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Favoriting January 20, 2024: "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." -Albert Schweitzer

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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)
Norma Tanega  Jubilation   Favoriting Walkin' My Cat Named Dog  1966      0:09:03 (Pop-up)
Pernice Brothers  Dimmest Star   Favoriting Overcome By Happiness  1998      0:09:05 (Pop-up)
Martin Courtney  Northern Highway   Favoriting Many Moons  2015      0:09:07 (Pop-up)
Jody Reynolds  The Girl From King Marie   Favoriting   1963      0:12:47 (Pop-up)
Eric Dolphy  Burning Spear [alt. take]   Favoriting Eric Dolphy: Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions  1963 / 2018      0:14:36 (Pop-up)
Sheila Jordan  The Crossing   Favoriting Winter Sunshine - Live At Upstairs  2008      0:25:09 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
0:30:05 (Pop-up)
Sandy Denny  The Optimist   Favoriting The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens - Deluxe Edition  1971 -2011      0:35:34 (Pop-up)
Mike Harrison [w/Junkyard Angel]  Call It A Day   Favoriting Mike Harrison  1971      0:38:58 (Pop-up)
Nora Guthrie  Home Before Dark   Favoriting Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox    VAR    0:45:24 (Pop-up)
Del Amitri  O My Lazy Baby   Favoriting Fatal Mistakes  2022      0:47:57 (Pop-up)
Juana Molina  Que Lleuva   Favoriting Segundo  2000      0:50:46 (Pop-up)
Bunky & Jake  Country Girl   Favoriting Bunky & Jake  1968      0:54:39 (Pop-up)
Karen Peris  Song For A New Day   Favoriting Violet  2012      0:56:53 (Pop-up)
Blue Mitchell  The Nearness of You   Favoriting Smooth As The Wind  1961  Orchestra arranged by Tadd Dameron    0:59:37 (Pop-up)
Harry Guardino & Lee Remick  With So Little To Be Sure Of   Favoriting Anyone Can Whistle  1964  OST    1:03:02 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
1:08:08 (Pop-up)
 
Five Decades Of Guitar Boogie
Blind Roosevelt Graves and His Brother  Guitar Boogie   Favoriting   1929  Paramount 78    1:17:02 (Pop-up)
Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy  Floyd's Guitar Blues   Favoriting Instrumentally Speaking 1936-1942  1939 / 1980  Floyd Smith - electric Hawaiian guitar    1:19:45 (Pop-up)
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith  Guitar Boogie   Favoriting   1945  original release: "The Rambler Trio feat. Arthur Smith - guitar" - Super Disc label 78    1:22:52 (Pop-up)
Chuck Berry  Guitar Boogie   Favoriting One Dozen Berrys  1958      1:26:18 (Pop-up)
Yardbirds [w/Jeff Beck]  Jeff's Boogie   Favoriting Over, Under, Sideways, Down  1966      1:28:37 (Pop-up)
            1:28:59 (Pop-up)
Frankie Passions w/Thelonious Monk  Nobody Knows   Favoriting Cool Whalin' : Bebop Vocals, Rare And Unissued Material  1948? / 1979  VAR    1:31:01 (Pop-up)
Everly Brothers  Nancy's Minuet   Favoriting Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers On Warner Bros. 1960 To 1969  1963 / 1993      1:34:01 (Pop-up)
The Cyrkle  How Can I Leave Her   Favoriting Red Rubber Ball  1966  Mono    1:36:05 (Pop-up)
Archie Shepp  Dunbar Days & Miami Joys (take 4)   Favoriting Derailleur: The 1964 Demo  1964 / 2023    *   1:38:45 (Pop-up)
George Field  Pizzaria (sic)   Favoriting Harmonica Favorites  1959      1:46:24 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
1:47:33 (Pop-up)
Jelly Roll Morton  The Georgia Skin Game   Favoriting The Complete Library of Congress Recordings  1938 / 2005      1:55:52 (Pop-up)
Mississippi Fred McDowell  Keep Your Lamps Trummed And Burning   Favoriting Southern Journey, Vol. 3: Mississippi Highway  1959 / 1997  VAR    1:59:53 (Pop-up)
Leith Stevens  Dance Of The Liliputians   Favoriting Jazz Themes For Cops & Robbers  1959      2:02:38 (Pop-up)
Polly Niles  Milk Of The Tree   Favoriting Milk of The Tree: An Anthology of Female Vocal Folk and Singer-Songwriters 1966-73  1970 / 2017  VAR    2:05:58 (Pop-up)
Robyn Hitchcock  I Saw Nick Drake   Favoriting Viva See-tac!  1999      2:07:40 (Pop-up)
Tanya Haden  He's Gone Away   Favoriting Charlie Haden Family & Friends - Rambling Boy  2008      2:11:26 (Pop-up)
Claude Debussy  Book Of Preludes #1 - 12: Minstrels   Favoriting Claude Debussy: The Complete Works  1913 / 2017  piano roll    2:15:56 (Pop-up)
Voces8  The Road Home   Favoriting   2021      2:17:38 (Pop-up)
XTc  Your Dictionary   Favoriting Apple Venus Volume I  1998      2:20:57 (Pop-up)
Hushdrops  Emily   Favoriting Volume One  2004      2:24:02 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
2:26:47 (Pop-up)
Forrest Green  The Shell   Favoriting   1967  King label    2:32:27 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  Blame It On The World   Favoriting NRBQ  1999      2:35:12 (Pop-up)
Steely Dan  I Got The News [demo]   Favoriting   1975  Recorded during 'Katie Lied' sessions    2:38:12 (Pop-up)
Tadd Dameron w/John Coltrane  Soultrane   Favoriting Mating Call  1956      2:40:53 (Pop-up)
The Unthanks  Magpie   Favoriting Mount The Air  2015      2:46:19 (Pop-up)
L'Eclair  P+R   Favoriting Confusions  2022      2:51:19 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
2:55:49 (Pop-up)
  Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, William Yale, David Mittleman & Pete Tomlinson


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RobbieWhite:

Good morning Bob. Have a good show
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listener james from westwood:

Morning, Bob and all! Today I learned that Wendy Carlos isn't the only composer who loves Siamese cats!
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Andrew in Toronto:

Good morning, Bob, and all other listeners!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Robbie White of WOWD
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Bob Brainen:

Morning, listener james from westwood
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Bob Brainen:

Monring Andrew in Toronto
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doctorjazz:

Not sure about cats, just got a puppy (1 week ago, 12 weeks old), does the trick here (but she's exhausting) see my avatar...
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wmfromd:

Mornin' Bob and all! My cat Mia and I are settling in for the show.
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Bob Brainen:

doctorjazz, congrats!
  11:05am
1whoknewcthulhu:

Good morning, Bob and all. The weather outside is frightful--all the more reason to stay indoors for today's program.
  11:05am
dan:

Good morning all
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Bob Brainen:

Having technical difficulties.....
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SmokinJ:

Morning greetings bb & faithful! 8-)
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Bob Brainen:

Hey wmfromd
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Bob Brainen:

Morning whoknewcthulhu
  11:07am
gene sculatti:

Howdy, Bob!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning dan!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey SmokinJ
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Bob Brainen:

Howdy, Gene
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Pauly from Clifton:

Good morning, Bob, gang!
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Pauly from Clifton:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:03
Good morning, Andrew in TO!
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listener 126464:

Hi Bob, everyone. Is this new?
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @11:10
Good morning, Pauly from Clifton!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Pauly from Clifton
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doctorjazz:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:03
Hi Andrew!
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listener 126464:

↳ listener 126464 @11:10
Now I got it.
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(Mr) Bill:

In school always they told me that Schweitzer was an A-list humanitarian. Now I know that it’s true, and why.
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Bob Brainen:

listener 126464, I just updated playlist.
wfmu.org...
.
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Mr. Bill.
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listener 126464:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:13
Thanks, Bob.
  11:14am
SecretSquirrel:

Hi Bob ‘n’ all! Hope you’re all staying warm this morning (northeasterners esp) 🌫️
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Bob Brainen:

↳ listener 126464 @11:14
de nada
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Bob Brainen:

Hi SecretSquirrel
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Sem:

Bob! Bobsters!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Sem
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Sem:

AiT!
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ doctorjazz @11:04
She’s passably cute (deliberate ironic understatement).
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doctorjazz:

↳ (Mr) Bill @11:16
;- )
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adamdoesit:

Good morning, Bob and brains!
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Doug Schulkind:

This expanded Musical Prophet collection is one of the most thrilling releases of the past decade.
  11:18am
dan:

↳ Song: "Burning Spear [alt. take]" by "Eric Dolphy"
Without looking, I am going to guess who some of the musicians on this record are:

Richard Davis - bass
Roy Haynes - drums
Milt Jackson - vibes
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Soule:

Good morning, Bob and friends!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Sem @11:16
Morning, Sem!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Soule @11:19
Hi there, Soule!
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Doug Schulkind @11:18
It really is. There's been a
batch of posthumous finds we've been blessed with and I hope it continues!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Soule
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Bob Brainen:

↳ dan @11:18
You're 1 for 3.
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Soule:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:20
Andrew! Hi!
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Black Dog:

Good morning, Bob and Brainenacs everywhere!
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wmfromd:

↳ Song: "Burning Spear [alt. take]" by "Eric Dolphy"
60 years on and it stills sounds new and fresh.
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Black Dog
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Burning Spear [alt. take]" by "Eric Dolphy"
I have this-one of these days I'm going to have to take a break from The Drummer Stream/WFMU and catch up with my on deck pile (...or not...).
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northguineahills:

bob! brainenens!
  11:24am
dan:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:21
Better than nothing
  11:24am
Gina Bacon:

Morning, Bob & everyone!
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Bob Brainen:

↳ wmfromd @11:23
Hey northguineahills
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Gina B
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:24
Morning, Gina!
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doctorjazz:

↳ northguineahills @11:24
You settled in an apartment?
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Black Dog:

Morning, Gina!
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Gina Bacon:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:25
Morning, Andrew!
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Gina Bacon:

↳ Black Dog @11:28
Hey, Black Dog!
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northguineahills:

↳ doctorjazz @11:26
my sublet starts feb 3rd.. (through april, an apt to myself)
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northguineahills:

Sandy!
  11:41am
dan:

↳ Song: "The Optimist" by "Sandy Denny"
The unmistakable guitar work of Richard Thompson
  11:46am
Jeff:

Good Morning Bob + fellow listeners.
I was having some “technical” problems this morning, but I’m here.
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Jeff
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Que Lleuva" by "Juana Molina"
love this album! can't believe it's 24 years old!
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Meself:

Good day Bob and all :)
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Meself:

Sorry to have missed the Martin Courtney song.
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Bob Brainen:

Good day Meself.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "The Nearness of You" by "Blue Mitchell"
Lovely!!!
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Wendy del Formaggio:

Good morning, Bob and friends.
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Wendy
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ doctorjazz @12:05
Thank you for the photos, docjazz. I am beside myself from how cute she is.
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ Song: "With So Little To Be Sure Of" by "Harry Guardino ...
Just lovely. Thanks, Bob.
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Roberto:

<-- Mon chat s'appelle Maurice!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Roberto
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Meself:

↳ Song: "Floyd's Guitar Blues" by "Andy Kirk And His Twelv...
Fascinating - so modern sounding.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Wendy del Formaggio @12:11
No problem, Wendy, happy to do it!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Guitar Boogie" by "Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith"
Fabulous picking!
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northguineahills:

↳ doctorjazz @12:27
gotta pick my guitar boogies outta my nose!
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Roberto:

↳ northguineahills @12:29
Pick it good!
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northguineahills:

↳ Roberto @12:30
until it bleeds!
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doctorjazz:

Guitar Heaven Set!
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Meself:

↳ Song: "Five Decades Of Guitar Boogie"
Very fun!
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doctorjazz:

↳ northguineahills @12:29
You can pick your Guitar Boogies, You can pick your friends, But your friend's Guitar Boogies LEAVE ALONE!!!
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tom tom the pipers son:

nice b/g piano on this everly's
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wmfromd:

Mono!
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Song: "Dunbar Days & Miami Joys (take 4)" by "Archie Shepp"
Hey, this sounds familiar! Oh, because I played it on my show on Monday. Nice choice, Bob!
  12:45pm
sailor twit:

The Derailers are a great Texas bar band
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adamdoesit:

↳ Song: "Dunbar Days & Miami Joys (take 4)" by "Archie Shepp"
Derailleur! And not the least bit Campy, either.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Dunbar Days & Miami Joys (take 4)" by "Archie Shepp"
sounded like shepp was doing a "drunken master" kind of rendition on this, he "sobered" up here and there
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Bob Brainen:

Hey sailor Twit, thanks for tip.
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Bob Brainen:

Hey amaddoesit
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Bob Brainen:

Hey tom tom the pipers son
  1:05pm
dan:

Heard Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams perform “Lamps” with Tommy Emmanuel.
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Meself:

↳ Song: "I Saw Nick Drake" by "Robyn Hitchcock"
Love this!
  1:11pm
dan:

Next song has to be a Nick Drake one.
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doctorjazz:

↳ dan @1:05
Me too (you know that). The set together was great!
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WR:

Hello Bob and folks. My Saturdays have become very busy so not on playlist comments much but want to write how much I enjoy your weekly free form excursions. Thank you.,
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Song: "I Saw Nick Drake" by "Robyn Hitchcock"
Robyn! Singing about Nick Drake!
<3
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Bob Brainen:

Hello WR, thanks.
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Brian in UK:

Hello Bob. Is it true that Marlena Shaw has passed on?
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Brian in UK @1:13
Hi Brian in UK. Sad to confirm, but yes. www.nme.com...
  1:16pm
judy from croton:

Always a heartbreaker
In the best way
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Brian in UK:

Thanks Wendy. Seriously sampled. St Germain's Rose Rouge is one example that I really like.
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Black Dog:

↳ Song: "He's Gone Away" by "Tanya Haden"
Lovely Song...
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Brian in U.K.
  1:19pm
dan:

Debussy and Ragtime. Never knew they mixed
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Brian in UK @1:13
And also Mary Weiss Of The Shang ri Las.
  1:20pm
dan:

@Bob

And also Peter Schickele aka PDQ Bach
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Bob Brainen:

↳ dan @1:20
that's right.
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RobbieWhite:

that Charlie Haden Family & Friends CD is really good
  1:41pm
SecretSquirrel:

Blame it on the World: everything that’s brilliant about NRBQ in one 3-minute package
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Meself:

↳ SecretSquirrel @1:41
Yes!
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Frank Zaatar:

↳ Song: "I Got The News [demo]" by "Steely Dan"
Wait, so this song wasn't originally about an STD?
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adamdoesit:

Great show today, Bob. Love the Tadd n Trane!
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Soule:

↳ RobbieWhite @1:25
Yes, indeed - Rambling Boy is a great album. It reminds me of the Everly Brothers' "Roots."
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doctorjazz:

Thanks, Bob!
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Black Dog:

Thanks for the great music today, Bob!
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Andrew in Toronto:

What a superb show!
Thanks, Bob!
  1:55pm
CalZone!:

Really enjoyed the show, BB!
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Meself:

Ah, another great show comes to an end… Thanks Bob :)
  1:56pm
Listener Robert:

Yay for today.
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Wendy del Formaggio:

Whadda great show, as usual. Thanks, Bob!
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listener 126464:

Thanks, enjoyed much Bob.
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(Mr) Bill:

Unheard-of greatness in today’s show (double entendre intended).
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wmfromd:

A Great one! Thanks Bob.
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Soule:

Thank you, Bob - another great show!
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