Rockin'_Dave's_Roots_Roundup_Show_133_Podcast

Rockin'_Dave's_Roots_Roundup_Show_133_Podcast

From Rockin' Dave's Roots Roundup by Dave Bagdade

July 26, 2025 · 59 min

About this episode

This episode features a look back at the roots music of the atomic age with various songs and civil defense spots.

Our 133rd episode, which aired on July 20, 2025, and featured part one of our 80th anniversary look back at the roots music of the atomic age. The Pilgrim Travelers – Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb Hawkshaw Hawkins – When They Found the Atomic Power Carl Mann – Satellite No. 2 Civil Defense Spot: How Much Time Do We Have (Keep Working) Camille Howard – Fireball Boogie Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith & His Cracker-Jacks – Mr. Stalin You're Eating Too High on the Hog Civil Defense Spot: Pattern of Survival Red McCoy with the Sons of the Soil – Rock and Roll Atom Sheldon Allman – Crawl Out Through the Fallout Mike Fernandez with the Del Royals Orchestra – A Bomb Bop Tommy Duncan with the Ranger Trio – Relax & Take It Easy Civil Defense Spot: $212 Fallout Shelter The Kavaliers – Get That Communist, Joe Roosevelt Sykes – Sputnik Baby Civil Defense Spot: CONELRAD Test Announcement Walker Edmiston – I Dreamt I Saw Khrushchev (In a Pink Cadillac) Carson Robison & His Pleasant Valley Boys – I’m No Communist Civil Defense Spot: CONELRAD, Sounds Pretty Complicated Sammy Salvo – A Mushroom Cloud Amos Milburn – Atomic Baby Civil Defense Spot: Take the Step (Four Wheels to Survival) Ray Anderson –…

Topics covered

  • roots music
  • atomic age
  • civil defense

Keywords

  • Pilgrim Travelers
  • Hawkshaw Hawkins
  • Carl Mann
  • Civil Defense
  • Red McCoy
  • Sheldon Allman
  • Mike Fernandez
  • Tommy Duncan
  • Roosevelt Sykes
  • Sammy Salvo

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Those Flying Saucers

Places: Pleasant Valley

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