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North Fork Sound Top 20 - April 25 '10

Solomon Burke

1. Solomon Burke: Dreams
2. Barry Ryan: Eloise
3. Shelby Lynne: Alibi
4. Ronnie Dawson: Bad Habit Or Two
5. Sonnie Landreth: Pedal To The Metal
6. Sly & Robbie w/Beres Hammond, Annette Brisset: There For You
7. Pat Metheny: Soul Search
8. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: I'll Still Be True
9. Ellen Foley: Young Lust
10. Drugstore: Say Hello
11. Neu!: Hallogallo
12. Altai Hangai: Altain Magtaal
13. ESG: You're No Good
14. Martin Newell: Miss Van Houten's Coffee Shop
15. Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan: I'll Change My Style
16. Ronnie Jordan: So What
17. Bette Williams: If She's Your Wife (Who Am I)
18. Aubrey Small: Country Road
19. The Low Anthem: To Ohio
20. Rubén Blades: Shamed Into Love

Anita Baker, Rubén Blades, Natalie Merchant
Los Angeles, CA
photo: ht

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Bill Kirchen: A Word To The Wise

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
Roky Erickson

Last Week's Listener Favourites
? & The Mysterians: Empty Heart
Amanda Lear: Look What They've Done To Me

Amy Rigby: Dancing With Joey Ramone
Angel Corpus Christi: Loving You
Anthony Rocky Ellis: I'm The Ruler
Area Code 615: Southern Comfort
Aretha Franklin: Spanish Harlem
The Bar-Kays: Sang And Dance
B.B. King: Chains And Things
The Beat: Tears Of A Clown
Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian: Gilly
Betty Davis: Stars Starve You Know
Betty Wright: Secretary
The Birds: Leaving Here
Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley
Bob Dylan & The Band: Kocking On Heaven's Door
Booker T. & The MG's: High Heel Sneakers
Brother Tyrone: The Money's Gone
The Dead Weather: No Horse
Dexter Romweber: Come Back
The Drive-By Truckers: The Wig He Made Her Wear
Ducks DeLuxe: Deisel Heart
Dwight Yoakam: Truckin'
Elvis Costello: Less Than Zero
Elvis Presley: Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Emiliana Torrini: Dead Duck
Etta James: Pushover
Evil Beaver: Honey Pump
George Jones: Take Me
J.J. Cale: Hey Baby
Jimi Hendrix: Mr. Bad Luck
J. Mascis: No Good Trying
Joe Hampton & The Kingpins: Biker
John Barry: Midnight Cowboy

ht, John Campbell, Mike Boyko

San Francisco, CA

John Campbell: Angel Of Sorrow
Letta Mbulu: Hareje
Luna: The Enabler

Martin Rev: Daphne
Marvin Gaye: Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Marvin Rainwater: Boo Hoo
Mickey Newbury: Song For Susan
Muddy Waters: Mannish Boy
Peter Wolf: Watch Her Move
The Ramones: Loudmouth
Rob Buck & Danny Chauvin: Mexico Rooftop
The Velvet Underground: I'm Waiting For The Man
Vincent Quatroche: Stopleak
Warren Zevon: Fistful Of Rain
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
The Winkies: North To Alaska
Zuco 103: Garganteiro

North Fork Sound Top 20 - April 18 '10

Angel Corpus Christi, Lenny Kaye
Tommy Tang, NYC
photo: ht

1. Angel Corpus Christi: Loving You
2. Joe Brown: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3. DA: Silent Snow
4. David Byrne & Shara Worden: Seven Years
5. Drive-By Truckers: The Wig He Made Her Wear
6. The Kinks: Better Things
7. The A-Bones: Miss Amanda Jones
8. Peter Wolf: Watch Her Move
9. Screechy Dan: Spliff
10. Booker T. & The MG's: High Heel Sneakers
11. Sugar Minott: Rub A Dub
12. Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson: Relator
13. The Bar-Kays: Sang And Dance
14. Marianne Faithfull w/Sly & Robbie: Lola R. For Ever
15. Archie Bell & The Drells: Tighten Up
16. Peter Blevgad: I Had A Dream
17. The Dirty Strangers: Lock & Key
18. Ann Peebles: 99 lbs.
19. Jeff Bridges: Somebody Else
20. The Tamlins: Baltimore

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Roky Erickson w/Okkervil River: True Love Cast Out All Evil

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
art: Roky Erickson

Last Week's Listener Favourites
22 Pistepirkko: Birdy
The Action: I'll Keep On Holding On
Bob Dylan: Summer Days
Carlene Carter w/Dave Edmunds: Baby Ride Easy
Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez: The Gone Of You

The Cramps: Hot Pearl Snatch (press 'play' icon...just do it)
Corduroy: London, England
Dave Alvin: Surfer Girl
Doug Powell: She Walks On Water
Eddie Cochran: Twenty-flight Rock
Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: It Turned Out That Way
Jackie Moore: Sweet Charlie Babe
Jimi Hendrix: Dolly Dagger
J. Geils Band: Detroit Breakdown
J.J. Cale: After Midnight
Johnny Otis: The Dirty Dozens
Kimberley Rew: Simple Pleasures
The Kinks: A Well Respected Man
Led Zeppelin: Ramble On
Mickey Murray: Shout Bamalama
Nicholas Payton: Chinatown
Roky Erickson & Bleib Alien: Starry Eyes
Roky Erickson w/Okkervil River: Ain't Blues Too Sad
Roky Erickson w/Okkervil River: Please Judge
The Rolling Stones: Play With Fire
Ronnie Dawson: Crazy Shoes
Savoy Brown: Needle And Spoon
Terry Allen: I'm Not That Kat Anymore
Tom Waits: Picture In A Frame
The Untouchables: Tighten Up
XTC: Mayor Of Simpleton

North Fork Sound Top 20 - April 11 '10

Happy, Happy Birthday Baby...

1. Irma Thomas: Anyone Who Knows What Love Is
2. Buddy Holly: Well...All Right
3. Doug Powell: She Walks On Water
4. Alabama 3: Jaqueline
5. The Georgia Satellites: Trouble Comin'
6. Philip Rambow (w/Mick Ronson): Fallen
7. Letta Mbulu: Noma Themba
8. Television: Marquee Moon
9. Pizzicato Five: Sophisticated Catchy
10. Bob Dylan: Lonesome Day Blues
11. Jimmy Witherspoon: Money's Getting Cheaper
12. Steve Reich/Manhattan Marimba Quartet: Sextet - Mvt. #5
13. The Pink Fairies: Do It
14. The Barracudas: Little Red Book (demo)
15. Prince Jazzbo & The Upsetters: Croaking Lizard
16. Ronnie Dawson: Crazy Shoes
17. Field Music: Terrapin
18. Phyllis Dillon: Don't Stay Away
19. Harvey Mandel: Just A Hair More
20. The Sex Pistols: Pretty Vacant

VG, John Lydon, Nora Forster
W. 23rd St, NYC
photo: ht

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Ray Wylie Hubbard: A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint There Is No C)

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
Roky Erickson

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Andre Williams w/The Eldorados: Muther Fuyer
Black Limo: Drugstore Girl
Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode
The Detroit Cobras: Hittin' On Nothing
The Dixie Cups: Iko Iko
Eddie Cochran: Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie
Gary Glitter: Rock And Roll Pt. 2
The Godfathers: Sun Arise (Andy Kershaw BBC Radio 1 session 10/85)
The Grateful Dead: Sugar Magnolia
The Grease Band: Laugh At The Judge
Humble Pie: Heartbeat
James Hunter: Better Luck Next Time
Jon Cleary: Unnecessarily Mercenary
Joya Landis: Kansas City
Lambchop: The New Cobweb Summer
Larry Adler: Screw's Blues
Lou Reed: I Remember You
Luna: Sideshow By The Seashore

Dean Wareham
the Olympia, Paris, France
June, '93 photo: ht

Mott The Hoople: Too Short Arms (I Don't Care)
Nouvelle Vague feat. Camille: Too Drunk To Fuck
The Pioneers: Papa Was A Rolling Stone
The Pulsars: Das Lifeboat
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban: Patricia
Sir Douglas Quintet: You're Gonna Miss Me
Steve Almaas: She Thought She Knew Him Well
Swamp Dogg: The Mind Does The Dancing While The Body Pulls The Strings
This Heat: Not Waving
Tony Joe White: Scratch My Back

Tony Joe White
The Village Underground, NYC
photo: ht

Zoot Money's Big Roll Band: Walking The Dog

Mike Rutherford

Mike Rutherford
Waldorf Towers, NYC - 3/14/10

(if you find yourself confronted by a black screen, just press 'play')

North Fork Sound Top 20 - April 4th '10

Sara Hickman, Angelo Badalamenti
NYC

1. Sara Hickman (w/Angelo Badalamenti): Everyone's Gone To The Moon
2. The Ramones: Bonzo Goes To Bitburg

3. The Pulsars: Das Lifeboat
4. Brother Tyrone: New Roll And Tumble
5. Ray Wylie Hubbard: Black Wings
6. Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club: Blue Blue (Victoria)
7. U-Roy: King Tubby's Special
8. David Allan Coe: Drank My Wife Away
9. Burning Spear: I And I Survive
10. Nouvelle Vague feat. Camille: Too Drunk To Fuck
11. Jason & The Scorchers: Moonshine Guy
12. The Herd: From The Underworld
13. Latimore: Let's Straighten It Out
14. Them: Go On Home Baby
15. The Big F: Kill The Cowboy
16. John French: Vienna Sausage Waltz
17. Lita Ford: Kiss Me Deadly
18. Zuco 103: Futebol
19. Lonnie Mack: Farther On Up The Road
20. Natalie Merchant: The Janitor's Boy

Billy Bragg, ht, Natalie Merchant
9.30 Club, Washington DC

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Iggy & The Stooges: Raw Power
photo: Mick Rock



North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
Roky Erickson

Last Week's Listener Favourites
5.6.7.8's: 19th Nervous Breakdown
500 Miles To Memphis: Broken, Busted, Bloody
Albert Lee: Fun Ranch Boogie
Barrington Levy: Prison Oval Rock
Bow Wow Wow: C30, C60, C90 Go
Delbert McClinton & Dick 50: Mama's Little Baby
Derrick Harriott: Answer Me My Darling
Dirk Hamilton: Moses & Me (acoustic version)
The Dixie Chicks: Pink Toenails
Elvis Presley: Susan When She Tried
Fun Lovin' Criminals: Swashbucklin' In Brooklyn
Gary Glitter: Rock And Roll Pt. 2
Gloria Jones: Tainted Love
Ian Gomm: Hold On
Jim Jones Revue: Who's Got Mine
Madness: Sugar And Spice
Jimmy McCracklin: Georgia Slop
Kris Kristofferson: Me And Bobby McGee, live
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Love To Burn
Queen Ifrica: Below The Waist
The Ramrods: Ghost Riders
Ray Wylie Hubbard: Snake Farm
The Realists: I've Got A Heart
The Richard Thompson Big Band: Danny Boy
Roger & The Gypsies: Pass The Hatchet
Roy Montrell: (Every Time I Hear That) Mellow Saxophone
Roy Orbison: Claudette
The Sparkles: The Hip
Terry Edwards: Creosote
Wild Onions: Madgroove
The Yayhoos: Where's Your Boyfriend At

North Fork Sound Top 20 - March 28 '10

The 5.6.7.8's
l-r: Akiko Omo, Yoshiko Fujiyama, Sachiko Fujii

1. The 5.6.7.8's: 19th Nervous Breakdown
2. The Winkies: Red Dog

3. George Jones: Small Time Laboring Man
4. Little Anthony & The Imperials: Goin' Out Of My Head
5. Jon Cleary: Would I Lie To You
6. The John Coltrane Quartet: Tunji
7. The Mystics: Lucy's Factory
8. Issa Bagayogo: Kalan Nege
9. The Bamboo Kids: Low Life
10. Mickey Jupp: Switchboard Susan
11. The Dixie Chicks: Pink Toenails
12. Black Limo: 100 Bucks
13. Derrick Harriot: Answer Me My Darling
14. The Great Awakening: Amazing Grace
15. Roger & The Gypies: Pass The Hatchet
16. Tim Buckley: Look At The Fool
17. The Ramrods: Riders In The Sky
18. Bow Wow Wow: C30, C60, C90, Go
19. Greg Brown: Mose Allison Played Here
20. Evil Beaver: Cherry Master

Evie Evil, Evil Beaver
Luxx, Brooklyn, NY
photo: ht

more Evil Beaver shots here

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Mose Allison: The Way Of The World

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
Captain Beefheart / Don Van Vliet
'Safe As Milk' photo session out-take
courtesy Mojo magazine, March 2010 issue

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Alabama 3: Mansion On The Hill
Andre Williams w/The Eldorados: I'm So High
B. Bumble & The Stingers: Nut Rocker
Billy Swan: My Baby Left Me
Bobby Rush: I Wanna Do The Do
BP Fallon: Interview/I Believe In Elvis Presley
Brian Eno & The Winkies: Baby's On Fire
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: I Love You, You Big Dummy
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Sure 'nuff N Yes I Do
Chuck Prophet: Barely Exist
Chumbawamba: Torturing James Hetfield
Chumbawamba: Puccini Said
Dan Baird & Homemade Sin: Champagne Sparkle
Dave Alvin: Don't Look Now
Dennis Linde: Hello, I Am Your Heart
The Dictators: Sleeping With The TV On
Doc Starkes & His Nightriders: Women & Cadillacs
Donald Fagen: Ruby Baby
Emiliana Torrini: Dead Things
Fun Lovin' Criminals: Scooby Snacks
Galactic: Do It Again
Iggy Pop & James Williamson: Kill City
J. Geils Band: It Ain't What You Do, It's How You Do It
The Jerry Garcia Band: Let It Rock (live)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Third Stone From The Sun
The Kingpins: Ungaua
Lew Lewis: Boogie On The Street
Lucio Battisti: Ancora Tu
Luna: Slash Your Tires
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Love To Burn
PJ Harvey: Down By The Water
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore: Bedazzled
The Pursuit Of Happiness: I'm An Adult Now
The Rolling Stones: It's All Over Now
The Quireboys: 7 O'Clock
Robert Wyatt: Shipbuilding
Ronnie Lane & Eric Clapton: Around The World (Before I Grow Too Old)
The Slits: Pay Rent
Southern Culture On The Skids: Liquored Up And Lacquered Down

Suicide
Alan Vega, Martin Rev
Irving Plaza, NYC
photo: ht

Suicide: Ghost Rider
Terry Allen: The Pink And Black Song
Trembling Bells: Goathland
Vanity 6: Nasty Girl
The Velvet Underground: Who Loves The Sun