Thehoundblog.blogspot.com Website Review

Playlists for the first eleven weeks of my new radio show on www.littlewaterradio.or (or on Mixcloud) can be do*nloaded here: Thanks to our pal Kevin Provost for doing this thankless service. I'll be on live every Thursday night from 6-8 PM NYC (Eastern Standard Time) or look in the archive at www.littlewaterradio.org or on mixcloud (search for The Hound Show). All original 45 RPM's-- moronic, After a short 20 year breather, I'm back on the radio, well, sort of radio, I broadcast live every Thursday from 6-8 PM Eastern Standard Time (NYC time) and the shows eventually wind up in the archive, listen at www.littlewaterradio.org (look in the archive), or at Mixcloud (their search engine is pretty funky, search for The Hound Show). The latest posted on is and R&B, moronic, obscure rock'n'roll, brain dead hillbillies on amphetamine and the like...don't ask why, but like all good things, it The Nite Riders aka The Nightriders, the Night Riders, sometimes with Doc Starkes (aka Starks) or Melvin Smith's name out front, formed in 1954, put together by bas*ist James Doc Starkes, and was made up of seasoned R&B pros, all of whom had plenty of previous experience. Vocalist Melvin Smith had recorded for RCA with honker Clyde Blow Top Smith's Houserockers, and for RCA's Groove subsidiary as a solo act. Guitarist Harry Crafton has recorded many rockin' sides for Gotham and Oscar.  The rhythm section featured piano man Harry Van Walls (who can be heard on Stick McGhee's Atlantic recording of Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-Dee), and seasoned session man Jimmy Johnson on drums. Joe Sewell played tenor sax. In the next ten years they recorded at least 29 singles (maybe more) for small labels, they varied in quality from great to mediocre, but most are quite good.   They were not kids, these were seasoned professional musicians, all had extensive recording experience in the R&B field and felt the oncoming onslaught of rock'n'roll. Starkes knew a tight, pro rock'n'roll band could find steady work, and maybe even a hit record. The first they found in abundance, the latter alluded them for the ten