Renny's Riot
Wednesday February 1st, 2023 with Reversing Renny
A collision of the past with the present, starting with a feature on the Welsh trio, The Bug Club. Then a tribute to recently deceased rockabilly, Johnny Powers. A ferocious Can Con cram & in the last half hour, hep music for sugar crazed toddlers.

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The Scarlet Drops - The Scarlet Drops 1984-1992 - 1989 What Wave/2021 Harriet Records/Bandcamp

Word Of God
The Bug Club - Pure Particles - 2021 Bingo Records/2023 We Are Busy Bodies

My Baby Loves Rock & Roll Music
The Bug Club - Pure Particles - 2021 Bingo Records/2023 We Are Busy Bodies

If My Mother Thinks I'm Happy
The Bug Club - Pure Particles - 2021 Bingo Records/2023 We Are Busy Bodies

The Fixer
The Bug Club - Pure Particles - 2021 Bingo Records/2023 We Are Busy Bodies

Only In Love
The Bug Club - Green Dream In F# - 2022 Bingo Records/2023 We Are Busy Bodies

6 O'Clock News
The Bug Club - Green Dream In F# - 2022 Bingo Records/2023 We Are Busy Bodies

Love Is A Painting
The Bug Club - Green Dream In F# - 2022 Bingo Records/2023 We Are Busy Bodies

Yesterday's Papers
The Bug Club - Green Dream In F# - 2022 Bingo Records/2023 We Are Busy Bodies

I'm Waiting For The Man
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico - 1967 Verve Records

Lightnin' Lightnin'
The Adam Brown - Rocktober II: Free Label Sampler - 2021 Rum Bar Records

Wanted To Be Loved
Dany Laj & The Looks - Ten Easy Pieces - 2021 We Are Busy Bodies/Rum Bar Records

Surrender (Cheap Trick)
Vikings - Go Beserk! - 1994 Sympathy For The Record Industry

Long Blond Hair, Red Rose Lips
Johnny Powers with The Band Of Stan Getz & Tom Cats - Long Blond Hair - 1957 Fox Record Company/1992 Norton Records

Rock Rock
Johnny Powers with The Band Of Stan Getz & Tom Cats - Long Blond Hair - 1957 Fox Record Company/1992 Norton Records/1992 Norton Records

Honey Let's Go (To A Rock And Roll Show)
Johnny Powers - Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story - 1958 Fortune Records/2014 One Day Music

Me And My Rhythm Guitar
Johnny Powers - The Essential Sun Rockabillies Vol. 1 - recorded 1958 unissued until 1975 Sun/1996 Charly Records

Mama Rock
Johnny Powers with The A-Bones - Daddy Wants A Cold Beer And Other Million Sellers - 1992/2004 Norton Records

New Spark
Johnny Powers with The A-Bones - Daddy Wants A Cold Beer And Other Million Sellers - 1992/2004 Norton Records

Rock Rock (Johnny Powers)
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - Fly Right With... Big Sandy & The Fly-Rite Trio - 1992 Dionysus Records

Long Blond Hair (Johnny Powers)
The Meteors - Live - 1983 Wreckin' Records

Blood Boogie
Teenage Head - Tornado - 1983 MCA Records

Blue Eyes And Black Hair
Tne Ichi-Bons - Show Me The Ropes single - 2022 Self-released/Bandcamp

Show Me The Ropes
Tne Ichi-Bons - Show Me The Ropes single - 2022 Self-released/Bandcamp

Ahead Of You Baby
The Slow Drags - The Slow Drags - 2018 Self-released/Bandcamp

Billion M.P.H.
Buzz Deluxe - Hidden Treasures - 2017 Self-released/Bandcamp

Television Child
Restless Virgins - Television Child single - 1981 T.C.M. Records

Black Boot
Resin Scraper - Heard Mentality - 1996 Mag Wheels Records

Gonna Die
The Steve Adamyk Band - Forever Won't Wait - 2011 Dirtnap Records

Sweet Dreams
Black Boot Trio - Ottawa City Speedway - 1996 Speedway Records/Cargo Records

Stupid Little Angel
Three O'Clock Train - Wig Wam Beach - 1985 Pipeline Records

Blood Will Tell
Fiftymen - Balances And Sums - 2014 Self-released

Humpty Dumpty Heart
Hank Thompson - Doughboys, Playboys, And Cowboys - The Golden Years Of Western Swing - 1947 Capitol Records/1999 Proper Records

Old Macdonald Boogie
Johnny Tyler & The Riders Of The Rio Grande - Hillbilly Boogie - 1948 RCA Victor/2002 Proper Records

Nursery Rhyme Blues
Merrill Moore - Boogie My Blues Away - 1957 Capitol Records/1990 Bear Family Records

Numbers Boogie
Sugar Chile Robinson - 1949-1952 - 1949 Capitol Records/2003 Classics

There's A Moose On The Loose
Roddy Jackson - The Specialty Story - 1958/1994 Specialty Records

Rhythm In The Barnyard
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - 1950/1990 Specialty Records

The Wiggle Waggle Woo
Sticks McGhee - Sugar Jump - 1954 King Records/2018 Koko Mojo Records

Hickory Dickory Dock
Big Boy Myles & The Sha-Weez - The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 1 - 1956 Specialty Records/2007 Proper Records

The Cuckoo Rock
The Collins Kids - Hop, Skip & Jump - 1955 Columbia/1991 Bear Family Records

Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe
Bob & Lucille (Bob Regan and Lucille Savoie later known as Lucille Starr) - Canadian Rockabilly: Shakin' Up North - 1959 Ditto Records/1962 King Records/1999 Bear Family Records

Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe (Bob & Lucille)
The Dice Cubes - Rockin' On The Edge Of Town - 2022 Self-released/Bandcamp

Interactive CKCU

Renny G (host)
Hey there! Any Rockin' Rioteers listening? Drop me a line if you've got the time.

1:35 PM, February 1st, 2023

Johnny Loan
Checking in. Off to a rocking start

1:35 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Hey Johnny, welcome to the Riot.

1:38 PM, February 1st, 2023

hillbilly
Reading list...luv Lou Reed!

1:40 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Ditto, hillbilly.

1:40 PM, February 1st, 2023

IanJ
Lovin' The Bug Club, Renny. Thanks!

1:44 PM, February 1st, 2023

whatwave dave
Listenin' in....thanx for the intro to The Bug Club.

1:53 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Hey, my two favourite deejays. Ian J. and whatwave dave. Thanks guys.

1:56 PM, February 1st, 2023

Jeb
Tuned in and turned on!

2:04 PM, February 1st, 2023

MarkieRedd
They are a really great band The Bug Club. They should have a date at the Saw Club

2:04 PM, February 1st, 2023

Rockin' hillbilly
luv'n standup bass + real drum kits!!;-)

2:10 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Slap that bass!

2:17 PM, February 1st, 2023

whatwave dave
On the Johnny Powers w/The A Bones, he really sounds a lot like Billy Miller....and that's not a bad thing!

2:17 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
No kidding.

2:18 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
I wish I had a chance to see the A-Bones.

2:19 PM, February 1st, 2023

whatwave dave
We saw the A-Bones a coupla times.....once right here in London Ontario and they forced us to take them to a Tim Hortons as they'd never been to one before. Other time was with Hasil Adkins and that was an experience I'll never forget.

2:30 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Man, you have got the best stories.

2:32 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Lucky bastard.

2:32 PM, February 1st, 2023

Jeb
Had the good fortune of seeing the A-Bones open for the Young Fresh Fellows at the Towne Pump in Vancouver in the early 90s.

2:32 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Luck of the Irish.

2:32 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
AND the Young Fresh Fellows. Stop it guys, you're killing me.

2:33 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
I want Miriam Linna either put on a Canadian stamp or on some currency. She drummed with the Cramps for god's sake! She drummed in The A-Bones. She (& Bill) were responsible for both Kicks magazine & Norton Records. She deserves the order of Canada at the very least.

2:36 PM, February 1st, 2023

Jeb
Buzz Deluxe did a couple of shows with Evil Farm Children, in Toronto and Montreal. Fun duo that traveled with Jack Russell terriers.

2:37 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Any group that travels with their dogs has my deepest admiration. Especially terriers.

2:38 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
"Television Child" is an anthem. One of my favourite punk songs from Ottawa.

2:39 PM, February 1st, 2023

Jeb
"All you get is brainwave masterbation "

2:40 PM, February 1st, 2023

whatwave dave
Haven't heard Television Child in ages!! Thanx for spinning it! And yes, Miriam should be on a Canadian stamp or something!

2:41 PM, February 1st, 2023

Jeb
Didn't know Miriam was Canadian.

2:42 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
It's one of those songs that you can't help but sing along to.

2:42 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Yup. From Sudbury. The Big Nickel.

2:43 PM, February 1st, 2023

peebee
TEENAGE HEAD!!!! Loudest band i ever heard. At Rondun Tavern, Roscesvale Ave, T.O. circa 1975-ish. Dance floor about the size of a postage stamp, amps to the ceiling, all at 11. As my friend, let's call him Henry ('cause that is his name) said while beer bottles and other projectile were flying: "what the *&%# i can'd hear a &^%#@ thing, j&%@# c&^@+ this is *&@%'in dangerous du%# Me: WHAAAATTT!!! My ears are bleeding!! *&^# INCOMING!! q;^)

2:44 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Jiminy Crickets! That sounds harrowing. No, I'm not fond of shows that are too loud. Even when I'm at home alone I never blast the music.

2:49 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
And peebee, please feel free to swear in the comments.

2:53 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Anyone remember the Kid's Half Hour?

3:02 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
There's a lot of great Hanks in country music.

3:04 PM, February 1st, 2023

Frankie
Great show, I mean yours Renny. No idea about the KHH though, I'm from the Banana Splits era.

3:12 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
No, it was a show here on CKCU back in the Eighties.

3:13 PM, February 1st, 2023

whatwave dave
That was a Great Rockin' 2 hours of fun Renny!!!!

3:31 PM, February 1st, 2023

Renny G (host)
Thanks for listening. I truly appreciate it.

3:33 PM, February 1st, 2023

Benoît
On-demand here. I really like that your whole first set is from one band. This kind of thing -- even if just down to 2-3 songs, perhaps from one album -- should be done more often. Fun stuff.

8:09 AM, February 7th, 2023

Benoît
Yeah, great whole show. Mucho rockabilly, etc. A second set all by one guy or band. Fiftymen! Thanks!

9:39 AM, February 7th, 2023

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