WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from November 5, 2020

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:00pm Matt from New Orleans: Hi Larry & everyone
	♥ 3:00pm Funky16Corners: Hey Matt!
	3:01pm Erica: Hello Matt!
	♥ 3:01pm StringOFperils: Naomi Neville time!
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: Erica! String!
	♥ 3:02pm Michael 98145: Laissez les bons temps rouler
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Michael!
	🥁 ♥ 3:02pm Jeff Ash: Greetings from Green Bay!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Hey Jeff!
	♥ 3:02pm Matt from New Orleans: I’m reminded of seeing Allen driving around in one of his two Rolls Royces always impeccably dressed. The two plates were PIANO & SONGS.
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Both appropriate!
	♥ 3:03pm Brian in UK: Good day Rev. Larry. Will take a pew t'wards the rear.
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Brian!
	3:03pm SquigY0: omg music please!!!! Something we can all agree on. plus I love all your Toussaint plays!
	♥ 3:04pm Funky16Corners: SquigYO!
	3:04pm SquigY0: Larrrrrrry!!!
	🥁 ♥ 3:05pm dutchtheo: Hello, Larry, Testifiers! Praise Toussaint, NOLA!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: I love how the piano is slightly out of tune on this one!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: Theo!
	♥ 3:05pm Matt from New Orleans: The Mother in Law Lounge is in danger of closing again due to COVID. Kermit Ruffins says he can’t afford to keep it open.
	♥ 3:06pm Funky16Corners: That's a shame.
	♥ 3:08pm Michael 98145: been a rough year in NOLA
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: Rough couple of decades.
	♥ 3:10pm Brian in UK: Saw AT a few years back, jut a piano and him. As your show will tell he has a repertoire. He had a whole show there.
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: I think if most people listened to today's show they' be surprised how many of the songs they know
	♥ 3:12pm Matt from New Orleans: I spent many an afternoon there with Ernie when I used to go down to visit New Orleans in the late 90s. I had multiple friends who went to Tulane. They weren’t interested in the music as much as me. It was usually just me taking a cab down there. Antoinette was awesome as well. She helped revive a masking tradition in the African American community that had died out. They’re called Baby Dolls.
	♥ 3:12pm Michael 98145: and how many of these 45s they wished they had
	♥ 3:13pm Brian in UK: Heard a commenter on the radio today saying that there has to be a business plan to work out how to survive. Most small folks business plan IS to survive.
	♥ 3:13pm Funky16Corners: I got lucky in that I was collecting New Orleans stuff ahead of the curve. I'm shocked at how much some of this stuff costs now
	♥ 3:14pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - It's hard to talk about long term survival when you're going week to week
	♥ 3:21pm Funky16Corners: I wasn't sure what version to play, I decided on the original...
	3:21pm SquigY0: oh yeah! I remember when Ginuwine did this in the 90s? :P
	3:22pm SquigY0: awww yeah, and other delights!
	♥ 3:22pm Funky16Corners: Did he sample it?
	3:23pm SquigY0: no. it was totally a different song, but it was also about a Pony...well figuratively. :P
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: Between this and Java, Toussaint def made enough for one of those Rolls Royces
	♥ 3:23pm spodiodi: always waiting to hear Chuck D. lay in to this with some hard Rhyming -- hello Larry and all!
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: Baloney Pony??
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: hey Spodiodi!
	3:23pm SquigY0: bahahahah
	3:23pm SquigY0: hey drinking wine
	♥ 3:26pm StringOFperils: If NOLA were a liquor-still Allen Toussaint would be the pure stuff drip-dropping out of it. You have an incredible collection of 45s there, sir.
	♥ 3:26pm zzz: The KING. just picked up an expanded reissue of the Band’s rock of ages for a couple bucks a few weeks ago. really great story in the liner notes about how when Toussaint was on his was up to New York for the run of shows, someone mistakenly took his luggage from the airport which had all of the horn parts he had written for the performances. had to rewrite them all from scratch over a few days, said the rewrites were much improved since he was able to do them while hanging with the band around woodstock and get a better feel for the guys and songs
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: @String - Thanks!
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: hey ZZZ!
	3:27pm Erica: I feel good... naturally.
	3:27pm SquigY0: Wow zzz
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: That's a great example of how even if it wasn't his own songs, Toussaint added his flavor to other people's records
	♥ 3:28pm doctorjazz: Hi Larry!
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: This was re-done in the UK by the Artwoods
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: Another record that put some coin in Toussaint's bank account!
	♥ 3:30pm Matt from New Orleans: I forgot that The Word Game is on the flip of I Feel Good.
	♥ 3:31pm Funky16Corners: Which uses the backing from the Stokes 'Young Man Old Man'
	3:32pm Erica: Never heard of 60's O'Jays stuff before. I'm only familiar with their 70's music.
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: Their early stuff is really good.
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: Lipstick Traces was their first big hit in 1965
	♥ 3:35pm Matt from New Orleans: Or The Mascots if you really want to dig into O’Jays history. Those guys hustled for a long time before they became superstars in the 70s.
	♥ 3:39pm Brian in UK: Killer lyrics.
	♥ 3:39pm StringOFperils: Killer single.
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: The Eldridge Holmes?
	♥ 3:40pm StringOFperils: Yeah, loved it! Awesome.
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: "The greatest whoosh, that I would ever whoosh..."
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: Holmes is probably my favorite New Orleans vocalist.
	♥ 3:42pm Matt from New Orleans: ZZ Hill was so deep
	♥ 3:42pm Brian in UK: What SOp writ.
	♥ 3:43pm Funky16Corners: ZZ will be back later on in the show...
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: Someday I'll do a whole show of Eldridge Holmes, though I'll have to augment it with some other stuff, he only recorded about a dozen 45s
	3:45pm Erica: Lord I'm so tired, working in a coalmine that is.
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: Top 10 45 for me right here!
	♥ 3:48pm Matt from New Orleans: One of my faves
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: Like if I can only take ten with me into the bunker, Diamond Joe gets his own seat
	♥ 3:49pm StringOFperils: I can see why. This stuff is magic.
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: BTW that's Toussaint talking in the background
	♥ 3:51pm Funky16Corners: The guitar and bass on this record are NUTS
	♥ 3:51pm Funky16Corners: OOOOOOOH the man's alright...
	♥ 3:52pm StringOFperils: I just love the way he swings this stuff in the arrangement; it makes me wanna jump up and shout.
	3:53pm northguineahills: @spodiodi: ahh, Evolution Contol Committee's mashup!
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: I think one of the reasons some of this stuff didn't break out is that it was so idiosyncratic. People didn't know what to do with it
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: Hey NGH!
	♥ 3:54pm Brian in UK: Larry, never heard of Sansu, small independent?
	♥ 3:54pm Michael 98145: A lot of this probably just stayed local?
	♥ 3:56pm Funky16Corners: Toussaint and Marshal Sehorn's imprint, along with Deesu and Tous-Sea. Sansu and Deesu were puns of the French phrases for five cents and ten cents
	♥ 3:56pm Matt from New Orleans: It was Allen’s label. Deesu was the sister label.
	♥ 3:56pm Funky16Corners: @Michael - Most of this stuff got played in the south on Black radio with a few breakouts on the national charts, I'll talk about it at the break
	♥ 3:57pm Funky16Corners: Toussaint' work at Sansu made for some of the best soul and R&B records of the 60s, period
	♥ 3:59pm Funky16Corners: If you can find a copy of this grab it: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 4:00pm Funky16Corners: BTW The Rubaiyats was Allen Toussaint and Willie Harper
	4:00pm northguineahills: Rubaiyats is a Farsi term form of medieval Persian poetry (verse)....
	♥ 4:00pm Funky16Corners: The flipside of this 45 is Omar Khayyam
	4:01pm northguineahills: @Larry: I found a the first English copy (1898) of Omar Kayyam's "Rubaiyats" at a stoop sale for 50 cents....
	♥ 4:02pm Funky16Corners: Nice!
	♥ 4:03pm Brian in UK: Larry, the only word I can think of to describe Mr. T's sound, is slim.
	4:03pm northguineahills: (it was the basis for my band's name, Rubaiyats of the Cicadas)
	♥ 4:04pm Michael 98145: @ngh, whoa
	♥ 4:10pm Funky16Corners: This song and the sing before it were both originally recorded by Betty Harris
	4:10pm northguineahills: I'll be selling most of my record collection soon, my friend is catoging it. I'll keep you posted when I post it on my profile.
	4:11pm northguineahills: (I've heard the Betty Harris version of this, but this is also sublime).
	4:11pm Erica: Just take care not to accidentally sell something you cherish ngh.
	4:19pm northguineahills: @Erica: I've been Facetiming my friend storing them at his gallery. This might take awhile.
	4:19pm Erica: Take all the time you need ngh.
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: @NGH - I'd like to see the list when it's ready
	♥ 4:23pm Matt from New Orleans: Sure it wasn’t Willie Tee Thank You John?
	4:23pm northguineahills: Plus, I'd prefer them to go wfmu friends who would appreciate them then discogs, who might collect them for currency.
	4:23pm northguineahills: Sansu is from the Turkish, Cansu, meaning, "soul life".
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - What?
	♥ 4:24pm Matt from New Orleans: The John Williams tribute song
	♥ 4:24pm StringOFperils: Esther's voice. What an instrument! She had worked up such major chops by this point.
	♥ 4:24pm Funky16Corners: No, it was called 'Brother John', maybe Neville Brothers
	4:25pm northguineahills: (I used to have my rekkids cataloged on my old laptop w/ band/album/tracks/personel/year/etc, but unfortunately, that spreadsheet died in my last laptop.
	♥ 4:25pm Funky16Corners: @String - Her Kudu albums are absolutely amazing
	4:25pm northguineahills: (been watching Turkish TV/films)
	♥ 4:25pm Matt from New Orleans: That’s a Wild Tchoupitoulas song Larry
	♥ 4:26pm Matt from New Orleans: So essentially the Nevilles as it was a tribute to their Uncle Jolly
	♥ 4:27pm Funky16Corners: Matt - www.dailymotion.com...
	♥ 4:27pm Michael 98145: I could listen to all this all day. Thanks.
	♥ 4:29pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - You're right, Tchoupatoulas did it in 76 (written by Cyril) then Nevilles later on www.discogs.com...
	♥ 4:29pm Phillippe Bastille: hello
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: Hey Phillippe!
	♥ 4:31pm Matt from New Orleans: George Landry of The Wild Tchoupitoulas was known as Big Chief Jolly/Jolley. He was the Neville’s mother’s brother. He was very influential in their lives.
	♥ 4:32pm Funky16Corners: Except Brother John is about Scar John aka John Williams, per Cyril himself
	♥ 4:33pm Matt from New Orleans: I’m not saying anything about the song content. I’m talking about the overall album.
	4:33pm northguineahills: Love this Van Dyke Parks....
	♥ 4:33pm Funky16Corners: Gotta do a VDP show some day
	♥ 4:34pm StringOFperils: Discover America is so great. So eccentric.
	♥ 4:35pm Funky16Corners: Parks is like the Zelig of 60s/70s rock. Pops up in all kinds of weird places
	4:35pm sufferwords: Lowell George helping Robert Palmer make his best shit
	♥ 4:35pm Brian in UK: Remember buying this, loved it and still do. The first three tracks just flow.
	♥ 4:36pm Funky16Corners: Pretty hot debut album
	♥ 4:36pm StringOFperils: The first 2 Palmer LPs, I still stand by 'em. Don't care how uncool that might be in some circles.
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: I LOVE Robert Palmer! Great, great singer.
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: This is produced by Toussaint, he's also singing backup
	♥ 4:45pm Funky16Corners: Rufus covered this (so did a bunch of other people),
	4:47pm Erica: It's the Scaggs!
	♥ 4:47pm Matt from New Orleans: Boz’s cover is quite good
	♥ 4:47pm Funky16Corners: This is better known in the original version by Aaron Neville, but I dig this version
	♥ 4:47pm StringOFperils: Aaron's version is da real bomb. But how can you go wrong with a song like this?
	♥ 4:48pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - I was surprised when I found out about this one
	♥ 4:48pm Funky16Corners: Plus you can get a copy of this album for less than ten bucks, where the Neville 45 will set you back a few hundo
	♥ 4:49pm Brian in UK: Loving it, Larry.
	♥ 4:50pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Brian!
	♥ 4:50pm StringOFperils: Never heard this album. I only know her grouped in there with The Shelter People.
	♥ 4:51pm Michael 98145: Is Duane here somewhere? :)
	♥ 4:51pm Funky16Corners: This is a GREAT album, and the only one she ever did
	♥ 4:51pm Matt from New Orleans: Thanks Larry. I’m always happy to dive back in to the genius of Allen Toussaint.
	♥ 4:52pm Funky16Corners: @Michael - Not on this album: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 4:52pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - My pleasure!
	♥ 4:53pm StringOFperils: Gotta ditch early, unfortunately...dog goes to vet. Super show, Larry. Catch the last bit in the archive. Thanks SO much for this!
	♥ 4:54pm Michael 98145: Gotta get our flu shots today. See ya and thanks.
	🥁 ♥ 4:54pm dutchtheo: Thanks, Larry! So much great music!
	♥ 4:57pm Mike Sin: That was an interesting Van Dyke Parks track -- I'm not too well versed in the '70s material.
	♥ 4:59pm Matt from New Orleans: She was in the doc Larry. Wasn’t focused on but she appeared.
	4:59pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry!
	♥ 4:59pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike!
	4:59pm Erica: See y'all next week! Great show Larry.
	4:59pm SquigY0: Thanks Larry! Sorry for the quiet. Been a busy afternoon but my ears were happy!
	♥ 4:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks everyone!
	♥ 5:00pm Funky16Corners: That's all I ask SquigYO!
	♥ 10:41pm WR: Larry, I kneel and kiss your ring, a perfect choice for a show at this time. Great selections from the Toussaint oeuvre. When the time come that we can chat informally with the relaxing beverage of your choice, I have some stories for you.
	♥ 11:30pm WR: Interesting photo you chose of Toussaint. I think that is Clark Vreeland, probably when he was in the Rhapsodizers.
	9:30am Funky16Corners: Thanks WR!
	♥ 12:26pm WR: Winding down on my 3rd listen to this one. :) gonna DL it so can have it on replay when I need it. Thanks again.

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from November 5, 2020

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November 5, 2020: Testify! - An Allen Toussaint Songbook - Selections from the Pen of the Bayou Bacharach

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Al Tousan	Java "Java" by "Al Tousan"	The Wild Sound of New Orleans	RCA	1958	LP		0:01:26 (Pop-up)
Ernie K Doe	Mother In Law "Mother In Law" by "Ernie K Doe"	45RPM Single	Minit	1960	45		0:03:17 (Pop-up)
Ernie K Doe	A Certain Girl "A Certain Girl" by "Ernie K Doe"	45RPM Single	Minit	1961	45		0:05:50 (Pop-up)
Benny Spellman	Fortune Teller "Fortune Teller" by "Benny Spellman"	45RPM Single	Minit	1962	45		0:08:26 (Pop-up)
Jean Knight	Tain't It the Truth "Tain't It the Truth" by "Jean Knight"	45RPM Single	Tribe	1965	45		0:10:35 (Pop-up)
Jackie DeShannon	Over You "Over You" by "Jackie DeShannon"	45RPM Single	Liberty	1964	45		0:12:44 (Pop-up)

Lee Dorsey	Ride Your Pony "Ride Your Pony" by "Lee Dorsey"	45RPM Single	Amy	1965	45		0:19:03 (Pop-up)
The Stokes	Whipped Cream "Whipped Cream" by "The Stokes"	45RPM Single	Alon	1965	45		0:21:52 (Pop-up)
Mel Taylor	Old Man Young Man "Old Man Young Man" by "Mel Taylor"	45RPM Single	Warner Brothers	1966	45		0:24:25 (Pop-up)
Benny Spellman	I Feel Good "I Feel Good" by "Benny Spellman"	45RPM Single	Atlantic	1965	45		0:26:34 (Pop-up)
O'Jays	Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)	45RPM Single	Imperial	1965	45		0:29:00 (Pop-up)
Irma Thomas	What Are You Trying To Do	45RPM Single	Imperial	1965	45		0:31:40 (Pop-up)
Lou Johnson	Little Girl "Little Girl" by "Lou Johnson"	45RPM Single	Big Top	1966	45		0:33:51 (Pop-up)
Eldridge Holmes	Gone Gone Gone "Gone Gone Gone" by "Eldridge Holmes"	45RPM Single	Jet Set	1964	45	Co-written by Allen Toussaint and Eldridge Holmes	0:37:06 (Pop-up)
Z.Z. Hill	The Greatest Love "The Greatest Love" by "Z.Z. Hill"	45RPM Single	Kent	1967	45		0:39:43 (Pop-up)
Joe Williams and the Jazz Orchestra	Get Out Of My Life Woman	45RPM Single	Solid State	1966	45		0:42:06 (Pop-up)
Booker T and the MGs	Working In a Coal Mine	And Now!	Stax	1966	LP		0:44:40 (Pop-up)
Diamond Joe	Gossip Gossip "Gossip Gossip" by "Diamond Joe"	45RPM Single	Sansu	1967	45		0:47:17 (Pop-up)
Betty Harris	Trouble With My Lover	45RPM Single	Sansu	1968	45		0:50:01 (Pop-up)
Betty Harris	Mean Man "Mean Man" by "Betty Harris"	45RPM Single	Sansu	1968	45		0:52:41 (Pop-up)
John Williams and the Tick Tocks	Blues Tears and Sorrows	45RPM Single	Sansu	1967	45		0:55:18 (Pop-up)
Rubaiyats	Tomorrow "Tomorrow" by "Rubaiyats"	45RPM Single	Sansu	1968	45		0:58:16 (Pop-up)
Lee Dorsey and Betty Harris	Please Take Care Of Our Love	45RPM Single	Sansu	1968	45		1:00:58 (Pop-up)
Bettye Lavette	Nearer To You "Nearer To You" by "Bettye Lavette"	45RPM Single	Silver Fox	1969	45		1:04:13 (Pop-up)
Tami Lynn	Can't Last Much Longer "Can't Last Much Longer" by "Tami Lynn"	Love Is Here and Now You're Gone	Cotillion	1972	LP		1:07:18 (Pop-up)

Esther Phillips	From a Whisper To a Scream	From A Whisper To A Scream	Kudu	1971	LP		1:21:26 (Pop-up)
Little Feat	On Your Way Down "On Your Way Down" by "Little Feat"	Dixie Chicken	Warner Brothers	1973	LP		1:25:37 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Occapella "Occapella" by "Van Dyke Parks"	Discover America	Warner Brothers	1972	LP		1:31:04 (Pop-up)
Robert Palmer	Sneaking Sally Through the Alley	Sneaking Sally Through the Alley	Island	1974	LP		1:33:46 (Pop-up)
William D Smith	I Feel Good With You Baby	A Good Feelin'	Warner Brothers	1976	LP		1:38:06 (Pop-up)
Z.Z. Hill	Whoever's Thrilling You (Is Killing Me)	Keep On Lovin' You	UA	1975	LP		1:42:18 (Pop-up)
Boz Scaggs	Hercules "Hercules" by "Boz Scaggs"	Slow Dancer	Columbia	1974	LP		1:45:30 (Pop-up)
Claudia Lennear	Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On)	Phew!	Warner Brothers	1973	LP		1:49:27 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45		1:59:10 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:00pm Matt from New Orleans: Hi Larry & everyone
	♥ 3:00pm Funky16Corners: Hey Matt!
	3:01pm Erica: Hello Matt!
	♥ 3:01pm StringOFperils: Naomi Neville time!
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: Erica! String!
	♥ 3:02pm Michael 98145: Laissez les bons temps rouler
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Michael!
	🥁 ♥ 3:02pm Jeff Ash: Greetings from Green Bay!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Hey Jeff!
	♥ 3:02pm Matt from New Orleans: I’m reminded of seeing Allen driving around in one of his two Rolls Royces always impeccably dressed. The two plates were PIANO & SONGS.
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Both appropriate!
	♥ 3:03pm Brian in UK: Good day Rev. Larry. Will take a pew t'wards the rear.
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Brian!
	3:03pm SquigY0: omg music please!!!! Something we can all agree on. plus I love all your Toussaint plays!
	♥ 3:04pm Funky16Corners: SquigYO!
	3:04pm SquigY0: Larrrrrrry!!!
	🥁 ♥ 3:05pm dutchtheo: Hello, Larry, Testifiers! Praise Toussaint, NOLA!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: I love how the piano is slightly out of tune on this one!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: Theo!
	♥ 3:05pm Matt from New Orleans: The Mother in Law Lounge is in danger of closing again due to COVID. Kermit Ruffins says he can’t afford to keep it open.
	♥ 3:06pm Funky16Corners: That's a shame.
	♥ 3:08pm Michael 98145: been a rough year in NOLA
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: Rough couple of decades.
	♥ 3:10pm Brian in UK: Saw AT a few years back, jut a piano and him. As your show will tell he has a repertoire. He had a whole show there.
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: I think if most people listened to today's show they' be surprised how many of the songs they know
	♥ 3:12pm Matt from New Orleans: I spent many an afternoon there with Ernie when I used to go down to visit New Orleans in the late 90s. I had multiple friends who went to Tulane. They weren’t interested in the music as much as me. It was usually just me taking a cab down there. Antoinette was awesome as well. She helped revive a masking tradition in the African American community that had died out. They’re called Baby Dolls.
	♥ 3:12pm Michael 98145: and how many of these 45s they wished they had
	♥ 3:13pm Brian in UK: Heard a commenter on the radio today saying that there has to be a business plan to work out how to survive. Most small folks business plan IS to survive.
	♥ 3:13pm Funky16Corners: I got lucky in that I was collecting New Orleans stuff ahead of the curve. I'm shocked at how much some of this stuff costs now
	♥ 3:14pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - It's hard to talk about long term survival when you're going week to week
	♥ 3:21pm Funky16Corners: I wasn't sure what version to play, I decided on the original...
	3:21pm SquigY0: oh yeah! I remember when Ginuwine did this in the 90s? :P
	3:22pm SquigY0: awww yeah, and other delights!
	♥ 3:22pm Funky16Corners: Did he sample it?
	3:23pm SquigY0: no. it was totally a different song, but it was also about a Pony...well figuratively. :P
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: Between this and Java, Toussaint def made enough for one of those Rolls Royces
	♥ 3:23pm spodiodi: always waiting to hear Chuck D. lay in to this with some hard Rhyming -- hello Larry and all!
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: Baloney Pony??
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: hey Spodiodi!
	3:23pm SquigY0: bahahahah
	3:23pm SquigY0: hey drinking wine
	♥ 3:26pm StringOFperils: If NOLA were a liquor-still Allen Toussaint would be the pure stuff drip-dropping out of it. You have an incredible collection of 45s there, sir.
	♥ 3:26pm zzz: The KING. just picked up an expanded reissue of the Band’s rock of ages for a couple bucks a few weeks ago. really great story in the liner notes about how when Toussaint was on his was up to New York for the run of shows, someone mistakenly took his luggage from the airport which had all of the horn parts he had written for the performances. had to rewrite them all from scratch over a few days, said the rewrites were much improved since he was able to do them while hanging with the band around woodstock and get a better feel for the guys and songs
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: @String - Thanks!
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: hey ZZZ!
	3:27pm Erica: I feel good... naturally.
	3:27pm SquigY0: Wow zzz
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: That's a great example of how even if it wasn't his own songs, Toussaint added his flavor to other people's records
	♥ 3:28pm doctorjazz: Hi Larry!
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: This was re-done in the UK by the Artwoods
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: Another record that put some coin in Toussaint's bank account!
	♥ 3:30pm Matt from New Orleans: I forgot that The Word Game is on the flip of I Feel Good.
	♥ 3:31pm Funky16Corners: Which uses the backing from the Stokes 'Young Man Old Man'
	3:32pm Erica: Never heard of 60's O'Jays stuff before. I'm only familiar with their 70's music.
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: Their early stuff is really good.
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: Lipstick Traces was their first big hit in 1965
	♥ 3:35pm Matt from New Orleans: Or The Mascots if you really want to dig into O’Jays history. Those guys hustled for a long time before they became superstars in the 70s.
	♥ 3:39pm Brian in UK: Killer lyrics.
	♥ 3:39pm StringOFperils: Killer single.
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: The Eldridge Holmes?
	♥ 3:40pm StringOFperils: Yeah, loved it! Awesome.
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: "The greatest whoosh, that I would ever whoosh..."
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: Holmes is probably my favorite New Orleans vocalist.
	♥ 3:42pm Matt from New Orleans: ZZ Hill was so deep
	♥ 3:42pm Brian in UK: What SOp writ.
	♥ 3:43pm Funky16Corners: ZZ will be back later on in the show...
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: Someday I'll do a whole show of Eldridge Holmes, though I'll have to augment it with some other stuff, he only recorded about a dozen 45s
	3:45pm Erica: Lord I'm so tired, working in a coalmine that is.
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: Top 10 45 for me right here!
	♥ 3:48pm Matt from New Orleans: One of my faves
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: Like if I can only take ten with me into the bunker, Diamond Joe gets his own seat
	♥ 3:49pm StringOFperils: I can see why. This stuff is magic.
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: BTW that's Toussaint talking in the background
	♥ 3:51pm Funky16Corners: The guitar and bass on this record are NUTS
	♥ 3:51pm Funky16Corners: OOOOOOOH the man's alright...
	♥ 3:52pm StringOFperils: I just love the way he swings this stuff in the arrangement; it makes me wanna jump up and shout.
	3:53pm northguineahills: @spodiodi: ahh, Evolution Contol Committee's mashup!
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: I think one of the reasons some of this stuff didn't break out is that it was so idiosyncratic. People didn't know what to do with it
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: Hey NGH!
	♥ 3:54pm Brian in UK: Larry, never heard of Sansu, small independent?
	♥ 3:54pm Michael 98145: A lot of this probably just stayed local?
	♥ 3:56pm Funky16Corners: Toussaint and Marshal Sehorn's imprint, along with Deesu and Tous-Sea. Sansu and Deesu were puns of the French phrases for five cents and ten cents
	♥ 3:56pm Matt from New Orleans: It was Allen’s label. Deesu was the sister label.
	♥ 3:56pm Funky16Corners: @Michael - Most of this stuff got played in the south on Black radio with a few breakouts on the national charts, I'll talk about it at the break
	♥ 3:57pm Funky16Corners: Toussaint' work at Sansu made for some of the best soul and R&B records of the 60s, period
	♥ 3:59pm Funky16Corners: If you can find a copy of this grab it: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 4:00pm Funky16Corners: BTW The Rubaiyats was Allen Toussaint and Willie Harper
	4:00pm northguineahills: Rubaiyats is a Farsi term form of medieval Persian poetry (verse)....
	♥ 4:00pm Funky16Corners: The flipside of this 45 is Omar Khayyam
	4:01pm northguineahills: @Larry: I found a the first English copy (1898) of Omar Kayyam's "Rubaiyats" at a stoop sale for 50 cents....
	♥ 4:02pm Funky16Corners: Nice!
	♥ 4:03pm Brian in UK: Larry, the only word I can think of to describe Mr. T's sound, is slim.
	4:03pm northguineahills: (it was the basis for my band's name, Rubaiyats of the Cicadas)
	♥ 4:04pm Michael 98145: @ngh, whoa
	♥ 4:10pm Funky16Corners: This song and the sing before it were both originally recorded by Betty Harris
	4:10pm northguineahills: I'll be selling most of my record collection soon, my friend is catoging it. I'll keep you posted when I post it on my profile.
	4:11pm northguineahills: (I've heard the Betty Harris version of this, but this is also sublime).
	4:11pm Erica: Just take care not to accidentally sell something you cherish ngh.
	4:19pm northguineahills: @Erica: I've been Facetiming my friend storing them at his gallery. This might take awhile.
	4:19pm Erica: Take all the time you need ngh.
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: @NGH - I'd like to see the list when it's ready
	♥ 4:23pm Matt from New Orleans: Sure it wasn’t Willie Tee Thank You John?
	4:23pm northguineahills: Plus, I'd prefer them to go wfmu friends who would appreciate them then discogs, who might collect them for currency.
	4:23pm northguineahills: Sansu is from the Turkish, Cansu, meaning, "soul life".
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - What?
	♥ 4:24pm Matt from New Orleans: The John Williams tribute song
	♥ 4:24pm StringOFperils: Esther's voice. What an instrument! She had worked up such major chops by this point.
	♥ 4:24pm Funky16Corners: No, it was called 'Brother John', maybe Neville Brothers
	4:25pm northguineahills: (I used to have my rekkids cataloged on my old laptop w/ band/album/tracks/personel/year/etc, but unfortunately, that spreadsheet died in my last laptop.
	♥ 4:25pm Funky16Corners: @String - Her Kudu albums are absolutely amazing
	4:25pm northguineahills: (been watching Turkish TV/films)
	♥ 4:25pm Matt from New Orleans: That’s a Wild Tchoupitoulas song Larry
	♥ 4:26pm Matt from New Orleans: So essentially the Nevilles as it was a tribute to their Uncle Jolly
	♥ 4:27pm Funky16Corners: Matt - www.dailymotion.com...
	♥ 4:27pm Michael 98145: I could listen to all this all day. Thanks.
	♥ 4:29pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - You're right, Tchoupatoulas did it in 76 (written by Cyril) then Nevilles later on www.discogs.com...
	♥ 4:29pm Phillippe Bastille: hello
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: Hey Phillippe!
	♥ 4:31pm Matt from New Orleans: George Landry of The Wild Tchoupitoulas was known as Big Chief Jolly/Jolley. He was the Neville’s mother’s brother. He was very influential in their lives.
	♥ 4:32pm Funky16Corners: Except Brother John is about Scar John aka John Williams, per Cyril himself
	♥ 4:33pm Matt from New Orleans: I’m not saying anything about the song content. I’m talking about the overall album.
	4:33pm northguineahills: Love this Van Dyke Parks....
	♥ 4:33pm Funky16Corners: Gotta do a VDP show some day
	♥ 4:34pm StringOFperils: Discover America is so great. So eccentric.
	♥ 4:35pm Funky16Corners: Parks is like the Zelig of 60s/70s rock. Pops up in all kinds of weird places
	4:35pm sufferwords: Lowell George helping Robert Palmer make his best shit
	♥ 4:35pm Brian in UK: Remember buying this, loved it and still do. The first three tracks just flow.
	♥ 4:36pm Funky16Corners: Pretty hot debut album
	♥ 4:36pm StringOFperils: The first 2 Palmer LPs, I still stand by 'em. Don't care how uncool that might be in some circles.
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: I LOVE Robert Palmer! Great, great singer.
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: This is produced by Toussaint, he's also singing backup
	♥ 4:45pm Funky16Corners: Rufus covered this (so did a bunch of other people),
	4:47pm Erica: It's the Scaggs!
	♥ 4:47pm Matt from New Orleans: Boz’s cover is quite good
	♥ 4:47pm Funky16Corners: This is better known in the original version by Aaron Neville, but I dig this version
	♥ 4:47pm StringOFperils: Aaron's version is da real bomb. But how can you go wrong with a song like this?
	♥ 4:48pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - I was surprised when I found out about this one
	♥ 4:48pm Funky16Corners: Plus you can get a copy of this album for less than ten bucks, where the Neville 45 will set you back a few hundo
	♥ 4:49pm Brian in UK: Loving it, Larry.
	♥ 4:50pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Brian!
	♥ 4:50pm StringOFperils: Never heard this album. I only know her grouped in there with The Shelter People.
	♥ 4:51pm Michael 98145: Is Duane here somewhere? :)
	♥ 4:51pm Funky16Corners: This is a GREAT album, and the only one she ever did
	♥ 4:51pm Matt from New Orleans: Thanks Larry. I’m always happy to dive back in to the genius of Allen Toussaint.
	♥ 4:52pm Funky16Corners: @Michael - Not on this album: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 4:52pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - My pleasure!
	♥ 4:53pm StringOFperils: Gotta ditch early, unfortunately...dog goes to vet. Super show, Larry. Catch the last bit in the archive. Thanks SO much for this!
	♥ 4:54pm Michael 98145: Gotta get our flu shots today. See ya and thanks.
	🥁 ♥ 4:54pm dutchtheo: Thanks, Larry! So much great music!
	♥ 4:57pm Mike Sin: That was an interesting Van Dyke Parks track -- I'm not too well versed in the '70s material.
	♥ 4:59pm Matt from New Orleans: She was in the doc Larry. Wasn’t focused on but she appeared.
	4:59pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry!
	♥ 4:59pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike!
	4:59pm Erica: See y'all next week! Great show Larry.
	4:59pm SquigY0: Thanks Larry! Sorry for the quiet. Been a busy afternoon but my ears were happy!
	♥ 4:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks everyone!
	♥ 5:00pm Funky16Corners: That's all I ask SquigYO!
	♥ 10:41pm WR: Larry, I kneel and kiss your ring, a perfect choice for a show at this time. Great selections from the Toussaint oeuvre. When the time come that we can chat informally with the relaxing beverage of your choice, I have some stories for you.
	♥ 11:30pm WR: Interesting photo you chose of Toussaint. I think that is Clark Vreeland, probably when he was in the Rhapsodizers.
	9:30am Funky16Corners: Thanks WR!
	♥ 12:26pm WR: Winding down on my 3rd listen to this one. :) gonna DL it so can have it on replay when I need it. Thanks again.

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from November 5, 2020

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