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Renny's Riot
Wednesday May 15th, 2024 with Rarin' Renny
RAY'S RIOT! Ray Condo passed away 20 years ago and tomorrow is his birthday. A musical tribute to this frenetic front man with the original songs and his masterful cover versions with both the Hardrock Goners & the Ricochets.

Renny's Riot
The Scarlet Drops - The Scarlet Drops 1984-1992 - 1989 What Wave/2021 Harriet Records/Bandcamp Canadian
Gone With the Wind This Morning
Wayne Raney - Songs Of The Hills - 1955/2005 King Records
Come On
Wynn Stewart - The Best Of Wynn Stewart - 1958 Jackpot/2001 Varèse Sarabande
How Come It
Thumper Jones - Keb Darge and Little Edith's Legendary Wild Rockers 5 - 1956 Starday Records/2015 BBE
High Voltage
Johnny Jano - Goldband Rockabilly - recorded between '56 -'58.1993 Big Tone Records
Crazy Mixed Up World
Little Walter - The Essential Little Walter - 1959 Checker/1993 Chess, MCA Records
The Worryin' Kind
Tommy Sands - A Capitol Rockabilly Party, Part 1 - 1958 Capitol Records/1999 Disky
Gone With the Wind
Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Come On! - 1994 Fury Records Canadian
Come On
Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Come On! - 1994 Fury Records Canadian
How Come It
Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Hillbilly Holiday - 1993 Fury Records Canadian
High Voltage
Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Hillbilly Holiday - 1993 Fury Records Canadian
Crazy Mixed Up World
Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Condo Country - 1990 Crazy Rekkids/1997 Fury Records Canadian
The Worryin' Kind
Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Hillbilly Holiday - 1993 Fury Records Canadian
Crazy Date
Crazy Teens - Sin Alley-Part One (30 Real Gone Rockabilly & R&B Howlers!) - 1959 Scott/198? Crypt Records
All I Can Do Is Cry
Wayne Walker - Keb Darge & Cut Chemist - Lost And Found (Rockabilly & Jump Blues) Vol. 2 - 1956 ABC-Paramount/2007 BBE
St. James Infirmary
Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five - King Louis - West End Blues - 1929 OKeh/2005 Proper Records
Blast Off
Alden Holloway - Lux And Ivy Dig Insane Rockabilly (Over Fifty 45s About Mad Men, Play Boys, Cars, Bugs And Brawls) - 1959 Dixie Records/2021 Righteous
Way Out There
Chuck & Bill (The Kentuckians) - That'll Flat... Git It ! - Vol.2 - 1957 Brunswick/1992 Bear Family Records
Crazy Date
Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Hillbilly Holiday - 1993 Fury Records Canadian
All I Can Do Is Cry
Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Condo Country - 1990 Crazy Rekkids/1997 Fury Records Canadian
St. James Infirmary
Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Hillbilly Holiday - 1993 Fury Records Canadian
Blast Off
Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Hot 'N' Cold - 1988 Crazy Rekkids/2017 Super Oldies Canadian
Way Out There
Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Condo Country - 1990 Crazy Rekkids/1997 Fury Records Canadian
Fort Worth Stomp
Crystal Springs Ramblers - The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys - 1937 Vocalion/1999 Proper Records
Loud Mouth
Modern Mountaineers - The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys - 1937 Bluebird/1999 Proper Records
Swing! Brother Swing! (Wingy Mannone & His Orchestra)
Billie Holiday - Best of Swing - 1939 Vocalion/1973 Everest Records Archive Of Folk & Jazz Music
Teardrops From My Eyes
Ruth Brown - Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 - 1950/1985 Atlantic
Jump Back Honey
Hadda Brooks - The Okeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957 - 1952 OKeh, Epic, Legacy
Shout, Sister, Shout
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - The Definitive Collection 1941-62 - 1949 RCA Victor/2011 Fantastic Voyage
Fort Worth Stomp
Ray Condo & His Ricochets - High And Wild - 2000 Joaquin Records Canadian
Loud Mouth
Ray Condo & His Ricochets - Swing Brother Swing! - 1995 East Side Records Canadian
Swing Brother Swing!
Ray Condo & His Ricochets - Swing Brother Swing! - 1995 East Side Records Canadian
Teardrops From My Eyes
Ray Condo & His Ricochets - Swing Brother Swing! - 1995 East Side Records Canadian
Jump Back Honey
Ray Condo & His Ricochets - Door To Door Maniac - 1997 Joaquin Records Canadian
Shout, Sister, Shout
Ray Condo & His Ricochets - Door To Door Maniac - 1997 Joaquin Records Canadian
Rockin' Record Hop [Outtake]
Carl Perkins - Carl Perkins - The Classic Carl Perkins - 1958 unissued/1990 Bear Family Records
I Can't Find The Doorknob
Jimmy & Johnny - Lux And Ivy Dig Insane Rockabilly (Over Fifty 45s About Mad Men, Play Boys, Cars, Bugs And Brawls) - 1958 D/2021 Righteous
Rockin' Record Hop
Ray Condo & His Ricochets - Swing Brother Swing! - 1995 East Side Records Canadian
I Can't Find The Doorknob
Ray Condo & His Ricochets - High And Wild - 2000 Joaquin Records Canadian
Jump Baby Jump
Harry Carter The Rock N Roll Apache & The Rhythmaires - Jump Baby Jump: The Mar-Vel' Records Story - 1958 Mar-Vel'/2014 One Day Music
Interactive CKCU
Renny G (host)
It would have been is 74th birthday actually, he died a month short of what would have been is 54 birthday.

1:35 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
Any listeners out there in the ether?

1:37 PM, May 15th, 2024
Nancy
Good afternoon. Great premise for the show, Renny. Ear opening!

1:44 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
Glad ya like it. Thanks for listening N.

1:48 PM, May 15th, 2024
Limey
Late to the party but will catch u on demand as I do each week

1:52 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
👍

1:54 PM, May 15th, 2024
Frankie
Late to the show today. I'll listen back on the first 20 minutes or so. Little Walter leading into Tommy Sands, I have to hear this! Tommy Sands now, was he a kind of white bread Elvis? Was married to Nancy Sinatra in the early sixties I believe. Great tracks from Mr. Condo. Are they mostly covers, Renny?

1:59 PM, May 15th, 2024
Frankie
Renny you've answered my question in your rap. I must be more patient.

2:03 PM, May 15th, 2024
What wave dave
Listening outside on the deck and diggin the Condo sounds!!

2:04 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
HEY FRANKIE! Welcome!

2:05 PM, May 15th, 2024
His Mom
Hillbilly very happy!🍺

2:06 PM, May 15th, 2024
h's M
Ray better lookin' than HB!;-) (dont tell him!!)

2:08 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
Hey hillbilly. Hello W.W. Dave. Welcome to the Riot.

2:08 PM, May 15th, 2024
Frankie
Ok, I understand the concept now. Must have taken some serious digging to find the originals.

2:09 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
Most of it I didn't realize I had. I put the names of the Condo songs into my search engine and realized I had a lot of the originals. I had to trim another hour off when I was planning this show.

2:11 PM, May 15th, 2024
Daragh
Listening later in the day but at least I'm listening out here in BC!

2:19 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
Thanks Daragh. You rock.

2:19 PM, May 15th, 2024
IanJ
Excellent tribute to a true talent. Thanks, Renny!

2:33 PM, May 15th, 2024
PaulS
Tuning in apparently just in time for the Condo-fried version of St James Infirmary. Our little combo does a version completely inspired by this one, albeit with accordion rather than fiddle. Obviously, I am digging the tribute to one of my favourite bands ever.

2:35 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
I seem to have screwed up, sorry Rioteers.

2:40 PM, May 15th, 2024
PeterB
WOW! 20 years! Time fries when yer having a funk, apparently. Just joined in, late. Diggin' the shooooow. As always. Peace & Twang!

2:42 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
Hey Paul. Thanks for tuning in.

2:42 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
Thanks for the kind words Peter B

2:47 PM, May 15th, 2024
Neil & DL
Just got home off the road but been boppin' to rockin' all the way here!! Great celebration of all things Ray Condo, Renny!! Two wonderful tributes in a row after last week! And loved the George / Thumper Jones story.

2:52 PM, May 15th, 2024
Neil & DL
Hey just read through comments so sending out a cheer for "Hillbilly's Mom"

2:54 PM, May 15th, 2024
Benoît
Here on the late, though earlier than now... Will have to hit ON DEMAND. Nice Western Swing...

3:09 PM, May 15th, 2024
Benoît
I'm guessing, but in your double intro line up there, I think an extra h crept into first position; "the Ricochets" is what I would normally expect.

3:11 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
Hey Benoît. Hey Neil and DL

3:11 PM, May 15th, 2024
Renny G (host)
Thank y'all for listening. I hope ya all enjoyed it.

3:29 PM, May 15th, 2024
Nancy
Great show. Toe tapper extraordinaire!

3:32 PM, May 15th, 2024