A Post Election Saturday Single...

...on Wednesday! Special post election analysis thanks to Andre' Williams. From his new album, Life, it's...well you know. So, now you don't have a previous administration (or Trick's Synthetic Podcast) to blame for everything.

A Laid Back Saturday Single for a Nice Fall Afternoon

What's a Kuschty Rye? Well, it's a nice tune by Ronnie Laine and the boys... Here are two versions by Henry McCullough and Ronnie himself, from Trick's Synthetic Podcast
Just right for a nice fall afternoon.

A Killer of a Saturday Single

This week it's the Howlin' Wolf classic, "Killing Floor." Performed by The Electric Flag, one of the first electric horn groups (along with Blood, Sweat, and Tears) and featured Buddy Miles on drums, Nick Gravenites on vocals, Barry Goldberg on keyboards, Harvey Brooks on bass and Michael Bloomfield on lead guitar. This song, from A Long Time Coming,  features one of the tightest horn riffs ever...and was quite controversial in it's day because of its spoken lead-in by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

The second version is a more relaxed interpretation by slack key Hawaiian guitarist and blues man, Freddie Roulette who was born and in Evanston, Ill.and learned to play steel guitar in high school. He started playing in clubs around Chicago in his teens, and  laterwork in Earl Hooker's band.  This tune is from his album, Back In Chicago, with Willie Kent and the Gents !

We think you will agree, this is one "killer" of a Saturday Single~Back to Back from Trick's Synthetic Podcast!

Saturday Single B2B for Saturday...really.

Take a classic song one by one of the original rock 'n' roller's from the 50's strained thru the drummer of the biggest pop band of the 60's and then shake it up some and rewind it through a 70's glam band...what do you have, Honey Don't by Carl "Blue Suede Shoes" Perkins and Ringo's All Star Band  and then T Rex...from mind of Trick's Synthetic Podcast!

It'ssssssss A SSBack 2 Back

Snake Farm is one of the strangest tourist attractions on the way to San Antonio. It's also the subject of this week's Saturday Single. A Back to Back selection from Ray Wylie Hubbard, composer of the tune, from his 2006 album of the same name...and then there is Paul Thorn's version from his 2012 " "What The Hell Is Goin On?" album, what can I say but you just gotta stop by and see it for your self! Enjoy this Saturday Single
Back 2 Back from Trick's Slithering Podcast.

You just have to see it to understand the scope of Snake Farm!

Baby you can drive this podcast with a special Saturday Single Back 2 Back times three with "Drive My Car," from Dani Carlos from 2004's Rock 'n' Road Again Acústico , Humble Pie, from the 1975 Street Rats album; The Beatles from their 2006 Love Remix and Trick's Synthetic Podcast.

A Soulful Saturday Single

It's "Toe Hold" from the Wicked Wilson Picket from the Funky Midnight Mover - The Atlantic Studio Recordings 1962-1978  Anthology and Al Kooper from his debut solo album, I Stand Alone.   A soulful Saturday Single Back 2 Back because it's from Trick's Synthetic Podcast, of course.

This is getting out of hand, because it's a ...

...SSB2BX3/3XLoser special. Let me explain: Saturday Single Back to Back Times Three With "Three Time Loser" Special with The Inmates, Dave Edmunds, and the original (?) Wilson Pickett from Trick's Synthetic Podcast.

It's A SSB2BX3*, with God Bless The Child

"God bless the child..." times three with The Loading Zone with Linda Tillery aka Sweet Linda Devine, 50 Foot Hose, and the best know version from Blood Sweat & Tears with David Clayton Thomas from TSP.

(*Saturday Single Back 2 Back Times Three)

This Saturday Single Carries A Lot of Weight

It's the Band's classic "The Weight" X 3 with Burrito DeLuxe, Ringo Star's All Star Band with Levon Helm, and Little Feat, a super Saturday Single Back 2 Back 2 Back, from Trick's Synthetic Podcast.

A Summertime Special Saturday Single B2B

We really take off with this Summertime Special Saturday Single Back 2 Back with Steve Miller Band and the original space cowboy, Bill Shatner, as do the summertime hit Space Cowboy, from Trick's Synthetic Podcast.

It's A Saturday Single, Back 2 Back...Beatle Break

Forget the vast number of SR employees searching for that perfect selection for the various podcasts, this one came to me in a dream.  Last night I was dreaming I was in an oriental country with narrow, twisting alley ways. A guide was showing me the various local delicacies and sights.  As I finished eating, the guide skips out on the tab and in an effort to chase them down the alley suddenly opens up to a broad boulevard with a large record store across the street. Glad to see something familiar, this song was playing in my dream! Just as I was entering the store, ready to buy some classic vinyl...the phone rang and woke me up.   But this song was still playing in my head.  So, enjoy this familiar tune as rendered by Leon Russell and Lisa Ono. 

Saturday Single B2B

Sometimes you just don't run on schedule! So, here is this week's Saturday Single and Back 2 Back from a somewhat behind schedule, Trick's synthetic Podcast...but I think you'll agree, "Sometimes It's much better late, than never" with The Monks and Rich Dart who agree they are "Nice Legs, Shame About The Face."

Saturday Single

Sam Cooke was an American singer and is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. Cooke had 29 top-40 hits in the U.S. between 1957 and 1964. On December 11, 1964, Cooke was fatally shot by the manager of the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles at the age of 33.
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter for The Velvet Underground. In 2009, Reed became an active member of the Jazz Foundation of America and was a featured performer at the foundation's annual benefit "A Great Night in Harlem." This week's Saturday Single is Lou singing Sam's hit,"A Change Is Gonna Come" from Trick's Synthetic Podcast, Saturday Single.

Happy Easter from Trick's

It's A special Easter Saturday Single AND Back to Back as we celebrate Easter at TSP with Mr. Billy Preston !

William Everett Preston, Billy, was born on September 2, 1946 in Houston, Texas. He was a musician whose work included R&B, rock, soul, funk and gospel. Billy became famous, first as a session musician with such artists as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and was later successful as a solo artist with such hit pop singles as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from Nothing", and a string of albums. Alongside Tony Sheridan, Billy Preston was the only other musician to be credited on a Beatles recording after he was credited on the group's number-one hit, "Get Back", with the record title listed as The Beatles with Billy Preston.

This special weekend we are featuring "For You My Lord" and "I'm Giving My Life To Christ" on Trick's Saturday Single B2B !

Saturday Single

James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter (April 8, 1946 – September 9, 1999), became the highest paid pitcher in baseball when he signed with the Yankees in 1975. He refused higher offers from the San Diego Padres and the Kansas City Royals to sign with them. He led the league in wins for the two years in a row, and also led the American league in innings pitched and complete games and became only the fourth American League pitcher to win 20 games in a season for five consecutive seasons.
The Yankees won three straight pennants with Hunter from 1976 to 1978. However, the years of arm strain and the effects of diabetes had begun to toll on the pitcher and in 1979, Hunter retired from baseball. James Augustus Hunter died at his home in 1999after he fell down the stairs at home. He had been suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease."


Here is Albert Castiglia singing about "Catfish" Hunter,the million dollar man,from his album These Are The Days from 2008. Now play ball !

Saturday Single

Born James Moore in Lobdell, Louisiana, United States in 1924. He was the eldest in an orphaned family, Slim Harpo began performing in Baton Rouge bars under the name Harmonica Slim and later accompanied his brother-in-law, Lightnin' Slim, both live and in the studio. Notable covers of Slim Harpo songs include "I Got Love If You Want It," by The Kinks, "I'm A King Bee," by The Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and The Doors, and "Don't Start Crying Now," by Them, with Van Morrison. Never a full-time musician, Harpo had his own trucking business during the 1960s. He died following a heart attack in 1970.



From the one and only Slim Harpo, recorded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, it's Cigarettes, on Trick's Synthetic Podccast!

Saturday Single Back 2 Back

Here's a tribute to one of East Texas favorite home grown musicians, Bugs Henderson, who passed away this week and the original version from Billy Joe Shaver.
Bugs Henderson's advice to young musicians: “Get the money up front and don’t date the waitress.”



From Trick's Synthetic Podcast Saturday Single.

Saturday Single X 2

To make up for last Saturday's awkward absence, here are two versions of my favorite "off kilter" song, Psycho. First a live Elvis Costello version and an Andre' Williams version which is the best yest. Only at Trick's Podomatic Podcast.

Saturday's Single

Erma Franklin (March 13, 1938 – September 7, 2002) was an American gospel and R&B singer. She was the oldest daughter of Barbara (née Siggers) and the Reverend C. L. Franklin and the elder sister of Aretha Franklin. Her best known recording was the original version of "Piece of My Heart", written and produced by Bert Berns, for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award...at Saturday's Single.