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January 1, 2021: Incredibly Strange Music Vol. 2 - Chapter 1: Jello Biafra pt. 23 - More Singing Bikers, DIY Anti-Punk Hard Rock & lots of Trucker Music
Another interesting look at sub-culture Americana. Check out this interesting article about self driving trucks destroying this culture. https://timeline.com/once-sexy-now-obsolete-the-decline-of-american-trucker-culture-a03bfb6ce425
Happy 2021 :)
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Puke, Spit & Guts | Kick + Kick + Kick + Kick | Eat Hot Lead | “From Southern California…. They’re none too subtle about how much they hate having to play with punk band, even though they sound like them.” - Jello | ||
Teen Idles | Get Up and Go/Deadhead | Minor Disturbance E.P. | “In L.A. they (PSandG) even had a run-in with an original D.C. hardcore band, The Teen Idles (Ian Mackay pre=Minor Threat,; Henry Rollins was their roadie. Seems Ian borrowed their bass amp and blew it up. P.S.&G. chased them all over the parking to at Madoam Wong’s [a punk club]!” - Jello | 0:03:25 (Pop-up) | |
Rokker | Who’s A Punk Your Mother | Rokker | “Another bar-room bonehead band from Austin, Texas who got to the meat of the matter calling themselves ROKKER obviously didn’t like punk rock. They recorded a song: “Who’s A Punk Your Mother…” - Jello | 0:05:43 (Pop-up) | |
Rokker | Pigeon Hole Wankers | Rokker | “Pigeon Hole Wankers” seems to be a critique of punk rockers… But musically they were 3-chord punk, not a ’70s Skynyrd bar band.” - Jello | 0:07:29 (Pop-up) | |
Simon Stokes & The Black Whip Thrill Band | Ride On Angel | The Incredible Simon Stokes & The Black Whip Thrill Band | (Featured album cover on the top of pg. 33) - Your DJ | 0:09:43 (Pop-up) | |
Elmer City Rambling Dogs | Spitball King | Jam it | From New Jersey circa 1975 | 0:14:21 (Pop-up) | |
Elmer City Rambling Dogs | The Prowler | 0:18:16 (Pop-up) | |||
Simon Stokes And The Nighthawks | Which Way | Simon Stokes And The Nighthawks | “The most brutal biker music on a major label was by Simon Stokes. He was first on MGM as Simon Stokes & the Nighthawks, and later on Nils Lofgren’s Spin Dizzy label as Simon Stokes & the Black Whip Thrill Band.” - Jello R.I.P. Simon Stokes - "Stokes died last month on the 13th in fact. He was 83". - Rich in Washington | 0:22:00 (Pop-up) | |
Simon Stokes & The Black Whip Thrill Band | Good Time They Come/ Waltz For Jaded Lovers | The Incredible Simon Stokes & The Black Whip Thrill Band | “Waltz For Jaded Lovers” describes a knock-down, drag-out family quarrel, the likes of which even splatter-rock bands like W.A.S.P. and Carcass would be hard-put to upstage today.” - Jello | 0:27:44 (Pop-up) | |
Blind Teeth Victory Band | Kill A Baby Save A Dog | Kill A Baby, Save A Dog | “Like right-wing ’60s folk, there is such a thing as right-wing garage bands: here’s the Blind Teeth Victory Band from Houston. They’re older guys with beer guts, and one of them is wearing a 70’s leather jacket. They titled their album “Kill A Baby, Save A Dog” - about how much they hate animal rights activists who are pro-choice! - Jello | 0:32:53 (Pop-up) | |
Blind Teeth Victory Band | Ravioli on Your Shirt (Movement 1 - 4) | Kill A Baby, Save A Dog | 0:35:38 (Pop-up) | ||
Blind Teeth Victory Band | If You Are A Christian | Kill A Baby, Save A Dog | 0:41:03 (Pop-up) | ||
The Willis Brothers | Convoy In The Sky | That’s Truck Drivin’ | Several labels put out truck driving compilation albums, but STARDAY’s are the most hardcore …” - Jello | 0:45:37 (Pop-up) | |
Jello Biafra With Mojo Nixon & The Toadliquors | Convoy In The Sky | Home Prairie Invasion | 0:48:01 (Pop-up) | ||
Red Sovine | Girl On The Billboard | That's Truckdrivin' | (Photo from back cover.) | 0:51:26 (Pop-up) | |
The Willis Brothers | Long Haul Weekend | That's Truckdrivin' | (Photo from back cover) | 0:53:57 (Pop-up) | |
Red Sovine | Truck Driving Son-Of-A-Gun | That's Truck Drivin' | Photo from the back cover. | 0:55:49 (Pop-up) | |
Merle Kilgore | The Pinball Machine | Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves, And Other Truck Driver Favorites | 0:58:23 (Pop-up) | ||
Jimmy Logsdon | Gear Jammer | Truck Drivers Queen | Another good song is "Gear Jammin' Buddy" by Jimmy Logsdon - the more LPs you find, the more you get sucked deeper into culture that is more twisted than first meets the eye.” - Jello | 1:00:38 (Pop-up) | |
Hylo Brown | Truck Drivin’ Man | Truck Drivin’ Man | Hylo Brown - Truck Drivin’ Man - Truck Drivin’ Man (“The covers are amazing: a beehive woman in tight capris looking up longingly at the mighty trucker in his being rig, …” - Jello | 1:03:45 (Pop-up) | |
Bobby Sykes | Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves | Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves, And Other Truck Driver Favorites | “…a trucker getting out of the cab ogling the waitress by the jukebox.” - Jello | 1:06:00 (Pop-up) | |
Jim Nesbitt | I Ain’t Never Been Passed | Truck Drivin' Cat With Nine Wives | (featured album cover on the bottom of pg. 34 ) | 1:08:15 (Pop-up) | |
Benny Martin | Radar Blues | Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves, And Other Truck Driver Favorites | (featured album on the top of pg. 34, right column ) | 1:09:43 (Pop-up) | |
Slim Jacobs | That’s Truck Drivin’ | That’s Truck Drivin’ | “On the back of “That’s Truck-Drivin’” there’s a pointy-chest, beehive woman staring in awe at a buzz-cut trucker as he plays a pinball machine - that’s a man’s job.” - Jello | 1:12:35 (Pop-up) | |
Kay Adams | Little Pink Mack | Wheels & Tears | (“There’s even a woman truck driving record from the 60’s.” - Jello) | 1:15:05 (Pop-up) | |
Max D. Barnes | On the Road | Song of the American Truck Driver | “Songs of the American Trucker” is a more recent D.I.Y. comp from all-singing truckers…”) | 1:17:42 (Pop-up) | |
Russel Pate | Loose Wheel | Song of the American Truck Driver | 1:20:59 (Pop-up) | ||
Judy Pannell | Truckin' Woman | Song of the American Truck Driver | 1:23:39 (Pop-up) | ||
Kay Shannon | That Damn Truck | Song of the American Truck Driver | …(including a Playboy model), rather than Nashville studio musicians writing trucker novelty songs.” - Jello | 1:27:08 (Pop-up) | |
Michael Morgan | Out on the Road Again | Song of the American Truck Driver | 1:31:52 (Pop-up) | ||
George “Wildman” Rawls | Double Clutchin' Blues | Song of the American Truck Driver | “There are photos of everyone except George “Widman” Rawls, the only black trucker. - Jello | 1:34:40 (Pop-up) | |
Willis Brothers | The Only Shoulder (A Trucker Can Cry On) | Hey, Mister Truck Driver | (“ Two album covers by the Willis Bothers featured on-the-road trucking’ encounters, like helping out the poor lady in her scarf and Volkswagen convertible who needs a tire change." - Jello | 1:38:14 (Pop-up) | |
Willis Brothers | Give Me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig Around) | Give Me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig Around) | (I ran out of time writing notes for this show. will ad more later... maybe.) | 1:40:44 (Pop-up) | |
Johnny Bond | Hot Rod Lincoln | 7" Single | 1:43:09 (Pop-up) | ||
Johnny Bond | Sick, Sober, and Sorry | Ten Little Bottles and Other Tall Tales and Songs for Boozers! | 1:45:56 (Pop-up) | ||
Johnny Bond | Ten Little Bottles (Complete Version) | Ten Little Bottles and Other Tall Tales and Songs for Boozers! | 1:48:24 (Pop-up) | ||
Rocky Jones | Smokey Trucker | I'm Smokey Trucker | 1:52:03 (Pop-up) | ||
Jim Nesbitt | Truck Drivin' Cat With Nine Wives | Truck Drivin' Cat With Nine Wives | 1:54:39 (Pop-up) | ||
Jim Nesbitt | A Tiger In My Tank | Truck Drivin’ Cat with Nine Wives | 1:57:25 (Pop-up) | ||
Old forgotten truck stop photo. | 2:01:45 (Pop-up) | ||||
The End | 2:02:34 (Pop-up) |
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