Rockpile - Provoked Beyond Endurance Bootleg CD

This is a rip of my Rockpile Provoked Beyond Endurance Bootleg CD that I purchased on e-pray when it was fairly easy to by boots on e-Bay.

Play That Fast Thing One More Time
So It Goes
Teacher Teacher
Cry Cry Cry
Knife & Fork
Oh What A Thrill
Pet You And Hold You
Girls Talk
Singing The Blues
They Call It Rock
Crawling From The Wreckage
I Hear You Knocking
I Knew The Bride
Down Down Down
The Race Is On
Heartbeats

Recorded Live at the Bottom Line NY, Nov 27 1980. Except Last two tracks recorded live on radio Aug 1979

This Rockpile Boot flat out rocks and sounds awesome! A MUST for all Rockpile fans!

37MB, WMA 9.1 CBR @ 96kbps, 52 Min, 25 Sec

http://rapidshare.com/files/69537331/Provoked_Beyond_Endurance.rar

Old 97's Live DVD Audio Rip

This post is an audio rip from my Old 97's Live DVD.
Old 97's Live underscores how one of the premier alt-country, No Depression bands of the 1990s has become a truly eclectic, power pop quartet with a gritty folk heart and penchant for lyrical mischief. ("You're a bottle cap away / From pushing me too far.") Drawing from each of their six albums, Old 97's brought the crowd at Santa Monica's Troubadour club to visible delirium at a March 2004 show; that concert appears here. Sounding very much like hard-charging heirs to vast legacies of the Kinks, Hank Williams, the Replacements, Johnny Cash, REM, and even White Album-era Beatles, singer-songwriter-guitarist Rhett Miller, drummer Philip Peeples, lead guitarist Ken Bethea, and bassist Murry Hammond paint loss with rootsy-poetic authenticity while blowing gloom apart with punky exhilaration. The many highlights include the agreeable pop plaint "Rollerskate Skinny" ("I believe in love / But it don't believe in me"), the anthemic anti-anthem "Friends Forever," and Hammond's moving, acoustic solo on "Valentine." --Tom Keogh

1 – Just Like California
2 – King Of The World
3 – Weightless
4 – Rollerskate Skinny
5 – Won’t Be Home
6 – Smokers
7 – Melt Snow
8 – Wish The Worst
9 – Lonely Boy
10 – Up The Devil’s Pay
11 – Friends Forever
12 – The New Kid
13 – Jagged
14 – Four Leaf Clover
15 – Question
16 – Valentine
17 – Murder ( Or A Heart Attack )
18 – Doreen
19 – Big Brown Eyes
20 – Time Bomb

47MB, WMA 9.1 VBR, 76 MINUTES

http://rapidshare.com/files/69525242/Old_97_s_Live_DVD_Video.rar

Eight 90 Minute Tapes Of WHFS from 1983 Megapost

This post is WHFS, DJ Diane, from assorted dates in 1983. These tapes are straight up recordings with commercials, news, public service anouncments and of course tons of great music. I got this in a trade from "Bob". I traded to him, all my WHFS music ripped to my hard drive as well as my WRNR and WGTB music. Hope you don't mind me sharing Bob. It's a big file.

682MB, MP3 CBR @160kbps

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6CPTZBTV

Boogie 'Til You Puke Mix Tape Extended

This is another Mix Tape, but when I went to rip it to my hard drive I found it had bad wow and flutter and decided that I liked it so much, that I would get all the tunes together from my hard drive and reassemble it into a music file. And while I was at I just kept adding to it. So now it's almost 3 hours long and contains 33 tunes. More road trip material for your next cruise.

1) "BOOGIE TIL YOU PUKE" by Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band (3:23)
2) "Flying Turkey Trot" by REO Speedwagon (2:35)
3) "157 Riverside Avenue" by REO Speedwagon (7:38)
4) "Ridin' the Storm Out" by REO Speedwagon (5:47)
5) "HEARTBREAK OF PSORIASIS" by Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band (3:46)
6) "They Call It Rock" by Rockpile (3:49)
7) "Crawling from the Wreckage" by Rockpile (3:03)
8) "I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock & Roll)" by Rockpile (2:49)
9) "Red Hot" by Robert Gordon (2:20)
10) "Boppin' the Blues" by Robert Gordon (2:39)
11) "PLAYIN IN THE DIRT" by ROBERT CRAY (5:18)
12) "RIGHT NEXT DOOR" by ROBERT CRAY (5:21)
13) "Corduroy" by Pearl Jam (4:38)
14) "Band On The Run" by Paul McCartney (5:00)
15) "I Saw Her Standing There" by Paul McCartney (3:08)
16) "No More Tears" by Ozzy Osbourne (7:13)
17) "Junkie" by Ozzy Osbourne (4:16)
18) "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo (6:21)
19) "In Bloom" by Nirvana (4:14)
20) "Words (Between the Lines of Age)" by Neil Young (11:07)
21) "All Along the Watchtower" by Neil Young (8:11)
22) "NANTUCKET SLEIGHT RIDE" by MOUNTAIN (15:37)
23) "Heartshine" by Mother Love Bone (4:37)
24) "This Property Is Condemned" by Maria McKee (4:44)
25) "Breathe, Money, Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb" by Pink FLoyd from LIVE8 (20:38)
26) "Bus 29, Blue Breeze" by Livin' Blues (8:24)
27) "PINK SLIP" by Leslee "Bird" Anderson (3:04)
28) "Babe Im Gonna Leave You (live)" by Led Zeppelin (9:12)
29) "Since I've Been Loving You" by Led Zeppelin (6:56)

Multiple Codecs and compression bit rates

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Mix Tape "Bitch With A Bad Attitude" From 12-10-1996

Another post of one of my 125 cassettes I ripped to my hard drive. Great road trip tape if you like the same tunes I do.

1) "Big Fat Love" by John Prine (3:52)
2) "Spanish Moon [Live]" by Little Feat (3:09)
3) "Breaking Us In Two" by Joe Jackson (4:56)
4) "If Trouble Was Money" by Albert Collins (9:25)
5) "Bitch With A Bad Attitude" by Saffire (4:10)
6) "This Property Is Condemmed" by Maria McKee (4:46)
7) "Take Me With You" by The Jayhawks (4:49)
8) "I Want To Kiss You" by Delbert McClinton (4:07)
9) "Welcome To Struggleville" by Vigilantes Of Love (4:22)
10) "When The Spell Is Broken" by Bonnie Raitt (5:17)
11) "Little Wing" (3:15)
12) "Complicated Shadows" by Elvis Costello (4:48)
13) "You Can Always Be Gone" by Catie Curtis (3:04)
14) "Brother I Am Waisted" by Laughing Colors (4:17)
15) "Dead and Bloated" by STP (5:16)
16) "Love To Love" by UFO (7:55)
17) "Outside Now" by Frank Zappa (7:37)
18) "Red House" by Jimmy Thackery (5:04)

WMA 9.1 CBR @96 kbps, 90 Minutes 62.1MB

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NDGIHJW6

John Mayer Live From PBS's Soundstage Audio Rip

I know what a lot of you are thinking, WTF? John Mayer? Sure, he seems to be a hit with the teeny bopper and Y generation chicks and they drool over him. But this kid's got substance. Very talented and and all around fine musician and singer. And if Buddy Guy can give this dude a thumbs up so can I. Anyway, here is some live John Mayer that doesn't have the rediculous screaming that you hear way too much of from the "Any Given Thursday" live CD. The jams with Buddy Guy are exceptional!
I added bonus tracks to the file from "Acoustic Session VH1 Vspot" and a tune from Eric Claptons Guitar Roads Festival DVD.

From the PBS Soundstage Web Page:

Part 1 - Premiering on PBS July 7, 2005

John Mayer has become an emerging superstar without conforming to any single genre – sometimes bluesy, sometimes pop, sometimes rock, but always excellent. Writing incredible songs that appeal to a wide audience, he provides that rare common ground among listeners of all ages. With fan favorites like “No Such Thing,” “Why Georgia” and “Bigger than my Body,” Mayer rolls out nothing but the best for this Soundstage audience. Mayer has always had a special relationship with the blues, and he can count one of its greatest practitioners as a fan. In the first episode of this two-part Soundstage, the legendary Buddy Guy surprises viewers by joining Mayer midway through “Come Back To Bed,” and remains for and extended jam on “Damn Right I Got The Blues.” Other Mayer hits, including the blockbuster “Your Body Is a Wonderland,” also define this set.


Part 2 - Premiering on PBS July 14, 2005

John Mayer’s convincing vocals, guitar virtuosity and compelling songwriting has earned him the respect of his contemporaries as well as significant radio airplay and a solid fan following. On the second part of this Soundstage episode, John Mayer continues his set with favorites “My Stupid Mouth,” “Neon” and the Grammy Award-winning Song of the Year “Daughters.” Towards the end of this episode Buddy Guy returns to end this show on a high note (literally). This time the roles are reversed as Buddy takes the lead on the classic blues “Feels Like Rain,” while Mayer steps back on guitar and lets the teacher do his thing.

John Mayer Part 1
Clarity
No Such Thing
Something’s Missing
Why Georgia
Bigger Than My Body
Your Body Is A Wonderland
Come Back To Bed

John Mayer Part 2
Daughters
Untitled Song
City Love
My Stupid Mouth
Hummingbird
Neon
Damn Right I Got The Blues
(with Buddy Guy)
Feels Like Rain
(with Buddy Guy)


110MB WMA 9.1

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LLA5KS3Q

Beth Hart Live At The Paradiso DVD Audio Rip

This is an audio rip from my Beth Hart Live At The Paradiso DVD. This is one crazy chick but she rocks! Beth Hart has all the grit and soul of the late Janis Joplin and Robert Plant without ever sounding as though she is trying to imitate them. Her voice is her own and it is one very impressive instrument. Her repetoire runs the gamut from blues to gut bucket rock. She easily stands shoulder to shoulder with any male singer without ever losing her femininity. Add to that a tight, rocking band that is just having a ball and you've got one hell of a combo. If you don't think girls can rock then check out Beth's covers of Zep's "Whole Lotta Love" and Humble Pie's "I Don't Need No Doctor". Her own tunes are great and are never overshadowed by these perennial favourites.
Her slower, more soulful tunes never lose the intensity she is able to build during more raucous numbers. Quite the opposite, when she settles down at her piano alone her soul pours out with every syllable. This is a lady who can sing about having been to Hell and back with beautifully crafted melody and heartfelt vocals that make you believe her every word.
The above verbage unashamedly ripped off of someone elses review from Amazon.

Guilty
Leave The Light On
Lifts You Up
Broken & Ugly
Get Your Shit Together
Immortal
Lay Your Hands On Me
Monkey Back
Am I The One
Mama
L.A. Song
World Without You
Whole Lotta Love
I Don't Need No Doctor


WMA 9.1 CBR @ 80kbps
81 Minutes

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H6RVZBGD

More CD Compilations 6 CD's from Nov 2004 - Mar 2004

Another post of my CD compilations. Just a bunch of tunes to sample on your next road trip.

November 28, 2003
GOIN’ DOWN, SRV
THE CELL, LESLIE WEST
DOWN IN THE HOLE, ALICE IN CHAINS
NO MORE TEARS, OZZY
STANDING ON THE EDGE OF LOVE, B.B. KING
200 YEARS OLD, FRANK ZAPPA
LIVING IN THE PAST, JETHRO TULL
I’M LOSING YOU, JOHN LENNON
COLD TURKEY, JOHN LENNON
HELLEN WHEELS, PAUL McCARTNEY
THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMED, MARIE McKEE
AWAKEN, YES

December 2 2003
1) "Track 1" by Lucinda Williams (4:36)
2) "Track 2" by Hole (3:16)
3) "Track 3" by Melanie Doan (3:37)
4) "Track 4" by Amy Rigby (4:20)
5) "Track 5" by Cindy Alexander (4:32)
6) "Track 6" by Bree Sharp (2:54)
7) "Track 7" by Miranda Richards (4:47)
8) "Track 8" by Michelle Shocked (5:19)
9) "Track 9" by Kasey Chambers (4:10)
10) "Track 10" by Syd Straw (5:38)
11) "Track 11" by Patty Griffin (3:30)
12) "Track 12" by Alanis Morisette (6:03)
13) "Track 13" by Maria Mckee (2:42)
14) "Track 14" by Aimee Mann (4:51)
15) "Track 15" by Roseanne Cash (3:18)
16) "Track 16" by Victoria Williams (4:51)
17) "Track 17" by Lori Carson (4:37)
18) "Track 18" by Shawn Colvin (5:54)

Feb 8 2004
1) LISA LOEB, LETS FORGET ABOUT IT
2) ASTRO PUPPEES, SHAKEN FREE
3) Shannon McNalley, Bolder Than Paradise
4) THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, MASS ROMANTIC
5) JOHN PALUMBO, OLD FIRES
6) IT'S IMMATERIAL, SPACE
7) LET'S ACTIVE, HORIZON
8) STAN RIDGEWAY, UBA'S HOUSE OF FASHION
9) THE REPLACEMENTS, MY LITTLE PROBLEM
10) THE SPONGETONES, BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
11) MOUNTAIN, THUNDER
12) THE VELVET CRUSH, SEEN BETTER DAYS
13) BETH HART BAND, SPIDERS IN MY BED
14) MAZZY STAR, BLUE FLOWER
15) DRAMARMA, SWALLOWED YOUR CURE
16) THE SMITHEREENS, THE WORLD WE KNOW
17) RICHARD X HEYMAN, LOUD
18) GIN BLOSSOMS, HOLD ME DOWN
19) SAY ZUZU, PENNSYLVANIA
20) THE PINETOPS, EVIL TOWN

March 14 2004
1) "I WANT YOU" by Chris Stamey (3:16)
2) "EVERYWHERE AT ONCE" by THE PLIMSOULS (3:18)
3) "SHE GOT SOUL" by THE DB'S (2:38)
4) "LITTLE WILD ONE" by MARSHALL CRENSHAW (3:55)
5) "I COULD HAPPY" by ALTERED IMAGES (5:39)
6) "WINDOWS" by MISSING PERSON (5:00)
7) "GUYS LIKE ME" by AIMEE MANN (3:12)
8) "COULD YOU BE LOVED" by BOB MARLEY (3:55)
9) "WORLD OF WONDERS" by BRUCE COCKBURN (4:37)
10) "THOUSAND ROADS" by DAVID CROSBY (5:02)
11) "BED OF LIES" by CRUZADOS (3:59)
12) "No Way Out" by THE JAYHAWKS (4:59)
13) "DON'T TALK BACK" by KASEY CHAMBERS (4:48)
14) "MILE OF FENCE" by PETE DROGE (3:03)
15) "IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND" by SHANNON CURFMAN (4:25)
16) "GUNSLINGER" by THE JOLLY RANCHERS (4:01)
17) "DANCING BAREFOOT" by THE MISSION UK (3:10)
18) "TEMPUS FUGIT" by YES (5:17)
19) "HAPPYLAND" by JOE JACKSON (5:12)

Mar 15 2004 Tributes
1) "PURPLE HAZE" by THE CURE (5:24)
2) "HONKY TONKIN'" by THE THE (3:35)
3) "DANCING DAYS" by STP (4:03)
4) "COLD COLD COLD" by BONNIE (4:58)
5) "ANGELS LAID HIM DOWN" by LUCINDA (4:24)
6) "COLD SHOT" by PAT TRAVIS (3:56)
7) "THE RED ROOSTER" by KENNY NEAL (5:34)
8) "FOR SHAME OF DOING WRONG" by SYD STRAW (5:02)
9) "MAIN ROAD" by LUCINDA (3:07)
10) "LIGHTS" by JAYHAWKS (5:22)
11) "JUST TO BE WITH YOU" by PHOEBE (5:00)
12) "CRACKING UP" by TOM PETTY (3:32)
13) "TELEVISION" by MARSHALL (4:21)
14) "WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE" by DIO (5:10)
15) "THE WIZARD" by BULLRING BRUMMIES (5:01)
16) "GOODBYE TO ROMANCE" by LISA LOEB (5:37)
17) "PARALYZED" by GRAHAM PARKER (2:49)
18) "LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES" by SHERYL CROWE (2:49)

Mar 20 2004
1) "BARRACADES AND BRICKWALLS" by kasey Chambers (3:13)
2) "AFTER YOUR GONE" by Mary Gauthier (4:54)
3) "END OF THE DAY" by Lucy Kaplansky (4:10)
4) "A MATTER OF MINUTES" by Shawn Colvin (5:07)
5) "ALMOST NEXT TO NOTHING" by Jim Lauderdale (2:24)
6) "BETTER OFF AS WE ARE" by Blue Rodeo (3:29)
7) "BURY ME" by Dwight Yoakam/Maria McKee (3:19)
8) "Still Feeling Blue" by Marty Brown (4:02)
9) "Don't Say Goodbye" by Radney Foster (3:31)
10) "FEED THE FIRE" by The Living End (3:43)
11) "I WILL PROMISE YOU ANYTHING" by Maria McKee (2:29)
12) "JUST KEEP ME MOVING" by KD Lang (3:56)
13) "Life Is Bad" by Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys (3:18)
14) "OPEN UP YOUR EYES" by Sue Foley (2:29)
15) "TIGHTLY" by Neko Case (2:19)
16) "WONT YOU LOVE ME TONIGHT" by Jonny Lang (5:27)
17) "TROUBLE" by The Jayhwks (4:57)
18) "YOU AINT GOING NOWHERE" by Mary Chapin Carpenter/Rosanne Cash (3:52)
19) "YOU WON'T LET ME" by Rosanne Cash (4:32)
20) "WRONG SIDE OF MEMPHIS" by Trisha Yearwood (3:24)
21) "LET IT ALL COME DOWN" by Buffalo Nickel (4:45)

WMA 9.1 6 CD's 235MB

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q2D2BEXK

WHFS BOB & DIANE 01-28-1983 9:00 - 11:30 AM Open Reel Tape

By request I have a post of WHFS from January 28th 1983 of Diane and Bob. It contains commercials and DJ chatter. It's another open reel tape I made on my day off. For all you WHFS heads out there put this in your car on your next road trip ang go back in time!

1) "Stray Cats, Song Run Down"
2) "Commercial, The Gentry"
3) "Micky Jump, Old New Orleans"
4) "Joe Jackson, Long Distance Romancers"
5) "Commercial, WHFS poster, Jobline"
6) "Employment Exchange"
7) "The Kinks, Tommy Keene"
8) "Diane's Outro"
9) "Bob here, Spirit, Pink Floyd, Lina Lovich, Syd Barret"
10) "Commercial, Is There Music After WHFS T-shirt"
11) "Specials, UB40, Bruce Cockburn, Joan Aramatrading"
12) "Babble"
13) "Randy Newman, Richard & Linda Thompson, Marshall Crenshaw, Pretenders
14) "Nasty Girl"

WMA 9.1 CBR @ 320KBPS, 294MB, 2 HOURS 2 MINUTES

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NFIV51N0

Root Boy Slim: Don't Let This Happen to You Vinyl LP Rip

Holy Crap! I can hardly believe the response to my earlier Root Boy post. A lot of downloads and feedback. Looks like a lot of folks from the Balt-DC area have found my blog and have made several comments on my WHFS posts and local music scene of the late 70's and early 80's. You don't have to be from 'round here to appreciate Root Boy Slim! Here is a CD rip of my Vinyl LP of Root Boy's "Don't Let This Happen to You".
Included in this file is the A and B side of the 45, "Do The Meltdown" and "Graveyard of Losers". This 45 is courtesy of Mark, a fellow Root fan that sent the files for the 45 single. Thanks Mark!

Mark sent me the front cover Pic for the LP...Thanks again to Mark!

1) "WHEN YOU DATE THE UNDEAD" by Root Boy Slim (2:55)
2) "RICH, WHITE & REPUBLICAN" by Root Boy Slim (3:45)
3) "HEALTH SPA LADY" by Root Boy Slim (3:59)
4) "KINKY U." by Root Boy Slim (4:08)
5) "COMPUTER LOVER" by Root Boy Slim (4:19)
6) "THEY DON'T SING ON THE CORNER" by Root Boy Slim (4:17)
7) "I FELL DOWN" by Root Boy Slim (3:11)
8) "IT'S ONLY MURDER" by Root Boy Slim (5:07)
9) "HOUSE BAND IN HELL" by Root Boy Slim (4:45)
10) "EVOLUTION" by Root Boy Slim (3:08)

Would love to find a bootleg of this show!
ROOT BOY SLIM INDUCTED TO WAMA HALL OF FAME!

WAMA (the Washington Area Music Association) inducted Root Boy Slim into its Hall of Fame at the 2005 Wammie Awards at the new Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland. The Root Boy Slim Tribute Band appeared to commemorate Root’s induction.

The Root Boy Slim Tribute Band assembled for the WAMA/Strathmore concert in January 2005 had players representing all of the bands that Root put together over his 15 years of performing:
Tommy Lepson – lead vocals, organ; Ron Holloway – tenor sax; Deanna Bogart – tenor sax, vocs; Marshall Keys – alto sax; Dan Hovey – guitar, vocs; Torro Gamble – drums, vocs; Scott Ambush – bass, vocs; John Zidar – drums; Jim Orr – piano; and original Rootettes Cherie Grasso – vocs, percussion and Dick Bangham – vocs, trombone. Sitting in on baritone sax. Donny Schattenberg.

The two hour show started off with a dedication read by Esmirelda, followed by the band performing:
TOUGH LUCK
USED TO BE A RADICAL
WORLD WAR III
INFLATABLE DOLL
DO THE GATOR
NOT TOO OLD FOR YOU
DARE TO BE FAT
SHE WANTS TO MOVE IN
A moment to remember our deceased bandmates:
Bob Greenlee, Winston Kelly, Kathe Russell, Dominic V., Dani Murray, and Noble “Thin Man” Watts.
LONELIEST ROOM
MY WIG FELL OFF
MOOD RING
BOOGIE TIL YOU PUKE
Encore:
EXPRESS TRAIN
TOUGH LUCK (Reprise)






Foster "Ken" Mackenzie III (Root Boy Slim) was born on July 9, 1945 in Asheville, NC. His father was a golf course architect and he grew up in Washington, DC Root Boy attended a number of private schools, including Sidwell Friends and the St. James School in Hagerstown. Considered a tortured genius by some, Root Boy was a commanding, compelling presence in the DC music scene in the late 1970s and 80s. His songs were wry commentaries on the absurdities of life, including his own.

Root Boy attended Yale University, where he and George W. Bush belonged to the same fraternity (DKE, "the Dekes"), although Bush was one year behind him. Root Boy was the frat's social director, and he would later tell people that the future president showed up at all the parties. Root Boy said that he went back to visit one year and Bush, now president of the fraternity, threw him off the premises for smoking a joint on the frat house's front steps.

At Yale, Root Boy made friends with fraternity brother Bob Greenlee, who was captain of the Yale football team. They formed a band called "The Young Prince La La, Percy Uptight and the Midnight Creepers." It is said that the band never played the same venue twice.

Over the next decade, Root Boy attended architecture school, studied city planning, and traveled. He was arrested in Jamaica, then again in Jacksonville, and in 1969 jumped over the White House fence, landing him in St. Elizabeth's for observation. He would later write songs about these events and, while living in Florida, enlisted his friend Bob Greenlee to record some of them. The band moved to DC in the spring of 1977, adding Ron Holloway on saxophone and the backup singers The Rootettes.


The band was called Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band, and the combination of excellent musicians, clever and unusual hook-ridden songs, along with Root Boy's charismatic, outlandish persona propelled it to huge local success in the late 1970s and 1980s. His subjects included substance abuse, mental instability and politics, with song titles such as "Too Sick To Reggae," "Dozin' and Droolin," I'm Not Too Old for You," and "Boogie Til You Puke." Although he made fun of his vices, Root Boy used drugs and alcohol to excess. His shows were sometimes erratic, but they were always funny and outrageous. Root Boy would wear flowing capes, leopard outfits and his trademark ROOT glasses, and he would order his backup singers, the Rootettes, to get down on the filthy stage floor with him as he sang "Do the Gator." His performances at venues such as The Psychedelly in Bethesda, the Cellar Door and Bayou in Georgetown, and the Varsity Grill in College Park were always packed, and staffers from the Carter White House were among his following. He was even invited to visit the White House by Carter's appointment secretary. Root Boy approved of the Carter administration, but when President Reagan was elected, he wrote "Cowboy in the Sun Too Long" and "Rich, White, Republican."


In 1977, a demo album, including "Boogie Til You Puke" and "You Broke My Mood Ring," produced by local entrepreneurs Joe Lee and Dick Bangham (who later became a Rootette) was unofficially rated "the most requested album of the year" on WHFS. This caught the attention of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen and producer Gary Katz, who took the act to Warner Brothers Records. Root Boy inked a quarter of a million dollar deal with the record company and released his debut album in 1978 with all of the songs included on the original demo. An appearance in "Mr. Mike's Mondo Video," produced by Saturday Night Live head writer Michael O'Donahue, might have put him over the top but the special was rejected for air by then NBC-president Fred Silverman. The album didn't meet expectations and the label bought out the remainder of the contract. The next year, Root's second album, Zoom, was released on A&M's IRS/Illegal Records. The band toured England and Scotland, opening for Ian Dury and the Blockheads and making headlines in the British musical press as well as in Rolling Stone in the US. Marshall Keys joined the band in 1978 when guitarist Stuart Smith decided against doing the Dury tour. Root Boy went on to record four more albums with Greenlee and Lancaster on smaller labels, two of them Greenlee's King Snake Records.

For the last fifteen years of his life, Root Boy continued to write songs and perform with a series of bands made up of many of DC's most talented players, including Tommy Lepson. His last production was a moving video of his song "Hey Mr. President", a call to help the homeless, released during the Presidential campaign in 1992. The Sex Change Band reunited in 1993 for an East coast tour. Worn down by his inner demons and declining health, Root Boy died in his sleep just four days after the band's kickoff show at The Junkyard in Orlando, one month before his 48th birthday.



WMA 9.1 VBR and the 45 MP3 @320kbps, File Size: 53MB

http://rapidshare.com/files/68065679/Don_t_Let_This_Happen_to_You.rar

Ryan Adams- Austin City Limits 10-20-2005

Here is a short but sweet audio rip of a show from Ryan Adams live from Austin City Limits 10-20-2005. Get it while you can. It's very good!

1) "Kiss Before I Go" (2:55)
2) "Let It Ride" (4:05)
3) "Now That You're Gone" (3:45)
4) "Games" (2:34)
5) "Hard Way To Fall" (4:11)
6) "Call Me On Your Way Back Home" (3:27)
7) "Cold Roses" (4:37)

WMA 9.1 @96kbps, 17.7MB, 25 Minutes

http://rapidshare.com/files/67933161/Ryan_Adams-_Austin_City_Limits_10-20-2005.rar

Buddy Guy- Debbie Davies- Robert Cray Live From Mountain Stage and Austin City Limits

Posted here is a CD audio rip of Buddy Guy and Debbie Davies from a "Live from Mountain Stage" PBS TV Broadcast and Robert Cray from "Austin City Limits" also a PBS TV broadcast. It's a pretty cool compilation of live tunes from some of my favorite blues artists.

1) "Buddy Guy Intro" (1:05)
2) "I Done Got Old" by Buddy Guy (2:53)
3) "Please Don't Leave Me" by Buddy Guy (4:55)
4) "Tramp" by Buddy Guy (7:47)
5) "Track 5" by Buddy Guy (0:06)
6) "Debbie Davies Comments" (1:26)
7) "Debbie Davies Intro" (0:09)
8) "Love The Game" by Debbie Davies (3:35)
9) "Down In The Trenches" by Debbie Davies (5:13)
10) "Worst Kinda Man" by Debbie Davies (3:29)
11) "Buddy Guy Intro" (0:25)
12) "Buddy Comments" by Buddy Guy (0:56)
13) "Damn Right I Got The Blues" by Buddy Guy (8:33)
14) "Buddy Comments" by Buddy Guy (0:30)
15) "Five Long Years" by Buddy Guy (12:17)
16) "Mountain Stage Outro" (0:15)
17) "Phone Booth" by Robert Cray (4:15)
18) "24-7 Man" by Robert Cray (4:04)
19) "Right Next Door" by Robert Cray (14:05)
20) "Reconsider" by Robert Cray (1:40)

WMA 9.1 VBR, 61.6MB, 78 Minutes

http://rapidshare.com/files/67854780/Buddy_Guy-_Debbie_Davies-_Robert_Cray.rar

52 Tunes From The "Best Of Mountain Stage" Series

In this post is a best of the best of the "Live from Mountain Stage" series. This is soley my opinion. This set includes cuts from Volumes 1 thru 8 of the series as well as The Best of "Rock from Mountain Stage" and "Texans from Mountain Stage". These 52 tunes were ripped from my CD collection and contain the original track numbers and album information.

"(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone" by Texas Tornados
"Alright Guy" by Todd Snider
"Angels" by Chris Stamey/Peter Holsapple
"Dominique" by Billy Pilgrim
"Early Summer Rain" by Kevin Welch
"Eight Piece Box" by Southern Culture on The Skids
"Guantan Amerika" by Alex Chilton
"It's a Big Old Goofy World" by John Prine
"Lock, Stock and Teardrops" by K.D. Lang
"Mr. Wrong" by Cracker
"Shake Your Hips" by Lou Ann Barton
"That's Enough of That Stuff" by Marcia Ball
"Ain't Hurtin' Nobody" by John Prine
"American Music" by Violent Femmes
"Find Yourself a Door" by Pete Droge
"Superman's Song" by Crash Test Dummmies
"The Arms of Love" by Robyn Hitchcock
"World Leader Pretend" by R.E.M.
"Happy Home" by Paula Cole
"Never Had It So Good" by Mary Chapin Carpenter
"I Must Be High" by Wilco
"Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.
"My Tears" by Duke Robillard
"I Know Better Now" by A.J. Croce
"Moonshiner" by Uncle Tupelo
"Poor Boy Blues" by Bonepony
"Shoot Out The Lights" by Richard Thompson
"Blue" by The Jayhawks
"Good Things" by The BoDeans
"Responsibility" by Steve Forbert
"Georgia on a Fast Train" by Billy Joe Shaver
"Goodnite Irene" by Pere Ubu
"Trampoline" by Bill Lloyd/Patty Larkin
"Welfare Music" by The Bottle Rockets .
"Yes, Yes, Yes" by NRBQ
"Being Simple" by The Judybats
"Crazy Mary" by Victoria Williams
"Golden Dreams" by Syd Straw
"I Had My Hopes up High" by Joe Ely
"Move One" by Tracy Nelson
"Shelter" by Sarah McLachlan
"Howling Wind" by Graham Parker
"Pale Sun" by Cowboy Junkies
"Cynical Girl" by Marshall Crenshaw
"It's Getting Warm in Here" by Charlie Musllewhite
"St. Gabriel" by Marcia Ball
"Reach for the Rhythm" by Shelby Lynne
"She Ain't Goin' Nowhere" by Guy Clark
"Standing on Shaky Ground" by Delbert Mclinton
"Woman on the Floor" by Band de Solei
"Miles and Miles of Texas" by Asleep at The Wheel
"Waiting For A Miracle" by Bruce Cockburn

WMA 9.1 VBR 144MB, 3 Hours 45 Minutes

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y8UGERXX

WHFS Weasel 05-12-1982 Ninety Minute Cassette

I have in my collection hundreds of hours of WHFS from the late 70's to the late 90's. Some were taped on cassette and some were taped on my Akai Open Reel tape deck and some were aquired in a trade. This tape is from Wed, May 12 1982 of DJ Weasel playing some classic music from that time period. This one tape shows just how awesome this radio station was. Just look at this line up! Each file is a set of tunes with commercials omitted. In retrospect it would be interesting to have heard the commercials today, but back then, I just wanted the music. It's definetly a good road trip tape. Sound quality is very good but not the best. It was taped on a BASF Performance C90 tape. Dolby B on for recording, and left off when I ripped the tape to my hard drive. Back off on the treble and you should be fine.

01 Johnny Seaton, The Clash, Pandoras, Paul Weller, The Beatles
02 Tom Principoto, Translator, The Inmates, Billy Idol, Jason and The Scorchers
03 The Stones, The Romeos, Romeo Void, Holly and The Italians, Stiv Bators
04 Wreckless Eric, Walking On The Surface Of The Moon
05 Iggy Pop, Secret Affair, Graham Parker, Dave Edmunds, Lloyd Cole
06 Joe King Carrasco, The Pretenders, Nick Lowe
07 The Cure, and a fucked up ending

WMA 9.1 @96kbps CBR, 63.6MB, 91 minutes 54 Seconds

http://rapidshare.com/files/67379435/1982_05-12-1982_WHFS_Weasel_05-12-1982.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/67379438/A_BRIEF_HISTORY_OF_WHFS.txt

Another CD "Mix Tape" Continued... Aug 2003 - Nov 2003 Five CD's

I don't hear much feedback, but these compilation CD's get downloaded quite a bit, so I guess I'll keep posting them.

AUGUST 2, 2003
2. Lucinda Williams- Essence (Bowery Ballroom Boot)
3. Hole- Doll Parts (John Peel Sessions)
4. Melanie Doane- Sweet Sorrow
5. Amy Rigby- 20th Anniversary
6. Cindy Alexander- Dresden
7. Bree Sharp- Show Me
8. Miranda Lee Richards- Beauty Queen
9. Michelle Shocked- The Hard Way (remix)
10. Kasey Chambers- Runaway Train (live)
11. Syd Straw- CBGB’s (edit)
12. Patty Griffin- Blue Sky
13. Alanis Morissette- A Man
14. Maria Mckee- This Property Is Condemned (live, Osaka 1994)
15. Aimee Main- Sugarcoated
16. Marti Jones- Talk To Me
17. Roseanne Cash- All Come True (Retrospective CD)
18. Victoria Williams- Crazy Mary (Live Mountain Stage CD)
19. Lucinda Williams- Pancakes (Born To Choose CD)
20. Lucinda Williams- Main Road (Sweet Relief CD)

AUGUST 17, 2003
LUCINDA WILLIAMS- Back to Baton Rouge,Come to Me Baby
EVA CASSIDY- Take Me to the River
BOZ SCAGGS- It All Went Down the Drain
BONNIE RAITT- Who But A Fool (Thief Into Paradise)
FLEETWOOD MAC- Family Man (Extended Guitar Mix)
THOMAS DOLBY- My Brain is Like a Sieve
BRYAN FERRY- Mamouna (radio edit), Don’t Stop the Dance(live), Bete Noire(live)
JOHN MAYALL’S BLUESBREAKERS- One Life to Live
STEPHEN STILLS- Right By You
JOHN ASTLEY- I Dream About You (But I Cannot Sleep)
MARSHALL CRENSHAW- For Her Love
THE JAYHAWKS- Smile, A Break In The Clouds
THE SMITHEREENS- Beauty and Sadness

August 18 2003
01 - Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds
02 - Rock Steady - Bonnie Raitt
03 - Cool Rockin' Loretta - Joe Ely
04 - Fantastic Planet Of Love - Marshall Crenshaw
05 - Bad Time- Miss Williams Guitar - The Jayhawks
06 - Drive My Car - David Crosby
07 - Back To Zero - Tommy Keene
08 - Places That Are Gone - Tommy Keene
09 - Let Me Roll It - Paul McCartney
10 - Shadow Child - Laughing Colors
11 - All Over But The Cryin' - The Georgia Satellites
12 - Somewhere In Ohio - The Jayhawks
13 - Righteosly - Lucinda Williams

AUGUST 31, 2003
CPR- It’s All Coming Back To Me Now
SYD STRAW- Crazy American
TIMBUK 3- Life Is Hard
THE SMITHEREENS- Behind the Wall Of Sleep
R.E.M.- The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
STP- Creep, Unplugged
SIMPLE MINDS LIVE- Big Sleep
ROXY MUSIC- Live At The Apollo, While My Heart Is Still Beating
THE RAINMAKERS- Snakedance
IAN MOORE- Not In Vain
JOHN MAYALL- Spinning Coin
CHEQUERED PAST- Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way
SOCIAL DISTORTION- 99 To Life
JEFF BECK- Ambitious, Gets Us All in The End
WAS (NOT WAS)- Out Come The Freaks
PREFAB SPROUT- looking For Atlantis
DON DIXON- Calling out For Love

November 28, 2003
The Mammy Anthem, Frank Zappa
Stevie’s Spanking, Frank Zappa
World Without Tears, Martini Ranch
City Of Tiny Lites, Frank Zappa
The Longest Day, Escape Club
Forever Yesterday, Soup Dragons
Wonderful Wino, Frank Zappa
Advance Romance, Frank Zappa
Stinkfoot, Frank Zappa
Don’t Talk to Strangers, John Astley
The Black Page, Frank Zappa
Moondog, Prefab Sprout
Eastern Bloc, Thomas Dolby
Strictly Genteel, Frank Zappa

WMA 9.1
5 CD's 192MB

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XXY458M7

Til' Tuesday Live- Westwood One Vinyl LP Rip

Here is a post of an audio rip from the CD that I recorded of my Til' Tuesday Live- Westwood One Vinyl LP.
I purchased this LP years ago at the Record and Tape Exchange in College Park, MD. I bought over 500 vinyl LP's from this guy. Sad to say he is out of business. If only he had held out long enough to get into selling his stuff on line.
I looked for my LP today for more information, but can't find it. Anyway, this is a pretty good show from Aimee Mann and company.

01 Looking Over My Shoulder
02 Just Like Me
03 Coming Up Close
04 Voices Carry
05 Five Minutes
06 Don't Watch Me
07 Everybody Needs A Home
08 Winning The War
09 Maybe Monday

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4N96RDJW

Cool fan site:

http://www.tiltuesday.net/index2.php

Doyle Bramhall, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepard Live on Austin City Limits

This post is a CD rip of a compilation I put together of Doyle Bramhall, Eric Johnson, and Kenny Wayne Shepard Live from a couple of different Austin City Limits shows on VHS tapes I have in my video collection. A pretty sweet collection of some of the best from ACL. Enjoy!

01 Shape I'm In Part I,Doyle Bramhall
02 I'm Leavin', Doyle Bramhall
03 Snake Charmer, Doyle Bramhall
04 Chariot, Doyle Bramhall
05 Righteous, Eric Johnson
06 Rock Me Baby, Eric Johnson
07 Camel's Night Out, Eric Johnson
08 SRV, Eric Johnson
10 Old Enough To Know Better, Kenny Wayne Shepard
11 Ledbetter Heights, Kenny Wayne Shepard
12 Born With A Broken Heart, Kenny Wayne Shepard

71 Minutes
WMA 9.1 @96kbps
49.9MB

http://rapidshare.com/files/67004879/Doyle_Bramhall__Eric_Johnson__Kenny_Wayne_Sheapard_Live_on_Austin_City_Limits.rar

The Best of Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 1 and 2

Here in one file is two out of print CD's entitled "The Best of Columbia Records Radio Hour". I have had these for quite a while and always come back on a regular basis to check them out. The sound quality is phenomenal! A great mix of mellow and rockin' tunes from well known artists and not so well known. Another great road trip CD(s).

The Best of Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 1

1. Lord Of The Starfields - Bruce Cockburn
2. Lovers In A Dangerous Time - Bruce Cockburn
3. Too Long In The Wasteland - James McMurtry
4. Safeside - James McMurtry
5. Polaroids - Shawn Colvin
6. Shotgun Down The Avalanche - Shawn Colvin
7. Come On Come On - Mary Chapin Carpenter
8. The Levee Song - Darden Smith
9. What We Really Want - Rosanne Cash
10. Wouldn't It Be Loverly - Rosanne Cash
11. Raina - Peter Himmelmen
12. I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen
13. Coming Back To You - Leonard Cohen
14. Cry Of A Tiny Babe - Bruch Cockburn

Best of Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 2
1. Fly From Heaven - Toad The Wet Sprocket
2. Passion - Dionne Farris
3. Tripping Billies - Dave Matthews Band
4. Lovely Jane - Dag
5. Big Bang Theory - Little Feat
6. If I Had A Rocket Launcher - Bruce Cockburn
7. Chimes Of Freedom - Youssou N'Dour/Bruce Cockburn
8. I'd Run Away - The Jayhawks
9. (I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' Bout That - James Taylor
10. Goin' Back To Georgia - Nanci Griffith
11. Crazy Mary - Victoria Williams/Lou Reed
12. Cruisin' - Booker T and The MG's
13. As The Years Go Passing By - Boz Scaggs/Booker T and the MG's
14. Round Of Blues - Shawn Colvin/Mary Chapin Carpenter

I took the liberty of ommiting the introductions. If you want the complete CD's they are available used from Amazon at next to nothing prices.

87.2Mb WMA VBR and CBR

http://rapidshare.com/files/66967028/Columibia_Records_Radio.rar

ALBERT COLLINS THE ICEMAN AT MOUNT FUJI DVD AUDIO RIP

This post is an audio rip from my ALBERT COLLINS THE ICEMAN AT MOUNT FUJI DVD

Release Date:01/22/2004

Blues guitar legend Albert Collins is captured live during both day and night in two performances from the 1992 Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival. Powering his way through songs such as "Same Old Thing," "Honey Bush," and his signature song "Iceman," the master of the telecaster uses his minor key extended jams to stun two Japanese festival crowds in a single day.

Day performance:

Iceman

Put the Shoe on the Other Foot

Lights Are on but Nobody's Home

If You Love Me Like You Say

Same Old Thing

Travelin' South

Night performance:

Iceman

Put the Shoe on the Other Foot

Lights Are on but Nobody's Home

Honey Hush, Same Old Thing

Frosty

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WMA 9.1 VBR

76 Minutes, 58.8MB

rapidshare.com/files/66739068/The_Iceman_at_Mount_Fuji.rar

Mix Tape Rockin' Boogie Two'fers 03-06-1986

Here's another mix tape called Rockin' Boogie Two'fers from 1986. It's another mix of stuff that goes all over the place. Hope you have as much fun rockin' to this tape as I did making it.

01 Brian Setzer, Barbed Wire Fence
02 Brian Setzer, Father, Son and The Holy Ghost
03 George Thorogood, Cocaine Blues
04 George Thorogood, Who Do you Love
04a Robert Gordon, My Gal Is Red Hot
05 Robert Gordon, Flying Saucer Rock-n-Roll
05a Bugs Hendeson
06 Bugs Henderson
07 Elvis Costello, Mystery Dance
08 Elvis Costello, Lynyrd Skynyrd
09 Lynyrd Skynyrd, Down South Jukin'
10 Albert lee and Eric Clapton, Settin' Me Up (Live)
11 ZZ Top, Delirious
12 Aerosmith, Same Old Story
13 Aerosmith, The Train Kept A Rolling'
14 Fabulous T Birds
15 Fabulous T Birds
16 Blues Brothers, Hey Bartender
17 Blues Brothers, Shotgun Blues
18 Johnny Winter
19 Johnny Winter, So Many People Talkin'
20 Nighthwaks, Red Hot Mama
21 The Nighthawks
22 Dave Edmunds, Deep In The Heart Of Texas
23 Dave Edmunds, Louisiana Man
24 Dave Edmunds

TDK D90 Cassette
WMA 9.1 @80kbps CBR
91 Minutes 51 Seconds, 54MB

http://rapidshare.com/files/66732224/1986_03-06-1986_Rockin__Boogie_Two_Fers.rar

Mix Tape 10-16-1988 Dancin' Boogie

Here's another mix tape from 1988. Sorta a theme on dancing. It goes all over the place. Cool file to play in your car and trip out for a while.

01 The Kinks, Juke Box Music
02 The Kinks, Rock and Roll Fantasy
03 Frank Zappa, Joes Garage
04 Nick Lowe, They Call It Rock
05 NRBQ, Twelve Bar Blues
06 Johnny Seaton, Rockin' Man
07 Joe Jackson, Slow Song (Live)
08 The Kinks, Come Dancing
09 David Bowie, Let's Dance
10 The Kinks, Don't Forgot to Dance
11 The Kinks, Don't Forgot to Dance cont.
12 Billy Idol, Dancing With Myself
13 The Stones, Harlem Shuffle
14 Frank Zappa, Dancin' Fool
15 Root Boy, Boogie Til You Puke
16 Pinetop Perkins, Pinetop's Boogie
17 The Nighthawks, Memphis
18 Los Lobos
19 Joe Jackson, Right and Wrong
20 Joe Jackson, Jet Set
21 Paul Carrack, Double It Up
22 The Alarm, Summertime

Sony HF90 Cassette
90 minutes 51.8MB
WMA 9.1 80kbps CBR

http://rapidshare.com/files/66727089/1988_10-16-1988_Rock-N-Roll_fantasy__Dancin__Boogie.rar

Cassette Compilation 1988 10-25-1988

Thought I would throw in a cassette compilation from my 125 mix tapes that I ripped to my hard drive. Took me 6 month's to get these tapes ripped. They begin in the late 70's and end in the late 90's when I finally put a CD player in my van. Here's a good one from 1988.

01 Paul Carrack, One Good Reason (Instrumental)
02 Robert Palmer, Simply Irrisistable (Instrumental Version)
03 Yes, Big Generator
04 Jason and the Scorchers, When It All Comes Crashing Down
05 Brian Setzer, When The Sky Comes Tumbling Down
06 Stephen Stills, Right By You
07 Johnny Seaton, Reaction
08 Bonnie Raitt, I Get Excited
09 T-Birds, Wasted Tears
10 SRV
11 Jeff Healey, My Little Girl

Sony HF90 Cassette
WMA 9.1 @96kbps CBR
31.6MB 46 minutes

http://rapidshare.com/files/66723198/1988_10-25-1988_Mix_It_Right.rar

Root Boy Slim and The Sex Change Band Debut and Zoom LP Vinyl Rip on One CD

Here's a treat for Rootboy Slim fans. This is a vinyl rip from my collection. The Debut "Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with the Rootettes" (Warner Brothers, 1978) LP and and the follow up LP "Zoom" (IRS Records 1979). Rootboy was pretty whacked out, and was charecterized as punk by some. Really it is straight up fun rock n roll. Whimsical, funny, nothing too serious. His music is reminiscent of Crack the Sky, Frank Zappa, and The Good Rats. I say this because the tunes are funny, yet put down to some very good music. Ron Hollaway a famed Jazz Sax man plays on both albums. I saw Rootboy a few times. Always an outragous show. Everyone drunk and especially Rootboy. Anyone ever do the "Gator" on stage with Root?

The Debut album on CD is available on Amazon. The Zoom LP is on e-bay for $64.00!!!!!

From Amazon Reviews:

Root Boy Slim is hard to describe, maybe ''blues based mayhem'' is a start. He has been compared to Captain Beefheart and Dr. John. One thing for sure, he has a hardcore cult following. His most popular (and probably his best) album is Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band, which was originally issued on Warner Brothers Records in 1978. It features the underground hit 'Boogie 'Til You Puke'. This album is making its worldwide CD debut on Wounded Bird Records. 11 tracks. 2003.

A great review that says it all from a user on Amazon:

This is THE essential party album. It originally was released on vinyl by Warner Brothers in the '70s, but must have fallen down a black hole as far as a CD was concerned--then Root Boy OD's a few years ago in a sort of down-and-out way, and my guess is that the rights to the music were messed up somehow.

Anyway, the lyrics tell the story.

From "Mood Ring"- -"When I first saw you tonight/Could not believe my eyes/You got my Mood Ring smokin'/I wiped it on my thighs/Drank three tequilas/Just to calm me down/The damn thing 'sploded/And spread my mood around. . ."

From "My Wig Fell Off"- -"Tryin' to pass for eighteen/Is a tough thing to do/You can't make it in the disco/When you're forty-two/I've been looking for love/In every disco in town/My wig is gettin' shaky/My truss is slippin' down. . . [Chorus] My wig fell off/Hand my toupee to me/I'm quittin' the disco/I'm almost forty-three. . ."

From "The Heartbreak of Psoriasis"- -"You can see it on your TV/In your private home/You can see it on the scoreboard/At the Astrodome/Itching elbows/Back of the neck/Who knows where the heartbreak/Will strike next. . ."

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Here'a Another Review:

Slim(Root) Loved playing Albany NY and Washington DC area . Root was a Yale graduate and one cool cat . His humour in his songs added zest to that boogie woogie rock n roll style this band excelled in . His 45's like Xmas at K-Mart(everyone shopping for the blue light special) and World War III, Dare to be fat and The Shah is gone(he's gone away) are very rare to find for an even the most advid vinyl collectors. Always nice to have the CD but agree with the earlier rater the vinyl has more horns and is better. Delicious nutricious "Root Loops" as he threw Fruit Loops at the audience... Root was the most versatile outrageous band EVER. I recommend this CD if you can't hunt down his vinyls . When it comes to keepin' it real....nobody does it like Root Boy! Just wish he was still doin' it. I can't ever get enough of it. If you like to rock out with a tight band, and have a good laugh at the same time, this one is a must. Can't wait for Zoom to come out on CD. My vinyls are wearing out!

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Awesome in depth info from Wikepedia:

Root Boy Slim (born Foster MacKenzie III) (born July 9, 1945 — died June 8, 1993) Asheville, North Carolina; was an American singer-songwriter for the band Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band. He died in his sleep in his home in Orlando, Florida at the age of 48.
The band favored a mix of Memphis-style boogie rock/blues and produced six albums. Its most famous recording was "Boogie 'Til You Puke" from the debut album Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with the Rootettes, (Warner Brothers, 1978), which also featured "I Used To Be a Radical," "I'm Not Too Old For You," and "(You Broke My) Mood Ring." Another famous recording was the band's holiday favorite: "Christmas at K-Mart". Most of the songs were written by MacKenzie, guitarist Ernie Lancaster, and bassist Bob Greenlee. The lyrics often satirized society and mixed in autobiographical elements from MacKenzie's storied life.

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Background
MacKenzie grew up in a wealthy household in Washington, DC. His mother was a society matron whose father was a North Carolina congressman who had chaired the House Ways and Means Committee. His father was a landscape architect who designed golf courses.
MacKenzie was an intelligent yet incorrigible youth who was invited to leave several private DC-area prep schools such as Sidwell Friends, whose alums include Chelsea Clinton. He finally found his niche at Saint James School in Hagerstown, MD., a boarding school. There, he played varsity football.
He went on to Yale, where he majored in African American studies, graduating in 1967. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. His fraternity brothers included future two-time President, George W. Bush. MacKenzie was a year older than Bush.
While at Yale, MacKenzie formed a band with classmate and fraternity brother Greenlee, who was quarterback of Yale's football team. The band was named Prince La La and the Midnight Creepers. Band members wore ermine capes, silver lame hot pants and boasted that they were never invited for return engagements.
The year after MacKenzie and Greenlee graduated, they returned to the DKE house during Yale's homecoming. Bush, who since their departure had become president of DKE, threw them out and banned them from the house.
Washington, DC
After graduating from Yale, Root Boy bummed around Washington, DC for a number of years in different jobs, including one stint as driver for a Good Humor truck. One day he took a lot of LSD and went to the White House and climbed the fence. (He later explained that he "was looking for the center of the universe.") He was apprehended by the Secret Service as he ran up the lawn toward the White House. He was the first intruder since the War of 1812 to get completely over the fence.
Following his arrest, he was sent to St. Elizabeth's Psychiatric Hospital. This was the first of many visits that he would make in the coming years. The large dose of LSD he had consumed caused a psychotic break that led to schizophrenia that he would be medicated for during the rest of his life.

The Sex Change Band
Following his release from St. Elizabeth's, he reconnected with Greenlee and some other musicians. They recorded songs that found an audience on underground stations in the Washington area, such as WGTB, the Georgetown University station, and WHFS, then based in Bethesda. Besides Greenlee, who played bass, the other musicians in the Sex Change Band included Ernie Lancaster on guitar, Ron Holloway on saxophone and Winston Kelly on keyboards. Other notable musicians who played with the band over the years include Tom Lepson and Deanna Bogart.
One day in 1977, Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan) was visiting DC and heard the band's version of "Laundromat Blues" on WGTB. He called the station for a copy of the song, and took it back to the west coast and gave it to music producer Gary Katz. Katz signed the band to Warner Brothers, which resulted the band's debut album.

Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with the Rootettes
In 1978, the band released "Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with the Rootettes."
During the same year, the band played a date at The Varsity Grill's Back Room in College Park, Maryland (home of the University of Maryland). A riot ensued and the College Park City Council later banned Root Boy Slim and The Sex Change Band from the city. (The ban was lifted a few years later and they played an engagement at the University of Maryland's Ritchie Coliseum). Most of the original band members went their separate ways, reuniting mostly for recording projects. For nightclub performances, Root Boy was backed by a series of other bands, including New Hope for the Criminally Insane, Capital Offense and the Barbecue Juiceheads.
Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band's fifth anniversary took place in 1982 at the Psyche Delly in Bethesda, MD, and featured home movies of Root Boy, who wore an orange and white checkered 7-Eleven clerk's shirt and a white 10-gallon cowboy hat throughout the concert. The band's 10th anniversary concert took place at The Roxy, a club in downtown Washington. A line formed hours prior to that show and the club's three levels were standing room only. By the time the fourth set began, there were at least 25 musicians on the stage who had recorded or played clubs with Root Boy during his career. That show was also the debut of the "Rich, White, Republican," a biting satiric attack on Republicans that prophesied the eventual election of George W. Bush to the White House.

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Death
After his death in 1993, the Washington Area Music Association held a memorial concert at The Bayou on K Street in Georgetown. Root Boy fans traveled from as far away as California to pay homage to "The Lenny Bruce of the Blues."

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Discography

Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with the Rootettes (Warner Brothers, 1978)
Zoom (IRS Records 1979)
Dog Secrets (Congressional Records, 1983)
Don't Let This Happen to You (Kingsnake, 1987)
Left for Dead (Kingsnake, date unknown)
Root 6 (Ichiban, 1990)

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Band members, etc.
Ron Holloway - Saxophone
Ernie “Sex Ray” Lancaster - Guitar
Bob "Rattlesnake" Greenlee - Bass
The Rootettes
Steel Guitarist - Walt Andrews of Daytona Beach, FL
Gary Katz - Producer
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Trivia
The bumper sticker with the statement "Root Boy Slim Owes Me Money" was available during some shows.
The song "Boogie Till You Puke" from the recording "Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with the Rootettes" was aired on the Drew Carey Show on Friday, January 24, 2003.

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01 BOOGIE TIL YOU PUKE

02 I'M NOT TOO OLD FOR YOU

03 I USED TO BE A RADICAL

04 HEARTBREAK OF PSORIASIS

05 I WANT IT NOW

06 MOOD RING

07 TOO SICK TO REGGAE

08 MY WIG FELL OFF

09 COUNTRY JOE

10 IN JAIL IN JACKSONVILLE

11 YOU CAN'T QUIT MY CLUB

12 WORLD WAR III

13 DO THE GATOR

14 THE LONLIEST ROOM IN THE WORLD

15 QUARTER MOVIE ON MY MIND

16 SUGAR DADDY

17 IGNITE IT

18 SHE WANTS TO MOVE IN

19 DARE TO BE FAT

20 MOTEL OF LOVE

21 DOZIN' AND DROOLIN'

22 EXPRESS TRAIN

69.8MB, WMA 9.1 CBR @128kbps

Publisher file with CD artwork included with download

Download here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2CZ9JK7A

Microsoft Word File with artwork: http://rapidshare.com/files/65091678/rootboy.doc

More CD Compilations May-July 2003 6 CDs

Another post from my CD compilation folders. As with the other posts, a mixed bag of what I was in the mood to hear on any particular day these were put together. Put 'em on your portable player and cruise.

05-18-2003, Smoke In The Distance
RULES OF TRAVEL- ROSEANNE CASH
AMERICAN DREAM- LUCINDA WILLIAMS
DIFFERENT KIND OF GONE- MARY GAUTHIER
WHAT CAN I SAY- MICHELLE SHOCKED
TENNESSEE- SHAWN COLVIN
JETTISON- NEKO CASE
WIND IN THE TREES- MARTI JONES
GET REAL- KELLY WILLIS
THINGS DON’T COME EASY- DEAD RINGER BAND
GIRL IN A CAR- KIM RICHIE
ANOTHER MYSTERY- DAR WILLIAMS
FANNING THE FLAMES- MARIA MULDAUR
SOMETHING SIMILAR- MARIA MCKEE
WHEN I CROSS OVER- TIFT MERRIT
WILD FOR YOU BABY- TRISHA YEARWOOD
HOW I RAN- STACEY EARLE
ALL OVER NOW- AIMEE MAN
GOING OUT TONIGHT- MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER
CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL- ROAD LUCINDA WILLIAMS


05-24-2003, Morning Star
JOSH ROUSE, FLAIR
GRACE BRAUN, DO RIGHT
LYLE LOVETTE, THE WEDDING SONG
ROSANNE CASH, CLOSER THAN I APPEAR
CHRIS REA, LOOKING FOR A RAINBOW
R.E.M., RADIO SONG
PARLOR JAMES, CAPTAIN CAPTAIN
THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS,WILD RIVER
BRUCE COCKBURN, TO RAISE THE MORNING STAR
LITTLE VILLAGE, INSIDE JOB
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH, BELL BOTTOM TEAR
MARTI JONES, YOU CAN’T TAKE LOVE FOR GRANTED
THE JAYHAWKS, POOR LITTLE FISH
JOE ELY, ROLL AGAIN
STEVE EARLE, SOME DREAMS
HUFFAMOOSE, SUCH A GOOD LOOK
RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON, WALKING ON A WIRE
VIGALANTES OF LOVE, LAST TO KNOW
WAS NOT WAS, WHAT UP DOG?


05-26-2006, War Pigs
War Pigs, Black Sabbath
Lord Of This World, Corrosion of Conformity
Under My Wheels, Joe Elliot
Billion Dollar Babies, Alice Cooper
The Ripper, Mercyful Fate
Victim Of Changes, Judas Priest
Dragonfly, Mahogany Rush
Let It Roll, UFO
Desire, Lemmy Kilmister
Suicide Solution, Ozzy
Let There Be Rock, AC DC
Red Light, Georgia Satellites
Your Crazy, GNR
Up Your Sleeves, Humble Pie
Same Old Story, Aerosmith

06-28-2003, BE MY JOY
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07-04-2003, Sound Chaser
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07-06-2003, SWEET PAINTED LADY
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216 MB WMA 64kps http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EU6HP65G

Jethro Tull, Yes, ELP Live On King Biscuit 1986

This is a rip from my TDK D90 Cassette of Jethro Tull, Yes, ELP Live On King Biscuit taped from WWDC, DC-101 on June 15 1986. It's a pretty cool live compilation of "prog rock" hits from the seventies.

01 Jethro Tull- Thick As A Brick, Aqualung
02 Yes- I've Seen All Good People, Roundabout
03 ELP- See The Show
04 ELP- Lucky Man

44 Minutes, WMA 9.1 @ 80kps CBR

http://rapidshare.com/files/63207044/1986_06-15-1986_Jethro_Tull__Yes__ELP_Live_On_King_Biscuit.rar

CD Compilations Continues...Mar - May 2003 5 Discs

Here is a continuation of my CD Compilations. 5 CD's I recorded from March to May 2003.


MISFITS, MARCH 29, 2003
THE KINKS, MISFITS
JOE JACKSON, FOOLS IN LOVE
OINGO BOINGO, WHOLE DAY OFF
IT’S IMMATERIAL, DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME
JON ASTLEY, DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS
THOMAS DOLBY, BUDAPEST BY BLIMP
THE THE, GRAVITATE TO ME
THE INNOCENCE, MISSION BRAVE
JUDYBATS, SHE LIVES (IN A TIME OF HER OWN)
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, BREAKIN’ THE LAW
IGGY POP, NIGHT CLUBBING
BRUCE COCKBURN, SILVER WHEELS
NEIL YOUNG, COUP DE VILLE
PREFAB SPROUT, THE FIFTH HORESMAN
THE JAYHAWKS, WHAT LED ME TO THIS TOWN
THE JAYHAWKS, WAITING FOR THE SUN



RIGHTEOUSLY, APRIL 13, 2003
LUCINDA WILLIAMS, RIGHTEOUSLY
KASEY CHAMBERS, CHANGED THE LOCKS
MARY GAUTHIER, LEDGE
MICHELLE SHOCKED, ON THE GREENER SIDE
ROSEANNE CASH, WHAT WE REALLY NEED
ABRA MOORE, I LOOK AROUND
TIFT MERRITT, SUNDAY
ALLISON MOORER, HEY JEZEBEL
MARK INSLEY, BUS TO BAKERSFIELD
WILCO, NOTHING’SEVERGONNASTANDINMYWAY(AGAIN)
JAYHAWKS, FOOLS ON PARADE
JACK SALMON & DERBY SAUCE, YOU SNOOZE YOU LOSE
JIMMIE VAUGHN, THE DEEP END
JIMMIE VAUGHN, POWER OF LOVE
DELBERT MCLINTON, JUNGLE ROOM
INES SIBUN, OBSESSION
STEVE MARRIOTT, BAD MOON RISING
COREY STEVENS, LENNY


Clouds, APRIL 27, 2003
Clouds, The Jayhawks
Two Hearts, The Jayhawks
Pocahontas, Neil Young
Souvenirs, John Prine
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) Bruce Springsteen
Rollin’ My Stone, Stephen Stills
Honest Man, Lowell George
Ballad Of A Well Known Gun, Elton John
All Over But The Cryin’, The Georgia Satellites
Last One Out, Joe Henry
The Spell Your Under, Lowen And Navarro
Sweet Sweet Baby (I’m Falling), Lone Justice
Pass It On, Lone Justice
Wheel, Roseanne Cash
The Bed You Made Last Night, Highway 101
Quittin’ Time, Mary Chapin Carpenter
Down In Mary’s Land, Mary Chapin Carpenter
Something About What Happens When We Talk, Lucinda Williams


Tailspin, MAY 10, 2003
TAILSPIN, THE JAYHAWKS
DAMN SHAME, JAY FARRAR
WORLD WITHOUT TEARS, LUCINDA WILLIAMS
MONTY GOT A RAW DEAL, EVERYBODY HURTS, MAN ON THE MOON- R.E.M.
FLAMING RED, PATTY GRIFFIN
BE MY JOY, MARIA MCKEE
ABRA MOORE
AUTUMN GIRL SOUP, KIRSTY MACOLL
ALL MEN ARE LIARS, ROCKY ROAD, NICK LOWE
YOU’VE BEEN SO GOOD UP TO NOW, LYLE LOVETT
CAUGHT YOUR BACKDOOR MAN, KENNY NEAL
DARKER SIDE, JONNY LANG
FINE AND MELLOW, EVA CASSIDY
LAST TWO DOLLARS, BILLY PRICE
STIR IT UP, DREAD ZEPPELIN


GRADUATION DAY, 05-17-03
RUN NOW– TOMMY KEENE
EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY– LET’S ACTIVE
HOT NIGHT IN DALLAS– MOON MARTIN
WORLD WITHOUT WALLS– MARTINI RANCH
THE MAN WHO LOVED LIFE– THE JAYHAWKS
I’M A LONG GONE DADDY– THE THE
HOT BLOOD– LUCINDA WILLIAMS
8 PIECE BOX– SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS
I MUST BE HIGH– WILCO
BLUE– THE JAYHAWKS
GIVE BACK THE KEYS TO MY HEART - UNCLE TUPELO
UNTIL YOU CAME ALONG - GOLDEN SMOG
MEDICINE HAT– SON VOLT
STILL RAININ’- JONNY LANG
ABSOLUTELY BARKING STARS - MARIA MCKEE
GET STARTED, START A FIRE - GRAHAM PARKER
CAN’T LET GO - ROXY MUSIC
MAYBE IT’S IMAGINARY - KIRSTY MACCOLL

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4C3U68L1 179MB WMA 9.1 @ 64kps

Gary Moore and The Midnight Blues Band VHS Audio Rip

What we have here is one of the most aweome live videos I have ever had the pleasure to see and here. It is an audio rip from my "An Evening of the Blues with Gary Moore and the Midnight Blues Band" VHS HI-FI video tape. (Recorded to my Pioneer CD Recorder then ripped to my hard drive). With guests such as the late greats Albert Collins and Albert King, this completely kicks major ass! Not included in this audio rip are interviews with Albert King and Albert Collins. Both hail Gary Moore's guitar playing, each urge him to slow down a bit and make each note count. I guess Gary ignored their advise because he shreds here. And of course he has some slower moments too. The tracks with the two Alberts are simply the highlights of this tape. Just a great show. It's still available on Amazon, so if you want the interviews and want to see the video get it! The last two tracks are bonus tracks from the Gary Moore "Live Blues" VHS Video.

Set List:

1. Oh Pretty Woman

2. Walking By Myself

3. All Your Love

4. Still Got The Blues

5. Too Tired (Featuring Albert Collins)

6. Further On Up The Road (Featuring Albert Collins)

7. Texas Strut

8. Moving On

9. Midnight Blues

10. King Of The Blues

11. Stormy Monday (Featuring Albert King)

12. Caldonia (Featuring Albert Collins and Albert King)
13. Cold Day in Hell (Live Blues Video- Bonus Track)

14. Story Of The Blues (Live Blues Video- Bonus track)

Virgin Music Video VVD 872

WMA 9.1 VBR

Download Here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5B6EL2KF

Video Clip Here:

http://www.bobbyshred.com/video/GaryMooreEvening.rm

1990 The year is marked by a definite turn in Gary Moore's career with the release of his first blues album, Still Got the Blues. The album features covers of standard blues songs as well as Gary Moore originals; guest stars include Albert Collins and George Harrison (on one of his own compositions). The success of the new album was unexpected; it turned out to be the best selling Gary Moore album ever! The single Still Got the Blues even breaks through in the US. That same year George Harrison enrolls Gary Moore for a Traveling Wilburys song, She's my Baby. Was that not the first time you could hear Gary Moore on two different songs on US radios?... Gary Moore gets a chance to play on stage with the "two Alberts" (King and Collins) during his tour; the experience, captured on film (An Evening of the Blues with Gary Moore and the Midnight Blues Band), seems to have been very educative for Gary Moore.

A phenomenal performance of Gary Moore and two other blues greats, Albert King and Albert Collins. Moore's vocals are better than he is in the studio, and his guitar playing is tip top. It's also great to see legendary bluesmen Alert King and Albert Collins, both of whom had little time left in their lives. The video also comes with interviews, and gives some good insight on how King and Collins felt about each other, Gary Moore, and the blues alltogether. It's one of my all-time favorite performances by any artist, and it's a must have for any blues fan.