January 29, 2009
The Juke Joint Duo featuring Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm visit the Turnpike.
Other recent episodes
2008: A Year in Rearview
Get behind the scenes with the cast and crew of The Turnpike in this year-end special featuring interviews, gossip, sniping, legends and "cider." (First aired 12-25-08)
Alice Russell
Alice Russell has always heard soul everywhere, from the hymns of her youth to Al Green to, um, Cameo (she admitted that). Maybe that's why she sounds like she has the power of a million singers from heaven and hell behind her. On this episode of The Turnpike, Alice joins us from the Hotel Café Tour, where she stood out not only for her pipes, but also for her black eye. Even roughed up, Alice Russell is a gem. (Aired 12/18/09)
Electric Six
Dick Valentine's stage persona belies his prodigious insecurity, which is lucky for us. Because if he wasn't practically a shut-in, we would be exposed to such a degree of sexiness that only Tom Jones would survive. And very sexy cockroaches. "Flashy," the latest in the compendium of super hits sired by Señor Valentine, is just what you'd expect—rocket fuel for your untamed fantasies.
Dead Confederate
Flouting convention seems to be the order of the day for Dead Confederate. They started out as a jam band that didn't really jam that well, and have morphed into a southern rock band with more in common with Smashing Pumpkins than Skynyrd. Like fellow neo-southern rock acts The Black Angels, they're heavier than a lead musket ball, fuzzier than a Georgia peach, and as welcome as a glass of sweet tea.
The Night Marchers
Asking John "Speedo" Ries not to rock is like asking him not to sweat. Since the disbanding of Rocket From the Crypt, Speedo's been sitting in a dark bedroom thinking of new ways to rock your ass, and what he's come up with is The Night Marchers, a dripping wad of kinetic energy so vast that it defies description. But if I were forced to describe it I would have to say that it's awesome-sized.
