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    Welcome to Celebrity Death Match!

    JG: I'm Johnny Gomez, and with me as always Nick Diamond! Tonight, we put on our flannel shirts and cowboy boots and go "alt country" as the kids say...

    ND: What do the kids mean when they say that? Alt-country? Just what the hell is that?

    JG: I wouldn't know if I stepped in it, Nick, or care, but what I do know is that tonight's death match will be a no-holds-barred bloody battle between two of the leading practitioners of this sound, both known for their attitude and disagreeable sullen personalities. Let's introduce our brawlers! From Chicago by way of St. Louis, let's welcome that bad boy of Wilco, Jeff Tweedy! And from Nashville, that mixed up monster who used to be in a band called Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams!

    ND: I'm having a hard time telling them apart, Johnny! The flannel, the scuffed boots, the faded jeans, the unshaven faces and shaggy unwashed hair! The acoustic guitars! Which one is which?

    JG: A good question and I don't have an answer for you. I thought one of them was gonna be Bryan Adams. I'm a big fan of that rocker, but this guy?! I'm gonna have a word with our producers! This is really scraping the bottom of the celebrity barrel here!

    ND: Yes, Johnny, we're all longing for the days of Sting getting the crap beat out of his "soul cage! " Oh well, we might as well go to the floor cos the fight is about to start!

    JG: First, I'd like to note that this is one of the smallest audiences we've ever had here. And what's with the way they look? Flannel shirts, boots, dirty wife beater tee shirts, eyeglasses, crossed arms and those are the women!

    ND: Yes, and all the men look like record label guys, internet geeks and radio dj's! We're already out of cheap beer! Can this fight get any uglier?

    JG: We're about to find out, Nick! Here's Mills Lane to get this fight underway!



    [Jeff Tweedy and Ryan Adams, circling each other]

    JT: So you just gonna keep copying my moves, Adams? Huh! Figures! Why don't you put out a pop album next?!

    RA: Guess you didn't hear "Amy" off "Heartbreaker" a critical fav! And talk about aping riffs! Why don't you fire another dude from wilco?

    JT: So when's that double album coming out?

    ND: Oh boy, this is the dullest fight we've ever had!

    JG: You said it, Nick! But look there! They are both making a move for their acoustic guitars! Uh oh, whichever one is first with a G chord followed by a Em is gonna land the first blow!

    ND: And there it is! Tweedy fires off a simple two-chord progression, and Adams is reeling!

    JT: Hah! [singing] " Little little coo joo, I'm a gonna do you!"

    JG: Adams is shaking it off, and it looks like - oh baby! He's cracked that valuable Martin acoustic right into Tweedy's chops! Why bother with lyrics when you have that bad boy image! And he's on Tweedy like an Uncle Tupelo fan is on to Napster for a rare demo recording of Whiskey Bottle!

    ND: Huh?

    JG: I don't know, I'm just reading the script! Ooh, I've never seen guitar strings do that before!

    ND: Betcha Tweedy won't be making music with that sound hole anytime soon!

    RA: Sorry, dude, but Jay Farrar's not hiding in your colon! I checked it for you.

    ND: It looks like Tweedy is down, but he's reaching in his pocket for.....oh! A harmonica!

    JG: Noooo! He's not gonna play it, is he?

    ND: Thankfully no! He's just gonna......

    JG: ....ram it into Adams' left ear! Wow, now he's blowing into it, and watch as Adams' eardrums blow! Hah! So much for hearing his critical raves!

    ND: Yes, I'd say acceptance in critical intensive care is what he's craving right now! Ok, they are both back in the corners, and the blood has been flowing here at celebrity death match!

    JG: What's Tweedy up to now?

    ND: It appears that he has someone in his corner! It's.....it's.....I'm told that it's his right hand man Jay Bennett! And look at the load of keyboards and antique sound equipment he has with him! It's as if Tweedy's puny body is enhanced by layers and layers of lush keyboard sounds! It's a musical shield! How is Adams gonna penetrate that, I wonder?!!

    JG: We're about to find out....seems as tho Ryan is doing some sort of mumbo jumbo with chicken bones and.....a mist is forming in front of Tweedy now...it's a spirit, it's.....oh my god, Adams has summoned the spirit of the cosmic cowboy Gram Parsons! Look at the pot leaves on that nudie suit! What a hippie!! How is this gonna help?!!

    ND: Hey, I wouldn't laugh if I were you, this is getting weird! I'll admit I don't see the rationale of bringing in another scrawny long haired punk, but it does seem to be confusing Tweedy!

    JT: [voice muffled as if surrounded by sound waves] Hey man, is that you, Gram? Whoa, dude, this is cool!

    [GP smiles widely at JT, who smiles back and waves]

    JT: Man, I've always dug you, way before Adams did! Me and Jay, we....we....aw man, I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry....

    [GP's smile suddenly turns to a frown, then another smile appears, with fangs this time. He begins to float toward Tweedy, with Adams crouching behind GP, moving in for the kill]

    GP: Hey man, what about the cosmic country sound that I started? Why did you turn your back on me?

    JT: I....I....what?

    JG: Oh, this looks bad for Tweedy.

    [GP looks at Jay Bennett, and snarls; JB yelps and disappears in a flash of fire. The keyboards blow up, and Tweedy stands exposed]

    GP [in a voice like Satan]: I was your god, and thou hast displeased me, man!

    JD & ND: time to get out of here!

    [GP fully materializes, and walks over to Tweedy, smiling, and in his normal voice:]

    GP: Mr. Tweedy, I sure did like your music on them first couple of Uncle Tupelo albums, but then you lost me.

    [Tweedy shakes, looks confused; Adams skitters around behind Gram, with a mouth full of cookies]

    GP: Since when did ELO become cool, man?

    JT: No, not you too! Look, Gram, I grew as an artist, I followed my....

    GP: ....and the way you butchered "100 Years From Now" on my tribute, well, now, that was just rude. It was an insult. The last straw, man. I put up with Summerteeth, but.....

    JT: I still play your records, man! I'll strip down again, I'll record analog, I'll do anything.....

    GP: Aw shucks, I'm just kidding ya! I'm a good ol boy from Wayyyycross, GA! I like to have my fun! Here, to make it up, have a hit of this joint. Keef made it back in 1970. I've been keeping for a special occasion, and since Hillman ain't dead yet, well, let's me and you partake.....

    JT: Really? Cool! Thanks, man! Boy, if Farrar could see this...!

    GP: Are you sure you want to sit down? That looks like it might hurt.

    JG: Hmmm. I think Tweedy is gonna regret that puff of loco weed!

    ND: Yes, I think this might be a trick! Not just anyone can smoke a Keith Richards joint, circa 1970! This is gonna have some kind of kick!

    [Tweedy takes another puff....his expression changes from mellow oneness to horror, steam blows out his ears, his teeth fly out of his head, his tongue swells and bursts, his ass pops off and finally his head explodes; tiny pieces of flannel and burned whiskers float down]

    JG: And that's that! Mills Lane is coming out to call Ryan Adams the winner!

    ND: And look how smug Adams is! Is...he...yes, he's cleaning out his burst ears with flakes of Tweedy skin! Oh, the final indignity!

    JG: But look there! The Parsons monster Adams created is out of control! He's got a hold of Adams! Oh, the horror! I can't not watch this!

    GP: Hey buddy, I thought I told you 'bout staying away from Miss Emmylou! [GP lifts Adams up by the scruff of the neck with one hand, holds him out as Adams flails around, crying.....]

    RA: Caitlin, Phil, the drummer dude....I'm so sorry, I loved Whiskeytown, I never should've gone solo, oh sweet Carolina.....

    [GP swings back a skinny long nudie suited clad leg and drives it up Adams' ass and out his mouth, and then shakes the remains off into the screaming audience, which proceeds to devour the leftover Adams parts like so many half written half baked songs. There's nothing left.]

    JG: Well, there you have it! Mills Lane is awarding the match to Gram Parsons, the man who started it all, or didn't, depending on who you talk to! Some say the Monkees were the first, others Carl Perkins or Bill Monroe and Hank Williams....

    ND: What? The first what? What's wrong with you?

    JG: Again, I'm just reading the script. I do not know.

    ND: Whatever. And that's it for us!

    JG: Tune in next week when Celebrity Death Match welcomes back Kotter and Ralph Malph! Happy days are here again next time on...

    Celebrity Death Match!!!!!!!!!

  2. Songs with Weather Conditions in the Title

    (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave - Martha & the Vandellas

    (Walking) In the Rain - The Ronettes

    10,000 Nights of Thunder - Alphabeat

    100 Degrees - Kylie Minogue

    50 Words For Snow - Kate Bush

    A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan

    A Year Without Rain - Selena Gomez & The Scene

    After the Hurricane - Jazmine Sullivan

    After the Rain - Shirley Bassey

    After the Rain - Nelson

    After the Rain Has Fallen - Sting

    After The Storm - Mumford & Sons

    After the Storm Blows Through - Maddie & Tae

    Against The Wind - Bob Seger

    Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

    American Storm - Bob Seger

    April Showers - Al Jolson

    Baby, the Rain Must Fall - BlackHawk

    Bad Excuse For Daylight - Therapy?

    Bad Rain - Slash

    Before the Storm - Jonas Brothers

    Bel Air Rain - Lindsey Buckingham

    Black Rain - Soundgarden

    Black Rain - Ozzy Osbourne

    Blame It On The Rain - Milli Vanilli

    Blinded By Rainbows - The Rolling Stones

    Blood On The Snow - Erasure

    Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan

    Blue Skies - Noah and the Whale

    Blue Skies - Jamiroquai

    Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers Band

    Box Of Rain - Grateful Dead

    Brave This Storm - Trivium

    Bring Me Sunshine - Morecambe & Wise

    Bring On The Rain - Jo Dee Messina

    Bringing Back the Sunshine - Blake Shelton

    Butterflies And Hurricanes - Muse

    California Rain - The Madden Brothers

    Calm After the Storm - The Common Linnets

    Can You Stand the Rain - New Edition

    Candle In The Wind - Elton John

    Caution To The Wind - Becky Hill

    Ceiling Unlimited - Rush

    Chain Lightning - Rush

    Changing The Rain - The Horrors

    Chill In The Air - Amos Lee

    Chocolate Rain - Tay Zonday

    Clouds - Newton Faulkner

    Clouds - Zach Sobiech

    Clouds - After Edmund

    Cold Cold Cold - Cage the Elephant

    Cold Light - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Cold Night - You Me at Six

    Cold Summer - Fuel

    Come In From The Rain - Wishbone Ash

    Crying In The Rain - The Everly Brothers

    Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys

    Cyclone - Bruce Hornsby

    Dance In the Rain - Jana Kramer

    Dance In The Rain - Megadeth

    Diamonds Made from Rain - Eric Clapton

    Did You Hear The Rain? - George Ezra

    Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Elton John

    Dust In The Wind - Kansas

    Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot

    Echoes in Rain - Enya

    Electrical Storm - U2

    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - False Start

    Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) - Gary Allan

    Fall Like Rain - Eric Clapton

    Falling Like Rain - Tina Turner

    Fire and Rain - Mat Kearney

    Fire and Rain - James Taylor

    Flood - Jars of Clay

    Flowers In The Rain - The Move

    Fly To The Rainbow - Scorpions

    Fog on the Tyne - Lindisfarne

    Fool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin

    G-Spot Tornado - Frank Zappa

    Georgia Rain - Trisha Yearwood

    Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles

    Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder - AC/DC

    Great Big Storm - Nate Ruess

    Gust of Wind - Pharrell Williams

    Hail, Rail Or Sunshine - The Script

    Have You Ever Seen The Rain? - Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Hello Hurricane - Switchfoot

    Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics

    Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

    Hold Back the Rain - Duran Duran

    Hot In Herre - Nelly

    Hurricane - Theory of a Deadman

    Hurricane - MisterWives

    Hurricane - Grace Jones

    Hurricane - The Vamps

    Hurricane - MS MR

    Hurricane - Natalie Grant

    Hurricane - Lifehouse

    Hurricane - Bob Dylan

    Hurricane - 30 Seconds to Mars

    Hurricane - Halsey

    Hurricane Drunk - Florence + the Machine

    Hurricane J - The Hold Steady

    Hurricane Jane - Black Kids

    Hurricane Song - Allen Watty

    I Am the Rain - Peter Doherty

    I Can't Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles

    I Hope It Rains - Jana Kramer

    I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt

    I Made It Through The Rain - Barry Manilow

    I Talk To The Wind - King Crimson

    I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations

    I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins

    Idiot Wind - Bob Dylan

    If Rain Is What You Want - Slipknot

    In The Rain - The Dramatics

    Into the Sunshine - Julia Nunes

    It Will Rain - Bruno Mars

    It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls

    Jimmie Standing in the Rain - Elvis Costello

    Jump Into the Fog - The Wombats

    Just the Rain - Lonestar

    Kissin' In The Rain - Toby Keith

    Land Of Sunshine - Faith No More

    Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm - Benjamin Francis Leftwich

    Laughter In The Rain - Neil Sedaka

    Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie

    Let It Rain - Kris Allen

    Let It Rain - Eric Clapton

    Let It Rain - David Nail

    Let It Rain - Colbie Caillat

    Let It Rain - Jason Michael Carroll

    Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin

    Lightnin' Strikes - Lou Christie

    Lightning - The Wanted

    Lightning - Little Mix

    Lightning Bolt - Pearl Jam

    Lightning Crashes - Live

    Lightning-Rod Man - Lowell George & The Factory

    Like A Hurricane - Neil Young

    Listen, The Snow Is Falling - John Lennon

    Little Bit of Rain - Martina McBride

    Little Fluffy Clouds - The Orb

    Living In The Eye Of The Storm - Trapt

    London Thunder - Foals

    Look Out Sunshine! - The Fratellis

    Louisiana Rain - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

    Make It Rain - Travis Porter

    Make It Rain - Fat Joe

    Make It Rain - Ed Sheeran

    Mandolin Rain - Bruce Hornsby & the Range

    Marie From Sunny Italy - Irving Berlin

    Misty - Johnny Mathis

    Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore

    Monsoon - Tokio Hotel

    Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

    New York Raining - Charles Hamilton

    No More Rain - Kylie Minogue

    No Rain - Blind Melon

    Northern Downpour - Panic! at the Disco

    November Rain - Guns N' Roses

    On the Sunny Side Of The Street - Harry Richman

    One Cold Day - Lacuna Coil

    Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage

    Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland

    Perfect Storm - Brad Paisley

    Pink Snow - The Cribs

    Please Don't Stop the Rain - James Morrison

    Pocketful Of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield

    Praise You In This Storm - Casting Crowns

    Pray For Rain - Massive Attack

    Praying for Rain - Don Henley

    Purple Rain - Prince

    Quiet Storm - Smokey Robinson

    Raging Storm - Cyndi Lauper

    Rain - Trivium

    Rain - Mika

    Rain - Breaking Benjamin

    Rain - Madonna

    Rain - The Beatles

    Rain - Creed

    Rain at the Drive-In - NRBQ

    Rain Fall Down - The Rolling Stones

    Rain From Heaven - Eric Paslay

    Rain In The Valley - The Steel Wheels

    Rain Is a Good Thing - Luke Bryan

    Rain King - Counting Crows

    Rain on Me - Cyndi Lauper

    Rain on Your Parade - Duffy

    Rain or Shine - Vonda Shepard

    Rainbow Connection - The Muppets

    Rainbow Man - Jeff Bates

    Raindrops - Basement Jaxx

    Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B.J. Thomas

    Raining All The Time - Kill Hannah

    Raining On Sunday - Keith Urban

    Rains Came - Shelby Lynne

    Rainy Day Women #12 And #35 - Bob Dylan

    Rainy Dayz - Mary J. Blige

    Red Rain - Peter Gabriel

    Rhapsody In The Rain - Lou Christie

    Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades

    Riders On The Storm - The Doors

    Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions

    Rusted from the Rain - Billy Talent

    Sandstorm - Darude

    Save It For a Rainy Day - The Jayhawks

    Save It For A Rainy Day - Stephen Bishop

    Save It for a Rainy Day - Kenny Chesney

    Sea Fog - Keane

    See Your Sunshine - Paul McCartney

    Set Fire to the Rain - Adele

    She's A Rainbow - The Rolling Stones

    She's My Kind Of Rain - Tim McGraw

    She's Thunderstorms - Arctic Monkeys

    Shelter From the Storm - Bob Dylan

    Silence In The Snow - Trivium

    Singin' In The Rain - Gene Kelly

    Sitting in the Rain - Radio Stars

    Snow (Hey Oh) - Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Snow Falls in June - Ryan Bingham

    Snow In Anselmo - Van Morrison

    Snow In California - Ariana Grande

    Snow In Vegas - David Gray

    Snow White Queen - Evanescence

    Snowbird - Anne Murray

    Snowblind - Black Sabbath

    SnowTime - James Taylor

    So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) - R.E.M.

    Some Sunny Day - Van Morrison

    Standing in the Cold - Drenge

    Standing In The Rain - Billy Talent

    Standing in the Rain - Al Green

    Steal My Sunshine - Len

    Still Raining, Still Dreaming - Jimi Hendrix

    Storm - Soundgarden

    Storm - Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Storm In A Tea Cup - Lynsey de Paul

    Storm to Pass - Atreyu

    Storm Warning - Hunter Hayes

    Storms - Fleetwood Mac

    Stormy - Classics IV

    Stormy Weather - Lena Horne

    Summer Rain - Matthew Morrison

    Summer Sunshine - The Corrs

    Summer's Rain - Savatage

    Sunny - Bobby Hebb

    Sunny and 75 - Joe Nichols

    Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin

    Sunny Sunday - Joni Mitchell

    Sunshine - Pusha T

    Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards

    Sunshine - The O'Jays

    Sunshine - Matisyahu

    Sunshine - DEC3

    Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream

    Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver

    Sunshine Superman - Donovan

    Surfing in a Hurricane - Jimmy Buffett

    Swimmin' in Sunshine - Billy Currington

    Terminal Frost - Pink Floyd

    The Flood - Katie Melua

    The Fog - Biffy Clyro

    The Fog - Kate Bush

    The Last of the Melting Snow - The Leisure Society

    The Lightning Strike - Snow Patrol

    The Next Storm - Frank Turner

    The Permanent Rain - The Dangerous Summer

    The Rain - Yusuf Islam

    The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin

    The Snow Fell - Skrewdriver

    The Sound of Sunshine - Michael Franti & Spearhead

    The Storm - Blackmore's Night

    The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) - The Walker Brothers

    The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks

    The Tide Is High - Blondie

    The Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler

    The Woman Of The Snow - Faith & the Muse

    They Call The Wind Maria - Harve Presnell

    This Is A Low - Blur

    This Tornado Loves You - Neko Case

    Through The Rain - Mariah Carey

    Thunder - Jessie J

    Thunder - The Prodigy

    Thunder - Boys Like Girls

    Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

    Thunderclap for Bobby Pyn - Sonic Youth

    Thunderstorm / Hurricane - Allison Moorer

    Thunderstruck - AC/DC

    Tinseltown In The Rain - The Blue Nile

    Tomato in the Rain - Kaiser Chiefs

    Tornado - Little Big Town

    Tornado - Jónsi

    Tornado of Souls - Megadeth

    Tsunami - Manic Street Preachers

    Twilight of the Thunder God - Amon Amarth

    Valium Skies - The Verve

    Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves

    Warm Winds - SZA

    What Have They Done To The Rain - Joan Baez

    When It Rains - Kid Rock

    When The Rain Begins To Fall - Jermaine Jackson

    White as Snow - U2

    White Lightning - George Jones

    White Lightning - The Cadillac Three

    White Lightning - Def Leppard

    Who Let In The Rain - Cyndi Lauper

    Who'll Stop The Rain? - Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Why Does It Always Rain On Me? - Travis

    Wild Is the Wind - David Bowie

    Wind Of Change - Scorpions

    Winds of Change - Vance Joy

    Windy - The Association

    Winter in the Sun - Donovan

    Yesterday's Rain - Gary Allan

    You Are My Sunshine - Ray Charles

    You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder

    You Make The Rain Fall - Kevin Rudolf

  3. 1. Fireball
    2. Tremolo Bay
    3. Johnny Too Bad
    4. Hearts on My Sleeve
    5. Long John
    6. Dig It Deep
    7. Daddy Put the Bomp
    8. Wille & The Hand Jive
    9. Teenage Head 5:01
    10. I Don't Mind Rockin' Tonight
    11. It's All over Now
    12. Coast to Coast

    This CD was recorded live at the Half Moon, Putney in summer 2012 to celebrate the bands 40th Anniversary. It is the first CD recorded with new member Brinsley Schwarz himself a one-time band leader in the Seventies with his very credible self-named band (Brinsley Schwarz) who were one of the mainstays of the 1970 s U.K pub rock circuit and also toured extensively throughout Europe.The line-up is led by the legendary Sean Tyla and the twin guitar assault of Marin Belmont and Brinsley Schwartz both of whom went on to play with Graham Parker and the Rumour with whom they have toured the USA. Live At The Moon includes all the old Duck s favourites such as Coast To Coast , Fireball and Daddy Put The Bomp , alongside great versions of classic songs such as All Over Now and Teenage Head . Live At The Moon is a true reflection of what an exciting live band Ducks Deluxe are.

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