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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting November 1, 2017: Fats, Biff, and some Hammond...

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3 
Fats Domino  My Blue Heaven   Favoriting The Cosimo Matassa Story  Imperial  1956  MP3 
Fats Domino  I'm In Love Again   Favoriting The Cosimo Matassa Story  Imperial  1956  MP3 
Fats Domino  Detroit City Blues   Favoriting Here Stands Fats Domino  Imperial  1957  LP 
Fats Domino  Little School Girl   Favoriting The Cosimo Matassa Story  Imperial  1954  MP3 
Fats Domino  If You Don't Know What Love Is   Favoriting 45RPM Single  ABC/Paramount  1964  45 
Fats Domino  Something You Got   Favoriting 45RPM Single  ABC/Paramount  1964  45 
Fats Domino  Why Don't You Do Right   Favoriting Getaway With Fats Domino  ABC/Paramount  1965  LP 
Fats Domino  Lady Madonna   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Reprise  1968  45 
Fats Domino  Lovely Rita   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Reprise  1968  45 
Fats Domino  Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except For Me and My Monkey)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Reprise  1969  45 
 
Art Butler  Soul Brother   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Epic  1967  45 
The Mohawks  The Champ   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Philips NE  1968  45 
Memphis Black  Why Don't You Play The Organ Man   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Ascot  1968  45 
Tony Newman  Soul Thing   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Parrot  1968  45 
Walter Wanderley  Kee Ka Roo   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Verve  1967  45 
Kossie Gardner  Fire   Favoriting Pipes of Blue  Dot  1969  LP 
New London Rhythm and Blues Band  Soul Stream   Favoriting Soul Extravaganza  Vocalion  1969  LP 
The Federalmen  Soul Serenade   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Steady  1970  45 
Jackie Mittoo  Soul Finger   Favoriting Jackie Mittoo In London  Coxsone  1967  LP 
Roger Coulam  Let's Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep   Favoriting Hammond Stereo Sounds To Spoil You  Contour  1970  LP 
Odell Brown and the Organizers  Think About It   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Cadet  1967  45 
Odell Brown and the Organizers  No More Water In the Well   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Cadet  1967  45 
 
Biff Rose  Mama's Boy   Favoriting The Thorn In Mrs Rose's Side  Tetragrammaton  1968  LP 
Biff Rose  Angel Tension   Favoriting The Thorn In Mrs Rose's Side  Tetragrammaton  1968  LP 
Biff Rose  Gentle People   Favoriting The Thorn In Mrs Rose's Side  Tetragrammaton  1968  LP 
Biff Rose  The Stars   Favoriting The Thorn In Mrs Rose's Side  Tetragrammaton  1968  LP 
David Bowie  Fill Your Heart   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA  1971  LP 
John Denver  Molly   Favoriting Take Me To Tomorrow  RCA  1970  LP 
Pat Boone  What's Gnawing At Me   Favoriting Departure  Tetragrammaton  1969  LP 
Biff Rose  Son In Moon   Favoriting Children of Light  Tetragrammaton  1969  LP 
Biff Rose  Ain't No Great Day   Favoriting Children of Light  Tetragrammaton  1969  LP 
 
Strange Cargo  She Cries Your Name   Favoriting Hinterland  N Gram  1995  CD 
Bud Shank  Blue Jay Way   Favoriting Magical Mystery  World Pacific  1968  LP 
The Who  Amazing Journey/Sparks   Favoriting Tommy  Decca  1969  LP 
Spanky and Our Gang  Stardust/Coda   Favoriting I'd Like To Get To Know You Better  Mercury  1967  LP 
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45 


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Jeff Ash:

Testifying from the shadow of Lambeau Field!
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Gary:

Yay!
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Flash Strap:

Hi Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Jeff, Gary, Flash! Good evening!
Avatar 10:04pm
Scraps:

h’lo h’lo
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:04pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Scraps!
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hyde:

aw, i love these Fats Imperial records
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:06pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Hyde!
Avatar 10:07pm
northguineahills:

Preach Larry!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:07pm
Funky16Corners:

NGH!
Avatar 10:16pm
northguineahills:

clicky-starred the episode!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:16pm
Funky16Corners:

Fats sounding like a big old pimp on this one.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:34pm
Funky16Corners:

How's that ballgame going?
Avatar 10:40pm
geezerette:

Hou 5 / LAD 0
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:40pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks, and hello Geezerette!
Avatar 10:45pm
geezerette:

Hi Larry!
Your records are MUCH more interesting :)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:46pm
Funky16Corners:

Why, thank you! I aim to please!
Avatar 10:51pm
Flash Strap:

this show has been the fire, gotta run from the comments but my ears are here for a bit. thanks, Larry!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:51pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks for listening!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:04pm
Jeff Ash:

I want to go check on the ballgame, but this is an especially fine show, and I have heard many cool F16C shows!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:11pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Jeff! I'm glad you're digging it.
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coelacanth∅:

bummer, i missed the Fats set.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Funky16Corners:

Hi C! Catch it in the archive!
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coelacanth∅:

...i like this though. reminds me a little of Country Joe?
...hi Larry and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13pm
coelacanth∅:

i already golded the episode star Larry
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:14pm
Funky16Corners:

I think you'll dig this set. And thanks! Biff is a fave of mine.
Avatar 11:16pm
northguineahills:

Oddly, Biff is new to me.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:16pm
doctorjazz:

Hi. I have a memory of Biff having a tune that got FM play in the 60s or 70s, but can't remember which. Like him, though, have to check out his stuff.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:18pm
Funky16Corners:

Biff is a great example of guy that did his best stuff first, and then diminished progressively as he went along. He's still around but a little unhinged.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:19pm
doctorjazz:

He comes off as just this side of unhinged even then...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:20pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, but he had the guidance of great arrangers and producers. Later on, not so much. But yeah, off in his own world
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coelacanth∅:

i apologise to anyone who gets annoyed when similarities are cited in music. i can't help my mind going there! i'm a geek and music trivia entertains me!
...these Biff Rose tracks remind me of the hunky dory album too, which came later.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
Funky16Corners:

There's a reason for that!
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coelacanth∅:

haha!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
Funky16Corners:

David was listening to a LOT of Biff at the time. And covering this one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23pm
coelacanth∅:

funny.

...i decided to do a "noise-metal" version of this song a couple a years ago. i still haven't got to it though.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:24pm
Funky16Corners:

Fill Your Heart?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:25pm
coelacanth∅:

yes.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:25pm
Funky16Corners:

That sounds like a challenge!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:25pm
doctorjazz:

This is the one that got some air play, Molly.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:26pm
Funky16Corners:

Biff's original version is absolutely heartbreaking.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26pm
coelacanth∅:

well, i didn't say i'd do a GOOD version!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:30pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks again to Cal Zone, Alexander J, Kjell Y, Lee B and Pat K for pledging!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:42pm
coelacanth∅:

very little on wikipedia about Mr.Rose. it does mention that Tiny Tim did fill your heart and released it first, before Biff or Bowie.
i really want to hear both Biff's and Tiny Tim's versions.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:43pm
Funky16Corners:

Tiny's version is cool. I'll play some more Biff on future shows
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:44pm
coelacanth∅:

looking forward to it.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:45pm
Funky16Corners:

That first Tiny Tim album has some nice pop stuff on it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:49pm
coelacanth∅:

i have a Tiny Tim album that i haven't paid much attention to. i forget which one; but it's odd that the "tiptoe through the tulips"b/w"fill your heart" 45 never made it to our house when i was little. my older sister loved it.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:50pm
Funky16Corners:

I wonder is anyone ever did a book about Tiny. One of my favorite episodes of Dr Demento was him and Tiny rapping about early 20th century pop singers and songwriters.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:53pm
Funky16Corners:

I think we'll be running over a few minutes tonight. Not much...
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coelacanth∅:

"eternal troubadour -the improbable life of Tiny Tim"
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:54pm
Funky16Corners:

There you go!
Avatar 11:55pm
geezerette:

Elegance,Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks G!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57pm
coelacanth∅:

actually it looks like there are at least 3 books about him. i do recall, fogilly, someone on the radio talking up that particular one though.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:58pm
Funky16Corners:

I'll have a look around.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58pm
coelacanth∅:

(probably wfmu, on the book show that used to be on...which i miss. Bronwyn C?)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:59pm
Funky16Corners:

I remember Tiny being a regular on Howard Stern's show
Avatar 12:01am
Scraps:

Larry, what do you think about “Roast Beef”?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:02am
Funky16Corners:

By who?
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Scraps:

Biff. Album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02am
coelacanth∅:

- and i have a still from the laugh-in show where John Wayne is on one knee, kissing Tiny Tim's gloved hand!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03am
coelacanth∅:

(i don't have the original still!)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:04am
Funky16Corners:

I don't have that one.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:04am
Funky16Corners:

The latest one I have is that live at the Bitter End thing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05am
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Larry!
good night y'all
Avatar 12:05am
Scraps:

Ah. Michael Nesmith “produced” it
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:05am
Funky16Corners:

Really?!?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:06am
Funky16Corners:

From 1978, is it any good?
Avatar 12:07am
Scraps:

Yes, but some people say the songs are better live
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:07am
Funky16Corners:

I'll have to look for that
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:07am
Funky16Corners:

Nite all!
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Scraps:

But, it is, like you say, weird
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:08am
Funky16Corners:

That, I believe!
Avatar 12:09am
Scraps deSelby:

Melancholy
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:09am
Funky16Corners:

There is a serious thread of melancholy running through his stuff
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coelacanth∅:

yeah, brilliant! Thanks again
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