December 19, 6pm
It’s the end of the year, so that means it’s time for a Best of 2011 show. There was so much good music this year, that I find it difficult to fit it all into one two-hour show. So this show tonight is part one.
Stream it here.
Download it here.
Enjoy.
It’s Hard to be Humble: Mac Davis
The World (is going up in flames): Charles Bradley
Get Right: Megafaun
How Can You Love Me: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
I Found You: Alabama Shakes
Truth (RZA Remix): Alexander
Nothing is the News: Damien Jurado
Modern Art: Black Lips
Jesus Fever: Kurt Vile
You Take Time: Bleached
Drug: White Denim
Gangsta: Tune Yards
Let the Sun Go Down on Me Here: Coves
For The Last Time: Turf War
He Gets Me High: Dum Dum Girls
Helplessness Blues: Fleet Foxes
Wild Heart: Futurebirds
Me and You: Strange Boys
I Was Denied: Thee Oh Sees
Automatic Jail: Jacuzzi Boys
Tigrawahi Tikma (Bring Us Together): Bombino
Chinatown: Destroyer
Civilian: Wye Oak
Can You Get To That: Stone Darling
December 19, 6pm
Tonight on A Season in Hell, with John Hell I’ll be playing part one of my favorites from 2011. There was so much good music this year, that there is no way I’ll be able to fit it all into one two-hour show. Tune in tonight to hear Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band, Megafaun, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Alabama Shakes, Alexander, Black Lips, and much, MUCH more.
December 13, 12pm
It’s on! John Hell and Rotten Ronnie Donovan go toe to toe, head to head, mano a mano for the 7th installment of the bootleg matchup to end all bootleg matchups: ROCK FIGHT 7!!!
What a great show tonight. And once again, I kicked Ron’s ass. Seriously Ron, you really can’t play crappy audience recordings and actually think you’re going to win?
We were blessed with some special guests in the studio tonight. In the 7 o’clock hour Ralph Spight of Victim’s Family and Jello Biafra’s Guantanamo School of Medicine came by to talk about this Sunday’s San Francisco Rock Project benefit at Rickshaw Shop. Zeda, a ten year old bassist, and Cody a fifteen year old guitarist joined him to talk about the show. Check out their website for more info. This is a really excellent cause.
Around 9:30 the greatest guitarist you’ve never heard of, Eric McFadden came in to talk about his new sauce he’s been cooking up. Actually, he was talking about a lot of things, including waffles and an apple pie that one first place at a Thanksgiving dinner. It’s always such a pleasure to see Eric and Super D. They’re on the road so often that one wonders how they feel when they actually have time to relax.
As for the show, you can download it and listen to it at your leisure here for part one, and here for part two.
Rock Fight: Cheech and Chong
Let There Be Rock: AC/DC 12-09-79 JH
Lick it Up: Mindzone 12-17-93 RD
King of the Nighttime World: Kiss 09-03-76 JH
Life in the Fastlane: The Eagles 03-04-80 RD
Ron Donovan Rock Block 1
Voodoo Chile: Stevie Ray Vaughn 12-03-89
Cocaine: Eric Clapton 12-09-77
Reefer Headed Woman: Aerosmith 01-04-83
Get Off My Cloud: Rolling Stones 07-28-66
Everyday I Have the Blues: BB King 12-23-72
John Hell Rock Block 1
Rock the Nation: Montrose 04-21-73
Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy 09-25-80
Interview with Ralph Spight
Rosalita: Bruce Springsteen 08-09-78 JH
Occupy Set
Holiday in Cambodia: Dead Kennedy’s 10-15-80 JH
Know Your Enemy: Rage Against the Machine 06-15-95 RD
Guns of Brixton: The Clash 08-17-82 JH
School’s Out: Alice Cooper 10-31-11 RD
Free Ride: Edgar Winter 12-17-74 RD
Click here to listen to part two of the show.
John Hell’s Rock Block 2
Cocaine Blues: George Thorogood 1989
The Man in Black: Johnny Cash 12-08-94
Come Together: Butthole Surfers 10-24-85
Search and Destroy: Dictators 08-17-91
Ramblin’ Rose: Gang War 05-31-80
Led Zeppelin Medley: Beat Farmers 12-07-85
Hey Hey What Can I Do: Black Crowes with Jimmy Page 10-19-99
Muswell Hillbilly: The Kinks 11-11-72
Ron Donovan’s Rock Block 2
Riding the Storm Out: REO Speedwagon 05-11-78
Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast: Airbourne 07-10-11
You’re All I Got Tonight: The Cars 11-22-78
Death By Misadventure: Ted Nugent 06-04-77
Running with the Devil: Van Halen 09-13-79
Purple Haze: Bootsie Collins 07-09-11
I Wanna Be Your Dog: Iggy and the Stooges 09-03-10 JH
Hour four: Big Four
Antisocial: Anthrax 07-03-11 JH
Indian: Anthrax 07-03-11 RD
Interview with Eric McFadden
Hanging Moon: Eric McFadden 06-26-11
Hanger18: Megadeth 07-03-11 JH
Harvester of Sorrow: Metallica 12-05-11 JH
December 12, 5pm
It’s on! John Hell and Rotten Ronnie Donovan go toe to toe, head to head, mano a mano for the 7th installment of the bootleg matchup to end all bootleg matchups: ROCK FIGHT 7!!!
What a great show tonight. And once again, I kicked Ron’s ass. Seriously Ron, you really can’t play crappy audience recordings and actually think you’re going to win?
We were blessed with some special guests in the studio tonight. In the 7 o’clock hour Ralph Spight of Victim’s Family and Jello Biafra’s Guantanamo School of Medicine came by to talk about this Sunday’s San Francisco Rock Project benefit at Rickshaw Shop. Zeda, a ten year old bassist, and Cody a fifteen year old guitarist joined him to talk about the show. Check out their website for more info. This is a really excellent cause.
Around 9:30 the greatest guitarist you’ve never heard of, Eric McFadden came in to talk about his new sauce he’s been cooking up. Actually, he was talking about a lot of things, including waffles and an apple pie that one first place at a Thanksgiving dinner. It’s always such a pleasure to see Eric and Super D. They’re on the road so often that one wonders how they feel when they actually have time to relax.
As for the show, you can download it and listen to it at your leisure here for part one, and here for part two.
Rock Fight: Cheech and Chong
Let There Be Rock: AC/DC 12-09-79 JH
Lick it Up: Mindzone 12-17-93 RD
King of the Nighttime World: Kiss 09-03-76 JH
Life in the Fastlane: The Eagles 03-04-80 RD
Ron Donovan Rock Block 1
Voodoo Chile: Stevie Ray Vaughn 12-03-89
Cocaine: Eric Clapton 12-09-77
Reefer Headed Woman: Aerosmith 01-04-83
Get Off My Cloud: Rolling Stones 07-28-66
Everyday I Have the Blues: BB King 12-23-72
John Hell Rock Block 1
Rock the Nation: Montrose 04-21-73
Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy 09-25-80
Interview with Ralph Spight
Rosalita: Bruce Springsteen 08-09-78 JH
Occupy Set
Holiday in Cambodia: Dead Kennedy’s 10-15-80 JH
Know Your Enemy: Rage Against the Machine 06-15-95 RD
Guns of Brixton: The Clash 08-17-82 JH
School’s Out: Alice Cooper 10-31-11 RD
Free Ride: Edgar Winter 12-17-74 RD
Click here to listen to part two of the show.
John Hell’s Rock Block 2
Cocaine Blues: George Thorogood 1989
The Man in Black: Johnny Cash 12-08-94
Come Together: Butthole Surfers 10-24-85
Search and Destroy: Dictators 08-17-91
Ramblin’ Rose: Gang War 05-31-80
Led Zeppelin Medley: Beat Farmers 12-07-85
Hey Hey What Can I Do: Black Crowes with Jimmy Page 10-19-99
Muswell Hillbilly: The Kinks 11-11-72
Ron Donovan’s Rock Block 2
Riding the Storm Out: REO Speedwagon 05-11-78
Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast: Airbourne 07-10-11
You’re All I Got Tonight: The Cars 11-22-78
Death By Misadventure: Ted Nugent 06-04-77
Running with the Devil: Van Halen 09-13-79
Purple Haze: Bootsie Collins 07-09-11
I Wanna Be Your Dog: Iggy and the Stooges 09-03-10 JH
Hour four: Big Four
Antisocial: Anthrax 07-03-11 JH
Indian: Anthrax 07-03-11 RD
Interview with Eric McFadden
Hanging Moon: Eric McFadden 06-26-11
Hanger18: Megadeth 07-03-11 JH
Harvester of Sorrow: Metallica 12-05-11 JH
December 5, 7pm
I love interviewing local bands, and tonight I had in a great singer: Xandra Corpora of Con Brio. She likens the band to Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, but I think they have a really original sound. Check out the two tracks we played on the show.
Also, next week is Rock Fight 7. See below for details. Rotten Ronnie Donovan phoned in to talk smack, but I put him in his place and hung up.
Tonight, some brand spankin’ new Mark Lanegan, which will knock your socks off.
Click here to listen to the podcast of this fabulous show!
It’s Hard To Be Humble: Mac Davis
The Gravedigger’s Song: Mark Lanegan Band
Interview with Xandra Corpora of Con Brio
Cadillac: Con Brio
Interview with Xandra Corpora of Con Brio
Not At All: Con Brio
Porcelain Doll: The Ferocious Few
Gasoline & Cocaine: The Ferocious Few
Breathless: X
Hell City, Hell: Supersuckers
Bernal Heights: Jhameel
Am I Evil: Metallica
Euthanasia: Melvins
Wedding Day: Cracker (09-15-11)
Victoria: The Kinks (02-18-77)
Interview with Ron Donovan
King of California: Dave Alvin (11-05-11)
Soul Sacrifice: Santana (05-01-71)
Working for a Dead Man: Eric McFadden (04-07-08)
Start Wearing Purple: Gogol Bordello (08-19-06)
Done Got Old: Heartless Bastards (05-04-10)
Search and Destroy: The Stooges (09-03-10)
Everybody Loves Somebody: Dean Martin
December 5, 3pm
Tonight on A Season in Hell with John Hell: Xandra Corpora from Con Brio will come by and visit to talk up this weeks Eric McFaddenshow, which we’ll have tickets to give away!!! Tune in.
*Eric McFadden will have super special guests at his birthday Extravaganza (Sat Dec 10th at Cafe du Nord), such as Jane Wiedlin (go-gos), Jay Lane (primus), Gabby Lala (les claypool), BB Kink (Shaunna Hall from PFunk & 4-non blondes) and many more…….such as another phYne (pronounced “fine”) artist, Pamela Parker.
*Con Brio & Blind Willies will open the show
*Doors at 8, show at 9
*BISS Presents Eric’s birthday Extravaganza with phYne Entertainment:
8-10pm tonight on Radio Valencia. http://www.radiovalencia.fm
December 1, 3pm
December 12th features John Hell and the return of Rotten Ronnie Donovan to the RV studios, as he and I host ROCK FIGHT 7!!! From 6-10PM we’ll be throwing down in an all-out BOOTLEG battle royal! Ronnie and I are diehard live bootleg collectors, and twice a year we go mano-a-mano to prove who has the best collection of them all. (we all know it’s me).
The theme this time is “Lucky 7”. Help us out. Are there any bands or songs that we should play that night? Remember, we’re playing live versions. We both have huge collections, so chances are we’ve got the music.
Tune in, Monday December 12th, 6-10PM on Radio Valencia, 87.9FM in SF, http://www.radiovalencia.fm
To see previous setlists as well as links to the podcasts of Rock Fight 6 click around on this site.
December 1, 3pm
December 12th features John Hell and the return of Rotten Ronnie Donovan to the RV studios, as he and I host ROCK FIGHT 7!!! From 6-10PM we’ll be throwing down in an all-out BOOTLEG battle royal! Ronnie and I are diehard live bootleg collectors, and twice a year we go mano-a-mano to prove who has the best collection of them all. (we all know it’s me).
The theme this time is “Lucky 7”. Help us out. Are there any bands or songs that we should play that night? Remember, we’re playing live versions. We both have huge collections, so chances are we’ve got the music.
Tune in, Monday December 12th, 6-10PM on Radio Valencia, 87.9FM in SF, http://www.radiovalencia.fm
To see previous setlists as well as links to the podcasts of Rock Fight 6, go here.
Rock Fight 5
Rock Fight 4
Rock Fight 3
Rock Fight 2
Rock Fight 1
November 28, 8pm
Pamela Parker of the Pamela Parker Band stopped by tonight to premier a new song. She’ll be playing this Friday at the Boom Boom Room in SF. Go check her out. She shreds. She’s also going to be joining Eric McFadden at Cafe DuNord on December 10th. It’s about time he got back in town. Two great shows that you really must go see.
It’s Hard to be Humble: Mac Davis
Mr. Plow Theme: The Simpson’s
I Love the Living You: Roky Erickson
All You Fascists Bound To Lose: Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry
Hell Broke Luce: Tom Waits
Soul Rebel: Bob Marley & Lee Scratch Perry
Down Home Girl: The Coasters
Fever: Fela Kuti
Filling A Hole: Eric McFadden
Interview with Pamela Parker
Carnival: Pamela Parker Band
Interview with Pamela Parker
Devil Moon: Eric McFadden
Big Sky->Baddest of the Bad: Reverend Horton Heat
The Big Three Killed My Baby: White Stripes
Victim of Changes: Judas Priest
Wild Horses: Old and in the Way (11-04-73)
Real in Real Time: Giant Sand (03-19-94)
Funky Crime: Red Hot Chili Peppers (04-28-89)
Mississippi Queen: Mountain (12-28-71)
Sing Me Back Home: Keith Richards (03-13-77)
Don’t Do It: The Band (12-28-71)
Do It Again: Steely Dan (04-30-74)
Plow King: The Simpson’s
Everybody Loves Somebody: Dean Martin
November 21, 8pm
This was a fun night. For the first time my daughter of seven years finally heard my show. I guess she was so excited that she was holding her face in her hands and crying. Wait…
Enjoy the show here.
It’s Hard to be Humble: Mac Davis
To Lay Me Down: Cowboy Junkies
A Quick One (While He’s Away): The Who
Celebrity Compass: Bongwater
Jesus Was Way Cool: King Missile
Devil’s Rodeo: Diamanda Galas with John Paul Jones
Hey Bartender: The Blues Brothers
Mannish Boy: Muddy Waters
Rock Steady: John Lee Hooker
Hour two:
God’s Away on Business: Tom Waits
Me and My Friends: Red Hot Chili Peppers (04-28-89)
My Ding a ling: Chuck Berry (06-20-94)
Toussaint L’Overture: Santana (05-02-71)
Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys: Traffic (??-1971)
Love Me: Elvis Presley (10-06-74)
Motorbike: Wooden Shjips (11-10-11)
James Bond Covers: Sex Mob (11-10-11)
Everybody Loves Somebody: Dean Martin
