Man, oh man, everything fell into place on this one. First, Diddy Wah lured me out of podcast indifference with his Specialty Records mix a few weeks ago. Then tonight, just randomly checking Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban's blog roll, I clicked on Truckers Shuckers Freaks and Geeks, a blog I'd never visited and had ignored because of the name. As it turns out, it's one badass place. I saw the label for "Rollin' Dynamite" by Scotty McKay on one post, and took the bait. McKay is ex-Blue Cap Max Lipscomb, who did a cover of "Train Kept a Rollin" that rivals, if not surpasses, Johnny Burnette's version in overall awesomeness. Really, if you check out one song this week, make it that one (a link is below). Back to business: while I thought I was just downloading "Rollin' Dynamite", it ended up being a whole 72 minute podcast and, believe it or not, that's a good thing. There's back announcing and some other dialogue, but, holy shit, you cannot argue with the song selection; all obscure raw rockabilly, as in you've probably never heard any of it before. It's the compilation you couldn't afford and a lesson in obscurabilly.
Here's a few with tonight's inciter, McKay, and links to both the Truckers and such blog, and the individual podcast (download link on that is on the bottom left, where it says "download episode"). The first two McKay songs are the rockers (consider both essential), and the second two has him with one toe in New Orleans
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Listen:Scotty McKay - Train Kept a Rollin mp3 at Beware of the Blog
Scotty McKay - Bad Times mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Scotty McKay - Sea Cruise mp3 at Event Magic Nothing to see there.
Scotty McKay - Lil' Liza Jane mp3 at Event Magic Nothing to see there.
The podcast:
Rollin' Dynamite Rockabilly Spinout! mp3 at Truckers Shuckers Freaks and Geeks Scotty McKay at 24:05
The home page:
Truckers Shuckers Freaks and Geeks
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