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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting July 6, 2023: Testify! - Harpers Bizarre: Soft Soundin' Music

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)   Favoriting Feelin' Groovy  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  Arranged by Leon Russell  0:01:21 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Come Love   Favoriting Feelin' Groovy  Warner Brothers  1967  LP    0:03:56 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Raspberry Rug   Favoriting Feelin' Groovy  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  Wr/Arr Leon Russell/Donna Washburn  0:05:54 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  I Can Hear The Darkness   Favoriting Feelin' Groovy  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  wr Leon Russell/Donna Washburn  0:08:15 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Debutante's Ball   Favoriting Feelin' Groovy  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  wr/arr Randy Newman  0:10:13 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Peter and the Wolf   Favoriting Feelin' Groovy  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  arr Ron Elliott  0:13:17 (Pop-up)
 
Harpers Bizarre  This Is Only the Beginning   Favoriting Anything Goes  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  all tracks arr Scoppetone/Templeman  0:20:02 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  The Biggest Night Of Her Life   Favoriting Anything Goes  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  wr Randy Newman  0:23:43 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Snow   Favoriting Anything Goes  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  wr Randy Newman  0:26:11 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Hey You In the Crowd   Favoriting Anything Goes  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  wr Scoppetone/Templeman  0:28:48 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Virginia City   Favoriting Anything Goes  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  wr Scoppetone/Templeman  0:30:55 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Jessie   Favoriting Anything Goes  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  wr Jimmy Griffin/Michael Z Gordon  0:33:00 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  You Need a Change   Favoriting Anything Goes  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  wr David Blue  0:36:43 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  High Coin   Favoriting Anything Goes  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  wr Van Dyke Parks  0:39:09 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  When I Was A Cowboy/Interlude   Favoriting The Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre  Warner Brothers  1968  LP  wr Ian and Sylvia arr Ron Elliott  0:41:57 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Bye Bye Bye/Vine Street   Favoriting The Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre  Warner Brothers  1968  LP  wr Templeman/Scoppetone - Randy Newman  0:44:47 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  I'll Build A Stairway to Paradise   Favoriting The Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre  Warner Brothers  1968  LP  wr BG DeSylva, George & Ira Gershwin  0:48:48 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Green Apple Tree   Favoriting The Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre  Warner Brothers  1968  LP  wr Templeman/Scoppetone  0:52:23 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  I Love You Mama   Favoriting The Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre  Warner Brothers  1968  LP  wr Ron Elliott  0:54:25 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Funny How Love Can Be   Favoriting The Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre  Warner Brothers  1968  LP  wr Leon Bowman arr Perry Botkin  0:56:36 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Mad   Favoriting The Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre  Warner Brothers  1968  LP  wr Templeman/Scoppetone  0:59:11 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Look to the Rainbow/The Drifter/Reprise   Favoriting The Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre  Warner Brothers  1968  LP  wr Harburg/Lane - Nichols/Williams  1:01:57 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Small Talk   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Warner Brothers  1968  45  Non LP Single wr Bonner/Gordon  1:06:29 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Both Sides Now   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Warner Brothers  1968  45  Non LP Single wr Joni Mitchell  1:08:49 (Pop-up)
 
Harpers Bizarre  Soft Soundin' Music   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  Warner Brothers  1969  LP  wr Templeman/Scoppetone  1:20:23 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Knock On Wood   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  Warner Brothers  1969  LP  wr Cropper/Redding arr Nick DeCaro  1:24:32 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Witchi Tai To   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  Warner Brothers  1969  LP  wr Jim Pepper arr Perry Botkin  1:27:35 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Hard To Handle   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  Warner Brothers  1969  LP  wr Jones/Isbel/Redding  1:30:19 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  When the Band Begins To Play   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  Warner Brothers  1969  LP  wr Templeman/Scoppetone  1:32:28 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Something Better   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  Warner Brothers  1969  LP  wr Barry Mann/Gerry Goffin arr Jack Nitzsche  1:35:00 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Blackbird   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  Warner Brothers  1969  LP  wr Lennon/McCartney arr Jack Nitzsche  1:37:43 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  I Love You Alice B. Toklas   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  Warner Brothers  1969  LP  from the movie of the same name. arr Bob Thompson  1:39:43 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  There's No Time Like Today   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  Warner Brothers  1969  LP  wr Templeman/Scoppetone  1:41:46 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  All Through the Night   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  Warner Brothers  1969  LP  wr Templeman/Scoppetone/Petersen  1:44:10 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Cotton Candy Sandman   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  Warner Brothers  1969  LP  wr Kenny Rankin arr Nick DeCaro  1:49:25 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Everynight   Favoriting As Time Goes By  Forest Bay Company  1976  LP  wr Paul McCartney  1:49:26 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45    1:57:11 (Pop-up)

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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there Larry and all other listeners!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Andrew!
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Brian in UK:

Feeling gravy. Just had sausage in onion gravy. Delish.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @3:01
Hey Brian!
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Yvang:

Time to Testify! Hi Larry and all!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @3:02
Hi Yvang!
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Brian in UK:

That photograph looks like a convention of barbers.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @3:02
Ted Templeman looked like his Mom cut his hair
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:02
The guy at the bottom with the white blonde hair
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Brian in UK:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:02
He does look super happy about it.
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Erica:

Feeling groovy for this show. Hey Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @3:04
He went on to discover and produce Van Halen, so I'm sure he spends his nights rolling around in piles of money
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bradford:

Hi Larry, Hi everyone!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:04
Hey Erica!
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Fred R:

Greetings Larry and everyone! Enjoying from hot and humid NYC
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Funky16Corners:

↳ bradford @3:05
Hi bradford!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Fred R @3:05
Howdy Fred!
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northguineahills:

well, I came to the right place! I 💖 Harpers Bizarre!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ northguineahills @3:11
Hey NGH!
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northguineahills:

↳ Brian in UK @3:02
unfortunately, they're a quintet!
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northguineahills:

↳ northguineahills @3:12
(as opposed to a barbershop quartet)
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Debutante's Ball" by "Harpers Bizarre"
I love that last little tuba note!
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WR:

Hello Larry and drummer streamers
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northguineahills:

I came to HB through their version of Witchi Tai To..(well, their best of album)
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Erica:

I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July holiday Larry. I've been feeling lousy so Harper's Bizzare helps me feel a bit better.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WR @3:15
Hey WR!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ northguineahills @3:17
We'll be hearing that later!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ northguineahills @3:11
hola ngh.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:20
Thanks, Erica! We had a nice holiday. Sorry to hear you're not feeling well.
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Funky16Corners:

That opening narration was Warner Brothers exec Joe Smith
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:21
Smith also appears in the movie FM
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WR:

↳ Song: "This Is Only the Beginning" by "Harpers Bizarre"
ONG, I truly slept on their work. Thank you Larry!
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Jeff Ash:

Late to the party, but greetings to all from Wisconsin!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Jeff Ash @3:24
Hey Jeff! How you feeling?
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Brian in UK:

↳ Jeff Ash @3:24
How are you feeling Jeff?
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northguineahills:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:21
Andrew!
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Jeff Ash:

Moving a little better every day, thanks. Back to work, but just light duty from home. (Got a new left hip last week, for those who don't know.)
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northguineahills:

↳ Jeff Ash @3:26
we owe you and Uncle Michael a hip-hip-horray parade! feel better!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ northguineahills @3:27
New hips for everyone! On Me!
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Brian in UK:

Did the aforementioned Ted Templeman produce Captain Beefheart?
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Funky16Corners:

Yup, plus Van Morrison, Little Feat, Doobie Brothers and dozens of others
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:33
Have you read Ted`s book?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:34
I have not, though I'd like to
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Brian in UK:

Clear Spot is as pop as Beefheart could be. Apart form the beach party hoohah stuff.
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Doug Schulkind:

Comme c'est bizarre!!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Doug Schulkind @3:43
Hey Doug!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "When I Was A Cowboy/Interlude" by "Harpers Bizarre"
third new to me song (i thought I heard most of their output).
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bradford:

Almost all of this is new to me & I'm really digging it!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ northguineahills @3:43
These albums run DEEP
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Funky16Corners:

↳ bradford @3:44
That's the Testify! guarantee! Finding holes in musical knowledge and filling them!
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Funky16Corners:

Also, this is great "head" music. Mellow, but far-out enough to make the drug experience of your choice a pleasant one.
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Funky16Corners:

You might recognize this from Van Dyke Parks 'Song Cycle'
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Funky16Corners:

Lulu covered it, too!
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bradford:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:45
Yes indeed. They were always one of those groups I was curious about but for whatever reason never followed up on.
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Jeff Ash:

Ira Gershwin was still alive when this was recorded and released. Wonder what he thought of it .. if he heard it, that is.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Jeff Ash @3:51
I wouldn't be surprised. Some of their old-time covers charted (not that one, but maybe it got his attention)
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Funky16Corners:

This was written and arranged by Ron Elliott of the Beau Brummels, labelmates of the Tikis on Autumn Records
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "Funny How Love Can Be" by "Harpers Bizarre"
This was written and originally recorded by the Ivy League in the UK
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:57
We’re the Ivy League the originals to sing my world fell down or was that Sagittarius?
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Bri The Beatnik:

*were
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @4:01
I think Ivy League. It was written by Carter/Lewis
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:02
Ok, thanks!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @4:03
Yeah, Ivy League 1966, Sagittarius 1967
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Funky16Corners:

Also, not Carter/Lewis, John Carter and Geoff Stephens
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northguineahills:

still a few pre-clickied tracks from last decade + wfmuing, most from your show, Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ northguineahills @4:08
Harpers Bizarre stuff?
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northguineahills:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:10
yes indeedy!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "Soft Soundin' Music" by "Harpers Bizarre"
Jimmy Reed and Lightnin' Hopkins namechecked in a Harpers Bizarre song!
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Brian in UK:

Larry, seeing Perry Botkin reminds me of A Hoyt Axton album, My Griffin id Gone I think he profuced/arranged. Have you ever done a HA special?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @4:22
I have not. I don't have a lot of his stuff, but he's on my every growing list of artists that I need to collect.
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Knock On Wood" by "Harpers Bizarre"
this cover of knock on wood is tretastic!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ northguineahills @4:25
Yeah, this ought to be much better known!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Witchi Tai To" by "Harpers Bizarre"
and this is what attracted me to them in the first place, the bicycle bells...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ northguineahills @4:28
It's a really imaginative arrangement
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Discotech Underground:

Hey Larry! Hope you're doing OK! Been a tough year for you so far.
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StringOFperils:

Hello, Larry. I think you're mellowing my harsh.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:45
Hey Kip! I'm on the radio, so that's good!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ StringOFperils @4:45
Hey String!
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Brian in UK:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:24
They were prolific in a three year period but so were so many other groups around this time.
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Funky16Corners:

Stay tuned for Kip and Discotech Underground at 5PM ET wfmu.org...
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Erica:

Hi Kip. Yeah Larry lost both his parents this year but he's staying strong it seems.
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northguineahills:

↳ StringOFperils @4:45
we need to toast your harshmellows....
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @4:46
They used to beat rock bands like rented mules back in the day. Many groups doing two/three albums a year!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @4:47
Their memorial service is this weekend.
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Discotech Underground:

↳ Erica @4:47
Hi Erica! Yes, I did know that. I lost my mom last year and my dad the year before that. It's a tough thing, for sure.
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Erica:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:49
Didn't know that.
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Erica:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:49
Agreed. I lost my dad in 2021 and he was the one who made the money to put food on the table. I would really be upset when my mom dies.
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Discotech Underground:

↳ Erica @4:51
I hope that day is a long, long way away for you!
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Brian in UK:

Thabks Larry, hope all goes well this weekend.
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Erica:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:53
Me too. My mom is a great cook and I'm afraid of living somewhere else when she's gone.
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Discotech Underground:

Don't touch that dial because Discotech Underground is next!

wfmu.org...
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WR:

Many thank yous for this episode, Larry. Will be relistening. Such a rich oeuvre with so many creative arrangers and diverse writers. Thank you!
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bradford:

Many thanks Larry
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northguineahills:

faved the episode...thanks Larry! keep on Testifying! Good to hear ya still bringing us the goodies!
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Yvang:

Thanks Larry!
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StringOFperils:

Thank you!
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Funky16Corners:

Thank you all for listening!
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Erica:

Thanks for the Harper's Bizzare show Larry. Let's hope you are here next week.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @4:57
Fingers crossed!
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