The archive of last night's show is now available for download here! (The songs are listed below.) My radio shows are provided for free, but please support the current bands we play by buying their music and going out to see them live when you can. It's your support that keeps the worldwide rockin' scene on its feet. Thanks!
I hope to see many of you next Saturday at the Midway in Boston for the Easy Ed’s Variety Hour tenth anniversary party. Wow! Check out that list of bands and DJs. This is going to be a real rock 'n' roll show and I hope you'll be there to have some fun with us!
Advance tickets are selling briskly. You can get yours here.
The Bands
Johnny Carlevale and His Band of All Stars (Special Reunion Show)!
Special guest Roy Sludge
With DJ sets throughout the event--Easy Ed's Record Hop sharing the decks with Kogar the Swinging Ape!
It's all happening at the Midway--3496 Washington Street, Boston MA (Jamaica Plain)
It's all happening at the Midway--3496 Washington Street, Boston MA (Jamaica Plain)
Thanks folks!
Easy Ed
Here's what we played on the April 29 show.
B and the Bops “Breathin’ Down My Neck” from Various: Richochet on Rhythm Bomb
Eddie Cash and The Cashiers “Doin' Alright” from Various: The Last Great Rockabilly Saturday Night on Stomper Time Records — Peak Records 1958
Jackie Dee “Buddy” from Various: Cat Talk: The Best of Imperial Rockabilly on EMI — Liberty Records 1958
Ricky And The Stompers “The Wild One” from Various: Hardcore Rockabilly, Vol. 4 on Folkline — Princeton Records 1958
The Teenbeats “The Slop Beat” from Various: Rockin Rockabilly, Vol. 2 on Classics Records — Background/ambient
The Brothers “Lazy Susan” from Various: Rockin' Boppin' Duos on Cheesecake Records — Chess Records 1958
Ronnie Self “Date Bait” from Bop-A-Lena on Bear Family Records — Columbia Records 1958
Russell Scott & The Red Hots “Stop!” from Various: Inferno Party on Inferno — Porter Records 1958
Ray Hudson & the Western Rhythmaires “Jackhammer” from Various: Dixie Rock and Roll on Collector Records — Background/ambient
The Roundup Boys “I Just Can’t Get No Love” from Hits for Teen-Agers on Rhythm Bomb Records
Arlie Miller And The Bullets “Lou Ann (Alt. Version)” from Various: The Bop That Never Stopped, Vol. 40 on Buffalo Bop — Late fifties/originally unissued
Dick Bills “Rockin' and a Rollin'” from Various: The Best of Crest Records on Yellow Label/SPV — Crest Records 1961
The Gigalos “Night Creature” from Various: Amazing Hits of the Transistor Era, Vol. 1 on Fervor Records — Background/ambient
Maylon Humphries “Worried About You Baby” from Various: That'll Flat Git It!, Vol. 10 on Bear Family Records — Chess Records 1957 (originally unissued)
TJ Mayes “Short Fuse” from From the Plains to the Piers on Wild Records
Jack Rabbit Slim “Gotham” from Rockin' With… on Western Star — Background/ambient
Sonny Fisher “Rockin' Daddy” from Various: The Starday Story, Vol. 2 on Texas Gold — Starday Records 1955
The Star Devils “Raw Deal” from The Star Devils Trio on Kat-Tone Records
Derrel Felts and the Confederates “Playmates” from Various: Dixie Rock ‘n’ Roll on Collector Records — Dixie Records 1958
Ray Ethier “Slave Girl” from n/a on Mercury Records 45 — Background/ambient
Johnny Horton “The Wild One” from Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton (1956-1960) on Columbia Legacy — Columbia Records 1958
The Roy Sludge Trio “If You Can't Rock Me” from Too Drunk to Truck on DeeVeeUs Records — Note: See Roy Sludge May 7 at Easy Ed’s Tenth Anniversary party!
Duane Eddy “Cottonmouth” from Duane A Go Go Go on Colpix — Background/ambient
Justin Tubb “Pepper-Hot Baby” from Various: She's Neat on Pan-American Recordings — Decca Records 1955
Jimmy Dale & The Beltline “Memory Lane” from Heartaches & Honkytonks on Wild Records
Ted Daigle “What Comes Next” from Early Canadian Rockers, Vol. 4 on Synergie OMP — Sparton Records 1966
Onie Wheeler “Going Back to the City” from Onie Wheeler: Onie's Bop on Bear Family Records — Columbia Records 1957
The Joel Patterson Trio “Panhandle Rag” from Steel Is Real on Ventrella Records — Background/ambient
Johnny Carlevale “My Baby Ain’t Home” from That Ain't No Way to Spend a Friday Night on Self-Released — Note: See Johnny Carlevale May 7 at Easy Ed’s Tenth Anniversary party!
Wardell and the Sultans “Dance Time” from n/a on Imperial Records 45 — Background/ambient
Larry Harrison “Move Baby Move” from n/a on Savoy Records 45 — Savoy Records 1955
Hal Singer “Rock Around the Clock” from Various: The R&B Years 1950 on Boulevard Vintage — Mercury Records 1950
Lordy Lebby with the Caribs “Caladonia” from n/a on R&B Records 45 (reissue) — R&B Records 1960 (?)
A. Tousan (Allen Toussaint) “Whirlaway” from n/a on RCA Victor 45 — Background/ambient
Earl Bostic “Deep Purple” from The Earl Bostic Story 1945-55 2: Earl Blows A Fuse on Proper Records — Background/ambient
Charles Lighteart & The Downbeats “Oh Please” from Various: SARG Rockers, Vol. 2 on Collector Records — SARG Records 1960
The Lamplighters “Turn Me Loose” from n/a on Federal Records 45 — Federal Records 1953
Jack McVea “Wine-O” from Various: Jiving Jamboree 2 on Ace Records — Combo Records 1954
Clyde McPhatter “Lover Please” from n/a on Mercury Records — Mercury Records 1962
Jerry Rio “Doin’ The Empire Stomp (Part 1)” from n/a on PNR Records 45 — Background/ambient
Little Jerry Williams “She’s So Divine” from n/a on Academy Records 45 — Academy Records 1965
Irma Thomas “Hittin’ on Nothing” from n/a on Minit Records 45 — Minit Records 1963
Johnny Otis “Midnight Creeper, Part 2” from Hum-Ding-a-Ling. The 1957-1959 Rock & Roll Recordings on Hoodoo Records / The Orchard — Background/ambient
Lonnie Mack “Wham!” from Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 2 on Rhino — Fraternity Records 1962/Rest in peace, Lonnie Mack.
Red West “Ain't Nobody Gonna Take My Place” from Various: Shiver and Shake on Buffalo Bop — Sonnet Records 1960
The Readymen “Shortin' Bread” from Various: Instant Garage on Mojo — Bangar Records 1964
The Glaciers “Slalom” from From Sea to Ski on Rockbeat Records — Background/ambient
Jay Chance & The Chancellors “Unhappy Girls” from Rock 'n' Roll Fever on Raucous Records
The Outcasts “Wild Little Willy” from The Outcasts on Self-Released
Gene Vincent “Say Mama” from Gene Vincent: The Road Is Rocky on Bear Family Records — Capitol Records 1958
Don Duncan “Somethin' Special” from Various: The Raging Teens, Vol. 2 on Norton Records — Venture Records 1959
The T-Birds “Wild Stomp” from Wild Stomp on Gone Records 45 — Background/ambient
The Rip 'Em Ups “Baby Doll” from Killswitch! on Rhythm Bomb Records
