Show 1029 - Christmas A Go-Go

(Weekend of December 17 – December 19, 2021)

Christmas A Go-Go!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

It’s our favorite time of year in the Underground Garage. It’s time for our annual Christmas A Go-Go show, featuring the Ramones, the Beatles, Darlene Love, the Ronettes, and what would Christmas be without Jan & Dean.

Tune in to find out what Joe Pesci, Soupy Sales, Tiny Tim, and Rufus Thomas have in common, and yes we are keeping tabs on Ed ‘Kookie’ Brynes too.

This weekend it’s the wildest Christmas party in town, baby. I’ll see you in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) (Ramones)

Santa Claus (Sonics)

Sock It To Me Santa (Bob Seger & The Last Heard)

Under The Christmas Tree (Swingin’ Neckbreakers)

Little Drummer Boy (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Ronettes)

Set 2:

Frosty The Snowman (Jan & Dean)

Merry Christmas Everybody (Slade)

Do Christmas (Dollyrots)

Santa Claus Is Surfin’ To Town (Soupy Sales)

Jingle Bells (Danny Aiello)

Set 3:

I’ll Be Your Santa (Rufus Thomas)

If It Doesn’t Snow On Christmas (Joe Pesci)

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Four Seasons)

Merry Christmas Loopy Lu (Kaisers)

Set 4:

A Very Merry Christmas (Lisa Mychols & Super 8)

Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) (Little Steven)

Must Be Santa (Bob Dylan)

Christmastime Is Here Again (Beatles)

White Christmas (Tina Sugandh)

Set 5:

Spirit Of Christmas (Kurt Russell & Darlene Love)

Christmastime (Empty Hearts)

Yulesville (Ed ‘Kookie’ Byrnes)

Little Silent Boy (The Boo)

Peace Be With You (Ringo Starr)

Show 1028 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

(Weekend of December 10 – December 12, 2021)

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!

Hey baby, Little Steven here, and guess what?

Santa Claus is coming to town, that’s right! This weekend in the Underground Garage it’s our pre-Christmas show, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, where we recommend all kinds of cool gifts.

And don’t worry, they are the kind you can afford. We know what’s going on out there.

Joining us will be the amazing Keith Richards, Darlene Love, the Crystals, the Kinks, and Cheap Trick.

I know you can’t wait to find out what Louis Prima, Vibeke, and Mojo Nixon have in common.

Come join us this weekend for Rock n’ Roll Radio’s only Christmas dance party.

I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Crystals)

Hey Santa Claus (Chesterfield Kings)

Santa Got Run Over By My Chevy (Manic Hispanic)

Christmas Time Is Cruel (Bayonets)

Run Rudolph Run (Keith Richards)

Set 2:

Christmastime For Everybody But Me (Hank Ballard)

Santa Baby (Dollyrots)

Christmas Dream (Grip Weeds)

Don’t Let The Bells End (Darkness)

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Darlene Love)

Set 3:

A Christmas Duel (Hives With Cyndi Lauper)

Joy To The World (Butties)

Christmas In Jail (Youngsters)

Christmas Christmas (Mojo Nixon)

Set 4:

Santa’s On A Rampage (Patricia Vonne)

Merry Christmas Darlings (Cheap Trick)

Another NY Christmas (Piss The Season (WYLDLIFE)

Shake Hands With Santa Claus (Louis Prima)

Regifting For The Holidays (Alice Project)

Set 5:

Silent Night (Fab Four)

White Christmas (Tina Sugandh)

Father Christmas (Kinks)

Do Christmas (Dollyrots)

Merry Christmas (To All Of The World) (Jean Beauvoir)

Show 1027 - The Big Sleep

(Weekend of December 3 – December 5, 2021)

The Big Sleep!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

We are only a few weeks away from the Winter Solstice so this week in the Underground Garage we are celebrating The Big Sleep, baby.

Join us with the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Nazz, Cheap Trick, and the Four Tops as we celebrate the longest night of the year.

Find out what Garland Jeffreys, Mamie Van Doren, and Louis Prima have in common.

It’s this weekend in the world’s only two-hour Rock n’ Roll dance party with go-go girls on the radio.

I’ll see you in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Tonight (Raspberries)

I Had Too Much To Dream (Electric Prunes)

Dream Police (Cheap Trick)

You’re No Fun Anymore (Mickey Leigh’s Mutated Music)

Mr. Santa Claus (Fleshtones)

Set 2:

Wake Me Shake Me (Blues Project)

Shake Me Wake Me (Four Tops)

You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving (David Bowie)

Open My Eyes (Nazz)

Something To Dream About (Mamie Van Doren)

Set 3:

Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)

35MM Dream (Garland Jeffreys)

Thick Georgia Woman (Elizabeth Cook)

Rip Van Winkle (Devotions)

Dreaming (Blondie)

Set 4:

Calling All Girls (Josie Cotton)

Restless Nights (Bruce Springsteen)

Sleepwalking (Paybacks)

Living In A Dream (Arc Angels)

Jingle Jangle Christmas (Vibeke Saugestad)

Set 5:

Please No Squezza Da Banana (Louis Prima)

I Just Want To Have Something To Do (Ramones)

Tonight’s The Night (Shirelles)

I’m Only Sleeping (Beatles)

Santa Baby (Dollyrots)

Teenage Dream (T.Rex)

Show 1026 - Blaxploitation Friday

(Weekend of November 26 – November 28, 2021)

Blaxploitation Friday!

Hey baby, Little Steven here. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody, and everybody knows the day after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday.

Historically, that is the biggest shopping day of the year, but since nobody has any money, we thought we would go to the movies instead.

This weekend in the Underground Garage we are going to call it Blaxploitation Friday.

Joining us will be James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Bobby Womack, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Rolling Stones, the Jeff Beck Group, the Rascals, the Who, Rhinoceros, and Herman’s Hermits.

Come find out what Isaac Hayes, Anthony Quinn, Little Walter, and Joan Jett have in common.

I will see you this weekend for our Blaxploitation film festival in the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)

Down And Out In New York City (James Brown)

Plynth (Jeff Beck Group)

You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving (David Bowie)

Eye To Eye (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)

Friday On My Mind (Easybeats)

Set 2:

Across 110th Street (Bobby Womack)

Crosstown Traffic (Jimi Hendrix Experience)

Thick Georgia Woman (Elizabeth Cook)

Boom Boom (Little Walter)

Summer In The City (Lovin’ Spoonful)

Set 3:

Superfly (Curtis Mayfield)

Those Sexy Lies (Steve Conte)

Pusherman (Curtis Mayfield)

Doctor Robert (Beatles)

Set 4:

You’re No Fun Anymore (Mickey Leigh’s Mutated Music)

Just A Little Bit Better (Herman’s Hermits)

The Witch (Woggles)

Sueno (The Rascals)

Call Me Lightning (Who)

Set 5:

Trouble Man (Marvin Gaye)

Back Door (Rhinoceros)

Uptown (Crystals)

I Got My Eyes On You Baby (Dion)

Black Is Black (Los Bravos)

Show 1025 - Thanksgiving

(Weekend of November 19 – November 21, 2021)

Thanksgiving!

Hey baby, Little Steven here. Who is the only country in the world full of fat people?

That’s right baby, you’re looking at it, and we’re about to get fatter because it’s Thanksgiving this week.

We are celebrating no matter how many steroids we eat in them turkeys, or diabetics we create with all them carbs.

We’re partying baby, with Little Eva, the Beatles, Buffalo Springfield, Rufus Thomas, the Byrds of course, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Traffic, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Come find out what Sarah Josepha Hale, Rufus Thomas, and Charlie Brown have in common.

It’s our lean mean dancing machine called the Underground Garage. I’ll see you this weekend.

Set 1:

Rocks (Primal Scream)

Let’s Turkey Trot (Little Eva)

And Your Bird Can Sing (Beatles)

The Bird (Time)

Bluebird (Buffalo Springfield)

Do The Funky Chicken (Rufus Thomas)

Set 2:

Just Like Me (Coasters)

The World Turns All Around Her (Byrds)

Thick Georgia Woman (Elizabeth Cook)

The Witch (Woggles)

Set 3:

Everytime I Eat Vegetables (It Makes Me Think Of You) (Ramones)

Mashed Potato Time (Dee Dee Sharp)

I Got My Eyes On You Baby (Dion)

Glad All Over (Dave Clark Five)

Set 4:

You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving (David Bowie)

Hungry (Paul Revere & the Raiders)

Those Sexy Lies (Steve Conte)

Coloured Rain (Traffic)

Somebody’s Been Sleeping (100 Proof Aged In Soul)

Set 5:

Funny Freak Parade (Ultimate Spinach)

You Got Me Floatin’ (Jimi Hendrix Experience)

Boogaloo Down Broadway (Fantastic Johnny C)

Charlie Brown (Coasters)

Waiting For The Next Big Thing (D Generation)

I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore (Rascals)

Show 1024 - Barry, Greenwich, and Dixon

(Weekend of November 12 – November 14, 2021)

Barry, Greenwich, & Dixon!

Hey baby, Little Steven here with our weekly Underground Garage pop quiz.

Who are the coolest Rock n’ Roll songwriters that have ever lived?

No, not the ones that were artists themselves like the Beatles and the Stones, but those invisible people behind the scenes that continue to write the soundtracks of our lives.

Tune in this week to the Underground Garage where we are celebrating five different sets of writers.

Joining us will be Blues Magoos, Johnny Rivers, Muddy Waters, the Stones, and the Beatles.

It’s radio land’s only dance party with go-go girls.

I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Leader Of The Pack (Shangri-Las)

Be My Baby (Ronettes)

Don’t Ever Leave Me (Cocktail Slippers)

We Ain’t Got Nothing Yet (Blues Magoos)

Maybe I Know (Lesley Gore)

Those Sexy Lies (Steve Conte)

I Have A Boyfriend (Chiffons)

Set 2:

I Ain’t Superstitious (Jeff Beck Group)

Seventh Son (Johnny Rivers)

I Got My Eyes On You Baby (Dion)

I’m Ready (Muddy Waters)

I Want To Be Loved (Rolling Stones)

Set 3:

Bristol Stomp (Dovells)

You Still Want Me (Kinks)

Mashed Potatoe Time (Dee Dee Sharp)

The Witch (Woggles)

Eight Days A Week (Beatles)

Set 4:

Thick Georgia Woman (Elizabeth Cook)

Night Time (J. Geils Band)

I Want Candy (Bow Wow Wow)

My Boyfriends Back (Angels)

Hang On Sloopy (McCoys)

Set 5:

Da Do Ron Ron (Crystals)

Do Wah Diddy (Manfred Man)

I Want To Love Him So Bad (Jellybeans)

Long Way (Eddie Vedder)

Hanky Panky (Tommy James)

Show 1023 - Tony Rome

(Weekend of November 05 – November 07, 2021)

Tony Rome!

Are you ready to swing this weekend in the Underground Garage? We are hanging out with the busiest private dick in Miami, Tony Rome! We are also celebrating the chord songwriting king of kings. Joining us will be the Turtles, the Clash, the Yardbirds, Cream, and the Pretty Things. Come swing with us this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Shake Some Action (Flamin’ Groovies)

Tony Rome (Nancy Sinatra)

Heart Full Of Soul (Yardbirds)

I Got My Eyes On You (Dion)

Outside Chance (Turtles)

Mrs. Robinson (Frank Sinatra)

Set 2:

I Want Candy (Bow Wow Wow)

Cry To Me (Solomon Burke)

The Witch (Woggles)

Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Rolling Stones)

Killer Joe (Rocky Fellers)

Set 3:

99th Floor (Moving Sidewalks)

Let Her Dance (Bobby Fuller Four)

Long Way (Eddie Vedder)

Tell Her (True Beleivers)

Not Fade Away (Rolling Stones)

Set 4:

Those Sexy Lies (Steve Conte)

You Still Want Me (Kinks)

My Heart Is Big And Broken (Sweet Teeth)

Dance With The System (Jesse Malin)

Garageland (Clash)

Set 5:

The Inner Light (Beatles)

Say My Name (Cocktail Slippers)

All In All (Delevantes)

Why (Byrds)

Deserted Cities Of The Heart (Cream)

Show 1022 - Revenge Of The Candy

(Weekend of October 29 – October 31, 2021)

Revenge Of The Candy!

Hey baby, Little Steven here. It’s almost Election Day, and there is only one thing scarier than that.

It’s Halloween Pt. 2 Revenge of the Candy! this weekend in the Under- ground Garage.

Find out why the Roaring Twenties really dug King Tut.

And find out why Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein isn’t actually the Frankie you have come to know and love.

Music from the fabulous compilation Halloween A Go-Go, which includes Donovan, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, the Chesterfield Kings, Sweatmaster, and the Electric Prunes.

Find out what Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett, Nigel Tufnel, and Donovan have in common.

Come join us for the scariest Halloween party above ground, this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

I Want Candy (Bow Wow Wow)

Running Through My Nightmares (Chesterfield Kings)

Restless Nights (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)

Like Ghosts (New Bomb Turks)

Nightmares (Creation)

I Am A Demon and I Love Rock N’ Roll (Sweatmaster)

Set 2:

King Tut (Steve Martin)

Wrap It Up (Sam & Dave)

Walk Like An Egyptian (Bangles)

Little Red Riding Hood (Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs)

Set 3:

I Had Too Much To Dream (Electric Prunes)

Lies Of The Living Dead (Minus 5)

Creature With The Atom Brain (Roky Erickson & the Explosives)

Child of the Moon (Rolling Stones)

Walking With A Ghost (Tegan & Sara)

Set 4:

I Got My Eyes On You Baby (Dion)

Howlin’ At The Moon (Ramones)

The Witch (Woggles)

Walking Through My Dreams (Pretty Things)

Monster Mash (Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett)

Set 5:

Feed My Frankenstein (Alice Cooper)

Hell Hole (Spinal Tap)

Night In My Veins (Pretenders)

Mystic Eyes (Them)

Season Of The Witch (Donovan)

Show 1021 - Halloween A Go-Go

(Weekend of October 22 – October 24, 2021)

Halloween!

Hey baby, Little Steven here. Our show this week in the Underground Garage is Halloween A Go-Go to prepare you for Garage Rock’s favorite holiday.

We’re going to tell you how the whole thing got started. And contrary to popular belief it wasn’t started by a bunch of dentists.

Joining us will be the Who, the Sonics, the Mothers Of Invention, and the Shadows Of Knight.

We will be playing the band version of “Dinner With Drac” by John Zacherle not heard on the radio in forty years.

Not to mention the band version of Larry and the Blue Notes’ Texas classic not heard for thirty five years.

And the band version of Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages, never heard.

Find out what Lux Interior, Jarvis Humby, and Tito & Tarantula have in common.

It’s Halloween A Go-Go, this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Time Warp (Dr. Frank-N-Furter & Cast)

I Walked With A Zombie (Rocky Erickson)

I’m The Wolfman (Fuzztones)

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (The Who)

Dracula’s Daughter (Woggles)

Jolly Green Giant (Kingsmen)

Set 2:

Jack The Ripper (Screaming Lord Sutch)

Man With The X-Ray Eyes (Jarvis Humby)

Psycho (Sonics)

Night Of The Sadist (Larry & The Blue Notes)

Dead Flowers (Rolling Stones)

Set 3:

(You Must Fight To Live) On The Planet Of The Apes (Mummies)

Mommy’s Little Monster (Social Distortion)

Put Your Cat Clothes On (Carl Perkins)

Hungry Freaks, Daddy (Mothers Of Invention)

She (Monkees)

Set 4:

The Witch (Woggles)

Dream Police (Cheap Trick)

Tell It To Carrie (Romantics)

Alone (Shadows Of Knight)

Weird Scene (Mr. Brown)

Set 5:

Cretin Hop (Ramones)

She’s A Monster (Stems)

Dinner With Drac, Pt. 1 (John Zacherle)

The Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon (Cramps)

After Dark (Tito & Tarantula)

Show 1020 - Johnny & Stiv

(Weekend of October 15 – October 17, 2021)

Johnny & Stiv!

Hey baby, Little Steven here, and this weekend in the Underground Garage we are celebrating Johnny Carson, Stiv Bators, and Tiny Tim!

Joining us at the party will be the Beatles, the Byrds, the J. Geils Band, the Shirelles, and U2.

Come find out what Johnny Cash, Sonny Bono, and Ed McMahon have in common.

I’ll see you this weekend in the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

I’ll see you in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

I’m All Right (Rolling Stones)

Johnny Carson (Beach Boys)

Night Time (J. Geils Band)

My Heart Is Big And Broken (Sweet Teeth)

Tonight’s The Night (Shirelles)

Johnny Come Lately (Woggles)

Set 2:

Circumstantial Evidence (Stiv Bators)

Evil Boy (Stiv Bators)

What Love Is (Dead Boys)

No Dreams (Wanderers)

Open Your Eyes (Lords Of The New Church)

Like A Virgin (Lords of the New Church)

Set 3:

I’m A Boy (Who)

Laugh At Me (Sonny Bono)

Say My Name (Cocktail Slippers)

Over Under Sideways Down (Yardbirds)

Vertigo (U2)

Set 4:

Long Way (Eddie Vedder)

Every Little Thing (Beatles)

Wait And See (Byrds)

Let’s Live For Today (Grass Roots)

Set 5:

Who’ll Be The Next In Line (Kinks)

Dance With The System (Jesse Malin)

Outside Chance (Turtles)

Johnny 99 (Johnny Cash)