The Dirty Dozen Meets the Shady Bunch Half Dozen!

I'm Maj. John Reisman,

leader of a ragtag band of misfits I call
The Dirty Dozen - the most twisted,

anti-social bunch of psychopathic
deformities you'll ever run into!
I've got one religious maniac,
one malignant dwarf, two

near-idiots... and the rest
I don't even wanna think
about! That being said,
I can't think of a better
way to fight a war.

I'm here to tell you

about a different dozen.

Today Shady Del Knight is celebrating
a "dirty dozen" years of blogging.

For the first 10 years Shady was host
of Shady Dell Music & Memories.

Believe it or not, his "new" blog, Shady’s Place,

is now two years old...and crying for its binky.

To mark this special occasion, I decided to treat my men to a
little party, and I invited a few members of The Shady Bunch
deejay battalion over to play some tunes. Just a minute.

Got something to say, Franko?

Speak up so the whole class can hear what's on your mind.

I said I don't have to dance.

I know the rules.

Condemned men

don't have to dance.

And there's nothing you can do about it, mister.

Easy, Franko, don't get your knickers in a

twist, and don't jump the gun. This isn't

a done deal. First we need to make sure

these Shady Bunch deejays are willing

to re-up for another stint here on SPMM.

If they agree to come back for another

year, they'll be worked to death, and

there's not a beating they won't take.
I see they've all raised their hands.
In that case, Sgt. Bowren, will you
do the honors and proceed with
the roll call and sentencing?

THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

WILL BE

CARRIED OUT

FORTHWITH!

BLUE, SHADY:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

30 years? I can do that time in my sleep! Hello everyone!
I’m happy to be returning for another year behind the microphone
hosting my S-P-M-M radio show Stuck Like Glue on Shady Blue.

As I have been doing since the summer of 2018, I'll be playing
great sounds of the pre-Beatles years, the 50s and early 60s,
and paying tribute to my favorite artist Elvis Presley. 

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Here's Elvis the Pelvis now along with Walter Matthau and
Carolyn (Morticia Addams) Jones in a nightclub scene
from the 1958 movie King Creole. The swagger
meter is pegged as Elvis sings-- "Trouble!"

"Trouble" - Elvis Presley (scene from July 1959 film King Creole)

Stick around, I'll be back
soon with more great
sounds of yesteryear
guaranteed to keep
you Stuck Like Glue
on me... Shady Blue!

BLACK, HEPCAT:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Hi, ya'll! I’m Hepcat Black, a cool cool kitty who’s definitely
not from New York City. I’m glad to be back and that's a fact, Jack.
I just pulled up in my Pink Cadillac to spin a cool tune for ya.

The singing sweethearts I'm about to introduce are the cat's meow.
They look like the Butcher Babies and sound like Nancy Sinatra.
They're The Devil's Daughters, an Americana Rockabilly band
from Phoenix, Arizona - zingers Mysti Moon and Lisa Mortensen.

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Take a goosey gander at the gals and I think you'll agree they look more like
the daughters of vintage pin-up model Bettie Page than the spawn of Satan.
Here's an original song they wrote with their producer, veteran guitarist
Danny B. Harvey, the barn burner "Pass That Bottle." In the video the
Double Ds are backed by "three badass boys of Rockabilly" - Leeroy
Nelson, Shorty Kruetz and Tommy Collins. Swinging to the beat
are members of the Arizona Lindy Hop Society!

"Pass That Bottle" - The Devil's Daughters

(May 2012)

Well, it's time for this
Hepcat to scat. Stay

tuned for more episodes

of Hepcat Black & His
Pink Cadillac...
coming soon rat-cheer
on S-P-M-M Radio!

WORRELL, ERNEST P. :
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Thanks a bunch for signing me up for a 30 year DJ gig, sarge.
Beats pumpin' gas at the Esso station or baggin' groceries
down at the Piggly Wiggly. Hey sarge, ain't none of
my beeswax,  but you got a little somethin' stuck
between your two front teeth. Gotta look your
best for the ladyfolk, know what I mean, Vern?

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No doubt Hepcat Black's a cool kitty, and the tune I'm about to play was a

top 10 hit for the Stray Cats rockabilly band in '82. Fast forward to present

day and dig this super-duper cover by the Romanian duo of Beatrice Florea

and Andrei Cerbu. They're gonna-- "Rock This Town!"

"Rock This Town" - Stray Cats cover by

Beatrice Florea & Andrei Cerbu (June 2020)

I'm gonna scoot and skedaddle
on outta here, but I’ll be back
real soon with more spiffy songs
straight from the Heartland, so
keep checkin' your listings for
my show Ernest P. Worrell's
Rock-A-Billygoat exclusively
here on S-P-M-M Radio...
the station with personality,
know what I mean, Vern?

GREEN, SHADY:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Hi, gang! It's your pal on the radio Shady Green, The Dean of Keen.

That's right, I've decided to hang around for another year so that I can

bring you the sounds of the rockin' psychedelic 60s on S-P-M-M Radio.

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My Wayback Machine is warmed up and waiting to blast
you to the past with memory makers like this one
from Paul Revere And The Raiders-- "Kicks!"

"Kicks" - Paul Revere And The Raiders

(Apr./May 1966, highest chart pos. #1 Canada,
#3 Cash Box/#4 Hot 100)

I'm Shady Green saying
goodbye for now and
inviting you to join me
on my next trip Way-back
to the Swinging Sixties
on S-P-M-M... where
we go hunting for the
great songs of the past
and bring 'em back alive!

GRIFFIN, BRIAN:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Hello, folks! Some people call me a "dawg" because I like all kinds

of women... Lois, in particular... but I also love all kinds of music.

That's why I am pleased as punch to return for another year

(or even 30) as host of Eclectic Avenue, the show that's like
a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

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Shucks, every once in a while, just for the fun of it, I might even
take the stage, strike up the band and sing a little song for you.

"Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley cover by Brian Griffin

scene from ep. of Family Guy)

Now that you've been

rick-rolled, it's time for me

to dash. This is your cool,

casual canine companion

Brian Griffin saying so long

for now. I'll be back soon

with the best mix of

music on the next edition

of Eclectic Avenue

right here on S-P-M-M.

DELLETTE, DEBBIE:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as The Hostess with the Mostest
on Top Hit Club of America)

Hi, guys! Who would have thought that a frat rock
and Beach Music group from South Carolina would
be hot at the Shady Dell in soul mecca York, PA?
It happened, not once, but twice, in 1966 when
The Swingin' Medallions gained Dell immortality
first with "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)"
and then with the follow-up single I'm about to
play entitled "She Drives Me Out Of My Mind."
Both Medallions hits were released on the sound-
track of Mondo Daytona, a 1968 psychotronic
music documentary film shot on Daytona Beach
and first released in Bradenton, Florida. Singer
Billy Joe Royal narrated the film and music acts
Grand Funk Railroad and The Tams appeared
along with The Swingin' Medallions.

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Here are The Swingin' Medallions surrounded by a group of Spring Break
beach bunnies in a scene from Mondo Daytona aka Get Down Grand Funk
aka Weekend Rebellion, doing their follow-up to "Double Shot"--
"She Drives Me Out Of My Mind!"

"She Drives Me Out of My Mind" - The Swingin' Medallions
(Aug. 1966, highest chart pos. #68 Cash Box/#71 Hot 100)

Thanks so much for joining today's

celebration marking a dozen years

of blogging for Shady Del Knight

and the two year anniversary of

Shady’s Place! I'll see you in

2021 at the next meeting of

the Top Hits Club of America,

Shady Dell Chapter, right

here at Shady's Place!

Very pretty, Colonel, very pretty...

...but, can they fight?

Looks like you changed your tune, Franko...

I saw you swingin' with the Medallions.

So it's final. They’re all coming back for another year - The Shady Bunch -

DJ squad of Shady Blue, Hepcat Black, Ernest P. Worrell, Brian Griffin,
Shady Green, Jerry Blavat “The Geator with the Heater”, Hy Lit,
The Good Girls (Cindy, Patti and Jane), Dr. Donald D. Rose,
Robert W. Morgan, Toto Moto and Dell Rat Tom plus
Debbie the Dellette hosting her series, and joining
them here at Shady's Place will be ten more DJs -
not just a dirty dozen... but a double dozen -

24 different Shady Bunch radio personalities
plus Debbie and her special guests to keep
you entertained in the coming year!

I hope you enjoyed the 12 year anniversary party.
Stick around because year 13 gets underway
with Shady's next post six days from now.

Any more where Debbie the Dellette came from?

If so... then count me in, major!