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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 11, 2024: Testify! - Under the Covers Volume 13

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell  Medley - Mighty Quinn/I'll Take You There/Idol With the Golden Head/I Serve a Living Savior/Mighty Quinn   Favoriting Leon Live  Shelter  1973  LP  0:01:26 (Pop-up)
Joe Cocker  Cry Me a River   Favoriting Mad Dogs And Englishmen  A&M  1970  LP  0:13:06 (Pop-up)
 
Delaney and Bonnie  Soul Shake   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Atco  1970  45  0:20:58 (Pop-up)
Jim Ford  Spoonful   Favoriting Harlan County  White Whale  1969  LP  0:23:15 (Pop-up)
Leaves  Get Out Of My Life Woman   Favoriting Hey Joe  Mira  1966  LP  0:25:56 (Pop-up)
Dr John  Mess Around   Favoriting Dr John's Gumbo  Atco  1972  LP  0:28:47 (Pop-up)
Johnny Ray  Every Day I Have The Blues   Favoriting The Big Beat  Columbia  1957  LP  0:31:44 (Pop-up)
Candi Staton  Stand By Your Man   Favoriting Stand By Your Man  Fame  1971  LP  0:34:39 (Pop-up)
Kenny O'Dell  Kentucky Woman   Favoriting Beautiful People  Vegas  1967  LP  0:37:24 (Pop-up)
Cher  Girl Don't Come   Favoriting All I Really Want To Do  Imperial  1965  LP  0:39:57 (Pop-up)
Everything But the Girl  Birds   Favoriting The Only Living Boy in New York EP  Blanco y Negro Records  1993  CD  0:42:09 (Pop-up)
Glen Campbell  These Days   Favoriting Meet Glen Campbell  Capitol  2008  CD  0:44:26 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre  Hard To Handle   Favoriting Harpers Bizarre 4  WB  1969  LP  0:47:50 (Pop-up)
George Benson  My Cherie Amour   Favoriting Tell It Like It Is  A&M/CTI  1969  CD  0:50:04 (Pop-up)
Edu Lobo  Hey Jude   Favoriting Sergio Mendes Presents Lobo  Verve  1970  LP  0:53:27 (Pop-up)
 
Mel Torme  Bernie's Tune   Favoriting Gene Norman Presents Mel Torme at the Crescendo  Coral  1955  LP  1:01:50 (Pop-up)
Dave Stryker  Pretzel Logic   Favoriting Eight Track III  Strikezone  2019  CD  1:04:44 (Pop-up)
Bob Dorough  Baltimore Oriole   Favoriting Devil May Care  Bethlehem  1956  CD  1:10:15 (Pop-up)
Billy Paul  Don't Think Twice, It's Alright   Favoriting Feelin' Good at the Cadillac Club  Gamble  1968  CD  1:13:12 (Pop-up)
Blood, Sweat & Tears  Maiden Voyage   Favoriting New Blood  Columbia  1972  LP  1:15:41 (Pop-up)
Gary Usher  The Warmth of the Sun   Favoriting A Symphonic Salute To a Great American Songwriter Brian Wilson  Dreamsville  2001  CD  1:21:54 (Pop-up)
Faces  I'd Rather Go Blind   Favoriting Coast To Coast Overture and Beginners  Mercury  1972  LP  1:24:35 (Pop-up)
Fairport Convention  Percy's Tune   Favoriting Heyday: The BBC Sessions 1968-1969  Hannibal  1987  CD  1:30:25 (Pop-up)
Donovan  Codine   Favoriting Try For the Sun  Epic  1964  CD  1:35:48 (Pop-up)
Harry Nilsson  Many Rivers To Cross   Favoriting Pussy Cats  RCA  1974  CD  1:40:29 (Pop-up)
Ink Spots  Prisoner of Love   Favoriting 78 RPM Single  Decca  1946  78  1:45:25 (Pop-up)
Lee Hazlewood  It Was a Very Good Year   Favoriting Forty  LHI  1969  CD  1:48:22 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  1:58:02 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

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doctorjazz:

First in, getting the best seat!!!
Hi Larry and Testifiers!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @2:50
Hey Doc!
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doctorjazz:

I'll get you the Stax Demos album one of these days (it's still in its plastic-been listening to the Mosaic Bobby Hutcherson and Harry Nilsson boxes, taking a bit to get through them, the Stax is on deck).
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @2:56
That sounds like a superb way to spend some time!
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David The Splatter:

Greetings, Larry and Doctor.
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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there, larry, and all other listeners!
  3:00pm
bradford:

Hey there Larry & fellow Testifiers!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David The Splatter @2:59
Hi David!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ bradford @3:00
Hey bradford!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ doctorjazz @2:56
Hi, doc!
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David The Splatter:

Hello, Andrew and bradford.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:00
Hey Andrew!
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Erica:

Hello Larry! Ready for another covers show
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Michael 98145:

Onward! Hello, Everyone.
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doctorjazz:

Hi Andrew, David the Splatter, and all you waiting to Testify!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:01
Hi Erica!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Michael 98145 @3:01
Hello Michael!
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Sem:

Hello, Reverend Larry, and pew-polishers.
God love Leon.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Sem @3:03
Hey Sem!
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Erica:

Imma take you there. Amen!
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Yvang:

Hi Larry and testifyers! Sometime I am under the blanket listening to the show, not today!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Sem @3:03
Hi there, Sem!
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Funky16Corners:

Forwarning: Today is one of those "day before surgery" days, and I'm waiting for a call from the hospital, the window for which starts at 3PM ET, so I may have to make an abrupt transition to take the call....
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David The Splatter:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:05
No worries here. Best of luck to you.
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WR:

↳ Song: "Medley - Mighty Quinn/I'll Take You There/Idol Wi...
I recently read the Bill Janovitz bio of Leon Russell. So much information, greatly expanded my idea of the music world of Leon. And pushed me to find some great Leon footage on the web. Still need to track down the Les Blank Leon Russell doc.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David The Splatter @3:05
Thanks, David.
  3:06pm
bradford:

↳ David The Splatter @3:01
Howdy David!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WR @3:06
Hey WR! Great book!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:05
That would be the time to pull out Coltrane's cover of "My Favorite Things", you could take the call, go shopping, maybe work out, and get back for the end of the track!
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Funky16Corners:

Preach Leon!
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Erica:

Preach!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:05
Hope it's minor, and goes well!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:07
It's the "routine" thing I have to do every 3-4 months or so.
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Erica:

Thank you Rev. Leon Russell for taking us higher. You are missed!
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David The Splatter:

↳ doctorjazz @3:07
The college radio station I DJ'd at ages ago had "Bela Lugosi is Dead" by Bauhaus as our "phone call/smoke break" song.
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Erica:

Obviously not a real reverend.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:13
He is, indeed. That album is something else!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Cry Me a River" by "Joe Cocker"
More Leon!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:14
Always a good thing!
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Yvang:

↳ Song: "Cry Me a River" by "Joe Cocker"
A cover and a re creation.
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:05
Hope it goes well.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:17
Thanks Andrew!
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Sem:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:04
Good afternoon, Andrew in TO!
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listener 126464:

Hi Larry, everyone! Experimenting with a/c off, windows open today.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ listener 126464 @3:23
Howdy listener 126464!
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Michael 98145:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:05
Oh, my. Hope that and the healing go well ... !
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Michael 98145 @3:25
Thanks! The surgery is just a pain in the ass. Recovery's not too bad.
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Michael 98145:

As they say, the only -minor- surgery is someone else's ...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Michael 98145 @3:27
True that. I keep having to remind myself that anasthesia is nothing to sniff at at my age, and every trip to the OR could be a gateway to the great beyond. If only I could request a song while going under...
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Mess Around" by "Dr John"
The piano riffs are old boogie woogie riffs; love this track!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:30
I could listen to the good Dr play the pie-anna all day long.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:30
Got to see the good Dr play quite a few times, always a treat!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:32
I was just watching a clip of him this morning I hadn't seen, doing Right Place Wrong Time on the Midnight Special
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doctorjazz:

Got tix to see The Microscopic Septet in NYC tomorrow night, always a great/fun show!
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @3:33
(Dave Sewelson's old band...)
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:34
Ah, I was wondering where I knew the name from
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:36pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Stand By Your Man" by "Candi Staton"
Great recasting (so was the Johnny Ray)!
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Sem:

Love the Candi.
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doctorjazz:

An old video of the Micros (dig Dave Sewelson before the rabinnic beard)

youtu.be...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Sem @3:36
Great singer. I'm looking forward to finishing the PBS Disco series. She pops up in that.
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Michael 98145:

↳ doctorjazz @3:34
did not know that
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Michael 98145:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:39
Me, too. Got distracted.
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @3:38
(for later, of course)
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doctorjazz:

Still working on the Stax documentary.
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @3:50
And the Beatles doc, for that matter (don't have the patience to watch more than 1-2 episodes at a time of these).
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:54
I have to restart that at some point. I didn't get far into it
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David The Splatter:

I know there's a Stax doc on Max, but isn't there another doc on Stax that's out? (I'm sorry if it's already been mentioned.)
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doctorjazz:

↳ David The Splatter @3:56
This is the current Stax doc (at least the most recent).
staxrecords.com...
There was an earlier one, I believe.
And the Beatles-Get Back
en.wikipedia.org...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David The Splatter @3:56
There's an earler film called Respect Yourself, much better IMHO.
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David The Splatter:

↳ doctorjazz @4:00
Thank you.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "Bernie's Tune" by "Mel Torme"
t some point Leiber and Stoller wrote lyrics for this, but I've never heard a version with those
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Brian in UK:

Hello Larry & Cement mixer pusty putsy to you.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Bernie's Tune" by "Mel Torme"
He's so good!
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Erica:

Hi Brian.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @4:04
Hey Brian!
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Erica:

↳ Song: "Pretzel Logic" by "Dave Stryker"
Digging this Steely Dan cover.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @4:05
This album is great!
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David The Splatter:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:02
That's the one I might have been thinking about. Thank you!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Pretzel Logic" by "Dave Stryker"
Stryker's got a gig in Joisey in August (8/9)(he's been around recently).
Shanghai Jazz Club
24 Main Street
Madison NJ
(Shanghai Jazz is also a good restaurant, at least the last time I was there. My only problem with the place is that people tend to talk during the music-why do you go somewhere with featured live music and talk the whole time...???)
973.822.2899
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Brian in UK:

↳ Erica @4:04
Hello Erica. How's things?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @4:08
Is that up near Morristown?
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doctorjazz:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:09
Not too far from Morristown, yup! (closer to me than to you)
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Erica:

↳ Brian in UK @4:09
Hectic. Have lots of doctor appointments soon.
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Brian in UK:

↳ doctorjazz @4:08
doc, yes why do people do that.
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Brian in UK:

↳ Erica @4:11
Sorry to hear that. Been similar in our house. It is the waiting for the results that is wearing.
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Brian in UK:

↳ Song: "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" by "Billy Paul"
Billy Paul is making a difference here.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @4:15
Yeah. he really strips it down and rebuilds it
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Maiden Voyage" by "Blood, Sweat & Tears"
Who'd a-thunk, great version!
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Erica:

↳ Brian in UK @4:13
It's not the results I'm worried about, it's the scheduling.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
Michael 98145:

↳ Song: "The Warmth of the Sun" by "Gary Usher"
what you would hear floating on a cloud
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Michael 98145 @4:24
Yes. One of my fave Beach Boys songs, done very nicely.
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Brian in UK:

↳ Michael 98145 @4:24
Your comment puts me in mind of The United States of America's 'Pooh Song'.
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Erica:

↳ Brian in UK @4:28
And your comment makes me think of House on Pooh's Corner by Loggins & Messina.
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Michael 98145:

* smile *
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Michael 98145:

↳ Song: "Percy's Tune" by "Fairport Convention"
nice
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Michael 98145 @4:31
Such a great song
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Sem:

Ah, Fairport original.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Percy's Tune" by "Fairport Convention"
A Bobby Dylan tune.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
Funky16Corners:

Yes, all covers today...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
doctorjazz:

(A friend just sent me a YouTube video of Bobby Dylan playing a cover of Six Days on the Road on his recent tour...
youtu.be...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:35pm
Discotech Underground:

↳ Song: "Percy's Tune" by "Fairport Convention"
Sandy Denny!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:35
Hey Kip!
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Funky16Corners:

Make sure to stay on board for Kip and Discotech Underground at 5PM: wfmu.org...
  4:38pm
zmmm:

hello, nice.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ zmmm @4:38
Hey zmmm
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Codine" by "Donovan"
Still one of the New Dylans at this point...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @4:39
Light years more interesting than most of the people on that list
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

+ aloha +
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:42
Hey Rev!
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Michael 98145:

↳ Song: "Many Rivers To Cross" by "Harry Nilsson"
woo !
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Brian in UK:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:40
Dylan was briefly a 'protest' singer, same for Donovan. Both trod their own path. At least the press have stopped looking for the new Beatles/Dylan!!
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Brian in UK:

↳ Erica @4:18
Erica, hope all goes well.
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Brian in UK:

Thanks Larry, always an education.
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Erica:

↳ Brian in UK @4:45
Me too Brian
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:46pm
Funky16Corners:

BTW This is the gents in the picture at the top of the playlist
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
love2laf:

Thank you Larry, the music selections were wonderful! Cheers everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
doctorjazz:

Thanks, Larry, great show!
Laters all!
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Sem:

^. Me, too!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:30
What an inspired show!
Thanks, larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks guys!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:52pm
Michael 98145:

Always enjoy this show.

Good luck w/ that surgery ...
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Erica:

Another fun covers show. Thanks Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:53pm
WTF_Chuck:

Came in late, but tagged to listen to later. Great selection since I did join. Especially liked Nilsson, and reminded me I need that album on LP.
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Yvang:

Thanks Larry! Some incredible versions there.
  4:54pm
bradford:

Many thanks, Larry!
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listener 126464:

Thanks, Larry! Hope everyone’s appointments go well.
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WR:

Thank you! Larry!
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Candy-O'67:

Great show, Larry! Been here. Busy with work
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Erica:

Later y'all!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks for listening everyone! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
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