Sunday, November 25, 2012

Latest radio upload...

Here’s our latest uploaded ResonanceFM radio show for you to listen at your convenience…

First broadcast 14th November 2012:

Bonanza & Son on ResonanceFM includes an absolutely storming live session from Portland, Oregon’s The James Low Western Front...
+ featurettes 'Country Birthdays’ with a Gene Clark tribute in light of his birthday yesterday.
+‘Celluloid-Country’ where we discuss Americana in movie soundtracks and this week we focus on the musical 'Paint Your Wagon’.
+ Competitions, album and gig ticket giveaways.
+ The best of the latest Country & Americana releases.

Bonanza & Son on ResonanceFM
Every Wednesday 4:30pm
with repeats Sundays at 11am UK time.
Tune in on 104.4FM in London or online at
www.resonancefm.com

Another version of ‘You’re Still On My Mind’...

Another version of Jeff Daniels’ (aka Luke McDaniel) fantastic and deeply moving song ‘You’re Still On My Mind’ by Jimmy C Newman.



The ‘C’ stands for Cajun and Newman was born in the heart of Cajun country in Big Mamou, Louisiana although as a young man was more interested in the music of Gene Autry than he was of the Cajun vernacular.This would later change however and he more and more would integrate Cajun into his Country repertoire.

Newman continues to tour to this day at the grand old age of 85 as well as regularly appearing at The Grand Ole Oprey. He lives with his his wife on their 670-acre ranch just outside of Nashville in Murfreesboro.


Saturday, November 24, 2012

Bonanza & Son ’Song Of The Day’...

Bonanza & Son ’Song Of The Day’...

’You’re Still On My Mind’-Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels was actually born Luke McDaniel and had an interesting career recording varying versions of Country Music including Rockabilly, Western Swing and Hillbilly Boogie as well as opening for none other than Hank Williams in the late ’40’s. He counted as his friends Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins and was signed to Sun Records for a short time although he never scored a hit under either name.

'You’re Still On My Mind' was the b-side of his 1959 single ‘Switchblade Sam’… It’s a common misconception that this song was written by Gram Parsons as the song was only brought to prominence when The Byrds recorded it on their ‘Sweetheart Of The Rodeo’ LP nine years later in 1968.

Bonanza & Son 'Song Of The Day’:

Bonanza & Son 'Song Of The Day’:

‘Runaway 67’-Del Shannon

Ok, so it’s early 1967, Del Shannon is on tour in England. He happens to bump into Rolling Stones manager, producer and svengali Andrew Loog Oldham. Oldham gushes at how much he loved Shannon’s 1961, worldwide, smash-hit ‘Runaway’ and insists they immediately go into the studio and record a whole album complete with all the trappings of heady London circa 1967. Oldham also insists that a re-recording of ‘Runaway’ will be the pinnacle of the LP and a full-blown, lush orchestra was employed that included John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins and Jimmy Page no less to name but three… and thus ‘Runaway ’67’ was borne…

...This was the last song of Bonanza & Son’s DJ set tonight @ The Lauriston and whenever I hear this song it ALWAYS brings a tear to my eye... Genius!

Friday, November 23, 2012

Bonanza & Son DJ Set TONIGHT:

Tonight Bonanza & Son DJ Set:

Americana•Country•60’s Garage•Psych’•Rock ’N’ Roll

@ The Lauriston, 162 Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London E9.


9pm-12:30am… Warning:MAY CONTAIN ALCOHOL!

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Song Of The Day...

Bonanza & Son ‘Song Of The Day’…
… and a cautionary tale seeing as we’re off the booze!

Kitty Wells-‘Death At The Bar’.

Kitty was effectively thee first female Country music star; this was her debut single released in 1949 and only three years later she became the first woman to hit the Country Chart No.1 spot with ‘It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels’ and thus history was made… She died in July of this year at the age of 92.

Born Ellen Muriel Deason on August 30th 1919 in Nashville Tennessee and died in Madison Tennessee July 16th 2012.

Listeners in Hawaii and Japan...

Howdy folks,
Just a quick note to say that The Monkees.net official site has posted our recent Michael Nesmith Special and we’re getting listeners as far afield as Japan and Hawaii… Oh and probably Rio too ha ha!

'Aloha, pehea ʻolua?'… ‘Konnichiwa’… Óla, tudo bom?

In light of the recent Michael Nesmith solo UK gigs, his first in over 30 years, Bonanza & Son broadcast a somewhat unusual & unique tribute to the great man.

We focussed on one of his lesser known but criminally overlooked solo LPs and that is ‘The Prison: A Book With A soundtrack’ LP from 1974.

A concept album which in 1974 came in a box with a large format book intended for the listener to read and contemplate the illustrations and that, my friends, is exactly what we shall be doing live on air…
… We shall be playing the LP in its entirety, with all the breaks, just as ‘Papa Nez’ intended whilst reading from the text. The original idea being that as one reads the book and looks at the illustrations whilst listening to the LP one frees oneself and the protagonist from the prison of the mind!!!

This was a first for radio and a truly unique experience.

Click the link below to listen…

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Bonanza & Son ‘Song Of The Day’.

Bonanza & Son 'Song Of The Day’

Lee Hazlewood-‘Think I’m Coming Down’

The song appeared on Lee's 1973 LP ‘Poet Fool Or Bum?’ an LP which saw NME hack Charles Shaar Murray answer the question with a one-word review ‘bum’… Twat!


Friday, November 16, 2012

The weekend ahead...

The weekend ahead…

Tonight Bonanza & Son will be DJing at The Three Crowns on Stoke Newington Church Street N16 from 9pm til 2am. Expect Maximum Rock ’n’ Roll and it’s extended Family plus the friendly in-laws from 10 decades past… No doubt we'll play this but definitely nothing by 'No Doubt'…



On Sunday at 11am sees the repeat of last Wednesday's Bonanza & Son Resonance Radio show with an absolutely storming live session from Portland, Oregon’s James Lowe Western Front
+ featurettes 'Country Birthdays’ and ‘Celluloid-Country’ where we discuss Americana in movie soundtracks
+ Competitions, album and gig ticket giveaways.
+ The best of the latest Country & Americana releases.

Bonanza & Son on ResonanceFM
Every Wednesday 4:30pm
with repeats Sundays at 11am UK time.
Tune in on 104.4FM in London or online at
www.resonancefm.com

‘Tracing the roots and subsequent influence of the pioneers, innovators, outlaws, renegades and mavericks of Country Music and Americana’s past present and future’

Then on Sunday from 4-11pm we’ll be presenting our Bonanza Film Set at The Defectors Weld in Shepherds Bush.

The Bonanza & Son Film Set

Sunday 18th November 2012
(Every third Sunday of every month)

The Defectors Weld

Bonanza & Son DJ/VJ Set:
Laid-back, spaced out Sunday Session of film soundtracks, TV themes, Musicals, Westerns, Sci-Fi with films screened all day and into the night… We may even rock it up a little in the final few hours.

Plus other oddities and underground, under-achiever hits and wonky near misses!

Plus Films screened all day whilst you eat the best Sunday roasts in Shepherds Bush.

@ The Defectors Weld
Shepherds Bush W12.



Expect anything from John Carpenter Film soundtracks, Star Wars theme music, Rocky to Henry Purcell, Wendy Carlos, Americana to Krautrock, Country & Folk to Psychedelia.
FREE ENTRY 4pm-11pmThe Bonanza & Son Film Set

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Bonanza & Son on ResonanceFM

Tune in to Bonanza & Son on ResonanceFM tomorrow, Wednesday 14th November 2012 at 4:30pm.

We have a live session from Portland, Oregon’s finest The James Low Western Front.

+ featurettes 'Country Birthdays’ and ‘Celluloid-Country’ where we discuss Americana in movie soundtracks
+ Competitions, album and gig ticket giveaways.
+ The best of the latest Country & Americana releases.

Bonanza & Son on ResonanceFM
Every Wednesday 4:30pm
with repeats Sundays at 11am UK time.
Tune in on 104.4FM in London or online at
www.resonancefm.com

‘Tracing the roots and subsequent influence of the pioneers, innovators, outlaws, renegades and mavericks of Country Music and Americana’s past present and future’


Sunday, November 11, 2012

Sunday repeat on ResonanceFM

You can catch the repeat of our ResonanceFM radio show this morning at 11am

We’ll be playing some very interesting records including an album of Jamaican Country & Gospel from the 50’s & 60’s



+ tracks from the latest LPs by Israel Nash Gripka, The James Low Western Front and Bloodshot signings Ha Ha Tonka…
+ Competitions, album and gig ticket giveaways.
+ featurettes 'Country Birthdays’ and ‘Celluloid-Country’ where we discuss Americana in movie soundtracks and this week we shall be looking at the soundtrack to current blockbuster ‘Killing Them Softly’ directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt

Bonanza & Son on ResonanceFM
Every Wednesday 4:30pm
with repeats Sundays at 11am UK time.
Tune in on 104.4FM in London or online at
www.resonancefm.com

‘Tracing the roots and subsequent influence of the pioneers, innovators, outlaws, renegades and mavericks of Country Music and Americana’s past present and future’
Encore! Live Sessions at le Baron Chinatown Competitions, album and gig ticket giveaways.
+ featurettes 'Country Birthdays’ and ‘Celluloid-Country’ where we discuss Americana movie soundtracks

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Israel Nash Gripka + The James Low Western Front

Howdy Folks,

Bonanza & Son have some incredibly exciting news regarding a couple of collaborations we are involved in as well as a very busy week ahead...

Firstly we have teamed up with Owlsworld Promotions to present our favourite sons of Portland Oregon The James Low Western Front at The Harrison in Kings Cross this Friday 9th November 2012.

We have also finalised an all day event with our very good friends Darkwood and their fantastic Country Soul Sessions at Nambucca in Holloway. The all-day event will be called 'The Country Soul Bonanza & Son Revue’ and it will take place on Sunday 2nd December from 2-11pm with acts to be announced shortly.

Also on Wednesday of this week we are taking our records down to the south coast as we will be guest djs at Israel Nash Gripka’s gig at The Prince Albert in Brighton.

Oh and don’t forget our weekly ResonanceFM radio show on Wednesday at 4:30pm (repeated Sundays at 11am)...

… And finally on Friday we will be djing at The New Rose in Angel from 8 til 2am… Phew!

Hope to see you all at one or all of these gigs…. Have a great week.
Bonanza & Son… X


Wednesday 7th November 2012
Bonanza & Son on ResonanceFM at 4:30pm.

‘Tracing the roots and subsequent influence of the pioneers, innovators, outlaws, renegades and mavericks of Country Music and Americana’s past present and future’
+ Live sessions.
+ Competitions, album and gig ticket giveaways.
+ featurettes 'Country Birthdays’
+ ‘Celluloid-Country’ where we discuss Americana in movie soundtracks.
listen on 104.4FM in London or www.resonancefm.com


Wednesday 7th November 2012
Israel Nash Gripka
+ Anthony D’Amato


'Originally from the Ozark Mountains of the Missouri countryside but travelling to the concrete jungles of New York City, Israel Nash Gripka presents a musical tradition that reveals both the American fabric and all that rests beneath those weathered and faded blankets of the stars and stripes.

In almost conflicted ambivalence Gripka uses his upbringing as the Son of a Southern Baptist minister to contrast the realities of his life. From drinking to praying, from churches to county jails, and from sorrow to revival, his songs are stories and reflections that serve to kick like classic Rock N’ Roll all while pining with the heart of Americana roots, complete with undertones of heartfelt Soul music, Whiskey Country and Gospel choirs.

His debut release, New York Town (2009) helped to garner fans in both the U.S. and throughout Europe. With world wide accolades, multiple tours in both regions of the world and growing recognition as a songwriter’s songwriter, Gripka set out to write new songs, with new sounds, new ideas, and new people.

In an attempt to escape those fore mentioned jungles of New York City, Israel sought the taciturn fields of the once familiar countryside. In the heart of an old and dusty hay barn, nestled deep in the Catskill Mountains, Gripka, along with co-producer/drummer Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and a group of friends, created his anticipated follow up, Barn Doors and Concrete Floors (2011) which won him ace reviews and tracks on Mojo & Uncut cover mounted CDs. Not to be missed.

+ Bonanza & Son DJ Set
@ The Prince Albert
48 Trafalgar Street Brighton, BN1 4ED
www.facebook.com/israelgripka
www.facebook.com/events/130896417051659/



Friday 9th November 2012
The James Low Western Front
@ The Harrison Down Stairs Bar
Harrison Street,
Kings Cross,
WC1H 8JF.

The James Low Western Front is a fearsome, four-piece band from Portland, Oregon, playing American Roots / Alt Country music with a distinct Outsider-Country vision.

In Whiskey Farmer, singer-songwriter James Low has conceived a concept album, depicting the plight of the character in the title: an Average Joe, quirkily portrayed on the album’s front cover by Low himself.

Sadness runs through the album like wood grain. It is the tale of small-town life gone just wrong enough to be heart-breaking. Thwarted ambition, lost love, world-weariness and hard liquor are some of the time-honoured staples of Country James Low takes these and artfully sketches a vivid picture of his subject’s burning resignation and frustration with lyrics rich in detail and poignancy. This is a must-have for anyone who likes their Country Music as dry as the Nevada desert or the Handsome Family. This LP could quite easily become an understated and beautifully bleak classic with changes of tempo and attitude that bring some welcome upbeat relief.

'Offbeat, original and - given its gloomy subject - curiously enjoyable’... Martin Chilton-The Telegraph
www.jameslowwesternfront.com/
www.facebook.com/events/391704360902245/
www.wegottickets.com/event/191733
http://owlsworld-news.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/james-low-western-front-09112012.html



Friday 9th November 2012… 8pm-2am
Bonanza & Son DJ Set
10 decades of Rock ’N’ Roll + it’s extended family & the friendly in-laws!
The New Rose,
84 Essex Rd,
Angel,
London N1.

Michael Nesmith Special on ResonanceFM

In light of the recent Michael Nesmith solo UK gigs, his first in over 30 years, Bonanza & Son broadcast a somewhat unusual & unique tribute to the great man.

We decided to focus on one of his lesser known but criminally overlooked solo LPs and that is ‘The Prison: A Book With A soundtrack' from 1974.

A concept album which in 1974 came in a box with a large format book intended for the listener to read and contemplate the illustrations and that, my friends, is exactly what we did live on air…

… Hear the LP in its entirety, with all the breaks, just as 'Papa Nez' intended whilst reading from the text. The original idea being that as one reads the book and looks at the illustrations whilst listening to the LP one frees oneself and the protagonist from the prison of the mind!!!

This was a first for radio and a truly unique experience.

Saturday, November 03, 2012

‘Catch-up radio/Listen again’...

Here’s our latest uploaded ResonanceFM radio show which includes a barn-storming live session from Hymn For Her on the run up to their recent epic show at ‘Countrier Than Thou’s’ 5th Birthday party @ The Lock Tavern.

All the way from Philadelphia USA Lucy Tight & Wayne Waxing are a band that hails from anywhere & everywhere in the good ol’ US of A or rather wherever they can feasibly park their Airstream trailer...

These guys are the 'real McCoy’ for sure, utilising traditional Country & Americana instruments, narrative themes and song structures whilst fusing it with a ferociously amplified and distorted electric sound that wouldn’t be out of place on a Butthole Surfers album as produced by 'Mellow Gold' era Beck on Johnny Cash's home porta-studio.

+ The usual featurettes 'Country Birthdays & Celluloid Country: this week we are looking at the soundtrack to Robert Rodriguez ‘From Dusk til Dawn’ + lots more for your listening pleasure including exclusive tracks from the as yet unreleased LP from Kris Kristofferson ‘Feeling Mortal’ out this Monday.

Friday, November 02, 2012

Day Of The Dead DJ Set TONIGHT:

TONIGHT
Bonanza & Son Day Of The Dead DJ Set:
My Son & I shall be playing exquisite vinyl examples of weird and wonderful Rock ’n’ Roll, Country, Blues, Americana, Psych', Soul, Krautrock, Punk, Funk and Twisted Electronica by dead folks... and maybe some still living!
@ Filthy MacNasty's
68 Amwell St,
Angel
EC1R 1UU….
TONIGHT 7-11pm

FREE ENTRY