The songs stuck in my head

I Like 'Em Fat Like That...

Cloverdale Dave — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:51:46 GMT

Another show featuring the great Louis Jordan. I have said it all before so let's get going with the tunes! 1. Baby It’s Cold Outside 2. I Want A Roof Over My Head 3. Penthouse in the Basement 4. All Of Me 5. I’ll Never Be Free 6. I Like ‘Em Fat Like That 7. After School Swing Session 8. Pompton Turnpike 9. Caldonia 10. No Sale 11. Three Handed Woman 12. Why’d You Do It Baby 13. Hungry Man 14. Boogie Woogie Blue Plate 15. Look Out 16. A Chicken Ain’t Nothing But A Bird 17. Don’t Come Crying On My Shoulder 18. Oil Well Texas 19. Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches 20. Chartreuse As always- Enjoy CD

LET'S DO THE SKA!

Cloverdale Dave — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:20:30 GMT

Been a long time since I posted any SKA, gets hard to remember what you posted when you have done 300 shows...then it occurred to me. I only know one person who has all those shows and she isn't going to remember if I posted something twice, so away we go. An hour of SKA tunes from the library- lots on Bluebeat label, all good in my estimation. Most of these I can safely say I have never played, but if I had, you get to enjoy them again right? Any way- enjoy the music 1. Open The Door- Clive and Naomi 2. Him Say You Say- the Steer Towners 3. Watermelon Man- Byron Lee and the Dragonaires 4. Walk the Town- Buster’s All-Stars with Don Drummond 5. Maggie Don’t Leave Me- The Vikings 6. Crown Me- Stranger Cole 7. Yeah Yeah- The Riots 8. Live Up To Justice- The School Girls 9. Please Stop Your Lying- Errol Dunkley 10. Butterfly- Horrell Dawkins 11. Candy Ska- Ewan McDermott & Primo Davidson 12. Lady With The Red Dress- Gaylads 13. Little Schoolgirl- Trevor 14. Sugar Bag- Lee “Scratch” Perry 15. Hello Honey- Toots and the Maytals 16. Nanny’s Corner- Don Drummond 17. Turn Down Date- Cornell Campbell 18. Rude Boy- The Wailers 19. Tender Loving Care- Lynn Taitt & The Comets 20. Going Back To JA- Basil Gabbidon As always- enjoy CD

One for the Dogs...silliness at it's best

Cloverdale Dave — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:45:13 GMT

OK, did a cat show- here is the canine version. Yes, I am one of those weird dog people. The kind who take pictures of their dogs dressed up, goes nowhere without them, let's them sleep in the bed even if it means I have not been comfortable for the last 15 years... In any event, dealing with me is probably far worse for them than my dealing with them- a show for my dogs is imminent, so here it is: 1.Sweet William- Millie Small 2.Hound Dog- Betsy Gay 3.Now I Wanna Be Your Dog- Iggy and the Stooges 4. Isabella- Roy Tan 5.Can Your Monkey Do The Dog- Rufus Thomas 6.Daisy I Love You- Jackie Estick 7.Lazy Miss Daisy- McKinley Mitchell 8. Daisy Belle- Andy Ditto 9.Daisy May- Leon Selph & His Blue Ridge Playboys 10. Black Eyed Daisy- Carolina Chocolate Drops 11.Maga Dog- Chris Murray Combo 12. Walking The Dog- Wayne Hancock (Live Radio Bootleg) 13. Philly Dog- The Mar-Keys 14. Isabelle- The Delkins 15.William It Was Really Nothing- The Smiths 16.William- Janis Martin 17. Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog- Johnny Cash 18. Hot Dog- Corky Jones (Buck Owens) 19. Isobel- Po’ Girl 20. Every Dog Has His Day- Flogging Molly A mixed bag for sure, but there are some gems here- I hope you all can make it through it. As Always- ENJOY CD

HAVE YOU GOT THE GUMPTION?

Cloverdale Dave — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:33:20 GMT

As promised- more Louis Jordan! Round Two awaits... 1. Beans and Cornbread 2. If You’re So Smart, How Come You Ain’t Rich? 3. Crazy Baby 4. The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender and Tall 5. Run Joe 6. Barnacle Bill The Sailor 7. Have You Got The Gumption 8. Slow Down 9. Teardrops From My Eyes 10. Jake, What a Snake (Instrumental) 11. Saturday Night Fish Fry 12. Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man 13. Fat Sam From Birmingham 14. I’ll Be Glad When Your Dead (You Rascal You) 15. Honey in the Bee Ball 16. Keep A Knockin’ 17. Ain’t That Just Like A Woman (They’ll Do It Every Time) 18. Bone Dry 19. Oh Boy, I’m In The Groove 20. Show Me How You Milk The Cow As always- Enjoy! I am off to clean the house

The Ladies of Americana?

Cloverdale Dave — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:20:48 GMT

Asked the wife "What's next" and she noted I had recently been buying a LOT of Roots music/Americana from female artists, and that most of them were from Canada (hence the ? in the title)- maybe I should throw some out there. Good enough- that I can do. It is not Reggae (in fact, I ought to get crackin' on some reggae or y'all are going to get testy aren't ya?)- not even close. This is the kind of music you go see under Redwood trees in Northern California, surrounded by hippies and men wearing Sarongs (yeah- awesome huh), but in spite of the normal crowd, I endure it because I like the music. In any event, this one goes out to wifey and her sis, who will love it. Their mom, who will also love it, and of course, everyone else out there...who might like it little and hopefully not totally write me off. Ahhh WAIT- I am thinking Lucy is going to like it too, and Leanne. Guess that's enough of ya' to make it a legitimate endeavor. As always- Enjoy 1. Blondie- Hanging on the Telephone 2. Dreaming- Amy Speace 3. The One I Love- Rosie Thomas 4. When Doves Cry- The Be Good Tanyas 5. There is a Light- Zoe Woodbury High 6. Oh Canada- Kathleen Edwards 7. Your Fire, Your Soul- Dar Williams 8. Man Of The People- Tres Chicas 9. All This Weight- Sara Borges 10. Not California- Hem 11. Shame On You- Indigo Girls 12. Florida- Patty Griffin 13. Couldn’t Stand The Rain- Mindy Smith 14. Polaroids- Shawn Colvin 15. Two Seconds- Laura Cantrell 16. Movin’ On- Po’ Girl 17. Heaven’s Just A Sin Away- Kelly Willis 18. Looks Like I’m Up Shit Creek Again- Norah Jones 19. Keep You Happy- Tift Merritt 20. If I Could Only Win Your Love- Emmylou Harris

One for an old friend...

Cloverdale Dave — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:31:36 GMT

OK- so I feel like an idiot for two reasons. First, I have friends that were once the most important things in my life...who I now only know through FaceBook (yeah- shoot me right?). That is my first offense. Second- I have compromised myself for over 300 show because of my job. I am a teacher and with that comes the idea that your students are always "looking" for you. For years, this has governed the majority of my actions- in fact, I can safely say I have censored every show I have ever done because of it... Why? I don't know- It is just music. Now for the show. this show is dedicated to an old friend Max. We used to play records way too loud on his dads back porch and dang it, I miss that. In any event, he posted something about Steve Earl, and it reminded me how much I like Steve Earl...Scott H. Biram was a simple "next step" in my brain. Kids- Scott is not nice. He sings about things in life you will know about later (like how unpleasant it can be) and he does so using course language. If you do not want to be exposed to course language- turn this show off. If you are exposed to it...well, your parents should spend more time looking at what you are doing on the internet- not my problem. Scott- you are the greatest- thank you for making country sound the way it ought to. I appreciate it and hopefully some of the folks that hear this will buy your stuff at http://www.scottbiram.com/ or even go to your shows. If they don't, they are just sissies. OK- I have come clean- Now for the music 1. Wreck My Car 2. Get Me Religion 3. 18 Wheeler Fever 4. Reefer Load 5. Throw a Boogie/Black Betty/Just a Little Bit (medley) 6. Lost Case of Bein’ Found 7. Whiskey 8. Downtown Chicken (live) 9. Raisin Hell Again 10. Muleskinner Blues 11. Been Down To Long 12. We Shall Be Free 13. Only Jesus 14. Real Life Yodel (live) 15. Graveyard Shift 16. Truckdriver 17. Ocean of Diamonds 18. I See The Light/What’s His Name 19. Santa Fe 20. Work As always- enjoy CD

Down the road came a Junco Partner...

Cloverdale Dave — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:02:09 GMT

The first volume of a little set of Louis Jordan tunes I plan to blast out over the interwebs. To my mind, this is the moment when R&B was born, and the artist within is incomparable- I certainly hope that his music lives on for another 75 years...and that the world realizes the contributions he made to American music (among others) for a long time to come- 1. I know you, I know what You Wanna Do 2. You Run Your Mouth and I’ll Run My Business 3. Five Guys Named Mo 4. Trust In Me 5. Man’s Best Friend Is A Bed 6. Junco Partner 7. Sure Had A Wonderful Time 8. Jack, Your Dead 9. You’re My Meat 10. Barnyard Boogie 11. Ain’t Nobodies Business But My Own 12. It’s a Low Down Dirty Shame 13. Deacon Jones 14. Saint Vitus Dance 15. You Broke Your Promise 16. Whiskey Do Your Stuff 17. Doug The Jitterbug 18. All For the Love of Lil 19. Onion 20. Texas and Pacific As always- Enjoy CD

A Shot of Rhythm and Blues...

Cloverdale Dave — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:26:27 GMT

A little something to make the Holiday cleaning go a little faster (well, at least for those of you in the US). I decided to rinse out some old R&B records again, as it had been a while since I had done so and I have a LOT of this stuff. Anyway, I hope you enjoy hearing them as much as I enjoyed playing them this morning- CD 1. A Shot of Rhythm and Blues- Arthur Alexander 2. Ooh…My Soul- Don and Dewey 3. Sad Head Blues- Mr. Sad Head 4. Don’t You know Yackomo? – Huey Piano Smith and his Clowns 5. Get It- Georgia Lane 6. Shake a Tail Feather- The Five Du-Tones 7. Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train- Mabel Scott 8. Long Hair, Knock Knees and Bow Legs- Leroy Washington 9. Pack Your Clothes- Harmon “Hump” Jones 10. Jungle Hop- Don and Dewey 11. The Monkey Speaks His Mind- Dave Bartholemew 12. I’ve Got A Crazy Baby- Dr. Jo Jo Adams 13. Good Rockin’ Mama- Good Sammy Rockin T 14. She’s an Upsetter- Freddie Hall 15. Whipped Cream- Lorenzo Holden & Orchestra 16. Just To Hold My Hand- Clyde McPhatter 17. Court Room Blues- Johnny Otis and his Orchestra 18. Real Fine Girl- Joe “Papoose” Fritz and his Orchestra 19. So Lonely- Erwin “Salty” Sunday 20. Hole In My Heart- Esquerita

GUN THE MAN DOWN- More Skinhead Reggae

Cloverdale Dave — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:03:41 GMT

SO I got to thinkin' in the car this afternoon that I had not even scratched the surface of my Skinhead Reggae collection- this is truly my music, and there is not a lot more that I cherish in this world than listening to all these old records- I am hoping many of you are in the same boat. Anyway, I think that these are all new, but who knows after 200+ shows? In any event- I hope I have something here that will tickle your ear and make your feet tap. Cheers CD- and as always- ENJOY 1.Gun The Man Down- Dice The Boss & Joe’s All Stars 2.Rock Back- Rico Rodriguez (Instrumental) 3.Devotion- Tony King 4.Mucking Fuch- Lloyd Charmers (Lloydie and the Lowbites) 5.Victory- Phil Pratt 6.Give My Love- Derrick and Paulette 7.Baby Don’t Be Late- Pioneers 8.Cherry- Tennors 9.It’s Been a Long Time- Winston Wright (Instrumental) 10.You’re Gonna Feel It- The Tennors 11.The Monster- Beverly’s All Stars 12.Must Catch A Train- Symarip 13.Schooldays- The Critics 14.Not Me- The Ethiopians 15.Drink And Gamble- Young Freddie (OH MY GOD…TUNE!!!!) 16.Bits and Pieces- The Pacesetters (Instrumental) 17.Mr. Chatterbox- Max Romeo 18.Follow The Donkey- Brother Dan All Stars 19.Cock Robin- Ansel Collins 20.Landlords and Tenants- Laurel Aitken

A heartfelt Thank You...

Cloverdale Dave — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:46:29 GMT

This Saturday an old friend hosted a party for the record company he works at...it seems it was their fifth anniversary. In that five years, the company had acquired the entire catalog for the greatest street punk band of all time- Cocksparrer. So here I am, ready to quietly convalesce and not having been to a punk show in well over ten years, finding myself at a show I had waited for for at least 20 years. IT WAS AMAZING. I cannot describe how it took me back to a time when I was a lot younger and dumber (which is a good thing), and also, at the time, filled me with all kids of self doubt. I can't take the pit and have no use for posturing anymore- that much is true, but the music....well, it speaks to a part of me that will never go away. So this started as a reggae show and as I had another cocktail, I realized that my old Oi! records needed a rinsing- what we ended up with is kind of a mess, but it is my show so here you go- right? A HUGE thanks to Pirates Press records, especially Damon and Laura, for having me out for the evening. I promise in the future to have some of their "more contemporary" releases on the show- for they have some amazing stuff to offer. Also, a thanks to Mike at Longshot Records for offering up, and simply enjoying the podcast- I appreciate it, and his stuff will be here as well. Now for the promotional portion of our show- NOBODY makes vinyl as beautiful as Pirates Press- need a record pressed (or a CD, or printing)- get it here http://www.piratespressrecords.com/store/ And, while I have just started having a listen, if it is Street Punk and Oi! you crave- I doubt you will find anyone with their finger on the pulse as much as this fellow- go order some tunes, right? http://www.longshotmusic.com/ These are not only great businesses to patronize, they are made up of great people, all of whom I am glad to have met Saturday... Saturday As always- Enjoy CD 1. John Public- The Dynamites 2. Secret Weapon- Ansel Collins 3. A.G.G.R.O- The Bovver Boys 4. Son Of Al Capone- Dice The Boss 5. Boom Shaka Lacka- Hopeton Lewis 6. Reggae From The Ghetto- John Holt 7. Wrong ‘Em Boyo- The Rulers and The Clash…remixed by me 8. Dambusters- The Four Skins 9. United- Gary Johnson 10. Saturdays Heroes- The Business 11. Here we are Nowhere- Stiff Little Fingers 12. Oi! Oi! Oi!- Cockney Rejects 13. Right To Work- Chelsea 14. Razors In The Night- Blitz 15. I Got Your Number- CockSparrer 16. Suburban Rebels- The Business 17. England- The Addicts 18. Last Night Another Soldier (Live)- Angelic Upstarts 19. Walk On- Oi! The Chorus 20. Argy Bargy – Cocksparrer

Dave gets the BLUES

Cloverdale Dave — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:28:04 GMT

I admittedly know NOTHING about what good blues music is, but was once again provoked by Tony to try my hand at it. Here I am, stepping entirely out of my comfort zone to bring you a mix and match collection of blues that have caught my ear along the way and told me "I must have that tune". If they are chronologically screwed up...I apologize. If they are lousy examples of the genre, I apologize. If some of them would not even fit into the category had I consulted a purist or two-= well, the heck with purists. What is here is in my estimation a collection of great tunes that I own because they MADE me own them, not because I went and sought them out- as always, I hope you enjoy them. 1. Baby Please Don’t Go- Big Joe Williams 2. Mad as a Man Can Be- Tal Carter 3. I’m Wild About You Baby- Lightnin’ Hopkins 4. Mean Low Blues- Blues Birdhead 5. Caught- Mamie Ree 6. Sunday Morning Coming Down- Alvin Youngblood Hart 7. I Got The Whiskey- Sam Chatmon 8. Blues Hangover- Slim Harpo 9. Dust My Broom- Elmore James 10. Eyesight to the Blind- Good Rockin’ Charles 11. Rosie- Dobie Red and Group 12. Jesus Gonne Be Here- Tom Waits 13. I Can’t Be Satisfied- Muddy Waters 14. I’m a Man- BO Diddley 15. Shake Your Money Maker- John Little John 16. Stagolee- Lucious Curtis & Willie Ford 17. River Hip Mama- Washboard Sam 18. Tom Cat- Big Mama Thornton 19. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out- Bessie Smith 20. Up and Down Blues- Robert Pete Williams 21. Baby Baby- Kate Webster and Ashton Savoy 22. Dust My Broom- Richard Riggins 23. Make a Little Money- Brownie McGhee 24. Drop Anchor- Harmonica Slim 25. What Can You Get Outside That You Can’t Get At Home? – JB Hutto And His Hawks 26. Jivin Woman Blues- Blind Boy Fuller 27. You Got to Love Me- Billy Boy Arnold 28. I Need You Pretty Baby For My Own- Harmonica “Blues King” Harris 29. Shake Your Boogie- Model T Slim 30. Come On In- RL Burnside

Skinhead Time

Cloverdale Dave — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:28:12 GMT

Been quite a while since I posted any Skinhead Reggae, and the fact that I got no sleep last night coupled with a complete lack of desire to really accomplish anything today has yielded yet another show for you fine folks out in internet radio land. Little collection of Skinhead reggae tunes from the early years, mostly selected because I thought they sounded good, and I was trying to avoid stuff I have played before- may not seem entirely congruent, but oh well...It's all music innit? Oh yeah- Happy Halloween too 1. Smoke Screen- Beverly’s All Stars (Instrumental) 2. Doctor Jekyll- Dave Barker and Lloyd Charmers 3. Champion- G.G. All Stars 4. Now I know- John Holt 5. Man Beware- The Slickers 6. Dracula, Prince Of Darkness- King Horror 7. Bag a Boo- Clancy Eccles 8. Shame Face- Eric “Monty” Morris 9. Don’t Mix Me Up- The Royals 10. Let’s Frewell- Brother Dan All-Stars 11. Vampire- The Upsetters 12. Real Gone Loser- The Supertones 13. Phoenix City- The Family Circle 14. Shoo Bee Shoo Bee- Laurel Aitken 15. Gun The Man Down- Dice The Boss and Joe’s All Stars 16. Funny Girl- Winston Wright 17. What a Fire- Ethiopians 18. The Clip- Kingstonians 19. One True Love- The Selectors & The Lyn Taitt Orchestra 20. Last Call- The Dynamites As always- enjoy CD

REPOST- LastFM user group selections (Part 1)

Cloverdale Dave — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:29:50 GMT

Another set of Selections from the folks at the Original Ska Group on Last FM- great stuff I think I took down to early 1.Love Abiding- Delroy "Little Del Boy" Wilson 2.Garden On Love- Skatalites 3.I Love You- Techniques 4.Hoochy Kootchy Kai Po- Four Aces 5.I'm A Blackhead Again- Derrick Morgan 6.Rub Up, Push Up- Justin Hinds and the Dominos 7.Artibella- Stranger Cole and Ken Boothe 8.Ten Penny Nail- The Upsetters- this is an old Mento done by a SKA band called the Upsetters- not of Lee Perry/Skinhead Reggae fame 9.Really Now- The Dreamlets- absolutely sublime 10.Girl, Why Don't You Answer Your Name- Prince Buster 11.All Of My Love- Winston Stewart 12.Renegade- The Zodiacs 13. I Am Going To Hold On- Lord Creator 14.Old Rocking Chair- The Skatalites/Jackie Opel 15.Solid Rock- Jackie Opel 16.Portrait Of My Love- Baba Brooks and his Band 17. Pain In My Belly- The Maytals 18.I Need You- Ethiopians 19. Monkey Ska- Derrick Harriot- well, it is necessary innit? 20. Do It Right- The Wailers Enjoy again huh? CD

REPOST- LastFM user group selections (Part 2)

Cloverdale Dave — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:24:23 GMT

To all my friends- Part One of my LastFM Original Ska Groups selections- I guess I should have left them out here in cyber-space longer. 1.A Day Will Come- Clarendonians 2.Something You've got - Alton Ellis 3.I want Justice- Delroy "little Del boy" Wilson 4.Penny Reel- Eric "Monty" Morris 5.Housewives Choice- Derrick and Patsy 6.Rude Rude Rudie- Prince Buster 7.King of Kings- Jimmy Cliff 8.Owen and Leon- The Fit Is On Me 9.The Fight- Dandy 10.The Toughest- Vietnam All Stars 11.Blues Got A Hold Of Me- Sugar 'N' Dandy 12.Jeserene- Desmond Dekker 13.Freedom Train- the Skatalites and Laurel Aitken 14.Red Dress- Prince Buster 15.Something You've Got- Alton Ellis (oops- how’d we double up there? I’m Going to play the Preacher instead) 16.I'm gonna take over now- Ethiopians 17.I don't need your love- BOb Marley and the Wailers 18. THere's A Reward- Higgs and Wilson 19. Get Up Edina- Desmond Dekker 20.Linger On- Buster's All Stars I am pretty sure I forgot to include "There's a Reward"- but it is still top shelf I think As always- ENJOY

The King Of Cool...

Cloverdale Dave — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:03:05 GMT

Little set of what I like to listen to in the car every morning- my guiltiest pleasure, Mr. Dean Martin. Not sure that too many folks will get it, but I am going to throw it out there anyway, and hope some of you enjoy the music, which to me, is some of the best ever made- 1.In the Misty Moonlight 2.On an Evening in Roma 3. Send me the Pillow That You Dream On 4.The Peanut Vendor 5.Powder Your Face With Sunshine 6.Volare 7.When You’re Smiling 8.That Certain Party 9.I Still Get A Thrill (Thinking Of You) 10.Innamorata 11.That’s Amore 12.Sway 13.I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine 14.Bye Bye Blackbird 15.Corina, Corina 16.Wham! Bam! Thank You Man 17.Zing-A Zing-A Zing Boom 18.Come Back To Sorrento 19.You Belong To Me 20.Won’t You Surrender 21.Buona Sera As always- Enjoy

Don't Throw Stones...

Cloverdale Dave — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:58:30 GMT

Well you say you're a Rude Boy? I was driving home today and Prince Buster's voice hit me like a ton of bricks, and suddenly I was reminded of being 16 (nearly 20 years ago) and hanging out with a group of Rude Boys in my hometown. Now, for the most part, I have not seen these cats for 20 years...but I was instantly reminded of the times we had. Then it dawned on me- now shows sense August, and here was a set I could not resist. SO- school is now in full swing, I am free'd up a little in terms of time, and here is the first set of the school year- for the Rude Boys of Palo Alto- thanks guys, I laughed the whole time I was making this- CD 1. Rude Rude Rudie- Prince Buster 2. Taller Than You Are- Lord Tanamo 3. Lawless Street- Skatalites 4. Rudie Get’s Plenty- Spanishtonians 5. The Ska Is The Limit- Rude Boys 6. Don’t Blame The Children- Lee Perry and the Sensations 7. What Can I Do- The Tartans 8. Guns Fever- The Baba Brooks Band 9. Rudie Bam Bam- Clarendonians 10. Pebble In The Sand- Duke Reid’s All Stars 11. Wrong ‘Em Boyo- The Rulers 12. Dance Crasher- Alton Ellis 13. Simmer Down- The Wailers 14. Stop Them- Hazel & The Jolly Boys (With The Fugitives) 15. Milk Lane Hop- Clue J & His Blues Blasters 16. Rudie, A Message To You- The Specials 17. Drop The Ratchet- Stranger Cole & The Conquerors 18. Denham Town- George Winston 19. The Rude Boy- Duke Reid’s All Stars 20. Court Dismiss- Derrick Morgan As Always- Enjoy