Blog: Spread The Good Word

The concept for Frankie Stein and the Ghouls was to play '60s style instrumental dance rock with screams and other bizarre sound effects mixed in, and then to give the songs corny "horror" titles. Monster Go-Go at its best! (Teenage dance tunes punctuated by screams, gunshots, coffin lids creaking and so on.) Whether doing the watusi, frug, swim or Hully Gully, these groovy ghouls prove that fear can be fun ! Read more here Frankie Stein & His Ghouls - Doctor [...]

These eight Chicano multi-instrumentalists from East Los Angeles had a local top ten hit with the cruising anthem, "Whittier Blvd" (inspired by the Rolling Stones' "2120 South Michigan Boulevard" and still popular in the area today) in 1965, that included several trademark aspects that set them apart from other bands of the era, particularly the use of brass instruments and a maniacal hyena-ish laugh. Much of their repertoire featured driving, slightly punkish rock/R&B, yet lead singer Willie Garcia also had a heartbreaking delivery on slow and steamy ballads. Thee Midniters - [...]

The cream of British rock royalty and more joined together for a musical rave up in praise of rock and roll legend, Carl Perkins back in 1985. For those who missed the original TV broadcast, this video?s been a long time coming, but U.K.-based Snapper Music finally delivers the goods on their newly released sixty minute DVD entitled Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session. Hallelujah! Carl Perkins & Friends - Gone, Gone, Gone Carl Perkins & Friends - [...]

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Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Matthew 10:16 Jack Rodgers - Taheeñe

Earthquake c/w Satan's Holiday (1965), a US-only release on Titan as by The Lancasters, was actually a one-off guitar instrumental produced in London by the indomitable Kim Fowley and featured guitar pyrotechnics by a young and impecunious Ritchie Blackmore . "Satan's Holiday" is a fine, menacing tune, with part of the songwriting credit going to James Phelge, the Rolling Stones' friend honored by half of the Nanker-Phelge pseudonym the Stones used on early group compositions ! PS: Of [...]

Beware?Beware?.The Rev brings you ?Bob kojima !!! Hawai'ian and exotica artists, such as Gene Rains, Arthur Lyman, and Martin Denny, hired Japanese musicians (some playing samisen and other traditional instruments), covered Japanese standards, and composed their own impressions. Progressive records from Japan offered amazing glimpses into the rapid transformation of Japan into a modern, more global society. And Latin music had an enormous impact on Japanese music, as in the U.S. and here's the best example with Bob Kojima - Moshi Moshi (1960). Enjoy. [...]

The Coasters were one of the few artists in rock history to successfully straddle the line between music and comedy. Their undeniably funny lyrics and on-stage antics might have suggested a simple troupe of clowns, but Coasters records were no mere novelties -- their material, supplied by the legendary team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, was too witty, their arrangements too well-crafted,

Curley Griffin (born in 1918-real name Howard Griffin) was a blind singer/songwriter who had a local radio show in Jackson and recorded some singles (era 1955-1957). Small detail ,Griffin let Carl Perkins himself use the radio stations recording equipment to make some early demo tapes. Nice. Curley Griffin - You Gotta play fair Curley Griffin - Got Rockin' On My Mind

Ok, tough choice. With my good friend Fire of love , we?re doing a Cramps special today. So in case you don?t know it yet, Lux Interior is Elvis' twin brother Jesse, risen from the dead, the monster Elvis, the evil twin. On this song, he growls, groans, moans, and stalks his lyrical terrain as if hypnotised or possessed. That?s why you have to buy all their records Godammit. So here?s my « Tuesday Fav Cramps Song » (it will change tomorrow of course). Based on the Shades? instrumental « [...]

The Del-Tinos played from 1963 to 1966 and the line-up included young Cub Koda (guitar, vocals) Rusty Creech on bass and drummer Doug Hankes. Originally a drummer at age five, Koda switched over to guitar when he formed his first band. The group cut its first single -- Roy Orbison's "Go Go Go" -- in the fall of 1963, and released two more 45s independently before it disbanded in 1966. By this time, Koda had become so immersed in the blues that the last Del-Tinos single had the trio [...]

For your happy weekend, here?s something I?ve found in my old dusty tapes, buried in the crypt , 12 minutes of heavenly hapiness. Be blessed, it?s propably the worst mix you?ll ever gonna hear in your entire life ! So I wish you good luck with this..umm?thing. The disciples spread the good news everywhere. The Lord worked with them. Jesus Is In The House, Part. 1 (12 :40) Tracklist : 1. Bunker Hill ? The girl can?t dance 2. Cathi Stout ? Hips [...]

Lowell Fulson took the smooth, jazz-tinged jump-blues of Texas to California, where he had rhythm-and-blues hits from the 1940s to the 60s. He wrote songs that were also recorded by Elvis Presley ("Reconsider Baby"), Otis Redding and Carla Thomas ("Tramp") and B.B. King ("Three O'Clock Blues").He had his first rhythm-and-blues hit, "Three O'Clock Blues," on the Swingtime label in 1948, and went on tour in 1950 with a band that included Ray Charles on piano. Other bands Fulson led would include Ike Turner on guitar and Stanley Turrentine or King Curtis on tenor saxophone. He continued to [...]

A good thought to begin with... Listen To The Cramps - Devil Behind That Bush PLAY Website