Fourth Annual Mystery Roach Covers Show: 8/27/2011

The Fourth Annual Mystery Roach Covers Show is coming soon! On Saturday, August 28, I’ll be playing original tracks from the 50s, 60s or 70s along with a cover version from any decade and style.

If you have any requests or suggestions, post them here, on the Facebook fan page, or email them to me.

Below are the playlists from the previous three years to give you an idea of what this year’s show will be like.

Tune in to Mystery Roach every Saturday from 8-10am on WKNC for Progressive, Fusion, Psychedelic, Garage and noise from the 60s and 70s. (The 50s are fair game for the cover show as well.)

Cheers.

-La Barba Rossa

2010 Show

Song	Artist
You're Lost Little Girl	69 Eyes
You're Lost Little Girl	The Doors
Shapes Of Things	Rush
Shapes Of Things	The Yardbirds
21st Century Schizoid Man	Maynard James Keenan
21st Century Schizoid Man	King Crimson
So Sad About Us	The Breeders
So Sad About Us	The Who
Dancing In The Moonlight	The Smashing Pumkins
Dancing In The Moonlight	Thin Lizzy
Bright Lit Blue Skies	Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti
Bright Lit Blue Skies	The Rockin Ramrods
Tippie-toes	Primus
Tippie-toes	The Meters
King Kong	Meridian Arts Ensemble
King Kong	Frank Zappa
America	Yes
America	Paul Simon
Splash 1	Bongwater
Splash 1	13th Floor Elevators
Ballad Of Hollis Brown	Iggy Pop and the Stooges
Ballad Of Hollis Briwn	Bob Dylan
Interstellar Overdrive	Camper Van Beethoven
Interstellar Overdrive	Pink Floyd

2009 Show

Song	Artist
Return Of Jackie And Judy	Tom Waits
Judy Is A Punk	Ramones
Li'l Red Riding Hood	Meteors
Li'l Red Riding Hood	Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Sinister Exaggerator	Primus
Sinister Exaggerator	Residents
Sally Go Round The Roses	The Great Society
Sally Go Round The Roses	Jaynetts
Ready-Mades	Yo La Tengo
Ready-Mades	Bonzo Dog Band
Chunga's Revenge	Frank Zappa
Chunga's Revenge	Grotan Project
Love Buzz	Nirvana
Love Buzz	The Shocking Blue
You Don't Own Me	Rasputina
You Don't Own Me	Lesley Gore
Good Guys Don't Wear White	Minor Threat
Good Guys Don't Wear White	The Standells
Farmer John	Neil Young And Crazy Hourse
Farmer John	The Premiers
Masculine Intuition	Rocket From The Crypt
Masculine Intuition	The Music Machine
Mushroom	Jesus And Mary Chain
Mushroom	Can
Cross-eyed Mary	Iron Maiden
Cross-eyed Mary	Jethro Tull
21st Century Schizoid Man	April Wine
21st Century Schizoid Man	King Crimson

2008 Show

Song	Artist
The Dolphins	Beth Orton
The Dolphins	Fred Neil
Here She Comes Now	Nirvana
Here She Comes Now	Velvet Underground
China Girl	David Bowie
China Girl	Iggy Pop
People Are Strange	Twiztid
People Are Strange	The Doors
Sympathy For The Devil	Brian Ferry
Sympathy For The Devil	Rolling Stones
Happy Together	Frank Zappa
Happy Together	The Turtles
War Pigs	Alice Donut
War Pigs	Black Sabbath
Have A Cigar	Primus
Have A Cigar	Pink Floyd
Steppin Stone	Minor Threat
Steppin Stone	The Monkees
Pictures Of Matchstick Men	Camper Van Beethoven
Pictures Of Matchstick Men	Status Quo
Happiness Is A Warm Gun	The Breeders
Happiness Is A Warm Gun	The Beatles
I Fought The Law	The Clash
I Fiought the Law	The Bobby Fuller Four
Ring Of Fire	Social Distortion
Ring Of Fire	Johnny Cash
I Put A Spell On You	CCR
I Put a Spell on You	Screamin Jay Hawkins
Higer Ground	Red Hot Chili Peppers
Higher Ground	Stevie Wonder

Third Annual Mystery Roach Covers Show: 8/28/2010

It is time once again for the Mystery Roach Covers Show. This Saturday, August 28, I’ll be playing original tracks from the 50s, 60s or 70s and also the cover versions from any decade and style.

If you have any requests or suggestions, post them here, on the Facebook fan page, or email them to me. I will be finalizing the playlist on Friday afternoon.

Below are the playlists from the previous two years to give you an idea of what this year’s show will be like.

Tune in to Mystery Roach, every Saturday from 8-10am on WKNC for Progressive, Fusion, Psychedelic, Garage and noise from the 60s and 70s. (This week the 50s are fair game as well.)

Cheers.

-La Barba Rossa

2009 Show

Song	Artist
Return Of Jackie And Judy	Tom Waits
Judy Is A Punk	Ramones
Li'l Red Riding Hood	Meteors
Li'l Red Riding Hood	Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Sinister Exaggerator	Primus
Sinister Exaggerator	Residents
Sally Go Round The Roses	The Great Society
Sally Go Round The Roses	Jaynetts
Ready-Mades	Yo La Tengo
Ready-Mades	Bonzo Dog Band
Chunga's Revenge	Frank Zappa
Chunga's Revenge	Grotan Project
Love Buzz	Nirvana
Love Buzz	The Shocking Blue
You Don't Own Me	Rasputina
You Don't Own Me	Lesley Gore
Good Guys Don't Wear White	Minor Threat
Good Guys Don't Wear White	The Standells
Farmer John	Neil Young And Crazy Hourse
Farmer John	The Premiers
Masculine Intuition	Rocket From The Crypt
Masculine Intuition	The Music Machine
Mushroom	Jesus And Mary Chain
Mushroom	Can
Cross-eyed Mary	Iron Maiden
Cross-eyed Mary	Jethro Tull
21st Century Schizoid Man	April Wine
21st Century Schizoid Man	King Crimson

2008 Show

Song	Artist
The Dolphins	Beth Orton
The Dolphins	Fred Neil
Here She Comes Now	Nirvana
Here She Comes Now	Velvet Underground
China Girl	David Bowie
China Girl	Iggy Pop
People Are Strange	Twiztid
People Are Strange	The Doors
Sympathy For The Devil	Brian Ferry
Sympathy For The Devil	Rolling Stones
Happy Together	Frank Zappa
Happy Together	The Turtles
War Pigs	Alice Donut
War Pigs	Black Sabbath
Have A Cigar	Primus
Have A Cigar	Pink Floyd
Steppin Stone	Minor Threat
Steppin Stone	The Monkees
Pictures Of Matchstick Men	Camper Van Beethoven
Pictures Of Matchstick Men	Status Quo
Happiness Is A Warm Gun	The Breeders
Happiness Is A Warm Gun	The Beatles
I Fought The Law	The Clash
I Fiought the Law	The Bobby Fuller Four
Ring Of Fire	Social Distortion
Ring Of Fire	Johnny Cash
I Put A Spell On You	CCR
I Put a Spell on You	Screamin Jay Hawkins
Higer Ground	Red Hot Chili Peppers
Higher Ground	Stevie Wonder

Second Annual Mystery Roach Covers Show: 8/22/09

It is time once again for the Mystery Roach Covers Show. This Saturday, August 22, I'll be playing the original tracks from the 50s, 60s or 70s and then the cover version from any decade and style.

If you have any requests or suggestions, post them here. I will be finalizing the playlist on Friday afternoon.

Below is LAST YEAR'S PLAYLIST to give you an idea of what this year's show will be like.

Tune into Mystery Roach, every Saturday from 8-10am on WKNC for Progressive, Fusion, Psychedelic, Garage and noise from the 60s and 70s. (This week the 50s are fair game as well.)

Cheers.

-La Barba Rossa

Song	Artist
The Dolphins	Beth Orton
The Dolphins	Fred Neil
Here She Comes Now	Nirvana
Here She Comes Now	Velvet Underground
China Girl	David Bowie
China Girl	Iggy Pop
People Are Strange	Twiztid
People Are Strange	The Doors
Sympathy For The Devil	Brian Ferry
Sympathy For The Devil	Rolling Stones
Happy Together	Frank Zappa
Happy Together	The Turtles
War Pigs	Alice Donut
War Pigs	Black Sabbath
Have A Cigar	Primus
Have A Cigar	Pink Floyd
Steppin Stone	Minor Threat
Steppin Stone	The Monkees
Pictures Of Matchstick Men	Camper Van Beethoven
Pictures Of Matchstick Men	Status Quo
Happiness Is A Warm Gun	The Breeders
Happiness Is A Warm Gun	The Beatles
I Fought The Law	The Clash
I Fiought the Law	The Bobby Fuller Four
Ring Of Fire	Social Distortion
Ring Of Fire	Johnny Cash
I Put A Spell On You	CCR
I Put a Spell on You	Screamin Jay Hawkins
Higer Ground	Red Hot Chili Peppers
Higher Ground	Stevie Wonder

Roller Girls Return to Mystery Roach, 6/6/09

Princess America and Bianca Oblivion of the Carolina Roller Girls will be returning to Mystery Roach this coming Saturday, June 6th. Last time they were in, they brought a heaping pile of Garage and Soul. We had a great time listening to music and talking roller derby.

Tune in for more great music with the wheeled ladies of roller derby. We'll be giving some tickets away as well. We may even have two members of the visiting Gotham Girls with us.

If you have any questions you'd like to ask them, post below.

Talk to you Saturday.

-La Barba Rossa

An Intrusion of Roaches

Deep in the realm of interesting but somewhat useless information is a list of the correct names for groups of animals. Google it some time. The images these names bring to the mind's eye makes the time wasted well worth it. A group of barracudas is a battery, a group of ferrets a business, and a group of weasels a gang. Most important to us is a group of roaches: an intrusion.

An intrusion. Perfect. For decades, these songs have been lurking behind pop rock's radio facade, out of sight and out of mind. Now, on Saturday mornings, the Mystery Roaches intrude. They crawl up your walls. They sample your scraps. These songs hide under your wall hangings and swing on your nose hairs while you sleep. There might be one sucking on your toothbrush at this very moment.

This entry marks the first of what will be a weekly post about Mystery Roach, WKNC's weekly look at progressive, fusion, psychedelic, and garage rock from the 1960s and 1970s. Posts will be short, and they won't follow any particular format; they might contain thoughts on a song, album or artist I found or became obsessed with that week. They might contain the text with comments of a call or email from a listener that week. They might contain a story of how I almost spilled split pea soup on my computer as I was putting the show together (which just happened as I was typing this, a cautionary tale to anyone who tries to be thrifty with a ham bone).

You just never know.

Listen to Mystery Roach Saturday mornings from 8:00 to 10:00 am, and check the WKNC blog weekly for posts about the show.

Cheers.

-La Barba Rossa