Thursday, March 22, 2012

Fast Charles' Power Hour Episode 20 (Mardi Gras)

Admittedly, I've been slacking. Med school can really eat into one's free time...but I always take the time to celebrate notable occasions, though this one only got a half power hour. That doesn't diminish the mind-blowing music or meandering dialogue that we (guests: Marla and Stumpkiller) manage to cram into this episode. So on Mardi Gras, that most eminent of Feast Days, the King Cake was eaten and the wine and beer flowed copiously.
Enjoy and lift up your spirits,
'Fast' Charles



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Setlist:
1) Legendary Shack Shakers – CB Song
2) Johnny Paycheck – Armed and Dangerous
3) Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
4) Some Velvet Evening – One Night of Sin
5) John Prine and Iris DeMint – In Spite of Ourselves
6) Those Poor Bastards - Crooked Man
7) Warren Zevon – Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
8) Jerry Lee Lewis – Haunted House
9) Hank Williams, Sr. – Honky Tonkin’
10) RWH – Drunken Poet’s Dream

Friday, February 3, 2012

Fast Charles' Power Hour Episode 19 (NYE)

Here it is...the long awaited celebration of all things 2011. I am joined by Cousin, Augie and Jeanna, Molly the Beautiful, and of course, the Wandering Jew. The Maneuverer phones in long distance and I drink 60 beers. My voice gives out about half way through, I get into a repetitive loop about New Year's Resolutions and finally descend into blithering idiocy.

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Setlist
1. Sunday Valley – Sometimes Wine
2. Hellbound Glory – Till The Lights Go Out
3. Louis Jordan – Saturday Night Fish Fry
4. Hayes Carll – Stomp and Holler
5. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Frenzy
6. Those Darlins – 222
7. Marty Stuart - Country Boy Rock and Roll
8. Johnson Creek Stranglers – I’m Leavin’
9. Scott H. Biram – Victory Song
10. Dale Watson – Cheatin’ Heart Attack
11. Maddox Brothers and Rose – Kiss Me Like Crazy
12. Townes Van Zandt – Waitin’ Around to Die
13. Jerry Lee Lewis – Hold On, I’m Comin’
14. Webb Pierce – There Stands the Glass
15. Gillian Welch – Tennessee
16. David Alvin – East Virginia Blues
17. David Allan Coe – Long-haired Redneck
18. Roger Alan Wade – All Likkered Up
19. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Do You Know Thee Enemy

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Fast Charles' Power Hour Episode 18 (End of Biochem/Gen)

Fast Charles and Stumpkiller bring you a lively, beer-soaked episode filled with classics and too much fun. Important questions are addressed and metaphysical Gordian knots are cut, including whether or not Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a good show, whether or not Band of Brothers is a good show, and whether or not American paratroops jumped into Germany in WWII. Important announcements about the future of Fast Charles’ Power Hour are included. Enjoy!

From the subcontinent to the banks of the James, everybody’s honky tonkin’.

“I’ve always been right. Once I thought I was wrong and I checked…it turned out I was right.” – The Killer



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Inspiration from the Wandering Jew:

Fast Charles with a couple weeks worth of flash cards that he will never use again:

Setlist:
1) Bobby Bare – Drunk and Crazy
2) Shooter Jennings – Manifesto No. 1
3) Scott H. Biram – I Want My Mojo Back
4) Jerry Lee Lewis – What’d I Say
5) Johnny Cash – Hurt
6) Dale Watson – My Baby Makes me Gravy
7) Ugly Valley Boys – Never Be Again
8) Carolina Chocolate Drops – Snowden Jig
9) David Allan Coe – You Never Even Call me by my Name
10) Ray Wylie Hubbard – Beauty Way
11) New Riders of the Purple Sage – Kick in the Head
12) Reverend Horton Heat – Eat Steak
13) Lucky Tubb – Bachelor Man
14) Elvis Presley – I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You
15) Bobby Bare – I’ve Never Gone to Bed with an Ugly Woman

Friday, September 9, 2011

Fast Charles' Power Hour Episode 17 (Hurricane)

Alright, I can manage. Here is an uncensored episode made in the midst of disaster and triumph...earthquakes, exams and hurricanes. Cohosts include Al, Steve and Tom to lesser and greater degrees. Shaking things up around here, just got back from Muddy Roots, preparing a new episode to bring you the reviews from that particular cousinfest in TN.



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1) Steve Earle – Copperhead Road
2) Ray Wylie Hubbard – Kilowatts
3) Mountain Sprout – Short Time Gone
4) Ben Prestage – Owl’s Hoot
5) Rehab – Bartender’s Song
6) Winger – Higher and Higher
7) Whitey Morgan and the 78s - Sinner
8) Hellbound Glory – Hard Livin’ Man
9) Neil Young – Grey Riders
10) Lynryd Skynyrd – Swamp Music
11) Blackcountry XXX Compilation - Devil in New Orleans
12) Boomswagglers – Jim and Jack
13) Howlin’ Wolf – Stoop Down Baby
14) Scorpions – Rock Me Like a Hurricane

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Behind the Scenes (In the Studio)

I don't have another completed episode yet (but one is fortunately in the works). To slate your thirst for all things Fast Charles I have decided to post two pictures.

The first is from the Episode 15 recording sessions up in the Owl Perch with Suncloud, Mackey and Black Barbara:

The second is in my new upgraded studio in Richmond. A debate is ongoing about the name, but Mosby Court and Squatter's Paradise have been suggested. Notice my heightened level of safety:

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Fast Charles' Power Hour Episode 16 - Final Episode?

Alright, everyone.
I made this on my first night in Richmond with Shyam the Bomb on the first half. Still burning up the mic and spinning the hottest hits you've never heard I prepare to say goodbye to my old life. Come join the celebratory wake!



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Setlist:
1) William Elliot Whitmore – Don’t Need It
2) Wanda Jackson – Gonna Have a Party
3) Faron Young – Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
4) Jerry Lee Lewis – Carry Me Back to Old Virginia
5) Shiela Ki Jawani – Tees Maar Khan
6) Tom Vandenavond – Good Lord, Give Us a Sign
7) Dirt Daubers – Wake Up, Sinners
8) Ben Prestage – Tell the Devil I’m Gone
9) Guy Clark – Virginia’s Real
10) Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys – Virginia
11) Larry and His Flask – Land of the Free
12) Gillian Welch – The Way It Goes
13) Caleb Klauder – Deep River
14) Joseph Huber – Downtime
15) Hank Williams Sr. – The Battle of Armageddon
16) Possessed by Paul James – We Welcome You Home

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Fast Charles' Power Hour Episode 15

Dear Awesome People:

This is it! The most epic, elongated Fast Charles' Power Hour yet. Coming hot on the heels of two fun-filled weekends, Sterling Stormcloud, Mackey, Black Barbara and I bring you a feast for your ears. Also, for the first time ever, we have a live performance in the studio...be amazed.



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Setlist:
1) Steve Earle - Guitartown
2) Neil Young and Willie Nelson - Are There Any More Real Cowboys?
3) Black Keys - Unknown Brother
4) Adam Lee - Thank the Booze
5) Slackeye Slim - Introducing Drake Savage
6) Jimbo Mathus - Who'll Sop My Gravy
7) Blue Lights in the Basement
8) Little Feat - Willin'
9) Townes Speaks!
10)Townes Van Zandt - White Freightliner Blues
11)The Pleasure Barons - Take a Letter Maria
12)Dave Alvin - Murietta's Head
13)Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
14)Sterling Stormcloud - Girl, I'm Gonna Cut Him Down
15)Hackensaw Boys - Oh, Girl
16)Jonathan Richman - You're the One For Me
17)Unknown Hinson - I Don't Do Dope
18)Lyle Lovett - L.A. County
19)Waylon Jennings - Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A.
20)Don Williams - Tulsa Time
21)George Jones and Tammy Wynette - Southern California
22)Grateful Dead - Greatest Story Ever Told
23)Tom Waits - That Feel