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Do The 45 Lucks Out!

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It may have been Friday the thirteenth, but Do The 45 held on that date was anything but unlucky. In fact, it may have been one of the best ones yet! All night folks were boppin’ to the boss sounds laid down by host DJ Pete Pop, his co-host Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus and their guests Marty Shane and James Pogo. Go-Go dancer Bella Bombora performed so enthusiastically that dozens of folks got up on the raised dance floor to boogie with her throughout the night. In all, it was quite a success.

Marty Shane, again, played some pretty great records—even some seasonal ones. Much as he did last month, James Pogo delighted everybody again with his excellent selection of dance tracks. Pete Pop, of course played his fantastic records. Miss Nancy made her yummy chex mix and pumpkin cookies.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the December Do The 45:

None of these records are for sale.

Benny Trokan Band and The Ar-Kaics Rock!

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The Benny Trokan Band rocks Tubby’s!

A Shim Sham Shimmy was scheduled for Saturday December 7—the first Saturday of the month. However, host Pete Pop got the call from our pal Benny Trokan: his band was to play that night at Tubby’s in Kingston, can he and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus be DJs for the event? What to do! Pete and Phast moved The Shim Sham Shimmy from the first Saturday to the second Saturday in November—now they need to move it in December!

So it was moved. We’ll see you at The Shim Sham Shimmy on December 14—the day after Do The 45 in Beacon, again!

The Ar-Kaics rockin’ at Tubby’s!

Anyway, not only did Benny Trokan’s great band play, but so did The Ar-Kaics, a cool band from somewhere down in Virginia. Both bands have made some excellent records for Wick Records, a subsidiary of our favorite record company, Daptone. Also, between the bands there was an appearance by the writer Lucy (nee Luc) Sante who read from her new book Six Sermons for Bob Dylan. Another added bonus to this show was that our buddy Mikey Post, a significant DJ himself, plays drums in Benny’s band.

The whole event went fantastically well. What even made it better was the presence of our friend Bruce Bennett. He was the guitarist for The A-Bones and a side-kick to The Hound when he had his radio show. We haven’t seen Bruce in a mighty long time and we were very happy to see his smiling face. He now lives somewhere up in the Hudson Valley and dropped by the joint to dig the heavy rock scene at Tubby’s.

Miss Nancy, a guy with tattoos on his face, Bruce Bennett and Phast Phreddie swing at Tubby’s!
DJ Pete Pop swings at Tubby’s rock show!

Due to the type of music of this big rock show, DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus mostly played some super rockin’ stuff—spiced with a few exotic beats. The took turns playing three-song sets. All the records played by The Phast One are listed here:

None of these records are for sale!

May the DO THE 45 be with you!

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Bella Bombora swings with her friends at Do The 45!

On Friday May 10, another Do The 45 rocked Quinn’s in Beacon. Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus joined DJ Pete Pop for another evening of super exciting rock’n’roll, R&B and other assorted reet music. Do The 45 swings on the second Friday of the month. If you live within five hours driving distance, you should make the scene every month!!!

Bella Bombora swings as DJ Pete Pop cues another hot jam!

The famous Go-Go dancer Bella Bombora was also on hand and at various times she had folks up on the stage dancing with her as she bopped around to the music–including Hudson Valley radio personality Amanda Lay. Miss Nancy made her signature vegan brownies, plus chocolate chip cookies. The cookies went fast!

MMMMMM!!! Vegan brownies and chocolate chip cookies!!!
DJ Pete Pop swings at Do The 45!

Pete Pop played his fabulous records all night long. Folks kept screamin’, “What was that?” and the answer is always, Pete Pop and his fabulous records!!

Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus and Pete Pop swing at Do The 45!

Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus tried to keep up. He started the night with a bunch of hot instrumentals. At one point he played two ‘dish rag’ songs in a row! In order to honor MC5 drummer Dennis ‘Machine Gun’ Thompson, who had recently passed away, a couple MC5 records were played during the night. Probably not enough! About a dozen recent acquisitions were spun along with many old favorites. A few hot doo wop jams really got folks excited. Toward the end of the night, Pete Pop and the Phast One alternated playing their respective discs.

The evening was a golden gasser and you may ascertain that fact by checking out the list of records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus below…

The Astronauts–Baja (RCA Victor)
Danny Steel with Hank Farrell and His Rythm Boys–Chinese Twist (Solar)
The Rockets–Gibraltar Rock (Columbia)
The Spotnicks–Space Party (Polydor; France)
The Challengers–Moondawg (Vault)
The Atlantics–Rumble and Run (CBS; Australia)
Les Hot Jives–Walking With the Hot Jives (Trans Canada)
Howie and the Crystals–Rockin’ Hall (Fleetwood)
Willie Headen and His Orchestra–Fun on Saturday Night (Dooto)
Kai Ray–I Want Some of That (Norton)
The Dee-Lites (Kathy – Pat – Bev)–Lollipop (Britton)
Carol Cummings–Burning Rubber (Checker)
Johnny Flamingo and the Cleartones–I Got Loaded (Caddy)
The Summits–Hanky Panky (Rust)
Dion–Queen of the Hop (Disques Vogue; France)
The Supremes–Shake (Tamla/Motown; Netherlands)
The Lockets–Don’t Cha Know (Argo)
The Duvals–Ferny Roast (Prelude)
Nat Kendrick and the Swans–Dish Rag Part – 2 (Dade)
Joe Cooke–Dish Rag (Apollo)
Gil Hamilton–Move & Groove (Vee Jay)
Don Barber and the Dukes–The Waddle (Thunderbird)
The Dartells–Hot Pastrami (Dot)
Les Cooper and the Soul Rockers–Wiggle Wobble (Everlast)
Roy Hamilton–Tore Up Over You (RCA Victor)
Normand Knight–C’est Le Hipswing (Trans Canada; Canada)
Trini Lopez–The Blizzard Song from EP Trini Lopez Sings His Greatest Hits
King Coleman–Hang It Up (King)
Shirley Scott (vocal and organ)–Soul Sauce (Impulse)
David Duke–Gimme Some Lovin’ (Hi)
The ‘Rockin’ Ramrods–Jungle Call (Explosive)
The Takers–if You Don’t Come Back (Interphon)
Harbinger Complex–I Think I’m Down (Brent)
MC5–I Can Only Give You Everything (Modern Harmonic)
The Golden Cups–Baby Please Don’t Run Away (Capitol; Japan)
Diane and the Darlettes–The Wobble (Dunes)
The Marcels–Allright Okay You Win (Colpix)
Norman Fox and the Rob-Roys–Dance Girl Dance (Back Beat)
The Skatalites–Guns of Navarone (Island; UK)
Symarip–That’s Nice (Harlem Shuffle; UK)
The Magnificents–Let’s Do the Cha Cha (Vee Jay)
The El Torros–Doop Doop a Walla Walla (Duke)
Sheriff & the Ravels–Shombalor (Vee-Jay)
The Versatones–Bila (Fenway)
Velveteens–Ching Bam Bah (Golden Artists)
Yuzo Kayama–Black Sand Beach (Toshiba; Japan)
Herbert Hunter with band–The Twistin’ Party (Spar)
Betty & Rose (formerly The Teen Queens)–That Twistin’ Feeling (Press)
Bobby Moore and the Fourmost–Dance of the Land (Fantasy)
Bertha Tillman–(I Believe) Something Funny Is Going On (Brent)
Matti Jackson and the Blues Nighthawks Orchestra–I Want to Do It (Duplex)
Guitar Slim and His Band–Oh Yeah (Atco)
Dean Christie–Mashed Potato Twist (SWL)
Eddie Bo–I Got to Know (Ric)
Mundy Lee–Let’s Go (Seg-Way)
Tom Jones–Bama Lama Bama Loo (London; Japan)
R. Sayre – The Vacant Lot–Don’t You Just Know It (Ltd.)
The Tracers–She Said Yeah (Sully)
Chris Farlowe–Ride On Baby (Immediate; UK)
The Girlfriends–My One and Only Jimmy Boy (Colpix)
Jake Calypso & His Red Hot–Who Knocks on My Door? (Migraine; Germany)
MC5–Shakin’ Street (Atlantic)
Trade Martin–Moanin’ (RCA Victor)
The Versatones–Tight Skirt (Fenway)
The Puppets–Do the Robot (New Bag)
Los Rockin’ Devil’s–La Pequeña Lupe Lu (Little Latin Lupe Lu) (Orfeon; Mexico)
Eddie Cochran–Nervous Breakdown [from the EP The Unforgettable Eddie Cochran] (Liberty; France)
The Fleshtones–I Can’t Hide (Yep-Roc)
Tom & Jerrio–Boo-Ga-Loo (Jerry-O)
The Surfer Girls–Draggin’ Wagon (Columbia)
Los Teen Tops–Buen Rock Esta Noche (Good Rockin’ Tonight) (Columbia; Argentina)