33.45.78 All Vinyl Radio Show
with Steve Fruitman
#333
June 22, 2020
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Animal Songs
1935 - 2020
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Hour One

1.   Steppenwolf: Hippo Stomp – 1970 *
2.   Kevin Ayers: The Owl – 1977
3.   Cream: Toad – 1967
4.   Loudon Wainwright III: Dead Skunk – 1972
5.   Rudy Vallee: The Pig Got Up And Slowly Walked Away - 1935
6.   Dave Duddley: Bullshippers - 1972
7.   The Who: The Ox - 1965
8.   The Good Brothers: Fox On The Run – 1976 *
9.   Grateful Dead: Dire Wolf - 1970
10. Shari Ulrich: The Lion – 1980 *
11. Reg Watkins: Badger Moose – 1978 *
12. Joe Hall: Vampire Beavers – 1980 *
13. Russ Gurr: Big Bear – 1973 *
14. The Pogues: Wild Cats of Kilkenny - 1985


Hour Two

1.   Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Mickey’s Monkey - 1963
2.   Junior Jug Band: The Monkey & The Engineer – 1985 *
3.   The Beatles: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey – 1968
4.   Stone Roses: Elephant Stone - 1989
5.   King Crimson: Elephant Talk – 1981
6.   Syd Barrett: Effervescing Elephant – 1970
7.   Raffi: Octopus’s Garden – 1985 *
8.   Striped Bananas: Octopus Eyes – 2020
9.   Syd Barrett: Octopus – 1969
10. Hank Snow: Squid Jiggin’ Grounds – 1957 *
11. Frank Zappa: It Must Be A Camel – 1969
12. Johnny Rivers: The Snake - 1966
13. Ry Cooder: Hold That Snake - 1984
14. Andy DeJarlis: The Caribou Reel – circa 1960 *


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And Now for The Particulars:

Hour One

1.   Steppenwolf: Hippo Stomp
(Jerry Edmonton / John Kay / Larry Byrom)
Steppenwolf 7: ABC/Dunhill Records ‎– DS-50090
Los Angeles / Toronto
John Kay: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Larry Byrom: lead guitar, backing vocals
Goldy McJohn: Hammond organ, piano
George Biondo: bass, backing vocals
Jerry Edmonton: drums
Produced by Richard Podolor, 1970
Recorded by Bill Cooper


Steppenwolf 7 is the fifth studio album by Can-Am rock band Steppenwolf. The album was released in November 1970, by Dunhill Records. It is the first Steppenwolf album with new bass player George Biondo. The band broke up after a farewell concert in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day, 1972

2.   Kevin Ayers: The Owl
(Kevin Ayers)
Yes We Have No Mananas: ABC Records 9022-1021
Herne Bay, Kent UK

Kevin Ayers: rhythm and lead guitar, vocals
Roger Saunders: rhythm guitar
Rob Townsend: drums
Charlie McCracken: bass
Billy Livsey: keys
Ollie Halsall: lead guitar
Produced by Muff Winwood, 1976
Recorded at Basing Street Studios, London by Mike Robinson, Spring 1976
North American release: 1977
Mastered by Peter Mew


Kevin Ayers b. Herne Bay, Kent 16 August 1944 / d. 18 February 2013 Montolieu, France


One of the most underrated songwriters, Ayers formed a band that rivaled Pink Floyd in London’s underground scene. Soft Machine were formed in mid-1966 by Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals), Kevin Ayers (bass, guitar, vocals), David Allen (guitar) and Mike Ratledge (organ). British rock journalist Nick Kent wrote: "Kevin Ayers and Syd Barrett were the two most important people in British pop music. Ayers died in his sleep at home in France in 2013.

3.   Cream: Toad
(Ginger Baker)
Fresh Cream: Polydor CP 594 001
London UK
Ginger Baker: drums
Jack Bruce: bass
Eric Clapton: guitar
Produced by Robert Stigwood, 1966


Peter Edward Baker b. London b. 19 August 1939 / d. October 6, 2019 Canterbury UK (80)

Baker began playing drums at age 15. Later joined The Blues Incorporated, where he met bassist Jack Bruce & played with him again in The Graham Bond Organization. He never really got along with Jack Bruce but asked him to join Cream with Eric Clapton in 1966.  Also played in Blind Faith, Ginger Baker’s Air Force. Baker lived in Nigeria from 1970 until 1976 playing with Fela Kuti before moving to Colorado where he spent most of the 90s.

4.   Loudon Wainwright III: Dead Skunk
(L Wainwright III)
45 single bw Needless To Say: Columbia Records 4-45726
Chapel Hill NC
Loudon Wainwright III: guitar, vocal
Produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye, 1972


Loudon Snowden Wainwright III b. September 5, 1946, Chapel Hill, NC

Wainwright has said that the song came out of an actual accident involving a skunk, and that he wrote it afterward in 15 minutes. "Someone had already killed it, but I ran over it." He was briefly married to Montreal’s Kate McGarrigle and is father to Rufus and Martha Wainwright. Rufus was the inspiration behind two of Wainwright's songs: "Rufus Is a Tit Man" (referring to Rufus during breastfeeding). Dead Skunk was his only real hit song.

5.   Rudy Vallee: The Pig Got Up And Slowly Walked Away
(Bowers / Burt)
My Time Is Your Time: Pickwick PC 3063
Island Pond, VT / North Hollywood CA
Rudy Vallee: vocal, sax
The Connecticut Yankees
Produced 1935
Recorded July 9, 1935


Although recorded in 1935, this song was penned two years earlier. It was covered by Frank Crumit (1934), Johnny Bond (1966), Jim Croce (1975),  Harry Belafonte and Acker Bilk. The song was also used on an episode of Seseme Street.

6.   Dave Duddley: Bullshippers
(R Simpson)
The Original Traveling Man: Mercury Records - SR 61365
Spencer, WI
Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton: guitars
Jerry Shook, Chip Young: guitars
Jerry Kennedy: Dobro, guitar
Buddy Harmoan: drums
Bob Moore: bass
Pig Robbins: Piano
Pete Drake: steel guitar
Charlie McCoy: harmonica, vibes
Produced by Jerry Kennedy, 1972
Mastered by Gilbert Kong

David Darwin Pedruska b. Spencer, Wisconsin, May 3, 1928 / d. December 12, 2003 (75) Danbury, Wisconsin

Dave Dudley really wanted to be a baseball player. He had a short career playing semi-professional ball but after suffering an arm injury (most likely Tommy John), he was no longer able to play. He then decided to pursue a career in country music, putting out records in 1959. In 1963 he had his first major hit with “Six Days On The Road” which sold over one million copies. The song was subsequently recorded by several other artists including George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Steve Earle and The Flying Burrito Brothers. He died after suffering a heart attack in his driveway, age 75.

7.   The Who: The Ox (Instrumental)
(Pete Townshend / John Entwistle / Keith Moon / Nicky Hopkins)
My Generation: DL 74664
London UK

Pete Townsend: guitars
John Entwhistle: bass
Keith Moon: drums
Nicky Hopkins: keys
Produced by Shel Talmy, 1965


It is the oldest known recorded track by The Who. The title is a nickname given to Entwistle by the band, because of his strong constitution and seeming ability to "Eat, drink or do more than the rest of them." (Note: no Daltry on this track!)

The song was very rarely played live by the Who. The only known live appearance of this song was in a medley of "My Generation" at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 29 September 1969, part of the Tommy tour.

8.   The Good Brothers: Fox On The Run
(Anthony Hazzard)
The Good Brothers: RCA KPL1-0168
Richvale ON

Larry Good: banjo, vocals
Bruce Good: autoharp, vocals
Brian Good: guitar, vocals
Adam Mitchell: guitar, organ
Bob Mann: guitar
Danny McBride: guitar
John Allen: mandolin, fiddle
Michael Love: bass
Tom Szczesniak: bass
Gord Fleming, John Capek: keys
Milan Kymilcka: strings
Pee Wee Charles, Al Brisco: steel
Bodhan Hluszko, Dave Brown, John Anderson, Adam Mitchell: drums
Produced by John Capek & Adam Mitchell, 1976
Recorded at either RCA Toronto or Thunder Sound, Toronto

"Fox on the Run" was first recorded by the Manfred Mann as a single issued 29 November 1968. Brian and Bruce Good initially joined guitarist James Ackroyd to form the band James and the Good Brothers in 1967. Their self-titled album was released on Columbia Records in 1971. After a tour itinerary throughout North America, including a Toronto concert opening for Grand Funk Railroad, the Goods wished to return to Canada while Ackroyd sought to continue in the United States. In 1973, younger brother Larry Good joined the twins to form a new band which first performed 14 May 1974 in Toronto at The Riverboat club.

9. Grateful Dead: Dire Wolf
(Hunter / Garcia)
Workingmans Dead: Warner Brothers 1869
San Francisco CA

Jerry Garcia: banjo, vocals
Bob Weir: guitar, vocals
Ron McKernan: harmonica, vocals
Phil Lesh: bass, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann: drums, percussion
Mickey Hart: drums, percussion
Produced by Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor, Grateful Dead, 1970
Recorded by Alembic at Pacific High Recording Studio, San Francisco


For the band’s fourth LP, they decided to go back to their roots, bringing country, bluegrass and blues into the mix with a more acoustic sound.

According to the 1992 Dead oral history, Aces Back to Back, in the summer of 1968, Stephen Stills vacationed at Mickey Hart's ranch in Novato. "Stills lived with me for three months around the time of CSN's first record", recalls Hart, "and he and David Crosby really turned Jerry and Bobby onto the voice as the holy instrument. You know, 'Hey, is this what a voice can do?' That turned us away from pure improvisation and more toward songs."

Garcia commented that much of the sound of the album comes both from his pairing with Hunter, as well as the band's friendship with Crosby, Stills and Nash: "Hearing those guys sing and how nice they sounded together, we thought, 'We can try that. Let's work on it a little'." Readers of Rolling Stone voted Workingman's Dead the best album of 1970, followed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's Déjà Vu and Van Morrison's Moondance,


10. Shari Ulrich: The Lion
(Shari Ulrich)
Long Nights: A&M Records SP 9046
Bowen Island BC

Claire Lawrence: sax
Geoff Eyre: drums
Peter Clarke: bass
David Pickell, Ron Johnson: keys
Harris Van Berkel: guitar
Shari Ulrich: violin, vocals  
Geoff Eyre, Nancy Nash, Peter Clarke, Shari Ulrich: bg vocals
Produced by Claire Lawrence, 1980
Recorded at Pinewood Studios, Vancouver by Alan Perkins
Mixed at le Studio, Morin Heights, QC by Paul Northfield
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC


Shari Ulrich b. San Rafael, CA, October 17, 1951


Ulrich moved up to Vancouver when she was 18, in 1967 and began performing on the local coffeehouse circuit in the early 1970s. In 1973, she met up with Rick Scott and Joe Mock, and together they formed the band ‘Pied Pumkin’. Ulrich toured with Valdy in 1976 as a member of The Hometown Band and after they disbanded, in 1978, she went solo and won a 1981 Juno Award for "Most Promising Female Vocalist".


11. Reg Watkins: Badger Moose
(Reg Watkins)
A Little Oreg-inality: Black Gold Records BCG1
Fort Nelson BC / Head’s Harbour NL

Reg Watkins: guitar, vocals, harmonica
No mention of others
Produced by Gary Buck & Reg Watkins, 1978


Reginald Watkins b. Heads Harbour, Triton Island NL / d. 2007

The song was also released as a single bw Where The Rideau River Flows, most likely recorded in Ottawa by Ralph Carlson at his Carlsound Studios. According to Newfoundland musicologist, Wayne Tucker of Newfound Records: “It’s hard to believe that eight years have passed since the multi-talented singer/songwriter Reg Watkins passed. Although he left a wonderful legacy of music that he recorded in the 1970s & ’80s, it’s sad that most of it remains buried deep in vinyl oblivion and is seldom, if ever, aired on radio.”

12. Joe Hall & Continental Drift: Vampire Beavers
(Joe Hall)
Rancho Banano: Posterity Records - PTR 13015
Toronto ON

Joe Hall: guitars, harmonica
Tony Quarrington: guitars, piano
Paul Quarrington: bass, piano, harmonium
Martin Worthy: drums, guitar
The Elks Crotch Institute for the Criminally Insane Choir
Produced by Lachlan Macfadyen, 1980
Recorded by Roger Grant at Passport Studios, Hull QC
Mixed by Geoff Rowland at Springfield Sound, Springfield ON


Hans Joachim Boenke b. Wuppertal, GM May 15, 1947 / d. March 22, 2019, Peterborough ON (71)

He grew up in London, Ontario, Canada, and by the mid-1960s had begun performing and touring with a band, the Eyeball Wine Company. An album, Joe Hall and the Eyeball Wine Company, was released in 1972, followed by a solo album using his real name, H J Boenke, produced by Daniel and Bob Lanois, in 1976. In the 1970s and 1980s he led a new band, Continental Drift, based in Toronto, and released several more albums.

13. Russ Gurr: Big Bear
(Russ Gurr)
On Tour with Russ Gurr: London NAS 13527
Brandon MB

Russ Gurr: guitar, vocal
Others not listed
Produced by Dave Shaw, 1973
Recorded by John Hildebrand at Century 21 Studios, Winnipeg
http://www.hillmanweb.com/russgurr/


Russell Clarence Gurr b. Arrow River MB Dec 23rd, 1918 / d. November 8th, 2011 (92) Brandon MB

This song is about the survival of the big, white, fluffy polar bear. “Can’t you just see one!” asked Gurr when I met with him, loving the words to the song. It protests the senseless cruelty of hunters who are after trophy rugs for their floors at the expense of these incredible creaturs. He also wrote songs about magpies and hogs (which he claims are ‘beau-ti-ful’).

14. The Pogues: Wild Cats of Kilkenny
(Shane MacGowan / Jem Finer)    
Rum Sodomy & the Lash: Stiff records MCA 5744
London UK

Jem Finer: Banjo, mandola, guitar, saxophone, hurdy-gurdy
Jimmy Fearnley: accordion
Cait O’Riordan: bass
Shane McGowan: vocals
Spider Stacy: tin whistle
Andy Ranken: drums
Phil Chevron: guitar
Tommy Keane: pipes
Henry Benagh: fiddle
Dick Cuthell: horns
Produced by Elvis Costello, 1985
Recorded by Nick Robbins & Paul Scully at Elephant Studios, London


Hour Two

1.   Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Mickey’s Monkey
(Holland / Dozier / Holland)
Doin’ Mickey’s Monkey: Tamla TM 245
Detroit MI

Smokey Robinson: lead vocal
Claudette Robinson: bg vocal
Bobby Rogers: bg vocal
Pete Moore: bg vocals
Ronnie White: bg vocals
Marv Tarpilin: guitar
Mary Wilson: bg vocals
Martha Reeves: bg vocals
Rosalind Ashford: bg vocals
Annette Beard: bg vocals
Jack Gibson: bg vocals
The Temptations: bg vocals
The Marvelettes: bg vocals
The Funk Brothers: all other instruments
Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, 1963
Recorded at Hitsville USA, Studio A, July 9 & 10

William Robinson Jr b. Detroit Michigan, Feb 19, 1940

"The Monkey" as a national dance craze in the early 1960s. "Mickey's Monkey" was often used by The Miracles as their closing song on the legendary "Motortown Revue" touring shows in the early 1960s, where it usually "brought the house down".

2.   Junior Jug Band: The Monkey & The Engineer
(Jesse Fuller)
Lots More Junior Jug Band: Kids Records KRL-1018
Toronto

Ken Whiteley: guitars, piano, organ, mandolin, banjo trumpet, autoharp, spoons, washboard, washtub, harmonica, kazoo, rub board, jug
Chris Whiteley: guitars, harmonicas, trumpet, pedal steel, kazoo
Dan Whiteley: drums, percussion
Jenny Whiteley: lead vocals, kazoo
Bucky Berger: drums
Mike Gardner: string bass
Jody Golick: sax
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Bill Russell: triangle
Graham Townsend: fiddle
Produced by Chris & Ken Whiteley 1985

Recorded by Chad Irschik at Inception Sound, Toronto

Jesse Fuller b. Jonesboro, Georgia, March 12, 1896 / d. January 29, 1976 Oakland CA (79)

Jesse Fuller was never a full time musician until after WW2 when he found it hard to get a job. He was a one-man band, writing his own songs which he performed as a busker in San Francisco. He recorded his first record in 1959. Fuller influenced and has had songs covered by Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash ("The Legend of John Henry"), Grateful Dead ("The Monkey and the Engineer" and "Beat It On Down the Line"), Hot Tuna, Peter, Paul and Mary, Janis Joplin, Jim Croce ("San Francisco Bay Blues"),  Glenn Yarbrough, Richie Havens, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, T. Nile, Mungo Jerry ("99 Years and One Dark Day).

3.   The Beatles: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey
(Lennon / McCartney)
The Beatles: Apple Records SWBO 101
Liverpool

John Lennon: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion, handclaps
Paul McCartney: backing vocals, bass guitar, bell, percussion, handclaps
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitar, percussion, handclaps
Ringo Starr: drums, percussion, handclaps
Produced by George Martin, 1968
Recorded at EMI Studios on 27 June 1968, and an overdub session on 1 July


Not really a song about monkeys, but about the monkey on one’s back! Heroin was being consumed by Lennon and Yoko at the time of the recording.

4.   Stone Roses: Elephant Stone
(Ian Brown / John Squire)
Stone Roses: RCA ‎– 1184-2-JX
Manchester UK

Gary Mounfield
: Bass
Reni: Drums, Backing Vocals
John Squire
: Guitar
Ian Brown: Vocals
Produced by Peter Hook, 1989
Mixed By John Leckie
Recorded at Battersea Studios and Konk Sound (The Kinks), London


John Leckie, who produced the album, also worked on Pink Floyd’s Meddle. The band was active between 1988 and 1996 and got screwed over by a bad contract they signed with a small British label, Silvertone. Stone Roses, the band’s first album, was one of the most successful British albums of 1989 but because of the contract problems they it would be way past their due-date when they released their second album in 1994. 


5.   King Crimson: Elephant Talk
(King Crimson)
Discipline: Warner Bros / EG Records XBS 3629
London UK

Adrian Belew: electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, lead vocals
Robert Fripp: electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, devices (Frippertronics)
Tony Levin: Chapman Stick
Bill Bruford: drums
Produced by King Crimson and Keith Davies, 1981
Recorded at Basing Street Studios, Notting Hill, London, England


After the original King Crimson ended around 1975, Fripp really wanted to put another band together (after his gig with The League of Gentlemen). He recruited his players and announced that the band would be called Discipline but later gave in and used the King Crimson name. Discipline is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson. While not one of the bands best received albums, reviewers praised the pairing of electric guitar players Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp. With a rhythm section featuring Tony Levin and Bill Bruford, what could go wrong? It was just too far out there for most people to enjoy.

6.   Syd Barrett: Effervescing Elephant
(Roger Barrett)
Barrett: EMI / Harvest 43346-02821
Cambridge UK

Syd Barrett: guitar, vocals
Jerry Shirley: drums
David Gilmour: bass, 12 String guitar
Richard Wright: keys
Produced by David Gilmour and Rick Wright, 1970
Recorded by Peter Brown at Abby Road Studios, London Feb 27, 1970
Released November 14, 1970


Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett b. Cambridge UK 6 January 1946 / d. 7 July 2006 Cambridge (60)

For Barrett's only solo performance, at the Kensington Olympia in 1970, he played four songs, one of them being "Effervescing Elephant”. It’s a song that he wrote in the early ‘60s when he was a teen, playing in a duo with another young lad named David Gilmour up in Cambridge. Although never considered as a Pink Floyd song, Barrett revived it for one of his solo albums. 

7.   Raffi: Octopus’s Garden
(Lennon / McCartney)
One Light, One Sun: Troubadour Records TR-0028
Vancouver BC

Acoustic Bass: David Piltch
Bass: Dennis Pendrith
Cello: Peter Schenkman
Drums: Bucky Berger
Fiddle: Lenny Solomon
French Horn: Fred Rizner
Harmonica, Trumpet: Chris Whiteley
Harp: Erica Goodman
Lead Vocals, Guitar: Raffi
Pedal Steel Guitar: Ron Dann
Percussion: Matt Zimbel
Percussion, Vibraphone: Brian Leonard
Piano: John Arpin
Steel Drums: Earl LaPierre
Synthesizer: Eric Robertson
Trombone: Bill Beecroft
Tuba: Scott Irvine
Viola: Kent Teeple
Violin: Fujiko Imajishi, Leslie Knowles, Moshe Hammer, Paul Meyer
Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Tenor Banjo, 5-String Banjo, Mandolin, Organ, Synthesizer, Celesta, Piano, Ukulele: Ken Whiteley
Produced by Ken Whiteley, 1985


Raffi Cavoukian b. Cairo, Egypt, July 8, 1948

This is actually a really good recording of this famous Beatles’ song. Never one of my favourite Beatles’ songs, Raffi’s version sounds just fine to my ears. 

8.   Striped Bananas: Octopus Eyes
(Chantelle Shepard)
Pictures I Hear: Cosmic Sunshine Records 99099-8
Danbury CT

Duncan Shepard: vocal, guitars, bass, mellotron, keys, sitar, recorder, dulcimer, drums
Chantelle Shepard: vocals, organs
Andrew Lowden: vocals, drums
Produced by Duncan Shepard, 2020
Recorded by Duncan Shepard and Andrew Lowden
Mastered by Andrew Mitchell at Audio Bay Mastering, Grand Rapids MI


This is brand new album released on Green vinyl! To release and album in 2020, with all that’s been going on, is difficult with so many people out of work and music venues closed down. And yet, this group, that’s been going for about a decade, keeps on creating. They are giving away free downloads of the album so check out their website.

9.   Syd Barrett: Octopus
(Syd Barrett)
The Madcap Laughs: EMI / Harvest 064-1042611
Cambridge UK

Syd Barrett: guitar, vocal
Jerry Shirley: bass
Willie Wilson: drums
Produced by Syd Barrett and Dave Gilmour, 1969
Recorded June 12. Overdubs added June 13

This is considered to be one of Syd’s best post-Floyd songs, originally called "Clowns and Jugglers". The album's title, The Madcap Laughs, came as a result of co-producer David Gilmour mishearing a line from this song ("Well, the mad cat laughed at the man on the border...")


10. Hank Snow: Squid Jiggin’ Grounds
(Arthur Scammel)
The Singing Ranger: Bear Family Records - BCD 15476-3
Nashville, USA

Hank Snow: guitar, vocals
Produced by Steve Sholes and Chet Atkins for RCA, 1957
Re-Issue Produced by Richard Weize, 1990
Mastered by Jörg Siemer


Clarence Eugene Snow aka The singing Ranger b. Brooklyn NS May 9, 1914 / d. December 20, 1999 (85) Madison, Tennessee

Written by a young 15 year old lad out on the Squid Jiggin’ Grounds in 1928, he just wrote about what he saw and heard. Arthur Reginald Scammel (b. Change Islands NL February 12, 1913 / d. August 28, 1995 St. John’s NL) was from the Change Islands in Newfoundland. His widely successful 1943 recording of the song is regarded as the first commercial recording of a Newfoundland folk song and one of the first Newfoundlanders to record.,

The song has been covered by various artists including Stompin’ Tom Connors. It obviously hit some kind of nerve for Hank Snow to record it in 1957 at the peak of his popularity.


11. Frank Zappa: It Must Be A Camel
(Frank Zappa)
Hot Rats: Bizarre Records / Reprise Records RS 6356
Los Angeles CA

Frank Zappa: guitar, octave bass, percussion
Jean-Luc Ponty: violin
Ian Underwood: piano, oganus maximus, flute, clarinets, sax
John Guerin: drums
Max Bennett: bass
Produced by Frank Zappa, 1969
Recorded by Dick Kunc, Whitney Studios; Jack Hunt, TTG; Cliff Goldstein, TTG; Brian Ingoldsby, Sunset Sound


12. Johnny Rivers: The Snake
(Oscar Brown Jr)
And I Know You Wanna Dance: Imperial Records LP 9307
Baton Rouge, LA

Johnny Rivers: guitar, vocal
Micky Jones: drums
Chuck Day: bass, guitar
Joe Osborn: guitar, bass
Larry Knechtel: organ
Produced by Lou Adler, 1966
Recorded by Bones Howe at Whiskey A Go Go, Hollywood CA


John Henry Ramistella b. Nov 7, 1942, NYC

Actually grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Formed The Spades when he was 14 and recorded for Suede Records as early as 1956. DJ Allan Freed talked him into changing his name to Johnny Rivers. Most of his successful recordings were made live, usually recorded at the Whiskey A Go Go in LA between 1964 and 66 including Memphis, Secret Agent Man, Midnight Special, Seventh Son, Where Have All The Flowers Gone and Poor Side of Town.


13. Ry Cooder: Hold That Snake
(Ry Cooder / Jim Dickinson)
Streets of Fire Soundtrack: MCA Records MCA-5492
Los Angeles CA

Ry Cooder: vocal, guitar
Jim Dickinson: keys
Jim Keltner: drums
Steve Douglas: sax
John Logan: harmonica
George Pierre: percussion
Produced by Ry Cooder, 1984
Recorded by Mixed by Allen Sides at Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles
Mastered y Stephen Marcussen at Precision Lacquer, Los Angeles


14. Andy DeJarlis: The Caribou Reel
(Andy DeJarlis)
Favorite Old Time Tunes: London Records: EB 60
Woodridge MB

Andy DeJarlis: fiddle
Produced circa 1960

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