WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from May 29, 2021

Michael Shelley: Playlist from May 29, 2021

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May 29, 2021: Guest: Dean Friedman

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Loose Lips	Kyle "Kyle" by "Loose Lips"
Bob Dylan	If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 4)
Merle Travis	The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Otis Clay	That Kind Of Livin' "That Kind Of Livin'" by "Otis Clay"
Joe Carroll	Get Your Kicks on Route 66
London Souls, The	When I'm With You
Keith Green	A Go-Go Getter "A Go-Go Getter" by "Keith Green"
Jim Stafford	Spiders And Snakes "Spiders And Snakes" by "Jim Stafford"
Roy Rogers	Hawaiian Cowboy "Hawaiian Cowboy" by "Roy Rogers"
Candy And The Kisses	The Last Time
Legend	Cheque Book "Cheque Book" by "Legend"
Brinsley Schwarz	Cruel To Be Kind
Al Anderson	You Can't Hide "You Can't Hide" by "Al Anderson"
Dean Friedman	Put You In My Pocket
Dean Friedman	Interview "Interview" by "Dean Friedman"
Dean Friedman	Ariel "Ariel" by "Dean Friedman"
Mouse And The Traps	Sometimes You Just Can't Win
Marty Stuart	Too Much Month At The End Of The Money
Otis Rush	Working Man "Working Man" by "Otis Rush"
Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness, The	I Don't Mind
Matthew Sweet	Girlfriend "Girlfriend" by "Matthew Sweet"
Nuevo	77 "77" by "Nuevo"
Tripwires, The	Nights On Broadway
Longmount Potion Castle	Rope "Rope" by "Longmount Potion Castle"

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CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley
CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

Listener comments!
	♥ 10:23am Listener Baby: Baby... they blowed your safe wide open . Good morning gang of greats!
	♥ 10:57am Michael Shelley: HEY MR. BABY!
	♥ 10:59am Squints: ok then hey HEY hey now
	♥ 11:00am Handy Haversack: Hey hey, Michael and all the Shelle Gamers! Hey, Baby, Squints, all!
	11:00am clarke: hey now wow
	♥ 11:01am Frank In Queens: Hey NOW!!!!!!
	11:01am ashamed: Michael knocked me up So I knocked him down
	11:01am clarke: THE FLYING PARTY IS HERE
	♥ 11:01am Squints: Ooh. This reeks of 1979-1980. Squints like a lot.
	11:01am Einstraus: A beautiful Saturday morning in Vancouver BC - Ready for the show
	11:02am clarke: The Flying Party is HERE.
	11:02am davefromtoronto: how! high are you?
	♥ 11:02am Michael Shelley: Raining here for 24+ hours straight.... my socks are moist
	11:03am clarke: MOIST a most uncomely word.
	♥ 11:03am Frank In Queens: Everything is moist! And no end in sight to the rain.
	♥ 11:03am Handy Haversack: Yeah, I just had to go down and meet a guy dropping off a load of wood chips at the boatyard. It was not a dry process. Now I gotta get brunch going! To the potatoes! Ears staying on, of course.
	11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Praise Bob
	11:04am clarke: we went thru that in new orleans weeks ago - ain't too fun.
	♥ 11:04am Squints: Based on its opening, I wanted SO much for this to be a Bob Dylan cover of "Look For Me, Baby."
	♥ 11:04am Michael in Montclair: Good Morning Mr. Shelley and everyone!
	♥ 11:04am HyperDose: Wow, it's hazy in here. You guys there?
	11:05am Chauncey Gardiner: We need the water!
	♥ 11:05am greg g: Morning Michael and Shelley savants! Relatively dry yet chilly here in Buffalo, NY
	11:06am clarke: great drum ideas on this!
	11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TimLeary warned us about this dangerous chemical H2O.
	♥ 11:06am Frank In Queens: And I just got my backyard redone. I have to wait until it drys up before I can experience it!
	♥ 11:06am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners! Nice to join you on this sunny morning in Michigan.
	11:06am Chauncey Gardiner: He said "socks" clarke, "socks"
	♥ 11:06am Baja Joe: Hello Michael.
	11:07am clarke: i would say that would be a new york city session at that time??
	11:07am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The truth can now be told about hydrogen dioxide.
	11:08am Aquaman: There's no stigma to being a user anymore
	11:08am Dennis Diken: Good morning Mikey & everyone!
	11:09am Aquaman: Just add water, makes it's own sauce
	11:10am clarke: the Dub-D
	11:10am clarke: Atomic Blues!!
	♥ 11:11am Listener Baby: Double D. Moving and thoughtful tribute to Mr. Hawkins. I enjoyed that to the utmost. Thanks man!
	11:12am Dennis Diken: Hey clarke! Thanks so much, Sir Baby!
	11:13am clarke: lay back and BURN, baby!!! Baby!!!
	♥ 11:13am greg g: not always down with the scat but that... was amazing!
	11:14am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Dihydrogen monoxide, beg pardon. Street drugs go figure...
	♥ 11:16am Listener Baby: Hi Clarke!!
	11:16am clarke: yer flatting dear!
	11:17am Dennis Diken: London Souls = fantastic. Alas, no longer trading as. Drummer (one of my faves) Chris St. Hilaire making some real good records
	11:17am clarke: this is solo under his name?
	11:17am Andres: Good morning, Michael and all! Another Canadian checking in. Clear and crisp around here. And well caffeinated.
	11:19am clarke: so, the Up All Night guy??? he was in London Souls?? wow.
	11:20am Aquaman: Don't forget your rubbers!
	11:20am clarke: f that!! (being an adult)
	♥ 11:20am Squints: Andy Devine would have scared the aliens just by showing up.
	11:21am clarke: wow Squints - i just wrote a tune titled Andy Devine, not long ago. prescience.
	11:22am gf2002: Agree scat-singing can be like metal guitar shredding, but Micky Dolenz did some mean scat singing on Randy Scouse Git!
	11:23am Stinky Moustashe: Zappa had a song about Andy Devine as well. Delved into the nature of his thong.
	♥ 11:23am Frank In Queens: Excellent use of bongo feet.
	♥ 11:23am Squints: clarke , where do I get it?
	♥ 11:23am Listener Baby: Scat singing. One of the many things one should need a license to do. Bass solo also comes to mind.
	11:24am clarke: when i put it out - will be on bandcamp
	11:24am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: What is he saying ?!? Is it about me ?!? I no understanding things...
	11:24am Dennis Diken: This Keith Green track a big fave!! @clarke, yes, Chris St Hilaire issuing great records under his own name. Hope I’m spelling his name correct.
	11:25am ?: Guy came to my house yesterday to do some work...wearing a mask. Asked if he was vaccinated...."no I don't trust the government."
	11:25am clarke: yes, i think the spelling is correct - i just never made the connection that he was in London Souls! silly silly me.
	11:26am Charlie in Montclair: January?
	11:26am Glistener MW: HA, I hope he prefaced demonstrating his sanity with the phrase “Now, allow me to demonstrate my sanity!” — a phrase any sane person uses frequently
	♥ 11:26am Montmaster J: Happy Birthday J! Love ya!
	11:26am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: If only there were millions & millions of examples of people being vaccinated.
	11:27am Catch me a Cab, Calloway: It's shit singing. I mean it's clearly right there in the name. Properly advertised like that I think it's a "let the buyer beware" kind of thing.
	♥ 11:28am adampsyche: Pam Grier, Lenny Kravitz, Lauryn Hill, and Miles Davis, Left Eye all this week
	11:28am davefromtoronto: ha - i had "funny funky hits" on Ktel. this one's burned in my childhood mind too.
	11:29am clarke: they gave this guy a teevee show!!
	♥ 11:29am Listener Baby: This was a huge so cal hit when I was lad. Huge.
	11:29am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Joyeux ♊︎Geminian Solar Return Mrs. Shelley ! www.facebook.com...
	11:29am (Mr) Bill: About 20 years ago, I was wondering whether I'd ever hear "Spiders and Snakes" again. @Clarke: A summer replacement show, right?
	♥ 11:30am Squints: It's not where the DBTs heads are at currently, but I'd live to hear Mike Cooley sing a cover of this.
	♥ 11:30am greg g: Happy Birthday to your better half Michael ! & Ive got track down this K=Tel collection
	11:30am clarke: yes, summer show - alongside Shields & Yarnell
	♥ 11:31am Eddy in Australia: Happy birthday, Jordon. Clarke, how's your mom?
	11:31am alan the painter: Good morning, great song and thank you, waking through spinning...
	♥ 11:31am Squints: Not the lesser known Pulver and Fournelle.
	♥ 11:31am Listener Baby: JP. Hugs and love from over this way. You are the very best!
	11:32am clarke: thanks for asking Eddy - me mum passed away last week - it came as a bit of 'relief'.
	11:32am ledzeppelinsucks: You may have to jack a car. Most are sold out or 1700.00 per week.
	11:33am SKI: NICE TUNE HAPPY BDAY MAMA HOW BOUT SOME WILD WOOD WEED
	♥ 11:33am Listener Baby: Condolences Clarke. Really sorry to hear this news. Hope you are doing okay.
	♥ 11:33am JG: Michael, draw your own map of the island. Best way to start planning. And despite what rental car company says, drive the entire length of the road to Hana. They tell you to double back at Hana. But do the second half Its good and perfectly safe
	11:33am clarke: much suffering at the end - i am okay with her not suffering any more.
	♥ 11:33am Frank In Queens: Sorry to hear that, clarke. I understand the "relief" part.
	11:34am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sincere Condolences clarke.
	11:34am clarke: thanks all!! being HERE helps a whole lot!!
	11:34am Kpx: MS - You know what would be funny, if you came home with a box of spiders and snakes and gave it to your wife for her birthday. What do you think she would do?
	♥ 11:34am Hubig Pie: Danny Barker sang a song that went - Back in Nag-a-sacky where the fellows chew tobacc-y and the womens wicky-wacky-woo
	11:35am ?: This song is horny
	11:35am gf2002: Was there a Roy Rogers restaurant in Maui? Every state needed a Free Fixins Bar...
	11:35am clarke: how's thangs down under, Eddy?? saints still rolling??
	♥ 11:36am Eddy in Australia: Oh man, so sorry to hear that. Hope you're feeling okay. I'm gonna raise a toast to yer ma right now
	11:37am clarke: @Frank - you don't have a wayne gretzky rookie card hangin' around do ya?? 3.5 mil!!!
	11:37am Norman Bates: Trigger couldn't eat another bite, he's stuffed! https://www.royrogersrestaurants.com/
	11:37am clarke: thanks ya'll!! mui appreesh
	♥ 11:38am northguineahills: bloody fuck, clarke, condolences... you had the worst week ever.
	11:38am Andres: Sorry for your loss, clarke. Take care.
	11:38am clarke: it has been a helluva year, but we move on and UP
	♥ 11:40am greg g: yes, sincere condolences and positive, healing thoughts to you and your family, Clarke.
	11:41am clarke: danke ALL!! music helps, too - and some FINE FINE FINE tunes goin' on here...
	♥ 11:41am spodiodi: sounds great, Michael Shelley!
	♥ 11:43am Eddy in Australia: Clarke: Yeah, they had a win but they're a mess this year. Melbourne is in lockdown again - the Indian variant has hit town - just as I was going out to shows again, dammit. Hey, I meant it, I just took a shot of whiskey, which really won't help me get to sleep. Better have another!
	11:43am Andrew Hollywood: One time I interviewed Nick Lowe. We mostly talked Italian food for 45 minutes
	11:43am Andres: My wife walked into the room and proclaimed "Endless hits!!". Rare high praise around here.
	11:44am clarke: yes, another - that's ashame about variant(s) - hope things settle.
	♥ 11:44am Frank In Queens: @clarke, haha i wish!
	11:45am clarke: a note about Joey S - he is actually doing pretty okay, these days - his treatments are effective, so far. he has gone thru some rough times, but is in a better way, right now.
	11:46am clarke: (but the meds are SUPER expensive)
	♥ 11:46am Michael Shelley: truenorthrecords.com...
	11:47am andrew fuchs: BIG AL ANDERSON ! Haven't heard him in like a hundred years...
	♥ 11:47am Michael Shelley: Andrew Hollywood: can we hear or read that?
	11:47am clarke: well, that's too long!
	♥ 11:49am Montmaster J: My son was working as a cook at Harvest Cafe on the Cape a few years ago....he served Joey some food and told him how much he liked l his music....Joey hugged him.
	11:50am Ross T.: Thanks for doing Joey (nee Jody St. Nicholas) a solid.
	11:51am clarke: harvest cafe - good stuff!!
	11:51am andrew fuchs: Nice guitar there...who was it ? Whoa
	11:51am Kpx: @clarke - the pain of losing one's parent is a tough one to deal with, but now your mum is resting at ease now.
	11:51am Andrew Hollywood: Yes indeed: soundcloud.com... Nick Lowe starts at 8:50
	11:51am TimG: Thx....ordering Spampanato CD now. Great songwriter. PS Fuchs....Big Al has released some great music lately...The World Famous Headliners....highly recommend
	11:52am clarke: thanks Kpx! yes, mum is out there with dad somewhere (where she always wanted to be).
	♥ 11:54am Montmaster J: Thanks Clarke. Condolences on the loss of your mom.
	11:55am clarke: thank you Mont - does your son still live on the cape??
	♥ 11:57am Montmaster J: @clarke. No. My mom lived in Dennis until a few years and my son lived with her and worked at Harvest one Summer. He also drove an ice cream truck! Wish we still had that Cape house in the fam.
	11:58am listener lou: did dean friedman play a gig at former wfmu site upsala college in the early 80's?
	11:58am clarke: yes - but the cape is slowly getting invaded by suburban sprawl. i am glad i left when it was still very nice.
	11:59am andrew fuchs: @timG many thanks, will check it out ! Love Al !
	♥ 11:59am Handy Haversack: clarke -- just read upthread. My sincere condolences. I have been there -- twice -- so I hope fellow feeling and deep sympathy can be helpful.
	♥ 12:00pm Dano59: Wonder if Mike is gonna give @efd a heads-up before he plays 'Ariel'?
	12:00pm clarke: thanks HH - yeah, after losing my dad this past october and manager during covid first phase, it has been a time of loss - but that's what happens.
	♥ 12:01pm Handy Haversack: Maybe an air horn, Dano59? It's the price of living, clarke, but it stays hard. Thinking of you.
	12:01pm DaveinPA: Dean follows me on Twitter - I'm not sure why, but he seems like an awesome guy.
	12:01pm Cooh John: I have heard that quote attributed to Duke Ellington.
	♥ 12:02pm coelacanth: never crossed my mind to consider Ariel a novelty song
	♥ 12:06pm listener 126464: Once you heard it, you never forgot it.
	♥ 12:07pm Michael Shelley: listener lou: YES - and stay tuned for news on that!
	♥ 12:08pm Handy Haversack: OK, spicy brunch was pretty durn good over here.
	12:08pm clarke: thanks buddy!! and everyone!! this interview is most interesting - what is absurd about supposed "one-hit wonders" is that many of them have a phalanx of good songs (and many don't, i guess).
	♥ 12:09pm Frank In Queens: @Handy, what else did you have besides potatoes?
	12:10pm clarke: but, when you hear someone is a one hit wonder and then ALL their stuff is great - that's why i never paid scant attention to the charts.
	12:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Alert, observant, experienced, articulate, amusing & forthcoming.
	♥ 12:12pm northguineahills: @handy: in most cuisines, if I'm not crying and blowing my nose, afterwards, it failed.....
	12:13pm clarke: crawfish omelettes, HH???
	♥ 12:13pm Handy Haversack: Jalapeno hashbrowns with huevos a la mexicana, Frank. It's become our go-to. I've been going vegan M-F but we're still egging ourselves on on the weekends. ngh, I had only one jalapeno left, but the whole affair ended up using that and three serranos.
	♥ 12:13pm northguineahills: You should see how the record labels make certain songs FCC compliant (which all WFMU djs know about).
	♥ 12:14pm Squints: <homer simpson drool>
	♥ 12:14pm northguineahills: @Handy" I have a bunch of thai bird-eye chilis, but no kitchen, and a bunch of hot sauces (no kitchen).
	12:17pm clarke: is this the first in-studio interview since, uhhh, a long long time...??
	♥ 12:18pm Handy Haversack: Hashbrowns are basically this recipe: www.mexicanplease.com... But I usually use a whole jalapeno and a serrano. And I don't have a microwave, so I dry the shredded potatoes in the oven (cookie sheet, parchment paper) at like 275 for 10ish minutes while I chop the other stuff.
	♥ 12:18pm Frank In Queens: Sounds good Handy!
	12:19pm clarke: outstanding, sir!! MovieTime frank??
	♥ 12:19pm Mike Sin: Regarding, "Ariel," "Paramus Park" must have really loved the promo at the time. The Harmony Hut record store located there should have exploited that to the fullest -- "Buy the song that mentions Paramus Park right here at Paramus Park!"
	12:20pm clarke: mister SIN!!
	12:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Often observe this with Artists / Musicians who incorporate Humor. Major risk of not being regarded or measured seriously for talents.
	♥ 12:20pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, movie watching has pretty much ground to a halt since the NHL playoffs have started, but we did watch The Fury last night.
	12:21pm clarke: ah, not familiar. recommend??
	12:21pm Kpx: In a precovid-19 galaxy, far far away.
	12:22pm clarke: the last in-studio interview i recall was Amy Rigby?? long ago and oh so far away...
	♥ 12:22pm Frank In Queens: Sure. It's the least "DePalma" DePalma film I've seen yet. Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes...
	♥ 12:22pm northguineahills: thanks, for the recipe, Handy!
	12:23pm clarke: will check The Fury - will make the hash brown hots - will seek out friedman's later stuff!!
	12:25pm clarke: i have been binge'ing a bbc series that might be a bit slow for some, but decent: Line Of Duty
	♥ 12:26pm Squints: when do we play Perquacky?
	♥ 12:27pm Handy Haversack: Very good perspective on the industrial side of music -- on creativity hitting the jaws of the Machine.
	♥ 12:28pm northguineahills: Thanks, Dean!
	12:28pm clarke: another great one
	♥ 12:28pm spodiodi: great interview, MS
	♥ 12:29pm Frank Zaatar: When my grandchildren ask me "What were the 70s like?" I'll play them Ariel.
	♥ 12:29pm Dano59: fantastic insight into the music biz there, Dean! i even have some of your 'later work' and boy do I remember this fondly! C'mon @efd I hope yr listening.
	♥ 12:30pm Handy Haversack: Great interview, MS! Thanks, Dean!
	12:31pm clarke: no sax - none at all.
	12:31pm tranewreck: Wonderful interview MS
	♥ 12:32pm Baja Joe: Great job on the interview, as usual. Bravo Dean for speaking up about the darker side of the music industry. It's the talentless taking advantage of the talented- like boxing promoters who never get hit in the face, yet prosper from others' talent and pain.
	♥ 12:32pm GeoSinPhilly: Completely missed the Dean Friedman career and knew nothing about him beyond some vaguely familiar record jackets. But that was a great interview on both sides.
	♥ 12:33pm WaffleMix: Thanks for the interview AND the song! I love it.
	12:33pm phat in Lincoln: Yet another song from the 70s that apparently a lot of people know that I don't recall at all, on Michael Shelley's show.
	♥ 12:33pm Dano59: @Frank Zaatar : bwa ha ha ha
	♥ 12:33pm Frank Zaatar: I remember that interview!
	12:34pm clarke: stars after stars after stars!!!
	12:34pm phat in Lincoln: Nice, Cropper!
	12:35pm johnk77: well done interview another birthday for may29 gary brooker
	12:35pm phat in Lincoln: You ever interview Donald "Duck" Dunn?
	12:36pm clarke: yes he did. wanna say 2009??
	♥ 12:36pm G: My college roommate was music director at the college station at U Michigan (a place I reckon SM Ken also recalls). "Ariel" came in to the station in maybe 77, no one wanted to play it, so he played it on his show, and brought it home between shows, because we appreciated it as 20 year old college students. It evoked the quirky types you encountered around campus (including the female variety), and in dating life... Also fit in genre-wise with the 50s-revival trend seen in the 70s...
	12:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: & this Traps from a band known for being 'Garage'. Somehow.
	♥ 12:37pm Handy Haversack: Total garage strings, Rev Rab!
	12:37pm phat in Lincoln: @Dennis Diken a friend of mine was wondering why Chet Atkins rarely had drums beyond brushes on his records. He was afraid it might be because he didn't want to sound too R&B. You have any insight?
	12:37pm phat in Lincoln: @clarke I will look that up
	♥ 12:38pm G: @Handy: recording company "sweetening" lol
	12:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: By now it's clear Rhino could do innumerable Nuggets boxes - certainly a Texas one ! The 'Third Coast'...
	12:38pm phat in Lincoln: @clarke I wasn't a regular Shelley listener at that point.
	12:38pm clarke: i could be wrong about the year, but it was (obviously) before dunn passed-on. maybe 2007'ish?
	12:39pm phat in Lincoln: English Beat are on fire live the past few years.
	12:39pm johnk77: strong agree on marty stuart live chops off the scale yet still rocking and country saw them at strawberry in ca
	♥ 12:40pm KevinfromBayRidge: Great interview. My only question: is Ariel's sax solo #1 Hit Club approved?
	♥ 12:40pm Michael Shelley: PHAT - Duck Dunn: wfmu.org...
	12:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Who should Rawk this up? AC/DC ?
	12:41pm clarke: hmm, i guess my year-meter is not so bad
	12:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...or maybe why bother...
	12:43pm P-90: Otis Spann next?
	♥ 12:43pm McGroovey: I think a rocking cover of Too Much Month.... would be fun.
	12:44pm P-90: Is the (somewhat scary) elevator at the station an Otis?
	♥ 12:44pm Handy Haversack: Hey, McGroovey! Good hanging out the other night!
	12:44pm clarke: anyone heard from Jimmy Wipper lately?? been missing him...
	12:45pm johnk77: @mcgroovey billy c farlow
	12:45pm Peter from Dover NJ: Otis Rush! My favorite, and an underappreciated musician.
	12:45pm johnk77: too much fun
	♥ 12:46pm Don Gorden: Great interview Mike. I forgot about a lot of these guys from my youth, thanks for bringing them on the show.
	12:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...the complete Span of Otises...
	12:46pm clarke: Gucci Namagoochi
	♥ 12:47pm Michael Shelley: Thanks for listening Don - It's 100% my pleasure!
	♥ 12:47pm Baja Joe: Loving the Matthew Sweet
	12:47pm Kpx: RRN63 - he wouldn't happen to be Revelation Rabbit Dec64 by chance.
	12:47pm Sean: I LOVE THIS TUNE! Came on the radio and it's the loudest I've turned my amp up in several years. Quine was such a master.
	♥ 12:48pm McGroovey: @Handy yeah, cool. And my dreamed-of Swell Maps cover band may arise out of attending.
	12:48pm phat in Lincoln: @Michael Shelley sweet! Thanks. Any thoughts on the Chet Atkins drumless question?
	♥ 12:48pm Handy Haversack: Nice! I was so excited to see an actual show that I forgot to eat dinner.
	12:49pm clarke: mcgroovey - are you aware of the Swell Maps rarities collection that just came out on vinyls??
	12:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Kpx: Who - ?? :D ...'64 would be Dragon, btw...
	12:49pm Dennis Diken: @phat in Lincoln- dunno, I think it was a country music “thing” back when to not have drums going on - like, none at the Opry for a long time? I’m sure there’s someone out there who knows more about it than me?
	12:51pm phat in Lincoln: Matt Sweet is a famous Lincoln, NE native. I have several friends who played with him when he was in high school. He rarely plays here, though. Not sure why. I mean, it's Nebraska, but beyond that? Oddly enough, I have met family of his while canvassing for candidates. Lol.
	♥ 12:51pm McGroovey: @clarke half-aware. But I'm only half-aware of most things, anyway.
	12:51pm Dennis Diken: @clarke - sending love & condolences
	12:51pm clarke: well, certainly the mid-sixties had a LOT of country acts with full drum kits - but, at that same time, the Opry went to one snare with brushes. until The Byrds got a drum kit in the ryman.
	12:51pm johnk77: the opry forbid drums be4 rock bands?
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Every Guitarist Ever : 'What ...I gotta Keep Time too ??' Except Chet ? : 'Yeah duh no problem.'
	12:52pm clarke: but, the buckaroos for instance eschewed the full kit at the opry a few times.
	12:52pm ?: As someone who grew up in Paramus (to the extent I've ever grown up), thanks for the Dean Friedman interview.Hadn't thought much about his stuff in quite a while even though his song spawned my my niece's name, Arielle
	12:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Byrds got what - a snare into the Ryman ?
	12:53pm johnk77: is buck owens rock? probably yes
	12:53pm clarke: byrds had a full drum kit in the ryman
	12:53pm phat in Lincoln: @Dennis Diken thanks Dennis! I thought you might have some insight with your encyclopedic drummer knowledge. I figured it was probably just "how it was done." My buddy grew up listening to Atkins and perhaps is worried that Atkins didn't want to be associated with R&B or whatever. I highly doubt that.
	12:53pm johnk77: commander cody was formed from a pile of buck rekkids and a case of strohs?
	12:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bakersfield <> Nashville
	♥ 12:54pm G: Severely de-disco-ized!!! lol
	12:54pm Sean: N.O.B. always smelling like a rose.
	♥ 12:54pm Frank Zaatar: It's almost as if the Bee Gees were a rock band.
	♥ 12:54pm listener 126464: Thanks Michael.
	12:55pm clarke: but Atkins in the studio was interested in creating what he called Country-politan records. strings were at the fore and background singers.
	12:55pm Sean: @hjohnk77 Oh, I thought Buck made Novelty Records ;)
	♥ 12:55pm McGroovey: This Tripwires vocalist reminds me of someone from the seventies... sort of like Lindsey Buckingham, but not him... Someone else.
	♥ 12:56pm spodiodi: thanks for the music and interview, Michael Shelley!
	♥ 12:56pm Dano59: this is awesome, and one of the few I prefer over a BG's original! take that Gary the Squirrel
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Reminds me that Cocaine & Rhinestones has started a new season ! :D ...put that rascal Tyler Mahan Coe to good use. :D clarke nails it again...
	12:56pm Kpx: RRN63 - My bad, 86 my question. I misread your text due to blurry vision I get after a while from reading small text. As you were.
	12:56pm johnk77: hot rod lincoln 2 triplecheese?;>>>
	♥ 12:57pm Dano59: @McGroovey: Gilbert O'Sullivan mebbe?
	♥ 12:57pm Handy Haversack: Thanks for the tunes and the words, MS! Later on, all!
	12:57pm clarke: as 'wrong' (read: misguided) as atkins seems in retrospect, the actual SOUNDS the guy got were amazing!
	12:57pm Dennis Diken: And in the mid-50s DJ Fontana was house drummer at Louisiana Hayride- different mindset than N’ville?
	♥ 12:57pm McGroovey: @Dano59 hmmmmaybe
	12:57pm phat in Lincoln: @clarke I suppose it would have been hard to mix strings in a subtle manner with a full kit.
	12:58pm clarke: oh well - full drum kit in opry in the 50's
	♥ 12:58pm Dano59: Not 'Omaha' Lyman?
	12:58pm phat in Lincoln: Lol. Just west of Omaha.
	12:58pm Dennis Diken: Great interview & show, Mikey!
	12:58pm johnk77: shreveport louisiana underreported music history
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Drums er fer Dancin' ! Anything could happen...
	12:58pm clarke: gucci namagoochi
	♥ 12:59pm Frank In Queens: Nice show Michael! See everyone later on.
	♥ 12:59pm Dano59: Ralph Emery made fun of the Byrds when they landed in Nashville and they got 'Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man' out of it... lose/win
	1:00pm clarke: later folks -
	1:00pm johnk77: right drums=chaos
	♥ 1:00pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Michael! Thanks Dean Friedman!
	8:19pm MICHAEL GILLETTE: I'm sorry I don't listen to your program until Sunday, but CBC did a bit on Randy Bachman (and also Taylor Swift, apparently) re-recording their music. Randy Bachman went so far as to duplicate as close as possible (vintage amplifiers; vintage recording equip.; etc.) the original BTO recordings. So, if someone wants to use "Takin' Care of Business" they can buy the rights from Randy and not Mercury. Whatever happened to Bill Kelly? He was my other favourite.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Loose Lips	Kyle "Kyle" by "Loose Lips"
Bob Dylan	If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 4)
Merle Travis	The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Otis Clay	That Kind Of Livin' "That Kind Of Livin'" by "Otis Clay"
Joe Carroll	Get Your Kicks on Route 66
London Souls, The	When I'm With You
Keith Green	A Go-Go Getter "A Go-Go Getter" by "Keith Green"
Jim Stafford	Spiders And Snakes "Spiders And Snakes" by "Jim Stafford"
Roy Rogers	Hawaiian Cowboy "Hawaiian Cowboy" by "Roy Rogers"
Candy And The Kisses	The Last Time
Legend	Cheque Book "Cheque Book" by "Legend"
Brinsley Schwarz	Cruel To Be Kind
Al Anderson	You Can't Hide "You Can't Hide" by "Al Anderson"
Dean Friedman	Put You In My Pocket
Dean Friedman	Interview "Interview" by "Dean Friedman"
Dean Friedman	Ariel "Ariel" by "Dean Friedman"
Mouse And The Traps	Sometimes You Just Can't Win
Marty Stuart	Too Much Month At The End Of The Money
Otis Rush	Working Man "Working Man" by "Otis Rush"
Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness, The	I Don't Mind
Matthew Sweet	Girlfriend "Girlfriend" by "Matthew Sweet"
Nuevo	77 "77" by "Nuevo"
Tripwires, The	Nights On Broadway
Longmount Potion Castle	Rope "Rope" by "Longmount Potion Castle"

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	♥ 10:23am Listener Baby: Baby... they blowed your safe wide open . Good morning gang of greats!
	♥ 10:57am Michael Shelley: HEY MR. BABY!
	♥ 10:59am Squints: ok then hey HEY hey now
	♥ 11:00am Handy Haversack: Hey hey, Michael and all the Shelle Gamers! Hey, Baby, Squints, all!
	11:00am clarke: hey now wow
	♥ 11:01am Frank In Queens: Hey NOW!!!!!!
	11:01am ashamed: Michael knocked me up So I knocked him down
	11:01am clarke: THE FLYING PARTY IS HERE
	♥ 11:01am Squints: Ooh. This reeks of 1979-1980. Squints like a lot.
	11:01am Einstraus: A beautiful Saturday morning in Vancouver BC - Ready for the show
	11:02am clarke: The Flying Party is HERE.
	11:02am davefromtoronto: how! high are you?
	♥ 11:02am Michael Shelley: Raining here for 24+ hours straight.... my socks are moist
	11:03am clarke: MOIST a most uncomely word.
	♥ 11:03am Frank In Queens: Everything is moist! And no end in sight to the rain.
	♥ 11:03am Handy Haversack: Yeah, I just had to go down and meet a guy dropping off a load of wood chips at the boatyard. It was not a dry process. Now I gotta get brunch going! To the potatoes! Ears staying on, of course.
	11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Praise Bob
	11:04am clarke: we went thru that in new orleans weeks ago - ain't too fun.
	♥ 11:04am Squints: Based on its opening, I wanted SO much for this to be a Bob Dylan cover of "Look For Me, Baby."
	♥ 11:04am Michael in Montclair: Good Morning Mr. Shelley and everyone!
	♥ 11:04am HyperDose: Wow, it's hazy in here. You guys there?
	11:05am Chauncey Gardiner: We need the water!
	♥ 11:05am greg g: Morning Michael and Shelley savants! Relatively dry yet chilly here in Buffalo, NY
	11:06am clarke: great drum ideas on this!
	11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TimLeary warned us about this dangerous chemical H2O.
	♥ 11:06am Frank In Queens: And I just got my backyard redone. I have to wait until it drys up before I can experience it!
	♥ 11:06am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners! Nice to join you on this sunny morning in Michigan.
	11:06am Chauncey Gardiner: He said "socks" clarke, "socks"
	♥ 11:06am Baja Joe: Hello Michael.
	11:07am clarke: i would say that would be a new york city session at that time??
	11:07am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The truth can now be told about hydrogen dioxide.
	11:08am Aquaman: There's no stigma to being a user anymore
	11:08am Dennis Diken: Good morning Mikey & everyone!
	11:09am Aquaman: Just add water, makes it's own sauce
	11:10am clarke: the Dub-D
	11:10am clarke: Atomic Blues!!
	♥ 11:11am Listener Baby: Double D. Moving and thoughtful tribute to Mr. Hawkins. I enjoyed that to the utmost. Thanks man!
	11:12am Dennis Diken: Hey clarke! Thanks so much, Sir Baby!
	11:13am clarke: lay back and BURN, baby!!! Baby!!!
	♥ 11:13am greg g: not always down with the scat but that... was amazing!
	11:14am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Dihydrogen monoxide, beg pardon. Street drugs go figure...
	♥ 11:16am Listener Baby: Hi Clarke!!
	11:16am clarke: yer flatting dear!
	11:17am Dennis Diken: London Souls = fantastic. Alas, no longer trading as. Drummer (one of my faves) Chris St. Hilaire making some real good records
	11:17am clarke: this is solo under his name?
	11:17am Andres: Good morning, Michael and all! Another Canadian checking in. Clear and crisp around here. And well caffeinated.
	11:19am clarke: so, the Up All Night guy??? he was in London Souls?? wow.
	11:20am Aquaman: Don't forget your rubbers!
	11:20am clarke: f that!! (being an adult)
	♥ 11:20am Squints: Andy Devine would have scared the aliens just by showing up.
	11:21am clarke: wow Squints - i just wrote a tune titled Andy Devine, not long ago. prescience.
	11:22am gf2002: Agree scat-singing can be like metal guitar shredding, but Micky Dolenz did some mean scat singing on Randy Scouse Git!
	11:23am Stinky Moustashe: Zappa had a song about Andy Devine as well. Delved into the nature of his thong.
	♥ 11:23am Frank In Queens: Excellent use of bongo feet.
	♥ 11:23am Squints: clarke , where do I get it?
	♥ 11:23am Listener Baby: Scat singing. One of the many things one should need a license to do. Bass solo also comes to mind.
	11:24am clarke: when i put it out - will be on bandcamp
	11:24am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: What is he saying ?!? Is it about me ?!? I no understanding things...
	11:24am Dennis Diken: This Keith Green track a big fave!! @clarke, yes, Chris St Hilaire issuing great records under his own name. Hope I’m spelling his name correct.
	11:25am ?: Guy came to my house yesterday to do some work...wearing a mask. Asked if he was vaccinated...."no I don't trust the government."
	11:25am clarke: yes, i think the spelling is correct - i just never made the connection that he was in London Souls! silly silly me.
	11:26am Charlie in Montclair: January?
	11:26am Glistener MW: HA, I hope he prefaced demonstrating his sanity with the phrase “Now, allow me to demonstrate my sanity!” — a phrase any sane person uses frequently
	♥ 11:26am Montmaster J: Happy Birthday J! Love ya!
	11:26am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: If only there were millions & millions of examples of people being vaccinated.
	11:27am Catch me a Cab, Calloway: It's shit singing. I mean it's clearly right there in the name. Properly advertised like that I think it's a "let the buyer beware" kind of thing.
	♥ 11:28am adampsyche: Pam Grier, Lenny Kravitz, Lauryn Hill, and Miles Davis, Left Eye all this week
	11:28am davefromtoronto: ha - i had "funny funky hits" on Ktel. this one's burned in my childhood mind too.
	11:29am clarke: they gave this guy a teevee show!!
	♥ 11:29am Listener Baby: This was a huge so cal hit when I was lad. Huge.
	11:29am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Joyeux ♊︎Geminian Solar Return Mrs. Shelley ! www.facebook.com...
	11:29am (Mr) Bill: About 20 years ago, I was wondering whether I'd ever hear "Spiders and Snakes" again. @Clarke: A summer replacement show, right?
	♥ 11:30am Squints: It's not where the DBTs heads are at currently, but I'd live to hear Mike Cooley sing a cover of this.
	♥ 11:30am greg g: Happy Birthday to your better half Michael ! & Ive got track down this K=Tel collection
	11:30am clarke: yes, summer show - alongside Shields & Yarnell
	♥ 11:31am Eddy in Australia: Happy birthday, Jordon. Clarke, how's your mom?
	11:31am alan the painter: Good morning, great song and thank you, waking through spinning...
	♥ 11:31am Squints: Not the lesser known Pulver and Fournelle.
	♥ 11:31am Listener Baby: JP. Hugs and love from over this way. You are the very best!
	11:32am clarke: thanks for asking Eddy - me mum passed away last week - it came as a bit of 'relief'.
	11:32am ledzeppelinsucks: You may have to jack a car. Most are sold out or 1700.00 per week.
	11:33am SKI: NICE TUNE HAPPY BDAY MAMA HOW BOUT SOME WILD WOOD WEED
	♥ 11:33am Listener Baby: Condolences Clarke. Really sorry to hear this news. Hope you are doing okay.
	♥ 11:33am JG: Michael, draw your own map of the island. Best way to start planning. And despite what rental car company says, drive the entire length of the road to Hana. They tell you to double back at Hana. But do the second half Its good and perfectly safe
	11:33am clarke: much suffering at the end - i am okay with her not suffering any more.
	♥ 11:33am Frank In Queens: Sorry to hear that, clarke. I understand the "relief" part.
	11:34am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sincere Condolences clarke.
	11:34am clarke: thanks all!! being HERE helps a whole lot!!
	11:34am Kpx: MS - You know what would be funny, if you came home with a box of spiders and snakes and gave it to your wife for her birthday. What do you think she would do?
	♥ 11:34am Hubig Pie: Danny Barker sang a song that went - Back in Nag-a-sacky where the fellows chew tobacc-y and the womens wicky-wacky-woo
	11:35am ?: This song is horny
	11:35am gf2002: Was there a Roy Rogers restaurant in Maui? Every state needed a Free Fixins Bar...
	11:35am clarke: how's thangs down under, Eddy?? saints still rolling??
	♥ 11:36am Eddy in Australia: Oh man, so sorry to hear that. Hope you're feeling okay. I'm gonna raise a toast to yer ma right now
	11:37am clarke: @Frank - you don't have a wayne gretzky rookie card hangin' around do ya?? 3.5 mil!!!
	11:37am Norman Bates: Trigger couldn't eat another bite, he's stuffed! https://www.royrogersrestaurants.com/
	11:37am clarke: thanks ya'll!! mui appreesh
	♥ 11:38am northguineahills: bloody fuck, clarke, condolences... you had the worst week ever.
	11:38am Andres: Sorry for your loss, clarke. Take care.
	11:38am clarke: it has been a helluva year, but we move on and UP
	♥ 11:40am greg g: yes, sincere condolences and positive, healing thoughts to you and your family, Clarke.
	11:41am clarke: danke ALL!! music helps, too - and some FINE FINE FINE tunes goin' on here...
	♥ 11:41am spodiodi: sounds great, Michael Shelley!
	♥ 11:43am Eddy in Australia: Clarke: Yeah, they had a win but they're a mess this year. Melbourne is in lockdown again - the Indian variant has hit town - just as I was going out to shows again, dammit. Hey, I meant it, I just took a shot of whiskey, which really won't help me get to sleep. Better have another!
	11:43am Andrew Hollywood: One time I interviewed Nick Lowe. We mostly talked Italian food for 45 minutes
	11:43am Andres: My wife walked into the room and proclaimed "Endless hits!!". Rare high praise around here.
	11:44am clarke: yes, another - that's ashame about variant(s) - hope things settle.
	♥ 11:44am Frank In Queens: @clarke, haha i wish!
	11:45am clarke: a note about Joey S - he is actually doing pretty okay, these days - his treatments are effective, so far. he has gone thru some rough times, but is in a better way, right now.
	11:46am clarke: (but the meds are SUPER expensive)
	♥ 11:46am Michael Shelley: truenorthrecords.com...
	11:47am andrew fuchs: BIG AL ANDERSON ! Haven't heard him in like a hundred years...
	♥ 11:47am Michael Shelley: Andrew Hollywood: can we hear or read that?
	11:47am clarke: well, that's too long!
	♥ 11:49am Montmaster J: My son was working as a cook at Harvest Cafe on the Cape a few years ago....he served Joey some food and told him how much he liked l his music....Joey hugged him.
	11:50am Ross T.: Thanks for doing Joey (nee Jody St. Nicholas) a solid.
	11:51am clarke: harvest cafe - good stuff!!
	11:51am andrew fuchs: Nice guitar there...who was it ? Whoa
	11:51am Kpx: @clarke - the pain of losing one's parent is a tough one to deal with, but now your mum is resting at ease now.
	11:51am Andrew Hollywood: Yes indeed: soundcloud.com... Nick Lowe starts at 8:50
	11:51am TimG: Thx....ordering Spampanato CD now. Great songwriter. PS Fuchs....Big Al has released some great music lately...The World Famous Headliners....highly recommend
	11:52am clarke: thanks Kpx! yes, mum is out there with dad somewhere (where she always wanted to be).
	♥ 11:54am Montmaster J: Thanks Clarke. Condolences on the loss of your mom.
	11:55am clarke: thank you Mont - does your son still live on the cape??
	♥ 11:57am Montmaster J: @clarke. No. My mom lived in Dennis until a few years and my son lived with her and worked at Harvest one Summer. He also drove an ice cream truck! Wish we still had that Cape house in the fam.
	11:58am listener lou: did dean friedman play a gig at former wfmu site upsala college in the early 80's?
	11:58am clarke: yes - but the cape is slowly getting invaded by suburban sprawl. i am glad i left when it was still very nice.
	11:59am andrew fuchs: @timG many thanks, will check it out ! Love Al !
	♥ 11:59am Handy Haversack: clarke -- just read upthread. My sincere condolences. I have been there -- twice -- so I hope fellow feeling and deep sympathy can be helpful.
	♥ 12:00pm Dano59: Wonder if Mike is gonna give @efd a heads-up before he plays 'Ariel'?
	12:00pm clarke: thanks HH - yeah, after losing my dad this past october and manager during covid first phase, it has been a time of loss - but that's what happens.
	♥ 12:01pm Handy Haversack: Maybe an air horn, Dano59? It's the price of living, clarke, but it stays hard. Thinking of you.
	12:01pm DaveinPA: Dean follows me on Twitter - I'm not sure why, but he seems like an awesome guy.
	12:01pm Cooh John: I have heard that quote attributed to Duke Ellington.
	♥ 12:02pm coelacanth: never crossed my mind to consider Ariel a novelty song
	♥ 12:06pm listener 126464: Once you heard it, you never forgot it.
	♥ 12:07pm Michael Shelley: listener lou: YES - and stay tuned for news on that!
	♥ 12:08pm Handy Haversack: OK, spicy brunch was pretty durn good over here.
	12:08pm clarke: thanks buddy!! and everyone!! this interview is most interesting - what is absurd about supposed "one-hit wonders" is that many of them have a phalanx of good songs (and many don't, i guess).
	♥ 12:09pm Frank In Queens: @Handy, what else did you have besides potatoes?
	12:10pm clarke: but, when you hear someone is a one hit wonder and then ALL their stuff is great - that's why i never paid scant attention to the charts.
	12:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Alert, observant, experienced, articulate, amusing & forthcoming.
	♥ 12:12pm northguineahills: @handy: in most cuisines, if I'm not crying and blowing my nose, afterwards, it failed.....
	12:13pm clarke: crawfish omelettes, HH???
	♥ 12:13pm Handy Haversack: Jalapeno hashbrowns with huevos a la mexicana, Frank. It's become our go-to. I've been going vegan M-F but we're still egging ourselves on on the weekends. ngh, I had only one jalapeno left, but the whole affair ended up using that and three serranos.
	♥ 12:13pm northguineahills: You should see how the record labels make certain songs FCC compliant (which all WFMU djs know about).
	♥ 12:14pm Squints: <homer simpson drool>
	♥ 12:14pm northguineahills: @Handy" I have a bunch of thai bird-eye chilis, but no kitchen, and a bunch of hot sauces (no kitchen).
	12:17pm clarke: is this the first in-studio interview since, uhhh, a long long time...??
	♥ 12:18pm Handy Haversack: Hashbrowns are basically this recipe: www.mexicanplease.com... But I usually use a whole jalapeno and a serrano. And I don't have a microwave, so I dry the shredded potatoes in the oven (cookie sheet, parchment paper) at like 275 for 10ish minutes while I chop the other stuff.
	♥ 12:18pm Frank In Queens: Sounds good Handy!
	12:19pm clarke: outstanding, sir!! MovieTime frank??
	♥ 12:19pm Mike Sin: Regarding, "Ariel," "Paramus Park" must have really loved the promo at the time. The Harmony Hut record store located there should have exploited that to the fullest -- "Buy the song that mentions Paramus Park right here at Paramus Park!"
	12:20pm clarke: mister SIN!!
	12:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Often observe this with Artists / Musicians who incorporate Humor. Major risk of not being regarded or measured seriously for talents.
	♥ 12:20pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, movie watching has pretty much ground to a halt since the NHL playoffs have started, but we did watch The Fury last night.
	12:21pm clarke: ah, not familiar. recommend??
	12:21pm Kpx: In a precovid-19 galaxy, far far away.
	12:22pm clarke: the last in-studio interview i recall was Amy Rigby?? long ago and oh so far away...
	♥ 12:22pm Frank In Queens: Sure. It's the least "DePalma" DePalma film I've seen yet. Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes...
	♥ 12:22pm northguineahills: thanks, for the recipe, Handy!
	12:23pm clarke: will check The Fury - will make the hash brown hots - will seek out friedman's later stuff!!
	12:25pm clarke: i have been binge'ing a bbc series that might be a bit slow for some, but decent: Line Of Duty
	♥ 12:26pm Squints: when do we play Perquacky?
	♥ 12:27pm Handy Haversack: Very good perspective on the industrial side of music -- on creativity hitting the jaws of the Machine.
	♥ 12:28pm northguineahills: Thanks, Dean!
	12:28pm clarke: another great one
	♥ 12:28pm spodiodi: great interview, MS
	♥ 12:29pm Frank Zaatar: When my grandchildren ask me "What were the 70s like?" I'll play them Ariel.
	♥ 12:29pm Dano59: fantastic insight into the music biz there, Dean! i even have some of your 'later work' and boy do I remember this fondly! C'mon @efd I hope yr listening.
	♥ 12:30pm Handy Haversack: Great interview, MS! Thanks, Dean!
	12:31pm clarke: no sax - none at all.
	12:31pm tranewreck: Wonderful interview MS
	♥ 12:32pm Baja Joe: Great job on the interview, as usual. Bravo Dean for speaking up about the darker side of the music industry. It's the talentless taking advantage of the talented- like boxing promoters who never get hit in the face, yet prosper from others' talent and pain.
	♥ 12:32pm GeoSinPhilly: Completely missed the Dean Friedman career and knew nothing about him beyond some vaguely familiar record jackets. But that was a great interview on both sides.
	♥ 12:33pm WaffleMix: Thanks for the interview AND the song! I love it.
	12:33pm phat in Lincoln: Yet another song from the 70s that apparently a lot of people know that I don't recall at all, on Michael Shelley's show.
	♥ 12:33pm Dano59: @Frank Zaatar : bwa ha ha ha
	♥ 12:33pm Frank Zaatar: I remember that interview!
	12:34pm clarke: stars after stars after stars!!!
	12:34pm phat in Lincoln: Nice, Cropper!
	12:35pm johnk77: well done interview another birthday for may29 gary brooker
	12:35pm phat in Lincoln: You ever interview Donald "Duck" Dunn?
	12:36pm clarke: yes he did. wanna say 2009??
	♥ 12:36pm G: My college roommate was music director at the college station at U Michigan (a place I reckon SM Ken also recalls). "Ariel" came in to the station in maybe 77, no one wanted to play it, so he played it on his show, and brought it home between shows, because we appreciated it as 20 year old college students. It evoked the quirky types you encountered around campus (including the female variety), and in dating life... Also fit in genre-wise with the 50s-revival trend seen in the 70s...
	12:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: & this Traps from a band known for being 'Garage'. Somehow.
	♥ 12:37pm Handy Haversack: Total garage strings, Rev Rab!
	12:37pm phat in Lincoln: @Dennis Diken a friend of mine was wondering why Chet Atkins rarely had drums beyond brushes on his records. He was afraid it might be because he didn't want to sound too R&B. You have any insight?
	12:37pm phat in Lincoln: @clarke I will look that up
	♥ 12:38pm G: @Handy: recording company "sweetening" lol
	12:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: By now it's clear Rhino could do innumerable Nuggets boxes - certainly a Texas one ! The 'Third Coast'...
	12:38pm phat in Lincoln: @clarke I wasn't a regular Shelley listener at that point.
	12:38pm clarke: i could be wrong about the year, but it was (obviously) before dunn passed-on. maybe 2007'ish?
	12:39pm phat in Lincoln: English Beat are on fire live the past few years.
	12:39pm johnk77: strong agree on marty stuart live chops off the scale yet still rocking and country saw them at strawberry in ca
	♥ 12:40pm KevinfromBayRidge: Great interview. My only question: is Ariel's sax solo #1 Hit Club approved?
	♥ 12:40pm Michael Shelley: PHAT - Duck Dunn: wfmu.org...
	12:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Who should Rawk this up? AC/DC ?
	12:41pm clarke: hmm, i guess my year-meter is not so bad
	12:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...or maybe why bother...
	12:43pm P-90: Otis Spann next?
	♥ 12:43pm McGroovey: I think a rocking cover of Too Much Month.... would be fun.
	12:44pm P-90: Is the (somewhat scary) elevator at the station an Otis?
	♥ 12:44pm Handy Haversack: Hey, McGroovey! Good hanging out the other night!
	12:44pm clarke: anyone heard from Jimmy Wipper lately?? been missing him...
	12:45pm johnk77: @mcgroovey billy c farlow
	12:45pm Peter from Dover NJ: Otis Rush! My favorite, and an underappreciated musician.
	12:45pm johnk77: too much fun
	♥ 12:46pm Don Gorden: Great interview Mike. I forgot about a lot of these guys from my youth, thanks for bringing them on the show.
	12:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...the complete Span of Otises...
	12:46pm clarke: Gucci Namagoochi
	♥ 12:47pm Michael Shelley: Thanks for listening Don - It's 100% my pleasure!
	♥ 12:47pm Baja Joe: Loving the Matthew Sweet
	12:47pm Kpx: RRN63 - he wouldn't happen to be Revelation Rabbit Dec64 by chance.
	12:47pm Sean: I LOVE THIS TUNE! Came on the radio and it's the loudest I've turned my amp up in several years. Quine was such a master.
	♥ 12:48pm McGroovey: @Handy yeah, cool. And my dreamed-of Swell Maps cover band may arise out of attending.
	12:48pm phat in Lincoln: @Michael Shelley sweet! Thanks. Any thoughts on the Chet Atkins drumless question?
	♥ 12:48pm Handy Haversack: Nice! I was so excited to see an actual show that I forgot to eat dinner.
	12:49pm clarke: mcgroovey - are you aware of the Swell Maps rarities collection that just came out on vinyls??
	12:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Kpx: Who - ?? :D ...'64 would be Dragon, btw...
	12:49pm Dennis Diken: @phat in Lincoln- dunno, I think it was a country music “thing” back when to not have drums going on - like, none at the Opry for a long time? I’m sure there’s someone out there who knows more about it than me?
	12:51pm phat in Lincoln: Matt Sweet is a famous Lincoln, NE native. I have several friends who played with him when he was in high school. He rarely plays here, though. Not sure why. I mean, it's Nebraska, but beyond that? Oddly enough, I have met family of his while canvassing for candidates. Lol.
	♥ 12:51pm McGroovey: @clarke half-aware. But I'm only half-aware of most things, anyway.
	12:51pm Dennis Diken: @clarke - sending love & condolences
	12:51pm clarke: well, certainly the mid-sixties had a LOT of country acts with full drum kits - but, at that same time, the Opry went to one snare with brushes. until The Byrds got a drum kit in the ryman.
	12:51pm johnk77: the opry forbid drums be4 rock bands?
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Every Guitarist Ever : 'What ...I gotta Keep Time too ??' Except Chet ? : 'Yeah duh no problem.'
	12:52pm clarke: but, the buckaroos for instance eschewed the full kit at the opry a few times.
	12:52pm ?: As someone who grew up in Paramus (to the extent I've ever grown up), thanks for the Dean Friedman interview.Hadn't thought much about his stuff in quite a while even though his song spawned my my niece's name, Arielle
	12:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Byrds got what - a snare into the Ryman ?
	12:53pm johnk77: is buck owens rock? probably yes
	12:53pm clarke: byrds had a full drum kit in the ryman
	12:53pm phat in Lincoln: @Dennis Diken thanks Dennis! I thought you might have some insight with your encyclopedic drummer knowledge. I figured it was probably just "how it was done." My buddy grew up listening to Atkins and perhaps is worried that Atkins didn't want to be associated with R&B or whatever. I highly doubt that.
	12:53pm johnk77: commander cody was formed from a pile of buck rekkids and a case of strohs?
	12:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bakersfield <> Nashville
	♥ 12:54pm G: Severely de-disco-ized!!! lol
	12:54pm Sean: N.O.B. always smelling like a rose.
	♥ 12:54pm Frank Zaatar: It's almost as if the Bee Gees were a rock band.
	♥ 12:54pm listener 126464: Thanks Michael.
	12:55pm clarke: but Atkins in the studio was interested in creating what he called Country-politan records. strings were at the fore and background singers.
	12:55pm Sean: @hjohnk77 Oh, I thought Buck made Novelty Records ;)
	♥ 12:55pm McGroovey: This Tripwires vocalist reminds me of someone from the seventies... sort of like Lindsey Buckingham, but not him... Someone else.
	♥ 12:56pm spodiodi: thanks for the music and interview, Michael Shelley!
	♥ 12:56pm Dano59: this is awesome, and one of the few I prefer over a BG's original! take that Gary the Squirrel
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Reminds me that Cocaine & Rhinestones has started a new season ! :D ...put that rascal Tyler Mahan Coe to good use. :D clarke nails it again...
	12:56pm Kpx: RRN63 - My bad, 86 my question. I misread your text due to blurry vision I get after a while from reading small text. As you were.
	12:56pm johnk77: hot rod lincoln 2 triplecheese?;>>>
	♥ 12:57pm Dano59: @McGroovey: Gilbert O'Sullivan mebbe?
	♥ 12:57pm Handy Haversack: Thanks for the tunes and the words, MS! Later on, all!
	12:57pm clarke: as 'wrong' (read: misguided) as atkins seems in retrospect, the actual SOUNDS the guy got were amazing!
	12:57pm Dennis Diken: And in the mid-50s DJ Fontana was house drummer at Louisiana Hayride- different mindset than N’ville?
	♥ 12:57pm McGroovey: @Dano59 hmmmmaybe
	12:57pm phat in Lincoln: @clarke I suppose it would have been hard to mix strings in a subtle manner with a full kit.
	12:58pm clarke: oh well - full drum kit in opry in the 50's
	♥ 12:58pm Dano59: Not 'Omaha' Lyman?
	12:58pm phat in Lincoln: Lol. Just west of Omaha.
	12:58pm Dennis Diken: Great interview & show, Mikey!
	12:58pm johnk77: shreveport louisiana underreported music history
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Drums er fer Dancin' ! Anything could happen...
	12:58pm clarke: gucci namagoochi
	♥ 12:59pm Frank In Queens: Nice show Michael! See everyone later on.
	♥ 12:59pm Dano59: Ralph Emery made fun of the Byrds when they landed in Nashville and they got 'Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man' out of it... lose/win
	1:00pm clarke: later folks -
	1:00pm johnk77: right drums=chaos
	♥ 1:00pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Michael! Thanks Dean Friedman!
	8:19pm MICHAEL GILLETTE: I'm sorry I don't listen to your program until Sunday, but CBC did a bit on Randy Bachman (and also Taylor Swift, apparently) re-recording their music. Randy Bachman went so far as to duplicate as close as possible (vintage amplifiers; vintage recording equip.; etc.) the original BTO recordings. So, if someone wants to use "Takin' Care of Business" they can buy the rights from Randy and not Mercury. Whatever happened to Bill Kelly? He was my other favourite.

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