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Favoriting October 21, 2022: Robert Gordon RIP

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Artist Track Year Approx. start time
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Red Hot   Favoriting 1977  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  The Way I Walk   Favoriting 1978  0:03:09 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Twenty Flight Rock   Favoriting 1978  0:06:00 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  If This Is Wrong   Favoriting 1978  0:08:07 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Boppin' The Blues   Favoriting 1977  0:11:16 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Five Days, Five Days   Favoriting 1978  0:13:54 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Sea Cruise   Favoriting 1978  0:16:24 (Pop-up)
 
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Flying Saucer Rock and Roll   Favoriting 1977  0:23:18 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  The Fool   Favoriting 1977  0:24:57 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache   Favoriting 1978  0:28:03 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Woman (You're My Woman)   Favoriting 1977  0:30:42 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)   Favoriting 1978  0:33:05 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Summertime Blues   Favoriting 1977  0:35:11 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Fire   Favoriting 1978  0:37:20 (Pop-up)
 
Robert Gordon  Rock Billy Boogie   Favoriting 1979  0:42:28 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Sweet Love On My Mind   Favoriting 1980  0:45:04 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Uptown   Favoriting 1980  0:47:10 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Black Slacks   Favoriting 1979  0:49:25 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  It's Only Make Believe   Favoriting 1979  0:51:08 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Love My Baby   Favoriting 1979  0:53:44 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  The Worrying Kind   Favoriting 1980  0:55:24 (Pop-up)
 
Robert Gordon  All By Myself   Favoriting 1979  1:00:18 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Born To Lose   Favoriting 1980  1:05:33 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Nervous   Favoriting 1980  1:07:29 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  The Catman   Favoriting 1979  1:07:38 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Wheel of Fortune   Favoriting 1979  1:09:55 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Crazy Man Crazy   Favoriting 1980  1:12:12 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Is It Wrong (For Loving You)   Favoriting 1980  1:14:27 (Pop-up)
 
Robert Gordon  Drivin' Wheel   Favoriting 1981  1:19:31 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Someday Someway   Favoriting 1981  1:22:15 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  She's Not Mine Anymore   Favoriting 1981  1:24:23 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die   Favoriting 1981  1:27:04 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Suspicion   Favoriting 1981  1:30:38 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Run For Your Life   Favoriting 1980 or 81  1:33:48 (Pop-up)
 
Robert Gordon  Something's Gonna Happen   Favoriting 1981  1:38:04 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Wasting My Time   Favoriting 1981  1:40:16 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  But, But   Favoriting 1981  1:43:07 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Have I The Right?   Favoriting 2017  1:45:14 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Pretty Girls Everywhere   Favoriting 1997  1:47:49 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Hello Walls   Favoriting 1997  1:51:18 (Pop-up)
 
Robert Gordon with Dale Watson  I'm Glad My Baby's Gone Away   Favoriting 2020  1:53:54 (Pop-up)
Robert Gordon  Sea Of Heartbreak   Favoriting 2004  1:57:13 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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medson:

Hey hey Joe B and all.
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Woo:

Hey Joe, medson
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Joe B:

hey medson!
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Joe B:

hey woo!
  2:03pm
kev:

Hi Joe Woo medson
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Joe B:

welcome kev!
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medson:

Beach season might be over, but I found a $20 sticking half out of the sand while strolling the beach. Cha Ching
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patrick321:

Hey Joe and all. RIP Bobby Gordon 😢
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Joe B:

nice! no metal detector needed!
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medson:

Haha. Nope
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Joe B:

hey patrick! thanks for being here
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medson:

Sounding great Joe. RIP
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Joe B:

Those first two albums were like the Nuggets for rockabilly
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medson:

No doubt.
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Joe B:

thanks!
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patrick321:

That's a great characterization, Joe, can't argue

I'll have to see if The Loveless is still on Criterion channel
  2:15pm
Christina Ginger:

Hello there everyone!
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Candy-O'67:

Hey guys! Tuning in!
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Joe B:

hey Christina!
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Joe B:

hey Candy-o!
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Mike Sin:

Well all right! Digging the tribute, of course. Just landed back in Jersey after being in Dallas for the week, so I'm just lazing around cranking up the RnS stream.
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patrick321:

Hey Candy-O!
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MOM WHIG:

Hi medson, Woo, Joe B, kev, patrick321, Christina, Candy, Mike Sin,
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Joe B:

hey Mike! welcome back to NJ
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Joe B:

welcome MOM!
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Frank In Queens:

Hey kids
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MOM WHIG:

medson really?
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Joe B:

hey Frank!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:22pm
medson:

Yeah Mom W. Found 20 bucks
  2:22pm
Christina Ginger:

So the second time I saw Link, I brought my copy of Fresh Fish Special with me, hoping to get it signed. I was sadly told that Link was not fond of the work with Robert and would not be signing my album. Sigh.
Avatar 2:23pm
Joe B:

wow that's too bad. this stuff really revived Link's career at the time
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Joe B:

in my top 5 guitar solos coming up here ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:24pm
Mike Sin:

medson is rolling drunks sleeping on the beach. That 20 bucks was sticking out of some chump's pocket.
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MOM WHIG:

I used to go see Link back in the mid-60's here in VA-DC area
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Candy-O'67:

Hey Joe, Patrick, Mom, medson, Mike Sin, CG, Frank!
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Annette:

Hi Joe & Shakers !
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Candy-O'67:

Medson, I found $100 wadded up in my path while I was walking my dog once. That was nice!
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Candy-O'67:

Mike, how was Dallas? You were so close to Austin! About a 3 hour car ride!
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Joe B:

welcome Annette!
  👻 2:27pm
WLSClark:

ROCK me to the core! Here in Nebraska, we had a great rocker like Robert called Charlie Burton who would lay on the floor in the crowd doing this stuff. I got to a roadie for him once when he did a fundraiser of KZUM. Talk about a cool fun rocker!
www.youtube.com...
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Candy-O'67:

Hey Clark, Anette!
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MOM WHIG:

Hi there WLS - a great sunny day here
Hi Annette
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Mike Sin:

I had Link Wray sign the pic sleeve for "Fever" when I saw him in the 90s... Someone ended up getting it for Xmas.
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medson:

@Candy very nice find
  👻 2:29pm
WLSClark:

Hi Mom, Candy, Joe, Mike and all. Lovin this stuff--nice sunny day here too. 74 right now--cant beat that!
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Candy-O'67:

Nice, Mike! I saw him in the '90's, too, at the Satellite Lounge in Houston. His wife was standing on the side of the stage the whole show. I think he introduced her once
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Joe B:

hey Clark! I always associate Burton with Austin texas but i guess that came later
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Mike Sin:

@CandyO -- Yes, was down in Dallas for business. Haven't been down to Austin since 2019 -- Ended up going down there for work three times in two years.
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Candy-O'67:

Hope you got to have some good food or fun while you were up there
  2:31pm
Christina Ginger:

@Mike Sin, no one can resist your charm.
  👻 2:31pm
WLSClark:

Joe, a bit of both! Nebraska 70's and later in Austin and now I think he's maybe back here again. I was in shock when he told me when he did our show that he liked hearing Eddie Holland's "Leaving Here" on my show that week. WOW! Talk about excitement!
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Joe B:

@clark - wow! very cool!
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Joe B:

@candy-o - I recall link's wife coming onstage several times and brushing out his ponytail ... during a song!
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Candy-O'67:

That's cool, Joe! I don't remember her doing anything like that when I saw him.
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Mike Sin:

@Joe B -- did you see Link Wray at Maxwell's sometime in the late 90s? IIRC, he opened with Rumble, which I thought was a bit weird. I think I have that right.
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Hackensack Slim:

Nice RG tribute, Joe. I've heard that Link's wife was a little, shall we say, eccentric.
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Joe B:

I saw Link a couple times there. Yes, late 90s with the forty-fives opening!
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Joe B:

hey hackensack slim!
  2:38pm
Christina Ginger:

The first time I saw him, she was playing bass for him *and* maintaining his hair, Joe. He had just gotten over a surgery and being quite sick (circa 2002?). The second time, a year and a half later or so…. She just was playing with him. Our neighbour across the street played bass for him a little bit in the 80’s, too.
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Joe B:

wow never saw her playing in the band. sounds like the pretty things, when their manager would jump in on drums after firing the drummer!
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Joe B:

many favorite Link shows - at Tramps with Los Straitjackets when he opened with Rumble ... closed with Rumble ... then encored with ... yes, Rumble!
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medson:

Maybe Springsteen is lurking here in the comments.
  2:40pm
Christina Ginger:

Hahahaha, that’s great.
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MOM WHIG:

Hi there Hackensack Slim
  2:45pm
Christina Ginger:

From Varoety in 2014, ‘'Bruce used to hang out at my fourth-floor walk-up when I broke up with my wife,' Gordon recalled to Amorosi. 'We became close friends. If the Pointer Sisters hadn’t come along with their version of Fire, we could’ve had something there.'’
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Mike Sin:

I guess you always associate an artist's age with when they come to prominence musically... so it's a bit hard to believe that Robert Gordon was actually older than Bruce Springsteen.
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Joe B:

great point
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Joe B:

I wonder what would have happened if Bruce put out his version in 1978. I was annoyed when they finally released it on The Promise, it had a redone 2010 vocal over the 1978 track
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medson:

I don’t own this third album. Need to remedy that
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Joe B:

first one on RCA, holds up pretty well
  2:51pm
Christina Ginger:

You and me both, @medson
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medson:

I’ll look for. What’s one more record to burden my loved ones with when I go. 🤣
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Hackensack Slim:

Hi Mom, Medson, all. A Jersey band that I knew of, Ronnie and the Jitters, claimed that Robert Gordon copped their version of Black Slacks after hearing them do it. Debatable.
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medson:

Hey there Slim. Hope all is well pally
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Hackensack Slim:

Same to ya buddy. You got that twenty you owe me?
  👻 2:56pm
WLSClark:

Ever see Joe "King" Carrasco? He did a benefit for us too in a late night restaurant and he was outside on main drag at one point singing on top of a car! Great show.
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Karl Ward:

Sounding good from stay at home vacation
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Joe B:

I saw Joe once, he drew literally zero people to City Gardens. Ben Vaughn opened, and a few of the 15 or 20 people who came to see him stuck around for the Crowns
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Joe B:

welcome Karl!
  👻 2:58pm
WLSClark:

Cool, Joe. It was one of our first remotes in 1980, when those were not easy situations, but he made it great!
  3:00pm
larryartguy:

Wonderful show showcasing Robert Gordon and Link Wray as well. I have a great jpeg of both of them performing together but looks like I can't post it here...in any event another fun show on Shakin' Street...!!
  3:01pm
Smoketown Joe:

Great show today. Thanks for reminding me how great Robert Gordon was
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LesleyK:

Hi Joe! And everyone
  3:02pm
Christina Ginger:

Hi Lesley!
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Joe B:

thanks Larry and Joe, appreciate it
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Joe B:

hey lesley!
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MOM WHIG:

Joe I got my Pledge in a bit ago.-- Gonna scoot for now.
Lesley Hi & bye
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Joe B:

thanks MOM!
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Mike Sin:

Just wondering -- did any studio tracks ever surface with Robert Gordon in Tuff Darts? I know the "Live at CBs" album features him on vocals.
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LesleyK:

Hi & bye Mom Whig!
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LesleyK:

Hi Christina! I took a peek at your playlist from yesterday...gonna listen later , looks like a fun one!
  👻 3:07pm
WLSClark:

This is all top notch stuff!
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Joe B:

@Mike - I don't know. but Gordon and the guitar player from tuff darts got together for a pretty terrible album in 1994!
  3:09pm
Christina Ginger:

Ah, thanks, Lesley! I hope you enjoy it when you listen. I am pretty happy with it, and had a fun time thinking up and working out the extra flourishes in the back announcing, too.
  3:14pm
Rich Haley:

Joe, thanks for the RG show
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Joe B:

hey Rich! thanks
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Mike Sin:

Yeah, I've got some archives to catch up on this week... will check out Christina's Rotations later... as well as her Instagram, of course. ("I can't believe how creepy this guy is.")
  👻 3:23pm
WLSClark:

Wondering if Dave Edmunds ever hooked up with Robert Gordon to record? I know this excellent Marshall Crenshaw original, so guessing dave did something with Robert?
I'd like to hear Robert's version of "A Picture of You."
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Frank In Queens:

Oh, we believe it Mike!
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Joe B:

another crenshaw tune here
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Mike Sin:

Uh-oh, Frank in Queens is here? Cover blown.... I've gotta high tail it outta here now!
  3:25pm
Christina Ginger:

****wanders off to go take some new selfies****
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Mike Sin:

Always loved this track -- could be my favorite off the LP. I like how the sax is subdued.
  3:26pm
b0b0b Plasticland:

Seen The Robert Gordon link Wray show at the Palms..aka Electric Ballroom in Milwaukee ..great show!
  3:28pm
b0b0bob:

WLS...yeah That would work perfectly Dave Edmunds..
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Artie:

Oh no, I missed the early years sets, so here I go on an 80's Sea Cruise of discovery.
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medson:

Mike Sin only likes one thing subdued and it his Sax
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Artie:

How does Mike Sin feel about subdued sax work replaced by flatsetto vocals? Find out here: www.youtube.com...
  👻 3:31pm
WLSClark:

Hey Bobobobob
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Mike Sin:

Do you think RCA signed up Robert Gordon 10 minutes after Elvis died thinking he was going to be some sort of novelty in the aftermath? Am I being too cynical?
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Joe B:

the first LP was released shortly before Elvis died
  👻 3:41pm
WLSClark:

Mike, no, but Col Parker did! haha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
Mike Sin:

Really? RCA got to him that early. I thought he was on Private Stock for a few years.
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Joe B:

well the first RCA LP was not until 1979
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Joe B:

I guess you are right Mike - feb of 79 was the first RCA LP by Gordon, and they were still doing brisk Elvis cash-in business
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pgalub:

Hey Joe and everyone. Great show!
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Joe B:

hey Pete!
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DJ Terre T:

This show is amazing !
I really didnt know RG's musical that well - thank u for this great tribute Joe.
RIP Robert Gordon
  👻 3:47pm
WLSClark:

The Dave Clark 5 backing Robert Gordon!! ;)
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Joe B:

@mike sin - from wikipedia - After Elvis Presley's unexpected death in August, 1977, the album picked up some airplay, and the Private Stock label attempted to hype Gordon as the heir to Elvis
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Joe B:

thanks TT
  👻 3:47pm
WLSClark:

Eugene Church classic!!!
  3:48pm
kev:

Thanks Joe great show I’ve been singing along and twisting on the ladder
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Frank In Queens:

This has been a great tribute show. Thanks for putting it together, Joe.
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Mike Sin:

@Joe B -- thanks! I should probably do some research before I just automatically post every thought that comes into my head.
  👻 3:50pm
WLSClark:

Mike, that's true. Leave the stupid comments to someone like ME. ;)
  👻 3:52pm
WLSClark:

Great show, Joe. Happy Halloween everyone!
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Joe B:

thanks kev and frank!
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Joe B:

@Mike - nah you may be on to something!
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Mike Sin:

Yes, this has been a great one, Joe -- glad I was able to catch it all live.
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Joe B:

just read that Gordon was pissed that the record company turned this into a "duets" album! they apparently drew up their own list of guests and overdubbed them without his knowledge!
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LesleyK:

Thx Joe... enjoyed the show!
  👻 3:55pm
WLSClark:

Joe, that is treacherous indeed. That's the record industry, I guess.
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Annette:

Thank you Joe! Great tribute
  👻 3:57pm
WLSClark:

Cool! This is very CLOSE to hearing him do "A Picture of You"!!
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Candy-O'67:

Thx for the cool Robert Gordon tribute, Joe!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Appreciate this - Bookmarked...
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