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 - March 6th 2011

The Targets
photo: Jay Lolli

1. The Targets: Wake Up

2. Ronnie Spector: Try Some, Buy Some
3. Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston: It Takes Two
4. Nick Drake: River Man
5. Willie Nile: Topless Amateur
6. Eugene + The Lizards: Bug Juice
7. Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians: Shadowboxing
8. Who Shot Who? Have You Seen Annette
9. Farren, Colquhoun & Taylor: Baby Pink
10. Janet Kay: I Do Love You
11. The Sundown Playboys: Saturday Night Special
12. Dwight Twilley Band: It Could Be Love
13. Junior Byles: Fever
14. Jeff Beck feat. Jason Rebello & Trombone Shorty: Peter Gunn (live)
15. Traffic: Giving To You
16. Robbie Fulks & Kelly Willis: Parrallel Bars
18. Iggy Pop & Goran Bregovic: This Is A Film
19. The Arctic Monkeys: Secret Door (KEXP radio session)
20. Brute Force: King Of Fuh

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

Beady Eye: Different Gear, Still Speeding

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
Lemmy
Gramercy Park Hotel, room 528, NYC - 12/24/84
photo: ht

Last Week's Listener Favourites
801: Tomorrow Never Knows
The Band: Atlantic City
Beady Eye: Two Of A Kind
The Beatles: It's All Too Much
Bob Geldof: Silly Pretty Thing

Hamilton Bohannon

Bohannon: Bohannon's Beat
Brinsley Schwarz: Feel A Little Funky
Dave Edmunds: Information
David Lowery: Ah You Left Me
Delbert McClinton & Dick 50: Cherry Street
The Del-Lords: All Of My Life
Denim: Middle Of The Road

John Heneghan & Eden Brower
photo: Dan Cook

Eden & John's East River String Band: Be Kind To A Man When He's Down
Eddie Cochran: Jeannie, Jeannie Jeannie
Eve And The Exiles: All I Want
The Georgia Satellites: Bring Down The Hammer
The Gibson Brothers: Dixie

Glenna Bell

Glenna Bell: These Days
Go-Kart Mozart: Transgressions
Graham Parker & The Rumour: Back To Schooldays
Grateful Dead: Truckin' (live, Oakland 12/28/79)
Howlin Wolf: I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
Huey 'Piano' Smith: You Don't Know Yockomo
J.J. Cale: Lies
Jesus & Mary Chain: Bo Diddley Is Jesus
Joe Ely: White Line Fever
Joe Jackson: Nineteen Forever
Joey Ramone: Don't Worry About Me
June Christy: Something Cool
Junior Byles & Lee Perry: Dreader Locks
Kimberley Rew The Truth
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Adrian Sherwood: Elixir Of Life
Little Bob Story: Cry Baby
Lonnie Mack: Oreo Cookie Blues
Los Fabulocos: I Never Thought
Lou Reed: I Remember You
Marcia Ball: Strong Woman
Michael Chapman: Thank You PK 1944
Motörhead: R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
Ponderosa: Revolution
The Pretty Things: Grass
Procol Harum: The Devil Came From Kansas

Randy Newman
photo: Bill Eppridge

Randy Newman: Rednecks
The Rolling Stones: Heart Of Stone
Russell Byrd: Hitch-Hike Pt. 1
Sandy Denny: I'm A Dreamer
Scott McClatchy: Going Out Tonight
The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Lie Detector
Swingadelic: Don't Do It!
Thin Lizzie: Running Back

XTC: Greenman

don't forget...Friday, March 11th - noon-3pm, PURE w/howard thompson 'live' on WPKN, 89.5fm Bridgeport, CT and streaming & archived at www.wpkn.org

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

East River String Band w/Robert Crumb & friends

East River String Band
'Allen Brothers Rag'
Pleasure Lounge, Shelter Island, NY - 7/8/08

Eden Brower: ukelele
John Heneghan: guitar, kazoo
Robert Crumb: mandolin
Pat Conte: fiddle
Bob Guida: guitar
Joe Lauro: bass
Andy Burton: accordion

East River String Band w/Robert Crumb & friends

'Tell It To Me'
Pleasure Lounge, Shelter Island
July 8 '08
Eden Brower: ukelele
John Heneghan: guitar, kazoo
Robert Crumb: mandolin
Pat Conte: fiddle
Bob Guida: guitar
Joe Lauro: bass
Andy Burton: accordion

Gimme Shelter Island

Tuesday, Smugglin' Johnny C and I witnessed a stellar evening of American roots music on Shelter Island at Joe Lauro's spectacular Pleasure Lounge. Located in a barn behind his house, it's the coolest place on the island, hands down. Ancient posters featuring the Ventures, Pigmeat Markham, the Carter Sisters, Bill Black's Combo, Johnny Horton, and Ernie K-Doe

shared wall space with beer-bottle caps, old license plates, photos of Fats Domino and Robert Johnson, Nat King Cole and Johnny Cash album covers and even a Max Bialystock office plaque prop from "The Producers", fer heaven's sake! The place is genius, and now I want my own barn. Tonight's poster had been designed by Robert Crumb and everything was aligned for the evening to be a bit special. It was. I'd not heard the East River String Band before but it wasn't long before John (guitar, voice) and Eden (ukelele, voice) were treating us to some 20s & 30s folk-blues songs culled from John's enormous collection of 78s. Tunes like Skip James' 'Crow Jane', Memphis Minnie's 'My Chauffeur', Charlie Patton's 'Screamin' & Hollerin'', Mississippi John Hurt's 'Ain't No Tellin'' & Blind Lemon Jefferson's 'One Dime Blues' should give you an idea of what they're about. Oh, and let's not leave out Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie's 'On Our Turpentine Farm' either. Robert Crumb joined 'em to strum some mandolin, then the Sharks' Joe Lauro (upright bass) and Andy Burton (accordion) and the Otis Brothers (Bob Guida, guitar & Pat Conte, banjo, fiddle) stepped up to fill out the sound beautifully and suddenly the night got magic. I hadn't planned to film the gig - if anything, maybe a tune or two by the Sharks or get a Crumb ID, but I used up most of my tape because this seemed like it had to be documented, however haphazardly (no tripod, and filmed from the the balcony on the right). They were fantastic and I hope Joe brings 'em back soon. I've not yet had the good fortune to experience one of Levon Helm's Midnight Rambles, but I'd bet the vibe is exactly the same.

East River String Band
the Pleasure Lounge, Shelter Island, NY
July 8th '08

As the Otis Bros got ready for their own set, I ran into John & Eden out back and they were generous enough to give me a copy of their album (on cd AND vinyl). I promised them a dvd of the footage I shot and. They did an ID for NoFoSo, and I asked John if he thought Mr. Crumb might do the same but he told me that Robert didn't like cameras, or doing 'that sort of thing'. I know he's kind of reclusive, so I thought 'fair enough' and gave him some space....which he used admirably by being given a piggy-back ride out behind the barn by a spunky young lass in a polka dot dress who obviously knew about some of his predilections. The Otis Brothers are two guys from Queens and all I'd heard about them was they (too) collected 78 rpm records. Everybody here seemed to have huge 78rpm collections! I'm not sure how the OB's like to be described, but country blues with a spiritual edge might not be too far off. Thoughts of Mississippi juke joints surfaced and by the time they did Paul 'Wine' Jones' "Pucker Up, Buttercup" they had the audience in their hands.
After a short break, the Lone Sharks hit the stage, blasted into "The In-Crowd" and tore the place apart. Now I'm up to 7 Sharks sightings, and this was by far the best. GREAT versions of Johnny 'Burnette's Tear It Up', Bo Diddley's 'Dearest Darling', and their own 'Bad Baby' and the catchy 'Gone Hollywood' from the new alb went by in a flash and next thing I knew, we had to catch the last ferry. It was a drag leaving but neither of us felt like driving the extra 50 miles, so we put blasted Johnny's newly acquired Otis Brothers cd and set off. On the ferry, Johnny saw Pat Conte up front, so we went to pay our respects and Pat told us he had 50,000 78s in his basement and once had a radio show - The Secret Museum - on WBAI and WFMU. He was fascinating, telling us about 78s he had from all over the world. Who knew they made 78s in Africa? Or knows about Albert Richardson who recorded in the late 20's on Britain's Zonophone label? I sure didn't. Graciously, he did an ID for the station and then the ferry pulled into Greenport. I could have used another couple of hours with him. A perfect night.

The Lone Sharks
'tear it up' at the Pleasure Lounge, Shelter Island, July 9th 08