WESN Show #33 - Halloween 2019

Monsters, Murders, Nightmares and A Dog Named Spookie

ARTIST	TRACK	LABEL	YEAR	TOWN / CITY
The Staccato's	Nightmare	Kandy Kane	1964	Peoria
Jimmy Friis & The Valiants	Serpents and Spiders	Ridge	1964	Rockford
The Echos	Haunted	Sage	1960	Mattoon
Ronny & Johnny	Massacre	Lucky	1960	Danville
Eldon Rice	Hillbilly Swampman	White Label	1965	Carrier Mills
Russ (Big Daddy) Blackwell	The Little Monster	Vincent	1968	Rockford
The Holidays	Pearl Diver	Dixie	1963	Springfield
Dean Carter	Shadow of Evil	Big Beat	196?	Champaign-Urbana
Keith Dorrough & The Thunderbirds	Windy City	Royce	1964	Oblong
Howie Thayer & His Psycho-Electric Happening	Movin' Groovin' Fairy Tale	Psychedelic Sounds	1968	La Moille
Kookie Cook & The Satalites	Space Monster	Big Beat	196?	Danville
Lloyd Haun	Morbid Melody	Bonny	1971	Bureau Co
The 12th Knight	Death Row	Big Beat	1972	Danville
Dave Scherer & The Castels	My Dog Spookie	Talmont	1965	Decatur
Brillo & The Firebirds	Calling Red Rover	Golden Voice	1969	Macomb
Ron Carroll	Harold, You're So Weird	Co-field	1976	Metamora
North Bridge Company	Strange Land, Strange People	Sand "G"	1968	Peoria
The Lancers	Gore	IT	1965	Quincy

Sound effects heard during this show were from a found ¼ reel to reel tape simply labeled "Halloween Sounds." 
Sources unknown.  Courtesy of Reverberation Vinyl.

Extras

The Holidays

Jimmy Friis & The Valiants

The Echos

  

  

WESN Show #32 - Oct 3, 2019

Concert Series: The Country Blues Comes To Central Illinois

Memphis Blues Caravan

March 22, 1974  Illinois Valley Community College  Oglesby, Illinois

• Memphis Piano Red - "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"
• Memphis Piano Red - "Home At Last"
• Memphis Piano Red - "You Don't Have To Go"
• Memphis Piano Red - "Mother-In-Law Blues"
• Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - "Corrina Corrina"
• Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - "Yellow Yam Blues"
• Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - "President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long"
• Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - "Rats In My Kitchen"
• Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - "Holy Spirit, Don't You Leave Me"
• Furry Lewis - "Mary Tell Blues"

The Memphis Blues Caravan performed two shows in downstate Illinois in 1974:
March 20: Illinois State University & March 22: Illinois Valley Community College 
(The performances heard on the show were recorded by Greg Steil at IVCC.  Some of Greg's recordings were used on the Memphis Blues Caravan Vol. 1 CD however Greg was not credited and the date and venue info in the liner notes was incorrect.)
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Larry Johnson

May 21, 1971  Illinois State University Normal, Illinois

• "Ragged and Dirty"
• "How Long Blues"
• "Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied)"
• "Nobody's Business If I Do"
• "Saturday Blues"
• "Pick Poor Robin Clean"

For more information on the New Friends of Old Time Music concerts at Illinois State University see the NFOTM page.