again)
Kim Weston: Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
Kris Kristofferson: Enough For You
Mary Gauthier: Jackie's Train
Miles Davis: All Blues

Bobby Gillespie, Alan Vega
Suicide dressing room,The Garage, London N5, November 2000
photo: ht

Primal Scream: Country Girl

Randall Bramblett: Queen Of England
Roky Erickson & The Aliens: Creature With The Atom Brain
Rupert Holmes: Studio Musician
The Rolling Stones: Pass The Wine (Sophia Loren)
The Rolling Stones: Tumbling Dice
The Records: Starry Eyes
Shpongle: No Turn Un-Stoned
Stevie Wonder: Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Will Bradley Trio: Down The Road Apiece

live365 and the internet is just not big enough, so now we're on terrestrial radio too! Next show: June 11th, and every second Friday of every month, 1-4pm:-
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The Dirty Strangers

Alan Clayton, The Dirty Strangers
The Inn On The Green, London W.10
May 7 '10

North Fork Sound Top 20 - May 16th 2010

painting: Graham Bowers

1. Graham Bowers: Eternal Ghosts/Which Is (excerpt)
2. Blake Boy: Cambodia
3. Stephen Bruton: Please Send Me Someone To Love
4. The Rolling Stones: Pass The Wine (Sophia Loren)
5. Elizabeth Cook: El Camino
6. Drumbo: To The Loft Of Ravenscroft
7. Doug Sahm: Huggin' Thin Air
8. Crel: Unit 3 (Sinner DC remix)
9. Marti Brom: I Still Can't Forget About You
10. American Music Club: Rise
11. Paul Weller: Two Fat Ladies
12. The Grateful Dead: Turn On Your Lovelight
13. James Hunter: You Can't Win
14. Jerry Lee Lewis: Goosebumps
15. Vanessa Paradis: I'm Waiting For The Man
16. The Penguin Café Orchestra: Lifeboat (Lovers Rock)
17. Karen Elson: Stolen Roses
18. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Cornbread And Butterbeans
19. Amy MacDonald: Next Big Thing
20. Chris Hillman: Eight Miles High

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Kris Kristofferson

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
The Pretty Things

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Alex McMurray: You've Got To Be Crazy To Live In This Town
Big Al Anderson & The Balls: Bigger Wheel
Bill Kirchen w/Dan Hicks: Word To The Wise
The Blue Chieftans: Punk Rockin' Honky Tonk Girl
Buddy Holly: Not Fade Away
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Semi-multicolored Caucasion
Chuck Brown And The Soul Searchers: Bustin' Loose
The Clash: Police On My Back
Dan Baird: Rock This Place
Dion: Your Own Back Yard
Egg: A Visit To Newport Hospital
Ellen Foley: Stupid Girl
Eric Burdon & War: Spill The Wine
The Greasy Chickens: Andre's Blues

Ian Hunter + birthday cake
Bowery Ballroom, NYC, June 2 2002
photo: ht

Ian Hunter: Still Love Rock And Roll
Iggy & The Stooges: Hey Peter
JJ Cale: Rollin
John Prine: Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
Johnny Rivers: Johnnie Johnson Blues
Johnny Winter: Mojo Boogie
Juliette & The Licks: American Boy
Louis Jordan: Reet Petite And Gone
Mac Gayden: Morning Glory

Marianne Faithfull
Battersea Park, London, 1965
photo: Tony Frank

Marianne Faithfull: Why D'ya Do It
Merle Haggard: I've Seen It Go Away
Mink DeVille: Soul Twist
Neil Innes: How Sweet To Be An Idiot
The Pretenders: Precious
The Pretty Things: Havana Bound
The Pretty Things: Vivian Prince

The Psychedelic Furs
first publicity photo
(Epic Records UK, 1979)

The Psychedelic Furs: Mack The Knife
The Rake's Progress: Salvation
The Ramones: Let's Dance
The Real Kids: Rave On
Richard 'Groove' Holmes: Livin' Soul
Rick Derringer: Rock And Roll Hootchie Koo
The Tornados: Telstar
Tower Of Power: Down To The Nightclub
Wanda Jackson: My Baby Left Me

North Fork Sound Top 20 - May 1st '10

Tommy McLain

1. Tommy McLain: Before I Grow Too Old

2. Bill Kirchen w/Chris O'Connell: Husbands And Wives
3. McGinty & White: Stay In Love
4. Swingadelic: The Deacon's Daughter
5. Man: Life On The Road (live) {R.I.P. Micky Jones}
6. Los Lobos w/Mavis Staples: Someday
7. Lambchop: Close Up
8. Barbara Lynn: Oh! Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin')
9. Dave Edmunds: Sweet Little Lisa
10. X-Tal: Happy Americans
11. Tapper Zukie: MPLA
12. Audience: Belladonna Moonshine
13. Merle Haggard: I've Seen It Go Away
14. Adam & The Ants: Kings Of The Wild Frontier
15. Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Sweet Gene Vincent
16. Danny Gatton's Redneck Jazz Explosion: Land Of Make Believe/Tequila
17. Chumbawamba: Song For Len Shackleton
18. Johnny Rivers: Johnnie Johnson Blues
19. Rockin' Sidney: You Ain't Nothing But Fine
20. Juliette & The Licks: American Boy

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Solomon Burke: Nothing's Impossible

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
The Pretty Things

Last Week's Listener Favourites

?
Coney Island High, NYC
photo: ht

? & The Mysterians: Do You Feel It
Andy Fairweather Low: Be Bop 'n' Holla
Aubrey Small: Country Road
Audience: Nothing You Do
The Band: Across The Great Divide
The Beatles: Helter Skelter
Big Danny Oliver: Sapphire
Big Joe Turner: Shake Rattle And Roll
Bill Kirchen w/Norton Buffalo: Value Of The Moon
Cluster: Pt. 6
Cream: Strange Brew
The Georgia Satellites: Hand To Mouth
Graham Parker & The Rumour: Mercury Poisoning

Happy Mondays: Mark 'Bez' Berry, Shaun Ryder
Elektra publicity photo, 1990

Happy Mondays: WFL (Think About The Future)
Harvey Mandel: Games People Play
John Martyn: Big Muff
Kim Simmonds: Out Of The Blue
Marvin Rainwater: Boo Hoo
Otis Redding: Hard To Handle
Patto: San Antone
Lightin' Rod w/Jimi Hendrix & Buddy Miles: Doriella Du Fontaine
Lou Reed: Dirty Boulevard
Mac Gayden: Morning Glory
Martin Newell: Miss Van Houton's Coffee Shop
The Mirettes: Your Kind Ain't No Good
Pink Floyd: Interstellar Overdrive
The Pretty Things: S.F. Sorrow Is Born
The Resentments: Too Much Monkey Business
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Star Of Venus
Roky Erickson & The Aliens: Cold Night For Alligators
Screaming Blue Messiahs: Tracking The Dog
Shelby Lynne: Alibi
The Slickers: Johnny Too Bad
Sly, Robbie & Brackenridge: Taxi Connection
Suicide: Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne

Terry Lott, Ted Nugent, Frank Brunger, Johnny Black, ht, ?
The Soundhouse, Kingsbury, NW9

Ted Nugent: Free-For-All

Van Der Graaf Generator: Man-Erg
Victor DeLorenzo: Blind

North Fork Sound has gone to England to see Suicide play the Hammersmith Apollo with the Stooges and Sunderland play at Molineux. Regular service will resume shortly...