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Favoriting January 4, 2025: A freeform show including "About An Hour With...The Motown Sound, Part Nine."

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Artist Track Album Year Comments New Approx. start time
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary  Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience   Favoriting   1961 /1966      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Henry "Red" Allen  Feelin' Good   Favoriting Feelin' Good - His First "In Person" Album  1966      0:02:23 (Pop-up)
Skeeter Davis & NRBQ  I Gotta Know   Favoriting She Sings,They Play  1981 / 2024    *   0:06:12 (Pop-up)
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys  Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)   Favoriting Way Out West:The Lost Transcriptions For Tiffany Music 1946-1947 Volume 2  1946 / 2021      0:08:24 (Pop-up)
Bert Jansch  Morning Brings Peace of Mind   Favoriting When The Circus Comes To Town  1995      0:12:56 (Pop-up)
Sandy Denny  The Lady   Favoriting Sandy - Deluxe Edition  1972 / 2012      0:16:15 (Pop-up)
Sonny Rollins  Dearly Beloved   Favoriting The Sound of Sonny  1957      0:20:13 (Pop-up)
Joe Hall w/ Tuff Green Orch.  Comin' Home, Part One   Favoriting   1957  House Of Sound label single    0:23:18 (Pop-up)
Bobby Darin  Gyp The Cat   Favoriting   1965  Capitol b-side    0:25:44 (Pop-up)
Piney Brown  Walk A Block And Fall   Favoriting   1953  King label    0:28:19 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
0:30:48 (Pop-up)
Lady Blackbird  Someday We'll Be Free   Favoriting Slang Spirituals  2024    *   0:38:29 (Pop-up)
Bobby Breen  Rainbow On The River   Favoriting   1936  9 year old actor/vocalist from film of same name    0:43:14 (Pop-up)
John Cale  Davies And Wales   Favoriting POPtical Illusion  2024    *   0:46:21 (Pop-up)
Third Ear Band  Lark Rise   Favoriting Alchemy  1969      0:50:36 (Pop-up)
Terry Adams  Thedy   Favoriting Terrible  1995 / 2024  bonus track on reissue    0:53:24 (Pop-up)
Bookshop Band  Faith In Weather (inspired by The Seven Ravens folk tale)   Favoriting Emerge, Return  2024    *   0:56:02 (Pop-up)
Igor Stravinsky  Ragtime For 11 Instruments   Favoriting Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky  1918 / 1995      1:00:30 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
1:05:12 (Pop-up)
 
"About An Hour With...The Motown Sound, Part Nine"
Contours  Can You Do It   Favoriting   1964  Gordy G 7029 - Feb. 64    1:12:00 (Pop-up)
Lee Alan  Set Me Free   Favoriting   1964  Summer Camp ZTSC 94422 - Feb. 64    1:14:21 (Pop-up)
R. Dean Taylor  My Lady Bug Stay Away From that Beatle   Favoriting   1964  VIP 25005 - Feb. 64 (unreleased)    1:16:58 (Pop-up)
Andantes  Like A Nightmare   Favoriting   1964  VIP 25006 - March 64    1:19:45 (Pop-up)
Liz Lands  Midnight Johnny   Favoriting   1964  Gordy G 7030 - March 64    1:22:22 (Pop-up)
Mary Wells  My Guy   Favoriting   1964  Motown M 1056 - March 64    1:25:07 (Pop-up)
Martha and the Vandellas  In My Lonely Room   Favoriting   1964  Gordy G 7031 - March 64    1:27:53 (Pop-up)
Shorty Long  Devil With The Blue Dress   Favoriting   1964  Soul S 35001 - March 64
(1st release on this subsidiary)
  		  1:30:32 (Pop-up)
Brenda Holloway  Every Little Bit Hurts   Favoriting   1964  Tamla T 54094 - March 64    1:33:33 (Pop-up)
Howard Crockett  Bringin' In The Gold   Favoriting   1964  Mel-o-dy 111 - March 1964    1:36:35 (Pop-up)
Bruce Channel  Satisfied Mind   Favoriting   1964  Mel-o-dy 112 - March 64    1:39:29 (Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells  Once Upon A Time   Favoriting   1964  Motown M 107 - April 64    1:42:16 (Pop-up)
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"            1:44:47 (Pop-up)
Stevie Wonder  Hey Harmonica Man   Favoriting   1964  Tamla T 54096 - May 64
[2nd pressing]  		  1:58:45 (Pop-up)
Dorsey Burnette  Little Acorn   Favoriting   1964  Mel-o-dy 113 - May 64    2:01:16 (Pop-up)
Bobby Breen  You're Just Like You   Favoriting   1964  Motown M 1059 - May 64    2:03:43 (Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye  Try It   Favoriting   1964  Tamla T 54095 - May 64    2:05:54 (Pop-up)
Miracles  I Like It Like That   Favoriting   1964  Tamla T 54098 - May 64    2:09:16 (Pop-up)
Marvelvettes  You're My Remedy   Favoriting   1964  Tamla T 54097 June 64    2:12:01 (Pop-up)
Supremes  Where Did Our Love Go   Favoriting   1964  Motown M 1060 - June 64    2:15:08 (Pop-up)
Dorsey Burnette  Jimmy Brown   Favoriting   1964  Mel-o-dy 116 - June 64    2:17:33 (Pop-up)
Brenda Holloway  I'll Always Love You   Favoriting   1964  Tamla T 54099 - July 64    2:20:24 (Pop-up)
Mary Wells  When I'm Gone   Favoriting   1964  Motown M 1061 - July 64
unreleased
  		  2:23:13 (Pop-up)
Bruce Channel  You Make Me Happy   Favoriting   1964  Mel-o-dy 114 - July 64    2:25:36 (Pop-up)
Four Tops  Baby I Need You're Lovin'   Favoriting   1964  Motown M 1062 - July 64    2:27:51 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
2:30:39 (Pop-up)
NRBQ [w/The Sun Ra Horns]  Fate In A Pleasant Mood   Favoriting 12-28-93  1983 / 2024  Ltd. edition release  *   2:41:06 (Pop-up)
Bix Beiderbecke [w/Frankie Trumbauer]  Singin' The Blues   Favoriting Singin' The Blues  1927 / 1990  w/Eddie Lang-guitar    2:48:18 (Pop-up)
Freddie Slack & His Eight Beats  Kitten On The Keys   Favoriting   1941  Decca 78    2:50:47 (Pop-up)
Laura Nyro  La La Means I Love You   Favoriting Angel In The Dark  1994 / 2001  posthumous release    2:53:14 (Pop-up)
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"            2:57:36 (Pop-up)
  Thanks to Doug Young


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RobbieWhite:

good morning Bob.
  10:56am
A.J. MACHETE:

Hopey New Year, Bob and all coming aboard.
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Bob Brainen:

Good morning to you, RobbieWhite, of WOWD
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Bob Brainen:

A.J. MACHETE, Happy New Year
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Andrew in Toronto:

Happy New Yeard, Bob, and all other listeners!
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Bob Brainen:

HPN! to you as well, Andrew in Toronto
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wmfromd:

Mornin' Bob and all!
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patrick321:

Hey Bob and all,

Good morning and happy new year
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∫ydniuß:

the finest of mornings this 45² year
Bob! adventurers!
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SmokinJ:

Top O' The Morning all! 8-)
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Mxter Baba:

Hi, Bob and all! Slipping into the good feeling of this stream…
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Soule:

Happy New Year Bob and friends!
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Bob Brainen:

Mornin, wmfromd
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Bob Brainen:

Hey, patrick321
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Roberto:

Happy New Year, Bob and Brainenites!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Soule @11:04
Happy New Year, Soule!
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Bob Brainen:

∫ydniuß, to you as well
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(Mr) Bill:

Happy New Year to all, although nothing's changed, according to U2. Damned great first cut on today's show.
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Bob Brainen:

SmokinJ, tops to you too
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Bob Brainen:

Hiya, Mxter Baba
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Bob Brainen:

HPN, Soule
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Song: "I Gotta Know" by "Skeeter Davis & NRBQ"
Let me sleep on it, baby baby…
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Bob Brainen:

HNY, Roberto
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Bob Brainen:

(Mr)Bill, glad you dug.
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doctorjazz:

Hello Bob, New Years Boberatti!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)" by "Bob Wills A...
This is cool!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ doctorjazz @11:09
Hi there, doc!
  11:12am
Jeff:

Good Morning Bob + fellow listeners
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Gina Bacon:

Morning, Bob & everyone! Happy New Year!
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Bob Brainen:

Hello, doctorjazz,
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Soule:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:05
Thanks, Andrew!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning, Jeff
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:13
Morning, Gina!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning, Gina Bacon, same you you!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:13
Hey Gina-you got to Yo La Tengo this past December?
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:14
same (TO) you
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doctorjazz:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:10
Hello Andrew!
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Gina Bacon:

↳ doctorjazz @11:14
Hey, doctorjazz! I did get there for one night!
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Gina Bacon:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:13
Morning, Andrew!
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ doctorjazz @11:10
On top of being the preeminent pop lyricist of the 20th Century, Johnny Mercer could turn a tune, as my late father-in-law would say.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:18
Looked like fun!
  11:25am
Gerry from Miami:

Uh oh! The gerbil got into the wiring again! A totally garbled transmission of the SONNY ROLLINS. But all has returned to normal with the JOE HALL tune.
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doctorjazz:

My signal goes in and out here (not sure if it's my wifi or the actual signal).
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Gyp The Cat" by "Bobby Darin"
Sounds like he had Mac The Knife in mind on this.
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Gina Bacon:

↳ doctorjazz @11:27
I hear that too!
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doctorjazz:

The drop outs are fairly frequent...
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Gina Bacon:

↳ doctorjazz @11:21
It was a fun night...and I haven't run around the Bowery Ballroom in awhile!
  11:28am
A.J. MACHETE:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:13
Morning, Miss Gina.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:28
I went once a couple of years ago-getting too old for stand up, shoehorned in shows for hours and hours...
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:28
No doubt about it!
  11:31am
A.J. MACHETE:

Nice treble boost.
  11:37am
Gerry from Miami:

Mornin', BOB! As far as "Feelin'Good" is concerned, I believe you misidentified co-composer LESLIE Bricusse.
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Bob Brainen:

Mornin, Gerry
  11:40am
A.J. MACHETE:

↳ Song: "Someday We'll Be Free" by "Lady Blackbird"
The new Nina.
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Yes:

morning all
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Gina Bacon:

↳ doctorjazz @11:29
I got to sit a bit, which helped, a lot...the standing for hours is tough!
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Bob Brainen:

morning, Yes
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wmfromd:

↳ Song: "Someday We'll Be Free" by "Lady Blackbird"
Nice.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Rainbow On The River" by "Bobby Breen"
This is cool!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:43
Wasn't much option for sitting when I was there (maybe you get special privileges, nice!)
  11:54am
gene sculatti:

Happy New Year, Bob.
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:43
Hey, gene sculatti, same to you!
  12:08pm
Jeff:

PSA: Lady Blackbird will be at the Blue Note Monday May 5 2 shows. Tix on sale now
  12:11pm
Gerry from Miami:

Was one of those 11 instruments in the STRAVINSKY piece a banjo?
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Jeff @12:08
Excellent news!
  12:18pm
gene sculatti:

This R. Dean Taylor is one of my absolute faves: the track just jumps! I think the melody was later repurposed for another Motown track.
town record.
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Gerry from Miami @12:11
Not sure, Gerry
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ Song: "My Lady Bug Stay Away From that Beatle" by "R. De...
Unreleased according to Wikipedia, FWIW.
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duke:

↳ Song: "My Guy" by "Mary Wells"
You can always tell when Smokey wrote the song. So many great rhymes
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Will thee SG OCNY:

Good afternoon Bob Brainen and all!!!
Happy New Year!!!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey duke, true dat
  12:29pm
Gerry from Miami:

I have a friend, age 79, who told me she grew up listening to LEE ALAN("The Horn") on Detroit radio. Apparently, he was quite a popular DJ there back in the 60s.
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Bob Brainen:

Good afternoon to you, Will thee SG OCNY 🐸🐸🐸
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Devil With The Blue Dress" by "Shorty Long"
Love this (heard it first by Mitch Ryder, but this version is very cool)!
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "My Guy" by "Mary Wells"
It's totally worth finding the Weirdo Comix that Robert Crumb illustrates My Guy is a piece called The Old Songs Are The Best Songs.

You'll crack up laughing, I swear!
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duke:

↳ Franco Twinkie @12:32
Weirdo is online at archive.org... Do you know what issue My Guy was in?
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wmfromd:

↳ Song: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by "Brenda Holloway"
Such an under-appreciated singer.
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Brian in UK:

↳ Song: "My Guy" by "Mary Wells"
Hello Bob & folks.
If memory serves this is the first Tamla record I heard over here back then. Guess they had a limited release schedule compared to the US.
  12:37pm
A.J. MACHETE:

↳ Song: "Bringin' In The Gold" by "Howard Crockett"
Whoa!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey, Brian in UK. A fine start! More and more UK releases as the hits started to pile up.
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Bob Brainen:

Hey, Franco Twinkie
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Will thee SG OCNY:

↳ Song: ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch""
🐸 🐸 🐸
  12:48pm
A.J. MACHETE:

It's not easy bein' 🐸
  12:53pm
A.J. MACHETE:

Wheels.
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PAULS:

Hey Bob and gathered drimunati, been listening all along, love it
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Bob Brainen:

Hey, PAULS, thanks!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Try It" by "Marvin Gaye"
MARVIN!!!
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PAULS:

↳ Song: "Where Did Our Love Go" by "Supremes"
Left that "No Hit Supremes" nickname in the dust!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Where Did Our Love Go" by "Supremes"
Was in a bungalow colony in the Catskills summer 64, they had a speaker blasting AM radio all the time. This song seemed to always be playing...
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mackeral:

good stuff here today, Bob
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Bob Brainen:

Hi, mackeral, thanks!
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Will thee SG OCNY:

↳ Song: ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch""
🐸 🐸 🐸
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Michael 98145:

Lotsa good stuff!

Hellos, Everyone.
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Bob Brainen:

Michael 98145, hello & thanks!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Fate In A Pleasant Mood" by "NRBQ [w/The Sun Ra H...
very cool track!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Fate In A Pleasant Mood" by "NRBQ [w/The Sun Ra H...
Rhythm has the feel of working on the chain gang...
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Singin' The Blues" by "Bix Beiderbecke [w/Frankie...
A jazz classic-dig Bix! (nice sound on this version)
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Singin' The Blues" by "Bix Beiderbecke [w/Frankie...
Always had mixed feelings about Eddie Lang-he's certainly a jazz pioneer on guitar, but I sometimes feel like his time is off (of course, me criticizing a jazz great is what's known as Chutzpah)
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @1:50
(Lang is supposed to have played on very heavy guage strings, may have something to do with that stiff time I perceive).
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Soule:

Every time I hear the beginning of "Singin' the Blues" I think of the opening sequence of the hilarious British mini-series "The Beiderbecke Affair." Each episode starts with a needle dropping onto a record of "Singin' the Blues."
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ doctorjazz @1:50
Nah. Chutzpah is killing your parents, then asking the judge for mercy because you're an orphan.
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Bob Brainen:

Dunno about time, he picked right up against the bridge/saddle for added volume but most all the early cats did.
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doctorjazz:

↳ (Mr) Bill @1:52
;- )
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ Song: "La La Means I Love You" by "Laura Nyro"
Thanks, Bob.
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doctorjazz:

Nearing the end of the show, great start to the New Year, Bob, thanks much!
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Bob Brainen:

↳ (Mr) Bill @1:52
Wow, that's a good one!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "La La Means I Love You" by "Laura Nyro"
Nice!
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ Bob Brainen @1:54
Thanks. I can take credit only for remembering it, not devising it.
  1:55pm
Doug Schulkind:

Nyrophonics!
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Michael 98145:

↳ Doug Schulkind @1:55
yes !
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Soule:

Thanks for today's show, Bob!
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Doug Schulkind @1:55
Hey, Doug Schulkind!
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ Doug Schulkind @1:55
Best neologism of the new year.
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wmfromd:

Great Great Show, Bob! Thanks.
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ Doug Schulkind @1:55
Sorry I missed you and Uncle Michael yesterday (for a funeral).
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Brian in UK:

Nice work, Bob.
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Will thee SG OCNY:

↳ Song: ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch""
Thank you Bob Brainen!!!
🐸 🐸 🐸
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(Mr) Bill:

Whatta show, Bob. You've set the bar high for 2025--and the probability you'll jump over it is 99.999...%.
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chresti:

Thanks Bob!
  7:21pm
Andrew in Toronto:

What an excellent show!
Thanks, Bob!
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