Alligators!

About this episode

This episode explores animal-themed songs in garage rock, focusing on tracks like 'Alligator Meat' and 'Alligator Stomp'.

Get ready to flop on the floor this week - we'll be doing the Alligator, as mentioned in "Land of 1,000 Dances"! The first in our animal menagerie is "Alligator Meat" by Charlie Singleton & His Orchestra from 1951, which sounds like Slim Gaillard if he rocked, rather than jazzed. After dinner, enjoy "Alligator Stomp" by The Rampages - a throwback rocker from 1964. That same year, "The 100 Mile An Hour Alligator" by The P.J. Murphy Quintet captured the ferocity and energy of the titular an...

People in this episode

Hosts: Weldon Hunter, Erik Komarnicki

Topics covered

• garage rock
• animal-themed songs
• music history
• 1950s music
• 1960s music

Keywords

• Alligator Meat
• Charlie Singleton
• Alligator Stomp
• The Rampages
• The 100 Mile An Hour Alligator

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: His Orchestra, The Rampages

Books & works: Alligator Meat, Alligator Stomp, The 100 Mile An Hour Alligator

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