We've also got a blistering country rock cut from singer Andrew Combs, who gets political on a song called 'Bourgeois King.' The baroque pop of San Fermin gets bigger than ever on the band's new full-length, Belong the Paris-based singer known as ALA.NI croons like it's the 1940s and NPR Music's Lars Gotrich stops by to blow our minds (and ear drums) with the scorching punk of a band called Exit Order, tempered by the hypnotic jazz of Joshua Abrams and Natural Information Society. It turns out that, apart from singing, Puddles never speaks, so we gave his assistant and interpreter Mike Geier a call to learn more about how this crazy mashup came to be. Watch the video in our playlist below if you don't believe me. So, for Bob's birthday this week, it felt appropriate to begin our show with nearly seven-foot tall clown named Puddles who sings a surreal mashup of Johnny Cash's 'Folsom Prison Blues' and The Who's 'Pinball Wizard.' We're not making this up. Listen to Big Train (From Memphis) by Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins, 2067 Shazams, featuring on Johnny Cash Essentials. When they kicked off by singing, 'Come on, everybody,' we were all so glad we went along.We've often joked on the show about the virtual circus that's endlessly unfolding in Bob Boilen's brain, where his childlike imagination dances to the sound of a whistling calliope. They have a lot of fun playing these wonderful rockabilly favorites and originals, and this show proved The Altar Billies are a must-see act. While The Altar Boys don't play live nearly as much as they used to, The Altar Billies get out often to car shows, hip barbershops and even church holiday celebrations. The pandemic has come between live music and music fans for far too long, so it was so good to watch a rock group raise a joyful ruckus again. Stand mentioned how Bill Haley and his Comets popularized the song, but Elvis (as he often did) did it much better. While the group's setlist was not obscure, 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' was one of the few very familiar selections that had the audience shaking, rattling, rolling and singing along. Punk rock requires little more than three chords and the truth, while Stand filled these vintage songs with plenty of tasty lead licks. Serving notice that these guys came to rock, unlike the bilingual worship group that took the stage before them, Stand also separated himself from his Altar ego by playing a more expansive guitar style. Boris The Spider Who Are You I Walk The Line/Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash).

01/05/20: 5: Pinball Wizard: 08/06/17: 6: Just a clown singing Pinball Wizard to the tune of Folsom Prison Blues: 04/08/17: 7: Folsom Prison Blues/Pinball Wizard Mashup - Johnny Cash - The Who - Puddles Pity Party. Stand differentiated himself from his punk persona with his slicked back hair and rolled up jeans. I Cant Explain Fortune Teller Tattoo Young Man Blues Pinball Wizard. Pinball Wizard: 07/12/15: 4: You know who you are The Pinball Wizard. It was written by Gordon Jenkins and sung by Beverly Mahr. That's the song Folsom Prison Blues was derived from. Pinball Wizard is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band the Who, featured on their 1969. I even threw in a bit of Crescent City Blues as a little lagniappe. 19 A Thing Called Love by Johnny Cash 20 Sorrow by David Bowie 21 Fool by Elvis Presley 22 Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me / Listening To You by The New. 3 great tastes that taste great together. Opening with an instrumental take on 'Blue Moon of Kentucky,' The Altar Billies proceeded to share ample tastes of Eddie Cochran songs, Elvis and Carl Perkins numbers and even put The Who's 'Pinball Wizard' to the melody of Johnny Cash's 'Folsom Prison Blues.' Yes, there was a train song (as was to be expected), but the three-piece also incorporated three songs from the act's upcoming 'All In' album, which the group joked would be out in some future year or other. WOW Love this YouTube: You wanted this Switcharoo, you got it The Who and Elton John and Johnny Cash.

Johnny Cashs Folsom Prison Blues just got one of the most unusual. Recognized or not, The Altar Billies gave the audience some of the best American music on this 4th of July evening. Puddles The Clown Mashes Up Folsom Prison Blues With The Whos Pinball Wizard. Mike Stand, also known as the leader of the groundbreaking, similarly named Altar Boys, completely looked and sounded the part of the Sun Records (and others) aficionado he is while performing on a temporary stage in a church parking lot. Somewhat sadly, the kids getting face-painted and playing with balloon animals, while accompanied by snack and burger-munching parents, had no idea the rockabilly band ripping it up for about an hour or so was led by Christian rock royalty.

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