Rockabilly & Blues Radio Hour

A few more tunes appear in our Christmas jukebox this week from The Mavericks, Roy Clark, Marti Brom, Squirrel Nut Zippers and April Mae & The June Bugs.  We'll take a trip to the Doo-Wop Corner (revealing who a backing band was for one of those), an Ameripolitan Music Awards Spotlight with Laura Palmer and Screamin' Rebel Angels, Charley Crockett, Farmer & Adele, Eddie Clendening and Katie Shore with Asleep At The Wheel.  Plus, we hear new tunes from GA-20, Jolie & The Jackalopes and the latest from Robert Gordon with Chris Spedding and Ronnie Wood with Imelda May in our "Double Trouble" segment!  And yes...still there's more!!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   GA-20- "Got Love If You Want It" Jolie & The Jackalopes- "Little Chevrolet" Buddy Holly & The Crickets- "Oh Boy"   Double Trouble: Robert Gordon with Chris Spedding- "The Wanderer" Ronnie Wood with Imelda May- "Rock 'n' Roll Music"   Ameripolitan Music Awar

We start a new segment on Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour called "Christmas Jukebox" this hour with NEW holiday tracks from JD McPherson (from the recent Record Store Day release) and Los Lobos from latest Christmas release.  We also spin NEW tracks from Hot Chickens, Sarah Mai, Stray Cats, Marti Brom, The Swamp Shakers, The 40 Acre Mule and Brea Burns & The Boleros as part of our instru-Mental Breakdown!  We'll take a walk to the Doo-Wop Corner with tracks by The Heartbeats and Big Sandy AND the Ameripolitan Music Awards spotlight returns as we play 2020 Honky Tonk Group nominees Western Centuries, Casey James Prestwood & The Burning Angels, The Country Side Of Harmonica Sam, The Shootouts as well as a track from Master Award recipient Duane Eddy!!   Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Hot Chickens- "Rave On" Stray Cats- "I'll Be Looking Out For You" Marti Brom- "Last Ten Years With You"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Brea Burns & Th

This week, Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour spins the latest from The Mavericks (covering Waylon Jennings), Jason James, Love Tattoo, Dasta & The Smokin' Snakes, Marty Stuart, The Delta Bombers, Jimmy Dale, Rio & The Rockabilly Revival, Mike Teardrop Trio, The Sugar Daddys as well as Los Tiki Phantoms and Urban Zotel in our instru-Mental Breakdown.  We'll take a trip to the Doo-Wop Corner, hear some requests in Hey Mr. DJ and still there's more!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Dasta & The Smokin' Snakes- "Get Wild Or Get Gone" Love Tattoo- "Anybody Else But Me" The Sugar Daddys- "Don't Really Matter"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Los Tiki Phantoms- "I Fought The Law" Urban Zotel- "Shoestring Shuffle"   Mike Teardrop Trio- "Just A Country Boy" Marty Robbins- "Running Gun" Rio & The Rockabilly Revival- "On My Knees" Jason James- "City On The Bayou" The Mavericks- "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" (radio edit) Jimmy Da

Country, Blues, Rockabilly, Doo-Wop...it's all here on this Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour.  We've got NEW tunes from Charley Crockett, Janiva Magness, The Carolyn Sills Combo, Pat Capocci, Marti Brom, Deke Dickerson & The Sex-Phonics, Todd Day Wait, Bamboozle and Sarah Mai.  Plus, our Hey Mr. DJ request segment, a trip to the Doo-Wop Corner a Country icon's debut 1959 single, our instru-Mental Breakdown (featuring a mostly-instrumental from Danny "O" & The Astro-Tones and a classic from Larry Collins and Joe Maphis) and more!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Pat Capocci- "Hot Hot Heat" Deke Dickerson & The Sex-Phonics- "Barefoot Blues" Marti Brom- "If 'If' Was A Fifth"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Danny "O" & The Astrotones- "Machine Gun" Larry Collins & Joe Maphis- "Early American"   The Carolyn Sills Combo- "Feleena" Todd Day Wait- "Who's To Blame" Wanda Jackson- "Bye Bye Baby"   Doo-Wop Corner: The Silhouette

There's 15 killer new tracks on this episode from Jimmy Dale (newly released from 1998 with Nick Curran and Jake Erwin), Dale Watson, Tami Neilson, Chuck Mead, Marty Stuart, Hot Chickens, Jason James, Terra Jackson, Magic, Tiger Army, Twisted Rod, Jesse Dayton, Dave Del Monte & The Cross Country Boys as well as new tunes from Crown City Bombers & Joel Paterson in our instru-Mental Breakdown!  Our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment returns honoring Hank Williams with covers by Jerry Lee Lewis and Jack Scott!  Plus, there's a great classic from Johnny Cash to finish things up. Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Tami Neilson- "Hey Bus Driver" Chuck Mead- "Shake" Terra Jackson with Danny B. Harvey- "Fallin'"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Crown City Bombers- "Rockin' Tomato" Joel Paterson- "All My Loving"   Dale Watson (with Dave Gonzalez)- "Brylcreem and Vaseline" Jason James- "Move A Little Closer" Jimmy Dale- "Riverside Jump" Magic

Still plenty of KILLER new music to be heard this year!!  We spin the latest from Marti Brom, The Delta Bombers, Carolyn Sills Combo, Johnny Falstaff, Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders, The Kabooms, Bamboozle, Mike Teardrop Trio, GA-20 and The 40 Acre Mule and NEW tracks by Kentucky Cowhands and The Royal Hounds in our instru-Mental Breakdown!  We take a trip to the Doo-Wop Corner and hear a couple of requests in our Hey Mr. DJ segment.  We'll also pay tribute to the late, great Lew Williams who passed away September 1st. Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Marti Brom- "Come Destroy Me" Bamboozle- "Heebie Jeebies" Buddy Holly- "Changin' All Those Changes"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Kentucky Cowhands- "Frontiers Fiddlin'" The Royal Hounds- "Pororoca"   Carolyn Sills Combo- "Hold Your Horses" Johnny Falstaff- "Steppin' Stone" Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders- "Everyday" Mike Teardrop Trio- "Two Timing Mama" The 40 Acre Mule- "16 D

It's the 2nd annual Halloween Show on Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour.  Connor Rocket once again co-hosts an hour of devilishly good tunes and vintage horror film trailers!  You'll drop your candy and run when you hear tunes from Thurston Harris, Marcel Bontempi, The Delta Bombers, Messer Chups, John Fogerty, Chris Isaak, Roy Clark, Sirocco Bros., Bobby Bare, Vince Ray's Loser Machine, Round Robbin, The Time Burners, an instru-MENTAL Breakdown with Los Straitjackets and The Moontrekkers and more! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey   Intro Music Bed:  Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Tarantula Ghoul & Her Gravediggers- "Graveyard Rock" Messer Chups- "They Call Me Zombie" John Fogerty- "Wicked Old Witch" Round Robin- "I'm The Wolfman" The Haunted Strangler trailer Jack Turner- "Nightmare" Sirocco Bros.- "Flying Saucers" Brian Setzer- "Flyin' Saucer Rock 'n' Roll" Marcel Bontempi- "Witch Girl" I Was A Teenage Werewolf trailer The Time Burners- "Little Wolf Man" snippet from Space Ghos

Lots of killer new tunes this week from The Mavericks (covering John Anderson and we dare you not to sing along), Charley Crockett, Vaden Landers, Hot Chickens, Diablogato, The Swamp Shakers, Marcel Bontempi with Carlos Slap, Danny "O" & The Astrotones, Ryan Glenn Band and The Shootouts and Nick Waterhouse in our instru-Mental Breakdown.  Plus, we go down to the Doo-Wop Corner as well as hear a couple of your requests!  If that isn't enough, we throw in some rockers by Brian Setzer, The Gunboat Diplomats, Charlie Feathers and Terry Noland!  It's more fun than you imagined possible in one hour!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Brian Setzer- "Nothing Is A Sure Thing" The Swamp Shakers- "Didn't Start Livin'" Hot Chickens- "Love's Made A Fool Of You" Diablogato- "Boston Bound, Memphis Heart (Get On Up)" Terry Noland- "Ten Little Women" Danny "O" & The Astrotones- "Translation" Ryan Glenn Band- "Delusional Disorder" Charlie Feathers-

We've got Kings, Requests, Blond Bomber, Beatles cover and more on the latest Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour!  We spin new tunes in our instru-Mental Breakdown by Joel Paterson (covering The Bealtes) and Greg Townson plus new tracks by Chuck Mead, Janiva Magness (covering John Fogerty), Jolie & The Jackalopes, The 40 Acre Mule, Darrel Higham & The Enforcers, Peter & The Wolves, Crown City Bombers and a recently released Elvis live track.  Our Heavy Hitter Triple Threat segment honors Ronnie Dawson with covers by The Del Moroccos and the Hillbilly Moon Explosion.  Plus, we hear a couple of your requests and tunes from the 3 Kings Of The Blues...B.B. King, Albert King and Freddie King! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Darrel Higham & The Enforcers- "I Know" Chuck Mead- "Daddy Worked The Pole" Peter & The Wolves- "Hot Foot Woman"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Joel Paterson- "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" Greg Townson- "S

I had so much fun putting together this week's Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour!  We've got the latest from Headcat 13, Johnny Falstaff, Kentucky Cow Hands, Jesse Dayton, Kokomo Kings, Lee Rocker, Daddy Long Legs, Love Tattoo, Jacob Tolliver and Mike Teardrop Trio.  Our Hey Mr. DJ request segment has some good ones from Conway Twitty and Tracy Pendarvis.  The Instru-Mental Breakdown has rockers from Black Flamingos and Lonnie Mack (with Stevie Ray Vaughan), we take a walk to the Doo-Wop Corner and our Five Year Flashback is with Chris Isaak!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Daddy Long Legs- "Winners Circle" Jacob Tolliver- "Restless" Headcat 13- "Rockin' Route 66"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Lonnie Mack (with Stevie Ray Vaughan)- "Double Whammy" Black Flamingos- "Chicken Wire"   Kentucky Cow Hands- "Old Cowhand" *snippet of Walter Hill, Bobby Woods & Les Deux Love Orchestra- "James Riley Takes A Hand" Johnny Falstaff- "Move A Moun

We've got everything from Doo-Wop to Honky Tonk to Rockabilly to Psychobilly on the Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour this week!  Hear NEW tunes from Bonnie Montgomery with Rosie Flores, Stray Cats, Tiger Army, Hot Chickens, The Hi-Jivers, Tilford Sellers, Dallas Moore, Jimmie Vaughan, Charley Crockett, Awkward Family Portraits, Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders as part of our instru-Mental Breakdown, a Five Year Flashback with Rocky Burnette and a trip to the Doo Wop Corner!  Plus, we've got a live track from Dale Watson, rockers from The Altar Billies, Wanda Jackson and more!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Stray Cats- "I Attract Trouble" The Hi-Jivers- "I Can't Hold Out" The Altar Billies- "Hot"   instru-Mental Breakdown: The Spitfires- "Fireball Mail" Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders- "Gettin' Dirty"   Tilford Sellers- "She's Coming Home" Dallas Moore- "All I Need" Bonnie Montgomery with Rosie Flores- "You Can't Shake" Awkwa

We hear a new single from Theo Lawrence produced by Mark Neill on this Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour.  Plus, we spin NEW tracks from The Delta Bombers (also produced by Mark Neill), The WildTones, Danny "O" & The Astrotones, Jake Calypso & His Red Hot, Darrel Higham & The Enforcers, Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo, Ryan Glenn Band and The Mellows.  Our Five Year Flashback is with John Fogerty, the Time Machine goes back to the week ending March 8, 1958, the Doo Wop Corner has classics from The Sharps (with Duane Eddy) and The Cadillacs, and we hear rockers from Robert Gordon, The Wise Guyz and The Fabulous Thunderbirds!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   The WildTones- "Pretty Boy" Danny "O" & The Astrotones- "Fool Out Of You" Theo Lawrence- "The Worst In Me" The Fabulous Thunderbirds- "True Love" Darrel Higham & The Enforcers- "You Hound Ya Lie" Jake Calypso & His Red Hot- "Don't Miss The Train Man" Tammi

We've got a new segment this hour called the "Doo-Wop Corner" where we take a walk to hear some great Doo-Wop tunes on the corner.  This time it's Dion & The Belmonts and Billy Ward & His Dominoes.  We also hear NEW tunes from Greg Townson and Los Freneticos in our instru-Mental Breakdown, a Five Year Flashback with Webb Wilder AND a couple of great requests in Hey Mr. DJ.  You'll also hear NEW tunes from Eddie Clendening, Mike Teardrop Trio, The Deltas, Rock'n'Roll Kamikazes, The Modernes, Fatboy, Clint Bradley, The Country Side Of Harmonica Sam, classics from Gene Vincent, Don Willis and a recent rocker from Babe Miller!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" Eddie Clendening- "Hard Road To Hoe" Mike Teardrop Trio- "That Extra Mile" Gene Vincent- "Hot Dollar" instru-Mental Breakdown: Los Freneticos- "Palmira" Greg Townson- "Joy Ride" The Deltas- "Bubble Up" The Rock'n'Roll Kamikazes- "Pocket" The Modernes- "Big River" Doo-Wop Corner

Call me Gear-Jammin' James Riley this week as Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour celebrates National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (September 8-14) with an hour of Truckin' tunes on our first annual Keep On Truckin' show!  We've got classics and more recent tunes from Dave Dudley, Red Simpson, Dick Curless, Johnny Cash, Red Sovine, Don Diego Trio, Kay Adams with BR549, Jerry Reed, Junior Brown (with Red Simpson), Dale Watson, The Hi-Risers, The Royal Hounds, Merle Haggard, The Golden Roses, Sonny George, Bill Kirchen, Sons Of The Pioneers and Link Davis!  Breaker One-Niner...this is Gear-Jammin' James Riley...anyone got their ears on? Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" Dave Dudley- "Six Days On The Road" Dale Watson- "...Loose Nut Behind The Wheel" Red Simpson- "Motivatin' Man" Junior Brown & Red Simpson- "Nitro Express" Jerry Reed- "East Bound & Down" Dick Curless- "Big Wheel Cannonball" The Golden Roses- "Bad Habit" Sonny George- "Bi

Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour spins a TON of killer new tracks this week from The Delta Bombers, The Kokomo Kings, Jacob Tolliver, Mike Bell, Supersonics, Stray Cats, Marcel Bontempi & Carlos Slap, Bambi Lee Savage along with Didi Wray and The Duke Robillard Band in our instru-Mental Breakdown!  We hear from 2 of the headliners at Nashville Boogie 2020: Levi Dexter & The Rockats and Tiger Army.  Our Time Machine goes back to the week ending July 20, 1957 and our Five Year Flashback is with The Cactus Blossoms!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   The Delta Bombers- "15 To Life" The Kokomo Kings- "The More I Get, The More I Want" Levi & The Rockats- "Rockabilly Idol" Jacob Tolliver- "Jenny, Jenny" Bambi Lee Savage- "Baby Come Back" Tiger Army- "Outlaw Heart" The Shadowmen- "Warm Love" The Lucky Bullets- "Fire Down Below"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Didi Wray- "Terremoto Surf" The Duke Robillard Band- "Rawhide"   Marcel Bont

It's a fun mix of modern and vintage tunes on this week's Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour.  Hear NEW and recent recordings from John Lindberg Trio, Darrel Higham & The Enforcers, The Lincolns, Mike Teardrop Trio, Scotty Baker, Lucky Lance & The Star Devils, The Belasco's, Howlin' Lou & His Whip Lovers, A Jay Wade & The Tennessee No. 9, Uncle Charlie Combo and more!  Plus, we take a couple of your requests in our Hey Mr. DJ segment, set our Time Machine to the week ending March 1, 1959 and our Five Year Flashback is with JD McPherson! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues" John Lindberg Trio- "One Track Mind" Darrel Higham & The Enforcers- "Tell Me" The Belasco's- "The Darkest Night" Howlin' Lou & His Whip Lovers- "Bad Attitude" Uncle Charlie Combo- "That's All" Mike Teardrop Trio- "Sad & Blue" A Jay Wade & The Tennessee No. 9- "I Lost My Gal From Memphis" Charlie Thompson- "Eanie Meanie Baby" Hey Mr. DJ request segm

Elvis Presley passed away 42 years ago on August 16, 1977 at 42 years old.  On this Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour, we talk with Elvis Tribute Artist, Cote Deonath about performing, obscure Elvis tracks, 70's Elvis, a special rockin' request and more!  We'll hear "King Covers" by Wanda Jackson, Sleepy LaBeef, Brenda Lee, Chris Isaak, Jake Calypso, Conway Twitty and an Elvis themed tune from Billy Burnette.  Plus, we'll play some radio and tv ads for various movies and tv specials.  June Carter also talks about Elvis in a snippet from the 50's on the Louisiana Hayride and Sir Cliff Richard talks about finally getting to do a duet with Elvis in our Five Year Flashback! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Wanda Jackson- "Ain't That Loving You Baby" Brenda Lee- "Just Because" Chris Isaak- "Love Me" Conway Twitty- "Treat Me Nice" Billy Burnette- "Hot Time In Memphis (Elvis & The Blue Moon Boys)"   June Carter talks about Elvis (from The Louis

On this Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour, we hear an instru-Mental Breakdown (with NEW tunes from Bloodshot Bill and Martin Cilia), a Hey Mr. DJ request segment (with Carlene Carter & Dave Edmunds and Eddie Cochran), Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine (landing at week ending February 7, 1960) and a Five Year Flashback (with Dale Watson from early 2016)!  PLUS, hear NEW tunes from Jesse Dayton (covering The Clash), The Shootouts, Chuck Mead, Howlin' Ric & The Rocketeers, The Bullets, Danny "O" & The Astrotones, Black Moon Boys as well as classics from Elvis Presley and George Jones!!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Elvis Presley- "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" Howlin' Ric & The Rocketeers- "Your Loving Days Are Through" Chuck Mead- "The Man Who Shook The World"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Bloodshot Bill- "Peeling" Martin Cilia- "Marvin Bay"   The Bullets- "Thunderbird" Danny "O" & The Astrotones- "Drinkin' On A School N

The 7th annual International Blues Music Day is August 3, 2019 so we dedicate Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour this show to all blues music!  Dion is in our Five Year Flashback with a blues cover and our Rockabilly N Blues Time Machine goes back to week ending May 21, 1955 to hear the top 3 Rhythm & Blues Records (Big Joe Turner, Bo Diddley and Little Walter)!  Plus, hear NEW tunes from Billy F. Gibbons, Kim Wilson, Jontavious Willis, Jimmie Vaughan, a recently released Keith Richards track (with Johnnie Johnson on piano), recent rockers from Big Jon Atkinson, Buddy Guy and classics from Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins and B.B. King! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Brian Setzer- "Rockabilly Blues"   Robert Johnson- "Cross Road Blues" Lightnin' Hopkins- "Had A Gal Called Sal" Jimmie Vaughan- "Baby, Please Come Home" John Lee Hooker- "Big Legs, Tight Skirt" B.B. King- "Shake It Up & Go" Billy Gibbons- "Crackin' Up" Muddy