TWO NEW ONES this week, both from Bloodshot. First is the latest from Graham Parker (and typically wonderful), "Don't Tell Columbus." Also delivering the goods is John Rauhouse's third album, "Steel Guitar Heart Attack." (Three tracks here feature lead vocals by Neko Case, Sally Timms and Kelly Hogan as well.)

For 15 years now Radio Rumpus Room has been broadcast Fridays at 9-10:30 p.m. on KFAI Fresh Air Radio, FM 90.3 Minneapolis and 106.7 St. Paul. The show streams live on the Internet; our RealAudio archives will return on April 2, fingers crossed. Just visit the RRR web page anytime to listen to this noise and accompanying yakkin' by Ron and Jean.

Playlist for Friday, March 9, 2007

SAVVY SHOW STARTER (always a local artist!)
The Victors -- Gloria (Victorious 1964-1966; Arf Arf)

Litter-mate-to-be Denny Waite sang it as he heard it: G-L-O-O-R-A. Studio time was used up and it didnt occur to the band to have him re-do the flub, so this was never released at the time. Six months later Chicago's Shadows Of Knight cut a similar take on this Them cover that was certainly no better than the Victor's. Rock history records that the SOK had a major hit with it. A once-upon-a-time surf band, the Victors were founded by another pre-Litter member, bassist Jim Kane.

The Rivieras -- Little Donna (The Best Of...; Norton)
Junior Varsity -- Dance Franny Dance (Bam Bam Bam; Peek-A-Boo)
Monsters From The Surf -- Beach Blanket Bimbo (self-titled; monstersfromthesurf.com)

Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs -- Poison Ivy (v/a '60s Down Under LP; Raven)
The Gruesomes -- Unchain My Heart (Live In Hell; Ricochet)
The Delmonas -- Can't Sit Down (Do The Uncle Willy; Get Hip)

The Mule Skinners -- The Galloping Paul Revere (v/a Wisconsin Rocks, Vol. 5; Little Genius)
Paul Revere & The Raiders -- Midnite Ride (v/a Hollywood Maverick: The Gary S. Paxton Story; Ace)
The Hondells [w/Roger Christian] -- The Hustler (You're Gonna Ride With Us: The Hondells, Vol. 1; ATM)

ESSENTIAL GEARHEAD EXISTENTIALISM SET
Ministry [w/Gabby Haynes] -- Jesus Built My Hot Rod [extended vers.] (Jesus Built My Hotrod CD-EP; Sire)
Will Oldham and Alan Licht -- Don't Cry Driver (v/a You Can Never Go Fast Enough; Plain Recordings)

The Drive-By Truckers -- The Sands Of Iwo Jima (The Dirty South; New West)
George Jones and Melba Montgomery -- I Dreamed My Baby Came Home (Vintage Collections; Capitol Nashville)
Jon Rauhouse [w/Kelly Hogan and the New Big Iron Singers] -- Big Iron (Steel Guitar Heart Attack; Bloodshot)

Tonto & The Renegades -- Taking The Easy Way Out (v/a Scream Loud! The Fenton Story; Wayback)
Fenwyck -- I Cry (v/a Psychedelic Archeology, Vol. 2; U-Spaces)
The Kitchen Cinq -- Please Come Back To Me (v/a Fools On The Hill, Vol. 12; Whatsthatsound)

Graham Parker -- I Discovered America (Don't Tell Columbus; Bloodshot)

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