Favoriting Michael Shelley: Playlist from December 3, 2016 Favoriting

Michael Shelley's avatar View Michael Shelley's profile Favoriting

A showcase for the widest-possible definition of pop music, plus interviews with the world's finest music makers. (Visit homepage.)

Saturday 11am - 1pm (EST) | On WFMU | 91.1, 90.1, 91.9 FM & wfmu.org
WFMU LIVE Audio Streams (Get help):   Pop-up  |  128k AAC  |  128k MP3  |  32k MP3

iTunes Feed Also available as an MP3 podcast. More info at our Podcast Central page.

<-- Previous playlist | Back to Michael Shelley playlists | Next playlist -->


Upcoming events:

Sat. Dec 7th, 11am - 1pm: Andrew Reich, Director of Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story (More info...)

For upcoming special events for Michael Shelley, click here.

Favoriting December 3, 2016: Terry Adams of NRBQ returns!

Listen to this show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!

CLICK HERE for info on today's guest Terry Adams

CLICK HERE to subscribe to my Twitter account, which sends out radio show related tweets

CLICK HERE to subscribe to the free Michael Shelley podcast!

CLICK HERE for info on how to get your own membership card! to Michael Shelley's #1 Hit Club

Artist Track
NRBQ  Ain't it All Right?   Favoriting
Gene Sculatti  What Is A Rock Critic?   Favoriting
Spade Cooley & Tex Williams  Crazy Cause I Love You   Favoriting
O.V. Wright  I'm Gonna Forget About You   Favoriting
Formulars Dance Band  Never Never Let Me Down   Favoriting
NRBQ  Still In School   Favoriting
Honeybus  Delighted to See You   Favoriting
Billy Joe Spears  Here You Come Again   Favoriting
Homer Banks  Ain'y That A Lot Of Love   Favoriting
NRBQ  The One and Only   Favoriting
Duece Of Hearts  The Times They Are A Changin'   Favoriting
Hank Garland  Baby Guitar   Favoriting
Ben E. King  Gloria Gloria   Favoriting
NRBQ  That's Nice, That's Neat   Favoriting
Freddie Fender  Todo Mi amor   Favoriting
Harold Weakly  To Russia With Care   Favoriting
Fats Domino  I'm Going To Cross That River   Favoriting
NRBQ  Here I Am   Favoriting
Terry Adams  Interview   Favoriting
NRBQ  Get On the Right Track   Favoriting
Terry Adams  INTERVIEW   Favoriting
NRBQ  Talk To Me   Favoriting
Terry Adams  Interview   Favoriting
NRBQ  Captian Lou   Favoriting
Terry Adams  Interview   Favoriting
NRBQ  We Are Brothers   Favoriting

CLICK HERE to listen to a new song "People Are Disgusting" from Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE to read "The True Story Of The Fake Zombies, The Strangest Con In Rock History"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE to listen to an episode of Recode Media titled "Musicians fighting Spotify are ‘so f-cking dumb,’ music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz says"

CLICK HERE to read a Mike Love sympathetic piece titled "Beach Boys seek to overcome discord with new wave of Love"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new NPR interview with Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE for "Jerry Lewis at 90: His Mouth Runneth Over"

CLICK HERE to read "How Rockpile Tried To Change Rock and Roll"

CLICK HERE to read "The Zombies Are Back"

CLICK HERE to watch the trailer for "Ticket To Write" a documentary film that explores the golden age of rock music writing

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then CLICK HERE to have a listen & decide for yourself

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE to see how Norman from Teenage Fanclub rates the bands albums

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for info about the tuning used on Bad Company's "Can't Get Enough"

CLICK HERE for Artist Management According To Flo & Eddie

CLICK HERE to see the March 25th Hot 100 chart - when Happy Together was number one!!

CLICK HERE for detailed Pet Sounds credits

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE to see a Thought Leader gives a talk on Thought Leadership

CLICK HERE to find out about a medical fundraiser for Scott Schinder

CLICK HERE to find out Why Classic Rock Isn’t What It Used To Be

CLICK HERE to find out Why You Can’t Get a Ticket to the NBA Finals … … and every other major event on the planet

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE to hear "How Music Taste Evolved"


CLICK HERE to get to know my new favorite person Lively Val Shively

CLICK HERE to check the stats

CLICK HERE for Ringo's isolated drums from "Oh Darling"

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell ina BBC interview with some woman with a lot of plastic surgery

CLICK HERE for info on the new lp from The Explorers Club

CLICK HERE to see some paintings by Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE for a FREE download of Money Mark's "Mark's Keyboard Repair"

CLICK HERE for The Hollies Family Tree

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE for a free download of The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE to see Michael Shelley get interviewed on a NJ public access TV show "Destination Montclair"

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE to see a BBC Allen Toussaint Documentary

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Esquerita

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE for the Glyn Johns interview in Tape Op!

CLICK HERE for Bruce Swedien: Recording Michael Jackson!

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for "Cassette Revolution: Why 1980s Tape Tech Is Still Making Noise in Our Digital World"

CLICK HERE for a new Q&A with Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read about "The Endless Fall of Suge Knight" (yikes!)

CLICK HERE for Barack Obama on WTF

CLICK HERE for info on the new, all instrumental, Michael Shelley album

CLICK HERE for a video of David Myhr's cover of Oh Susie, featured on "Even More Super Hits of the Seventies"

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE for The K-Tel Story

CLICK HERE for Ock TV

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a film excerpt "Session Men - Memphis"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE if you want see a lady call for President Obama's execution. My mind keeps returning to his video and what it means about how screwed up our county is.

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE for the website of the guy who shot Bigfoot

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a grammar test

CLICK HERE for Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete gargbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for STAX at The White House

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for info on Fake Amps!

CLICK HERE for a PDF of who plays what on Everly Brothers recordings.

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

I love THESE Beach Boy videos!

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version.


<-- Previous playlist | Back to Michael Shelley playlists | Next playlist -->

RSS feeds for Michael Shelley's show: RSSPlaylists feed | RSSMP3 archives feed

| E-mail Michael Shelley | Other WFMU Playlists | All artists played by Michael Shelley |

Listen on the Internet | Contact Us | Music & Programs | WFMU Home Page | Support Us | FAQ

Live Audio Streams for WFMU: Pop-up | 128k AAC | 128k MP3 | 32k MP3    (More streams: [+])


Listener comments!

  11:02am
Mikey_B:

the great saturday morning soundtrack
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:02am
Frank Above:

Yeah!!!! Looking forward to lots of Q on today's show!
Avatar 11:03am
Cat:

Hey Michael, welcome back. Yeah Terry.
  11:04am
gene sculatti:

Man, so many spins for this side! Thanx, Michael.
  11:06am
herb.nyc:

Oh Gene, Gene the dancing machine
  11:06am
davefromtoronto:

he should have got william shatner to do that one..
  11:06am
mrmucho:

this is great
Avatar 11:06am
glenn:

howdy. www.thebeaverton.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:08am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...see - it's not entirely a dis - there's nostalgia &...an appreciation born of familiarity. The authenticity is tempered w/ Humor - drinking from a well he himself is well into. THe Editorial Staff gives it 4 of 5...
  11:08am
Baby:

Baby down in LA. Appimg you. Baby.
  11:14am
Baby:

You could be taking drugs. But this song rules!
  11:14am
davefromtoronto:

i'm with ya on that one mike...
Avatar 11:16am
Melissa Jean:

wow I really love this (Formulars). new to me.
  11:17am
Cal Zone!:

The could have really used Billy Preston.
  11:17am
John mcg:

I love this Formulars song. The last time you played it, I ran right out and bought the compilation it's on. the other stuff on that cd is fine stuff as well. I wish there were more available by this band.
  11:20am
Stuart Rose:

Yep, it's a good thing Paul and Ringo are not likely to get all lawyered up.
I was retrofitting the Beatles lyrics to the tune all the way through.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23am
Dano59:

Regarding the Q, now, you know there's only two kinds of people, Michael ...
Avatar 11:23am
Jeezy:

Been a huge NRBQ fan for decades. My most trenchant memory would have to be seeing them play the quad at George Washington University when I was a freshman, about 1989. The band was clearly not pleased to be doing a show with many disinterested and clueless students wandering past and I was stunned that I could walk up to this legendary band and basically pitch requests. Probably not a high point of their career.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23am
Dano59:

"Those who love NRBQ, and those who haven't heard them yet."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:25am
Dano59:

Fan since '77 (Scraps/Workshop 2-LP, 'Get That Gasoline Blues' did it). Have almost everything, over 20 LPs and 20 CDs, plus 45s, live recordings, etc etc. WEnt to the 35th and 38th all-Q anniversary shows
  11:28am
Baby:

Re: nrbq. Seen them many times. But the best time I saw them and the worst time, was on the same night. Two sets. One awful and one I'll never forget.
  11:29am
Stuart Rose:

Heard of them in the late 70s- the Village Voice music ads always showed them playing at the Bottom Line or somewhere.
But I never heard them on the radio and, unlike punk, new wave bands I heard of and felt compelled to check out, they sounded like just a bar band. And then I got into bob brainen's show 3 years ago and first heard them,
  11:33am
Baby:

Hey Tom. You sure know your stuff.
Avatar 11:35am
Marc Francis:

@Tom: Please go away. Thanks.
Avatar 11:35am
Michael Shelley:

Baby - do you really think this coward/troll's name is "Tom"?
Avatar 11:35am
Michael Shelley:

He hates the show so much - he's been listening for 40 minutes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:36am
Dano59:

it's the trolls' world, we only live in it.
  11:37am
Kerouac movie:

That NRBQ song sounds like it influenced Phoenix' Liztomania. The French pop band.
Avatar 11:37am
Mailman Tom:

I saw NRBQ perform twice. Each time they gave a great show. The band has been around for a long time. They actually played the Fillmore East in NYC 45 years ago!
Avatar 11:39am
Marc Francis:

I've only ever heard of NRBQ via your show and Bob Brainen. I have no idea how they escaped me previous to that.
  11:41am
Baby:

H me is Donald. If you know what I mean.
  11:41am
Dennis Diken:

great show Mikey! Dave Amels and I had the extreme pleasure of producing the amazing Mr. King some years back. a class act in every sense!
  11:42am
Baby:

His name is Donald. If you get my drift. I now am officially blind
  11:44am
ed:

Neat,Nice: Terry once said it was the same chords except one as Take The A Train, didn't say which one was different. Every time I see sheet music for A Train the chords are different!
  11:47am
Baby:

Baby. Flat Five??
  11:47am
davefromtoronto:

that's such a beatles rip off!

i can't place which tune though...
  11:48am
Jim Macnie:

Terry, can you describe what Klem brings to the party?
  11:50am
Todd E:

Been living with the fab new box set since the day it came out. Seen them live around 25-30 times over the past 35 years. Please ask Terry if there are any plans for more archival live releases. While NRBQ made great albums, it was all about the shows. Lots of bootleg recordings in circulation, but would love a series of official releases. Dig your show, Michael, keep those #1 tunes coming!!!
Avatar 11:52am
Cat:

The Adams Brothers (Terry & Donn) won the tickets?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:56am
Frank Above:

Love the piano double the guitar on the solo break in "Here I Am"
  11:57am
Listener Joe:

It's about time NRBQ gets the recognition they deserve. Thanks Michael for interviewing Terry
Avatar 12:09pm
Uke Goldberg:

I saw NRBQ shortly after the bust at a free show in a park in Miami.
Avatar 12:10pm
Uke Goldberg:

Everyone seemed to know why they had short hair.
Avatar 12:11pm
Uke Goldberg:

Man, we loved their first album way back then!
  12:11pm
Baby:

Ask Terry about the clavonette When he first discovered it. What he used before that?
Avatar 12:11pm
Uke Goldberg:

Slim Harpo and Sun Ra on one disc!
  12:11pm
WadeT:

What did they have in the barn? Buckets? gas cans? Barrels? Any HOOCH? Were these old farm houses?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:11pm
Uncle Michael:

Allman Brothers Live at Ludlow's garage is an official release.
  12:13pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

Ask Terry when the Magic Box began? And when did they start touring with their own piano (I imagine there were some horror stories about the pianos supplied by the venues before that)?
  12:13pm
Bob:

Are there more archival releases coming?
  12:16pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

One more--ask Terry how many dates the Q did with John Sebastian (playing Spoonful tunes)? I remember they played Town Hall in NYC in the late seventies or early eighties for that show.
  12:23pm
Todd E:

May 2-3, 1969 Fillmore East

Jeff Beck Group
Joe Cocker
NRBQ
  12:25pm
BillyD:

That Fillmore story is one of the best RnR stories ever.
  12:25pm
Topher:

Love all things 'Q'!! Soundtrack of my life. Best memories of multiple Thanksgiving weekend madness shows at Toads Place in New Haven, CT. Even got to open up for them there one night! See you in Piermont Terry!
  12:27pm
Guy Walker:

Old Saybrook CT High School in the afternoon around 1PM NRBQ played in 1972 or '71?
Avatar 12:28pm
Cat:

might be my alltime favorite Terry solo
  12:30pm
Guy Walker:

And ask Terry about the Sha-boo Inn, Weathersfield CT any New Year's Eve. bikers wrecked the place to James Montgomery and NRBQ.
Avatar 12:31pm
Jeezy:

The funny thing about the 1989 show at GWU was I think Rounder Records had just re-released some of the early classic LPS and you had Pulse Magazine by Tower Records writing gushing pieces about the band, exposing them to a new generation of teen music lovers like myself at the time. So it was crazy to see the band mere months later right before our eyes!
  12:35pm
Topher:

Terry slaps the crap outta that Clav! Nothing like it.
  12:36pm
Ron force:

In 1976 I just moved to Cairo NY, that weekend this band I never heard of was playing at this log cabin bar in the hills about town. The Bar was named the Gayhead Sportsman Club. That Band was NRBQ. Best night of my life.
  Swag For Life Member 12:55pm
Dubiousraves:

Macnie, Klem brings the chicken.
  1:00pm
Jim Macnie:

And a little Mrs. Renfro on the side, more often than not.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:05pm
Jim Price:

Fantastic job Michael. Once the interview started, i refused to move from the couch. Had to hear every word! Thank you!!
Bottom
Comment!
Name
Email
(C) 2024 WFMU. Generated by KenzoDB, written 2000-2024 by Ken Garson