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Here's a playlist of BBQ, food, drinking, and related tunes for playing while cooking. And yes, I know that all chicken shacks don't serve chicken, and not all hot dogs and buns get mustard. Send me your suggestions. Just click once on a tune to play it.

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The BBQ Song

Here's a great song that does a pretty good job of describing the regional styles of BBQ by Rhett & Link (Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal), a North Carolina-based comedy duo.

Click here for the good story behind Louis Armstrong's famous "Struttin' with Some Barbecue".

Meathead's Theme Song: "You Can't Hurry Ribs" and Other Great Food Tunes

By Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn
To the tune of
"You Can't Hurry Love"
with apologies to Diana Ross

"You Can't Hurry Ribs", Meathead's theme song, sung by Natalie Longo, should play automatically when you open this page from the playlist at right. If not, click the "listen" buttons below. Feel free to download it, burn it, and play it on the road while you're lookin' for that great little rib shack. It's copyright free!

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I need ribs, ribs,
To ease my day.
I need to find time,
To cook them right!

My papa said:
You can't hurry ribs!
No, you just got to wait.
He said ribs don't come easy,
It's a game of time and temp.
You can't hurry ribs!
No, you just have to wait.
Just trust in low 'n slow,
No matter how long it takes.

How many boiled slabs must I stand?
Before I find the crunch to let me live again?
Right now the only thing that keeps me hanging on,
Is a mem'ry of smokiness down to the bone.

I remember Papa said:
Can’t hurry ribs!
No you just have to wait.
He said ribs don’t come easy,
It’s a game of time and temp.
How long must I wait?
How much thirst must I slake?
Before succulent slabs
Will cause my taste buds to wake?

No, I can't bear them burnt or boiled.
I grow impatient for meat that falls off the bone.
But when I feel that I, that I can’t go on,
These precious words keep me hanging on,

I remember Papa said:
You can’t hurry ribs!
No, you just have to wait.
He said ribs don’t come easy,
It’s a game of time and temp.
You can’t hurry ribs,
No, you just have to wait.
He said trust in the low 'n slow,
No matter how long it takes!

Now ribs, ribs they don’t come easy.
But I keep on waiting, anticipating.
For that juicy meat
To talk to me at night
For some tender flesh
Hickory smoked just right!
I keep waiting
Until it's done.
But it ain’t easy.
It ain’t easy.

My papa said:
You can’t hurry ribs.
No, you’ll just have to wait.
He said ribs don’t come easy.
It’s a game of time and temp.

You can’t hurry ribs.
No, you just have to wait.
Just trust in low 'n slow,
No matter how long it takes.

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Other tunes in Meathead's
iTunes Library

Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens by B.B. King

All That Meat and No Potatoes by Fats Waller

Blessing of the Pork by Billy Ray Mangham

Burger Man by ZZ Top

Cheeseburger in Paradise by Jimmy Buffett

A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird by Cab Calloway

Chicken Cordon Blues by Steve Goodman

Chicken Shack Boogie by Lionel Hampton & His Sextet

Chicken Soup with Rice by Carole King

Chocolate by Chenille Sisters

Chocolate Chip by Miles Davis

The Closer to the Bone (The Sweeter Is the Meat) by Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera & The Witnesses

Dixie Fried by Kentucky Headhunters

Eating Greens by Michael Tilson Thomas

Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac With Susan Michelson) by Tom Waits

Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think of You by Ramones

Food Innuendo Guy by Adam Sandler

Food, Glorious Food (Overture) by Broadway Cast Recording & The Boys

Fried Bananas by Benny Golson

Fried Bananas by Dexter Gordon

Fried Chicken by Ice T

Fried Chicken and Coffee by Nashville Pussy

Fried Chicken and Gasoline by Southern Culture on the Skids

Fried Neck Bones and Some Homefries by Willie Bobo

Frim Fram Sauce by Diana Krall

Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama) by The Andrews Sisters with Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

Hot Barbecue by Brother Jack McDuff, Pat Martino & Red Holloway

I Heard the Voice of the Porkchop by Greg & Jere Canote

It's Hard to Kiss the Lips At Night That Chew Your A*s Out All Day Long by The Notorious Cherry Bombs

Lunchbox by Marilyn Manson

Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken) by Tom T. Hall

Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today) by Ella Fitzgerald

Plant a Radish by Various Artists

Pork Store by The Booglerizers

Quintet in A, D.667 "Trout" Andante by David Soyer, Emanuel Ax, Guarneri Quartet

Quintet in A, D.667 "Trout" Scherzo: Presto by David Soyer, Emanuel Ax, Guarneri Quartet

Red Hot Chicken by Wet Willie

Ribs and Hot Sauce by Lionel Hampton & His Sextet

Ribs and Whiskey by Widespread Panic

Saturday Night Fish Fry by B.B. King

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant by Billy Joel

Sing for Your Supper by The Mamas & The Papas

Spaghetti by Shel Silverstein

Struttin' with Some Barbecue by Louis Armstrong

That's Amore by Dean Martin

Vegematic by Steve Goodman

Vegetables by The Beach Boys

Watermelon Man by Jimmy Smith

Other tunes suggested by readers

Bar-B-Q by Wendy Rene, recommended by Scott Johnston of San Francisco, CA

Rib Shack Boogie by Steve Guyger and Big Joe Maher on Guyger's CD "Past Life Blues", recommended by Karl Zapf of Richmond, VA

A Fridge Full of Food by The Nancy Drews, recommended by Chef Tom Beckman of Chicago, IL

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer by George Thorogood, recommended by Jerry of Golden, CO


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