Saturday, April 30, 2016

The April 29 Show/May 7 in Boston: Cranktones, Barley Hoppers, Roy Sludge, Fearless Leaders, Bop Thrills, Johnny Carlevale, DJs Kogar and Easy Ed!

Happy Saturday, folks!

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)

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

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