The Power of The 45

Did you ever have a record player?  Not a stereo.  A record player that played records.  The kind with the built in speaker, hinged top with clasps to secure it when you picked it up by the handle to move it.  The kind you could put a stack of records on that would automatically drop after one side was finished and the tone arm lifted and move away for the next record to drop.  The kind that had a funky shaped 45 adapter that fit over the center pin.  Me too.  Tonight’s show was dedicated to the record player.

This week, I was listening to Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys tune “The Power of The 45 (Pt. 1).”  In the song, Big Sandy sings about all the singers who got significant turntable time on record players of the 50s and 60s.  I went in search of the artists mentioned in the song and put together a 40 minute set featuring these artists.  Listed in the playlist below, they follow “The Power of The 45 (Pt. 1)” and end with Little Willie John’s “I’m Shakin’.”  I had a great time putting tonight’s show together.  If you listened, thank you.

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Buck Owens	Tequila Sunrise	Buck Sings The Eagles	Omnivore Records
Dwight Yoakam	Suspicious MInds	The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam	Reprise
Neko Case	Whip the Blankets	Furnace Room Lullaby	Anti/Epitaph
Tom Russell	The Rose of the San Joaquin	The Rose of the San Joaquin	Hightone Records
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Highway 99	Out In California	Hightone Records
The Derailers	Knee Deep In The Blues	Full Western Dress	Rhino/London-Sire
77 El Deora	Twisted	Blue Line	Western Independent Recordings
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	Power Of The 45 (Pt. 1)	Turntable Matinee	Yep Roc Records
Don Julian & The Meadowlarks	Boogie Woogie Teenage	High School Reunion	Rolled Gold Classics
Janis Martin	Blues Keep Calling	The Female Elvis – Complete Recordings 1956-60	Bear Family Records GmbH
Glen Glenn	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Loud Loud Music	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Loud Loud Music	AMB
Joe Pain	Sugar Creek Bottom	The Spar Records Story – Nashville’s Great Unsung Indie Label	Yellow Label
Richard Berry	Louie Louie	The Roots of Van Morrison	Snapper Music
Lazy Lester	Alligator Shuffle	Harp and Soul	Alligator Records
Chuck Berry	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	Chuck Berry: The Anthology	MCA Records
Junior Parker	Mystery Train	Next Time You See Me	Universe
Vernon Taylor	Your Lovin’ Man	Essential Rockabilly – The Sun Story	One Day Music
Janis Martin	Drugstore Rock ‘N’ Roll	The Female Elvis – Complete Recordings 1956-60	Bear Family Records GmbH
Little Willie John	I’m Shakin’	Fever: The Best Of Little Willie John	Rhino
Eleven Hundred Springs	Every Time I Get Close to You	Country Jam	Palo Duro
The Flying Burrito Brothers	Christine’s Tune	The Gilded Palace of Sin and Burrito Deluxe	A&M
Gary Stewart	Back Sliders Wine	The Essential Gary Stewart	RCA
Buck Owens	I Always Get a Souvenir	Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins	Sundazed Music
X	Burning House Of Love	Beyond & Back: The X Anthology	Elektra
Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings	Loves Gonna Live Here	Outlaw Reunion, Volume 1	Craze Productions
Whiskeytown	What May Seem Like Love	Faithless Street	Outpost Recordings
Bill Kirchen	Truck Stop At The End Of The World	Seeds and Stems	Proper Records
Clarence White	I’m Tied Down to You	Tuff & Stringy/Sessions 1966-68	ace
Red Meat	That’s What I’m Here For	Alameda County Line	Ranchero Records
Johnny Paycheck	A-11	All Time Greatest Hits	Goldenlane Records
Tommy Collins	What’cha Gonna Do Now	Swing West Volume, Vol 1	Razor & Tie
Rosie Flores	Girl Haggard	Once More With Feeling	Rounder Records
Billy Mize	Solid Sender	That’ll Flat Git It, Vol. 9 (DECCA)	Bear Family Records GmbH
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	Make It Last	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus Records

Titan of The Telecaster

Fun show tonight and we had a chance to chat with Bill Kirchen, the TItan of The Telecaster, as he was landing in Oakland in preparation for a couple of Bay Area shows.  The first one on Friday April 26 will be held at the Sebastapol Community Center.  The second local show will be on Saturday April 27 at 142 Throckmorton in Mill Valley.  Bill’s shows are always very high energy and driven by great music.  He will take you around the block and then some with his fantastic guitar playing.  For everyone who thought a telecaster was a simple tool of the twang, you need to catch Bill Kirchen bringing his to life.  Thanks for talking with us, Bill.  It was a real treat.

We also got a copy of the new CD from 77 El Deora.  77 El Deora’s Maurice Tani drove a copy out to us recently.  The whold CD is really good listening music.  They do a great cover of the Chuck Berry tune “Nadine” in a very unexpected style.  However, with the “twang noir” of 77 El Deora, they do nail it.  Make sure to tune in to KWMR on Monday April 29, 6:30 – 8:30.  Amanda will be interviewing Maurice on her show “Release Me.”  Maurice Tani and 77 El Deora will also be performing on May 4 at Studio 55 in Marin.

Tonight’s playlist

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
77 El Deora	When I’m Drinking I Ain’t Thinking	Blue Line	Western Independent Recordings
Son Volt	Bakersfield	Honky Tonk	Rounder
Gary Paxton	Bakersfield	Bakersfield Rebels	Ace Records
Chris Hillman	Bakersfield Bound	Bakersfield Bound	Sugarhill
Bill Kirchen	Down to Seeds and Stems Again	Seeds and Stems	Proper Records
Dwight Yoakam	Streets Of Bakersfield	Live From Austin Texas	New West
The Jazz Butcher	Bakersfield	The Jazz Butcher’s Free Lunch	Rev-Ola
Red Meat	Midwest Blues	Alameda County Line	Ranchero Records
Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-Fonics	Beat Out My Love	Rhythm Rhyme And Truth	Shout!
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	Hey Lowdown!	Night Tide	Shout! Factory
Dave Alvin	Ashgrove	Ashgrove	Yep Roc
Dave Alvin	Sinful Daughter	Ashgrove	Yep Roc
Cowboy Junkies	Ooh Las Vegas	Return of the Greivous Angel, a tribute to Gram Parsons	Almo
Neko Case	Thrice All American	Furnace Room Lullaby	Anti/Epitaph
Neko Case	The Tigers Have Spoken	The Tigers Have Spoken	Anti/Epitaph
Billy Mize	Solid Sender	That’ll Flat Git It, Vol. 9 (DECCA)	Bear Family Records GmbH
Wynn Stewart	It’s Such a Pretty World Today	It’s Such a Pretty World Today	Capitol
Joe & Rose Lee Maphis	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West Vol. 1 – Bakersfield	Razor & Tie
Bill Kirchen	Truck Stop At The End Of The World	Seeds and Stems	Proper Records
Red Simpson	Hello I’m A Truck	Hello I’m a Truck	Gusto Records
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Mama Hated Diesels	Hot Licks and Cold Steel	MCA
Red Meat	Truck Drivin’ Man	Live At The World’s Smallest Honky Tonk	Ranchero Records
Joe Maphis	Invitation to the Blues	The Amazing Joe Maphis	Starday
Dwight Yoakam	Dim Lights Thick Smoke Loud Music	3 Pears	Warner Bros.
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	Make It Last	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus Records