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Favoriting August 27, 2018: Joy in Repetition #4: Summertime

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Billie Holiday  Summertime   Favoriting Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles  Columbia Legacy  2007  CD  From 1936    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra  Summertime   Favoriting 78  Decca  1938  78  his band's theme song    0:04:49 (Pop-up)
Jerry Kruger and Her Orchestra  Summertime   Favoriting 78  Vocalion  1939  MP3      0:07:55 (Pop-up)
Sidney Bechet  Summertime   Favoriting 78  Blue Note  1939  MP3  guitar: Teddy Bunn    0:11:22 (Pop-up)
Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee  Summertime   Favoriting No Album  No Label  1948  MP3  Philco radio show, 2/11/48    0:15:04 (Pop-up)
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra  Summertime   Favoriting The Very Best of Artie Shaw  RCA/BMG  2001  CD  From 1945    0:17:35 (Pop-up)
Charlie Parker  Summertime   Favoriting By George* and Ira  Verve  1998  CD  From 1949    0:22:31 (Pop-up)
 
Abbie Mitchell with George Gershwin  Summertime   Favoriting No Album  No Label  1935  MP3  the composer!    0:34:45 (Pop-up)
Anne Brown  Summertime   Favoriting Decca Presents Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess  Decca  1940  78  one of the first "cast albums"    0:38:17 (Pop-up)
Miles Davis  Summertime   Favoriting The Original Mono Recordings  Columbia Legacy  2013  CD  From 1958    0:41:11 (Pop-up)
Martin Denny  Summertime   Favoriting Hypnotique  Rev-Ola  2005  CD  From 1959    0:43:50 (Pop-up)
Hal Mooney and His Orchestra  Summertime   Favoriting Flutes and Percussion  Time  1960  LP      0:46:41 (Pop-up)
Julie London  Summertime   Favoriting Feeling Good  Liberty/EMI  2004  CD  From 1965    0:48:45 (Pop-up)
Gene Vincent  Summertime   Favoriting Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles  Real Gone Music Company  2012  CD  From 1958    0:51:47 (Pop-up)
Rick Nelson  Summertime   Favoriting Album Seven by Rick  Imperial  1962  LP      0:54:34 (Pop-up)
The Zombies  Summertime   Favoriting Zombie Heaven  Big Beat  1997  CD  From 1965    0:56:44 (Pop-up)
The Walker Brothers  Summertime   Favoriting Portrait  Philips  1966  LP      0:58:56 (Pop-up)
 
Billy Stewart  Summertime   Favoriting No Album  No Label  1967  MP3  live at the Nixon Theater, Philadelphia    1:09:20 (Pop-up)
Tony Ronald  Summertime   Favoriting Sensacional Soul: 37 Groovy Spanish Soul & Funk Stompers from 1966-1976  Vampisoul  2006  CD      1:13:16 (Pop-up)
Booker T & the MG's  Summertime   Favoriting The Best of Booker T & the MG's  Atlantic  1984  LP  From 1968    1:15:47 (Pop-up)
Gatemouth Brown  Summertime   Favoriting Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 5  Norton  2016  LP  From 1964    1:20:23 (Pop-up)
The Afro Blues Quintet Plus One  Summertime   Favoriting Introducing the Afro Blues Quintet Plus One  Mira  1965  LP      1:22:54 (Pop-up)
Monty & the Cyclones  Summertime   Favoriting Coxsone's Music: The First Recordings of Sir Coxsone, The Downbeat 1960-63  Soul Jazz  2015  CD  From 1961    1:25:13 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of "Summertime"s in a row on 45 rpm
Bill Hemmans and Clay's Composite  Summertime, Pt. 1   Favoriting single  SSS International  1970  45      1:32:03 (Pop-up)
Wes Montgomery Quartet  Summertime   Favoriting single  Pacific Jazz  1959  45      1:35:05 (Pop-up)
The Bittersweets  Summertime   Favoriting single  Tema  1965  45  Thanks to Sheila B. for the loan!    1:37:21 (Pop-up)
Will Sanders and the Duprees  Summertime   Favoriting single  Regatta  1961  45      1:39:52 (Pop-up)
The Viscounts  Summertime   Favoriting single  Madison  1960  45      1:42:04 (Pop-up)
Sissel Kyrkjebø  Summertime   Favoriting single  Medley  1987  45      1:44:36 (Pop-up)
Bill Hemmans and Clay's Composite  Summertime, Pt. 2   Favoriting single  SSS International  1970  45      1:47:48 (Pop-up)
 
Toy Factory  Summertime   Favoriting Toy Factory  Avco/Embassy  1970  MP3      1:57:07 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo  Summertime   Favoriting Jazz Raga  Impulse!  1966  LP      2:00:33 (Pop-up)
The Free Design  Summertime   Favoriting Heaven/Earth  Light in the Attic  2003  CD  From 1969    2:03:01 (Pop-up)
The Swingle Singers  Summertime   Favoriting American Look  Philips  1971  MP3      2:06:40 (Pop-up)
Nick Drake  Summertime   Favoriting No Album  No Label  1967  MP3  home recording    2:10:10 (Pop-up)
John Fahey  Summertime   Favoriting +  Revenant  2003  CD      2:11:55 (Pop-up)
Willie Nelson and Leon Russell  Summertime   Favoriting One for the Road  Columbia Legacy  2008  CD  From 1979    2:17:20 (Pop-up)
Jim Turner  Summertime   Favoriting The Well-Tempered Saw  Owl  1971  LP      2:19:45 (Pop-up)
Clara Rockmore  Summertime   Favoriting The Lost Theremin Album  Bridge  2013  CD  From 1975    2:22:35 (Pop-up)
Gershon Kingsley  Summertime   Favoriting Alive & Well & Underground  Avco/Embassy  1970  LP      2:25:25 (Pop-up)
Santo & Johnny  Summertime   Favoriting The Best of Santo & Johnny  Stardust  1997  CD  From 1959    2:28:44 (Pop-up)
Friends of Dean Martinez  Summertime   Favoriting A Place in the Sun  Knitting Factory  2000  CD      2:30:47 (Pop-up)
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water  Intro/Summertime   Favoriting Porgy  Shimmy Disc  1991  LP      2:36:42 (Pop-up)
The Residents  Summertime   Favoriting George & James: American Composer Series - Volume 1  East Side Digital  2000  CD  From 1984    2:40:50 (Pop-up)
MFSB  Summertime   Favoriting Summertime  Philadelphia International  1976  LP      2:44:47 (Pop-up)
Al Green  Summertime   Favoriting Green Is Blues  London  1972  LP  From 1969    2:49:36 (Pop-up)
Impala  Summertime   Favoriting In the Late Hours  Electraphonic  2018  CD  people are still recording it!  *   2:52:36 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar ♥ 9:02am
annie:

good morning joe and noisy ones!
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fred:

Good morning Joe and Yipsters
  9:03am
queems:

hey joe mcg & all!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:03am
Krys O.:

Hello, Joe!
Avatar 9:03am
Rocky Horror:

Good morning Joe, annie, fred, and noisy ones
  9:04am
Stashu and SWIVS:

Wow the start of your show is a wonderful interpretation of what radio is. It's really perfect.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:04am
fred:

Lady Day, what a voice...
Avatar 9:04am
Cheri Pi:

Good morning Joe and company
Avatar 9:06am
Rocky Horror:

Love the Sesame Street aliens
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
TheLoneliestMonk:

damn joe, hadda check to make sure this wasn't 'BGO
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:06am
Sem:

Hello and good morning, Joe, greets, McGaskoes, and all.

Tired sled dogs delivered swag this AM, there is joy in Mudville. Thx, JMcG.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:07am
MD:

GOOD MORNING ALL! HEY JOE...WHAT CHA KNOW???
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@JM if you're gonna play old, lady blues singers...any bessie smith?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:08am
MD:

Billie!
Avatar 9:10am
Wild Neil||Peace All:

Wow, the ENTIRE SHOW Joe? It's been awhile!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:10am
fred:

Miles' version isn't the best track on that album, but it's not bad either
  9:10am
Rover James:

This is great!
Just last Friday my co-worker and I had a big discussion about favorite versions of this tune. I'm all Zombies, he's all Fantasia from American Idol
Avatar ♥ 9:11am
northguineahills:

Someone should make a techno remix of of martians static beat.....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:12am
MD:

GIRL POWER!!!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:12am
tadpoles:

Jerry Kruger...never heard of her but she has a beautiful voice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:12am
MD:

I MEAN WOMEN!!!
Avatar ♥ 9:12am
Joe McG:

Strap yourselves in, we're just getting started!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:13am
Hughie Considine:

What @tadpoles said. Loved her brief interpolation of the Andrews Sisters' "Hold Tight."
Avatar 🎸 ♥ 9:13am
YETI BOB:

LUVIT
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:13am
MD:

$100 MAKES THE TALKING GO FAST...!
  9:14am
GListener MW:

loving this string of Summertime!!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:14am
The Oscar:

Mornin' folks! Anyone catch what time of year it is?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:14am
pantz:

Good morning, McGark-bros and McGask-ettes
  9:17am
Miles:

darn it. missed the summertime block
Avatar 🎸 ♥ 9:18am
YETI BOB:

yo miles, summertime ain't over yet
  9:18am
GListener MW:

eagerly awaiting the Fun Boy Three version which is surely forthcoming... right?
Avatar ♥ 9:20am
Joe McG:

@GLMW: It's in my cart!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:21am
Guido from Cologne:

Hello Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:21am
Sem:

Summertime in Black Rock City. Watching live stream of sunrise over the playa while listening to a classic Joe theme show:-D
  9:23am
GListener MW:

Awesome, Joe!! =D
Avatar ♥ 9:23am
TDK60:

Hello, it is indeed still summertime; just back from Merrie Olde England, to the Manhattan swelter.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:23am
Sem:

www.youtube.com...
  9:24am
GListener MW:

are these arranged in chronological order? color me doubly-impressed if so
Avatar 🎸 ♥ 9:26am
YETI BOB:

the orchestration on this charlie parker version is fantastic. i guess i was all wrong about charlie parker with strings. got to go back and listen to more of that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
TheLoneliestMonk:

if youse are diggin' the old stufff, 'KCR is doing an all day tribute to bird & prez
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:28am
melinda:

mornin folks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@JM didn't papa ken torture us with an entire show of journey covers?
Avatar ♥ 9:28am
TDK60:

The obsession with this song is alright by me.
Avatar 🎸 ♥ 9:28am
Jude in JC:

Hi Joe, so great... particularly enjoy hearing the 78s.
  9:29am
hey joe whaddaya know?:

nice harp at end of that Bird with Strings
  9:30am
miles:

I imagine you'll include the Zombies version- it's world class
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:30am
Webhamster Henry:

This is not a little like Mary Wing's often undercounted "Three Of A Kind" set on her Give The Drummer Stream show "100% Whatever".
Avatar ♥ 9:30am
TDK60:

A jazzy-rock version is by Ten Years After off their 2nd (live) LP 'Undead' - '68.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
TheLoneliestMonk:

at the height of his fame, artie shaw scored rita hayworth...woohoo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:31am
fred:

@TheLoneliestMonk: I'm glad I missed that one. The Bohemian Rhapsody show was bad enough. That's the difference between Joe and Ken: one plays good versions of a good song, the other takes a bad song and somehow makes it worse. Why do I remember the latter better?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@Fred BwaHa! the SOB was proud of himself too!
have to admit, it was pretty much perfect in its awfulness!
  9:32am
queems:

2 crosby 2 furious
  9:32am
listener Rey:

With strings was a thing. I also like Clifford Brown and Ben Webster’s
  9:33am
GListener MW:

Do you have The Residents' arrangement of Summertime from their "George & James" album?
Avatar 🎸 ♥ 9:33am
YETI BOB:

The harmonies and chord changes are just perfect.
Avatar 🎸 ♥ 9:34am
YETI BOB:

seriously, Gershwin wrote some of the best songs ever, you can't get around that fact
Avatar ♥ 9:34am
northguineahills:

I was surprised when I asked for my grandparents' records, there were a lot of Sidney Bechet 78s and LPs. Never expected that. Never expected that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@JM WHAT, no will smith today?
Avatar 🎸 ♥ 9:35am
YETI BOB:

I am particularly looking forward to hearing John Fahey's semi-bummer instrumental version. He somehow makes it sound even more minor (diminshed?)
  9:35am
ellliot:

Summertime was very modern - compare to the pablum that was coming out in terms of pop song at the time. Gershwin was no doubt influenced by Stravinsky and Antheil along with Ellington and the NY jazz scene
  9:35am
listener Rey:

Bob Crosby was what Lester Young used to called a corny, non-swinging musician trying to play jazz
Avatar ♥ 9:35am
northguineahills:

TheLoneliestMonk: ha!
Avatar 🎸 ♥ 9:36am
YETI BOB:

Also just read over at Wikipedia that George Gershwin perhaps borrowed some elements from a Ukrainian lullaby
Avatar 🎸 ♥ 9:36am
YETI BOB:

(that he might have heard in NYC)
Avatar ♥ 9:36am
northguineahills:

what Yeti BOB said....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:37am
Sem:

*researched* is a more forgiving way of putting it, YB.
Avatar 9:37am
Wild Neil||Peace All:

Once on Car Talk (Click and Clack, the Tappett Brothers) one of the guys ( I will say Joe) broke into this song. It would be cool if you could find that and play it! Not the whole song of course....
Avatar ♥ 9:37am
Joe McG:

@YETI: You can definitely hear the Old World in there.
Avatar 9:37am
Marc Francis:

Wow. The original is dark AF.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:37am
fred:

@ngh: are you getting better?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am
TheLoneliestMonk:

did you ever hear stravinsky's 'jazz suite'?...it doesn't exactly swing
Avatar ♥ 9:38am
TDK60:

Great to hear the source.
  9:39am
judy from croton:

How can it be that we can listen to one song forever? It’s got bones. It’s infinitely interesting, and welcomes interpretation. Hey, ain’t I smart?
  9:40am
queems:

this gal is a little much for me
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:40am
Hughie Considine:

Old world, yes, but Iggy Pop interpolates "Summertime" in "Girls" and he's a pretty modern guy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:42am
fred:

I once took a date to see a Porgy and Bess performance. Unusual for me, I spend more time in small venues than at opera houses
Avatar ♥ 9:42am
annie:

see, and i thought i'd be able to go one summer NOT hearing this song. i guess the overkill is fine... ok, joe, carry on. :)
Avatar ♥ 9:44am
TDK60:

Miles. // Judy's right, the song's interesting enough on its own for many covers to please us.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac - do you own that lady day master take box? is it worth the outlay of $?
sometimes those "re-mastered" box sets are painfully disappointing!...
Avatar ♥ 9:45am
northguineahills:

Was it Doug who did a whole 3 hours of Caravan?
  🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:45am
tadpoles:

From Miles to Martin...brilliant Joe.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:46am
The Oscar:

Whenever people ask me my dream job, I say "Birdcall Imitator for Martin Denny's Band."
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:46am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hey, I sense a theme here. Something between spring and fall. Possibly the opposite of winter. What could it possibly be?
Avatar ♥ 9:46am
annie:

this is why i leave the DJ-ing to the professionals
Avatar ♥ 9:46am
Joe McG:

@TLM: I don't, but the version here at the station sounds great.
Avatar ♥ 9:47am
northguineahills:

Martin Denny, pre-clickied!
Avatar 9:47am
Davee:

Hi Joe
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:48am
Asheville Jon:

another fine rendition of Summertime by Joe Livoti and Bob Ralston. vid quality is awful on this one, but it's the spirit that counts!
www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:48am
Asheville Jon:

oooh, this one is much better! www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:49am
fred:

Prayer is my fave on that Miles recording
@TheLoneliestMonk: I have a box set called "complete recordings on Verve 45-59" that holds amazing gems
Avatar ♥ 9:50am
βrian:

Oh, so looking forward to cooler weather. Good morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@fred sounds good. any previously unreleased stuff? small combo stuff w/Prez?
  9:51am
queems:

damnit i walked away and missed martin denny
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:51am
fred:

Feeling good? That would be a good candidate for a "joy in repetition" installment someday
Avatar ♥ 9:52am
annie:

ok, gotta book... i WILL catch the archive; it takes real talent to pull these off. thanks joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
TheLoneliestMonk:

the last boxed set that made me deliriously happy was the stones mono box. unbelievably well done...kudos to jaggawitz!
  9:53am
David Redbranch:

What a great show- so many great versions! My favorite has always been Big Brother and the Holding Company’s version. Janis at her best, and the best dueling guitar solos ever.
  9:53am
JakeGould:

Good morning Joe!
Avatar 9:53am
Jersey Cowboy:

wait - I am starting to see a theme...
  9:54am
JakeGould:

*gasp* A THEME SHOW!!! *cheers* *cheers* *cheers* *cheers* *cheers* *cheers*
  9:54am
Hi from Holland:

Abbie Mitchell + GG is my favorite so far...
Avatar 9:54am
Wild Neil||Peace All:

@The LonliestMonk-I heard the mono mixes of some earlier songs were far superior to the less thought-through stereo mixes. Thoughts? Is there a mono mix to Dark Side of the Moon? Probably not!
Avatar 9:54am
Marc Francis:

Can't wait to hear the Scarlett Johansson version....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@WN yeah, there was an immediacy/energy to them too. it was as if the stones were suddenly your favorite garage band. had to buy that damn thing as an import to get the real goods!

a mono 'dark side'? Ha! dunno how parsons or waters would feel about that?
Avatar 9:57am
Davee:

Didn't Uncle Floyd do a version?
Avatar ♥ 9:57am
βrian:

Well, this is quite the estival festival!
  9:58am
queems:

i love the zombies so much
  9:58am
Miles:

I imagined correctly
Avatar 🎸 ♥ 9:58am
YETI BOB:

@βrian good one!
Avatar ♥ 9:59am
TDK60:

That Ricky Nelson version was odd- the bass line to Blues Magoo's We Ain't Got Nothing Yet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
TheLoneliestMonk:

wes!
www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:00am
suzyhotrod:

hey Joe! Is this your sunny day summer show you've been waiting to unveil? Lovin it!
  10:00am
Chi Bill:

Loving this. J Joplin version would be ok, too.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:00am
Mick:

If any song can stand up to this treatment, this is on the shortest of short lists.
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:00am
mdashkin:

As soon as I heard the Summertime theme of this show, I thought of The Zombies' cover. One of the best.
  🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:00am
tadpoles:

#TDK60...I thought the same thing...and it looks like it pre-dates it.
Avatar ♥ 10:01am
TDK60:

Zombies: maybe the best rock version?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:01am
Hughie Considine:

@Mick, I fully concur. I mean, you can only hear so many takes of "Peanut Vendor." Or "Paradise By the Dashboard Light."
Avatar ♥ 10:02am
lane:

Mornin' everyone. Enjoying this theme as i sit here at w0rk, yearning for the breeze~~
Avatar 10:03am
Marc Francis:

This version has a nice Twin Peaks feel to it...
  10:03am
prudy:

lovin this Walker bros version
Avatar 10:04am
Rocky Horror:

I wonder if there is a vaporwave version of Sommertime
Avatar 10:04am
Rocky Horror:

Summertime ^
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:04am
Mick:

@Hughie Ha! Loved going back to the source with Abbie Mitchell and Gershwin himself
  10:05am
aaaHaaa:

Thanks, Joe! I'm loving this show!
Avatar ♥ 10:06am
βrian:

If I can't be in Northern Michigan, I can live without summer.
  10:06am
GListener MW:

@RockyHorror -- there is! - https://youtu.be/Tbn-GbD1ZEQ
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:06am
Andrea:

Yes
  10:07am
Neil in Somerset:

Good work so far joe. Looking forward to my favourite version. Billy Stewart.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:07am
The Oscar:

Ha-- I was thinking that Nelson riff sounded like "Let's Lynch the Landlord" by Dead Kennedys!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:07am
Hughie Considine:

@mick indeed. Joe's taking us to school today.
  10:08am
miles:

I'm gonna follow up on this Blues maggoos Rick connection
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:10am
Passaic River Blues:

Billy Stewart's other hit, "I Do Love You", is also pretty amazing.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:10am
Krys O.:

THE BEST VERSION!
  10:10am
Mike tp:

love that trill
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:10am
Hughie Considine:

This is insanely good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:11am
MD:

this guy is hip!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:11am
Webhamster Henry:

This version was unavoidable in the 60s!
  10:11am
emily:

Hey Joe, great show. I've been late to your show--though-I'm making up on lost time listening to your archives. Thanks!
Avatar ♥ 10:12am
slugluv1313:

Good Morning, Joe and everyone!
LOVE that Walker Brothers version -- so intense!
and yes -- Janis' take on "Summertime" -- STILL gives me goosebumps
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:12am
MD:

The Original "Hip-Bone?"
Avatar 10:12am
Marc Francis:

Damn!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:12am
The Oscar:

This is INTENSE.
Avatar 10:12am
Marc Francis:

^^^exactly^^
Avatar ♥ 10:12am
TDK60:

Maybe an Echoplex tape delay on the mic.
  10:13am
David Redbranch:

I stand corrected. THIS is the best version ever.
  🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:13am
tadpoles:

At this point in the Eleanor Rigby show the song was driving me crazy....not so with Summertime.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:13am
pantz:

When is the DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince version?
  10:13am
Neil in Somerset:

Whoa. This is mad. I love it!
  10:13am
David Redbranch:

Listening with sight delay from two streaming sources= AMAZING!
Avatar 🎸 ♥ 10:14am
PKNY:

I can cross "listen to Billy Stewart's Summertime on acid" off the bucket list, because I know now what that'd be like.
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YETI BOB:

@pants: gotta wait until 1997 for that
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PKNY:

@David Redbranch - you are truly next-level!
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MD:

GOD BLESS TAPE DISTORTION!!!
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Marc Francis:

We have a winner.
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Passaic River Blues:

Damn.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

the Blues Magoos: bronx boys doing freakout rock. my friend claims they were a great live band
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slugluv1313:

WOW
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Neil in Somerset:

Billy does a great ol man river too. And of course,Sitting in the park.
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MD:

Muy Bien!!!
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Brendan:

Hi Joe Don’t know if its in your bag (pun notwithstanding) but Doc Watson does a nice rendition.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

www.youtube.com...
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YETI BOB:

@pantz: sorry i misspelled your name, here's an extra 'z' for you: z
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northguineahills:

hora de verano en espanol!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

www.youtube.com...
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YETI BOB:

George Gershwin, 1935: "Porgy and Bess is a folk tale. Its people naturally would sing folk music. When I first began work in the music I decided against the use of original folk material because I wanted the music to be all of one piece. Therefore I wrote my own spirituals and folksongs."
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Hughie Considine:

@TheLoneliestMonk: Jimi Hendrix sang the praises of the Blues Magoos. Not as silly as their name seems to imply!
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Jersey Cowboy:

nice change of pace...
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@HC i think they did a reunion tour of sorts about 8 yrs ago
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pantz:

Not too many z's, @YETI, I may go to sleep. It is Monday, after all.
  10:23am
JakeGould:

My Zzz’s on Mondays are off-kilter.
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Brendan:

DuBose wrote most of it and George did the guitar overdubs incl. the solo and did the mixing.
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Brendan:

Not sure who did the cowbell
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Joe McG:

@Brendan: His brother Ira.
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Listener Alexandra:

Okay, I am seriously living for this show today. Best one since your Eleanor Rigby extravaganza!
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

@Joe-I would imagine it would take many weeks or months to put a show like this together Joe; would you mind telling us how long it took to prep this show?
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac - big ups on da thumb!
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Brendan:

@Joe - of course. Hey i tuned in late- did anyone do a reggae version? Interesting to imagine the tune in different styles . Polka anyone?
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JakeGould:

I think about 4-5 interns were hospitalized in the making of this playlist.
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Webhamster Henry:

"Summertime" is full of minor sixths that are mostly being ignored in these versions. #pedantic.
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fred:

Polka would be great
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tadpoles:

For Aldous Huxley fans....Soma time and the living is easy.
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βrian:

Ooh, was there a klezmer version?
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Joe McG:

@fred: I wish I had one!
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mjgoins:

This is great
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YETI BOB:

@webmaster henry: as much as i enjoy some of these later versions, i was feeling like something is absent that was there in the 30's versions. i think it's that minor sixth you referred to.
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Neil in Somerset:

This is amazing!
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Webhamster Henry:

This is happy major version!
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JakeGould:

Please, no klezmer version. Polka? Sounds good!
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Rocky Horror:

Did the tape get stretched on this one?
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mjgoins:

"Many versions of a classic song" is absolutely one of the best things you only get from freeform radio.
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Rocky Horror:

@mjgoins: Even when Howard Hessman was a DJ at KMPX
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JakeGould:

Sissel Kyrkjebø does good singing.
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slugluv1313:

theremin version?
  10:51am
Brendan:

Puckering up
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Dave from Brooklyn:

Wow! Such a magnificent song played so many beautiful ways! Thanks!
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βrian:

If you'd played them at 33, it would take the full time slot, Joe.
  10:55am
frenchee:

Hi Joe, god bless you for the "VIE-counts"
  10:56am
GListener MW:

this was amazing, Joe -- thank you!
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GListener MW:

OH it's continuing!!! =D I thought you were wrapping up the theme
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Webhamster Henry:

Someone ate the brown acid, clearly.
  10:58am
Will:

Last night, the DJ on WMBR Cambridge played versions of "Last Train to Clarksville" for two hours. Not sure why.
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Listener Alexandra:

Joe, where on earth do you find this stuff? This is awesome!
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Rocky Horror:

Will: Is WMBR a Freeform station?
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TDK60:

These guys were having fun.
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JakeGould:

@Will: WHY NOT!?!!
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fred:

@Webhamster Henry: My post last week was very late, so maybe you didn't see it, I think I can put you in touch with the guy who did FactorSynth, if you're interested
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Did Sneaker Pimps impart any of this song for their "6 Underground" song?
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northguineahills:

Never heard the Free Design version!
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Mike Sin:

Well, i thinks it's great that i get to sit in the park with the sun beaming down on me as you play "Summertime"!
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northguineahills:

Remember when Ken did 3 hours of Bohemian Rhapsody?
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Will:

@Rocky: Yes. Has some terrific shows. @Jake: I have to agree!
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fred:

@ngh: I do, unfortunately. Though the drunk guy in a cop car made it all worthwhile
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Webhamster Henry:

@fred I sent you a contact request. I'm also (still) available at jhhl@wfmu.org

@ngh KBC of Bitslap also did at least one Bohemian Rhapsody show.
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northguineahills:

Fahey!
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YETI BOB:

yes!
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Joe McG:

Thanks to everyone who is sticking with me today! I'm loving it myself!
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Davee:

I'm stuck!
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Webhamster Henry:

Fortunately, it's a song you can listen to without fatigue!
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Brian in UK:

Hey Jow.
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Mick:

Gotta say Nick Drake sounded surprisingly *not* laid-back on that to me.
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Dean:

In fact, "Summertime" is one of my least favorite songs (right down there with "My Favorite Things"), but total immersion has a kind of inoculation effect, and every once in a while (this Fahey, for example) the interpretation gets something about it just right.
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TDK60:

its the memorable melody, minor blues melody-riff, primal American...yeh
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I suspect that the hidden motive here is that you'll only need to send a single royalty check today instead of dozens.
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Joe McG:

@Ken: Ha ha ha!
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dug:

bohemian?? not sure i could handle that for 3 hrs.
was it cool?
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βrian:

Joe's evil twin will next do successive covers of I Dig Rock & Roll Music.
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fred:

@Ken: Is is reporting time already? If so, nice move, Joe
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YETI BOB:

dug: i guess it depends on what you mean by "cool". (but, no).
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Barney Grubbs:

any albert ayler coming in the near future?
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Joe McG:

@Barney: I got him with me! We'll see.
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Dean:

I'm sure that one source of the turn-off for me was a c.1990 test recording from an audiophile magazine that included the vocalist spouse of one of the regular equipment reviewers singing the tune a cappella. It was dreadful.
  11:23am
dug:

haha. reminds me after waynes world came out and my mom got the sheet music for her piano. her practicing probably made ken's 3 hrs look easy
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Dean:

(Though I'd love to hear it again on today's show.)
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slugluv1313:

omg theremin AND saw!!! THANK-YOU JOE!!!
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The Oscar:

Had to get up for a minute, but glad I didn't miss Clara!
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mdashkin:

Sounds like summertime in a spaceship drifting beyond the solar system...
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TDK60:

Clara R. : classic far-outness from "back in the day"
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fred:

@dug: here's where you can test your faith: wfmu.org...
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Krys O.:

This Kingsley is a close second to Billy Stewart's version, IMO.
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officina:

Digging today's theme show, Joe. Always loved this song, and the Zombies/Blunstone version is sublime.
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YETI BOB:

OMG, "Switched-on Gershwin"... I guess it had to exist but I never knew .... thanks Joe for turning us all on to so many new things this morning
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northguineahills:

I have switched on Gershwin...
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melinda:

Kingsley version was rad
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YETI BOB:

(Gershon Kingsley wrote "Popcorn"!)
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Joe McG:

@oficina: Once in a while I have to do one of these!
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Brian in UK:

Joe, it looks like our Summertime is disappearing fast and a temperature drop.
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northguineahills:

Santo & Johnny, pre-clickied!
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The Oscar:

Over-under on the Residents in the last half hour?
  11:35am
Dean:

Totally forgot that Residents track! Those American Composer Series records are gems.
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northguineahills:

Summertime here doesn't end until after Halloween....
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Andy (DC):

Reminds me of Irwin's "Everlasting Love" show. But this is taking it to new levels.
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Todd76Pct:

Big fan of The Cosmic Rays with Sun Ra modernistic vocal harmonies version of Summertime.
Enjoying the show today, Joe!
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brycepunk1:

Been digging the show today. Interesting idea.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

i often think that Kenzo sees his on air shifts as much performance art as he does a musical interlude
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fred:

@dug: spoiler alert: the highlight is the drunken arrested guy
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Jersey Cowboy:

good ole shimmy disc
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TDK60:

would like more theme shows - an album, a group, scene, et..
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fred:

@TheLoneliestMonk: I one saw Kenzo live, and that was an unforgettable experience. You should try to see him live
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Davee:

it is unbelievable to think that you can fill an entire 3 hour show with the song "Summertime"...wow
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GListener MW:

WOW, thank you for The Residents' version! -- I haven't heard this in ages
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The Oscar:

THERE we go!
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Joe McG:

@Davee: I have so many of these I could fill 10 hours!
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GListener MW:

I loved these two "American Composers Series" LPs the Residents put out; I wish they stuck with the project beyond those first two releases
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TDK60:

I wanna go to a notary public to assert I was never bored today.
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tadpoles:

Thanks for the great adventure Joe.....all so varied yet linked. Looking forward to Part II. Cheers.
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Rocky Horror:

A disco verson of sumer time by MFSB
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Joe McG:

@tadpoles: Glad you enjoyed! Did I mention that I'm taking over Joe Belock's show to continue? (Just kidding!)
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Anyone else in the mood for (a lot of) "Bye, Bye, Blackbird"? www.wfmu.org...
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Rocky Horror:

MFSB did a song for the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
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partyfinger:

This song is catchy, It just might become a classic!
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YETI BOB:

Rocky Horror: And the "Soul Train" theme!
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The Oscar:

I kinda wish this was a fill-in for Garbage Time-- three hours of "Summertime," with a brief interlude for "Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)."
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac: well, thanks for sparing us the horror of janis joplin!
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Passaic River Blues:

@The Oscar: hahaha That would be perfect.
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Sem:

Obrigado, Joe, for 3 hours of Summertime preserved in the amber of the FMU archives. See you and all later.
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slugluv1313:

awww man -- AL GREEN! incredible -- never heard this before . . . DAMN!!!
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Rocky Horror:

Yes YETI BOB: the did do The Sound Of Philidelphia (The Soul Train Theme)
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PKNY:

@The Oscar - Garbage time, and the livin' is easy/Felder's strummin, and takin' a ride
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12539:

Thanks, Joe!
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Mick:

my god. it's full of stars.
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fred:

@The Oscar: no thanks man, now Matt will be planning a three hour show of Heavy Metal covers (even if he has to record these himself)
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PKNY:

I vote for "Heavy Metal" through Billy Stewart's echo machine.
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The Oscar:

@PKNY Yesssssss!
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Joe McG:

Thanks for listening, everyone! See you on Labor Day! Enjoy the rest of your summer....
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YETI BOB:

after listening to this song 45 times now, I have another idea about what makes it so great. there are a lot of rests (pauses) in the song. lots of space, lots of "air"
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fred:

I'd probably like it if Matt does all covers
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YETI BOB:

thanks Joe, great show!
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blee:

@PKNY I second that vote for "Heavy Metal" through Billy Stewart's echo machine.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac: seee youuuu in septemmmmber!
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Jersey Cowboy:

thanks Joe - enjoyed it
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northguineahills:

Awesome, Joe!
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fred:

Thanks Joe, great show today. It takes a great DJ to pull off this show
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Santos L Halper:

Thanks Joe, loved it all!
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JakeGould:

Thanks for the summertime, Joe!
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Krys O.:

Thanks, Joe, for an enjoyable show!
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blee:

Thanks for making the sun shine on this Monday morning, Joe.
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Brendan:

Thanks Joe I’m wearing white pants today in honor of this show. Are you working next Monday?
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slugluv1313:

thank-you so much, Joe, for SUMMERTIME -- fantastic!
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Marc Francis:

Thanks Joe! That was fucking FUN.
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