interview with Barrence Whitfield!: Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock

Listener comments!

12:02pm Cecile:

Ok, Joe, two things.
I saw the World's End and laughed out loud when they referenced the quote from the Wild Ones.

Second, can I ask Barrence some weird questions?

12:02pm KevinWho:

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Bayou Country!

🎸 ♥ 12:04pm dc pat:

BARRENCE!

12:04pm Cecile:

OK you got Get of Denver by anyone?

12:04pm Cecile:

Get out of Denver. der

♥ 12:05pm Rob (from Mt Hope):

Holy crap Cecile, I was just going to tell Joe to watch that movie

12:05pm Cecile:

BARRENCE!

♥ 12:06pm Rob (from Mt Hope):

Hey Joe, missed you

12:06pm Joe B:

Hi everybody! thanks for tuning in! BARRENCE WHITFIELD at 1:30 pm! with the Savages tonight in rockin Rochester NY

12:07pm Joe B:

Hi Cecile, what are the questions? fire away

12:09pm Dr. Goot:

Hello all. Joe you are screaming right out of the gate!
I like Dave's version of GooD:
www.youtube.com...

12:09pm Cecile:

Why did Ow, ow, ow, ow sound so slick compared to the first 2 records? Were you happy with it?

How did the collaborations with Tom Russell come about?

12:11pm Cecile:

What brought you and Peter back together?

Do you think the success of people as disaparate as Sharon Jones, Amy Winehouse and Cee-Lo doing more classic r'n'b music made the climate ready for your triumphant return?

12:12pm Cecile:

Have you met any kids conceived to your music?

Finally, are you going to play Minneapolis any time soon? Have you ever?

12:12pm Cecile:

I'm done here, for now. hahahhaa

12:13pm Joe B:

Ok thanks! some of those were on my list already!

🎸 ♥ 12:13pm dc pat:

Good question about Owowow. I wondered about that myself. I have a question: why is Girl From Outer Space the greatest song ever?

🎸 ♥ 12:16pm dc pat:

Hey Cecile, I was in a group that opened for Barrence too.

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♥ 12:17pm tim from champaign:

Hey Joe and folks!

12:18pm Cecile:

Hahahhaha, your opening schedule sounds as random as my brain!

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♥ 12:19pm tim from champaign:

Really digging the current crop of punk bozos like Hunx, Golden Pelicans, Buck Biloxi, Heavy Lids etc.

12:22pm Cecile:

Woggles are ridiculously good.

🎸 ♥ 12:23pm dc pat:

I Prefer Drugs = clicky star.

♥ 12:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- yeah C'ec - I hadn't ☆ed that already - ?!? - fix that...

12:30pm Cecile:

oh, no!!!

🎸 ♥ 12:31pm dc pat:

Big Sandy and the who's its? What happen to the Fly Rite Boys?

Ah man, Neil back with those dopes? jeeeze...

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♥ 12:35pm tim from champaign:

Yeah, why is Neil going back with CSN? PU.

12:36pm Joe B:

he is with the fly rite boys. The Piggies are the opening act

🎸 ♥ 12:37pm dc pat:

oh, got it. Big Sandy is a great show by the way folks.

12:41pm KevinWho:

@tim from champaign: (Canadian) dollars

12:43pm John L.:

Everytime I hear "Our House" I want to break something. I saw that they were playing a "Bridge" show, but a tour is still only a possibility. I've been re-reading parts of "Shakey." I love his remarks on Woodstock. I get the evil-eye whenever I point them out to people in this area. Woodstock is like Lourdes up here.

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♥ 12:44pm tim from champaign:

Hey man, canadian dollars are where it's at. Did everyone read David Yow's Onion interview where he talked about "Love The One You're With" as his most hated song?

♥ 12:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Interviewer : What did Woodstock change - ?
Pete Townshend: It changed *me* - I *hated* it !!...

12:47pm John L.:

By the time we got to Woodstock...they had moved it to Bethel.

12:48pm Parq:

Don't remember whether it was Townshend or someone else, but I remember somebody being quoted in one of the Joplin bios as saying something along the lines of, I can always tell when someone is lying about having been at Woodstock -- as soon as they start talking about how wonderful it was, I know they weren't there.

12:49pm glenn:

what about canadian dollars?

♥ 12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Some details : www.amazon.com... ...

12:54pm glenn:

we're at about 96 c u.s. today.

12:58pm Cecile:

pat todd!

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♥ 12:59pm tim from champaign:

What do you call a prog rock hobo?

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♥ 12:59pm tim from champaign:

A super tramp.

1:02pm Cecile:

Even seeing the doc - there were traffic jams, tons of mud, no food, gatecrashers. It was a testament to the mellowness of the people that it didn't turn into a mess like it did in '99

1:02pm Parq:

Hi gang. A little news of the day. It is alleged that a woman in Montana got mad at her husband on their honeymoon and pushed him off a cliff. Fellas, be sweet to your wives tonight.
www.cnn.com...

1:03pm Cecile:

but even as an idealistic teen I knew WS wasn't a utopia, it was people making the best of a bad situation.

1:05pm Cecile:

YAYAYYAYAYAY!

🎸 ♥ 1:06pm dc pat:

holygoddamcrap! Blind Shake is skipping dc ...

1:07pm Parq:

There's a band called "the Blind Sheik"? Is there also one called "Lynn Stewart in the Slammer"?

1:09pm Cecile:

Blind Shake, Parq. hahaha

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♥ 1:10pm tim from champaign:

The new Barrence Whitfield rekkid is pretty smokin.

1:10pm Cecile:

Yeah, new question. Why doesn't Barrence cover Get Out of Denver?

1:11pm KevinWho:

@tim from champaign: CLAP CLAP CLAP

1:12pm KevinWho:

I meant about the Supertramp pun earlier, but that too!

♥ 1:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I giggled - but Supertramp is Prog - ?!??

1:14pm KevinWho:

like Genesis, their biggest records were not, but yes

1:14pm Cecile:

they are deffo prog-pop.

♥ 1:15pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

ProgPop!
...Kansas on helium...

1:16pm KevinWho:

Crime Of The Century is a landmark prog record, or prog-pop if you prefer

1:17pm Parq:

There was always a big gap between "prog" in the Henry Cow sense and "prog" in the Kansas sense. We really should have come up with two different genre names.

1:17pm Joe B:

supertramp = awful

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♥ 1:18pm Matt F:

Thanks Joe! Check's in the mail...

♥ 1:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- yes Parq
- or maybe there's just good & poo in every Genre...

1:19pm John L.:

Supertramp were more proggy in their early days. Kind of Gabriel-era Genesis. Then they sold out, man. I had my share of Supertramp and Kansas records. Hey, it was Long Island in the 70's.

♥ 1:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...or Real & Fake in every Genre (plenty of shite bands labeled 'Punk')...

1:21pm Cecile:

I liked Bloody Well Right because I was in OZ at the time and they were swearing.

1:22pm Cecile:

goddamn. The Hives never disappoint.

1:22pm Parq:

RR11/63, the Supertramp-Kansas-REO Speedwagon prog had such distinct characteristics that I think it really should have its own genre name. On the other hand, if you would like that genre name to be "poo", I am perfectly willing to discuss it.

1:23pm KevinWho:

!@#$% love this Hives

1:23pm KevinWho:

(threw in a swear for Cecile)

1:24pm Cecile:

American pop-prog.
And REO were a boogie band that went pop thanks to Kevin Cronin of the painfully sharp enunciation.

♥ 1:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...people talk they're writing off the Hives as a Novelty Band - so were the Beatles (bugs? funny hair?), Dolls, Ramones...
- PooProg...Everybody Progs...

1:25pm KevinWho:

enunciation bracket #1: Kevin Cronin vs. Dennis DeYoung

1:25pm Cecile:

I bought their hit CD a few years back, for 50 cents and it was one of the greatest bargains of my life. I have never seen a used CD copy that wasn't banged up.

1:31pm Cecile:

OK, the best Sonics cover ever.

1:31pm KevinWho:

never heard this Shot Down version before

1:32pm Cecile:

WELCOME BARRENCE!

1:32pm KevinWho:

whoa, great!

🎸 ♥ 1:35pm dc pat:

Lyres were amazing.

🎸 ♥ 1:36pm dc pat:

You said it Joe--my phone is filled up with the original versions of Savages covers!

1:38pm Cecile:

we heard about them in the Midwest even in fanzine days. The Boston fanzines went wild.

1:41pm Cecile:

DUDE. That has to be a single.

🎸 ♥ 1:41pm dc pat:

Hey, I've heard Barrence play the Immigrant Song!! At Penn State, does he remember that?? like 1990?

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♥ 1:42pm Matt F:

I worked at the Coop too!

1:45pm Cheri Pi:

Cincinnati!

1:48pm Cecile:

dammit.
phone rang, is he coming to MN

🎸 ♥ 1:52pm dc pat:

WHOOPS!

1:52pm Cecile:

oscar levant! awesome.

1:55pm Cecile:

I bow down to the person who rhymed "underpants" with "Oscar Levant".

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♥ 1:56pm tim from champaign:

Cool interview. Nice guy!

🎸 ♥ 1:56pm dc pat:

Thanks Joe, very cool!

♥ 1:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- nicely arranged & recorded as well as played.

🎸 ♥ 1:58pm dc pat:

yeah, sonics + barrence = heaven.

1:58pm Cheri Pi:

He just out Soniced the Sonics

1:58pm KevinWho:

he botched the Levant quote, it's much more of an inyourendo

2:00pm KevinWho:

"Now that Marilyn Monroe is kosher, Arthur Miller can eat her"

2:01pm John L.:

I love Oscar Levant, the song and the man. Check out some YT clips for a view of his neurosis. Great in "An American In Paris" and "Bandwagon." Someone should make a movie about him.

2:03pm Cecile:

Joe, what happened to Strata Bowling?

2:09pm Joe B:

it has been retired

2:09pm Joe B:

thanks Kevin and John. Oh, now I know who that is!

2:12pm Fernando M Pacheco:

That's the hit of the year. I can't get tired of it.

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♥ 2:17pm Stevel:

Late, but never better.

So much Barrence Whitfield to catch up on!

♥ 2:35pm efd:

Thanks for the plug, Joe!

2:37pm KOTJ:

Suddenly have a dire urge to hear Los Bravos Going Nowhere

♥ 2:43pm Paulie B:

Great show today, Joe! Lovin' Sally Crewe!

2:54pm Cecile:

great show joe, gotta go!

♥ 2:56pm Mike East:

awesome...I never knew they were saying Daylight be Damned. That's a good line.

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Good Golly Miss Molly	s/t box set	Fantasy	1969/2001	probably my favorite guitar solos of all time	0:00:00 Pop-up)
Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon & The Gears	Move It On Over	7"	Wondercap	2013		0:04:12 Pop-up)
Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3	Amphetamine	What I Did After My Band Broke Up	DBK Works	2003/2005	originally on Static Transmission	0:08:13 Pop-up)
The Brian Wilson Shock Treatment	Brain On Fire	Greatest Hits	Poe/Slutfish	2004/2009		0:12:51 Pop-up)
Golden Pelicans	The Earls	7"	Total Punk	2013		0:15:31 Pop-up)
Hunx and His Punx	Born Blonde	Street Punk	Hardly Art	2013		0:17:47 Pop-up)
The Woggles	Baby, I'll Trust You When You're Dead	The Big Beat	Wicked Cool	2013		0:20:05 Pop-up)
Hollywood	(I Prefer) Drugs	Love Child	Big Neck	2013		0:22:20 Pop-up)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze	ReAcTor	Reprise	1981		0:24:21 Pop-up)

Mark & the Escorts	Get Your Baby	various - Teenage Shutdown, Vol. 1: Jump, Jive & Harmonize	Teenage Shutdown	1965/1998	Happy birthday Rick Rosas!	0:35:46 Pop-up)
The B-Sides	Paris & Harry	s/t	Spinout	2013		0:37:47 Pop-up)
Hammered Satin	Emily	Glamorama	Burger	2013		0:40:18 Pop-up)
Metalleg	Don't Cry	s/t	Metalleg	2012	playing live here on the show oct. 8!	0:43:59 Pop-up)
The Leftovers	Can't Stop	Eager To Please	Oglio	2009	Kurt Baker	0:46:27 Pop-up)
The dBs	Write Back	Falling Off the Sky	Bar None	2012		0:48:04 Pop-up)
The Nomads	You Won't Break My Heart	Solna	Career	2013		0:51:31 Pop-up)
Pat Todd & the Rank Outsiders	14th & Nowhere	ep	Rank Outsider	2012		0:55:41 Pop-up)
Del Shannon	Move It On Over	Move It On Over	Norton	196?/2011	someone requested the other Move It On Over. Hope this is what you meant!	0:58:44 Pop-up)

Barrence Whitfield & the Savages	The Corner Man	Dig Thy Savage Soul	Bloodshot	2013		1:07:41 Pop-up)
Barrence Whitfield & the Savages	Turn Your Damper Down	Dig Thy Savage Soul	Bloodshot	2013		1:10:18 Pop-up)
The 50s High Teens	Stroller In the Air	Punch De Beat	Tokyo No	2009		1:14:16 Pop-up)
The Piggies	Parachute Woman	7"	Norton	2013	Stones cover. Playing Friday at the Bell House with Barrence Whitfield & Big Sandy	1:15:56 Pop-up)
Hank Haint	On You Go	Blackout	Voodoo Rhythm	2013		1:18:31 Pop-up)
The Hives	Midnight Shifter	Lex Hives	The Hives Broadcasting Service	2012		1:21:02 Pop-up)

Barrence Whitfield & the Savages	Bread	Dig Thy Savage Soul	Bloodshot	2013		1:28:13 Pop-up)
Barrence Whitfield	interview					1:32:53 Pop-up)
Barrence Whitfield & the Savages	Oscar Levant	Dig Thy Savage Soul	Bloodshot	2013		1:54:32 Pop-up)
Barrence Whitfield & the Savages	Shot Down	Savage Kings	Munster	2011		2:00:20 Pop-up)
Barrence Whitfield & the Savages	Hey Little Girl	Dig Thy Savage Soul	Bloodshot	2013		2:00:08 Pop-up)

John Paul Keith & The One Four Fives	You Really Oughta Be With Me	Memphis Circa 3 AM	Big Legal Mess	2013		2:03:10 Pop-up)
Wanda Jackson	You Bug Me Bad	The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles	Omnivore	1962/2013		2:05:41 Pop-up)
The Termites	Tell Me	various - Destroy That Boy! More Girls With Guitars	Ace	1965/2009		2:08:17 Pop-up)
La La Brooks	Play With Fire	7"	Norton	2013		2:10:46 Pop-up)
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound	River	Howl	Bloodshot	2013		2:13:56 Pop-up)
Hacienda Brothers	What's Wrong With Right	various - A Road Leading Home: Songs by Dan Penn and Others	Ace	2006/2013		2:16:56 Pop-up)
The Higher State	Darker By the Day	Darker By the Day	13 O'Clock	2013		2:19:44 Pop-up)
White Fence	To The Boy I Jumped In Hemlock Alley	Cyclops Reap	Castle Face	2013		2:23:48 Pop-up)

The Wrong Words	It Will Never Be Kind	Everything Is Free	Trouble In Mind	2013		2:34:07 Pop-up)
The Wrong Words	What the Word Means	Everything Is Free	Trouble In Mind	2013		2:37:59 Pop-up)
Sally Crewe & the Sudden Moves	Living Like You've Got Forever	Transmit/Receive	8 Track Mind	2011	with Doug Gillard	2:41:24 Pop-up)
David Bowie	I'd Rather Be High	The Next Day	Columbia	2013		2:45:45 Pop-up)
Wyldlife	Saturday Night	The Time Has Come To Rock and Roll	Wyldlife	2013		2:49:10 Pop-up)
Bamboo Kids	Daylight Be Damned	Safe City Blues	Drug Front Records	2013		2:52:36 Pop-up)

The Vistas	Moon Relay	various - Surf-Age Nuggets: Trash & Twang Instrumentals 1959-1966	Rock Beat	1964/2012		2:58:04 Pop-up)

September 10, 2013

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