Halloween 2014, and we are "At Home With The Steins!"

 Join your host as he "watches the house" on Halloween and distributes candy to the kids and serves up ear candy to you.  A trip to his creepy vault of tunes produced a plethora of spooky music custom made for the scariest day of the year...next to April 15th.
Listen to these spine chilling tunes:

 Prelude

Bernard Hermann
Even A Wolfman Gets The Blues

Dr. Wu' And Friends
Halloween Mary

P.F. Sloan
Season of The Witch B2B 

with 

Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger 

and 

Donovan
Witching Hour

Chris Hillman
Psycho Killer

The Bobs
Now That She's Dead

Downliners Sect
Pscho B2B 

with 

Elvis Costello 

and 

Eddie Noack
Werewolves of Londan (Live)

Warren Zevon
My Favorite Record, Halloween Edition:
Playboy Undertaker

Bob Peck
Halloween

Calvin Russell
Graveyard Blues

Robert Ealey
Twilight Zone

Poet and The One Man Band
Friendly Ghost
Harlem

This one is very bewitching!

Clean Out Your Desk!

You put seven years in a project and then here comes a letter from upper management telling you to "clear out your desk."  As Trick's closes out its 7th season of "The Best 15 Minutes of Podcasting...Wrapped Into A One Hour Show!," your host is faced with this exact situation.  Well join him as he tries to make the best of an awkward situation...and  see how it all turns out with:

Starters:
If You Can't Learn From Your Mistake

Moby Grape
A Song For You B2B

 with Gram Parsons 

and Mike Dennis
Mean Old World

Ian McLagan

The Cover Tunes:
Good Day Sunshine (The Beatles)

Roy Redman
Society's Child (Janis Ian)

Spooky Tooth.
Kind Woman ( Buffalo Springfield)

Percy Sledge
Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield)

Rush
B-a-b-y (Carla Thomas)

The Diplomats

Desktop Stack o' Tunes:
Panamerican Boogie

Delmore Brothers
Chicken Rythmn

Sam Gaillard
Work Song

Jonah Jones
Lonely Avenue

Tav Flaco and Panther Burns
Wild Man

The Tamrons
White Port & Lemon Juice

Bel-Aires
One More Shot

 Levon Helm Band
Hows Tricks

The Closer: 

How's Tricks?

Jack Bruce

This IS More Like It!

Ray's Got Ya Covered

After a two week hiatus while the guys tried to figure out what we're doing for the next season brainstormed the new season which starts in October,  I decide to send Don down to Ray's "It'll Do" to check out what's new on the jukebox.  He came back with this great set of new cover tunes...check them out next time you sipping a cool one down at Ray's! Or just listen to them now!

01 Killing Floor (Howlin' Wolf)
- Johnny Winter
02 Honky Tonk Women ( The Stones)
- Ali Campbell
03 Wild Horses ( The Stones)
- Sharon Jones & Dap Kings
04 Last Hopes Gone (Paul Butterfield)
 - Robben Ford
05 Lawd I'm Just A Country Boy 
(Doug Sahm)
- Alvin Hart
06 Whipping Post (Allman Bros.)
- Jimmy Hall & Steve Morse
07 Money (The Beatles)
 - James Blood Ulmer
08 Fortune Teller (Alan Toussant)
- Coco Robicheaux
09 Sweet Virginia (The Stones)
- Jerry Lee Lewis
10 In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Allman Bros.)
-  Eric Gales
11 You Really Got A Hold On Me ( The Beatles)
 - Bonnie Bramlette
12 Visions of Johanna (Bob Dylan)
- Anders Osborne 

Wonder what's on the flip side?

...Goes To The T Bone Walker Blues Festival

East Texas has a rich heritage in the blues and this weekend the 9th Annual T-Bone Walker Blues Festival come to Longview, Texas.  Named for Linden, Texas native Aaron Thibideaux Walker, better known as T-Bone, the festival is a celebration of the blues and Trick's Synthetic Podcast is excited to be a contributing sponsor for the festival.   To help kick the week of right, this episode features artists scheduled for this weekend's festival and  classic bluesmen from the north east Texas area. So come on along as Trick's Synthetic Podcast goes to the T-Bone Walker Blues Fest with:

Railroading Some

Henry Thomas (Mineloa)
Plain Old Down Home Blues

T-Bone Walker (Linden)
Mudslide

Anson Funderburgh

& The Rockets (festival artist)
Hootenanny

Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne (festival artist)
Sky Is Cryin'

David Alexander (Marshall)
I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town

Floyd Dixon (Marshall)
A Good Leaving Alone

Eddie Clearwater (festival artist)
It's A Blessing

Lurrie Bell (festival artist)
Chicken Shack Boogie

Roy Gaines (Waskom)
There Is Something on Your Mind

Grady Gaines (Waskom)
Bad Bad Whiskey

Jimmy Vaughn (festival artist)
Tunica Motel 

Tony Joe White (festival artist) 
Love Her With A Feeling B2B

with  Rick Derringer (festival artist)

and Freddie King (Gilmer)

Trick's Synthetic Podcast knows the blues.
 

Friday is Accordianna 12, again

Accordianna 12
is
Squeeze Box Man

Steve Jordan
Sex On The Radio

The Kongos
She's A Mean, Mean Woman

Roy Hogsed
Red Cajun Girl

Bill Kirchen
Maria Elana

Flaco Jimenez, Jack Bonus, Peter Rowan
Book Faded Brown

The Band
House Of The Rising Son

Wilbert Eckart & Volksmusik Stars
Terry Ann

The New Iberians
You've Lost That Loving Feeling

Steve Jordan
Baby, U Got It (Spin the Top)

Ponty Bone and The Squeezetones
Texasissippi

Jim Suhler
Only Dreaming Now

Beau Brummels
When I Was Alone

The Radio Kings
Caladonia

Muddy Waters and the Woodstock Allstars
Lets Go Dancing

Roy Hogsed

Enjoy!
Why "Accordion12" again...because 13 is an unlucky number and everybody knows accordions have a hard enough time is it is!

"The Meaning of Life" ... Part 2

As promised, there's a lot more to life than a one hour podcast. Yes indeedy, there's at least two hours (and maybe more)  to this earthly existence and here's the music to prove the point. So if life has you down, and there's no friends around . . . never fret, and don't forget, Trick's Synthetic Podcast will help you make your life just a little bit cheerier with:

Life Is Strange

Anders Osborne

Life Is Full Of Consequences

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

and Lena Horne
That's Life B2B

 with 

Aretha Franklin 

and 

Jeff Duff
Beatle Break:
What Is Life

George Harrison
In My Life

Dwight Twilley
Run For Your Life

Spiers & Boden
A Day In The Life

Captain
Got To Get You Into My Life

The Sapulpa High School Chorus
Life's A Long Song

Jethro Tull
It's My Life

The Animals
Live The Life

Billy Wright
Sinful Life

 Ponty Bone
Nightlife

Freddie Roulette
My Life's A Felony

Texas Red
Complicated Life

The Kinks

Life Is Strange (revisited)

Anders Osborne Always Look On the Bright Side of Life (fade)

Monty Python

Life Is More Complicated 

Than A Game of Skee Ball!

Trick's "The Working Man's Podcast" Presents Working On Labor Day

While most folks are out grillin' their wieners this weekend, the folk at Trick's ( actually just your humble host) is hard at work putting together this tribute to the working men and women who make this country productive. And while the total work force is at an all time low, the quality of the podcast reaches an all time high!  Could it be true? You decide after you've listened to these special "Work" songs:

I've Been Workin'

Bo Diddley
Hard Workin' Man

Alamo Leal
Hard Workin' Moma

The Five Dollars
Working In A Coalmine

Free Creek
The Work Song B2B 

with 

The Animals 

and 

Bonnie Bramlett
Working At Work 

Wayne "The Train" Hancock
Working On It

Chris Rea
I Don't Work That Cheap

Bill Kirchen
Keep On Workin' 

Pete Townsend
Working Man Blues

Jon Wayne
Working Class Here B2B 

with 

Green Day 

and 

David Bowie
Spiritual Spotlight: 

Working On A Building

Tav Flaco / Panther Burns
Working Man's Roulette

Chainsaw Dupont
When The Work Is Over

The Kinks
Why Should I Work (fade)

Tex Morton

This Works For Me!

"The Meaning of Life"

Trick and the guys go all metaphysical, in a musical sense, on this edition of the podcast as the ponder the meaning of life! Everybody has one, but no two are the same! Deeeep Huh!  So, join us as we delve into life's little mysteries with a lively set of tunes beginning with:

Get A Life

Doug Sahm

Life Is:
Life Is A Journey

Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials
Life Is Hard

Johnny Winter
Life IS HARD

Timbuk 3
Life Is Is A Gamble

Steppenwolf
Life Is A Dream 

Noel Harrison
Life Is A Gas

T Rex
Life Is A Carnival B2B 

with 

Alan Toussant 

and 

The Band
Life Is Fun

Scruffy The Cat

What Kind of Life Do You Want?
A Boy's Life

NRBQ
This Sporting Life

Ian Whitcomb
The Married Life

 Cookie and the Cupcakes
This Old Life

 Sonny Boy Williamson
In My Life B2B 

with 

Johnny Cash 

and 

Rudy Rotta

The answer is here!

(or maybe it's in the second part...coming soon!)

Yet Another Cover...

...and this one's a soulful excursion into popular music of the 1960's, the "decade of anything goes" if it is set to music!  Join the gang as they relive their best days with songs like:

Sweet Soul Music (Arthur Conley  )

Run C & W
Funky Broadway (Wilson Pickett)

Lucky Peterson
Dock Of The Bay ( Otis Redding)

The Persuasions
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (Sam and Dave)

 Stillrock
Aint No Sunshine ( Bill Withers) B2B

 with 

Sivuca 

and 

Silent Rider
It's Your Thing (Isley Bros)

Woody Herman and 

His Thundering Herd
Nadine ( Chuck Berry)

Jim Byrnes
Dedicated To The One I Love (Mamas and Papas)

The Rebels
You Don't Own Me (Lesley Gore)

Rasputina
Last Time (Rolling stones)

Smith
96 Tears (? and The Mysterians)

Inmates 'n' Pretty Things
Let's Live For Today (Grass Roots)

The Living Daylights
Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harum)

New York Rock Ensemble
Tobacco Road ( Nashville Teens )

Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
Delta Lady ( Leon Russell)

James Burton

What A Long Strange Trip This Is!

I Know Bo !

Bo, you know him...Bo Diddley. Originator of the shave and a haircut beat...chunk, chunk, chunk, ca chunk chunk!  He's one of the originators of rock 'n' roll, a self made man who wasn't too shy to sing about it.  Come on along as Trick's Synthetic Podcast pays tribute to Bo Diddley with:

The Story of Bo Diddley
The Animals

Bo Diddley

The Carroll Brothers

Bo Said
The Just VI

Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinder B2B 

with 

Alex Harvey 

and 

Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks

Pay Bo Diddley

Mike Henderson and The Bluebloods

Bo Diddley Is A Lumberjack

Bo Diddley

Hey, Bo Diddley 

 The Temptations

You, Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Link Wray and the Wraymen

Little Bo Diddley

The Three Reeds

Bo Diddley

Maureen Tucker

Bo Diddley Is Crazy

Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley Pulled A Boner 

The Gibson Brothers

Bo Diddley Meets Sandy Nelson

The Final Solution

Bo Diddley's A Lover 

Bo Diddley

Goodbye Bo

The Royal Playboys

 Trick's Bo Tribute puts a smile

on everyone!

August's Thrift Shop Treasures

August brings a wealth of music from the thrift shops around the area.  This month there are several familiar tunes by some not so familiar names, and some not so familiar songs by some great performers, but as always these are pure thrift shop gold!  Here take a look: 

James Bond OO7 - 

The Skatelites
Guitar In My Hand - 

Gatemouth Brown
Howlin' - 

Shy Guy Douglas
All Your Love B2B 

with 

Otis Rush 

and 

John Mayall's Blues Breakers
Bang, Bang - 

Janis Martin
It's All Over Now - 

The Valentinos
Che, Che, Che - 

The Spacemen
Lee Harvey Oswald - 

Roland Alphonso
Proof Rum - 

Roland Alphonso and the Blues Blasters
Golden Guitar - 

Sharp 5
Coke B2B 

with 

Lee Dorsey 

and 

Roy Orbison
I've Been Cleaned Out - 

Good Time Charlie
Got My Mojo Working - 

Ann Cole
Born To Be Wild - 

Kim Fowley
What Condition My Condition Is In - 

Betty LaVette
The Last Time - 

Consolers
Give It Up - 

Wilbert Longmire
I Should Have Known Better - 

Skatelites

 

 We're never "Cleaned Out"

at

Trick's Synthetic Podcast

In search of ... Our Mentor, Mr. Lou

In 2001, when satellite radio was in its infancy, there appeared on the horizon a station like none other.  The radio gods had finally given us a station for lovers of music, who had bored with AM's bubble gum Top 40 play list, and even FM's album oriented, college jam...it was called "Special X" and special it was!  The station featured "shows" like, Wax Your Woodie (surf music),  "Parrot Training Records,", "Polka Party," "Wabbit Trax" (cartoon music), "Magical Misery Tour" (Beatle covers),  and holiday specials like "Special XMas."  Unfortunately, this phenomenon was to be short lived.  In January 2004 , XM announced that four channels would be eliminated to make way for new programming and Special X would end programming on February 1.This short three year  was enough to inspire your host to approach Stupid Rabbit Laboratories to establish the Trick's Synthetic Podcast online presence in early 2005, after a 25 year run on the Mutual Radio Blue Network.  So enjoy this tribute to the master of imagery, the creator of Special X, Lou Brutus...

Lou Brutus - Wesley Willis
I Think About Stuff - Those Darn Accordions
Fiery Line - Farrell Brothers
I'll Always Love You - Singing Chainsaws
She Loves You - Los Xochimilcas
Ringworm - Van Morrison
Seasons in The Sun - The Squirrels
Rebel, Rebel - Jorge Seu
California Dreaming-IBM Computer
Love Potion No 9 - Nancy Sit
An Excerpt From Special X's Last Broadcast - Lou Brutus
Planet Earth - William Shatner
Shadrack - Golden Gate Quartet
Mama Don't Allow - The Ink Spots
Psycho B2B with Eddie Noack and  Andre' Williams
Black Coffee Blues - ''Texas'' Bill Strength and his Saddlepals
Spanish Lesson - Broken Bow and Idabel
Fight For The Right - Richard Cheese
Merry Go Round - Wildman Fischer
Surfin' USA - Pennywise

Yes It Does!

A Tribute 2 Tributes

Trick's Synthetic Podcast pays tribute to those artists who aren't afraid to give credit where credit's due. We're speaking artistically of course and the "Tribute Album".  This is very different from the tribute bands who make a career out of copying another bands material, we're talking about artists who join together to honor musical influences and play these artist's songs in a style which reflects the performer's personal style. Baffled, you won't be after you listen to these tribute tunes:

Crystal Ship (Doors) 

Edgar Winter, Chris Spedding, and Scott Conner
Another Way to Die (Jack White) 

Robert Gordon
All By My Self (Big Bill Broozny) B2B 

with Dave and Phil Alvin 

and 

James Booker
Classified (James Booker) 

Marcia Ball
Whipping Post (Allman Bros.) 

Jimmy Hall and Steve Morse
I Feel Fine (Beatles) 

Hay Jude
Norwegian Wood (Beatles)

Charles River Valley Boys
Tangled Up In Blue (Bob Dylan) 

Charlie Daniels Band
Spiritual Spotlight:
You Got To Serve Somebody (Bob Dylan)  

Mavis Staples
Time Of The Season (Zombies) 

The Chrysanthemums
Satellite of Love (Lou Reed)  

Joseph Arthur
The Messiah Will Come Again (Roy Buchanan) 

Fred Chapellier and Friends
100 Years From Now (Gram Parsons) 

Wilco
Let Me Take You To TheBeach (Frank Zappa)

Frankie and the Pool Boys

Cover bands need not apply at

Trick's Synthetic Podcast!

Christmas In July

As a way to take our minds off the July heat, the Colonel came up with the idea to have Christmas in July!  He said it was a big success down at the local furniture mart, so we replied,"Why not!"  So join us, on this "Christmas in July" eve, as we celebrate the summertime holiday with these cool yule tunes:

Zydeco Christmas

C.J. Chenier
All Alone For Christmas

Danny Barnes and The Old Codgers
Holiday

James McMurtry
Rain Sleet and Snow

Paul Revere and The Raiders
Santa Claus Boogie

Paul Bain
Run, Run B2B 

with 

Chuck Berry 

and 

Keith Richards
Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant

The Diamond Rugs
Deck Five

Saturday's Children
Christmas In Jail 

The Youngsters
Santa Claus Is Back In Town B2B 

with 

David Gogo 

and 

Dwight Yoakum
Santa's Got A Brand New Bag 

King Salami and The Cumberland 3
A Message From The North Pole/Christmas Wish

NRBQ
 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Chris Isaak
These Christmas Blues

Dan Hicks and The Xmas Jug Band
Mason Dixon's On The Line

Jerry Jeff Walker
Santa Claus Is Back In Town

Rusty Wier

Remember, at Trick's Synthetic Podcast

there's 0% interest 'till September!

These Blues Rock

We walk a fine line to balance the podcast harmoniously between Blues, Rock, and Classic Country, but sometimes these lines get somewhat blurred.  This week the lines are completely erased with a podcast  featuring all blues tunes as performed by rockers and a few hayseeds from the past.  Join us as Trick's Synthetic Podcast colors outside the lines...using several shades of blue: 

 Big Ben Blues

Chuck Berry
When I Sing The Blues

Sir Douglas Quintet
Walkin' Blues

Quicksilver Messenger Service
Confessing The Blues

The Rolling Stones
Dust My Blues

Spencer Davis Band
Too Much Monkey Business B2B

 with 

The Yardbirds 

and 

The Kinks
Still Got The Blues

Gary Moore
Lonely Blues Boy

Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
Guit-Steel Blues

Junior Brown
Cocaine Blues B2B

 with 

Roy Hogsed 

and 

Hank Thompson
Act 60 Blues

John Parker Compton
Stockholm Blues

Tony Joe White
English German Jewish Blues

2 Alberts (Brooks n King)

 Yes, it does!

This Podcast is Elektra-fied!

While the guys are on vacation, your host took the opportunity to spotlight the Elektra record label. While not considered a major player like RCA or Columbia, Elektra produced its share of good music through the years...and we took the opportunity to feature it, in cover tunes, of course!
 

One Meatball (Josh White 1956)

Shinehead
House of the Rising Sun (Glenn Yarbrough 1957)

Tracy Chapman
Bottle of Wine  (Tom Paxton 1965)

The Havalinas
Born in Chicago  (Butterfield Blues Band 1965)

Pixies
Hello I Love You (The Doors 1968) B2B 

with 

The Cure 

and 

Oleander
Seven & Seven Is  (Love 1966)

Billy Bragg
Apricot Brandy (Rhinoceros 1968)

Danny Gatton
Kick Out the Jams  (MC5 1969)

The Big F
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Make It With You  (Bread 1970)

Teddy Pendergrass
Going Down (Don Nix and the Alabama State Troopers 1972)

  Lynch Mob
Werewolves of London (Warren Zevon 1978)

Black Velvet Band
Union Man (The Cate Brothers 1975)

Shaking Family
Both Sides Now (Judy Collins 1967)

Michael Feinstein
You're So Vain (Carly Simon 1972)

Faster Pussycat
Let's Go (The Cars 1979)

Ernie Isley (fade)

Where the music lives.

The All American Podcast

After an unfortunate event at our 4th of July backyard BBQ, the Colonel wanted an All American podcast to help him recuperate. So, as they say..."This podcast is for you, Bud!"

We're An American Band - 

Grand Funk
American Pie B2B 

with 

Don McClain 

and 

Mott The Hoople
American Talking Blues - 

Bow Street Runners
American Farm - 

Levon Helm
Sold American - 

Kinky Friedman
American Joe - 

Little Doug (Sahm)
American Girl - 

Tom Petty
 In the American Grain - 

Tom Russell
American Music - 

The Blasters
Roy Cox B2B 

with 

American Music 

and 

Hot Smoke and Sassafrass
American People - 

Trail Dragger
American Dream - 

Smoke House
American Wheeze - 

16 Horsepower
Star Spangled Fade - 

Rick Derringer

Ouch, the colonel's gonna be a righty for a while!

And this podcast is "All Right," too!

The Missing Episode

 Well, we found this one down in the vault, right next to the lost Beatle tapes from a few years back.  I asked around and nobody realized this episode was missing.  So join us as we play the Trick's Synthetic Podcast's "Missing Episode!"

Man Gone Missing - 

Chris Rea
I'll Be Missing You - 

The Searchers
Missing You - 

Al Kooper
The Missing Rutles Song - 

The Rutles
Missing Person - 

JJ Cale and Eric Cllapton
Missing You  - 

Smokey Wilson
Missing You - 

John Mayall
Missing Link - 

Five Aces
Missing You - 

Chris Hillman
Missing You - 

Todd Snider
The Missing Piece - 

Cherish The Ladies
Spiritual Spotlight:
Something Is Missing - 

The Holmes Brothers
I'm Missing You - 

Mitty Collier
Missing Tyrone - 

Bernard Allison
Two Days Missing Down The Vipe  - 

Chris Rea
Miss You - 

The Rolling Stones

Yes, What about # 301 !?!