In The Basement With The Dancing Monk

18/10/2023

In The Basement With The Dancing Monk is back with Episode Thirty-Five. It's got three versions of the song King Of The Road and other offerings by the likes of Neil Diamond and Billy Haley.

In this episode of ITBWTDM we’ll be listening to three versions of the song King Of The Road as well as offerings from Bobby Darin, the Rock A Teens, Bill Haley, The Nashville Teens and Neil Diamond. TRACK LIST: OPENING THEME : Bert Weedon - NIGHT CRY Gene Vincent - B I BICKEY BI, BO BO GO Dick Wa...

11/09/2023

In The Basement With The Dancing Monk returns with what everyone is calling episode 34. It’s packed to the rafters with great tunes, three of which come from featured artists and posh-boy 60s singing duo Peter and Gordon as well as others by Mohammed Rafi, Count Five and Red Prysock. Episode 34 contains the usual I Played X In The Last Episode and Now I’m Playing X In This Episode slot, as well as the Over-Dramatic But Still Great Cover Version Of A Buddy Holly Ballad By 60s Posh Boy Singing Duo featurette. Fabulous.

In The Basement With The Dancing Monk returns with what everyone is calling episode 34. It’s packed to the rafters with great tunes, three of which come from featured artists and posh-boy 60s singing duo Peter and Gordon as well as others by Mohammed Rafi, Count Five and Red Prysock. Episode 34 co...

10/09/2023

Try to contain your excitement. In The Basement With The Dancing Monk episode 34 coming tomorrow. I know. I know.

30/08/2023

ITBWTDM is back with episode thirty-three with Neil Diamond as the featured artist. And what a cracking episode it is too. Joining Mr Diamond in the basement are Lalo Schifrin, Peter and Gordon and The Vibes, to name just three. So, sit back, take your feet off and balance your head on the mantelpiece. Here we go:

TRACK LIST:

OPENING THEME Bert Weedon - NIGHT CRY
Neil Diamond - CHERRY, CHERRY
Peter & Gordon - TELL ME HOW
Lalo Schifrin - BLUES A GO-GO
The Vibes - DOUBLEDECKER BUS
Neil Diamond - THE BOAT THAT I ROW
Little Wille John - I’M SHAKIN’
Thurston Harris - LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE
Neil Diamond - GIRL, YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON
Roger Miller - KING OF THE ROAD
Duane Eddy - REBEL WALK
Neil Diamond - I’M A BELIEVER
CLOSING THEME Bert Weedon - NIGHT CRY

Neil Diamond is the featured artist in this episode. And what a cracking episode it is too. Joining Mr Diamond in the basement are Lalo Schifrin, Peter and Gordon and The Vibes, to name just three. So, sit back, take your feet off and balance your head on the mantelpiece. Here we go: TRACK LIST: OPE...

21/08/2023

Blimey. As episode 32 hits the airwaves, episode 31 is still doing me proud at number 4 in the Mixcloud global Film & TV Soubdtravks charts.

21/08/2023

Stop what you're doing right now and listen to this: episode 32 of In The Basement With The Dancing Monk is upon us, with featured film composer John Williams, alongside the likes of Neil Diamond Jackie Wilson and Julia Lee and her Boyfriends.

Episode 32 features film composer John Williams, the man responsible for the soundtrack to so many films from my youth. The track listing for the show is as follows: OPENING THEME - Bert Weedon - NIGHT CRY Vince Taylor & His Playboys - BRAND NEW CADILLAC John Williams - THE RETURN HOME Louis Philipp...

17/08/2023

Back with a bang.

After a stupidly-long sabbatical, during which I wrote a couple of sci-fi books, trained to become a barber and got married, amongst other things, In The Basement With The Dancing Monk is back for another 16 episodes. These were all recorded back in 2018 and I simply never got round to putting them....

17/08/2023

A regular artist on ITBWTDM - and the featured artist on the very first episode - Lazarus Hyde is rumoured to be releasing all nine of his albums for streaming. I’ll tell you more when I know more. In the meantime, here’s some artwork for the first album.