It’s another all-covers edition of Florida Rocks Again!, as the All-Time Greats from the Sunshine State are joined by special out-of-state guests the Dwarves, the Reigning Sound, the Chocolate Watchband, Eric Burdon, and Sky Saxon.
If you dig this episode, dig deep into the GaragePunk Podcast Archives for episodes #13 (Coverama!) and #28 (Coverama! Pt. 2).
Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Three Dimensional Living Monophonic Sound.
Hot on the heels of Florida Rocks Again! #35: Mal’s Florida Favorites, Vol. 1 and #36: Mal’s Florida Favorites, Vol. 2, it’s episode #37 and volume three in this series. Oh, but fear not, loyal listeners, this episode ain’t a bunch of rehashed rebop, it’s another mother lode of 100% prime choice cuts, hand-picked by your host with the most, Mal Thursday. So turn up your listening device, set a spell, and blow your mind Florida-style with music from the Hiss, Gram Parsons, Blues Image, Tin House, Sam & Dave, the Split Ends, and Wayne Cochran, among many others. You’ll be glad you did.
Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
Here’s another heapin’ helpin’ of Mal’s favorite 45s and rarities by the all-time greats from the Sunshine State. Choice cuts from the Allman Joys, the Nightcrawlers, the Montells, and Beaver Patrol, plus the Tropics Story as told by Charlie Souza, and much, much more. Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
This rockin’ installment of the long-running series brings together some of Mal’s fave Florida garage, soul, and rockabilly nuggets, as well as a few late ’60s mindblowers, plus an epic interview with Wayne Proctor of We The People, originally heard on Florida Rocks Again! #18. So kick back, relax, and Southern-fry your brain with killer cuts from the Birdwatchers, Benny Joy, the Wrong Numbers, and many, many more.
Produced in Living Monophonic Sound by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich.
This episode of Florida Rocks Again! features the All-Time Greats from the Sunshine State doing songs with “Sweet,” “Honey,” and/or “Sugar” in the title, padded out with a set of songs having to do with food and drink.
It’s a calorically dense good time with tasty garage, rockabilly, soul, country, and bubblegum flavors all mixed together. Dig in!
Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
It’s a holiday-themed episode with a who’s who of Florida musicians celebrating the season in style. Dig wild Christmas-type sounds courtesy of the All-Time Greats from the Sunshine State. Ho, ho, ho!
Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
Here’s another hour of classic wax from the swamps, beaches, and backwaters of sunny F-L-A, none of which has previously been heard on GaragePunk.com. Vintage ’60s sounds from the Birdwatchers, the Impacs, and the Rare Breed, plus folk rock nuggets from the Tropics, the Canadian Rogues, and Daytona garage legends the Nightcrawlers, who are the subject of a new documentary, Cracking the Egg. Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
This edition of Florida Rocks Again! is made up of songs that have never been heard on any of the previous thirty episodes of the series on the GaragePunk.com Podcast. Among these tasty leftovers are some grade A, top-quality garage, soul, and rhythm & blues nuggets for your listening and dancing pleasure, from the likes of King Coleman, the Shaggs, Benny Spellman, We the People, White Witch, and many more.
Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
Once again, it’s hurricane season in the Sunshine State, and this episode is all about the tropical storms that heap abuse upon Floridians every year around this time. So here’s a collection of garage, rock ‘n’ roll, deep soul, and country-rock nuggets all about the stormy weather that is an unfortunate fact of life in Florida. Batten down the hatches, and turn it up so you can hear it over the howling wind.
Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
Here’s another Hall of Fame edition of the long-running radio series featuring the All-Time Greats from the Sunshine State. This time around, we tell the incredible true stories of Coconut Grove folk-rock genius Fred Neil, Gram Parsons and the International Submarine Band, and Orlando garage legends We the People. The latter originally ran in two parts in the very early days of the broadcast version. To hear We The People’s Wayne Proctor tell the tale of his tenure in the band in his own words, check out FRA! #18: Orlando Rocks Again!
Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
Here’s another all-covers episode, as Florida artists cover other artists, other artists cover Florida artists, and Florida artists cover other Florida artists. Check out Florida Rocks Again! #13 for Volume One.
Dedicated to the memory of Bo Diddley, a Florida resident for 40 years.
Florida Rocks Again! returns to the Miami area for this most rocking episode, in honor of the upcoming “Geezerpalooza 2008,” a concert featuring some of the top South Florida bands of the ’60s. The Birdwatchers, the Montells, Dr. T & the Undertakers, the Dead End Kids, Geekus, and special guest star Steve Alaimo will be performing Saturday August 9, 2008 at the Fort Lauderdale War Memorial in a benefit concert for the Majic Children’s Fund, MC’d by Miami radio legend Rick Shaw.
All of the above make appearances in this groovy installment of the long-running series, produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
This very special episode features the incredible true tales of three charter members of the Florida Rocks Again! Hall of Fame: The Allman Joys, The Nightcrawlers, and Hoyt Axton. Great songs, great stories, and plenty of rockin’ garage sounds for all you maniacs to dig on.
This time out, it’s a rockin’ roll call of delightful dolls and delectable dames as the all-time greats from the Sunshine State sing songs with girls’ names in the title. Featuring a mess of fine Florida garage 45s, as well as some deep soul, psych, rockabilly, and even a TV theme song.
It’s a Rockabilly Riot as Mal Thursday presents an episode full o’ swingin’ sides from the Sunshine State circa the ’50s and early ’60s, waxed up by such three-chord geniuses as Johnny Red, Tracy Pendarvis, Benny Joy, and others. Edited down from its original form as an installment of Florida Rocks Again’s original broadcast run on WSOS/St. Augustine, this down-and-dirty, short-but-sweet set will make you hop, bop, and boogie.
In perhaps the most rockin’ episode yet of the long-running series, every song has the word “Night” or “Day” in the title, or both, as in the opening number by the Razor’s Edge out of West Palm Beach. Although the episode starts with a Cole Porter song, it quickly segues into garage greatness with rare cuts by some of the grooviest groups to ever emerge from the swamps, beaches, and backwaters of F-L-A, as well as two different 45s from the legendary Paris Tower label.
Here’s a Halloween double shot from from GaragePunk podcaster and part-time TV horror host Mal Thursday. First up, it’s an expanded version of Florida Rocks Again! #4, with the most haunted hits ever waxed up by the all-time greats from the Sunshine State. Highlights include “Count Stephen,” a.k.a. Steve Alaimo, doing a tribute to Mantan Moreland on the 1961 novelty record “Spooky,” and Jim Stafford’s immortal Everglades allegory “Swamp Witch.” Produced by Mal and JeffMiami in living mono.
Then it’s an abbreviated All Hallow’s Eve edition of The Mal Thursday Show, headlined by headless horsemen, horrible hobgoblins, and wicked, wicked witches. All together, it’s an hour of ghoulish garage, scary soul, and bone-rattling rockabilly.
Florida Rocks Again! returns to the GaragePunk Podcast with an hour of fuzztone favorites by the All-Time Greats from the Sunshine State, taken from the show’s original ‘04-’05 broadcast run on WSOS in St. Augustine. Although we’ve raided many of this episode’s tastiest nuggets for previous podcasts, there are still some gems that have yet to be heard on the GPP. So sit back, relax, and deep-fry your mind with a Florida Fuzz Feast!
Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
The all-time greats from the Sunshine State return to the GaragePunk Podcast and emote for the ages with a three-hankie, five-star episode where all of the songs are all about shedding tears. Sometimes the singers are talking about making someone else cry, but more often than not, it’s the singers themselves who are the ones doing the crying. Featuring 21 weepin’ wailers from such artists as Benny Joy, Mouse & the Boys, the Montells, and many more. Produced by MalThursday and JeffMiami in living monophonic sound.
The All-Time Greats From the Sunshine State return to the GaragePunk Podcast with a very special episode where all of the songs are about the swamps, beaches, and backwaters of good ol’ F-L-A. Florida artists like Wayne Cochran, Noble “Thin Man” Watts, and the Corornados rock alongside out-of-state greats like Bing Crosby, the Butthole Surfers, and the Beach Bums, who open the show with this episode’s theme song. There’s even a cut from the soundtrack of our favorite Elvis movie, Girl Happy. Produced by MalThursday and JeffMiami in living monophonic sound. It’s Florida Time!
