Mashed Potato Time: On The Road Edition, on Lumpen Radio
The Duals - "Stick Shift" (1961) Jr. Walker & The All Stars - "(I'm A) Road Runner" (1965) The Petites - "Get Your Daddy's Car Tonight" (1960) The Futuras - "Mile Zero" (1963) The Goodees - "Condition Red" (1968) Sir Mack Rice - "Mustang Sally" (1965) Joseph "Mr. Google Eyes" August - "Rough & Rocky Road" (1949) Blues Magoos - "Tobacco Road" (1966) Paul Petersen - "She Rides With Me" (1964) The Bootjacks - "Red Big Car" (1965) Lee Dorsey - "My Old Car" (1967) The Sonny Knight Quartet - "State Street" (1964) The Cheers - "Black Denim Trousers" (1955) Rick & The Ric-A-Shays - "The Drag" (1963) Chuck Berry - "You Can't Catch Me" (1956) Gene Moles - "Burning Rubber" (1964) The Lovelites - "Bumpy Road Ahead" (1971) Dave Grusin - "Gasoline Alley" (1969) The String Alongs - "Wheels" (1960) Robert Mitchum - "The Ballad Of Thunder Road" (1958) The Dell-Vikings - "Flat Tire" (1958) Little Junior Parker - "Driving Wheel" (1962) Nervous Norvus - "Transfusion" (1956) The Madmen - "Rambler" (1966) Les Fraises Des Bois - "Cadillac" (1966) Beep Beep & The Roadrunners - "Shiftin' Gears" (1966) Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - "Rocket "88"" (1951) Martha & The Vandellas - "Motoring" (1965) The Shangri-Las - "Leader Of The Pack" (1965) Soul Survivors - "Expressway To Your Heart" (1967) The Hondells - "Death Valley Run" (1964) Lynn Bryson - "Big Mean Drag Machine" (1963) The Delicates - "Black And White Thunderbird" (1959) Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - "Sunny Road" (1946) Inez & Charlie Foxx And Their Mockin' Band - "Speed Ticket" (1969) The Moments - "Love On A Two-Way Street" (1969) Georges Chatelain & Hervé Roy - "La Parade Du Départ" (1970) The Storey Sisters (AKA The Twinkles) - "Bad Motorcycle" (1958) Gary Usher - "Mag Wheels" (1963?) Darby Sisters - "Go Back, Go Back To Your Pontiac" (1959)
Driving theme, inspired by back-to-back viewings of three films within two days:
David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY (1997)
David Lynch's Disney production (!) THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999)
Arthur Ripley's THUNDER ROAD (1958) with Robert Mitchum
Mashed Potato Time with DJ Karin airs live on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of every month, 12-2pm CST, at www.lumpenradio.com and on WLPN 105.5 FM in Chicago.
