AMERICAN REVOLUTION 9/9 SHOW

AMERICAN REVOLUTION
WEEKLY SHOW NOTES

SEPTEMBER 9 SHOW

SHOW PLAYLIST

California Soul - Marlena Shaw

California Connection - 1
- I’ll Be Doggone - Paul Revere & The Raiders
- Ain’t That Peculiar - Fanny
- Oh Yeah! - Green Day
- Dolemite - Rudy Ray Moore

California Connection - 2
- California Girls - The Beach Boys
- 19th Nervous Breakdown - The Standells
- Day Tripper - Nancy Sinatra
- California Sun - Ramones

California Connection - 3
- Viva Las Vegas - Elvis
- For What Its Worth - Los Lobos
- Malibu - Hole
- I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Bobby Womack

California Connection - 4
- Foot Stompin’ - The Flares
- California Dreamin’ - Mamas and Papas
- I Love L.A. - Randy Newman
- These Days - Terry Melcher

California Connection - 5
- It’s So Hard Gettin’ Up Today - Paul Revere & The Raiders
- You Make Me Real - The Doors
- Chico’s Girl - The Girls
- California Waiting - Kings of Leon

California Connection - 6
- Fixing A Hole - Big Daddy
- The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Brothers
- Mary, Mary - The Monkees
- Backstreet Girl - Social Distortion

California Connection - 7
- We Never Should Have Moved to L.A. - Ryan Hamilton
- You Were On My Mind - We Five
- Beggar’s Day - Crazy Horse
- Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels

California Connection - 8
- Los Angeles, I’m Yours - The Decemberists
- Get Me To The World On Time - The Electric Prunes
- Farmer John - The Premiers
- My Little Red Book - Love

- California - Mark Lindsay

This Week's
"DEEP DIVE"

CALIFORNIA CONNECTION
This weekend is the anniversary of the state of California
joining the Union in 1850,
so we'll mark the event with two hours of the best American music
with a California connection.

CALIFORNIA SOUL - Mark opened the show with the Marlena Shaw and her 1969 version of the song. It was originally recorded by The Messengers in 1967, and then by one of its co-writers, Nick Ashford, in 1968. The Fifth Dimension followed with their big hit three months later.
Below are all four versions - pick your favorite!

https://youtu.be/jjdfGj-AHZ4?si=yDuSgm3Nqw9u0U-0
https://youtu.be/T0SadL7VPy0?si=zx-80X0HbY16Ue5x
https://youtu.be/kC2QK6KHnEA?si=3ajHTpbbbMjSexYw
https://youtu.be/csJZ3RJfdHo?si=hjpo8ID9xvR2d0r9

I'LL BE DOGGONE - Mark opened the first set with The Raiders and a song from their JUST LIKE US! album. They played it on Where The Action Is, and it was recorded at CBS Studio A in Hollywood.

Terry Melcher, who produced the album, selected it because it was a song from the Raiders' live show repertoire, and they were already familiar with it, so the studio time to record it would be minimal.

The JUST LIKE US! CD (with bonus tracks) is out of print, but we have a few left in Mark's store, available personally autographed to you HERE.

DOLEMITE - Mark closed the first set with Rudy Ray Moore's theme song from the movie, and he told the story of this cult classic Blaxploitation film, which was one of Quentin Tarantino's many influences. The film is available (but not shareable) on YouTube because of its NSFW rating...just search for it.

Neflix later produced a movie starring Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore/Dolemite.

https://youtu.be/Ws1YIKsuTjQ?si=1LMgk3QhpjSkFBSS

CALIFORNIA GIRLS - Mark opened the second set with this ultimate California song. Terry Melcher told him that it was the first Beach Boys song that Bruce Johnston sang on.
https://youtu.be/KcrbDYe4qL4?si=W06XFkp0unDjdHLe

VIVA LAS VEGAS - Mark opened the third set with this Elvis song recorded in Los Angeles. Here's the trailer from the 1964 movie:
https://youtu.be/4CUpdmvx9Ok?si=mSq2uAn2lw5mVBNH

IT'S SO HARD GETTIN' UP TODAY - Mark opened the fifth set with this Raiders song that was the B side of the Country Wine single, and told the story of how he came to write it. It's on the out of print Complete Columbia Singles 3-CD set, personally autographed to you HERE

https://youtu.be/S_NM5P54068?si=BWxYepkj7wUIJ_tG

CALIFORNIA - Mark closed the song with his 1973 single. it's on his COMPLETE COLUMBIA SINGLES CD, available personally autographed to you HERE.

https://youtu.be/8IRhiuYOwR4?si=P80rdXuAmHdoBCu3

At Right: Mark wearing his North Beach leather cape that he's shown wearing here before a 1966 concert in Rockford, IL.

Please check out
Mark Lindsay's Music & Memorabilia Shop,
where you'll find stage and event-worn apparel, autographed CDs, photos, and rare memorabilia, and lots more!

Some of the links on this page may be affiliate links, from which we may receive a small commission, but that does not influence what Mark plays on the show or elaborates on here in the Deep Dive.

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