Rock Stompin' Funk & Blues Show

06/08/2025

This week’s show is based around the days of the week and months of the year. “Days” wasn’t a total challenge, there are a few Tuesday and Wednesday songs but they didn’t really do it for me. So we thought we could thro in Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and Someday for good measure.

Now there are some months, no-one writes songs about. Think about February, is there a song that springs to mind? And I only just made it with August - it was looking tight until I found two Khruangbin songs to choose from.

So here is hour two of tomorrow nights show:

Black Friday Steely Dan
Tomorrow Wall Of Voodoo
Last September Samantha Fish
Drive In Saturday David Bowie
Yesterday's Numbers The Flamin' Groovies
Friday On My Mind Peter Frampton
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting Kenny Wayne Shepherd
A Sunday Kind Of Love Etta James
Friday Night Groove (Sunbury Festival, January 1973) Carson
Saturday Night Skyhooks
Someday (August 29, 1968) Chicago
August Twelve Khruangbin

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29/07/2025

Hey folks, Harry is busy on other matters so he asked for a fill in and I said I was happy to do a solo show. Secretly, I have been working on a theme I first ran when I did a few graveyards at 3RRR. Back then the show was “Under The Covers”, but seeing as this show is an early evening slot, I thought that name won’t work so the theme is “Who Did It Best?”. The premise is the same. An original recording followed by a cover version of the same song. Some are way better than the original some maybe not. I reckon the line ball call is “I Want To Ta-Ta You Baby”, written and performed by Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson, then covered by Etta James. Even tho’ the titles are all running twice, every version brings its own personality and I hope you can stay for the full show and answer the question, “ Who Did It Best?”

Purple Haze:
Jimi Hendrix
Frank Zappa
Sway:
The Rolling Stones
Lucinda Williams
Rock Bottom:
Elvin Bishop
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers
II Want To Ta-Ta You Baby
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Etta James
Dancing Queen:
ABBA
$olal
Rocket Man:
Elton John
Mike Zito
Meet Me In The City:
Junior Kimbrough & The Soul Blues Boys
North Mississippi Allstars
I Believe To My Soul:
Ray Charles
Jane Lee Ho**er
Howlin' For My Baby:
Howlin' Wolf
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Ooh Las Vegas:
Gram Parsons
Cowboy Junkies
Mr. Soul:
Buffalo Springfield
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Honest I Do:
Jimmy Reed
Ross Hannaford Trio
Make It With You:
David Gates & Bread
Robert Finley
The Hunter:
Albert King
MonkeyJunk

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08/07/2025

Hi there folks
I put my set list together on Sunday morning but sat on it tweaking a little here and a little there until I landed on what you see below.
But before I got my act together to write this blurb, Bro Simon beat me to it and this week it’s his turn to list an artist I planned to include, namely Chris Whitley. So while the late CW is worthy of being included in both hour one and two, I’ll swap this track for something equally listenable- I promise.

Son Of Orange County (Live June 21, 1974) &
More Trouble Every Day (Live June 21, 1974) Frank Zappa
Walkin' In The Shadow Of The Blues Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Clear Blue Sky Chris Whitley
Too Many Dirty Dishes Albert Collins
Make It With You Robert Finley
Unlovable Toronzo Cannon
One More Mile To Go Mike Bloomfield With Nick Gravenites And Friends

This will be a good show folks from 6-8 pm this Thursday
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07/07/2025

No theme this week, just a couple of tracks to kick things off from a pair of old hands, some rock/blues tracks through the middle of the first hour, then some soul/blues and funk to round off the first 60 minutes...

Waiting for my man - Keith Richards
Oh Susannah - Neil Young
She was right - Tom 'the suit' Forst
Beat the devil - Tinsley Ellis
Let's get funky - GA-20
One day at a time - Opelousas Band
Automatic - Chris Whitley
Light it up - Monkeyjunk
Mack the knife - Ruthie Foster
Touch a hand - Mavis Staples
Falls away - Bywater Call

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26/06/2025

Do you like our show? Are you going to tune in tonite? Have you got any requests? Have you got a favourite artist? Is there anything we play you don't like? Do we play our music loud enough for you?

Wow, lots of questions, hey?

Which just happens to be our theme for tonight - songs that ask questions - do you like it?

My list consists of the following:

What gives? - Radio Birdman
Can I sit next to you girl? - AC/DC
Are you experienced? - Belly
Am I to blame - Alastair Greene
Why did you hoodoo me? - Savoy Brown
Do you still see me at all? - Walter Tout
Does anybody know what time it is? - KUSH
What's new in Baltimore? - Frank Zappa
How long? - Dave Hole
How do you think it feels? - Lou Reed
Sister, so you know my name? - White Stripes

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24/06/2025

One thing everyone has in common is they have questions, “Is this for me?”, “Are they telling the truth?, “When will they leave?”, “Does my bum look big in this?”

Well the Rock Stompin’ Show has our fair share too, and this week thanks to Bro Simon we are going to include many questions and sadly we do not profess to have any answers. But it all makes a fine theme-QUESTIONS!

I’m almost certain that everyone has asked at least one of these questions, maybe not in the same context but you might have at least got a response.

Say What? MonkeyJunk
Whatever Happened To The Revolution? Skyhooks
Are Friends Electric? Chris Whitley & The Bastard Club
Ask Me No Questions Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan
How Do You Feel? Honey Island Swamp Band
Are You Serious? Corey Dennison Band
Are You Losing Your Mind? Buddy Guy
RU4 Real? Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
What Is Hip? Tower Of Power
Can You Do Without? The Meters
What Have You Done For Me Lately? Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Listen in from 6-8 this Thursday 94.1 fm 3WBC or stream us at www.3wbc.org

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11/06/2025

Further to Ade's post, you can look forward to the following tracks in the first hour of tonight's show...

Midnight train - James Cotton
Broken - Walter Trout
Sweet southern sounds - Samantha Fish
November - Doyle Bramhall 11
She loved me again - Toronzo Cannon
Ballad of the thin man - Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Sweeter than a honey bee - Sean Chambers
Cherokee street - Son Volt
One day at a time - Jay Jesse Johnson
Blues bearing down - Popa Chubby/Dave Keyes

Only one instruction - turn us on and turn it up!!

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10/06/2025

Its been a little topsy turvy for me in the last month or so as far as being in studio. A little travel and a few other pressing issues have prevented me from putting shows together, but that’s all behind me and now I have a ripping little selection to play this week in hour two.

A new name from the Alligator Records stable, billed as one of the people to look out for in the future is DK Harrell.

An awesome version of Station to Station from Bowie and quite a few tracks from artists that we have played before but always deserve to get a fresh run.

Get a load of this list and tell me you can’t find something to like:

Talkin Heavy DK Harrell
Station To Station David Bowie
Bad Blood Marty Grebb
Cut That Chain Jeremiah Johnson Band
Down In The Dirt Amanda Fish Band
You're Nothing Bennet Matteo Band
Well Ran Dry James House
Changing Rules Otis Taylor
Hot Rod Heart John Fogerty

Sorry no Frank this week but he did say that Music Is the BEST. And I reckon he was right

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28/05/2025

Those of you who are regular listeners will know both Ade and I are big fans of Samantha Fish, proudly owning most, if not all, her recordings, and seeing her twice play live here in Melbourne. So it gives me great pleasure to have her latest cd in my possession, and it will be my feature album of the week on tomorrow night's show.
It'll just be me on the show as Ade has some celebrating to undertake, and it should be a grand show indeed!
Here's who I'll be playing...
Bob Mould
Gravelroad
Guitar Pete
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Savoy Brown
Bennett Matteo Band
John Hiatt
Marcus King Band
Tom Hambridge
Jeremiah Johnson
Taj Mahal/Keb' Mo'
Linsey Alexander
Tommy Castro
Coco Montoya
and of course Samantha Fish from her album Paper Doll

See you tomorrow from 6, on 94.1fm 3WBC

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15/05/2025

Hope you're fired up, folks, for 2 hours of rock, funk 'n' blues on our show tonite.
In the first hour I'm featuring the following:

Paralyzed - Ray Beadle
Trouble blues - Alistair Greene
Spirit man - Royal Southern Brotherhood
Anyhow - Tedeschi Trucks Band
I climbed a mountain - Thorbjorn Risager & Black Tornado
Make blues not war - Mike Zito
Vigilante man - Ry Cooder
When the way gets dark - Lucinda Williams
All true man - Ronnie Baker Brooks

From 6.00pm this evening on your favoured device - 94.1fm 3WBC

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12/05/2025

Back on deck after a brief sojourn and got some faves and rarities to play this week.

Adults Are Full Of S**t Jeff Lang & Don Walker
Moonlight Sonata Electric Beethoven
Traveler GravelRoad
Papa Was A Rolling Stone Slash Feat. Demi Lovato
Another Lonesome Day Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
Left Hand Soul
Born In Chicago Nick Gravenites and Blue Gravy
Morph The Cat
Morph The Cat (Reprise) Donald Fagen

Hope you are free to listen, 6-8pm Thursday night, 3WBC 94.1 on the fm dial or stream us 3wbc.org.au

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30/04/2025

It's just me Brother Simon in the chair tomorrow night as Ade takes a break.
I've used the opportunity of exploring my collection of local artists, so it'll be an all-Australian show featuring a mix of hard rock, blues roots and soul, and I'm confident you''ll love the set list, so very much looking forward to your company.

Nail it down - Drones
Custom credit - Cosmik Psychos
Ja****it - Anni Piper
Half the man - Catch 23
Happy song - Mark Gardiner
Crime scene - Vince Jones
13 women - Mark Easton
Betcha bottom dollar - Lloyd Spiegel Music
Right at home - Bluesville Station
Walk alone - Tiddas
12lb toothbrush - Madder Lake
She can't help it - Kevin Borich
Shake it - Casanovas
After the rain - Angels
Just like that - Ray Beadle
Who was I fooling - Lachie Doley
Does anyone know what time it is - KUSH
Walking blues - Geoff Achison
Drive me home - Jules Boult
Bad luck - Hey Gr**go
Black and blue - Swamp Stompers

Hoping you can tune in...from 6 tomorrow night 94.1fm on your favoured device.

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