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A Season in Hell #73: Radio Valencia: Stormy Monday

January 23, 4pm


The rain has finally arrived in the Bay Area, and with it the loss of the 49ers. Dang. I could go on and on about the 2nd year Williams, and his two errors, but he has enough to deal with without me harassing him. Poor kid. The Niners got farther than any of us fans expected they would this year, so for that I salute you.

It still sucks though.

And therefore I bring you tonight’s show: Stormy Monday.

I was raised by a father well versed in the genre of Blues. It was often playing in the garage when my dad was working on his old cars. We even had a jukebox, packed with 45s, many of which featured old blues. I’ve MCd the Northern California Blues Festival a few times, and have quite a large collection of great blues musicians, past and present.

Tune in Monday’s, 8-10PM (PST) for A Season in Hell, with John Hell

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Enjoy.

Stormy Weather: Etta James
Got My Mojo Working: Ann Cole
Flip, Flop and Fly: Big Joe Turner

“B” Movie Boxcar Blues: Delbert McClinton
Bottle Up & Go: Hooker and Heat
Shake Your Moneymaker: Elmore James
I Got My Eye You: Buddy Guy

Come On In My Kitchen: Eugene Huggins
Messin’ With The Kid: Junior Wells
Bulldoze Blues: Henry Thomas
Suzie Q: Dale Hawkins
Tollin’ Bells: Lowell Folsom

Stormy Monday: Allman Brothers Band (02/1970 – Fillmore East)
How Blue Can You Get: B.B. King

Ball and Chain: Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band (04-01-69)
Trouble No More: Muddy Waters

Two Trains Running: Butterfield Blues Band
Got to get Better in a Little While: Derek and the Dominos
Hear My Train A Comin’: Jimi Hendrix

I Ain’t Superstitious: Howlin’ Wolf
I’m A King Bee: Slim Harpo
Shotgun Blues: Blues Brothers (12-31-78)

Bringin’ it all Back Home: Sonny Boy Williamson
I Left My Heart in San Francisco: Tony Bennett (50th anniversary of this fine release)
Cold, Rain and Snow: Dillard Chandler

Stormy Monday Blues on A Season in Hell tonight, 8-10

January 23, 4pm

It’s been a long time coming, but the rain has finally arrived. And with it, the blues. The Niners losing yesterday in the fashion they did doesn’t help any. 8-10 tonight on A Season in Hell with John Hell, I’ll feature some of my favorite blues tracks from the masters as well as some obscure one’s that will easily become your favorites. Artists include: Howlin’ Wolf, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Rush, the Downchild Blues Band, Ann Cole, the Allman Brothers and much, much more.

Tune in for some classic blues, 8-10PM (PST) tonight, on A Season in Hell, with John Hell

A Season in Hell #72: Radio Valencia: Where Have You Gone, Dr. King?

January 16, 8pm


Shareef Ali is in the studio in the first hour. He’s promoting a show this Wednesday at Bottom of the Hill.

Following this fine interview I’m focusing on a tribute to the late, great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

It’s all about the preparation. I often times pull too much music, which is good. I’d rather do that than not pull enough. I don’t time my show down to the second, but I always have a good sense of what should follow what. Radio is a craft; an art form. They say it takes twenty years to become a master. I’ve been doing radio since 1988; DJing since 1986. I don’t feel I’m a master in any way, but I really do love practicing my art every week. I’m blessed.

Tonight I went deep to pay tribute to Dr. King. I think you’ll enjoy the show.

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Enjoy.

jh

Interview with Shareef Ali

Witness: Shareef Ali

Interview with Shareef Ali

River Beggar Summer Killer: Shareef Ali

Interview with Shareef Ali

Come Closer: Shareef Ali
Why: Nina Simone
Abraham, Martin And John: Dion & The Belmonts

By The Time I Get To Arizona: Public Enemy
People Get Ready: The Impressions
Move On Up: Curtis Mayfield
Say It Loud (I’m Black And I’m Proud), Pt. 1: James Brown

Martin Luther King Speech from The Boondocks
Tears in the Rain: Jehst
Wishing: Ed OG and Masta Ace
I Have a Dream: Common

War feat. Freeway, Jay-Z, & Beanie Seagle: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
The Message: Bob James vs Grandmaster Flash vs Royksopp
Happy Birthday: Stevie Wonder
Only A Pawn In Their Game: Bob Dylan
If I’m in Luck I Just Might Get Picked Up: Betty Davis

What’s Going On/Mercy Mercy Me: Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Ti Ti: East New York Ensemble de Music

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime: Dean Martin

MLK Tribute and Shareef Ali on A Season In Hell, 8-10PM Tonight

January 16, 11am

It’s Martin Luther King Jr. day today, and I feel it my duty and honor to pay tribute to the man. Much of tonight’s music will be “Fight the Power” music, as well as songs in tribute to the great man. I’m in the mood for some funk, soul and hiphop.

Also, in the studio in the first hour is the very talented and original SF singer/songwriter Shareef Ali. He’s got a show coming up this Wednesday at Bottom of the Hill. Go out and support local, live music!

A Season in Hell with John Hell is on every Monday, 8-10PM (PST).
Go here to see all my past shows, including playlists, streaming and downloads of each show.

See you on the radio.

jh

A Season in Hell #71: Radio Valencia: Birthday Theme

January 9, 7pm


The first hour tonight was a lot of fun. Check out the Marvin Pontiac and Michael Kiwanuka tracks. There is so much good music out there.

If you like drum solos then you’re going to LOVE Deep Purple’s live version of Paint it Black. If you don’t then I promise that you will absolutely HATE it. ’nuff said.

I did a bit of a birthday set for John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, David Bowie, Syd Barrett and others.

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Enjoy.

It’s Hard to be Humble: Mac Davis
She’s Not There: Neko Case and Nick Cave

Bring Me Rocks: Marvin Pontiac
They Say I’m Doing Just Fine: Michael Kiwanuka
BABYS WEARIN BLUE JEANS: Mac DeMarco

Love Me Tender: James Brown
Come Rain Or Come Shine: James Brown
These Arms of Mine: Drive By Truckers

Ca Plane Pour Moi (Plastic Bertrand cover): Sonic Youth
Clowns and Jugglers: Syd Barrett
She Shook Me Cold: David Bowie
Shapes of Things: Jeff Beck
Hyacinth House: The Doors

Masters of War: Mark Arm
Jailhouse Rock/Don’t Be Cruel: Elvis (Vegas 1969)

Trampled Underfoot: Led Zeppelin (03-19-75 Vancouver, BC)
Paint it Black: Deep Purple (08-24-69 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland )

Heroin: Velvet Underground (01-03-66 The Factory, NY, NY)
So What: Miles Davis (10-03-64 Stockholm, Sweden)

Mack the Knife/Alabama Song: The Doors (09-20-68 Sweden)
She Caught the Katy: Taj Mahal (05-23-71, Fillmore East, NY, NY)

Everybody Loves Somebody: Dean Martin

A Season in Hell #70: Radio Valencia: New Year Resolutions

January 2, 7pm


First show of the new year, and I figure with the end only twelve short months away I’ve got nothing to lose, so I’m going for broke. Each week I’ll playing exactly what I want to hear. Hopefully it’s what you want to hear too.

This week some great music from 2011, some odds and ends, and great live stuff from Zappa, Primus, Zeppelin as well as a loving dedication to my fiancee at the top of the second hour.

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Enjoy.

Hour one:
It’s Hard to be Humble: Mac Davis
Griot: Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band

New Years Eve: Tom Waits
I Wanna Be Sedated: Allo, Darlin’
Sprawl II: Arcade Fire

The Plague: Gardenella Dingledart
20 Miles: Con Brio
Rockefeller Druglaw Blues: The Felice Brothers

Window Shopping: Boris
Too Many Rappers: Beastie Boys
Truth: Alexander

Hour two:
The Way Young Lovers Do: Jeff Buckley
In My Time of Dying: Led Zeppelin (04-27-77)

Leave It (A Capella Version): Yes
My Brother Esau: Grateful Dead
Born on the Bayou: Creedence Clearwater Revival (07-04-71 – Closing of the Fillmore West)

Tommy the Cat->Tom Sawyer->Master of Puppets->Tommy the Cat: Primus (02-17-90 Full Moon Saloon, SF, CA)
King Kong: Frank Zappa (11-03-84 Stonybrook, NY)

Everybody Loves Somebody: Dean Martin

Happy New Year Everyone

December 31, 7pm


Happy New Year to all of you. Thanks for tuning into my show every week, or downloading it. However you get it is all good by me. If you’re still looking for something fun to do tonight, into the early morning, I’m Emceeing a great show in SF, featuring Mark Growden and Rube Waddell, as well as DJ Justin Credible and other fine DJs.

See the poster above and go to YourCabana for the deets.

See you all in 2012.

jh

John Hell Emcees HUGE New Years Blast Saturday Night

December 30, 5pm

Dance ’til Dawn – 2012 New Years Eve at Your Cabana

Doors open at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 31

The Party is not over until 10:00 a.m. on New Years Day

1308 Griffith Street at Quesada Street in the Bayview neighborhood

LIVE MUSIC & DJ’s

Mark Growden (10PM)– Mark plays accordion, saxophone and banjo in tribute to his rural mountain roots and the roughshod beginnings of American music and the spirit that music represents. Be prepared to swoon.

Rube Waddell (1:45AM)- a San Francisco-based quartet performing their own breed of modern Americana music. They mix together cast-off parts, twisted scraps, and rusty hinges of Blues, Gospel, Country, American and Irish Folk, Punk,Rock, comic Vaudeville, German theater, Mexican Banda, Mid-Eastern and Asian ditties into a raw junkyard stew stirred by their varied array of traditional and homemade instruments.

DJ Justin Credible (11PM)– Spreadin’ the music love with booty-shakin’ beats from hip-hop to funk and disco, plus many surprises.

DJ Selector Science – For the last decade Selector Science has traveled to the four corners of the galaxy smashing and blending musical genres along the way in his quest to make the ultimate, bass driven, dance floor whompers.

DJ Holding Pattern

MC for the night: John Hell of Radio Valencia

PLUS:

Rock Star Bartenders

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Cyberbuss Hot Tea Lounge

Outdoor Bonfire

YotTub

Champagne Toast at Midnight

Late Night Hot Snack Bar

Pancake Breakfast Bar on New Year’s Morning

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A Season in Hell #69: Radio Valencia: Best of 2011, Part 2

December 26, 8pm


So much good music in 2011 that I had to do two Best of shows this year.

Here’s the link to download the archived show.
Here’s the link to the stream of the archived show.

Easy: Deer Tick
Pobre Mary: Guadalupe Plata
Chinese Weed: FIDLAR

You Were There: The Ettes
Ophelia: Luke Temple
Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant: John McCauley of Deer Tick

Can We Get Together: Hunx and his Punx
Velvet Itch: Bass Drum of Death
Jesus Came to my Birthday Party: The Middle East
County Line: Cass McCombs

Mayday: Pujol
Be your Bro: Those Darlins
Man Who Lives Forever: Lord Huron
You Make the Sun Fry: Ty Segall

Hour two:
Bad as Me: Tom Waits
Benediction: Thurston Moore

Holocene: Bon Iver
Several Shades of Why: J Mascis

Stick Figures in Love: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
I’m So Vain: Sun Raaa
Breaking the Law: The Babies
Oh Woman, John Wesley Coleman III

Filling A Hole: Eric McFadden
Mind Daze: Psychic Ills
Die: Girls

San Pedro: Mogwai

Best of 2011 on A Season in Hell, Tonight 8-10pm

December 26, 3pm

Tonight is Part 2 of my “Best of 2011” show. Last week was a lot of fun. There was so much great music out there this year, that two hours wasn’t nearly enough time to get through all of it. Tune in tonight to A Season in Hell with John Hell, 8-10pm, to hear more of what I consider to be the best of the year.

Go here to see last week’s playlist, as well as the link to hear the show.

Enjoy.