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Favoriting March 29, 2025: A freeform show including "About An Hour With...Early Rod Stewart"

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Artist Track Album Label 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 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Wynonie Harris  Shake That Thing   Favoriting     1954  King label    0:02:25 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Graham Bond Organization  I Love You   Favoriting Wade In The Water (Classic, Origins & Oddities)    1967 / 2014      0:04:39 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Ray Mason  Castanets   Favoriting A Man & His Silvertone    2006      0:07:34 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Haim  Gasoline   Favoriting     2021  Live on TV    0:10:11 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bookshop Band  The Pull Of The Moors (inspired by Jane Eyre & Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte)   Favoriting Emerge, Return    2024    *   0:13:34 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Myriam Gendron  Long Way Home   Favoriting Mayday    2024    *   0:16:50 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Family  Winter   Favoriting Music From A Doll's House    1968  Thanks to S.B. for correction!    0:20:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Jupiter & Okwess  Selele   Favoriting Ekoya    2025    *   0:23:05 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Jelly Roll Morton  Wolverine Blues (Tale 1)   Favoriting The Jelly Roll Morton Centennial: His Complete Victor Recordings    1927 / 1990      0:26:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
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Weird Herald  Canyon Women   Favoriting Just Yesterday    1969 / 2025    *   0:38:47 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Jocque & LeScott  Humpty Dumpty   Favoriting The Ornette Coleman Songbook    1978      0:43:03 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Helen Reddy  Angie Baby   Favoriting     1974      0:49:14 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Atlanta Rhythm Section  So Into You   Favoriting     1976      0:52:35 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray  The Chase   Favoriting The Chase    1947 / 1976  Dial label / UK Spotlite label    0:56:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Tommy Collins  Watcha Gonna Do Now   Favoriting     1954  Capitol label    1:03:55 (MP3 | Pop-up)
1st National Band  The Trip Down   Favoriting     1967  Monument label    1:06:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 

 

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"About An Hour With...Early Rod Stewart"
Steampacket  It's Alright   Favoriting     1965  BBC-Live    1:14:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Good Morning Little Schoolgirl   Favoriting     1965      1:16:02 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Street Fighting Man   Favoriting The Rod Stewart Album (US) An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (UK)    1969      1:18:10 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Gasoline Alley   Favoriting Gasoline Alley    1970      1:23:09 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Mandolin Wind   Favoriting Every Picture Tells a Story    1971      1:27:14 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Man of Constant Sorrow   Favoriting The Rod Stewart Album (US) An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (UK)    1969      1:32:46 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Cut Across Shorty   Favoriting Gasoline Alley    1970      1:36:09 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Every Picture Tells a Story   Favoriting Every Picture Tells a Story    1971      1:41:55 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 

 

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Rod Stewart  An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down   Favoriting The Rod Stewart Album (US) An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (UK)    1969      1:53:14 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Lady Day   Favoriting Gasoline Alley    1970      1:56:48 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Maggie May   Favoriting Every Picture Tells a Story    1971      2:00:37 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Handbags and Gladrags   Favoriting The Rod Stewart Album (US) An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (UK)    1969      2:05:53 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Jo's Lament   Favoriting Gasoline Alley    1970      2:10:15 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Tomorrow Is A Long Time   Favoriting Every Picture Tells a Story    1971      2:13:40 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Cindy's Lament   Favoriting The Rod Stewart Album (US) An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (UK)    1969      2:17:18 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Only a Hobo   Favoriting Gasoline Alley    1970      2:21:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 

 

 

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Mickey Mantle & Theresa Brewer  I Love Mickey   Favoriting     1956  Coral Label    2:30:42 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Henager-Union Sacred Harp Convention  Corinth 32T   Favoriting I Belong to This Band: Eighty-Five Years of Sacred Harp Recordings    1928 / 2006  VAR    2:32:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Grand Kalle et L'Africain Jazz  Keyla   Favoriting Volume II    1961      2:34:47 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Nazz  Crowded [demo]   Favoriting The Complete Nazz    1967 / 2019      2:39:16 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  Some Of Shelley's Blues   Favoriting     1971      2:42:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bill Fay  Maudy La Lune   Favoriting From the Bottom of an Old Grandfather Clock    2004      2:45:08 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Margie Rayburn  Bobby Is My Hobby   Favoriting     1962  Dot label    2:47:23 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bobby Hutcherson  Ankara   Favoriting Patterns    1968 / 1980      2:49:32 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 

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  Thanks to James Douglas & Doug Young


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Listener comments!

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RobbieWhite:

good morning Bob. I like early Rod Stewart.
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Mxter Baba:

getting ready for —who is this goofball!?!?!?
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Bob Brainen:

Morning, RobbieWhite of WOWD.
Me too!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey, Mxter Baba, it's Roddy!
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(Mr) Bill:

Good morning, Bob, Robbie, and Mxter Baba. A placido sabado to all.
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Will thee SG OCNY:

Good morning Bob Brainen and all!!!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey, (Mr) Bill
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Bob Brainen:

Morning, Will thee SG OCNY
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Pauly from Clifton:

Good morning Bob, folks!
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∫ydniuß:

Morn Bob & blues enthusiasts
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wmfromd:

Hey Bob and everyone!
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tom tom the pipers son:

nice overdrive on organ…hi bob and all
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(Mr) Bill:

I loved last Sunday morning’s show, Bob and Robbie.
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Bob Brainen:

Morning, Pauly from Clifton
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PAULS:

Hey Bob! and everyone
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Bob Brainen:

Morn, ∫ydniuß
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Bob Brainen:

Hey, WmfromD
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Bob Brainen:

Hi, tom tom the pipers son, overdrive can be cool
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Bob Brainen:

Hey, PAULS
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Bob Brainen:

↳ (Mr) Bill @11:09
Ah, glad you caught the show. Referring to my being Robbie White's guest on his Forbidden Alliance show on WOWD. takomaradio.org
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Andrew in Toronto:

Good morning, Bob, and all other streamers
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Bob Brainen:

Andrew in Toronto, good morning to you
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ PAULS @11:10
Hiya, PAUS!
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PAULS:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:18
hello Andrew!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @11:03
Morning, Pau!y
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Will thee SG OCNY:

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Soule:

Good morning, Bob and gang! I was just thinking yesterday about how much I enjoyed early Rod Stewart.
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Bob Brainen:

Good morning to you, Soule
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Canyon Women" by "Weird Herald"
‘eavy psychedelicatessan talk about overdrive...
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Soule @11:31
Miorning, Soule!
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Soule:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:42
Good, good morning, A in T!
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tom tom the pipers son:

hello baba-ita… you there…?
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ Song: "Angie Baby" by "Helen Reddy"
“It’s so nice to be insane.”
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tom tom the pipers son:

early 70’s….rod ’n’ helen similar hairdos, but an unlikely couple…more likely couple britt eklund and helen...
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Will thee SG OCNY:

↳ Song: "So Into You" by "Atlanta Rhythm Section"
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "So Into You" by "Atlanta Rhythm Section"
that opening keys sound… was thinking it was beach boys…like a blondie and ricky tune… that sound must’ve been all over
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Will thee SG OCNY:

I was replacing the Head and Headgasket on my wagon and I was listening to a bunch of stuff like this "yacht Rawk" at the time
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PAULS:

↳ Song: "Angie Baby" by "Helen Reddy"
OK this song used to freak me out as a youth
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ PAULS @11:58
The easy-listening-ish mood of the first half or so makes the song all the more unsettling. Quite artful.
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PAULS:

↳ (Mr) Bill @12:02
And then... bang!
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ PAULS @12:03
Exactly!
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tom tom the pipers son:

i always think”it’s alright” is from later in 60’s
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tom tom the pipers son:

i guess rod is the patron saint of ‘vocal fry'
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PAULS:

I'm hoping for Cindy's Lament!
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tom tom the pipers son:

rod did/does have swing
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doctorjazz:

Hi Bob, Saturday listeners!
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Song: "Gasoline Alley" by "Rod Stewart"
I think that Devendra Banhardt stole some of this melody…
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Soule:

↳ Song: "Gasoline Alley" by "Rod Stewart"
Love this!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Gasoline Alley" by "Rod Stewart"
a very cool girl i knew in high school was a big fan of rod stewart and patti smith…beautiful girl…which life was very unkind to...
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Mxter Baba:

↳ (Mr) Bill @11:01
belated salutations to you!
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Soule:

↳ Song: "Mandolin Wind" by "Rod Stewart"
... and this!
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ Mxter Baba @12:26
Thank you. When saluting me, you can be late anytime.
  12:28pm
Dean:

Pete Sears' band, Moon Alice, played the joint behind my backyard many years ago.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Mxter Baba @12:26
hey babawitz
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doctorjazz:

Sometimes it's hard to remember that at one point I really loved Rod 's music...
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Bob Brainen:

↳ doctorjazz @12:29
Hey Dean, very cool.
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Bob Brainen:

Hey, doctorjazz. Exactly.
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ doctorjazz @12:29
It’s takes work not to love “Mandolin Wind."
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Mxter Baba:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @12:28
a tip of the pipe to you, tttpskins!
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doctorjazz:

Love how the band comes in at teh end of this.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Mxter Baba @12:31
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  12:36pm
Elvin:

OK I could look it up, but I’d rather hear it from fellow listeners. Was the later Michael Jackson influenced by Rod Stewart? Anyway, great segment Bob!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Elvin @12:36
never would make that connection…but i’m game...
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Elvin. Glad you dig. As for your question, sorry, I have no answer.
Anyone?
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Mxter Baba:

my guess is that MJ absorbed and transmuted everything he could get his ears around
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Elvin @12:36
i can contort myself to see some connection of ‘do ya think i’m sexy' and ‘young turks’ but not what’s plying now
  12:41pm
Dean:

One of my favorite Stewart tunes, "Debris," features Ronnie Lane, who wrote the song, on lead vocals, Rod backing him up.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Cut Across Shorty" by "Rod Stewart"
Love this!
  12:43pm
Elvin:

When Rod goes high, that’s when I hear MJ.
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doctorjazz:

Cut Across Shorty and Every Picture share some musical DNA...
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Every Picture Tells a Story" by "Rod Stewart"
i haven’t heard this in thirty years… sounds good
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Elvin @12:43
ah i see… and rod’s “woos"
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tom tom the pipers son:

who is b/g singer bob…?
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Bob Brainen:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @12:45
Maggie Bell
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Soule:

↳ doctorjazz @12:41
Yep, another great one.
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tom tom the pipers son:

thx
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ doctorjazz @12:43
Greetings, doc!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:50
Hi there Andrew!
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Soule:

↳ Song: "Lady Day" by "Rod Stewart"
These arrangements with the violin and double bass won my heart.
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tom tom the pipers son:

kenny jones does a nice job kicking the song into gear here after intro and on other songs
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northguineahills:

i at first only knew rod from his early 90s pop toons. so it was a surprise when i found he was in the faces and played w/ jeff beck when i was in my 20s....
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ Song: "Maggie May" by "Rod Stewart"
One of the starmaker machinery’s greatest accomplishments.
  1:04pm
Elvin:

In my 8th grade yearbook bio at Our Lady of Sorrows my favorite musical artist was Rod Stewart and the Faces. That was in 1972.
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Bob Brainen:

Hey, northguineahills, yeah he had good roots.
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

↳ Song: "Handbags and Gladrags" by "Rod Stewart"
By Mike d’Abo of Manfred Mann who also wrote “Build Me Up Buttercup “.
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Bob Brainen:

Hi, Sweet Corn Lizzie, thanks for filling in some deets.
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PAULS:

↳ Song: "Cindy's Lament" by "Rod Stewart"
YES!!!!
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Cindy's Lament" by "Rod Stewart"
Oh, how I relate to this!
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Only a Hobo" by "Rod Stewart"
This is a Tim Buckley song, right?
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Soule:

↳ Franco Twinkie @1:23
Bob Dylan. Another great violin and double bass arrangement.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Only a Hobo" by "Rod Stewart"
even this early he had a weakness for borderline schlock sentiment…. tim buckley huh...
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Soule @1:24
Right!
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tom tom the pipers son:

sorry bob...
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:24
He did a hobo song too.
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Soule:

↳ Franco Twinkie @1:25
That's right! "Then you be damned I screamed at the hobo."
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Franco Twinkie @1:25
oh...
  1:27pm
Gerry from Miami:

Yes, FRANCO. It's titled "Morning Glory." AKA "Hobo Song."
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tom tom the pipers son:

hi franco...
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Franco Twinkie:

Hey Tom Tom.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Franco Twinkie @1:29
how are things in the neigborhood…any record store dj- ing…?
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "I Love Mickey" by "Mickey Mantle & Theresa Brewer"
lelands.com...
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:32
I'm taking a break. If I do it every week it feels like a job, and I'm anti-job to the extreme.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Corinth 32T" by "Henager-Union Sacred Harp Conven...
sacred harp singing does put the fear of g-d in me.. despite it reminding of glenn branca with voices instead of guitars
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Corinth 32T" by "Henager-Union Sacred Harp Conven...
hearty white djing detected...
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Keyla" by "Grand Kalle et L'Africain Jazz"
Love this!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Franco Twinkie @1:34
i hears ya…!
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Yes:

↳ Song: "Keyla" by "Grand Kalle et L'Africain Jazz"
<333
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Bob Brainen:

Hi, Yes
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Andrew in Toronto:

What an inspired show!
Thanks, Bob!
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Soule:

↳ Song: "Ankara" by "Bobby Hutcherson"
Wow! Lovely. Thanks for a super show, Bob.
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Soule:

↳ Song: "Ankara" by "Bobby Hutcherson"
Flute by James Spaulding.
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tom tom the pipers son:

thanks bob...
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doctorjazz:

Thanks Bob!
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Will thee SG OCNY:

Thank you Bob Brainen!!!

be well everyone!!!
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(Mr) Bill:

Yes—Fred de Cordova. Immense appreciation for a marvelous show, Bob. So glad that you didn’t spare the Rod.
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wmfromd:

Great show Bob! Thank you!
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Yes:

thanks bob!
  2:00pm
Listener Robert:

Yay, I did have a good time, thanks.
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