Halloweenies Unite!

If you're like me, you're a a "Halloweenie"...a closet fan of the holiday, but too cool to dress up! Well, Halloweenies unite with these eerie, spooky tunes just in time for October 31st:

 Halloween

Calvin Russell
Graverobber Blues

Bloody Jug Band
The Shadow Knows

The Coasters
Halloween Mary

P. F. Sloan
 (I Was) A Teenage Creature

Lord Luther
Cool Ghoul

Grave Diggers
Evil Hoodoo

The Seeds
Zombie

Los Sleepers
I Put A Spell On You

The Animals
Psycho B2B 

with 

Eddie Noack  

and 

Andre' Williams
Next Stop, The Twilight Zone!
Rocket To The Moon

Astro-notes
Outer Limits

Laika and the Cosmonauts
Spooky

Bill Wyman's Rythmn Kings
Magic Man

Coco Robicheaux
Graveyard Cha Cha

The Three D's
Gravedigger

New York Rock & Roll Ensemble
Carry The Coffin

Ghoultown

We're dressing up as "Pigs In A Blanket!"

 

 

Hello Dere !

Recorded "Live" at the sands of Las Vegas, that's the sands outside of Vegas...not the hotel, just for those celebrity "Pod Katz" known to hang around the VIP rooms by the Strip! Pest strip, that is. So you too can be in the "In Crowd"  by turning this on in your car, slapping on the sun glasses, and driving around town with the windows down and this blaring from the stereo. It's guaranteed to draw a crowd! And when they ask where did that come from...tell them Trick's Synthetic Podcast sent you. The All Star Cast is:

Hello World - Horace Heller
Hello There Universe - Mose Allison
Hello Chicago - Neil Young
Hello Little Friend B2B 
with Joe Cocker 
and Leon Russell
Hello Baby - Leroy Washington
Hello Little Baby - James Cotton
Hello Josephine B2B 
with New Iberians 
and Wilko Johnson
Hello Baby - Circus Maximus
Hello Little Girl - Gerry and the Pacemakers
Hello Friends - Lamb
Hello I Love You B2B 
Ken Hensley 
and The Doors
Hello, Hello - Sopwith Camel
Hello Stranger - Barbara Lewis
Hello Little Girl, Goodbye - Chuck Berry
Hello, Goodbye (reprise) -Dwight Twilley
Hello - Sonny and Cher

Now drive way out into the dessert and enjoy the show!

Thrift Shop finds for August and more!

We close our 2015 podcast season with a trip to the local thrift shop to pick up those forgotten gems  on 45 rpm vinyl things we used to call "records."   Along the way we also picked up four tunes for the 2016  TSP Theme Contest, and you get to select our theme for the coming year.  It's easy, listen to the podcast.  Choose the tune you like the most...or dislike the least and leave your selection in the comments area located below. So here you go:

The podcast part...
Web Of Trouble - Catfish Knight and The Blue Express
Cocaine In My Brain - Dillinger
Stir It Up - Johnny Nash
Pressure Drop - Toots and The Maytals
Guns of Navarone - Skatalites
Express Yourself - LeroySibbles
Tiger Man B2B Dan Sartain and Joe Hill Louis
Walkin' With Freddie - Little Freddie King
I've Been Cleaned Out - Good Time Charlie
Merv Griffin - Have A Nice Trip
Have Love Will Travel B2B Imperialites and Big Sandy
 
The contest begins here:
The Next Season's Theme Contest!
1) Sharkskin by The Monzels
2) It's A Gas - The Rumblers
3) Beale Street Popeye - Earl Forest
4) S and J - Abe Moore and His Orchestra
 
The rest of the regular podcast:
Bertha Lou - Clint Miller
Texarkana Rice - Johnny Cash
Insane Asylum - Willie Dixon and Koko Taylor

I also picked this up...it's a postcard

while this is a

PODCAST

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Stumped For A Theme,You Need S'mores

Something sweet from Trick's Synthetic Podcast is just the thing when you suffer from "theme blockage."  Here's the cure...a good dose of s'more cover tunes as only TSP can do:

Burning The Midnight Lamp (Jimi Hendrix)

Rotary Connection
Waterloo Sunset (Kinks)

High Hazels
Rockin' The Free World (N Young0 B2B

with 

The Rides 

and 

The Sand Rubies
L A Woman (Doors

The King
Black is Black(Los Bravos)

 Steve Wynn
 I Can See For Miles (Who)

Vanilla Fudge
Blues Power (Eric Clapton)

Koko Taylor
All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan) B2B

 with 

Thea Gilmore 

and 

Bear McCreary
Green River (CCR)

Bill Wyman
Get Yourself Together (Small Faces)

Mike Dennis
I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash)

The Legendary Tiger Man
Delta Lady (Leon Russell) 

James Burton

Something sweet from Trick's Synthetic Podcast

We saw the Cosmic Cowboy Museum

Certainly you've heard of the Cowboy Hall of Fame, The Country Music Hall, the Rock and Roll Hall, but we found a place that combines all the aspects of these cultural icons and as soon as Duke learned about it we had to go. So Duke, Nipper the talking dog and I headed to Nashville, where all the hip 60's type musical folk went to record with the best studio musicians of the day...this melding of musical styles gave birth to the Cosmic Cowboy movement and the Cosmic Cowboy Museum!  
Here's what we heard there:
 

Nashville West (A Little Traveling Music) The Burritos  
Behind That Locked Door - George Harrison
Absolutely Sweet Marie - Bob Dylan
Some Of Shelly's Blues - Monkees
Turn Around - Beau Brummels
Hickory Winds - The Byrds
Wheels On Fire B2B with Ian & Sylvia and The Band
If You Don't Like Hank Williams - Kris Kristofferson
The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel
Blowing Down That Dusty Road - Country Joe McDonald
Sally G - Paul McCartney
Spiritual Spotlight:
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Take Me In Your Lifeboat - Chris Hillman
Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Michael Nesmith
Matchbox - Carl Perkins, Eric Clapton and Johnny Cash
Beaucoups Of Blues - Ringo Starr
Nashville West (reprise)

Nipper brought this home with him!

Thrift Shop Finds for July

We haven't strolled down to the local thrift shop to look for  musical gold for over six months.  So we wandered down and stumbled into a goldmine of  old great music from years ago. I found everything from The Crawl to The Walk, cover tunes and more... 
Come on along and check out these Thrift Shop Finds:
The Starters:
The Crawl - Willie Mitchell
Just How Much Can One Heart Take - The Kolettes
Little By Little - Nappy Brown
Boogaloo Tramp - A.C. Reed 
Covers Bloc:
Baby What You Want Me To Do  -  Sugar Pie DeSanto
96 Tears - Jimmy Ruffin
A Rolling Stone B2B with:
Under My Thumb. - Lucky Peterson
Time Is On My Side  - Wilson Pickett
Beatle Break:
Words Of Love - The Diamonds
Mr. Moonlight - Dr. Feelgood & The Interns
Help - Isaac Scott
Taxman - Loose Ends
Devil In His Heart - Donays
Act Naturally - Buck Owens
Summer Bloc:
Summertime Blues - The Vipers
Summertime B2B with Ricky Nelson and Ronnie Hawkins
Summer In the City - Buddy Morrow
Soul Bloc:
Let's Make It Pretty Baby - The Soul Agents
Devil With The Blue Dress - Shorty Long
I Need Your Lovin' - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford
The Walk (fade) - Jimmy McCracklin

You never know what, or who, you'll find with

Thrift Shop Finds from

Trick's Synthetic Podcast !

No Hit Wonders

No Trick's Mystery Box this Friday....but we have something better to start off July!

Any old podcast can throw together a "One Hit Wonders" Show,  but you can always count on us to go them one better, so we present a Trick's Synthetic Podcast Psychedelic Phlashback full of " No Hit Wonders! "

Freak Out, USA - The Aftermath
Afghan Red -  Harvey Matusow's Jew's Harp Band
Pot Luck - Leathercoated Minds
Mind Bender - The Freak Scene
O. D. D. Clowns - The Abstracts
Flying - Neutral Spirits
The Other Side Of Life -Growing Concern
A Cardboard B2B with:
Cardboard Watch - The End
10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box - Twink

A Special Minicast:
July Morning - String Driven Thing
Mister 4th Of July - American Metaphysical Circus
Declaration of Independence - Count Five

South Texas - Cold Sun
Electric Star - Bow Street Runners
I Got Troubles - The Queen's Nectarine Machine
Hollywood 1923 - Gypsy Carnival Caravan
Interview with Jim Cregan of The Blossom Toes
The Intrepid Balloonist's Handbook, Volume One - The Blossom Toes
Ferris Wheel - Super Fine Dandelion
Grocery Store - Spike Drivers

Ummm, we build better podcasts at 

Trick's Synthetic Podcast.

Van's Tricked Tour '15 !

We wrap up "June Is Covers Month" with this warped rendition of everybody's favorite Irish tenor, George Ivan Morrison, better known as Van, ...Van the Man to Robbie Robertson, or the Belfast Cowboy to the rest of the Band...here's the line up, just for you from Trick's Synthetic Podcast:

Jackie Wilson Said

Syl Johnson
Into The Mystic

Frederick Knight
Moondance B2B

with

 Greg Brown
and 

Chuck Jackson
Queen Of The Slipstream

Brian Kennedy
Van's Spiritual Spot Light:
Full Force Gale

Elvis Costello
Glad Tidings

Merry Clayton

Now A Word From The Colonel!

G.L.O.R.I.A. 

Sir Mack Rice
Brown Eyed Girl

Freddie Scott
Crazy Love B2B 

with 

Eddie Floyd 

and 

Cassandra Wilson
Irish Heartbeat

Shana Morrison and Brian Kennedy
Brand New Day

Esther Phillips
Bright Side of the Road

Dan Penn

Van's Special Closing Tune.

Hey Mick, Get Off Of My Podcast!

"June Is Covers Month" wraps up with an even dozen covers of Get Off Of My Cloud and to celebrate, we invited the Mickster himself  to strut into the festivities, but things don't go as planned and we had to improvise with a short stack of alternate
Stones covers. We   even persuade Mick to join in with a cover of his own of this aptly  named episode of Trick's Synthetic Podcast!

Hey, You...
The Original
Tomcats
Hairy Ones
Dave, Stan, & Robin
Charlie White Eagle
Alexis Korner
Sonia
Living End
Dee Dee Wop
The Pupils
Odd Pesons
Richard Lloyd
 

More Stoned Than Mick:
No Expectations B2B 

Johnny Cash and Odetta
Under My Thumb

Wayne Gibson
Rip This Joint

Tommy Castro
You Gotta Move

Naomi Shelton and The Gospel Quartet
 

Mick's Take:
Foxy Lady - Mick Jagger

So many to choose, but there's only one.

The Friday Mystery Box

"June Is Covers Month" continues and these are the best cover tunes you've never heard. Chris Gaffney was a self described "Army brat" living in Europe and New York as a child, but his adopted home was the Southwestern states of Arizona and California.  He learned to play the accordion and listened to norteno, country, and rock & roll and  played in various bands and eventually released his first album in 1986. Before his untimely death in 2008, Chris Gaffney had worked with a wide range of musicians including Dave Alvin, James Cotton, Sonny Burgess, The Iguanas, , Candye Kane, and Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs. This mystery box is a sample of the heart of Chris Gaffney.
The Chris Gaffney Box* is:
The Iguanas - Get Off My Back Lucy
Alejandro Escovedo - 1968
Boz Scaggs - Midnight Dream
Joe Ely - Lift Your Leg
Calexico - Frank's Tavern 
Robbie Fulks - King Of The Blues 
James McMurtry - Fight (Tonight's The Night) 
The Texas Tornadoes - The Gardens

*All selections from the 2009 tribute album:
MAN OF SOMEBODY'S DREAMS

We just barely squeezed all of these into the box!

The Bristish Invasion Arrives

We continue "June Is Covers Month with the debt of this year's Backyard Band and Barbeque. While the band tunes up we put together the "British Invasion,"  a virtual long player in two sides.  On side one we cover three bands from the first wave, The Animals, The Kinks, Them, and The Rolling Stones and side two looks at the Beatles and the second wave of bands, The Hollies, The Who, and Cream. 
Side 1: The Invasion with the First Wave
You Really Got Me (Kinks) - Skuffle
Gloria (Them) - Hairy Ones
Satisfaction (R. Stones) B2B with Dino, Desi, and Billy and Junior Wells
House Of The Rising Sun (Animals) - Jello Biafra
Muswell Hillbilly (Kinks) - Souther Culture On The skids
Who'll Be The Next In Line (Kinks) - The Thanes
It's My Life(Animals) - Hairy Ones

Side 2: Beatle Break and the Second Wave
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - Beau Brummels
Taxman - Blue Floyd
A Day In The Life -  Lighthouse
Squeezbox (Who) - Ali Campbell
Pay You Back With Interest (Hollies) - Mitch Easter
Born Under A Bad Sign (Cream) - L.A. Blues Authority

There's Nothing Fishy About Trick's

The T Bone Mystery Box

"June Is Cover Month" continues with this Friday Mystery Box. After spending the weekend at the T-Bone Walker Blues Festival, even meeting T-Bone's Daughter and grand daughter, we had to keep the blues going a few more days. So, here come's a package of T-Bone signature tunes covered by the some of my favorite artists with a Texas connection to Aaron Thibedeaux  Walker, better know simply as T-Bone:
T Bone Shuffle - Doug Sahm (from San Antonio, Texas)
Stormy Monday - Alexis Korner (heard there was a Texas)
Street Walking Woman - Lonnie Brooks, Long John Hunter, Phillip Walker(Lone Star Shootout)
Mean Old World - Aynsley Dunbar (actually played Longview, Texas with Eric Burdon)
Play On Little Girl/T-Bone Shuffle - Paul Jones (from Manfred Mann...loves Texas blues)
Cold, Cold Feeling - Floyd Dixon (Born in Marshall, Texas)

And it all begins at Trick's !

Locked In The Studio, Again

There can only be one favorite song at the SR Studios and this is it. The Electric Flag version of Howlin' Wolf's classic blues tune "Killing Floor" is the reigning king in my book featuring Bloomfield's flawless guitar and the most wicked horn arrangement ever ...so indulge me as I sneak off to the studio, lock myself in and celebrate this classic with...

The Electric Flag

plus,
Howlin' Wolf  "The Originator"
Albert King
Hubert Sumlin and Colin Linden
Big Bad Smitty
Omar Dykes
Freddie Roulette
Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials
Robben Ford Blues Band
Jimi Hendrix
Joe Bonamassa
Voodoo Pie
Rick Derringer
The L.A. Blues Authority
Johnny  Winter

Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Hubert Sumlin, and Jimmie Vaughn

 That about takes care of it!

What's In This Week's Friday Mystery Box?

You might think this just might be a body part left over from the latest Rolling Stone's tour, but you'd wrong.  While this week's box does contain a sample of bassist Bill Wyman's best cover tunes, Mr. Bill hasn't been a Rolling Stone for years.  And he's not interested in going back.  In fact he's charted his own career in a more jazzy vein with his own evolving band, The Rhythm Kings...open the box and enjoy the mojo that is Bill Wyman.

Midnight special (Leadbelly)
Walking One and Only (Dan Hicks)
Tobacco Road (Nashville Teens)
Green River (CCR)
These Arms of Mine (Otis Redding)
I Don't Need No Doctore (Ray Charles)
Luoisiana1927 (Randy Newman)
Taxman (Beatles)

Bill Then

and now, he's out of the box !.

Purveyors of Fine Podcasts!

 

This podcast kicks off a month long celebration of tunes that are classics and later made more memorable by those who reworked the tune with varying results. While these remake may not be as famous as the classic original, the certainly make for a great podcast. So, join your host and the entire TSP gang as they celebrate "June Is Covers Month" with these sweet cover classics:

Ticket To Ride (Beatles)

Vanilla Fudge
The Ghetto (Elvis)

The Persuasions
Stepchild (Bob Dylan) 

Jerry Lee Lewis
 Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones)

Albert King
 Spanish Castle Magic (Jimi Hendrix)

Diesel
Vanilla Fudge B2B with 

Shotgun (Jr. Parker) 

and 

Ruby Tuesday(Rolling Stones)
Hey Ride With Me Awhile:
Wolverton Mountain (Claude King)

Southern Culture On The Skids
Coke Commercial with Vanilla Fudge
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)

The Incredible Bongo Band
Beatle Break:
Run For Your Life

Gary Lewis and The Playboys
Day Tripper 

Mae West
Get Back

Tok Tok Tok
My Favorite Record:
The Letter ( Box Tops)

Vanilla Fudge
Funk #49 (James Gang)

Travis Wommack

 Now this is some fudge!

Friday Mystery Box goes soft...

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Parker Compton co-founded the band Appaloosa with violinist Robin Batteau in the late '60s. Both were heavily influenced by the folk scene in Cambridge, Mass. John got his start singing in a Cambridge church choir before he and Robin began playing the coffeehouse circuit.  While teenagers they went to Al Kooper's office at Columbia Records, to show Kooper his songs. Kooper told the kid to come back some other time.  Rather than leaving the gutsy duo began playing for the office secretaries.  Hearing their unique style, Kooper recorded them and within a year the musicians had an album out called, Appaloosa. While it would be over 40 years before Compton issued a second Appaloosa album with a new set of musicians, he never left the music field and continued making music in his soft, folk style. Here is Compton's Mystery Box:
 
Yesterday's Roads - Appaloosa 1969
Silk On Steel - Compton Batteau 1970
Marker - To Luna 1971
Laughter Turns To Blue - Live at WMPG 2006
Walker Street - Unplugged 2005
Rosalie - Live At Turk's Head Coffeehouse 1968
Tim Hardin Song - Appaloosa Never Gone 2013

Enjoy John Parker Compton's Mystery Box 
and if you like the music drop him a line.

A Plate of Meatloaf And Mashed Potatoes...served up for Memorial Day.

While the gang is out for the Memorial Day weekend, I'm here at the Stupid Rabbit Studio keeping the music flowing with a serving of meatloaf and mashed potatoes, comfort food for the soul, my special time to kick back a relive the music of my miss spent youth. These tunes bring back great memories and good feelings. I hope you'll enjoy listening and maybe they'll bring a smile to your face. So, sit down and dig in to:

One 

Al Kooper
Rainy Day, Dream Away

 Jimi Hendrix Experience
In My Own Dream

 Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Walkin' By Myself 

Canned Heat
Aint Gonna Worry My Life Anymore

 B. B. King
Rivers Run to the Sea 

Appaloosa
Giant Step 

Taj Mahal
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 

The Animals
Texas 

Electric Flag
Strawberry Wine 

The Band
Shoot Out on the Plantation

 Leon Russell
My Uncle 

Flying Burrito Bros.
Cigarettes and Coffee B2B 

Sweet Linda Devine 

and 

Otis Redding
Hodge, Podge, Strained Through a Leslie
and Resurrection (fade)

Steppenwolf

The Music Always Comes First at Trick's

and

Remember those who served, today and everyday!

In Memory Of B. B. King

Riley B. King

 September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015

This episode is dedicated to the music of B. B. King, the King of the Blues, who passed away last week at his home in Las Vegas.  It's been said that B.B. introduced a sophisticated blues style of soloing based on his fluid style which would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed. He was a performer's performer, touring endlessly and playing 200 a year, one year he played 342 shows.  He is a member of the Blues Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was awarded the National Medal of the Arts by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, and the National Medal of Freedom from President G. W. Bush. B. B. King is regarded as one of the most influential blues guitarists of all time, inspiring both blues and rock  performers.

 The B B King Tribute is ...
 
Intro:
Everyday I Have the Blues - Live at the Regal
 
The Oldies:
1957 - Did You Ever Love A Women
1956 - House Rocker Boogie
1958 - Please Accept My Love
1961 - Driving Wheel
 
The Classic:
1969 - Thrill Is Gone
 
The Covers Tunes:
Hummingbird - Leon Russell
Summer In The City - Lovin' Spoonfull
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens -Louis Jordan
Stormy Monday (with Albert Collins) - T Bone Walker
 
B. B. King and His Pals:
When Love Comes To Town with U2
Early in the Morning with Van Morrison
The Thrill Is Gone with Eric Clapton
 
Spiritual Spotlight:
When The Saints Go Marching In
 
Finale:
Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

The Thrill Is Gone, But Not Forgotten

Hey, It's Still Raining

You can say you weren't warned. A couple of months ago I said,"...if this rain continues, I'm gonna have to do another 'rain' podcast!" And it' still raining...and we are gathering up the animals and building a floating studio. So, while the guys are battening down the Stupid Rabbit hatches, we present this timely podcast:

Still Raining, Still Dreaming - Jimi Hendrix
Box Of Rain - Grateful Dead
Is It Still Raining - Jimmy LaFave
Rain B2B with Purple Schulz 
and Grateful Dead
It's Rainin' Here - John Lee Hooker
Hey, Ride With Me...
Brown Eyes Cryin' In The Rain - Jack Guthrie
Love Me Like The Rain - Chambers Brothers
Spiritual Spotlight:
Wade In The Water - Blind Boys of Alabama
Rain - Status Quo
Flowers In The Rain - The Move
My Favorite Record:
Warm Rain - The Bump Band
We Got You Covered with:
I See Rain (Marmalde) - Susanna Hoffs 
and Matthew Sweet
Rainy Day Blues - Willie Nelson
Rainy Days - Bob Christopher
 

Trick's never leaves you high and dry...

no matter how much you wish we would!

Soul Sides ... The Covers

Soul makes comeback with guest host, Big John, and his favorite tunes from that powerhouse of the 1960's in Nashville.  He interjects his own flavor into the podcast and along with a our own announcerette, carries on while the regular gang is out on sick leave.  Who knows, we may just let him make his own comeback! 

Sweet Soul Music (Arthur Conley)

Lil' Bob & The Lollipops

I'll Go Crazy (James Brown)

Blues Magoos

Respect (Aretha Franklin)

Soul Survivors

Tramp (Otis and Carla) B2B

 with 

Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger 

and 

Lowell Folsom

634-5789 (Wilson Pickett)

Jimmy Hall

Hip Hug Her (Booker T & The MGs)

Popa Chubby

Walkin' The Dog (Rufus Thomas)

Bronco Bob

Nobody's Fault But Mine (Otis Redding)

Alvin Youngblood Hart.

When A Man Loves A Woman (Wilson Pickett)

Love Depression

I Found Love (Wilson Pickett )

Soul, Inc.

What I Say (Ray Charles) B2B 

with 

Johnny Cash & June Carter 

and 

The Applejacks

Stand By Me (Ben E. King)

The Searchers

Spiritual Spotlight:
People Get Ready (Impressions)

Hans Theessink

Toe Hold (Wilson Pickett)

Al Kooper

Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding)

Popa Chubby

Mojo Working (Muddy Waters) fade

Freddie King and Lil' Gary

Trick's got you covered 

with this

Sewl Quilt!