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Favoriting December 25, 2021

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Artist Track Album Year Comments New Approx. start time
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary  Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience   Favoriting   1961 / 1966      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Space Opera  Blue Ridge Mountains   Favoriting Space Opera  1972      0:02:20 (Pop-up)
Beatles  For You Blue [Glyn Johns Mix]   Favoriting Let It Be [Super Deluxe]  1970 / 2021    *   0:04:30 (Pop-up)
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale  How Will I Know   Favoriting Party For Joey  2021  VAR
Benefit/Tribute for Joey Spampinato  		*   0:07:16 (Pop-up)
John Davis, Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers  Blow Gabriel   Favoriting Get In Union  1960 / 2014  VAR    0:09:47 (Pop-up)
Andrew Hill [w/Voices]  Blue Spark   Favoriting Life Every Voice  1970  w/Lee Morgan    0:12:10 (Pop-up)
Emil Mosseri  Big Country   Favoriting Minari  2021  OST  *   0:18:07 (Pop-up)
Josephine Foster  There Are Eyes Above   Favoriting Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You  2005 / 2020      0:20:15 (Pop-up)
Strawbs  Witchwood   Favoriting Live At The BBC Vol. One: In Session  1971 / 2010      0:23:57 (Pop-up)
Ministry Of Sound  Rain Rain Rain   Favoriting Midsummer Night's Dream  1966 / 2005      0:27:07 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
0:29:46 (Pop-up)
Eric Dolphy & Michael de Ruyter  "Interview"   Favoriting   1964  In Amsterdam following a Charles Mingus show 4-10-64    0:35:26 (Pop-up)
Eric Dolphy  Far Cry   Favoriting The Complete Prestige Recordings  1960 / 2005      0:40:52 (Pop-up)
Nina Simone  Little Girl Blue   Favoriting Jazz as Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club  1959      0:44:42 (Pop-up)
Chairmen Of The Board  Bless You   Favoriting   1970  b-side of 'Pay To The Piper'    0:49:00 (Pop-up)
Miracles  Happy Landing   Favoriting Killer Bs - US Soul Hits  1962 / 2021  VAR
flip of 'You Really Got A Hold On Me'  		*   0:52:01 (Pop-up)
Four Blues  It Ain't What You Had   Favoriting East Coast Jive  1946/ 1994  VAR    0:54:40 (Pop-up)
Al "Stomp" Russell  Let's Get Together   Favoriting West Coast Jive  1946 / 1992  VAR    0:57:00 (Pop-up)
Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers  Barn Dance Rag   Favoriting Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing  1935 / 1999  VAR    0:59:34 (Pop-up)
Roy Milton And His Solid Senders  Baby You Don't Know   Favoriting Jumpin' & Jivin'  1947 / 1997  VAR    1:02:26 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
1:04:37 (Pop-up)
Savage Resurrection  Thing In "E"   Favoriting Savage Resurrection  1968      1:11:22 (Pop-up)
Del Amitri  This City Loves You Back   Favoriting   2021  latest single  *   1:14:24 (Pop-up)
Mortimer  Dedicated Music Man   Favoriting Mortimer  1967      1:18:36 (Pop-up)
Cannonball Adderley  Tengo Tango   Favoriting   1962  Riverside single    1:21:59 (Pop-up)
Saint Dirt Elementary School  He Looks Just Like Her   Favoriting Ice Cream Man Dreams  2009      1:24:16 (Pop-up)
Stevie Wonder  Nothing's Too Good for My Baby   Favoriting At The Close Of A Century  1965 / 1999      1:27:57 (Pop-up)
Chris Butler & Ralph Carney  Penguin Awareness Day (Jan. 12)   Favoriting Songs For Unsung Holidays  2018      1:30:39 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Roosa  "Opening Credits" from Psycho A Go Go   Favoriting Monster Movie Music, Vol. 1  1965  VAR
see: monstermovie.blogspot.com  		  1:34:23 (Pop-up)
dBs  Death Garage [Live @ The Ritz]   Favoriting I Thought You Wanted to Know: 1978-1981  1981 / 2021    *   1:36:58 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
1:40:38 (Pop-up)
Charles Davis  Ingia!   Favoriting Ingia!  1974  Strata East label    1:48:06 (Pop-up)
Alexander Desplat  The Berensen Lectures At The Clam   Favoriting The French Dispatch  2021  OST  *   1:57:06 (Pop-up)
Charles Ives  Set For Theatre Orchestra: Part 1: In The Cage   Favoriting The Orchestral Music of Charles Ives  1906 / 1990      1:58:57 (Pop-up)
Charles Ives  Set For Theatre Orchestra: Part 3: In The Night   Favoriting The Orchestral Music of Charles Ives  1906 / 1990      2:00:20 (Pop-up)
Margo Guryan  Think Of Rain   Favoriting Milk of The Tree: An Anthology of Female Vocal Folk and Singer-Songwriter 1966-73  1968 / 2017  VAR    2:02:29 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  L-O-N-E Lone-ly   Favoriting Dragnet  2021    *   2:04:50 (Pop-up)
Geof Bradfield, Ben Goldberg, Dana Hall  Under & Over   Favoriting General Semantics  2020      2:08:11 (Pop-up)
Smokey & His Sister  Creators Of Rain   Favoriting   1966  Columbia single    2:13:24 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
2:16:07 (Pop-up)
James Brown  Go Power At Christmas Time   Favoriting Santa's Got a Brand New Bag  1970 / 1988      2:20:35 (Pop-up)
Hi Flyers  Watcha Gonna Do   Favoriting Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing  1941 / 1999  VAR    2:23:45 (Pop-up)
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics  Esketa Dance   Favoriting Inspiration Information  2009      2:26:21 (Pop-up)
Spookey Ruben  If You Wanna Know   Favoriting Mechanical Royalty  2008      2:30:26 (Pop-up)
New Medicants  Sarasota   Favoriting In The Lime  2014  Joe Pernice, Norman Blake & Joe Belitsky    2:33:49 (Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Gasoline Alley   Favoriting Gasoline Alley  1970      2:36:47 (Pop-up)
Beverly Kenney  I Hate Rock & Roll   Favoriting   1958  Live on The Steve Alllen Show    2:40:47 (Pop-up)
P.J. O'Connell  Six Feet   Favoriting Careful  2006      2:42:39 (Pop-up)
Ruthann Friedman  Windy   Favoriting Hurried Life: Lost Recordings 1965-1971  1965 / 2021    *   2:47:09 (Pop-up)
Leo Parker  Mad Lad Returns   Favoriting Jumpin' & Jivin'  1950 / 1997  VAR    2:49:27 (Pop-up)
Cannonball Adderley  Tengo Tango   Favoriting Nippon Soul  1963  Live In Japan    2:52:12 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
2:54:47 (Pop-up)
  Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, Ras Moshe Burnett, Doug Schulkind, Joe Merklee & Pete Tomlinson


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Listener comments!

  10:55am
Robbie White:

Good morning Bob. Happy Christmas
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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there Bob, Pete and all other listeners!!
Merry Christmas everyone!!
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listener james from westwood:

Good Saturday, Bob and all, and merrry Christmas to those in the holiday spirit!
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Bob Brainen:

Happy Christmas to you Robbie!
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Will the Sound Guy:

Good morning Bob!!! Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!!! 🎄
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Bob Brainen:

Merry Christmas Andrew!
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listener 126464:

Hi Bob, everyone. Merry Christmas.
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SmokinJ:

Happy Birthday JC! Cheers bb & all! 8-)
  11:01am
Jeff:

Good Morning Bob, Doc Rock and the rest of Santa’s helpers. Ho Ho Ho!
  11:01am
dan:

Merry Christmas all
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Bob Brainen:

And to you, listener james from westwood!
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wmfromD:

Hey Bob, good tidings to you and everyone.
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Will the Sound Guy!
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Gina Bacon:

Morning, Bob & all, and Merry Christmas!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning listener 126464!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning SmokinJ!
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Irene Trudel:

Happy Krimble and a Merry Goo Year to all!
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Bob Brainen:

Good morning Jeff!
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TDK60:

Hello DJ Bob & Pete. Looking forward to the Manfred and crew.
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Bob Brainen:

Morning dan!
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duke:

Merry Christmas Bob and Brainiacs
  11:04am
dan:

Beatles !!!!!!!!
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TDK60:

OH! That would be in 2022, Jan 8, I see. HO ho hoo!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey wmfromD, to you as well!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Gina Bacon-in the north country!
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Bob Brainen:

Happy K to you Irene!
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Gina Bacon:

Nice to hear that Tennessee reference, there...but so nice to me in the hometown for the holiday!
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Bob Brainen:

Hello TDK60!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning duke!
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TDK60:

Maybe the station should put upcoming notes in a typeface that looks more...futuristic. Hee..
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adamdoesit:

Good morning, Bob and brains. Boy, things could be worse than to be warm and dry and listening to the radio on a cold and rainy Saturday morning.
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TDK60:

..or, maybe I should simply read more carefully.
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Adamdoesit!
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Gina Bacon:

*be, that is!
  11:13am
Doug Schulkind:

You came on right on time, Bob. (Which is true every Saturday, but especially today.) We had WKCR’s Bach Fest filling the house, but they were running an archive of a Phil Schaap show on Jazz and Bach, and he was talking for 45 minutes straight. Not bad for a dead guy, but still.
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Bob Brainen:

Doug, lol!
  11:16am
Always First:

Ferst
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Andrew in Toronto:

I third that Doug.
  11:17am
Always First:

we back, Gina
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Always First!
  11:18am
dan:

That Andrew Hill was a mix between Miles Davis and Muzak
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Pauly from Clifton:

Good morning, Bob, folks, and Merry Xmas to all who celebrate!
  11:20am
Always First:

wazzurrrrp Robert
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Pauly from Clifton!
  11:24am
Always First:

wazzurrrrrrrrrrrrp
  11:24am
Always First:

ive been to witchwood
  11:27am
dan:

Strawbs don’t get enough love outside of Freeform
  11:29am
Always First:

i hereby give the Strawbs some credit
  11:30am
Always First:

Bob u leg-end!
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WR:

Hello Bob and drummer streamers. Listening as I go back to bed. Will get up again in a couple of hours to see if the day gets any better.
  11:34am
Always First:

it won't!, thats why i'm stickin around!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey WR!
  11:36am
Always First:

what a clown de Ruyter
  11:37am
Jeff:

It’s great to hear Dolphy speak! You know he just had to be as good a human as he was a musician.
  11:37am
Always First:

he shouldve answered 'no, ive stopped developing alltogether'
  11:39am
Always First:

she said 'i'll be right back'
  11:39am
Doug Schulkind:

Brilliant! I bookmarked this Youtube clip to watch. So happy and grateful to be hearing it now.
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wmfromD:

He sounds so young. What a mammoth loss.
  11:40am
Always First:

i have an uncle called Eric Dolphin
  11:41am
Always First:

he comes in waves
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adamdoesit:

Time told. Eric forever.
  11:48am
Docrock:

Good morning Bob, Jeff and everyone listening.
Perfect day for hanging in the house and listening
to the radio. Olde school style.
  11:48am
Always First:

good king wenseslas
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Docrock!
  11:52am
Gerry from Miami:

That Eric Dolphy was one sharp and perceptive young man! His music is timeless.
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Gerry from Miami!
  11:55am
Always First:

bebo, bebo bebo bebo, bebo, bebo bebo bebo
  11:58am
Gerry from Miami:

Merry Christmas. BOB!. Nice show to listen to while enjoying some holiday goodies. Raisin cookies, eggnog, peppermints.
  11:58am
Always First:

pfeffermintz
  11:59am
Always First:

loo dee doo, loo dee doo , loo dee doo
  12:01pm
Always First:

this a real hoe down
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Uncle Michael:

hey, hey, hey!
  12:03pm
Always First:

is it xmas where u are?
  12:04pm
Always First:

who else likes pfeffermintz?
  12:05pm
Always First:

u know how we do
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PaulRobeson1920:

Good afternoon WFMU world!! Merry Christmas one & all!
  12:09pm
Always First:

this is a far cry from armageddon
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doctorjazz:

Hi Bob and you all out there!
  12:11pm
Always First:

I knew Ralph Greenwalder , and i remember his wheeled set
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Bob Brainen:

Good afternoon PaulRobeson1920!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey doctorJazz!
  12:13pm
Always First:

i used to headbang to sheena easton - modern girl
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Gina Bacon:

I think I've said this before, but I kind of overlooked Del Amitri....thank you for changing that!
  12:16pm
Always First:

nothing ever happens in their records, though; nothing happens at all! The needle returns to the start of the track and we all sing along like before.
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Bob Brainen:

My pleasure Gina!
  12:23pm
Always First:

there rolls Adderley
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Mike Sin:

Happy holidays Bob and listeners! Re: Mortimer -- all those unreleased tracks for Apple finally saw the light of day a few years ago.
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doctorjazz:

Nice edge to this Cannonball funk!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Mike Sin!
  12:26pm
Always First:

yeah, jane asher's bro produced the album
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chresti:

Morning Bob and braineniacs!
  12:31pm
Doug Schulkind:

You’re providing the soundtrack for our family 🎁 openings, Bob. Very very merry!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Chresti!
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Bob Brainen:

Glad to hear it Doug!
  12:38pm
Gerry from Miami:

Thanks, BOB, for keeping the spirit of Del Amitri alive! Sadly overlooked band.
  12:53pm
skyline chili:

It may not be a white Cursemas, but winter is Bob Brainen's time of year white or not. Hippy hollerday Bob & brainiacs, May everyone get a psychedelic Cadillac for Cursemas.
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Bob Brainen:

Hey skyline chili! Yeah, Winter is my season, for sure!
  1:02pm
marc mendelson:

good. morning Bob happy holidays
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Marc! Same to you!
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wmfromD:

Guryan!
  1:08pm
Gerry from Miami:

Nice installments in your ongoing Strata-East and Charles Ives salutes, BOB! The Margo Guryan is also a treat. Thanks!
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doctorjazz:

This is cool (pretty much have liked anything Ben Goldberg is involved in so far).
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PaulRobeson1920:

Wow. Even the cat moved next door
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Will the Sound Guy:

🐸 🐸 🐸
  1:30pm
Clime:

Thanks for being an oasis in this Christmas music desert.
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Clime!
  1:31pm
Clime:

:)
  1:31pm
Robbie White:

I like Spooky Ruben
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TDK60:

Thanks, Bob. I have to leave the building. Later!
  1:37pm
Robbie White:

I LOVE Rod's version of Gasoline Alley
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doctorjazz:

Back when Rod was hip, those early albums are so good!
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doctorjazz:

Just got notified that my Spotify account was hacked (twice, by someone in Russia and someone in Vietnam). I don't get it-it's the free version, what is the reason to hack it, anyone can get one...
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Will the Sound Guy:

I can't remember the last time I was on Spoo-tiffy
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doctorjazz:

P. J. Not a name I know, like this!
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StringOFperils:

Me too! Reminds me a bit of old Silos material....for some reason.
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Stork:

Hey Bob - Merries, all!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey StringOFperils!
  1:48pm
dan:

Ruthann is a Jewish version of Sandy Denny
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Stork!
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doctorjazz:

Is this a cover of Windy, or the original (know the hit, of course)?
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StringOFperils:

Merry Tinselmas, Bob! Sounding fabulous with Ruthann here!
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WR:

I heard Leo Parker playing my song and it roused me from my nap.
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Bob Brainen:

Uncle Michael, sorry missed you before!
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doctorjazz:

Lester Leaps In, no?
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Will the Sound Guy:

Thank you Bob for the tunes!! be well everyone!!!
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Andrew in Toronto:

Thanks for a great year of shows!!
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Will the Sound Guy:

🐸🐸🐸
  1:55pm
dan:

Great show
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doctorjazz:

Thanks for the great times, Bob!
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wmfromD:

A great show Bob. Thanks!
  1:55pm
Jeff:

Thanks Bob, as always
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doctorjazz:

(Was supposed to say great tunes, but both apply).
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StringOFperils:

Thank you!!!
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Gina Bacon:

Thank you, Bob! A nice Xmas soundtrack.
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