Show 119
05-14-2025-DUH
Startin' out country, finishing in town, avoiding Nashville
Still Knockin’ Out - Nicky Del Rey and the Slowtown Social Club, the album Dead Pig Heaven from 2008.
Misery Queen - Hana and Jessie Lee's Bad Habits, from their album Say What You Mean, an April 2024 release.
Early Morning Sober - Frank Moylan's single from January 2025.
When The Money's All Gone - Shane Nicholson, from his album Hell Breaks Loose, a 2015 release.
Tear Stained Letter - the Cartwheels doing the Richard Thompson song, from their 2014 album At Home. Richard Thompson led off his 1983 album Hand of Kindness with it, and Jo-El Sonnier had a hit with it in 1988.
Robert's Road - the Re-Mains, from 2006, the album Field Conditions.
Rather Be Gone - the Davidson Brothers, from their 2011 album Here To Stay.
Back
in town
This Will Be Our Year - the Teskey Brothers, it was on their 2023 album The Winding Way. Keen eared listeners of a certain vintage will remember the Zombies doing the song on their 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. Yes, it should be Odyssey, legend has it that the record sleeve designer spelled it wrong and no one picked it up.
When You Walk In the Room - the Sports, from 1978, it was on their album Reckless.
How Is the Air Up There - the La De Das, from New Zealand, the island nation in the southern hemisphere, and for our purposes part of the Down Under Hour's territory. It was a single from their 1966 debut album.
James Baker on the drums - seeya, mate
Television Addict - the Victims, a 1978 single. The Victims had Dave Faulkner on vocals and guitar. This version from Do The Pop! The Australian Garage-Rock Sound 1976-87.
Frantic Romantic - a 1979 single by Kim Salmon and his band the Scientists. This version from the collection Tales From the Australian Underground - Singles 1976-1989.
Leilani - Hoodoo Gurus. Baker and Faulker got back together in the Hoodoo Gurus, this is from their 1984 debut album Stoneage Romeos.
Red Dress On - Young Modern, from 1979, it was on their album Play Faster.
About A Girl - Emma Russack, the title track of her album from August 2024.
A Pub With No Beer - a hit for Slim Dusty in 1957, written and first recorded by another Australian musician, Gordon Parsons, in 1954.
Intro: Roulette - Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp, Underwater Casino, 2003.
Exit and extra: Pacific Heights - Baby Langston from their acclaimed 1998 album.
