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Turning over the toy box and jamming together the gloriously mismatched musical Lincoln Logs, Legos and Tinker Toys from Tin Pan Alley pluggers, pickled egg tavern weepers, lockstep soul ensembles, skinny-tie power poppers, Eurotrash ravers, moontanned art school rockers, drunken soccer anthems and anything else that seems like a good idea at the time. There are no guilty pleasures.

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Favoriting March 31, 2023: Show #486: Special Guest: Bill Janovitz, author of
"Leon Russell - The master of space and time's journey through rock and roll history"


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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
Uncle Michael  Hinky Dinky Time Open   Favoriting          
Starlighters  Creepin'   Favoriting single (b/w Hot Licks)  Wheel  1959  (Starlighters feat. Leon Russell)  0:05:13 (Pop-up)
Starlighters  All Right   Favoriting single (b/w Swanee River)  WKY  1960  (Starlighters feat. Leon Russell)  0:05:45 (Pop-up)
Johnny Burnette  Just Out of Reach   Favoriting Johnny Burnette's Hits And Other Favorites  Liberty  1961  (Leon Russell, piano (first session credit))  0:07:21 (Pop-up)
Willie Nelson  Mr. Record Man   Favoriting ... And Then I Wrote  Liberty  1962  (Leon Russell, piano)  0:09:51 (Pop-up)
David & Lee  Tryin' To Be Someone   Favoriting single (b-side to Sad September)  G.S.P.  1962  (Leon & David Gates)  0:12:32 (Pop-up)
Jack Nitzsche  The Lonely Surfer   Favoriting The Lonely Surfer  Reprise  1963  (Leon Russell, piano)  0:14:47 (Pop-up)
Bobby Bland  Queen For A Day   Favoriting single (b-side to Ain't It A Good Thing)  Duke  1963  (Leon Russell, piano)  0:17:17 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin  Say It Isn't So   Favoriting single (b/w Here's Where I Came In (Here's Where I Walk Out))  Columbia  1963  (Leon Russell, piano)  0:20:09 (Pop-up)
Cher  Talking about Leon Russell and Phil Spector   Favoriting n/a  n/a  unk.  ("Wrecking Crew" outtake)  0:23:10 (Pop-up)
The Crystals  Da Doo Ron Ron (Will You Walk Me Home) take 29   Favoriting prev. unr.  Philles  1963  (Leon Russell, piano)  0:24:12 (Pop-up)
Darlene Love  Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)   Favoriting A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector  Philles  1963  (Leon Russell, piano)  0:26:28 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Leon Russell If 

I Had a Hammer   Favoriting

Looking Back (1973 Olympic) 

n/a 

196? 

(Leon Russell, harpsicord (not a legitimate release)) 

0:29:03 (Pop-up)
C.J. Russell (Leon Russell)  The Girl I Lost In The Rain   Favoriting single (b/w The One That Got Away)  Mercury  1963  (Leon Russell, piano)  0:34:25 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys  Don't Worry Baby   Favoriting single (b/w I Get Around)  Capitol  1964  (Leon Russell, piano)  0:36:27 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  The Facts Of Life   Favoriting Gone, Gone, Gone  Warner Bros.  1965  (Leon Russell, piano)  0:39:03 (Pop-up)
Ike & Tina Turner  Finger Poppin'   Favoriting single (b/w It's All Over)  Warner Bros.  1965  (Leon Russell, piano)  0:41:12 (Pop-up)
O'Jays  Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)   Favoriting single (b/w Think It Over, Baby)  Imperial  1965  (Leon Russell, piano)  0:43:53 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell  Everybody's Talking 'Bout The Young   Favoriting single (b/w It's Alright With Me)  Dot  1966    0:46:29 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell  It's Alright With Me   Favoriting single (b-side to Everybody's Talking 'Bout The Young)  Dot  1965    0:48:10 (Pop-up)
J.J. Cale  After Midnight   Favoriting single (b/w Slow Motion)  Liberty  1966  (Leon Russell, Skyhill recording)  0:51:24 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)   Favoriting single (b/w Lost My Love Today)  Warner Bros.  1967  (Leon Russell, arranger)  0:53:15 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Leon Russell 

Gospel Harp   Favoriting

Looking Back (1973 Olympic) 

n/a 

196? 

(Leon Russell, harpsicord (not a legitimate release)) 

0:55:43 (Pop-up)
 
Bill Janovitz  Live interview   Favoriting n/a  HDT  2023     
Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers  Echoes   Favoriting Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers  Columbia  1967  (Leon Russell, arranger)  2:17:55 (Pop-up)
Gary Lewis & The Playboys  The Loser (With A Broken Heart)   Favoriting single (b/w Ice Melts In The Sun)  Liberty  1967  (Leon Russell/Don Nix co-write co-production, last project, producing and arranging Lewis after seven hits)  2:20:58 (Pop-up)
Delaney & Bonnie  Ghetto   Favoriting Accept No Substitute  Elektra  1969  (Leon Russell, piano, guitar, arrangements)  2:23:08 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell  Shoot Out On The Plantation   Favoriting Leon Russell  Shelter  1970    2:28:00 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell & Friends  (Can't Seem To) Get A Line On You (rehearsal)   Favoriting prev. unr.  n/a  1970  (Early version of what would become Jagger/Richards "Shine A Light" featuring RIngo Starr, Keith Richards & Mick Jagger)  2:30:57 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Leon Russell 

Cherry Beat   Favoriting

Looking Back (1973 Olympic) 

n/a 

196? 

(Leon Russell, harpsicord (not a legitimate release)) 

2:35:18 (Pop-up)
 
Leon Russell  Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash + Young Blood   Favoriting The Concert For Bangladesh  Apple  1972    2:39:20 (Pop-up)
Freddie King  Going Down   Favoriting Getting Ready...  Shelter  1971  (Leon Russell, production, piano)  2:48:18 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell & Marc Benno  Tryin' To Stay Alive   Favoriting Asylum Choir II  A&M  1971    2:51:42 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell  The Ballad of Mad Dogs & Englishmen   Favoriting single (b/w Claudia Lennear–Let It Be)  A&M  1971    2:54:26 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Fleetwood Mac 

Albatross   Favoriting

single (b/w Jigsaw Puzzle Blues) 

Blue Horizon 

1968 

 

2:58:23 (Pop-up)

 
           
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Listener comments!

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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there Uncle Michael and all other listeners!
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Uncle Michael:

Andrew!
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Good day, UM and Dinks!
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Doug Schulkind:

The hinky what?!
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listener james from westwood:

Good Friday, UM and all!
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doctorjazz:

It's a Special Day! Hi Hinks, Dinks, others!
  12:01pm
WLSClark:

Hi UM, Andrew, Hopey, Doug, westwood and all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
Uncle Michael:

Hopey! Doug! James! Doc!
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KimSorise:

What the hink?
Hey all!
  12:02pm
dan:

Good afternoon all.
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Pauly from Clifton:

Hey Uncle Michael, folks!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ WLSClark @12:01
Hi Clark!
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PAULS:

let's git it awn!
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chresti:

Hi Dinky doodles!
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doctorjazz:

↳ KimSorise @12:02
Kim, got the day off?
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Looking forward to the special guest, the book looks very interesting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
KimSorise:

↳ doctorjazz @12:02
No - last day before Spring Break, it's pouring out and the boss is gone. Low key is the way to be.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
doctorjazz:

↳ KimSorise @12:03
Sounds good!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
Uncle Michael:

Clark! Kim! dan! Pauly! PAULS! chresti!
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hullo ! Hyped for highquality infotainment. Yes I am.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Uncle Michael:

Rev!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
Uncle Michael:

Jerry Lee Russell!
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dutchtheo:

Unk! Honky dinky!
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Alvy Singer:

Hi ya Uncle Michael.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
Uncle Michael:

Theo! Alvy!
  12:08pm
dan:

Is one of the songs going to be Gary Lewis' "This Diamond Ring"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Uncle Michael:

↳ dan @12:08
It's hard to say.
  12:11pm
WLSClark:

I like "Back to the Island" best, but one I enjoy that is probably kind of odd to like is his "Elvis & Marilyn"
  12:11pm
Fred And Alan:

How’s everyone doing today. Fred and Alan
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:11pm
Uncle Michael:

F&A!
  12:13pm
dan:

↳ Song: "Mr. Record Man" by "Willie Nelson"
Hard to believe that Willie is almost 90 and ready to go back on tour. I guess smoking weed does wonders for longevity.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
Alvy Singer:

UM--I'm sure the number of people Leon worked with must be staggering. Looking forward to the interview and to reading this book.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
Uncle Michael:

↳ Alvy Singer @12:13
STAGGERING...indeed.
  12:14pm
WLSClark:

↳ Alvy Singer @12:13
Plus being a regular in the Shindig TV band
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
Uncle Michael:

↳ WLSClark @12:14
Shindig gif!
  Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
hilaryprudy:

greetings...enjoying the country kickoff...
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Uncle Michael:

hilaryprudy!
  12:16pm
dan:

↳ Song: "The Lonely Surfer" by "Jack Nitzsche"
All this time, I thought that was Jack Nitzsche doing the piano on his own composition.
  12:16pm
WLSClark:

↳ Song: "The Lonely Surfer" by "Jack Nitzsche"
This song is SOOO awesome. Just ask the WHO! :)
  12:16pm
WLSClark:

↳ Uncle Michael @12:14
Oh, cool!
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Alvy Singer:

I would imagine there is a chapter dedicated to the Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour and the scars that event left behind.
  12:20pm
KWilde:

Good afternoon!
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Uncle Michael:

↳ Alvy Singer @12:19
Bill covers that period in great detail.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
Uncle Michael:

KWilde!
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WR:

Hello UM and assembled Hinky Dinky streamers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:23pm
Pedro in Arlington:

Aretha Louise. The best.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:24pm
Uncle Michael:

WR! Pedro!
  12:25pm
egould:

Good Morning, Uncle Michael! Hi listening people!
  12:26pm
dan:

↳ Song: "Da Doo Ron Ron (Will You Walk Me Home) take 29" b...
The Wrecking Crew always played precisely as if they were classically trained.
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Roberto:

<-- Heya UM and crew. Pour one out for my boi Beaker. Kitty shiva ends Monday.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26pm
Uncle Michael:

egould! Roberto!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Da Doo Ron Ron (Will You Walk Me Home) take 29" b...
Cool take, really get to hear Russell!
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egould:

I haven’t heard this one since Christmas.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
sinner:

Fine, fine Leon Russell hustle.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:28pm
Uncle Michael:

sinner!
  12:29pm
frenchee:

I love this, just checked in to hear Cher say "fuck you...." Fri-yay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:31pm
StringOFperils:

Leon with an earlier coif, and the keyboard sound formulae for pop success and ooomph
  12:32pm
johnk77:

selecter on fire
jack nitsche said
willy deville was the best
singer he worked with!?
  12:35pm
frenchee:

this show is exactly what I needed while reading Bill's book! Outta the park, UM!
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DjLorraine:

Hi Uncle Michael & music friends. Your Marathon suit was very appealing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:35pm
Uncle Michael:

frenchee! SOp! john! DjLorraine! (thanks!)
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Franco Twinkie:

I read this in a book: When Love was laying down basic tracks for Forever Changes at Leon Russell's house, Arthur Lee went digging around in the refrigerator. He had a look of disbelief on his face when he found many frozen breakfast plates - eggs, bacon, potatoes wrapped with foil in the freezer. Like "We're suppose to eat THIS!?"
  12:36pm
WLSClark:

Nice! Never heard this. Kinda 2nd string Everlies sound here early in career.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:37pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Don't Worry Baby" by "The Beach Boys"
Ahhhh....
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PAULS:

↳ doctorjazz @12:37
Exactly!
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Don't Worry Baby" by "The Beach Boys"
...Keith Moon's favorite record...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Don't Worry Baby" by "The Beach Boys"
One of the original 1 note guitar solos...
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PAULS:

There's Leon waaaaay back in there!
  12:40pm
frenchee:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:38
mine too! Well, fave BB record
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:41pm
Uncle Michael:

Oh, jeez...I have windows open and the mower guy is here for the fist time this year!
  12:41pm
frenchee:

↳ Uncle Michael @12:41
ha ha, "fist" indeed
  12:41pm
dan:

Some record company needs to compile Leon Russell's session recordings into a box set. At least the most notable of the Wrecking Crew material.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:42pm
SeanG:

gettin' educated on Leon Russell!
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Uncle Michael:

Sean!
  12:43pm
WLSClark:

↳ Uncle Michael @12:41
Bummer. You must get rain there. In Lincoln, we may not ever get mowers out!
  12:45pm
Funky16Corners:

Just popping in to say I have to dig this in the archives. Spending the day with my Pop (while Mom’s in the hospital), but stopped on the way down here to get him his own copy of the Leon book.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:45pm
Uncle Michael:

Larry! My best to your mom.
  12:46pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks, Michael!
  12:47pm
dan:

Speaking of Wrecking Crew musicians, you need to look up Louie Shelton, guitar extraordinaire on YouTube, he did the guitar riffs on The Monkees' "Last Train To Clarksville" and "Valeri". He's been based in Australia since the 1980s, working with some great bands there like Noiseworks and Southen Sons.
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Moammar:

Some impressive fake Dylan.
  12:47pm
WLSClark:

Hi Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:48pm
Uncle Michael:

Moammar!
  12:48pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Clark!
  12:48pm
frenchee:

↳ Moammar @12:47
I hear some Sonny Bono
  12:48pm
WLSClark:

↳ dan @12:47
Had a great solo 45 instrumental "Evolution" worth checkin out.
  12:50pm
dan:

↳ WLSClark @12:48
Thanks for that recommendation.

I thought the opening riff on Valeri was Tommy Tedesco, because he's done Spanish style guitar work in some of his songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:51pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Funky16Corners @12:46
Hoping your mom is well soon!
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale"
This is so fine!
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Moammar:

↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale"
Had never heard anything but the lugubrious Eric Clapton version.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:53pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale"
Don't think I've heard this version! Less guitar than I recall but could not be recalling...)
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Moammar:

This is so much more fun.
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StringOFperils:

Lugubrious? I thought it was fantastic!
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Pedro in Arlington:

↳ Moammar @12:52
"Clapton is Dull"
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Moammar @12:53
Yeah
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SeanG:

great show UM! let it all hang out baby
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:54pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" by "Har...
😁
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" by "Har...
The sixth grade!
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Moammar:

↳ Pedro in Arlington @12:53
My first big show was Clapton with the Fabulous Thunderbirds opening in 1982 or 83. Suffice to say, I'm still listening to the T-Birds.
  12:55pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks, Doc!
BTW the Louie Shelton LP is quite good
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:55pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" by "Har...
Like a whole aspect of the 1960s now unremembered. That dream died...
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:56pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Moammar @12:55
Well - I'm still listening to Cream. But, yeah.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:56pm
Pedro in Arlington:

Looking forward to hearing about Leon's relationship with Dwight Twilley if it comes up.
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WR:

↳ Song: "Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)" by "O'Jays"
Did not know that the O'Jays covered this (with even more success than Toussaint/Spellman) and did not know that they did L.A. sessions with Harold Battiste (on which Russell played).
  12:57pm
frenchee:

I am gonna wear out the "archive" button on this show...
  12:58pm
frenchee:

I want to hear about Leon and Delaney of D & Bonnie fame (or infamy)....
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SeanG:

I know Leon worked with Petty in the early early days
  1:00pm
johnk77:

1 of 11 viewers on twitch:>
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Franco Twinkie:

Dropping out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
StringOFperils:

Almost...now...no one talking
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WR:

yes, we heard bill on the second try, but now we don't hear you
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
Dave G in VT:

That last button you hit cut off your sound.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Only hear bed music - neither one of you !
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
Alvy Singer:

UM..The sound dropped out.
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WR:

we just hear the bed music
  1:01pm
frenchee:

oh no! only hearing LR on harpsichord
  1:01pm
bradford:

no sound except bed music
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StringOFperils:

Charlie Rich harpsichord...
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WR:

we got a blip, and now we hear you both
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Alvy Singer:

Now we hear you.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

There you both are.
  1:03pm
bradford:

all better now
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Franco Twinkie:

Me too! Bought it at the swap meet. Stolen goods ,no doubt.
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DjLorraine:

Concert for Bangladesh!
  1:05pm
johnk77:

stream back nice here now
  1:07pm
frenchee:

dig: "personae"
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Franco Twinkie:

I seem to remember Leon with Furry Lewis on the NET, way before PBS.
  1:09pm
dan:

↳ Song: "Gospel Harp" by "Leon Russell"
Any mention of Leon's collaboration with Elton John. "The Union" is a straight up masterpiece.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:11pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

DJ Julie was saying Leon was a major influence on Elton.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:12pm
StringOFperils:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @1:11
That's what Elton himself said.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:12pm
Hopey Sockmonkey:

I also became aware of Leon from the Concert For Bangladesh album/film.
  1:14pm
Robm:

Hello fellow hinky dinkers
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ StringOFperils @1:12
They played together on a split bill at The Anaheim Convention Center, across the street from Disneyland in the Fall of 1970.
  1:15pm
dan:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @1:11
Listen to Elton John's speech when he inducted Leon Russell into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:17pm
Zipperhead7:

Since I grew up near Tulsa, I was surprised to learn that Leon liked to hang out at the Ranch House restaurant. One of the scariest greasy spoons I've ever visited. I cannot imagine being a longhair and going in there in the early '70s.
  1:18pm
Fred And Alan:

How’s everyone. Fred and Alan
  1:18pm
johnk77:

www.cainsballroom.com/
is a very unique fun venue
bob wills, hank williams, ernest tubb,
pistols, jack white, black rebel motorcycle club, many others
  1:19pm
dan:

↳ Zipperhead7 @1:17
Sounds like the scenario of Bob Seger's "Turn The Page"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:21pm
Zipperhead7:

↳ johnk77 @1:18
Cains was, and is, a wonderful venue. Saw countless shows there
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
coelacanth∅:

Greetings Uncle M, Bill Janovitz, y'all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ coelacanth∅ @1:23
Hi coel!
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coelacanth∅:

hey Andrew!
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:25pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Seems to me Creatives must be prone to being either On or Off & either born of being BiPolar or prone to enabling it. How's that for generalization.
  1:26pm
Robm:

This reminds me of when cspan used to smm my do book notes on Sunday night
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:30pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @1:25
Diagnosis that's not clinical is very dangerous. Last Halloween, I mused to someone about my own see-saw personality. "You're not bi-polar, I'm bi-polar! You're just a nut."
Avatar 🛒 1:30pm
PAULS:

fiiiiissshhhhh
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Listening Out There:

Great show today, Mr. Uncle Sir...
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:31pm
DjLorraine:

I saw Leon Russell in the early 90's in Louisville KY. I had no idea how much history and future music was connected to him.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:32pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Franco Twinkie @1:30
Point taken. Clinically BiPolar is serious. But they are often associated with Creative peaks & troughs in fact.
  1:32pm
Robm:

↳ Listening Out There @1:30
I agree, one of the things i like about this station is that the djs never mail it in
  1:33pm
frenchee:

haa, what was the question? you two are fantastic
  1:33pm
egould:

Ok ok ok. I’ll buy the fucking book. I’ve got some errands to run, but I’ll buy it when I get back.
  1:34pm
johnk77:

just bought the kindle version
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StringOFperils:

Take Me to the Pilot is very Leon.
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coelacanth∅:

PAULS!
  1:36pm
johnk77:

earlier long john baldry
helped reg dwight
  1:37pm
Funky16Corners:

A lot of us have been waiting for this book for DECADES
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Pedro in Arlington:

Buffalo Tom was mentioned in an episode of "My So-Called Life" with Claire Danes and Jared Leto. They may even have appeared on the show. Not shabby.
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Zipperhead7:

↳ Fred And Alan @1:18
Fred and Alan! A rancher once told me that when you're selling a horse and it's out in the pasture, every time the horse rolls over adds $100 to the price. Any truth to that?
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PAULS:

↳ coelacanth∅ @1:36
Hello, New Jersey! This is such a great interview. I'm hovering over the purchase button... Full disclosure: I tried to save a cringe-worthy interview with Bill and his Buffalo Tom bandmates 28 years ago...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...UM kind of *is* the Oprah of FMU...
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Phillippe:

Howdy
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PAULS:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @1:41
"Oprah, Uncle. Uncle, Oprah..."
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Franco Twinkie:

Whatever you might think of afternoon couch shows, they sell books.
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DjLorraine:

"Yes they do!"
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Dean:

Winfrey Dinky Time!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

140 people ! Is why not everybody is such an Author...
  1:44pm
johnk77:

sherman oaks is in the
san fernando valley
in southern california
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Roberto:

↳ johnk77 @1:44
Yep. It borders on my native Studio City.
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Franco Twinkie:

When Chresti lived in Sherman Oaks she had wild parties. Last one I was at was shut down by the L.A.P.D. My point been Sherman Oaks IS Los Angeles.
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Roberto:

↳ Franco Twinkie @1:47
It's LA City but the mailing address is its own thing.
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Roberto @1:48
Venice IS Los Angeles too. But not in the popular imagination.
  1:58pm
Dean:

Linn Drums are unrelated to the Scottish high-end audio firm Linn, which turned 50 a few days ago.
  1:59pm
frenchee:

gotta run, but I will listen again and again, thanks Bill and Unka Michael!
  2:00pm
johnk77:

emu emulator
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Zipperhead7:

Cain's was in the middle of what was Tulsa's skid row -- a real hellscape in the early '70s.
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johnk77:

linn electronics built linn drums
designed by american roger linn
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Franco Twinkie:

It's been my observation that people who read the Bible prefer tumbleweeds to bookstores.
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Zipperhead7:

↳ Franco Twinkie @2:05
True that!
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Robm:

↳ Zipperhead7 @2:04
I think oral roberts university is still in Tulsa
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DjLorraine:

Any stories about that famous head of hair?
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Zipperhead7:

↳ Robm @2:07
Sure 'nuff! Some weird buildings at ORU -- very space age
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Robm:

↳ Zipperhead7 @2:09
Do the Roberts family still run it?
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unpopularfred:

I'd take Leon over Dr.. John any day
  2:15pm
Dean:

Twenty-something-year-olds are not kids. They're adults with a dearth of experience.
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Dean @2:15
That is so ridiculous - Altamont buried the '60's - as if an iron door closed and everyone started wearing platform shoes.
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Andrew in Toronto:

What a great interview!!
Thanks Bill and Michael!!
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Zipperhead7:

↳ Robm @2:10
I think they still have a hand in it
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PAULS:

GREAT INTERVIEW!! Thanks, Bill
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thank You Bill !
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Franco Twinkie:

This was tops, Michael and Bill!
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Alvy Singer:

Excellent interview UM. Thank you.
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Bill! Great interview!
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Funky16Corners:

Great interview, Unk. Got to listen to a lot of it with my 92 year old father, who introduced me to Leon.
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Uncle Michael:

I'm back at the comments now!
  2:18pm
Dean:

Altamont, Manson, Vietnam, Nixon...

On the upside, Kubrick's 2001.
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Zipperhead7:

Yeah, really enjoyed it. The book is highly recommended -- read it last week.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Echoes" by "Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers"
+ GeneClark +
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DjLorraine:

Well done interview! thank you
  2:19pm
bradford:

Well done UM! Thanks
  2:19pm
Robm:

↳ Zipperhead7 @2:16
Is Richard roberts AKA skunk boy still alive?
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hilaryprudy:

thank you UM...really great interview...gotta get the book...
  2:20pm
Robm:

I second that uncle mike, interview was not boring at all
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Dean:

I recall "Tightrope," but I also remember Asylum Choir. It purveyed a nuanced Leon, not just a rockin' entertainer.
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Zipperhead7:

↳ Robm @2:19
Ha! Not sure. They had to sell off the hospital, even after a 900-foot Jesus told Oral to build it
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Uncle Michael:

A little scattered. I didn't want to start with a bunch of question on 3x5 cards. Thank for indulgine me!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Dean @2:18
All that. The peak of Psychedelia passing - & some burnout. I call it the Get Back to Earth period ~ 'movement' (say - TheBand, CCR, WorkingMan's Dead, Let It Be...) & also harder drugs & overdoses & addiction. It got HEAVY ...& Witchy...
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Uncle Michael:

I look forward to reading all of your comments later.
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WR:

The discussion has been very interesting to me. Was a Russell fan since he and Denny Cordell first put together Shelter Records which initially was distributed by Blue Thumb Records. Hank Wison's back is one of my favorite Russell records.

The music part of this program has been equally enjoyable and enlightening, thank you for digging out all the many interesting recordings Russell did during his session career.
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WR:

LOL I haven't read all the comments either. The interview had my full attention.
  2:24pm
KWilde:

Excellent interview
I grew up in Houston and Leon was a big deal in the 70's
  2:25pm
Robm:

↳ WR @2:23
WR love when the djs go all in on a music interview,not this 5 minute bullshit like the commercial music radio does
  2:25pm
Dean:

Heh, I'm wearing that WFMU t-shirt.
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StringOFperils:

Interesting conversation. Never really stopped listening to Leon Russell after 1969, regardless of whether anyone else ever mentioned him, and there's a piano here in the room with me that has a lot to do with that...I hope the book generates more consideration of LR's real feel for music, totally aside from his unique contribution...and all that jazz
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Uncle Michael:

I think I have some fun guests in mind for the future. Could you guys hear us both alright?
  2:26pm
Dean:

Loudly and clearly.
  2:26pm
Robm:

↳ Uncle Michael @2:25
Sure could
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johnk77:

denny cordell produced the first two tom petty & the heartbreakers albums later in the 1970s
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks. I got there in the end!
  2:26pm
Funky16Corners:

Sound was great
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Seriously - Russell was always someone I saw more than heard or knew much about. Tho always been mentioned how relevant he was. & a lot depends on the Narrator telling the tale - analog of a Director making a doc. That being well done makes it worth it too...
  2:26pm
Dean:

I bet the next guest will be Oprah Winfrey.
  2:27pm
Dean:

She's the Uncle Michael of Montecito.
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Uncle Michael:

↳ Dean @2:26
shhhhh
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Uncle Michael:

I'd like to have a guest on each month. Would that be too often?
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StringOFperils:

You can learn a lot about music from the first two Joe Cocker albums. Then again you can learn absolutely nothing if you're determined. Give me Shelter.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Uncle Michael @2:25
Heard you both great - good levels & balance & all ...after totally missing the first couple minutes. Being able to see you both adds more than one might think too in fact.
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frenchee:

↳ Uncle Michael @2:25
yes, delightfully ALL RIGHT
  2:29pm
Dean:

An hour per month devoted to a guest? Seems just right.
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doctorjazz:

Cool interview, thanks UM!
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Uncle Michael:

It'll take a while to hit that pace...but I have two more on board.
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks, Doc.
  2:30pm
Robm:

↳ Dean @2:29
Kinda like cspan booknotes
  2:31pm
Dean:

One could emulate a lot worse than CSPAN.
  2:31pm
dan:

↳ Song: "Shoot Out On The Plantation" by "Leon Russell"
Leon Russell – piano, guitar, bass, vocals
George Harrison – guitar[9]("Dixie Lullaby", "Shoot Out on the Plantation" and "Hurtsome Body")[10]
Eric Clapton – guitar ("Prince of Peace", "The New Sweet Home Chicago" and "Jammin' With Eric")[10]
Delaney Bramlett – guitar
Alan Spenner – bass guitar
Klaus Voormann – bass guitar ("The New Sweet Home Chicago")[10]
Bill Wyman – bass guitar ("Roll Away the Stone" and "Get a Line On You") [10]
Steve Winwood – keyboards ("Roll Away the Stone")[10]
Chris Stainton – keyboards ("Dixie Lullaby" and “Hurtsome Body") [10]
Ringo Starr - drums[9] ("Dixie Lullaby", Shoot Out on the Plantation", "Hurtsome Body" and "Get a Line On You")[10]
Charlie Watts – drums ("Roll Away the Stone")[10]
Buddy Harman – drums
Jim Gordon – drums
B.J. Wilson – drums ("Hurtsome Body") [10]
Jon Hiseman – drums ("The New Sweet Home Chicago")[10]
Mick Jagger – vocals ("Get a Line On You")
Bonnie Bramlett – vocals
Joe Cocker – vocals
Merry Clayton – vocals
Jim Horn – saxophone

What a lineup for the self titled album
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I'm 100% for learning more *about* the Musics - from any & all angles. Myself. It means that much to me - whatever takes it to a next level. An FMU Program just for that would get my vote in fact.
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Uncle Michael:

I like talking to people about music...whether they have a book out or not. I just have to get over the nervous energy, which in part comes from having to manage the tech stuff in a new way. Zoom zoom.
  2:34pm
Robm:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @2:31
I could listen to that rev, to hell with chores and errands
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Uncle Michael @2:33
You nailed it!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

As noted before ...nervous means you give a sh*t !
  2:35pm
Dean:

Nerves? Do the dishes before your show starts. That's an actual bit of advice for stage-fright (not quite the same as nervous energy) that I read somewhere.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "(Can't Seem To) Get A Line On You (rehearsal)" by...
Just the fact Ringo played some role in the arranging of Exile is news to me.
  2:35pm
Robm:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @2:31
Send an email to ken about it, I would do the same
  2:37pm
Dean:

Strikes me that an album of harpsichord duets performed by Russell and Keith Jarrett might have struck and wild chord.
  2:37pm
Dean:

^a wild chord
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Robm @2:35
& I think of - technical things - like these are time signatures - this is studio production - this is band management - it all interests me.
  2:38pm
Dean:

Does the book even mention Hosford?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @2:37
...but who would do that Program...
  2:40pm
dan:

↳ Song: "Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash + Young Blood" by "Leo...
The GOAT of all live medleys.
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Uncle Michael:

↳ Dean @2:38
Not in the index, Dean.
  2:41pm
Dean:

Thanks. That's a pity.
  2:42pm
dan:

↳ Song: "Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash + Young Blood" by "Leo...
Just under 40 years, Leon Russell would return to Madison Square Garden for the first time since the Concert for Bangladesh as guest star for Elton John. One of the best concerts I've ever attended.
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coelacanth∅:

first version of jumpin jack flash i ever heard and the only one for a year or 2.
i asked for through the past darkly for xmas and i didn't like the original AT ALL when i heard it!
i love it now but this version's still my favorite.
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Robm:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @2:37
In other words long live music nerds
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coelacanth∅:

(when i was ~10-12)
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burke:

I picked the wrong day to show up late! Is it true that LR played piano on "Monster Mash"?
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

This brings back pre-teen memories of discovering this album. Thank you, UM.
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Uncle Michael:

↳ burke @2:43
NO! That's covered in the book
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Uncle Michael:

This was my introduction to "Youngblood".
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Dean:

And mine, too.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash + Young Blood" by "Leo...
Great medley! Cool Russell got such a feature!
  2:45pm
Gerry from Miami:

@Fred and Alan. I have been so tuned into the interview with Bill Janovitz that I missed noticing you two dropping into today's comments. Welcome and I hope you have been enjoying this great show with Uncle Michael. Leon Russell was amazing. Saw him in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in either 2010 or 2011. He was using a motorized wheel chair at that time. RIP, Leon.
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Uncle Michael:

I think it really is the best portion of the album and film. Sorry, Billy.
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coelacanth∅:

hey this is not the version on the album!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Robm @2:42
...Skool of Rawk I suppose...
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Uncle Michael:

↳ coelacanth∅ @2:45
uhhh...
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coelacanth∅:

...or such a radically different mix that
...etc
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

↳ coelacanth∅ @2:45
Sounds like it to me. . .
  2:48pm
WLSClark:

Great show!
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coelacanth∅:

...obviously the same performance.
never heard the cd mix before. some voices in the group parts that i never heard before, and the lead guitar sounds very different
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doctorjazz:

↳ WLSClark @2:48
What WLSClark said!
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PAULS:

FUCK! Gimme Shelter, Freddie
  2:49pm
dan:

↳ coelacanth∅ @2:49
Also the middle 8 vocal on Young Blood sounded clearer.
  2:50pm
johnk77:

thank u super dj
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Andrew in Toronto:

Thanks Michael!
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doctorjazz:

↳ coelacanth∅ @2:49
I think the music just gets shifted about a bit getting stuffed into those digital pipes-I often feel like the lead guitar or other part is emphasized differently than I'm used to from an album.
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doctorjazz:

Take this King track-on my set up, the guitar is way back from where I'd expect it.
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StringOFperils:

↳ Song: "Tryin' To Stay Alive" by "Leon Russell & Marc Benno"
I luuuurve this album.
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coelacanth∅:

↳ dan @2:49
for sure...
for a minute i thought it was from the other show (of the 2? for bangla desh)
but was amazed how close it was to the album take!
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StringOFperils:

I have a deeper understanding of Leon's left-hand after that interview.
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coelacanth∅:

↳ doctorjazz @2:51
absolutely - but i even heard vocal parts i never heard before.
... but then, i've only listened to the track over 800 times!
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StringOFperils:

Actually, I'd like to know more about Marc Benno. Any suggestions?
  2:55pm
Funky16Corners:

In the name of Cocker Power…
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Alvy Singer:

Today's show and interview was excellent Uncle Michael. Thank you.
  2:55pm
dan:

↳ StringOFperils @2:54
All I know is that he played rhythm guitar on The Doors' LA Woman album.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ StringOFperils @2:53
Yeah - I would think if anything the Left Hand (more Bass) gets neglected by Key players more often. Presumably one is judged in N'Orleans by such metrics... Tho personally keyboards remain primarily mysterious to me (in terms of operating them)...
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Uncle Michael:

On shuffle this morning, when my alarm went off, the song was "Mad Dogs & Englishmen"...sung by Noel Coward.
  2:58pm
Dean:

Proof of the God of coincidence.
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StringOFperils:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @2:56
I could do with some noonday sun
  2:58pm
Gerry from Miami:

Uncle Micgael, you were right in an earler comment. Leon's ballads are so touching. No one wrote quite like that!
  2:59pm
dan:

Great show UM.
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DjLorraine:

Very memorable interview and show thank you Uncle Michael
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StringOFperils:

↳ Gerry from Miami @2:58
Manhattan Island Serenade shoulda become a standard.
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WR:

Thank you! Uncle Michael!
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Thanks for the great show, UM! See all you Dinks next week!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ UM ~
  3:00pm
Listener Robert:

Yay! YAY!
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StringOFperils:

Thanks UM! Good show!
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks everyone!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Uncle M! Excellent interview!
(and the other stuff was excellent too!)
  3:02pm
Listener Robert:

Huh...Twitch "drops" to the Drummer stream? Sounds too good to be picked up acoustically in the studio.
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TDK60:

Saturday morn, April 1. Sorry I missed the show, but thanks Uncle Michael & Bill J. I've been saying on the WFMU chatboard for a while now that Leon tends to get ignored. So, this is great. Will listen in the Archive soon! ...
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