School of the Higher Groove

2015-10-11   3-7am Sunday

Various Rockabilly

Buddy Holly
Gene Vincent
Jerry Lee Lewis
Eddie Cochran
Carl Perkins
Bill Haley                                        

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This is another opportunity to dust ff the cobwebs obscuring one of those corners in my music library that doesn’t fit the format of the shows I do regularly.  Today the idea was pretty much to do a Rockabilly show, and when I think of Rockabilly the first names that come to mind are Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, but then I decided that I didn’t know where the boundaries lay.  Common terms that appear in the titles are Swing, Bop, Boogie and Blues, and those all usually conjure things other than Country-based music, but then there is that old question, “What’s in a name?”  Well, beyond those names we’ll find some up-tempo early Rock ‘n’ Roll from players like Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis who helped develop it from their Country roots.

Interspersed between these guys are sets taken from a couple of CD boxes showing different styles that developed the genre.  There are very few familiar names that appear, including Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Bill Monroe, and Chet Atkins.  I also listed Bill Haley although I’m sure we won’t get that far;  I’m used to a three hour show so I went in overkill mode and put together three eighty minute CDs which equals the full four hours but I just might open up my yap to tell you a few things so we’ll just have to wait and see where it all winds up.  Enjoy.

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Since it is still relatively new, I thought I’d mention that KKUP is now streaming on the internet and, while it is still in a developing stage, we have been putting out the word.  I’m not all of that good with high-tech stuff, but it seems pretty easy to access.  If you go to our website at KKUP.org you will see on the home page a strip of options immediately above the pictures of the musicians the next to the last option being LISTEN ONLINE.  By clicking this, it brings up a choice of desktop or mobile.  I can only speak for the desktop but after maybe a minute I was receiving a crystal clear feed.  As already mentioned, this is still a work in progress and we are currently limited to a finite number of listeners at any one time.  I mention this so you will be aware to turn off the application when you are not actually listening.  (I put the player in my favorites bar for the easiest of access.)  Now we can reach our listeners in Los Gatos and Palo Alto, even my family in Canada.  Let your friends elsewhere know they can now listen to your favorite station, and while they have the home page open they can check out our schedule.

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Hot Rock
   Johnny Carroll
Everybody’s Rockin’ But Me
   Bobby Lord
Drugstore Rock ‘n’ Roll
   Janis Martin
Rockin’ Country Style
   Glenn Reeves
One Eyed Sam
   Tommy Spurlin
Country Cattin’
   Jimmy Swan
Rock with Me Baby
   Billy Lee Riley

That’ll Be the Day

Not Fade Away
Oh, Boy!
Everyday
Rock Around with Ollie Vee
Peggy Sue
Words of Love
I’m Gonna Love You Too
It’s Too Late
Maybe Baby
Blue Days, Black Nights
Rave On
   Buddy Holly

Pink and Black

   Sonny Fisher
Bring My Cadillac
  Blake Knight
WIld Wild Women
   Johnny Carroll
Slick Chick Boogie
   Porky Freeman Trio
Rompin’ and Stompin’
   Curtis Gordon
Sugarfoot Rag
   Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers
Don’t Cry Baby
   Cal Veale
Hip Shakin’ Mama
   Jackie Lee Cochran

Be-Bop a-Lula
Little Lover
She She Little Sheila
Lotta Lovin’
Dance Dance Dance
Bluejean Bop
Cruisin’
Race with the Devil
   Gene Vincent

Birmingham Bounce
   Hardrock Gunter
Come On Little Mama
   Ray Harris
I’m Movin’ On
   Hank Snow
White House Blues
   Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys
Don’t Drop It
   Terry Fell
T.T. Boogie
   Charlie Adams (Adam Charles)
Move It On Over
   Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
Hot Rod Race
   Arkie Shibley

Lewis Boogie
Great Balls of Fire
High School Confidential   (check)
Drinkin’ Wine Spo-dee-o-dee
What’d I Say
Big Blon’ Baby
Real Wild Child (Wild One)
Breathless
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
   Jerry Lee Lewis

Oakie Boogie

   Jack Guthrie & His Oklahomans
Stratosphere Boogie
   Jimmy Bryant
Louisiana Jive
   Budd Hobbs & His Colorado Mountain Boys
The Nashville Jump
   Chet Atkins
Ballroom Baby
   Dick Lory
Tennesee Jive
   Johnny Horton
Usta Be My Baby
   Sanford Clark

Nervous Breakdown

Summertime Blues
Skinny Jim
Twenty Flight Rock
Cherished Memories
Stockin’s ‘n’ Shoes
Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie
C’mon Everybody
   Eddie Cochran

We Wanna Boogie

   Sonny Burgess
Guitar Boogie
   Rambler
Slep Rock-a-Roll Rock-a-Baby
   Alvis Wayne
My Baby Done Left Me
   The Farmer Boys
Bop-a-Dee, Bop-a-Doo
   Hal Willis
Swing Bop Boogie
   Alvis Wayne

Honey Don’t

Matchbox
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby
Boppin’ The Blues
You Can Do No Wrong
Gone Gone Gone
Blue Suede Shoes
All Mama’s Children
Perkins’ Wiggle
Put Your Cat Clothes On
Dixie Fried
Glad All Over
   Carl Perkins

Rock-Ola Ruby

   Sonee West
Cat Talk
   Lew Williams
Rockin’ Rollin’ Stone
   Andy Starr
Bop Cat Bop
   Simon xxxx
Guitar Rock ‘n’ Roll
   Joe Maphis
Cat Just Got Into Town
   Bill Mack
The Death of Rock ‘n’ Roll
   The Maddox Brothers & Rose
Rock ‘n’ Roll Ruby
   Warren Smith

(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock

Shake Rattle and Roll
Birth of the Boogie
Thirteen Women
Ruby’s Rock
Rip It Up
See You Later Alligator
   Bill Haley and His Comets