WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from June 27, 2020

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	11:00am Listener Baby: Son.. Uh son, you're dippin' in my bizness!
	11:01am Frank In Queens: Hey Mike, what do you have for us today?
	11:01am Handy Haversack: Morning, Michael and all the Shelle gamers!
	11:02am spodiodi: good morning, Michael SHelley and company!
	11:03am Frank In Queens: Love hearing these Booze tracks.
	11:04am Dano59: m-m-m-mornin' Mike!!
	11:05am Torin: Great opener!
	11:06am zivilars: Michael Shelley - Rex – Todd-O-Phonic = best Saturday triple ever invented
	11:06am Corey: Morning Michael and everyone!
	11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: #s 1, 2, & 3 !
	11:08am Handy Haversack: Hey, Corey. How's life in the Mitten today? Been thinking about getting out there a lot! Not sure it's possible yet, logistically. But I miss it!
	11:09am Dano59: Rock Your Baby >/ ? > Hot Chocolate vibe there. eh?
	11:10am Greg from ZONE 5: TIME!!!
	11:10am Handy Haversack: Crab cilantro tortas? Like ceviche pizza? Time!
	11:11am davefromtoronto: HEY!
	11:13am davefromtoronto: channeling hank...
	11:15am Corey: Hey Handy! Gorgeous day in the Mitten. Entering the summer paradise season. Will try to find our way to the Big Lake a time or two this weekend. Looks like Oceana County is having a bit of COVID trouble, although all that is relative I suppose. Hope logistics eventually fall in place!
	11:15am Nat K.: I dig this Lee Charles tune.
	11:17am Webhamster Henry: I'm just full of clicky-stars today!
	11:18am Listener Baby: Baby, you are on a Swedish kick these days. And we like it!
	11:18am Michael Shelley: I'm stickin with you!
	11:18am βrian: We were going to cross over to Ludington on the ferry, but that got cancelled.
	11:20am Handy Haversack: Sounds so nice, Corey! I was thinking of our paddle down the Manistee River last year. A perfect day! Oceana County managers got rid of the ambulance service last year, as I recall, though people were fighting that. βrian, the Maritime Museum in Ludington is super cool if you ever get the chance!
	11:20am Frank In Queens: I'm diggin' Mama Sonic!
	11:23am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...ProtoJuniper :)
	11:23am Hughie Considine: Surprised anyone could be up in arms about this one.
	11:23am zivilars: "I love all versions of this song" – can't put it any better
	11:23am Listener Baby: Almost like a modern day mash-up. Weird and wonderful!
	11:23am davefromtoronto: turtles should've done this.
	11:23am Handy Haversack: OK, time to watch The Jerk again. Pardon me, have you seen a little boy wearing a T-shirt that says "BULLSHIT"?
	11:23am phat: I love arranger rock
	11:24am Nat K.: I love narc rock.
	11:25am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'ArrangerRawk' ✔︎
	11:25am davek2: The Hound once played the original version, and prefaced it with...This is a duet, Mike Jackson, and Prince!!!
	11:27am Frank In Queens: Is the Mama Sonic album only on Spotify? I was hoping for at least a Bandcamp page...
	11:28am davefromtoronto: that ain't no shotgun.
	11:28am Michael Shelley: They emailed me... not sure... if you find, post...
	11:29am Frank In Queens: Seemingly only Spotify and Soundcloud. Here's the Soundcloud link: soundcloud.com...
	11:29am Handy Haversack: That's frustrating, Frank! I ran into the same thing with Big Moon. Couldn't find any source that I felt good about ordering through.
	11:30am Frank In Queens: Handy, at least I can hear the stuff on Soundcloud, but I'd like to "own" the tracks in some way shape or form.
	11:30am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'John Lennon's Jukebox' is a great doc about this sort of thing early on...
	11:31am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Lennon almost developed a sort of NYC 1970s Disco thing about him :p...
	11:32am paul: Where is this Lennon track from?
	11:33am Torin: Huh. Yep. Well, imitation is the best kind of flattery I guess.
	11:34am Dano59: nice segue from P&P to Sarah Borges. She's covered NRBQ, and the P&P song came up when fans heard the Q version of that standard. Sure beats Eddie Vedder's...
	11:34am Greg from ZONE 5: Definitely doing that. My internet is like molasses in January.
	11:35am Mike Sin: re: "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" Starts as a rewrite of a George McCrae track, ends ups inventing the sound of the "Saturday Night Live" band a year ahead of the fact!
	11:36am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It doesn't cost WebProviders much @ all once there's a bit of infrastructure. Am I right ?? SNL - yeah always thot that Mike!
	11:36am clarke: infraGAINstructchah
	11:38am davefromtoronto: the weirdest thing for me is seeing people driving in their car wearing a mask...
	11:38am Hughie Considine: Years ago, I was at a motel in Florida and the fire alarm went off. We're all standing in the hallway and a young woman takes out her lighter, flicks it, and says, "Well, it ain't gas. Must be electrical." This is the same level of thinking of our sociopath in chief.
	11:38am Handy Haversack: OK, we have to make a "quick" supply run for fruit and beer. Back ASAP! If you're in NYC, wear a mask! You are never going to be far enough away from other people for long enough! Ooooo! Live Country Westerns?! And SQ?! TOPT with another coup!
	11:39am myron feld: The overdubbed echoey vocal asides are #1
	11:39am Frank In Queens: @Handy, let us know what you pick up.
	11:40am Dean: She's fifteen here?!
	11:41am paul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0jDKOlHS3w
	11:42am Torin: Ha! I remember hearing about the plates at the time. (My fav story from that place was about the woman who called about the missing broach. Hilarious.)
	11:42am Crei6hton: Morning
	11:44am davefromtoronto: did trump really say "kung flu?"
	11:46am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: No because Mein Drumpf isn't racist. Course he did.
	11:48am davefromtoronto: "mine cough" is more appropriate
	11:48am dale: herro dere. so when someone covers my sweet lord did harrison get royalties or the songwriter of he's so fine?
	11:49am Christina Low: Quitters= heaven.
	11:50am Dano59: Hughie: Go USA comment of the month
	11:51am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @dale: Shyster Mgr. Allen Klein ended up repping both George - & the rights to 'He's So Fine' - playing them off each other in court! Later - George made sure he owned them both! :)
	11:51am McGroovey: Quitters: woohoo! And this isn't even one of their best songs!
	11:52am Hughie Considine: Danke schoen, @Dano
	11:52am Listener Baby: Dixie Chicks just changed their name to.. Wait for it.. The Chicks.
	11:52am Michael Shelley: I believe Harrison BOUGHT the publishing for HE's So Fine - as a sort of revenge...
	11:53am dale: never knew that stuff - thanks for the factoids.
	11:54am Listener Baby: The N.U. Chicks.
	11:54am Hughie Considine: Apparently Dixie Dregs ditched Dixie a long time ago. I guess no one cared?
	11:54am Dano59: Thee Chicks.
	11:55am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The Villain (if you need one) in the Beatles saga ain't Yoko - it's Klein.
	11:55am dale: they're getting a bit long in the tooth to be called chicks. maybe 'the ladies' is more betterer.
	11:56am Pedro in Arlington: The mask thing here in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is sad. It’s an order from the governor that face covering is required inside public spaces but good luck in supermarkets. No enforcement. A third of the people aren’t wearing them. I don’t blame the staff because why risk a confrontation for crummy pay. Just tell people they won’t be allowed to check out without a mask on. Then they risk shoplifting charges and you know the stores will be happy to enforce that and so will the cops.
	11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Pixie Chickens
	11:56am davefromtoronto: chixie dix
	11:57am Dean: The Southern Gals
	11:57am paul: Painted Love?
	11:57am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: AmeriClawna
	11:57am Hughie Considine: The genius of Soft Cell -- adding the whomp whomp -- should not be underestimated.
	11:57am clarke: Cocksie Chicks. i went There.
	11:57am davefromtoronto: love taint
	11:58am Listener Baby: The Painted Love Chicks?
	11:58am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Confederate Fowls
	11:59am Pedro in Arlington: I do regret not taking a picture of an elderly guy in a Bristol, TN supermarket yesterday. Mask AND Trump cap. Apparently the cult does have its limits when it comes to risk group data.
	11:59am myron feld: @Hughie re: Soft Cell -- 110% right
	11:59am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Henfederates...
	12:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hell - Dick Cheney & his DarthVader robot heart are Masked...
	12:00pm phat: holy crap! Ed Cobb wrote Every Little Bit Hurts, too!
	12:01pm clarke: mmm hmmm...
	12:03pm Torin: McRae’s still got it!
	12:03pm phat: that new McCrea is unapologetically old school. amazing.
	12:08pm johnzo: just tuned in, who's this?! looking him up now...
	12:10pm Michael Shelley: Temporary duty travel (TDY), also known as "temporary additional duty" (TAD) in the Navy and Marine Corps or TDI for "temporary duty under instruction”, is a United States Armed Forces Service member's or Department of Defense civilian employee's travel or other assignment at a location other than the traveler's permanent duty station as authorized by the Joint Travel Regulations. This type of secondment is usually of relatively short duration, typically from two days to 189 days in length. Not all agencies use this designation. Temporary duty and rotation for US troops during World War II Temporary duty assignments usually come with per diem pay, covering lodging, meals, and incidental expenses.[1] Many employees value the per diem aspect of a TDY, since that money is guaranteed, even if they spend less than their allotted daily value. However, most agencies handle the lodging per diem separately from the meals and incidentals, and employees may not make money by staying at cheaper accommodations, or putting more than one person in a room.
	12:11pm dymphnite: Love this stuff.
	12:11pm Hughie Considine: "You neee-eeed temporary duty/ and hope to God that it doesn't rain..."
	12:18pm clarke: and obviously, without george mccrae, there's no KC&Sunshine Band
	12:23pm Hughie Considine: The story of the final "ah aahhhhh" is gold!
	12:24pm dymphnite: you did that math in your head??
	12:26pm WR: Late reply, that recent tune totally could have been a song from the time of his career peak.
	12:27pm Michael Shelley: was it correct?
	12:29pm clarke: odd fact: the tarzan call was mostly a violin - it was re-used from the 40's movie for the ron ely tv series in the 60's, as well
	12:32pm Handy Haversack: And we're back! Hope I didn't miss too much of the interview.
	12:33pm clarke: there's always archives -- whaddya git??
	12:34pm clarke: RYB transcends disco, fo'sho
	12:35pm Michael Shelley: www.youtube.com...
	12:35pm myron feld: I am shocked -- shocked! -- he couldn't get royalties out of Morris Levy.
	12:36pm Michael Shelley: And dont ever call again!
	12:39pm johnzo: fmu has the best interviews!
	12:40pm Dean: First paragraph of the 1991 2d Circuit opinion that pretty much concluded the "My Sweet Lord" litigation: Bright Tunes Music Corporation (Bright Tunes) held the copyright to a song entitled “He's So Fine” (HSF) composed by Ronald Mack. George Harrison, a former member of the musical group “The Beatles,” had authored a song called “My Sweet Lord” (MSL). In 1971 Bright Tunes sued Harrison claiming that his song infringed the copyright of Mack's song. A trial court in 1976 agreed. Today, over 15 years later, the damages issue flowing from this infringement is still being litigated, giving true-meaning for those involved to the title of the Beatles' “It's Been a Hard Day's Night.” Subsequent to the determinations to be made on the remand hereby directed, we fully expect the curtain to fall on this long-playing litigation. ABKCO Music, Inc. v. Harrisongs Music, Ltd., 944 F.2d 971, 974 (2d Cir. 1991)
	12:40pm Torin: Great interview
	12:40pm spodiodi: nice interview. what a nice guy. loved the singing
	12:41pm Listener Baby: Guitar is massive on this.
	12:41pm clarke: cool!!!
	12:41pm JuneBeesMatthews: Solid Interview and Solid music Thanks for sharing this goodness
	12:42pm clarke: Jerome Smith - rumor had it his car ran into a stationary garbage truck in miami..
	12:42pm Listener Baby: Baby. Is KC still with us?
	12:42pm Torin: Now I can hear the Smokey & S Cook influence. Cool. Haha and Tarzan
	12:42pm clarke: kasey is still alive, yes
	12:42pm P-90: That absolutely classic rhythm guitar
	12:42pm vertual: Thanks for the interview. I grew up down there and this song and KC where a big deal. Was about 12 when all this hit. Pretty sure KC is still performing.
	12:43pm Frank Zaatar: That organ just makes it super creamy.
	12:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Got Smokey top of the Program.
	12:44pm clarke: The Current Situation
	12:45pm gf2002: Always loved Jerome's guitar tone on that record - Sounds like a Strat plugged direct into the board, dry as a bone. Very similar if not the same tone and style that helped make Nile Rodgers a legend
	12:46pm clarke: i have seen film of jerome smith and he was playing a hollow body guitar, live.
	12:46pm clarke: good tune!!
	12:46pm Listener Baby: en.wikipedia.org...
	12:47pm Dennis Diken: Great show Mikey!
	12:47pm Christina Low: I make ice cream with coconut milk as the base. Super easy to throw together, as you just combine the milk, sugar, and a little starch on the stove, let it chill fully, and then freeze. It’s and quite tasty. I’ve made lemon (with lemon juice and limoncello) and caramel nut so far this season....
	12:49pm Handy Haversack: @clarke: Five kinds of cider! Two kinds of beer! Bloody Mary mix! Also limes, lemons, oranges, tomatoes, dried chiles, olives, cheese. And the guys in the beer aisle gave us two lager glasses that the distributor must have given them. The beer aisle: happiest place on earth! Loved what I caught of the interview, Michael!
	12:50pm clarke: bulldozer not garbage truck
	12:51pm clarke: dang, treasure trove!!
	12:52pm Corey: @Handy Score! Have also found cocktail citrus to be one of the more clutch lockdown groceries to have around.
	12:52pm gf2002: Joe South...his guitar intro to Chain Of Fools, one of the all-time classics
	12:52pm Mike Sin: "Back in the day," I picked up South's "Games People Play" LP dirt cheap just to get "Hush" -- what a nice surprise to hear so many strong tracks!
	12:53pm spodiodi: all over the wheat and oats
	12:53pm spodiodi: never heard him do it w/Dylan -- cool!
	12:53pm Marne: Rock your baby caused me to do the hustle in the kitchen. Just so you know.
	12:53pm Hughie Considine: Homemade sour mix: 1/3 lime/lemon/orange 1/3 simple syrup 1/3 water. Perfection.
	12:54pm myron feld: Many, many great versions of Joe South songs, but this is the #1-est: www.youtube.com...
	12:54pm spodiodi: no pulled muscles, i hope, Marne
	12:55pm Handy Haversack: @Corey: I have never gone through so many limes in my life. Supplies got so low yesterday that when we got back from canoeing I had to make sidecars! Does your brewery have any East Coast distribution, Corey?
	12:56pm listener 126464: Thanks Michael and FMU crew, great interview.
	12:56pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Michael!
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Glad Chrissie is still around.
	12:57pm spodiodi: Thanks, Michael Shelley! thanks crew!
	12:57pm McGroovey: I haven't felt the impulse to buy the new Pretenders album since about 1981, but I want this one.
	12:57pm clarke: put in your movie queue: MINDHORN - hilarious!
	12:58pm clarke: dios mio, baby!! ever get the feeling you been....
	12:58pm Corey: @Handy In the early days of COVID we'd burn through citrus and then are left with unbalanced cocktails until the next grocery run. I know, small problems. Now we stock up. No distribution yet, but canning in August. We're friends with the guys at Threes Brewing, so might make our way to their cooler at some point.
	12:58pm Corey: Thanks Michael for the great interview and show! A nice way as usual to spend the transition from Saturday morning to Saturday afternoon. Take care all.
	12:58pm Frank In Queens: Thanks Michael.
	12:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: THX
	1:00pm Greg from ZONE 5: Thanks, Michael!
	1:00pm McGroovey: My canoe is upstate in my friend's basement, so I can't use it. I want to.
	1:00pm Handy Haversack: McGroovey, are you in NYC? Contact me!
	1:43pm P-90: Perhaps the finest “lesbian hoodlum” portrayal ever

Michael Shelley: Playlist from June 27, 2020

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June 27, 2020: Guest: George McCrae

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Booze, The	Hey Amy! "Hey Amy!" by "Booze, The"
Gwen McCrae	Rocking Chair "Rocking Chair" by "Gwen McCrae"
Chambers Brothers, The	The Time Has Come Today
Willie Nelson	No Place For Me "No Place For Me" by "Willie Nelson"
Lee Charles	Wrong Number "Wrong Number" by "Lee Charles"
Paul Smith	The Gnat "The Gnat" by "Paul Smith"
Mama Sonic	Ella "Ella" by "Mama Sonic"
Patience & Prudence	Tonight You Belong to Me
Sarah Borges And The Broken Singles	Get As Gone Can Get
Roy "C"	Shot Gun Wedding "Shot Gun Wedding" by "Roy "C""
John Lennon	Whatever Gets You Through The Night (Rehearsal)
Pleasure Seekers, The	What A Way To Die
Pokey LaFarge	Ain't Comin' Home "Ain't Comin' Home" by "Pokey LaFarge"
Don Covay	But I Forgive You Blues
Sound Dimension	My Sweet Lord "My Sweet Lord" by "Sound Dimension"
Quitters, The	Damned Thing "Damned Thing" by "Quitters, The"
Chicks. The	Goodnight Baby "Goodnight Baby" by "Chicks. The"
Jerry Lee Lewis	The Urge "The Urge" by "Jerry Lee Lewis"
Gloria Jones	Tainted Love "Tainted Love" by "Gloria Jones"
George McCrae	Longing For You "Longing For You" by "George McCrae"
George McCrae	Interview "Interview" by "George McCrae"
George McCrae	Rock Your Baby "Rock Your Baby" by "George McCrae"
ELO	When I Was A Boy "When I Was A Boy" by "ELO"
Joe South	Birds Of A Feather "Birds Of A Feather" by "Joe South"
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash	Five Feet High and Rising (take 1)
Pretenders	The Buzz "The Buzz" by "Pretenders"
Chip Monck	Green "Green" by "Chip Monck"
Marne's Brother	Parents Won't Change
Apology Line	Apology To Myself "Apology To Myself" by "Apology Line"

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

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

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

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

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Listener comments!
	11:00am Listener Baby: Son.. Uh son, you're dippin' in my bizness!
	11:01am Frank In Queens: Hey Mike, what do you have for us today?
	11:01am Handy Haversack: Morning, Michael and all the Shelle gamers!
	11:02am spodiodi: good morning, Michael SHelley and company!
	11:03am Frank In Queens: Love hearing these Booze tracks.
	11:04am Dano59: m-m-m-mornin' Mike!!
	11:05am Torin: Great opener!
	11:06am zivilars: Michael Shelley - Rex – Todd-O-Phonic = best Saturday triple ever invented
	11:06am Corey: Morning Michael and everyone!
	11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: #s 1, 2, & 3 !
	11:08am Handy Haversack: Hey, Corey. How's life in the Mitten today? Been thinking about getting out there a lot! Not sure it's possible yet, logistically. But I miss it!
	11:09am Dano59: Rock Your Baby >/ ? > Hot Chocolate vibe there. eh?
	11:10am Greg from ZONE 5: TIME!!!
	11:10am Handy Haversack: Crab cilantro tortas? Like ceviche pizza? Time!
	11:11am davefromtoronto: HEY!
	11:13am davefromtoronto: channeling hank...
	11:15am Corey: Hey Handy! Gorgeous day in the Mitten. Entering the summer paradise season. Will try to find our way to the Big Lake a time or two this weekend. Looks like Oceana County is having a bit of COVID trouble, although all that is relative I suppose. Hope logistics eventually fall in place!
	11:15am Nat K.: I dig this Lee Charles tune.
	11:17am Webhamster Henry: I'm just full of clicky-stars today!
	11:18am Listener Baby: Baby, you are on a Swedish kick these days. And we like it!
	11:18am Michael Shelley: I'm stickin with you!
	11:18am βrian: We were going to cross over to Ludington on the ferry, but that got cancelled.
	11:20am Handy Haversack: Sounds so nice, Corey! I was thinking of our paddle down the Manistee River last year. A perfect day! Oceana County managers got rid of the ambulance service last year, as I recall, though people were fighting that. βrian, the Maritime Museum in Ludington is super cool if you ever get the chance!
	11:20am Frank In Queens: I'm diggin' Mama Sonic!
	11:23am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...ProtoJuniper :)
	11:23am Hughie Considine: Surprised anyone could be up in arms about this one.
	11:23am zivilars: "I love all versions of this song" – can't put it any better
	11:23am Listener Baby: Almost like a modern day mash-up. Weird and wonderful!
	11:23am davefromtoronto: turtles should've done this.
	11:23am Handy Haversack: OK, time to watch The Jerk again. Pardon me, have you seen a little boy wearing a T-shirt that says "BULLSHIT"?
	11:23am phat: I love arranger rock
	11:24am Nat K.: I love narc rock.
	11:25am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'ArrangerRawk' ✔︎
	11:25am davek2: The Hound once played the original version, and prefaced it with...This is a duet, Mike Jackson, and Prince!!!
	11:27am Frank In Queens: Is the Mama Sonic album only on Spotify? I was hoping for at least a Bandcamp page...
	11:28am davefromtoronto: that ain't no shotgun.
	11:28am Michael Shelley: They emailed me... not sure... if you find, post...
	11:29am Frank In Queens: Seemingly only Spotify and Soundcloud. Here's the Soundcloud link: soundcloud.com...
	11:29am Handy Haversack: That's frustrating, Frank! I ran into the same thing with Big Moon. Couldn't find any source that I felt good about ordering through.
	11:30am Frank In Queens: Handy, at least I can hear the stuff on Soundcloud, but I'd like to "own" the tracks in some way shape or form.
	11:30am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'John Lennon's Jukebox' is a great doc about this sort of thing early on...
	11:31am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Lennon almost developed a sort of NYC 1970s Disco thing about him :p...
	11:32am paul: Where is this Lennon track from?
	11:33am Torin: Huh. Yep. Well, imitation is the best kind of flattery I guess.
	11:34am Dano59: nice segue from P&P to Sarah Borges. She's covered NRBQ, and the P&P song came up when fans heard the Q version of that standard. Sure beats Eddie Vedder's...
	11:34am Greg from ZONE 5: Definitely doing that. My internet is like molasses in January.
	11:35am Mike Sin: re: "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" Starts as a rewrite of a George McCrae track, ends ups inventing the sound of the "Saturday Night Live" band a year ahead of the fact!
	11:36am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It doesn't cost WebProviders much @ all once there's a bit of infrastructure. Am I right ?? SNL - yeah always thot that Mike!
	11:36am clarke: infraGAINstructchah
	11:38am davefromtoronto: the weirdest thing for me is seeing people driving in their car wearing a mask...
	11:38am Hughie Considine: Years ago, I was at a motel in Florida and the fire alarm went off. We're all standing in the hallway and a young woman takes out her lighter, flicks it, and says, "Well, it ain't gas. Must be electrical." This is the same level of thinking of our sociopath in chief.
	11:38am Handy Haversack: OK, we have to make a "quick" supply run for fruit and beer. Back ASAP! If you're in NYC, wear a mask! You are never going to be far enough away from other people for long enough! Ooooo! Live Country Westerns?! And SQ?! TOPT with another coup!
	11:39am myron feld: The overdubbed echoey vocal asides are #1
	11:39am Frank In Queens: @Handy, let us know what you pick up.
	11:40am Dean: She's fifteen here?!
	11:41am paul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0jDKOlHS3w
	11:42am Torin: Ha! I remember hearing about the plates at the time. (My fav story from that place was about the woman who called about the missing broach. Hilarious.)
	11:42am Crei6hton: Morning
	11:44am davefromtoronto: did trump really say "kung flu?"
	11:46am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: No because Mein Drumpf isn't racist. Course he did.
	11:48am davefromtoronto: "mine cough" is more appropriate
	11:48am dale: herro dere. so when someone covers my sweet lord did harrison get royalties or the songwriter of he's so fine?
	11:49am Christina Low: Quitters= heaven.
	11:50am Dano59: Hughie: Go USA comment of the month
	11:51am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @dale: Shyster Mgr. Allen Klein ended up repping both George - & the rights to 'He's So Fine' - playing them off each other in court! Later - George made sure he owned them both! :)
	11:51am McGroovey: Quitters: woohoo! And this isn't even one of their best songs!
	11:52am Hughie Considine: Danke schoen, @Dano
	11:52am Listener Baby: Dixie Chicks just changed their name to.. Wait for it.. The Chicks.
	11:52am Michael Shelley: I believe Harrison BOUGHT the publishing for HE's So Fine - as a sort of revenge...
	11:53am dale: never knew that stuff - thanks for the factoids.
	11:54am Listener Baby: The N.U. Chicks.
	11:54am Hughie Considine: Apparently Dixie Dregs ditched Dixie a long time ago. I guess no one cared?
	11:54am Dano59: Thee Chicks.
	11:55am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The Villain (if you need one) in the Beatles saga ain't Yoko - it's Klein.
	11:55am dale: they're getting a bit long in the tooth to be called chicks. maybe 'the ladies' is more betterer.
	11:56am Pedro in Arlington: The mask thing here in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is sad. It’s an order from the governor that face covering is required inside public spaces but good luck in supermarkets. No enforcement. A third of the people aren’t wearing them. I don’t blame the staff because why risk a confrontation for crummy pay. Just tell people they won’t be allowed to check out without a mask on. Then they risk shoplifting charges and you know the stores will be happy to enforce that and so will the cops.
	11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Pixie Chickens
	11:56am davefromtoronto: chixie dix
	11:57am Dean: The Southern Gals
	11:57am paul: Painted Love?
	11:57am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: AmeriClawna
	11:57am Hughie Considine: The genius of Soft Cell -- adding the whomp whomp -- should not be underestimated.
	11:57am clarke: Cocksie Chicks. i went There.
	11:57am davefromtoronto: love taint
	11:58am Listener Baby: The Painted Love Chicks?
	11:58am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Confederate Fowls
	11:59am Pedro in Arlington: I do regret not taking a picture of an elderly guy in a Bristol, TN supermarket yesterday. Mask AND Trump cap. Apparently the cult does have its limits when it comes to risk group data.
	11:59am myron feld: @Hughie re: Soft Cell -- 110% right
	11:59am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Henfederates...
	12:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hell - Dick Cheney & his DarthVader robot heart are Masked...
	12:00pm phat: holy crap! Ed Cobb wrote Every Little Bit Hurts, too!
	12:01pm clarke: mmm hmmm...
	12:03pm Torin: McRae’s still got it!
	12:03pm phat: that new McCrea is unapologetically old school. amazing.
	12:08pm johnzo: just tuned in, who's this?! looking him up now...
	12:10pm Michael Shelley: Temporary duty travel (TDY), also known as "temporary additional duty" (TAD) in the Navy and Marine Corps or TDI for "temporary duty under instruction”, is a United States Armed Forces Service member's or Department of Defense civilian employee's travel or other assignment at a location other than the traveler's permanent duty station as authorized by the Joint Travel Regulations. This type of secondment is usually of relatively short duration, typically from two days to 189 days in length. Not all agencies use this designation. Temporary duty and rotation for US troops during World War II Temporary duty assignments usually come with per diem pay, covering lodging, meals, and incidental expenses.[1] Many employees value the per diem aspect of a TDY, since that money is guaranteed, even if they spend less than their allotted daily value. However, most agencies handle the lodging per diem separately from the meals and incidentals, and employees may not make money by staying at cheaper accommodations, or putting more than one person in a room.
	12:11pm dymphnite: Love this stuff.
	12:11pm Hughie Considine: "You neee-eeed temporary duty/ and hope to God that it doesn't rain..."
	12:18pm clarke: and obviously, without george mccrae, there's no KC&Sunshine Band
	12:23pm Hughie Considine: The story of the final "ah aahhhhh" is gold!
	12:24pm dymphnite: you did that math in your head??
	12:26pm WR: Late reply, that recent tune totally could have been a song from the time of his career peak.
	12:27pm Michael Shelley: was it correct?
	12:29pm clarke: odd fact: the tarzan call was mostly a violin - it was re-used from the 40's movie for the ron ely tv series in the 60's, as well
	12:32pm Handy Haversack: And we're back! Hope I didn't miss too much of the interview.
	12:33pm clarke: there's always archives -- whaddya git??
	12:34pm clarke: RYB transcends disco, fo'sho
	12:35pm Michael Shelley: www.youtube.com...
	12:35pm myron feld: I am shocked -- shocked! -- he couldn't get royalties out of Morris Levy.
	12:36pm Michael Shelley: And dont ever call again!
	12:39pm johnzo: fmu has the best interviews!
	12:40pm Dean: First paragraph of the 1991 2d Circuit opinion that pretty much concluded the "My Sweet Lord" litigation: Bright Tunes Music Corporation (Bright Tunes) held the copyright to a song entitled “He's So Fine” (HSF) composed by Ronald Mack. George Harrison, a former member of the musical group “The Beatles,” had authored a song called “My Sweet Lord” (MSL). In 1971 Bright Tunes sued Harrison claiming that his song infringed the copyright of Mack's song. A trial court in 1976 agreed. Today, over 15 years later, the damages issue flowing from this infringement is still being litigated, giving true-meaning for those involved to the title of the Beatles' “It's Been a Hard Day's Night.” Subsequent to the determinations to be made on the remand hereby directed, we fully expect the curtain to fall on this long-playing litigation. ABKCO Music, Inc. v. Harrisongs Music, Ltd., 944 F.2d 971, 974 (2d Cir. 1991)
	12:40pm Torin: Great interview
	12:40pm spodiodi: nice interview. what a nice guy. loved the singing
	12:41pm Listener Baby: Guitar is massive on this.
	12:41pm clarke: cool!!!
	12:41pm JuneBeesMatthews: Solid Interview and Solid music Thanks for sharing this goodness
	12:42pm clarke: Jerome Smith - rumor had it his car ran into a stationary garbage truck in miami..
	12:42pm Listener Baby: Baby. Is KC still with us?
	12:42pm Torin: Now I can hear the Smokey & S Cook influence. Cool. Haha and Tarzan
	12:42pm clarke: kasey is still alive, yes
	12:42pm P-90: That absolutely classic rhythm guitar
	12:42pm vertual: Thanks for the interview. I grew up down there and this song and KC where a big deal. Was about 12 when all this hit. Pretty sure KC is still performing.
	12:43pm Frank Zaatar: That organ just makes it super creamy.
	12:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Got Smokey top of the Program.
	12:44pm clarke: The Current Situation
	12:45pm gf2002: Always loved Jerome's guitar tone on that record - Sounds like a Strat plugged direct into the board, dry as a bone. Very similar if not the same tone and style that helped make Nile Rodgers a legend
	12:46pm clarke: i have seen film of jerome smith and he was playing a hollow body guitar, live.
	12:46pm clarke: good tune!!
	12:46pm Listener Baby: en.wikipedia.org...
	12:47pm Dennis Diken: Great show Mikey!
	12:47pm Christina Low: I make ice cream with coconut milk as the base. Super easy to throw together, as you just combine the milk, sugar, and a little starch on the stove, let it chill fully, and then freeze. It’s and quite tasty. I’ve made lemon (with lemon juice and limoncello) and caramel nut so far this season....
	12:49pm Handy Haversack: @clarke: Five kinds of cider! Two kinds of beer! Bloody Mary mix! Also limes, lemons, oranges, tomatoes, dried chiles, olives, cheese. And the guys in the beer aisle gave us two lager glasses that the distributor must have given them. The beer aisle: happiest place on earth! Loved what I caught of the interview, Michael!
	12:50pm clarke: bulldozer not garbage truck
	12:51pm clarke: dang, treasure trove!!
	12:52pm Corey: @Handy Score! Have also found cocktail citrus to be one of the more clutch lockdown groceries to have around.
	12:52pm gf2002: Joe South...his guitar intro to Chain Of Fools, one of the all-time classics
	12:52pm Mike Sin: "Back in the day," I picked up South's "Games People Play" LP dirt cheap just to get "Hush" -- what a nice surprise to hear so many strong tracks!
	12:53pm spodiodi: all over the wheat and oats
	12:53pm spodiodi: never heard him do it w/Dylan -- cool!
	12:53pm Marne: Rock your baby caused me to do the hustle in the kitchen. Just so you know.
	12:53pm Hughie Considine: Homemade sour mix: 1/3 lime/lemon/orange 1/3 simple syrup 1/3 water. Perfection.
	12:54pm myron feld: Many, many great versions of Joe South songs, but this is the #1-est: www.youtube.com...
	12:54pm spodiodi: no pulled muscles, i hope, Marne
	12:55pm Handy Haversack: @Corey: I have never gone through so many limes in my life. Supplies got so low yesterday that when we got back from canoeing I had to make sidecars! Does your brewery have any East Coast distribution, Corey?
	12:56pm listener 126464: Thanks Michael and FMU crew, great interview.
	12:56pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Michael!
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Glad Chrissie is still around.
	12:57pm spodiodi: Thanks, Michael Shelley! thanks crew!
	12:57pm McGroovey: I haven't felt the impulse to buy the new Pretenders album since about 1981, but I want this one.
	12:57pm clarke: put in your movie queue: MINDHORN - hilarious!
	12:58pm clarke: dios mio, baby!! ever get the feeling you been....
	12:58pm Corey: @Handy In the early days of COVID we'd burn through citrus and then are left with unbalanced cocktails until the next grocery run. I know, small problems. Now we stock up. No distribution yet, but canning in August. We're friends with the guys at Threes Brewing, so might make our way to their cooler at some point.
	12:58pm Corey: Thanks Michael for the great interview and show! A nice way as usual to spend the transition from Saturday morning to Saturday afternoon. Take care all.
	12:58pm Frank In Queens: Thanks Michael.
	12:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: THX
	1:00pm Greg from ZONE 5: Thanks, Michael!
	1:00pm McGroovey: My canoe is upstate in my friend's basement, so I can't use it. I want to.
	1:00pm Handy Haversack: McGroovey, are you in NYC? Contact me!
	1:43pm P-90: Perhaps the finest “lesbian hoodlum” portrayal ever

Michael Shelley: Playlist from June 27, 2020

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