Radio Rumpus Room

Surf, Hot Rod, Rockabilly, '60s Garage, Hillbilly, Psychedelia, Back-To-The-Roots Country, Primal Pop. Radio Rumpus Room unleashes this unholy smorgasborg of sounds on an unsuspecting Minneapolis/St. Paul listenership every Friday night. Whether an artist/group plied one of our favorite genres decades ago, or works in it today, you can expect to hear them on Radio Rumpus Room. Here are just a few of our faves:

Bobby Fuller Four - George Jones - Trashmen - Radio Birdman - Litter - Untamed Youth - Belairs - Uncle Tupelo - Replacements - Man Or Astroman - Challengers - Remains - A-Bones - Dick Dale - Fantastic Baggies - Jayhawks - Trashwomen - Mekons - Shockabilly - Howlin' Wolf - Fortune & Maltese - Hank Williams Sr. - Suicide Commandos - Louvin Brothers - Flat Duo Jets - Troggs - Southern Culture On The Skids - Astronauts - Vibro Champs - Four Speeds - Link Wray - Gibson Bros. - Thirteenth Floor Elevators - Sonics - Ramblin' Jimmy Dolan - Lyres - Los Straitjackets - Ben Vaughn - Continental Co-ets - Charlie Burton - Nobody's Children - Hypstrz - Ronnie Dawson - Cramps - Freakwater - The Choir - MC5 - El Vez - Johnny Cash - Gories - Ernest Tubb - Thee Headcoats - Gram Parsons - Electras - Fendermen - Arkie Shibley - Stillroven - Hasil Adkins - Rip Chords - Titans - Collins Kids - Hondells - Old 97s - Zombies - Flying Burrito Bros. - Johnny Burnette Trio - Wanda Jackson - Curtiss A - Johnny Horton - Boss Martians - Mike Waggoner & The Bops - Floyd Dakil Combo - Esquerita - Waco Brothers - Count 5 - Super Stocks - Surf Trio - Eugene Chadbourne - The Exotics - Maddox Bros. and Rose - Saturn V featuring Orbit - Bubble Puppy - Phantom Surfers - Joe Maphis - Blue Mountain - Bedlam Four - Pyramids - Buck Owens - Sprague Brothers - Ready Men - anything of course, involving Gary Usher... tons of Upper Midwestern Sixties rockers... and lots more...

If you are within listening distance of our little broadcasting outpost in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, we hope you carve out some time Fridays at 9 p.m. to point your antenna our way. For those of you out of range of our thumpin' signal -- but who still share our love of this great music -- you can now check us out via KFAI's RealAudio stream.

RealAudio archives -- Now offering two weeks of show archives!
This week's playlist -- A fast 90 minutes of the sounds that govern our very lives!
Previous playlists -- Incredibly, here's what we've been getting away with for eight whole years now...
RRR-sanctioned live shows in the Cities -- You MUST support live music or your life will be poorer for it!
More great shows on KFAI Fresh Air Radio -- We tune these folks in regularly and so should you!
Try our Fresh Links -- No kidding, you need to visit these folks!
Upcoming "special event" shows -- Here's what we've got planned for you this year
Bird Dance Beat -- Our comprehensive salute to Upper Midwest '60s rock'n'roll, focusing on reissues and compilations -- Recently updated: Some of our individual band reissues with a bunch more to come!
The Lake Street Surf & Drag Association -- Big revision due this month!

Radio Rumpus Room
Fridays, 9:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. CDT
Fresh Air Radio KFAI-FM 90.3 Minneapolis/106.7 St. Paul

You can e-mail us at rumpus2@bitstream.net

Last updated on January 27, 2003

friends tuned in here since January 24, 1998

Radio Rumpus Room Fridays, 9:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. CDT Fresh Air Radio KFAI-FM 90.3 Minneapolis/106.7 St. Paul

Radio Rumpus Room
Fridays, 9:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. CDT
Fresh Air Radio KFAI-FM 90.3 Minneapolis/106.7 St. Paul