Texas is All Over The Map, both in miles and styles Texas and Texans made some iconic recordings. Join your host and special guest, The Duke, as we travel through both time and space to sample these Texas Treasures!
Intro: Deep In The Heart Of Texas – Sir Douglas Quintet (San Antonio), 
Road Trip – Gary P Nunn (Austin via Okmulgee, OK), 
Bone Deep – Greezy Wheels (Austin), 
First Name Is Earl – Earl Gillam (Tomball), 
Love Struck Baby (SRV cover) – Ally Venable (Kilgore), 
Sweet, Sweet Woman – Joe Tex (Rogers), 
Tore Down – Freddie King (Gilmer), 
Honky Tonky Blues – Al Dexter (Jacksonville), 
Break#1
You Gotta Move – Nicky Diamonds (San Antonio), 
Braver New World – Jimmie Dale Gilmore (Amarillo), 
I Should Have Gone Dancing – Jabo (Houston), 
Don’t Start Me Talking – Ray Sharpe (Fort Worth), 
Mexico Americano – Los Texmaniacs (San Antonio), 
Hot Smoke and Sassafras - Bubble Puppy (San Antonio), 
Dallas – Wes Jeans (Marshall), 
Low Down Blues – Wayne “The Train” Hancock (Dallas), 
Break #2
Texas Rockabilly Rebel – Rev. Horton Heat (Dallas), 
Texas – Edgar Winter (Beaumont),
27 Miles To Johnson City – Zydeco Blanco (Blanco), 
She Feels Like Texas – Gary Nicholson (Garland), 
I Should Have Been Home – Blaze Foley (Austin via Malvern, AR), 
Palace Of The King (Freddy King cover) – Carolyn Wonderland (Houston), 
The Love You Save May Be Your Own – Katie Webster (Houston), 
Texas – Tex Ritter (Murvall), 
Farewell
Who’s To Blame Senorita – Texas Tornados (TEXAS!)

This episode combines both the "M is for March" theme and the continuing "Random Acts of Music" for the letter M... and a bit of March if Texas Music Month" thrown in too!
Here's the line up:
Intro: Mission Impossible – Michael Johnson and The Killer B’s, 
Cruisin’ Texas Avenue – Mean Gene Kelton, 
All The World’s Problems – Mighty Mo Rodgers, 
L.O.V.E. Love – Mouse and The Traps, 
I Can Hear The Grass Grow – (The) Move, 
It’s an “Ono, It’s Time For A Beatle Break” Bloc:
I Saw Him Standing There– Maggie Bell, 
Yesterday – Marianne Faithfull, 
Things We said Today – Mary McCaslin, 
I Will - Movimiento Urbeno and The Skatalites, 
 The One In The Middle – Manfred Mann, 
Dear Folks At Home – McGuiness Flint, 

Break

Hillbilly Blues – Mannish Boys, 
Eee Tee – Matthew Robinson, 
1919 West Taylor – Mofo Party Band, 
Give Me Back My Wig (Prof. Longhair Cover) – Mike Henderson and The Bluebloods, 
Zydeco Boogaloo – Major Handy, 
Back On The Corner – Mose Allison, 
San Antonio Rose – Mando and The Chili Peppers, 
Lost In Austin – Marc Benno, 

Break

Rodeo (unreleased) – Moby Grape, 
Clown No Good – Merry Go Round, 
Texas Style – Mark Levine, 
Texas Morning – Michael Murphy, 
Hem Of His Garment – Malford Milligan, 
Never Mind – Moon,
Goodbye Song – Marc McClure,
Walk Off Music – Muddy Waters, Johnny Winte, James Cotton, and Pinetop Perkins.

190 years ago on March 2, 1896, Texas declared its independence and became the only sovereign country to later join the United States. To celebrate this independent spirit every year Trick's Synthetic Podcast features Texas, its music and artist as a heartfelt salute. Enjoy the music and come on down and see us sometime, y'all!
Introduction: Texas – Tex Ritter,
Belly of Texas – Ray Wylie Hubbard, 
Birds and Wolverines/ Dear Darcy – Steve Fromholz, 
Dear Darcsy – Bill and Bonnie Heard,
Clay Pigeons – Blaze Foley, 
Mexia – Nicky Diamonds, 
Borderline Blues – Rich Minus, 
Break
Memories of East Texas – Michelle Shocked, 
Red River Blues – Henry Thomas, 
Poncho and Lefty – Townes Van Zandt, 
She Never Spoke Spanish To Me – Joe Ely,
Dallas – Jimmie Dale Gilmore, 
Windows Open, Windows Close – Gurf Morlix, 
Break
Dixie/Austin Pickers – Gary P Nunn, 
L.A. Freeway – Guy Clark, 
Thunderstorms and Neon Signs – Wayne ‘The Train’ Hancock, 
South Texas Lawman – James McMurtry, 
Calico Girlfriend/ Tumbling Tumbleweed – Michael Nesmith, 
Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson cover) – Willie Nelson.

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The Accordianna XXVI presents "Squeeze Me Tight!" with an all new accordion special that rocks through a plethora of musical genres, and that means a lot!

Check these out:
Out On The Open Range (Live) - Riders of The Purple Sage (Intro),
You Ain't Nothin' But Fine – Los Fabulocos (with Kid Ramos), 
All The World's Problems (Can Be Solved In A Bar) – Mighty Mo Rodgers, 
You Gotta Swing That Thing - Donna and The Buffalo, 
Mona Lisa Smile – Walter Trout, 
The Girl Left Behind – Levon Helm, 
Cajun Born – Emmy Lou Harris, 
Don't Forget About Love (Live) – Red Dirt Rangers, 
Wind's Gonna Blow You Away – Joe Ely and Joel Guzman, 
Full Measure - Lovin Spoonful, 
Break
Just Like A Woman – Steve Earle,
Zydeco Sont Pas Salés- Rolling Stones, 
Taj Hey 'Tite Fille - Taj Mahal, 
Done This One Before (BBC in Concert) - Ronnie Lane And Slim Chance, 
Worst Day Since Yesterday – Flogging Molly, 
Easy Easy Baby – Charlie Crockett, 
Release Me (Hank Williams cover) – Lucinda Williams, 
My Soul – Jimmie Vaughan, 
Break
Ay Ai Ai – Ruben Ramos, 
Where Did You Go Last Night – Kam Franklin, 
Chill Times – Ludovic Beier, 
On Grafton Street – Nanci Griffith, 
I Don’t Need No Crown – Roddie Romero and Hub City All Stars, 
Marianna - David Blue, 
Flat Town Boogie – Ponty Bone.

Enjoy! #950 of 1ooo

 couple of years ago Trick's abruptly ended the random podcast of random music at almost the half way point of the alphabet. To rectify this faux pas, we are giving the series a restart with "What? The L!"  A podcast featuring lesser known artists in various genres of Rock, Blues, Jazz, Brit Invasion, Garage, and More.

This episode Trick’s Synthetic Podcast’s Random Act Of Music with:
King Biscuit Time -  Lockwood, Honeyboy, Pinetop, and Townsend, 
Golan – LBC Trio, 
Girl On A Train – Liverpool Echo, 
Stop Listening To The Blues – Lachy Doley Group, 
Sugar Bee (lazy Lester cover) – Los Pinkys, 
After Hours – Lloyd Glenn, 
Border Radio – Long Tall Texans, 
Woke Up This Morning – Lynn August, 
Little Bag Of Tricks Pt. 2 – Latimore Brown, 
Break
Amen John Glenn – Laidback Country Picker,  
West Texas Homecoming – Long John Hunter, 
Little Bloc:
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob Dylan cover) - Little Mike and The Tornados, 
Rockin’ In The 90’s – Lil’ Brian and The Zydeco Travelers, 
Strange Brew (Cream cover) – Little Jimmie King, 
Bad Chicken – Little Freddie King, 
Break
No. 19 - Little Joe Washington, 
Tell Your Mother – Little George Sueref, 
She Pays The Rent – Lyres, 
Pine Street Boys – Livin’ End,
The World Famous Soul Transplant – Leigh Stephens,
Party People – LaMont Cranston Band, 
Living And Loving You – Linda Hopkins, 
Pop That Coochie – Leon Sam/s and The Sams Brothers.

Enjoy the journey to the deepest area of "L!"


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The Help! Podcast...That's what it is and that's all.

I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound- Bob Dylan, 

Help! (Beatles cover) – Charles River Boys.

With A Little Help From My Friends (Beatles cover #2 feat. Beth Hart) – Eric Gales, 

Help Me Through The Day – Freddie King, 

Help Me – Joni Mitchell, 

Girl Can’t Help It Back 2 Back with Mick Ronson and Little Richard,

You’re Gonna Need My Help – Fairport Convention, 

Help Me Girl – The Animals, 

Break

How Can We Help Bloc:

If I Can Help Somebody - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 

Help The Poor (B.B. King cover) – Nasta Super and Cris Cain, 

Help You Dream - King Kerosene, 

I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape -Times, 

Help The Needy – Wilson Pickett, 

Loan A Helping Hand – Doug Sahm,

Help Out! – Bo Diddley, 

A Helping Hand From Unca Mickey (Instrumental)– Jon Larson, 

Break

Helpless – Rick Nelson, 

Help Me Bloc (Variations on a theme):

Help Me Back 2 Back with Peter Tork with Shoe Suede Blues and Alan Wilson,
Help Me – Ben Vaughn,
Help Me (Make It Through The Night) – Sammi Smith,
Help Me Somebody – The 5 Royals,
Help Me Somebody (2) – NRBQ,
Help Me Scrape The Mucus Off My Brain – Dead South,
Help Us, Somebody – Chris Thomas King,
Help (Beatles Cover #3) – Mary Wells, 
How Can I Help You Tonight – Bob Young and Micky Moody

It's a Cadillac of a playlist with these!

Cadillac To Go – Mighty Mo Rodgers,
Cadillac – Steve Earl,
Zydeco Cadillac – Cadillac Kings,
Cadillac Eight – Red Dirt Rangers,
Cadillac Cutie – Doug Bowles and The Rhubarbs,
A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac And Some Money) – Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson,
Fishtail Cadillac – Bar-B-Q Barnes and Friends,

A Cadillac of a Different Color Bloc:
Pink Cadillac Back 2 Back with Jerry Lee Lewis (with Bruce Springsteen) and Natalie Cole,
Red Cadillac and A Black Mustache – Jimmy Gilmer and The Fire Balls, 
Solid Gold Cadillac – Mitch Woods,
Big Blue Cadillac – Root Doctor, 
White Cadillac (Ode To Ronnie Hawkins) – The Band,  
I Want A Lavender Cadillac – Maurice King and His Wolverines, 
Black Cadillac – Jimmy Carl Black and The X-Tra Combo,
Blue Cadillac – Chainsaw Dupont, 

Who Drives Cadillacs? Bloc:
Lily’s Daddy’s Cadillac – Mink DeVille, 
Cadillac George – The Travel agency, 
Cadillac Woman – Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, 
Cadillac Man – Jesters, 
Cadillac Cowboys – Spirit,
Geronimo’s Cadillac – Michael Murphy,

Coming Back In A Cadillac – Al Kooper

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This episode looks at artists who eschewed the mainstream of the music of their day and went in a completely different direction to the mainstream musicians of the day. It was unique for the time and really darn good!  Enjoy.

Intro Holiday For Strings(on ukulele) – Eddie Bush,  

Dan Hicks:
Woe The Luck – Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks, 
Cowboy’s Dream No. 19 - Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks, 
Willie – Dan Hicks and The Acoustic Warriors, 
That Ain't Right – Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks with Gibby Haynes Phone Sit In Mix), 

Appaloosa (https://www.mmone.org/appaloosa-compton-batteau-john-compton/):
Feathers, 
Yesterday’s Roads, 
Georgia Street,  
Rosalie (with Al Kooper on piano), 

The Persuasions (https://thepersuasions.org/):
Ripple (Grateful Dead cover),
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (Frank Zappa cover), 
Octopus’s Garden (Beatles cover), 
Sugaree (Jerry Garcia cover), 

Robert Gordon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gordon_(singer)):
Rockabilly Boogie (Johnny and Dorsey Burnette cover - with Chris Spedding)
If This Is Wrong (with The Jordanaires), 
Red Hot (Billy Lee Riley cover - with Link Wray), 

NRBQ (New Rhythm and Blues Quartet)(NRBQ.com):
Call Him Off, Rogers, 
Electric Train, 
Kentucky Slop,

Keep Austin Weird (:
As The Crow Flies – Uncle Walt’s Band, 
Funny Cigarette – The Asylum Street Spankers,
Mystery Meat – Teisco del Rey, 
Trapped In A Webb of Love – Naughty Ones,

Dread Zeppelin (dzeppelin.com):
Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin cover), 
Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)

Outro: Spam Bake (fade)

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It's here! The annual Valentine's Edition 2026, but be warned this isn't your father's syrupy odes to cupid. Buckle up grab you bestie and enjoy the songs de amore! 

David Bowie - Even A Fool Learns To Love (Later recorded as My Way), 
Preachin’ Love – Donavan Leech, 
Love Is A Five Letter Word – Lowell Levinger fea. Barry Melton, 
Have Love Will Travel (Richard Berry cover) – Bill Kirchen, 
What Is This Thing Called Love – Roy Gaines, 
No You Can’t Love The All – The Cats, 
Someone To Love – Hey, Marsailles, 
Everybody Loves Somebody – Barbara Lynn, 
Lover of Love - Alan Vega, Alex Chilton & Ben Vaughn,
Break
Love 40 – Cowboy, 
My Love Is – Beacon Street Union, 
Sugar Coated Love – Lazy Lester, 
I Love My Baby – Robert Gordon, 
I Just Want To Make Love To You – Doug Legacy and The Zydeco Party Band, 
Got To Hide Your Love Away (Beatles cover) – Teresa James, 
Holding On For Dear Love – Jimmy Hall, 
Baby I Love You - Marc Benno, 
Break
Satellite Of Love (Lou Reed cover) Back 2 Back with Kowtow Poof and Joseph Arthur, 
Perry Mason Of Love – Mojo Nixon, 
Love Sick – Mariachi El Bronx, 
Blindsided by Love – Red Dirt Rangers, 
Imperfect Harmony Of Love – Trick and Company, 
Dr. Love – Tom Jones
Carless Love – The Texas Rangers.

Virtual roses to all you ladies.
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Every year we celebrate the birthday of Alan Kuperschmidt, better know as Al Kooper, and today is that day, February 5th. But we celebrate his music and career 365 days every year.
Here we go:
Positively 4th Street - 1966 , After his iconic organ riff on Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” Al became one of the most in demand session organists in popular music. 

I Wanna Be Your Driver – 1966,  The Blues Project. Here they cover a Chuck Berry tune with Al on keyboards and vocals. 

I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My – 1968  Taj Mahal’s early album, but he still demonstrates his syncopated half step off style of playing.

Just to Be with You – 1968, Al’s back on organ on this classic Paul Butterfield song.

Stop – 1968,   “Super Session” with Al, Mike Bloomfield, Harvey Brooks, and Edie Hoh. On the second day, Stephen Stills stepped in due to Mikes disappearance.

So Much Love/Underture – 1968 Blood Sweat and Tears, and after the initial album he left the band 

I Stand Alone – 1969, Al’s first solo album.  

Looking For A Home – 1969  “Kooper Session  features 15-year-old guitar phenomenon Shuggie Otis. 

Thoughts of Polly – 1969,  Appaloosa , my all time favorite album. 

I Got A Tiger By The Tail – 1969, “Sweet Linda Divine” led by Linda Tillery. 

You Never Know Who Your Friends Are – 1969, Al’s   second solo album.

Love Theme From The Landlord – 1970, From the movie “The Landlord,’  Al’s first venture into scoring a film.  

Sad, Sad Sunshine – 1970, Al’s double disc third album. 

Time – 1971, This finds Al, the sideman, on this Patti LaBelle tune. 

More Than You’ll Ever Know – 1971, Al plays both organ and guitar on this cover by Bo Diddley. 

The Piano Player’s Missing – 1972, Michael Gately, who sang backup on Al’s 5th album. 

Ad for Al’s 1st album, I Stand Alone.

Touch The Hem Of His Garment – 1972, off his “Naked Songs” .

Jolie – 1973, Lattimore, Al arranged, produced, wrote the song and played piano and organ.  

Mississippi Kid – 1973,   Lynryd Skynyrd , Al is songwriter, arranger, producer and plays mandolin and bass drum. 

Haloes – 1975, The Tubes, Al considers it the best album he ever produced. 

This Diamond Ring – 1976, Written by Al in 1964, and originally released by Gary Lewis and The Playboys, 

Unconsciousness Rules – 1981, George Harrison’s album.

Wrack My Brain – 1981,  Ringo Starr album,” Al played piano and electric guitar. 
Runaway – 1986, Theme from “Crime Story” starring Dennis Farina.  Al was music director.
Made In The Shade – 1995, A live album of old and new tunes with John Sebastion on harmonica and Al on mandolin. 
God Don’t Never Change – 1996, Radio cut with Jimmy  on vocals and Al on mandolin.  
Staxability – 2008, from his last album, it pays homage to the soul of Memphis. 

Happy 82nd Al Kooper.