WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from August 23, 2021

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:02am 12539: boing boing!
	♥ 9:03am Ken From Hyde Park: Yip yip yip! Boing boing boing!
	♥ 9:03am Krys O.: Greetings!
	♥ 9:04am LastWhiteRhino: Hello dare, Joe and friends.
	9:04am winston legthigh: mornin joe and the yipsters.
	9:04am bobobobob from Plasticland: hey Joe where you goin with that surface noise in your head???
	9:04am KWilde: Hey Joe!
	♥ 9:06am Marley P. Dogg: Good morning Joe McG and friends! Very happy for some Gabor Szabo this morning!
	♥ 9:06am Asheville Jon: hmm, this kinda, sorta makes me want to dig out my Chalres Lloyd albums again
	♥ 9:07am JG: Soundin nice Joe. Morning all
	9:09am Mike W.: Yah, yah! Gabor
	9:11am Emily: Ha!
	9:13am Aj: Sense a rainy theme here... hope the studios survived better than when Superstorm Sandy hit!
	♥ 9:14am Phillippe: Damn, this is nice
	♥ 9:15am Doug in JC: The station was dry during Sandy! I'm trying to enjoy the rain because all I see is 90° and high humidity once it clears up
	♥ 9:15am Son Of Pantz: Ain't that the truth, Freda.
	9:16am DJ Guin: Gabor Szabo on a Magyar Monday. Szia!
	9:17am zopa: Cheer up, Joe.
	9:18am DJ Guin: any bets on McGasko playing "It's Raining Men"?
	♥ 9:19am Son Of Pantz: I'd say the odds are better than him playing The Rain Song.
	9:19am MplsCoco: Good morning Joe!
	♥ 9:21am Joe McG: Hi, Coco, and good morning everyone on this rainy day in Jersey City.
	♥ 9:22am LastWhiteRhino: Say good-bye to Claude Rains brother...Henri. Bub-bye !
	♥ 9:23am PNX: Thanks for playing the Neko Case, Joe! I'm looking forward to listening to that whole live set in the archives.
	9:23am DJ Guin: Better to Claude Akins in Hell...
	♥ 9:25am karlward: Sing it Doug!
	♥ 9:25am Krys O.: Yes, SDQ!
	♥ 9:26am JG: Doug!
	9:27am dano59: (Covers of all time )
	♥ 9:28am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. August has not been a weather-friendly month.
	9:28am Therese: Morning!
	♥ 9:28am Brian in UK: What's a cubitt?
	♥ 9:28am JG: Was just thinking of Doug's great version of The Homecoming , written by Tom T Hall, who just died. But digging the rains theme
	9:28am ChukAmok: Hi Joe, and everyone! Good morning!
	♥ 9:30am Joe McG: Hey Therese! @PNX: Yes, it was on Irene's show back in 2002.
	♥ 9:30am LastWhiteRhino: Why is there such a long delay between the Live stream and the terrestrial signal these days ( a whole song difference) ???
	♥ 9:31am Webhamster Henry: Hi Joe! It's gonna Rain! (Steve Reich)
	♥ 9:33am Joe McG: @LWR: Things 're broke! We're working on it, though.
	♥ 9:34am Asheville Jon: weird weird weird, Joe with no bed music!
	♥ 9:34am Webhamster Henry: No bed music, no subsurface noise!
	♥ 9:35am Matt Fiveash: LastWhiteRhino, I've noticed that too- listening on 91.1 and looking at the playlist, I see the next song appear on the playlist a few minutes before I hear it. Had to stop looking at the playlist during Gaylord's show last night, too many spoilers- crazy FMU segues are more fun when you don't know what's coming... Hi Joe!
	♥ 9:38am Ken From Hyde Park: On Friday evening, DJ Stork had some egregious technical errors and as a result, there's been a time shift since then.
	♥ 9:40am LastWhiteRhino: @ Matt: It's kind of like "insider trading". Advance knowledge could be very profitable. Not that anybody does that ( wink-wink).
	9:41am ChukAmok: Strange to wake up to an Everly brother-less world today. RIP D.E.
	♥ 9:42am Son Of Pantz: On the chaise lounge
	9:43am Reno D: Does being on the porch swing in my underwear count?
	9:43am dano59: Oh behave!
	9:43am Mike W.: Jeebus, I’m on a hill?! Gotta get into The Field
	♥ 9:44am medson: I appreciate the correct pronunciation here
	♥ 9:45am mndave: Joe McG - hell of a segue!
	9:46am Brendan: Is this a 45, or is it Brut 33
	9:49am Emily: :)
	♥ 9:50am Son Of Pantz: Bratty Punk is my favorite form of Punk. Disaffected youth.
	9:52am Andres: Good morning! Bratty is good. I like snotty more.
	9:54am Jeff g. via app: Not gonna lie: will be a tad disappointed if Mark E. Smith doesn’t show up in here-uh.
	9:55am Andres: First jangle of the week? Love it!
	♥ 9:56am 12539: Kind of wishing I were a sad young man again.
	♥ 9:58am Joe McG: Ah, sorry Jeff, I've pulled that trick pretty recently so I left MES in the stacks for a future date.
	10:01am Brendan: Sigh, another RIP
	10:02am ChukAmok: The Clientele: "Rain", "Monday's Rain"...
	♥ 10:02am Son Of Pantz: Wasn't there a movie made based on this song? I seem to remember Barbara Eden being in it.
	10:02am TDK60: Hi Joe. Hall was quite a songwriter.
	♥ 10:02am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bonjour mes ApresHenri amis.
	10:02am ChukAmok: Had no idea about Tom T. Hall. :(
	10:03am DJ Guin: Ode to Billy Joel is the same song. lmao
	♥ 10:03am Webhamster Henry: There was a movie AND a TV show. Neither as good as the song.
	10:03am Brendan: Harper Valley Party Girls
	♥ 10:03am JG: Wow, I don't think I have ever heard this sung by the songwriter
	♥ 10:03am Joe McG: @Chuk: Those would have been nice inclusions! I always think of the Clientele as a fall/winter band for some reason.
	10:04am DJ Guin: hey now. Barbara Eden's gotta eat, too.
	♥ 10:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Texan Songwriting associate of Janis & Roky - Powell St. John also passed away.
	10:05am zopa: What makes Joe McGasko happy? Asking for a friend...
	10:06am Reno D: I binged on Tom T. Hall songs last night when I learned he had died. My dad always loved to sing Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine.
	♥ 10:06am Lizardner Dave !: Also Sweet Sweet Connie, Don Everly and Rod Gilbert.
	♥ 10:07am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Pinto Been.
	♥ 10:07am Brian in UK: Joe. Muddy Water, nine years old. Oh boy. Was that Tallahatchie Bridge on the cover?
	♥ 10:08am Joe McG: @Brian: Yes, that's the one. I'm very proud of that one! I think Ace's new compilation "Choctaw Ridge" is a mere shadow of it! :)
	♥ 10:08am Marley P. Dogg: RIP Lil Sebastian - 10,000 candles in the wine
	♥ 10:09am Marley P. Dogg: *wind
	♥ 10:09am Lizardner Dave !: The FM signal has been 3-4 minutes behind the stream this morning for some reason. Not a complaint, just curious, it's not usually that much. (I only noticed because I can get 91.1 in the front of my house by if I listen in the bedroom or in the shower I have to use an Internet device).
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: @Marley: I liked the way that the accountant always looked at the camera, totally uncomprehending about the little horse thing.
	♥ 10:09am Brian in UK: Joe, funny you mention the Clientele. I was going to see them a few year back but the it was snowing to heavy to get there.
	♥ 10:10am Marley P. Dogg: Haha Joe, he did buy a Lil Sebastian T-shirt and pretend
	10:10am TDK60: L. Dave, been like that for a few days, I think.
	10:12am ChukAmok: @Joe Agreed re: seasons of The Clientele.
	♥ 10:12am Brian in UK: Mama Bake a Pie is one of my favourites.
	♥ 10:13am JG: man I love the part about the guitar player sleeping in the car
	10:16am βrian: 66 with a soft summer's rain here on the isthmus. Good sleeping weather.
	10:18am Colleen: It's like my Dad just came into the room....Thanks Joe!
	♥ 10:19am LastWhiteRhino: That's some dandy "Tap-Cloggin'"
	♥ 10:19am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Autumn & FolkRawk.
	♥ 10:19am Son Of Pantz: Pass the jug, Joe.
	10:20am YETI BOB: I don't know anything about watermelon wine, but I'd like to find out
	♥ 10:20am Alvy Singer: Tom T. Hall could sing the phonebook and it would be riveting.
	10:21am E: Wait, why was The Clientele brought up? They're a tip top favorite band of mine.
	♥ 10:22am Joe McG: I had other plans for this set but I just wanted to hear more Tom T.
	♥ 10:22am Webhamster Henry: Thanks Joe McG!
	10:23am βrian: "Neener, neener!"
	10:25am E: Oh, I've gathered the reason. Yes, The Clientele's Monday's Rain would have been very fitting.
	10:25am cobradan: Could you play "That's How I got to Memphis" for your Tom T Hall tribute. Memphis Girls will break your fucking heart
	♥ 10:25am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning JMC and all!
	10:26am TDK60: My mom met Tom T. Hall once. 1970s. He wrote a little ditty for her on the spot.
	10:28am Editor B: Tom T. Hall passed away?!? I grew up listening to my parents' Faster Horses on 8-track. Still haunted by some of those songs.
	♥ 10:28am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Great stuff & giant contribution.
	10:29am βrian: On what does one write a ditty?
	10:29am Mike W.: I know this story is late but I only JUST arrived in The Field with Dusty. (When Tom T. sang “dusty road” I said to her, “They said your name! [brief pause] They said it again!”) Anyway, I remember taking my UK counterpart to see Art Brut at Irving Plaza back in the 2000s. Neither of us were huge fans but we liked them well enough, and it was the only decent gig in town that night. Anyway, we walked into the big room and Eddy’s flabber was gasted. “This is like four times as many people as they get in London,” he said. “And almost none of them are women.” #GainedInTranslation
	10:29am E: Major blind spot for me, even though I love the music, is classic country. Anyone got a starter pack recommendation for some compilations?
	10:31am βrian: Anything that Ricky Skaggs was involved with, for sure.
	♥ 10:31am listener Rey: Morning Joe and Surface Noisers. We also lost another musical hero with the recent passing of Latin music legend Larry Harlow
	10:31am Mike W.: @E everyone has their favorite but my feeling is if you get yourself some Hank Williams — not Hank III and definitely not Hank Jr. — you’re starting in a good place.
	♥ 10:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: <3 Groovies
	10:33am Mike W.: Johnny Cash, Carter Family, why not Ray Charles’s country records (which are great!), Patsy Cline, and all the multitudes that our fellow listeners are tapping into the Chat right now
	10:33am E: Thanks Mike. I am aware of the discrepancy in quality among the Hanks!
	♥ 10:34am Joe McG: @Rey: Oh, another bummer!
	♥ 10:34am Little Danny: Good morning Joe, everybody.
	10:34am E: I do have some Cash too! I think I get lost just beyond the surface level, though.
	10:36am Mike W.: @E the Louvin Brothers, Hoyt Axton (‘My Griffin Was Gone’ isn’t his oldest but it is his best — actually one of the best albums ever, any genre), and if you’re feeling some country rockin and/or rockabilly, my fave there is Dale Hawkins
	♥ 10:36am Joe McG: Hey Greg, sorry I missed you up there. Hey, Little Danny!
	10:39am Kpx: Helloey Joey McGaskoey
	♥ 10:39am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Loves Ella Mae Morse. Stumbled into a comp. of her stuff - very interesting place in history between Swing & R&B & even RawkaRolla almost.
	10:39am Mike W.: @Joe McG tell E (and me) a few of your’n classic country faves
	10:40am Mike W.: Oh Charley Pride too!
	♥ 10:41am Joe McG: @Mike W. and E: I agree you can't do better than starting with Hank Williams. Too many faves from too many eras to mention, really, although I love Dolly deeply, and Waylon, and Bobby Bare, and well, so many....
	10:41am Mike W.: Buck Owens, George Jones, Roger Miller, Loretta Lynn (she should’ve been among the first names I mentioned really)
	♥ 10:42am Ken From Hyde Park: May I add Roy Clark to the list?
	10:42am Mike W.: Lefty Frizzell, Jimmie Rodgers, and I will stop there
	10:42am TDK60: βrian at 10:29. Ditties were written on paper pads in the 20th Century. Now you know.
	10:43am greg from montreal: Big thanks for the stellar music selection!
	10:43am Mike W.: a downright country hall of fame right here
	♥ 10:44am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, greg!
	10:44am Mike W.: oh I love Kitty Wells! Glen Campbell too, to bounce around eras
	10:44am dano59: have a little Tom T. A "Love Songs" LP and 2 tributes: "Real" ('98) and one to Songs from Fox Hollow, feat. the man himself. I'll have to scour all my country comps for more. I know Gram and Nick Lowe covered him...
	♥ 10:45am fred: @E: You could also try old Radio Thrift Shop shows from the archives: wfmu.org...
	♥ 10:48am Joe McG: @fred: A great suggestion! Laura will be guest hosting for Old Codger next week, btw!
	♥ 10:48am Ryansterlingvirtue: I have so much emotion wrapped in this song.
	10:48am Jeezuseffinchrist: yessssss <3
	♥ 10:48am Ryansterlingvirtue: lol
	10:49am Mike W.: JOE!!! Why does it say new version on this, my favorite Cocteaus album??
	♥ 10:49am Greg from ZONE 5: Why did we ever get rid of that 80s chime sound? Who was in charge of that decision??
	♥ 10:49am tim from washington: Hi Joe and everybody! I loved the 7"s that came with British weekly newspapers as a teenager.
	♥ 10:50am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Choice Vintage HonkyTonk here on FMU of course : www.wfmu.org...
	10:50am YETI BOB: @E: This is an answer from out of left field but the album that really turned me on to classic country was "There'll Be No Tears Tonight" by Eugene Chadbourne (1980)
	♥ 10:50am Joe McG: @Mike W: This is from an NME EP. They used to do oddball one-off mixes and versions for these things.
	10:50am E: Thanks everyone!!
	10:51am Morgan from Philly: this whole album Ryan! But wouldn’t it be funny if they remastered Cocteaus and you could suddenly understand what Liz is singing
	♥ 10:51am Jason from Houston: ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
	10:51am YETI BOB: All covers, with a band including John Zorn and Tom Cora - but it really opened my mind to the brilliance of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, etc.
	♥ 10:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Found loving SonVolt & AltCountry to be pretty lonely ...& actually coming to GeorgeJones & more Classics very late indeed...
	10:52am PJ: This Cocteau Twins song sounds like it was recorded with a pillow in front of the microphone
	10:53am Morgan from Philly: @mike w my first thought was no, not remastered treasure
	♥ 10:53am Ryansterlingvirtue: @morgan we'll crack the secret code someday :)
	♥ 10:53am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...yerknow, the Stones & everybody had mentioned GeorgeJones & Hank Snow &tc. often enuff I paid attention...
	10:53am Mike W.: Oh my grud, Yeti Bob is the first one to say Merle and Willie
	10:53am Jeezuseffinchrist: Liz Frasier mostly sings in a sort of iambic gibberish lol, but occasionally throws in some Scots gaelic too
	10:54am Kevin / Ringwood / UK: Afternoon Joe and listeners. Donovan trying to sound like Ivor Cutler?
	10:55am TDK60: No Kevin, he's just being himself.
	♥ 10:55am JG: E, and all, speaking of classic country, did any one see the series of animated shows done by Mike judge (beavis and butt head, King of the Hill), that were like half hour behind the music docs on the stars of classic country- Willie , George jones, Jerry Lee, others? It was great
	♥ 10:57am Greg from ZONE 5: Hey, I just read a book by the 18 Wheeler guy!
	♥ 10:57am Brian in UK: Mike W. On the Natural from My Griffin In Gone in on Joe's 2019 Premium.
	10:57am Beast of Boonton: The Undertones
	10:58am YETI BOB: "You can't go wrong with Merle"
	10:58am Kevin / Ringwood / UK: TDK - ah, that probably makes more sense. Ivor was from Govan and Donovan from Maryhill, just a couple of miles as the seagull flies across the Clyde
	♥ 10:58am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: JG : No - !! That sounds great !! Of course there's the outstanding podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones about the Histories of specific Country Artists : cocaineandrhinestones.com - it is just really well researched & presented.
	♥ 10:59am Brian in UK: Has Donovan ever had a good belly laugh.
	♥ 11:01am Little Danny: Agreed JG, those Mike Judge country shows were really, really fun. Need to rewatch.
	11:02am TDK60: Brian in UK - who cares, if not? / Kevin, think it was when Donovan moved south; hanging out in St. Albans and St. Ives, that he got folked up.
	♥ 11:02am Brian in UK: ...and Flash & the Pan.
	♥ 11:02am JG: Rev, It was called Mike Judge presents tales from the tour bus. The Johnny Paycheck episode was really great. And actually the second season of the shoe he switched to the stars of Funk- JB, Clinton Bootsie. Both seasons are WILD!
	♥ 11:03am Brian in UK: TDK60, he always seemed to take himself so seriously.
	♥ 11:04am Asheville Jon: yeah, Mark did a fantastic DDR on saturday, well worth checking out the archives
	11:04am Kevin / Ringwood / UK: TDK - that's interesting. Apart from Mellow Yellow I can't immediately think of a single Donovan track, so that Yeats poem took me by surprise.
	♥ 11:04am JG: Whenever we hear Donavan here, I exclaim to anybody else listening " Scottish Bob Dylan"
	♥ 11:06am tim from washington: Polka Joe rides again!
	11:07am TDK60: Donovan's dad, a factory worker, raised him on poetry.
	♥ 11:07am DjLorraine: So nice to hear Joe McGasko this morning. Oh, i'm looking forward to Joe on Dance with Me Stanley!
	11:10am Sean Fahrrad: Without the Everlys there's no Beatles Without the Beatles, there's no nothin'
	11:10am Emily: Didn't know this about you. Thanks for doing this. Love them, too. I shared your link with my whole family.
	♥ 11:10am JG: Looking forward to your Everlys tribute
	♥ 11:12am tim from washington: That's great to hear your early musical influences, Joe. I think you are a couple years older than me, but I also remember youngsters did not listen to much music outside of the contemporary during the 80s.
	♥ 11:12am JG: Just a random thought but when they did't speak or work together for ten years and then reunited in England on that live comeback concert/ album...well, that album is spectacular
	♥ 11:13am Krys O.: I was lucky to start listening to WCBS-FM when they started their oldies format in 1974. They gave me quite an education in early rock and pop. The Everly Brothers were a real link between country music history with their childhood radio shows and the dawn of rock.
	♥ 11:14am patrick321: @Sean F. In his autobiography Keith Richards says that Don Everly taught him his 5-strong open tuning, so maybe without the Everlys there's no Street Fighting Man either.
	11:15am TerrDE: I caught the Everlys w Paul S and Art G in their last reunion tour. Not my main musical interest, but they were great ! Magical even. RIP
	11:16am Thelma Blitz: Please don't forget I Wonder if I Care As Much, words and music by Don Everly. It was the B side of Bye Bye Love. I played it a lot when I was 13.
	♥ 11:16am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It was always more than apparent that TheBeatles, Hollies, BYrdS - EVERYBODY learned TwoPart Harmony from the Everlys. & - if you were born long ago enuff - you even heard the Everlys themselves on Radio & such. From that - it was more than apparent that they were the Greatest TwoPart Ever. & what's more - that they had unfailing instinct for great - even indispensable Songs - & not credited enuff maybe: their Records always had fantastic playing, arrangements & production.
	♥ 11:17am Little Danny: "Maybe Tomorrow" is an all-time fave.
	♥ 11:17am Krys O.: Bizarre factoid: I was in a sorority in college and one of our traditional songs was based on Devoted to You. We sang the harmonies. My sorority sisters were all great singers.
	♥ 11:19am spodiodi: good morning, Joe and everyone!
	♥ 11:19am Joe McG: So many of Don's songs are so sad.
	♥ 11:19am yerfriendpaul: Love the Songs Our Daddy Taught Us record
	♥ 11:20am patrick321: @RevRabbit well said and very true that those facts are not more widely acknowledged.
	11:20am Rick A: Hi Joe and All, I had the privilege to see the reunion tour in 1985, I think it was, great show. In high school, I listened to the local oldies station and the Everly Brothers were on regular play.
	♥ 11:20am Joe McG: @paul: Prob. my all-time fave.
	♥ 11:22am Officer Pupp: That reunion tour in '85 was my first ever gig. I'm so happy that I can say that. Did any act in history ever have a better Genius:Rubbish ratio?
	11:22am Sean Fahrrad: @patrick321 that's a lovely little nugget there
	11:23am Emc: Thank you for the good music this morning.
	♥ 11:23am Joe McG: @Pupp: Wow!!
	♥ 11:23am Krys O.: Oh, this is sweet!
	♥ 11:29am Officer Pupp: My abiding memory of the reunion gig is that someone requested Ebony Eyes, and while I got the impression that they hadn't rehearsed it, they pulled it out the bag, and of course it was perfect.
	11:31am P-90: Lovely Don celebration set, thanks Joe McG.
	♥ 11:32am tim from washington: Love With Your Heart is so good. There's some underlying psychedelia going on that needs to be unharnessed.
	♥ 11:33am tim from washington: I love Roots. Such a cool record.
	♥ 11:33am Officer Pupp: YES!!!! One of all time favourites!!!
	♥ 11:34am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for this, Joe. I hope someone points Gaylord to this tribute. He mentioned last night that the Everlys are his favorite groups.
	♥ 11:34am Ken From Hyde Park: Or group, if you will.
	♥ 11:34am Joe McG: Glad you're enjoying remembering Don's great songs.
	♥ 11:34am Little Danny: Beautiful.
	♥ 11:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Everlys never not relevant. & yeah - there's that particular emotional space they occupied & evoked. That is a little harder to write about...
	11:36am Mike W.: I don’t think I’ve ever come away from a Surface Noise thinking, “Eh, Joe was a little off today,” but this morning’s show is an all-timer. Including my brief wonder/panic that someone might’ve gone and remixed Cocteau Twins’ best album. Thank you, as always, DJ.
	11:36am Jeffrey from west Florida: Oh Joe thanks for the EBs ! What is it about sibling harmony ? Beach Boys , The Hayden triplets , who where the gospel brother sister Proto Everleys ?
	♥ 11:36am Joe McG: Shucks, thanks, MW.
	♥ 11:37am Greg from ZONE 5: This is great, Joe. I've always wanted to listen to more of the Everlys. Unfortunately sometimes it only happens after somebody checks out.
	♥ 11:37am Joe McG: @Greg: I'm not really hitting too many of the big hits, but I think you can hear the quality!
	♥ 11:38am JG: Sadly, when hearing of Don's death, I knew this show would be great
	11:38am Thelma Blitz: Gotta hear I wonder if I care Enough on Cadence, the original is best.
	11:39am Mike W.: Martin Phillipps from the Chills is who turned me on to the Everlys. That’s my Everly Brothers story. He made me an actual cassette mixtape in the mid-‘90s, done up in colored pencil.
	♥ 11:39am Joe McG: @Mike: Wow! I wish I'd known that when he was here. We would have bonded big time.
	11:39am johnk77: exceptionally great show today the carter family harmonies are a gold standard in history of country also the everlys a big influence on rockpile
	♥ 11:40am Krys O.: The concept of vocal similarity between siblings is sometimes called familial blend.
	♥ 11:40am tim from washington: To add to Jeffrey from West florida's thought I hear a lot of early Bee Gees in some of these songs.
	11:41am Paul in the OC: Great tribute to Don (& Phil of course)! I did the deep-dive on these guys about 10 years back & man, ya just come away astonished at their development into the 60s & baffled at how they seriously drop off the charts after 1962. They continued to release killer tracks. Oh well, pop audience is fickle, deaf or both. Thanks Joe!
	♥ 11:41am Gaylord Fields: @Ken From Hyde Park: Thank you for thinking of me, and yes I've been listening to the show since Tom T. Hall. These tributes are always in the right hands when Joe McG is involved.
	♥ 11:44am Joe McG: Thanks, Gaylord, glad you're listening!
	11:45am John W!: Thanks for this Don Everly tribute. Especially the music from later in his career. Also, for sharing your discovery of the Everly Brothers. I remembered what it was like to find albums of artists that interested me long after their careers had peaked. A happy memory!
	♥ 11:46am Gaylord Fields: Joe, I was anticipating an expert memorial segment on both artists from you, and this has gone beyond my already high expectations.
	♥ 11:46am Ken From Hyde Park: Certainly, Gaylord. Glad you're here as it unfolds.
	♥ 11:46am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: KrysO: The technical version of 'Blood Harmony'...
	11:46am Jeffrey from west Florida: Amen Gaylord
	♥ 11:46am Joe McG: Only Don would sing "soli-TEAR."
	♥ 11:47am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: One Everly was still plenty. Frankly not familiar with the Solos.
	♥ 11:48am JG: Another tv show to look for-- The fairly recent PBS doc on the EBs. Candid discussion of how influential they were from the likes of Keith, and McCartney, and great footage of performances by the brothers. Seek it out
	♥ 11:49am tim from washington: I'm really digging the Don solo songs.
	11:50am Gary: Great show. Wonderful tributes. Thanks
	♥ 11:50am Joe McG: @tim: I'm really fond of this first solo album, which is offbeat and lo-fi and a different side of him.
	11:51am Gerry from Miami: @Krys O. That familial blend you speak of, not to get too messy or biological, has quite a bit to do with the shape of the mouth, throat, larynx and other associated parts involved in vocal production. These structures tend to be quite similar in siblings born to the same set of parents.
	♥ 11:53am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone, and indulging my love of the Everlys today with the songs that Don wrote. Hope you have a great week and I'll see you next time.
	♥ 11:53am Gaylord Fields: @Joe McG: "I wonder if I KEER as much…"
	11:54am βrian: Irene is curating the drummer stream for the next few hours: wfmu.org...
	♥ 11:54am Jason from Houston: Put that one in the ring with any "saddest" song and see what happens.
	♥ 11:54am Brian in UK: Joe, heartfelt tribute.
	♥ 11:55am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...gotta think in the case of the Everys (for eminent example) it goes beyond voicebox to nervous system. Their annunciation, emphases & phrasing erectly in affective synch... Impossible to separate nature from nurture of course... Pity it didn't make them more personally compatible, however.
	11:55am slboy: It's all over is a real heartbreaker, wow.
	♥ 11:55am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	♥ 11:55am spodiodi: thanks, Joe!
	♥ 11:56am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:56am MFlynn: That was just great Joe , including all those solo songs of Don’s. Thanks so much for doing that for us.
	♥ 11:56am DjLorraine: Thank you Joe for sharing your unique selections of Don Everly and the Everly Brothers.
	♥ 11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: *perfectly in synch... thank you very much...
	♥ 11:56am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Joe. Looking forward to your bookend fill-in Friday evening. 🪗
	♥ 11:56am yerfriendpaul: Thanks for the great show, Joe! Great tributes.
	11:57am Thelma Blitz: I great assortment of Everly brothers I never heard before and I grew up with them. No greatest hits on Cadence but interesting and unusual. Thanks, Joe.
	♥ 11:57am radioronan: Thanks Joe!
	11:57am Brendan: Thanks Joe!
	♥ 11:57am DjLorraine: And also the Tom T. Hall memorial picks
	♥ 11:59am PaulRobeson1920: Thank you Joe!
	♥ 11:59am JG: yes, two fantastic tribute sets, sadly
	12:00pm morphe': Just in for the last minute ???? Thanks so Joe and all!!!
	♥ 12:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY As Ever DJ JoeMcG !
	12:01pm listener monica: I feel as if I were born listening to the Everly Brothers.
	♥ 12:02pm Little Danny: Thanks Joe!
	♥ 2:34pm Ken From Hyde Park: More Everlys tribute in the 3CM show following this one - www.wfmu.org...

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from August 23, 2021

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Gabor Szabo with Charles Lloyd	Stormy	Gabor Szabo Live with Charles Lloyd	Blue Thumb	1974	LP			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Susan Christie	Rainy Day "Rainy Day" by "Susan Christie"	Paint a Lady	Finders Keepers	2006	CD	From 1969		0:10:59 (Pop-up)
Freda Payne	Rainy Days and Mondays	I'm Reaching Out	Invictus	1973	MP3			0:14:33 (Pop-up)
Neko Case	Buckets of Rain "Buckets of Rain" by "Neko Case"	Live on WFMU 10/28/02	WFMU	2002	CD-R			0:19:23 (Pop-up)
Petula Clark	Rain "Rain" by "Petula Clark"	She Wants You! Pye Records’ Feminine Side 1964–1970	Ace	2021	CD	From 1966		0:21:50 (Pop-up)
Sir Douglas Quintet	The Rains Came	The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet	Music Club	1999	CD	From 1966, too		0:24:24 (Pop-up)
The Golden Gate Quartet	Noah "Noah" by "The Golden Gate Quartet"	Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 3: 1939	Document	1996	CD			0:26:39 (Pop-up)
The Cowsills	II x II "II x II" by "The Cowsills"	II x II	MGM	1969	LP			0:29:11 (Pop-up)

Wet Leg	Chaise Longue "Chaise Longue" by "Wet Leg"	single	Domino	2021	MP3	song of the summer	*	0:40:35 (Pop-up)
Art Brut	Emily Kane "Emily Kane" by "Art Brut"	Bang Bang Rock & Roll	Banana Recordings / Fierce Panda	2005	CD			0:43:40 (Pop-up)
Dry Cleaning	New Job "New Job" by "Dry Cleaning"	Sweet Princess EP	Dry Cleaning	2019	MP3			0:46:12 (Pop-up)
Qlowski	Folk Song "Folk Song" by "Qlowski"	Quale Futuro?	Feel It	2021	LP		*	0:49:04 (Pop-up)
Ducks Ltd.	How Lonely Are You "How Lonely Are You" by "Ducks Ltd."	Modern Fiction	Carpark	2021	MP3		*	0:52:36 (Pop-up)
The June Brides	In the Rain "In the Rain" by "The June Brides"	The June Brides	The Pink Label	1985	EP			0:55:33 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall	Harper Valley P.T.A. "Harper Valley P.T.A." by "Tom T. Hall"	Muddy Water: Southern Gothic Pop, Soul & Country 1967-1974	WFMU	2012	CD-R	from my 2012 marathon premium		0:59:53 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall	Joe, Don't Let Your Music Kill You	For the People in the Last Hard Town	Mercury	1973	LP	The Storyteller, R.I.P.		1:02:41 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall	Pinto the Wonder Horse Is Dead	Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits Vol. III	Mercury	1978	LP	From 1971		1:05:24 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall	Homecoming "Homecoming" by "Tom T. Hall"	Homecoming	Mercury	1969	LP			1:07:48 (Pop-up)
Nora Brown	The Very Day I'm Gone "The Very Day I'm Gone" by "Nora Brown"	Sidetrack My Engine	Jalopy	2021	MP3		*	1:10:52 (Pop-up)
Cameron Knowler	Sonora Road "Sonora Road" by "Cameron Knowler"	Places of Consequence	American Dreams	2021	CD	Erica Braverman, dancing	*	1:14:16 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall	(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine	Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits Vol. 2	Mercury	1975	LP	From 1972		1:17:04 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall	Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On	Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits Vol. III	Mercury	1978	LP	From 1972		1:21:29 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s all in a row for about a half-hour
The Flamin' Groovies	Tallahassee Lassie	single	United Artists	1972	45			1:31:56 (Pop-up)
Jacques Dutronc	Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi	single	Vogue	1966	45			1:33:55 (Pop-up)
Ella Mae Morse	Love Me or Leave Me	single	Capitol	1952	45			1:36:53 (Pop-up)
Toni Wine	Sugar Is Sweeter "Sugar Is Sweeter" by "Toni Wine"	single	Private Stock	1975	45			1:39:11 (Pop-up)
John Paul Young	I Hate the Music "I Hate the Music" by "John Paul Young"	single	Albert Productions	1976	45			1:41:58 (Pop-up)
Kathy Young & the Innocents	Eddie My Darling	single	Indigo	1960	45			1:45:16 (Pop-up)
Cocteau Twins	Ivo (new version) "Ivo (new version)" by "Cocteau Twins"	single	NME	1985	7"	from "New Musical Express Poll Winners '84" EP		1:47:16 (Pop-up)
Donovan	The Song of the Wandering Aengus	single	Epic	1970	45			1:51:04 (Pop-up)
Portastatic	Teenage Kicks "Teenage Kicks" by "Portastatic"	single	18 Wheeler	1993	45			1:55:10 (Pop-up)

Don Everly, R.I.P. "Don Everly, R.I.P."
The Everly Brothers	That's the Life I Have to Live	Rockabilly Stars Volume 3	CBS	1982	LP	From 1956		2:10:47 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	Give Me a Future	The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960	Varèse Sarabande	2001	CD	unreleased pre-fame demo		2:12:19 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	('Til) I Kissed You	Greatest Hits	Neon	1988	LP	first Everlys hit song written by Don, 1959		2:14:02 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	Maybe Tomorrow	All They Had to Do Was Dream	Rhino	1985	LP	alternate version, 1957		2:16:28 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	single	Warner Bros.	1960	45			2:18:30 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	Buona Fortuna Amore Mio	In Germany and Italy	Musketeer	1986	LP	From 1965		2:21:01 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	Gone, Gone, Gone	Heartaches and Harmonies	Rhino	1994	CD	From 1964		2:23:29 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	Nancy's Minuet	single	Warner Bros.	1963	45			2:25:32 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	It Only Costs a Dime	Heartaches and Harmonies	Rhino	1994	CD	From 1965		2:27:36 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	Love with Your Heart	Susie Q	Magnum Force	1987	LP	From 1968		2:29:29 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	I Wonder If I Care As Much	Roots	Warner Archives	1995	CD	From 1968		2:32:21 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	I'm Tired of Singing My Song in Las Vegas	Stories We Could Tell	RCA	1972	LP			2:35:17 (Pop-up)
Don Everly	Thinking It Over "Thinking It Over" by "Don Everly"	Don Everly	Ode	1971	LP			2:38:26 (Pop-up)
Don Everly	Helpless When You're Gone	Sunset Towers	Ode	1974	MP3			2:41:35 (Pop-up)
Don Everly	Since You Broke My Heart	Brother Jukebox	Hickory/ABC	1976	LP			2:45:02 (Pop-up)
Don Everly	Omaha "Omaha" by "Don Everly"	Don Everly	Ode	1971	LP	recorded earlier by the brothers, but unreleased at the time		2:48:00 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	It's All Over	Heartaches and Harmonies	Rhino	1994	CD	From 1965		2:51:18 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:02am 12539: boing boing!
	♥ 9:03am Ken From Hyde Park: Yip yip yip! Boing boing boing!
	♥ 9:03am Krys O.: Greetings!
	♥ 9:04am LastWhiteRhino: Hello dare, Joe and friends.
	9:04am winston legthigh: mornin joe and the yipsters.
	9:04am bobobobob from Plasticland: hey Joe where you goin with that surface noise in your head???
	9:04am KWilde: Hey Joe!
	♥ 9:06am Marley P. Dogg: Good morning Joe McG and friends! Very happy for some Gabor Szabo this morning!
	♥ 9:06am Asheville Jon: hmm, this kinda, sorta makes me want to dig out my Chalres Lloyd albums again
	♥ 9:07am JG: Soundin nice Joe. Morning all
	9:09am Mike W.: Yah, yah! Gabor
	9:11am Emily: Ha!
	9:13am Aj: Sense a rainy theme here... hope the studios survived better than when Superstorm Sandy hit!
	♥ 9:14am Phillippe: Damn, this is nice
	♥ 9:15am Doug in JC: The station was dry during Sandy! I'm trying to enjoy the rain because all I see is 90° and high humidity once it clears up
	♥ 9:15am Son Of Pantz: Ain't that the truth, Freda.
	9:16am DJ Guin: Gabor Szabo on a Magyar Monday. Szia!
	9:17am zopa: Cheer up, Joe.
	9:18am DJ Guin: any bets on McGasko playing "It's Raining Men"?
	♥ 9:19am Son Of Pantz: I'd say the odds are better than him playing The Rain Song.
	9:19am MplsCoco: Good morning Joe!
	♥ 9:21am Joe McG: Hi, Coco, and good morning everyone on this rainy day in Jersey City.
	♥ 9:22am LastWhiteRhino: Say good-bye to Claude Rains brother...Henri. Bub-bye !
	♥ 9:23am PNX: Thanks for playing the Neko Case, Joe! I'm looking forward to listening to that whole live set in the archives.
	9:23am DJ Guin: Better to Claude Akins in Hell...
	♥ 9:25am karlward: Sing it Doug!
	♥ 9:25am Krys O.: Yes, SDQ!
	♥ 9:26am JG: Doug!
	9:27am dano59: (Covers of all time )
	♥ 9:28am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. August has not been a weather-friendly month.
	9:28am Therese: Morning!
	♥ 9:28am Brian in UK: What's a cubitt?
	♥ 9:28am JG: Was just thinking of Doug's great version of The Homecoming , written by Tom T Hall, who just died. But digging the rains theme
	9:28am ChukAmok: Hi Joe, and everyone! Good morning!
	♥ 9:30am Joe McG: Hey Therese! @PNX: Yes, it was on Irene's show back in 2002.
	♥ 9:30am LastWhiteRhino: Why is there such a long delay between the Live stream and the terrestrial signal these days ( a whole song difference) ???
	♥ 9:31am Webhamster Henry: Hi Joe! It's gonna Rain! (Steve Reich)
	♥ 9:33am Joe McG: @LWR: Things 're broke! We're working on it, though.
	♥ 9:34am Asheville Jon: weird weird weird, Joe with no bed music!
	♥ 9:34am Webhamster Henry: No bed music, no subsurface noise!
	♥ 9:35am Matt Fiveash: LastWhiteRhino, I've noticed that too- listening on 91.1 and looking at the playlist, I see the next song appear on the playlist a few minutes before I hear it. Had to stop looking at the playlist during Gaylord's show last night, too many spoilers- crazy FMU segues are more fun when you don't know what's coming... Hi Joe!
	♥ 9:38am Ken From Hyde Park: On Friday evening, DJ Stork had some egregious technical errors and as a result, there's been a time shift since then.
	♥ 9:40am LastWhiteRhino: @ Matt: It's kind of like "insider trading". Advance knowledge could be very profitable. Not that anybody does that ( wink-wink).
	9:41am ChukAmok: Strange to wake up to an Everly brother-less world today. RIP D.E.
	♥ 9:42am Son Of Pantz: On the chaise lounge
	9:43am Reno D: Does being on the porch swing in my underwear count?
	9:43am dano59: Oh behave!
	9:43am Mike W.: Jeebus, I’m on a hill?! Gotta get into The Field
	♥ 9:44am medson: I appreciate the correct pronunciation here
	♥ 9:45am mndave: Joe McG - hell of a segue!
	9:46am Brendan: Is this a 45, or is it Brut 33
	9:49am Emily: :)
	♥ 9:50am Son Of Pantz: Bratty Punk is my favorite form of Punk. Disaffected youth.
	9:52am Andres: Good morning! Bratty is good. I like snotty more.
	9:54am Jeff g. via app: Not gonna lie: will be a tad disappointed if Mark E. Smith doesn’t show up in here-uh.
	9:55am Andres: First jangle of the week? Love it!
	♥ 9:56am 12539: Kind of wishing I were a sad young man again.
	♥ 9:58am Joe McG: Ah, sorry Jeff, I've pulled that trick pretty recently so I left MES in the stacks for a future date.
	10:01am Brendan: Sigh, another RIP
	10:02am ChukAmok: The Clientele: "Rain", "Monday's Rain"...
	♥ 10:02am Son Of Pantz: Wasn't there a movie made based on this song? I seem to remember Barbara Eden being in it.
	10:02am TDK60: Hi Joe. Hall was quite a songwriter.
	♥ 10:02am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bonjour mes ApresHenri amis.
	10:02am ChukAmok: Had no idea about Tom T. Hall. :(
	10:03am DJ Guin: Ode to Billy Joel is the same song. lmao
	♥ 10:03am Webhamster Henry: There was a movie AND a TV show. Neither as good as the song.
	10:03am Brendan: Harper Valley Party Girls
	♥ 10:03am JG: Wow, I don't think I have ever heard this sung by the songwriter
	♥ 10:03am Joe McG: @Chuk: Those would have been nice inclusions! I always think of the Clientele as a fall/winter band for some reason.
	10:04am DJ Guin: hey now. Barbara Eden's gotta eat, too.
	♥ 10:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Texan Songwriting associate of Janis & Roky - Powell St. John also passed away.
	10:05am zopa: What makes Joe McGasko happy? Asking for a friend...
	10:06am Reno D: I binged on Tom T. Hall songs last night when I learned he had died. My dad always loved to sing Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine.
	♥ 10:06am Lizardner Dave !: Also Sweet Sweet Connie, Don Everly and Rod Gilbert.
	♥ 10:07am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Pinto Been.
	♥ 10:07am Brian in UK: Joe. Muddy Water, nine years old. Oh boy. Was that Tallahatchie Bridge on the cover?
	♥ 10:08am Joe McG: @Brian: Yes, that's the one. I'm very proud of that one! I think Ace's new compilation "Choctaw Ridge" is a mere shadow of it! :)
	♥ 10:08am Marley P. Dogg: RIP Lil Sebastian - 10,000 candles in the wine
	♥ 10:09am Marley P. Dogg: *wind
	♥ 10:09am Lizardner Dave !: The FM signal has been 3-4 minutes behind the stream this morning for some reason. Not a complaint, just curious, it's not usually that much. (I only noticed because I can get 91.1 in the front of my house by if I listen in the bedroom or in the shower I have to use an Internet device).
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: @Marley: I liked the way that the accountant always looked at the camera, totally uncomprehending about the little horse thing.
	♥ 10:09am Brian in UK: Joe, funny you mention the Clientele. I was going to see them a few year back but the it was snowing to heavy to get there.
	♥ 10:10am Marley P. Dogg: Haha Joe, he did buy a Lil Sebastian T-shirt and pretend
	10:10am TDK60: L. Dave, been like that for a few days, I think.
	10:12am ChukAmok: @Joe Agreed re: seasons of The Clientele.
	♥ 10:12am Brian in UK: Mama Bake a Pie is one of my favourites.
	♥ 10:13am JG: man I love the part about the guitar player sleeping in the car
	10:16am βrian: 66 with a soft summer's rain here on the isthmus. Good sleeping weather.
	10:18am Colleen: It's like my Dad just came into the room....Thanks Joe!
	♥ 10:19am LastWhiteRhino: That's some dandy "Tap-Cloggin'"
	♥ 10:19am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Autumn & FolkRawk.
	♥ 10:19am Son Of Pantz: Pass the jug, Joe.
	10:20am YETI BOB: I don't know anything about watermelon wine, but I'd like to find out
	♥ 10:20am Alvy Singer: Tom T. Hall could sing the phonebook and it would be riveting.
	10:21am E: Wait, why was The Clientele brought up? They're a tip top favorite band of mine.
	♥ 10:22am Joe McG: I had other plans for this set but I just wanted to hear more Tom T.
	♥ 10:22am Webhamster Henry: Thanks Joe McG!
	10:23am βrian: "Neener, neener!"
	10:25am E: Oh, I've gathered the reason. Yes, The Clientele's Monday's Rain would have been very fitting.
	10:25am cobradan: Could you play "That's How I got to Memphis" for your Tom T Hall tribute. Memphis Girls will break your fucking heart
	♥ 10:25am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning JMC and all!
	10:26am TDK60: My mom met Tom T. Hall once. 1970s. He wrote a little ditty for her on the spot.
	10:28am Editor B: Tom T. Hall passed away?!? I grew up listening to my parents' Faster Horses on 8-track. Still haunted by some of those songs.
	♥ 10:28am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Great stuff & giant contribution.
	10:29am βrian: On what does one write a ditty?
	10:29am Mike W.: I know this story is late but I only JUST arrived in The Field with Dusty. (When Tom T. sang “dusty road” I said to her, “They said your name! [brief pause] They said it again!”) Anyway, I remember taking my UK counterpart to see Art Brut at Irving Plaza back in the 2000s. Neither of us were huge fans but we liked them well enough, and it was the only decent gig in town that night. Anyway, we walked into the big room and Eddy’s flabber was gasted. “This is like four times as many people as they get in London,” he said. “And almost none of them are women.” #GainedInTranslation
	10:29am E: Major blind spot for me, even though I love the music, is classic country. Anyone got a starter pack recommendation for some compilations?
	10:31am βrian: Anything that Ricky Skaggs was involved with, for sure.
	♥ 10:31am listener Rey: Morning Joe and Surface Noisers. We also lost another musical hero with the recent passing of Latin music legend Larry Harlow
	10:31am Mike W.: @E everyone has their favorite but my feeling is if you get yourself some Hank Williams — not Hank III and definitely not Hank Jr. — you’re starting in a good place.
	♥ 10:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: <3 Groovies
	10:33am Mike W.: Johnny Cash, Carter Family, why not Ray Charles’s country records (which are great!), Patsy Cline, and all the multitudes that our fellow listeners are tapping into the Chat right now
	10:33am E: Thanks Mike. I am aware of the discrepancy in quality among the Hanks!
	♥ 10:34am Joe McG: @Rey: Oh, another bummer!
	♥ 10:34am Little Danny: Good morning Joe, everybody.
	10:34am E: I do have some Cash too! I think I get lost just beyond the surface level, though.
	10:36am Mike W.: @E the Louvin Brothers, Hoyt Axton (‘My Griffin Was Gone’ isn’t his oldest but it is his best — actually one of the best albums ever, any genre), and if you’re feeling some country rockin and/or rockabilly, my fave there is Dale Hawkins
	♥ 10:36am Joe McG: Hey Greg, sorry I missed you up there. Hey, Little Danny!
	10:39am Kpx: Helloey Joey McGaskoey
	♥ 10:39am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Loves Ella Mae Morse. Stumbled into a comp. of her stuff - very interesting place in history between Swing & R&B & even RawkaRolla almost.
	10:39am Mike W.: @Joe McG tell E (and me) a few of your’n classic country faves
	10:40am Mike W.: Oh Charley Pride too!
	♥ 10:41am Joe McG: @Mike W. and E: I agree you can't do better than starting with Hank Williams. Too many faves from too many eras to mention, really, although I love Dolly deeply, and Waylon, and Bobby Bare, and well, so many....
	10:41am Mike W.: Buck Owens, George Jones, Roger Miller, Loretta Lynn (she should’ve been among the first names I mentioned really)
	♥ 10:42am Ken From Hyde Park: May I add Roy Clark to the list?
	10:42am Mike W.: Lefty Frizzell, Jimmie Rodgers, and I will stop there
	10:42am TDK60: βrian at 10:29. Ditties were written on paper pads in the 20th Century. Now you know.
	10:43am greg from montreal: Big thanks for the stellar music selection!
	10:43am Mike W.: a downright country hall of fame right here
	♥ 10:44am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, greg!
	10:44am Mike W.: oh I love Kitty Wells! Glen Campbell too, to bounce around eras
	10:44am dano59: have a little Tom T. A "Love Songs" LP and 2 tributes: "Real" ('98) and one to Songs from Fox Hollow, feat. the man himself. I'll have to scour all my country comps for more. I know Gram and Nick Lowe covered him...
	♥ 10:45am fred: @E: You could also try old Radio Thrift Shop shows from the archives: wfmu.org...
	♥ 10:48am Joe McG: @fred: A great suggestion! Laura will be guest hosting for Old Codger next week, btw!
	♥ 10:48am Ryansterlingvirtue: I have so much emotion wrapped in this song.
	10:48am Jeezuseffinchrist: yessssss <3
	♥ 10:48am Ryansterlingvirtue: lol
	10:49am Mike W.: JOE!!! Why does it say new version on this, my favorite Cocteaus album??
	♥ 10:49am Greg from ZONE 5: Why did we ever get rid of that 80s chime sound? Who was in charge of that decision??
	♥ 10:49am tim from washington: Hi Joe and everybody! I loved the 7"s that came with British weekly newspapers as a teenager.
	♥ 10:50am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Choice Vintage HonkyTonk here on FMU of course : www.wfmu.org...
	10:50am YETI BOB: @E: This is an answer from out of left field but the album that really turned me on to classic country was "There'll Be No Tears Tonight" by Eugene Chadbourne (1980)
	♥ 10:50am Joe McG: @Mike W: This is from an NME EP. They used to do oddball one-off mixes and versions for these things.
	10:50am E: Thanks everyone!!
	10:51am Morgan from Philly: this whole album Ryan! But wouldn’t it be funny if they remastered Cocteaus and you could suddenly understand what Liz is singing
	♥ 10:51am Jason from Houston: ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
	10:51am YETI BOB: All covers, with a band including John Zorn and Tom Cora - but it really opened my mind to the brilliance of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, etc.
	♥ 10:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Found loving SonVolt & AltCountry to be pretty lonely ...& actually coming to GeorgeJones & more Classics very late indeed...
	10:52am PJ: This Cocteau Twins song sounds like it was recorded with a pillow in front of the microphone
	10:53am Morgan from Philly: @mike w my first thought was no, not remastered treasure
	♥ 10:53am Ryansterlingvirtue: @morgan we'll crack the secret code someday :)
	♥ 10:53am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...yerknow, the Stones & everybody had mentioned GeorgeJones & Hank Snow &tc. often enuff I paid attention...
	10:53am Mike W.: Oh my grud, Yeti Bob is the first one to say Merle and Willie
	10:53am Jeezuseffinchrist: Liz Frasier mostly sings in a sort of iambic gibberish lol, but occasionally throws in some Scots gaelic too
	10:54am Kevin / Ringwood / UK: Afternoon Joe and listeners. Donovan trying to sound like Ivor Cutler?
	10:55am TDK60: No Kevin, he's just being himself.
	♥ 10:55am JG: E, and all, speaking of classic country, did any one see the series of animated shows done by Mike judge (beavis and butt head, King of the Hill), that were like half hour behind the music docs on the stars of classic country- Willie , George jones, Jerry Lee, others? It was great
	♥ 10:57am Greg from ZONE 5: Hey, I just read a book by the 18 Wheeler guy!
	♥ 10:57am Brian in UK: Mike W. On the Natural from My Griffin In Gone in on Joe's 2019 Premium.
	10:57am Beast of Boonton: The Undertones
	10:58am YETI BOB: "You can't go wrong with Merle"
	10:58am Kevin / Ringwood / UK: TDK - ah, that probably makes more sense. Ivor was from Govan and Donovan from Maryhill, just a couple of miles as the seagull flies across the Clyde
	♥ 10:58am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: JG : No - !! That sounds great !! Of course there's the outstanding podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones about the Histories of specific Country Artists : cocaineandrhinestones.com - it is just really well researched & presented.
	♥ 10:59am Brian in UK: Has Donovan ever had a good belly laugh.
	♥ 11:01am Little Danny: Agreed JG, those Mike Judge country shows were really, really fun. Need to rewatch.
	11:02am TDK60: Brian in UK - who cares, if not? / Kevin, think it was when Donovan moved south; hanging out in St. Albans and St. Ives, that he got folked up.
	♥ 11:02am Brian in UK: ...and Flash & the Pan.
	♥ 11:02am JG: Rev, It was called Mike Judge presents tales from the tour bus. The Johnny Paycheck episode was really great. And actually the second season of the shoe he switched to the stars of Funk- JB, Clinton Bootsie. Both seasons are WILD!
	♥ 11:03am Brian in UK: TDK60, he always seemed to take himself so seriously.
	♥ 11:04am Asheville Jon: yeah, Mark did a fantastic DDR on saturday, well worth checking out the archives
	11:04am Kevin / Ringwood / UK: TDK - that's interesting. Apart from Mellow Yellow I can't immediately think of a single Donovan track, so that Yeats poem took me by surprise.
	♥ 11:04am JG: Whenever we hear Donavan here, I exclaim to anybody else listening " Scottish Bob Dylan"
	♥ 11:06am tim from washington: Polka Joe rides again!
	11:07am TDK60: Donovan's dad, a factory worker, raised him on poetry.
	♥ 11:07am DjLorraine: So nice to hear Joe McGasko this morning. Oh, i'm looking forward to Joe on Dance with Me Stanley!
	11:10am Sean Fahrrad: Without the Everlys there's no Beatles Without the Beatles, there's no nothin'
	11:10am Emily: Didn't know this about you. Thanks for doing this. Love them, too. I shared your link with my whole family.
	♥ 11:10am JG: Looking forward to your Everlys tribute
	♥ 11:12am tim from washington: That's great to hear your early musical influences, Joe. I think you are a couple years older than me, but I also remember youngsters did not listen to much music outside of the contemporary during the 80s.
	♥ 11:12am JG: Just a random thought but when they did't speak or work together for ten years and then reunited in England on that live comeback concert/ album...well, that album is spectacular
	♥ 11:13am Krys O.: I was lucky to start listening to WCBS-FM when they started their oldies format in 1974. They gave me quite an education in early rock and pop. The Everly Brothers were a real link between country music history with their childhood radio shows and the dawn of rock.
	♥ 11:14am patrick321: @Sean F. In his autobiography Keith Richards says that Don Everly taught him his 5-strong open tuning, so maybe without the Everlys there's no Street Fighting Man either.
	11:15am TerrDE: I caught the Everlys w Paul S and Art G in their last reunion tour. Not my main musical interest, but they were great ! Magical even. RIP
	11:16am Thelma Blitz: Please don't forget I Wonder if I Care As Much, words and music by Don Everly. It was the B side of Bye Bye Love. I played it a lot when I was 13.
	♥ 11:16am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It was always more than apparent that TheBeatles, Hollies, BYrdS - EVERYBODY learned TwoPart Harmony from the Everlys. & - if you were born long ago enuff - you even heard the Everlys themselves on Radio & such. From that - it was more than apparent that they were the Greatest TwoPart Ever. & what's more - that they had unfailing instinct for great - even indispensable Songs - & not credited enuff maybe: their Records always had fantastic playing, arrangements & production.
	♥ 11:17am Little Danny: "Maybe Tomorrow" is an all-time fave.
	♥ 11:17am Krys O.: Bizarre factoid: I was in a sorority in college and one of our traditional songs was based on Devoted to You. We sang the harmonies. My sorority sisters were all great singers.
	♥ 11:19am spodiodi: good morning, Joe and everyone!
	♥ 11:19am Joe McG: So many of Don's songs are so sad.
	♥ 11:19am yerfriendpaul: Love the Songs Our Daddy Taught Us record
	♥ 11:20am patrick321: @RevRabbit well said and very true that those facts are not more widely acknowledged.
	11:20am Rick A: Hi Joe and All, I had the privilege to see the reunion tour in 1985, I think it was, great show. In high school, I listened to the local oldies station and the Everly Brothers were on regular play.
	♥ 11:20am Joe McG: @paul: Prob. my all-time fave.
	♥ 11:22am Officer Pupp: That reunion tour in '85 was my first ever gig. I'm so happy that I can say that. Did any act in history ever have a better Genius:Rubbish ratio?
	11:22am Sean Fahrrad: @patrick321 that's a lovely little nugget there
	11:23am Emc: Thank you for the good music this morning.
	♥ 11:23am Joe McG: @Pupp: Wow!!
	♥ 11:23am Krys O.: Oh, this is sweet!
	♥ 11:29am Officer Pupp: My abiding memory of the reunion gig is that someone requested Ebony Eyes, and while I got the impression that they hadn't rehearsed it, they pulled it out the bag, and of course it was perfect.
	11:31am P-90: Lovely Don celebration set, thanks Joe McG.
	♥ 11:32am tim from washington: Love With Your Heart is so good. There's some underlying psychedelia going on that needs to be unharnessed.
	♥ 11:33am tim from washington: I love Roots. Such a cool record.
	♥ 11:33am Officer Pupp: YES!!!! One of all time favourites!!!
	♥ 11:34am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for this, Joe. I hope someone points Gaylord to this tribute. He mentioned last night that the Everlys are his favorite groups.
	♥ 11:34am Ken From Hyde Park: Or group, if you will.
	♥ 11:34am Joe McG: Glad you're enjoying remembering Don's great songs.
	♥ 11:34am Little Danny: Beautiful.
	♥ 11:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Everlys never not relevant. & yeah - there's that particular emotional space they occupied & evoked. That is a little harder to write about...
	11:36am Mike W.: I don’t think I’ve ever come away from a Surface Noise thinking, “Eh, Joe was a little off today,” but this morning’s show is an all-timer. Including my brief wonder/panic that someone might’ve gone and remixed Cocteau Twins’ best album. Thank you, as always, DJ.
	11:36am Jeffrey from west Florida: Oh Joe thanks for the EBs ! What is it about sibling harmony ? Beach Boys , The Hayden triplets , who where the gospel brother sister Proto Everleys ?
	♥ 11:36am Joe McG: Shucks, thanks, MW.
	♥ 11:37am Greg from ZONE 5: This is great, Joe. I've always wanted to listen to more of the Everlys. Unfortunately sometimes it only happens after somebody checks out.
	♥ 11:37am Joe McG: @Greg: I'm not really hitting too many of the big hits, but I think you can hear the quality!
	♥ 11:38am JG: Sadly, when hearing of Don's death, I knew this show would be great
	11:38am Thelma Blitz: Gotta hear I wonder if I care Enough on Cadence, the original is best.
	11:39am Mike W.: Martin Phillipps from the Chills is who turned me on to the Everlys. That’s my Everly Brothers story. He made me an actual cassette mixtape in the mid-‘90s, done up in colored pencil.
	♥ 11:39am Joe McG: @Mike: Wow! I wish I'd known that when he was here. We would have bonded big time.
	11:39am johnk77: exceptionally great show today the carter family harmonies are a gold standard in history of country also the everlys a big influence on rockpile
	♥ 11:40am Krys O.: The concept of vocal similarity between siblings is sometimes called familial blend.
	♥ 11:40am tim from washington: To add to Jeffrey from West florida's thought I hear a lot of early Bee Gees in some of these songs.
	11:41am Paul in the OC: Great tribute to Don (& Phil of course)! I did the deep-dive on these guys about 10 years back & man, ya just come away astonished at their development into the 60s & baffled at how they seriously drop off the charts after 1962. They continued to release killer tracks. Oh well, pop audience is fickle, deaf or both. Thanks Joe!
	♥ 11:41am Gaylord Fields: @Ken From Hyde Park: Thank you for thinking of me, and yes I've been listening to the show since Tom T. Hall. These tributes are always in the right hands when Joe McG is involved.
	♥ 11:44am Joe McG: Thanks, Gaylord, glad you're listening!
	11:45am John W!: Thanks for this Don Everly tribute. Especially the music from later in his career. Also, for sharing your discovery of the Everly Brothers. I remembered what it was like to find albums of artists that interested me long after their careers had peaked. A happy memory!
	♥ 11:46am Gaylord Fields: Joe, I was anticipating an expert memorial segment on both artists from you, and this has gone beyond my already high expectations.
	♥ 11:46am Ken From Hyde Park: Certainly, Gaylord. Glad you're here as it unfolds.
	♥ 11:46am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: KrysO: The technical version of 'Blood Harmony'...
	11:46am Jeffrey from west Florida: Amen Gaylord
	♥ 11:46am Joe McG: Only Don would sing "soli-TEAR."
	♥ 11:47am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: One Everly was still plenty. Frankly not familiar with the Solos.
	♥ 11:48am JG: Another tv show to look for-- The fairly recent PBS doc on the EBs. Candid discussion of how influential they were from the likes of Keith, and McCartney, and great footage of performances by the brothers. Seek it out
	♥ 11:49am tim from washington: I'm really digging the Don solo songs.
	11:50am Gary: Great show. Wonderful tributes. Thanks
	♥ 11:50am Joe McG: @tim: I'm really fond of this first solo album, which is offbeat and lo-fi and a different side of him.
	11:51am Gerry from Miami: @Krys O. That familial blend you speak of, not to get too messy or biological, has quite a bit to do with the shape of the mouth, throat, larynx and other associated parts involved in vocal production. These structures tend to be quite similar in siblings born to the same set of parents.
	♥ 11:53am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone, and indulging my love of the Everlys today with the songs that Don wrote. Hope you have a great week and I'll see you next time.
	♥ 11:53am Gaylord Fields: @Joe McG: "I wonder if I KEER as much…"
	11:54am βrian: Irene is curating the drummer stream for the next few hours: wfmu.org...
	♥ 11:54am Jason from Houston: Put that one in the ring with any "saddest" song and see what happens.
	♥ 11:54am Brian in UK: Joe, heartfelt tribute.
	♥ 11:55am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...gotta think in the case of the Everys (for eminent example) it goes beyond voicebox to nervous system. Their annunciation, emphases & phrasing erectly in affective synch... Impossible to separate nature from nurture of course... Pity it didn't make them more personally compatible, however.
	11:55am slboy: It's all over is a real heartbreaker, wow.
	♥ 11:55am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	♥ 11:55am spodiodi: thanks, Joe!
	♥ 11:56am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:56am MFlynn: That was just great Joe , including all those solo songs of Don’s. Thanks so much for doing that for us.
	♥ 11:56am DjLorraine: Thank you Joe for sharing your unique selections of Don Everly and the Everly Brothers.
	♥ 11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: *perfectly in synch... thank you very much...
	♥ 11:56am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Joe. Looking forward to your bookend fill-in Friday evening. 🪗
	♥ 11:56am yerfriendpaul: Thanks for the great show, Joe! Great tributes.
	11:57am Thelma Blitz: I great assortment of Everly brothers I never heard before and I grew up with them. No greatest hits on Cadence but interesting and unusual. Thanks, Joe.
	♥ 11:57am radioronan: Thanks Joe!
	11:57am Brendan: Thanks Joe!
	♥ 11:57am DjLorraine: And also the Tom T. Hall memorial picks
	♥ 11:59am PaulRobeson1920: Thank you Joe!
	♥ 11:59am JG: yes, two fantastic tribute sets, sadly
	12:00pm morphe': Just in for the last minute ???? Thanks so Joe and all!!!
	♥ 12:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY As Ever DJ JoeMcG !
	12:01pm listener monica: I feel as if I were born listening to the Everly Brothers.
	♥ 12:02pm Little Danny: Thanks Joe!
	♥ 2:34pm Ken From Hyde Park: More Everlys tribute in the 3CM show following this one - www.wfmu.org...

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