Blue Suede Shoes - End Of The Road

Important note from Doctor Charlie:

Hi everyone,

I have decided to stop preparing and presenting « Blue Suede Shoes », the program I have hosted during the last 34 years on Radio Libellule (Radio Dragonfly), 107.8 MHz, a local radio station in Comines-Warneton, a town located in Frenchspeaking Belgium.


For the time being, the program is at the end of the road. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank three people from the bottom of my heart, three people who collaborated with me for years and helped me with the program: Chris BECKROW, who provided tons of discographic material, Michael WOODS, also a provider of so much music and webmaster of the sites (blogs) that host the program, and, mostly and finally, Mister LUCKY, who’s been helping me in the studio for more than 10 years, caring for the technical part and preventing catastrophies to happen whenever possible, and also replacing me behind the microphone whenever I was unavailable for various reasons. Without him, I would have given up a long time ago.

As always in such circumstances, the end of « Blue Suede Shoes » generates a lot of nostalgy for me, and probably for some of you, the listeners, as well.

Let’s keep hoping that some better days will come and we will be able to meet again, on the airwaves or at concerts.

Long live RNR!

Charlie (28 08 2015)

P.S.: You can still download and listen to past programs by clicking here (don’t hesitate to ask for reuploads)

http://bluesuedeshoes-libellule.blogspot.be/

http://blue-suede-shoes-libellule.blogspot.be/

http://bluesuedeshoes.ucoz.com/

Blue Suede Shoes - La Fin De L'Aventure - End Of The Road

Bonjour à toutes et à tous,

J'ai décidé de ne plus présenter "Blue Suede Shoes",  l'émission que j'animais depuis plus de 34 ans sur le 107.8 de Libellule FM, la station de radio de Comines-Warneton, en Belgique.

Pour l'instant, l'émission s'interrompt donc.  J'en profite pour remercier du fond du cœur trois personnes qui partagent avec moi l'aventure BSS depuis de nombreuses années: Chris BECKROW, qui a mis un immense matériel discographique à ma disposition, Michael WOODS, lui aussi un fournisseur extraordinaire de musique et aussi webmaster des sites qui accueillent l'émission, et enfin - et surtout - MISTER LUCKY, qui m'accompagne chaque semaine depuis plus de dix ans dans les studios, où il "veille au grain", prévient et répare les catastrophes dans la mesure du possible, et m'a talentueusement remplacé à de nombreuses reprises.  Sans lui, il y a déjà longtemps que j'aurais déclaré forfait.

Comme toutes les aventures qui se terminent, l'interruption/cessation de BSS génère pas mal de nostalgie chez moi, et peut-être aussi chez vous.

Gardons l'espoir: peut-être aurons nous un jour l'occasion de nous rencontrer à nouveau, que ce soit via les ondes ou lors de certains spectacles ou concerts.  C'est toujours avec émotion que  je vous retrouverai.

Long live RNR!

Charlie (28 08 2015)

PS: vous pouvez toujours réécouter (voire plus si affinités) d'anciennes éditions de BSS en cliquant sur l'un des trois sites ci-dessous:

http://bluesuedeshoes-libellule.blogspot.be/

http://blue-suede-shoes-libellule.blogspot.be/

http://bluesuedeshoes.ucoz.com/

Blue Suede Shoes 1163 (2015-08-22)

Blue Suede Shoes 1163

August 22, 2015 – 22 août 2015

Hosted today by Dr Charlie, with help from Mr Lucky.

Présenté aujourd’hui par le Docteur Charlie, avec l’aide de Mister Lucky.

As announced last Saturday, this week’s edition features the second part of the tracks recorded by Johnny MEEKS at the time he was Gene Vincent’s BLUE CAPS’ lead guitar player.

Today, you can listen to the tracks recorded by Johnny (and Gene) during various sessions in 1958. As a reminder, Johnny MEEKS passed away on Thursday, July 30, 2015.

Comme annoncé samedi dernier, vous pouvez entendre au cours de cette émission les titres joués par Johnny MEEKS à l'époque où il était le lead guitariste des BLUE CAPS, le groupe qui a accompagné Gene VINCENT durant la première partie de sa carrière.

Aujourd'hui, vous avez droit aux morceaux enregistrés par Johnny (et par Gene) au cours des différentes sessions de 1958. Pour mémoire, Johnny MEEKS nous a quittés le jeudi 30 juillet dernier.

1. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Dance In The Street"

2. Gene VINCENT With The BLUE CAPS - "I Love You"

3. Gene VINCENT With The BLUE CAPS - "Teenage Partner" (version 2)

4. Gene VINCENT With The BLUE CAPS - "Peace Of Mind"

5. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Lovely Loretta"

6. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Little Lover"

7. Gene VINCENT With The BLUE CAPS - "Somebody Help Me"

8. Gene VINCENT With The BLUE CAPS - "Five Feet Of Lovin’" (version 2)

9. Gene VINCENT With The BLUE CAPS - "Look What You Gone And Done To Me"

10. Gene VINCENT With The BLUE CAPS - "Hey, Good Lookin’"

11. Gene VINCENT With The BLUE CAPS - "Summertime’"

12. Gene VINCENT With The BLUE CAPS - "I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)"

13. Gene VINCENT With The BLUE CAPS - "The Wayward Wind"

14. Gene VINCENT - "Now Is The Hour"

15. Gene VINCENT - "Lonesome Boy" (Master – take 7)

16. Gene VINCENT - "You Are The One For Me" (Master – take 9)

17. Gene VINCENT - "Maybe"

18. Gene VINCENT - "I Got To Get You Yet"

19. Gene VINCENT - "My Heart"

20. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "The Night Is So Lonely"

21. Gene VINCENT - "Beautiful Brown Eyes" (Master – take 16)

22. Gene VINCENT - "High Blood Pressure" (Master – take 10)

23. Gene VINCENT - "In Love Again"

24. Gene VINCENT - "I Can’t Believe You Want To Leave"

25. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Who’s Pushin’ Your Swing"

26. Gene VINCENT - "Anna-Annabelle"

27. Gene VINCENT - "Gone, Gone, Gone"

28. Gene VINCENT - "I Might Have Known" (Master – take 10)

29. Gene VINCENT - "Important Words" (version 2 – Master – take 10)

30. Gene VINCENT - "My Baby Don’t Low"

31. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Over The Rainbow"

32. Gene VINCENT - "Ready Teddy"

33. Gene VINCENT - "Vincent’s Blues"

34. SONNY BOY WILLIAMS - "No Nights By Myself"

35. LITTLE RICHARD - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Take 10)

36. Tommy NELSON And Band - "Hobo Bop"

37. Jerry LEE LEWIS And His Pumping Piano - "High School Confidential"

38. J.B. LENOIR - "Mojo Boogie" (BLUE HORIZON version)

39. Johnny BURNETTE - "Rock Therapy"

40. Carl PERKINS - "Gone, Gone, Gone"

41. Chuck BERRY And His COMBO - "Too Much Monkey Business"

Blue Suede Shoes 1162 (2015-08-15)

Blue Suede Shoes 1162

August 15, 2015 – 15 août 2015

Hosted today by Dr Charlie, with help from Mr Lucky.

Présenté aujourd’hui par le Docteur Charlie, avec l’aide de Mister Lucky.

As announced last Saturday, this week’s and next week’s editions feature all tracks recorded by Johnny MEEKS at the time he was Gene Vincent’s BLUE CAPS’ lead guitar player.

Today, you can listen to the 20 tracks recorded by Johnny (and Gene) during various sessions in 1957. Next week, we’ll do the same for the year 1958. As a reminder, Johnny MEEKS passed away on Thursday, July 30, 2015.

Before and after this “Johnny MEEKS / Gene VINCENT special” (which will start at about 30 minutes into the program), you can hear a mix of Texan rock and “black jump” from the great years.

Comme annoncé samedi dernier, vous pouvez  entendre au cours des deux prochaines émissions tous les titres joués par Johnny MEEKS à l'époque où il était le lead guitarist des BLUE CAPS, le groupe qui a accompagné Gene VINCENT durant la première partie de sa carrière.

Aujourd'hui, vous avez droit aux 20 morceaux enregistrés par Johnny (et par Gene) au cours des différentes sessions de 1957. La semaine prochaine, nous ferons la même chose pour l'année 1958. Pour mémoire, Johnny MEEKS nous a quittés le jeudi 30 juillet dernier.

Avant et après ce "spécial Johnny MEEKS/Gene VINCENT", qui commencera à peu près 30 minutes après le début de l’émission, nous alternons rock texan et jump noir des grandes années.

1. SHIRLEY & LEE - "Feel So Good"

2. Bobby LEWIS - "Lonely Teardrops"

3. GUITAR SLIM -  "The Things That I Used To Do"

4. Carl CANIDA And His CANADIANS - "Party Date"

5. BIG WALTER PRICE - "Pack, Fair And Square"

6. Earl WRIGHT And TEXAS OLDTIMERS - "Married Man Blues"

7. Eddie BOND - "Talking Off The Wall"

8. Bill DUNCAN - "Whirlin Twerlin Rock"

9. Fay SIMMONS - "Hangin’ Around"

10. Claude KING - "Run Baby Run"

11. Sammy PRICE - "Boogie Woogie Stomp"

12. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "I Got It"

13. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Wear My Ring"

14. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Rollin’ Danny"

15. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "Time Will Bring You Everything"

16. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "True To You"

17. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "In My Dreams"

18. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "Your Cheatin’ Heart"

19. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Walkin’ Home From School"

20. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "It’s No Lie"

21. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "Should I Ever Love Again"

22. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "Flea Brain"

23. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "Brand New Beat"

24. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "Frankie And Johnnie"

25. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "You Belong To Me"

26. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "Keep It A Secret"

27. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Yes I Love You, Baby"

28. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "By the Light Of The Silvery Moon"

29. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Right Now"

30. Gene VINCENT And The BLUE CAPS - "You’ll Never Walk Alone"

31. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "I Got A Baby"

32. SHIRLEY & LEE - "Let The Good Times Roll"

33. BIG JOE TURNER - "Early One Morning"

34. Dan KUBIAK And The SOUND WAVES - "Finding You"

35. Roy MILTON - "You Got Me Reeling And Rocking"

36. Alfredo MENDIETA - "Chicken Run"

37. Lloyd PRICE - "Ain’t That Just Like A Woman"

38. Freddie FENDER - "Mean Woman"

39. PIANO BLUES BAND - "Honky Tonk Train Blues"

40. The CHANCELLERS - "Judy"

41. Elvis PRESLEY - "Gonna Get Back Home Somehow"

42. HOWLIN’ WOLF - "Wang Dang Doodle"

Blue Suede Shoes 1161 (2015-08-08)

Blue Suede Shoes 1161

August 8, 2015 – 8 août 2015

Hosted today by Dr Charlie, with help from Mr Lucky.

Présenté aujourd’hui par le Docteur Charlie, avec l’aide de Mister Lucky.

1. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Dance To The Bop"

2. The BLUE CAPS - "I Got A Baby"

3. Eddie BOND - "Talking Off The Wall"

4. Ben HALL And The COUNTRY DRIFTERS - "Moo Mama"

5. FABIAN - "Tiger"

6. Johnny WILSON - "Twi-Light Zone"

7. PEANUTS WILSON - "Cast Iron Arm"

8. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Git It"

9. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Lotta Lovin’"

10. Al TURNAGE And The TURNPIKES - "Hollywood Rock"

11. Eddie BOND - "Double Duty Lovin’"

12. Gene RAY With Dusty MILLER And His COLORADO WRANGLERS - "I’m Going To Hollywood"

13. FABIAN - "Got The Feeling"

14. ARCHIBALD - "Stack-ALee"

15. Elvis PRESLEY With The JORDANAIRES - "Rock A Hula Baby"

16. CHUCKLIN’ CHUCK SLOAN With The DUKES OF GREENVILLE - "Too Old To Rock And Roll"

17. DELMORE BROTHERS - "Barnyard Boogie"

18. The BLUE CAPS - "Say Mama"

19. Paul GAYTEN & ANNIE LAURIE - "I’ll Never Be Free"

20. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Baby Blue"

21. FABIAN - "Please Don’t Stop"

22. Lee ROSE - " I’ve Got The Downhearted Blues"

23. Roy BYRD (PROFESSOR LONGHAIR) - "Bald Head"

24. Ralph LANE (Lead Guitar: Whitey Williams) And The WHITEY FOUR - "You Gotta Show Me"

25. Eddie BOND - "Love Makes A Fool (Every Day)"

26. Gene RAY - "Rock & Roll Fever"

27. The CHAMPS - "Tequila"

28. Harry PEPPEL And His SHENANDOAH VALLEY RANGERS - "Thermostat Baby"

29. Eddie BOND - "Your Eyes"

30. The BLUE CAPS - "Wrapped Up In Rockabilly"

31. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Be Bop Boogie Boy"

32. FABIAN - "Tongue Tied"

33. Elvis PRESLEY With The JORDANAIRES - "King Of The Whole Wide World"

34. DELMORE BROTHERS - "Del Rio Boogie"

35. Gene VINCENT And His BLUE CAPS - "Rocky Road Blues"

36. Gene VINCENT - "Maybellene"

37. Gene VINCENT - "Rip It Up"

38. The BLUE CAPS - "Be-Bop-A-Lula"

39. Perry LA POINTE And The ORANGE PLAYBOYS - "B.O. Rock"

40. SHIRLEY & LEE - "I’m Gone"

41. Gene O’QUINN - "Texas Boogie"