Playlist for 2-4-11: The rabbit sat down and cried just like a little child

Blind Lemon Jefferson and others helped me salute the Year of the Rabbit to open the show. New music this week from the Godfathers, the Fleshtones, the Dirtbombs, Trent Fox & The Tenants, and Hans Rotenberry & Brad Jones. Tune into WMSE this Friday from noon to 3 p.m. when the legendary Godfathers stop by Zero Hour. And speaking of legends, Paul Collins, the king of power pop himself, will perform on Zero Hour on Feb. 18!

Update: Due to a visa mishap, the Godfathers show Friday in Milwaukee has been cancelled, so no Zero Hour visit. Dang it.

Download or stream the Feb. 11 show right here.


Jack Rabbit – Icky Renrut
Blue Jumped the Rabbit - Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early
Rabbit Foot Blues – Blind Lemon Jefferson
I Hates Rabbits – Jerry Neal
Peter Rabbit – The Presidents
Buckingham Rabbit – The Silver Jews

Froggy Mountain Shakedown – Hans Rotenberry & Brad Jones
Pearly Gates – The Mockers
Miles & Miles to Go – Brad Jones
Little Truths – Bastards of Melody

Bite of My Soul – The Fleshtones
Cosmic Cars – The Dirtbombs
Your Beating Heart – Jay Banarjee
Why Do U Make Me Feel Like That – The Witches

Local Lunchbox
Mess Around - Trent Fox & The Tenants
(It’s Always) Rico, Rico, Rico – The Mistreaters
Dude Squad – The Mistreaters
Kiss You – Ramma Lamma

Funky Football – Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds
I Resign From Your Love – Syl Johnson
Mom, Won’t You Teach Me to Monkey – Little Emmet Sutton
Football – The Swinging Seven

Leave My Kitten Alone – The Sonics
Tiger Man – Rufus Thomas
Put the Pot On Mary – Poontang Perkins
Sick, Sick, Sick – Terry Corin & Her Boyfriends

Back Into the Future – The Godfathers
Why Do We Have to Meet in the Dark – Thee Wylde Oscars
It’s My Life – Coba Seas
Bailando – Los Explosivos
Cherry Bomb – Wheels on Fire

People Who Died – Government Cheese
Kentucky Home – Government Cheese
I Miss Ronald Reagan – Daddy
Throwing it All Away – Adam Thorn & The Top Buttons

Any Good Englishman – The Singing Loins
Look Out! – Peter Case
Helen – Paul Collins
I Don’t Want to Be Like This – The Parting Gifts
Sadness Kicked the Door In – The Volebeats

Try Me One More Time – The Demon’s Claws
I Don’t Want to Follow You – The Royal Purple
Tubby – Los Straitjackets
Come On and Get It – Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Don’t Bug Me Baby – Joe “King” Carrasco & The Crowns
Daddy Rollin’ Stone – Derek Martin
Done Done the Slop – Ervin Rucker