A double-up posting on the past two weeks shows:
On Thanksgiving afternoon, I slipped away for a food-centric hour, “The Grab a Plate Show.”
The stream:
Here’s the playlist:
- “Green Onions” — Booker T. & the MGs
- “I Got It” — Little Richard
- “Beans and Cornbread” — Louis Jordan
- “Boogie Woogie Blue Plate” — Louis Jordan
- “I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop” — Michael Hurley
- “Bar-B-Q” — Wendy Rene
- “Red Beans” — Professor Longhair
- “They’re Red Hot” — Robert Johnson
- “Jambalya” — Hank Williams
- “Heartbeat Chili” — Allo Darlin
- “Savoy Truffle” — The Beatles
- “Starfish and Coffee” — Prince
- “Ham and Eggs” — A Tribe Called Quest
- “Chicken Grease” — D’Angelo
- “Memphis Women and Chicken” — Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
- “Shortnin Bread” — Mississippi John Hurt
- “No Biscuit Blues” — Kate & Anna McGarrigle
- “What Made My Hamburger Disappear” — Michael Hurley, the Unholy Modal Rounders and Jeffrey Fredericks & the Clamtones
Last week, I delved into the rich musical history of wordless mumbo jumbo with “The Nonsense Show.”
The stream:
The playlist:
- “Tutti Frutti” — Little Richard
- “Be-Bop-a-Lula” — Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
- “Hey Baba Leba” — Thurston Harris
- “Ooh Poo Pah Doo” — Jesse Hill
- “Papa Oom Mow Mow” — The Rivingtons
- “Wooly Bully” — Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs
- “Ooby Dooby” — Roy Orbison
- “Shoobie Oobie” — Rosco Gordon
- “Oop Shoop” — Shirley & the Queens
- “Rama Lama Ding Dong” — The Edsels
- “Rubber Biscuit” — The Chips
- “Da Doo Ron Ron” — The Crystals
- “Diddy Wah Diddy” — Bo Diddley
- “Doo Wah Diddy Diddy” — Manfred Mann
- “Do-Wacka-Do” — Roger Miller
- “Yakety Yak” — The Coasters
- “Ya Ya” — Lee Dorsey
- “Wang Dang Doodle” — Howlin Wolf
- “Boom Boom” — John Lee Hooker
- “Ba Ba Boom” — The Jamaicans
- “Chickie Wah Wah” — Huey Smith
- “Ko Ko Mo” — Gene & Eunice
- “Shting-Shtang” — Nick Lowe
- “B-I-Bickey-Bi Bo-Bo-Go” — Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps