Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock

Listener comments!

♥ 12:03pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Afternoon, Joe #2!

12:04pm bobdoesthings:

nice! good afternoon.

12:04pm KP:

S-Q-U-I-R-E-S!

♥ 12:05pm Mick:

What an amazing version!

12:05pm herb.nyc:

Whenever I listen to Joe, hair grows on my knuckles (that's a compliment)

12:06pm Cecile:

woggles can do no wrong.

12:07pm MenfussMike:

Revelators need to reunite.

12:08pm Joe B:

Hi everyone, thanks for tuning in/checkin in!

12:09pm bobdoesthings:

every time I hear this intro.. I think... but it's not like the insect... it's not bEElock.!?

12:10pm Cecile:

speaking of doing no wrong.

12:10pm V Priceless:

Heya Joe!

12:10pm Joe B:

Ha, right on both accounts cecile!

hey V!

♥ 12:10pm ChrisB.:

"Here's a quarter. Go play the jukebox, okay?

12:11pm Joe B:

Mike, would love to see that!

Bob, not sure I follow ... it's a long 'e' even though one e

12:11pm Joe B:

thanks? herb!

12:11pm Carmichael:

Heya, 2nd Joe in a row!

12:12pm Joe B:

Hi Mick, I agree!

♥ 12:12pm Stevel:

All Joe radio!

12:12pm Joe B:

hey Greg! 2 down, one to go!

Hi Bob, KP!

12:12pm Joe B:

hey Stevel!

12:13pm MenfussMike:

cmon airplane ladies

12:13pm Cecile:

this is pretty great too

12:14pm MenfussMike:

i prefer "Moanin", but they can't do wrong.

12:14pm Joe B:

as michael bolton said in office space ... I kinda like 'em all!

12:15pm bobdoesthings:

@joe - Oh I guess I thought you were helping the guy with spelling.. if you said "like the insect" I would write down beelock.. I know I know.. I'm annoying. great set thusfar.. dont mind me

12:15pm Joe B:

i was trying to help with pronounciation!

12:15pm Claw!:

¡Hola niños!

12:16pm Joe B:

hi claw!

12:16pm Linda Lee:

morning & big thanks for the fine rock n roll, Joe!

12:17pm Joe B:

thanks and hi Linda!

12:17pm Linda Lee:

needed the energy shot for sure.

12:18pm Linda Lee:

lookin forward to a nifty show.

12:20pm Linda Lee:

ixnay the 'nifty' .. say 'phenomenal'!

12:34pm Todd-o-phonic:

Is New Orleans ready for The People's Champion Of Rock'n'Roll?!!? Am I?!!?

12:37pm Joe B:

i dont think i am ready

12:38pm Joe B:

thanks Linda, hope it doesn't disappoint!

12:40pm Linda Lee:

lovin the sounds so far!

12:45pm miss Georgia peach:

Great show!

12:45pm Dr. Goot:

Afternoon folks, let's rock!

12:46pm Joe B:

Thanks Miss GP!

I'm ready good Dr!

12:51pm Linda Lee:

suzi quatro does 'GLORIA'. great! haven't heard her in aeons!

12:53pm Cheri Pi:

On board the JB Express

12:53pm Linda Lee:

freakin fantastic! thanks Joe! got my smile on now!

12:53pm Cecile:

didn't the pandoras do something called M-E-L-V-I-N?

12:54pm Claw!:

The Headcoatees, Cecile.

12:54pm Linda Lee:

ha cecile! sure hope so.

12:55pm Joe B:

Melvin was originally done by the Belles and then covered by the Pandoras then Headcoatees

12:55pm Claw!:

*and Thee headcoatees

12:56pm Joe B:

have to let everyone know this great ben vaughn version gets cut off. sorry!

12:56pm Cecile:

got it.

12:56pm Claw!:

Nice! Didn't know about the Belles. Will have to check that version out.

12:56pm Cheri Pi:

I love thee Headcoatees version!!

♥ 12:57pm nickybones:

hey, my ol' alma mater. nice!

12:57pm Claw!:

Me too, Cheri :-)

12:58pm Dr. Goot:

It's called premature trunculation by us Drs. and it's ok, it happens every once in a while...

12:59pm Todd-o-phonic:

This is genius! Takes me back to the glory days of seeing The Combo at The Bacchanal in Philly!

12:59pm Linda Lee:

has anyone but patti smith done the gay version?

1:00pm Joe B:

someone taped over the ending. it went on for about 8 more minutes

1:00pm Joe B:

Claw, the belles was on girls in the garage comp, maybe vol 1? maybe also on a pebbles

♥ 1:01pm Power Papi:

Awww man, I wanted to know what happened!

1:01pm Todd-o-phonic:

Speaking of gay versions, these guys must have really loved Bonanza to be singing so passionately about Lorne Greene!

1:01pm Cheri Pi:

I miss the days when tapes could get taped over, remember to pop your tops kids.

1:01pm Joe B:

i know, sorry!

1:02pm Clay:

I remember a regional hit with "Long Green" by The Fireballs (Jimmy Gilmer's back-up band) on ATCO.

1:05pm Linda Lee:

some of us just love that silver fox ..

1:05pm Cheri Pi:

I just found a nice Pioneer double tape deck at the thrift store, time to make tapes for everyone again.

♥ 1:05pm Power Papi:

"I'm gonna pop some tabs." Ah, so that's what Macklemore meant!

1:06pm Linda Lee:

@Cheri Pi .. bet it needs a head cleaning!

1:09pm Cheri Pi:

I went over it with some q-tips and it works perfectly, I was suprised, but I have a headcleaner on standby if need be.

1:10pm Linda Lee:

glad it's working! very lucky!

1:13pm V Priceless:

Whoa - Freddie Cannon / Los Straight Jackets set sounds like it's gonna be nuts!

1:15pm Cheri Pi:

Ashamed to say that I don't think I've ever heard this version. [hangs head]

♥ 1:16pm coelacanth:

Hey Joe and The Chordettes.

1:18pm Bluesman:

Heya Joe, been sorta MIA for awhile (life can be unfair sometimes). Getting back on track with today's show!!!

1:21pm Carmichael:

Boy, it's a Sloanfest!

1:21pm Joe B:

hey Blues!

CP, which version of what song?

1:22pm Joe B:

Hi carmichael and coelacanth!

1:22pm frenchee:

This song has been playing in my head all weekend. THANKS JOE (but there's another version, right?)

1:23pm KP:

1:24pm Carmichael:

I think there actually WERE 3 different Grass Roots, if I recall correctly. Rob Grill being the last and best.

1:27pm frenchee:

whoops, just read Joe's helpful notes

1:27pm Hackensack Slim:

Hey Joe,
Hope Freddy does this one Friday. See ya there.

1:28pm MenfussMike:

didnt freddy cannon appear on Andy Kaufman's hosting of Midnight Special?

♥ 1:28pm coelacanth:

never heard this- i Like!

1:29pm Joe B:

think it's time for a new copy of this one!

1:29pm Joe B:

great HS!

1:30pm Joe B:

OK - I did play the Sloan vocal of Where Were You ... this was the original demo that appeared on the first LP. They re-recorded it with Bill Fulton for single release, that is the one that charted. then it was re-recorded AGAIN when Rob Grill joined. all 3 versions are on this rev-ola cd reissue

1:34pm Linda Lee:

i'm really gettin sick kicks today, Mr B! thanks!

1:35pm Linda Lee:

thankfully i have the morals of a tom cat.

1:35pm Cecile:

John Cassavetes!

1:36pm rw:

Mattressback.

♥ 1:37pm chris:

she's ready for them all, rw...

1:37pm Linda Lee:

love this version of sweet dreams.

1:40pm Todd-o-phonic:

The year was 1966...The Green Bay Packers were champions of the football world...I was on an airplane with Led Zeppelin!

1:41pm JakeGould:

Ahhh! Born Losers! And Billy Jack’s debut. Always loved how he would get into a fight… Just before the fight he’d just take off his boots and socks and they just let him do that. They respected Hapkido that much.

1:47pm KP:

Where Were You is probably the best example of how insular NY radio was at that time. Outside this area, everyone knows that track.

♥ 1:48pm Guido from Cologne:

Recently found some Freddy cannon singles for cheap.
Must say the German cover version of "abigail beecher" is hotter.

1:49pm Joe B:

great point KP. WABC didn't latch on to many regional folk rockers but was big on Motown, as some lesser hits by the Temps and the like charted higher in NYc than nationally

1:49pm TomK:

Hi Joe and all.

1:49pm Tomophobic Tom:

Hi Joe and all.

1:50pm Joe B:

ha yes Guido! a great one!

🎸

♥ 1:50pm Jeff from Rahway:

Oh I love m some Brenda Holloway! I wish I could head south to N.O. Joe, if you run into my old college pal Michael Hurtt tell him I said hello.

1:53pm Joe B:

hey Tom!

1:53pm Joe B:

and Tom!

1:53pm Joe B:

will do jeff

1:54pm Joe B:

ha, yes Jake!

1:54pm Joe B:

and for those wondering, Todd-o-phonic is quoting some classic Tommy Mclain stage banter

2:00pm Amy:

This Brenda Holloway set is totally blowing my skirt up today.

2:03pm Grok-o-matic:

As usual 3CM with some great stuff. Lovin' it.

2:04pm Dr. Goot:

Yeah, lovin' the Brenda set!

2:04pm Grok-o-matic:

Anyone listen to Doris Duke? If so, any recommendations on more stuff like hers? Really raw soul. I call it gutter soul, but not sure if that means anything.

2:08pm Todd-o-phonic:

@Grok-o-matic: check out Linda Jones' version of "Your Precious Love".

2:09pm Tomophobic Tom:

Brenda was a trendsetter. Eventually everbody at Hitsville went to LA.

2:13pm Linda Lee:

saw PiL in nyc, 81 i think it was ... they didn't give a fart for the audience. don't feel bad Joe.

♥ 2:15pm doctorjazz:

Hey, fun show! Have to catch Amanda/John Sebastion on Wednesday.

2:17pm Linda Lee:

do enjoy John Sebastian when he's not sweet.

2:18pm Joe B:

Thanks Grok! thanks Amy!

2:19pm SmokinJ:

Nice..

2:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I like the account Lennon was listening to Spoonful & saying - 'Damned songsmiths!'...

2:21pm Grok-o-matic:

I know it's completely unrelated, but I saw Kraftwerk last night at The Ryman and I'm still trying to recover. It was so incredible. Also, Neil Young!

♥ 2:23pm Joe McG:

@Grok: You might want to try Dave Godin's "deep soul" series of CDs called "Deep Soul Treasures": www.amazon.com...

2:25pm Grok-o-matic:

oh nice, thanks for the link. I definitely have a huge list of old soul stuff that's fairly obscure and deep. Always, always looking for more. I'm so amazed sometimes at the sheer amount of old 60s/early 70s soul that I keep finding.

2:27pm Linda Lee:

brilliant! neil young > charlie feathers

2:27pm Joe B:

it is great, just when you think you've ehard it all ...

2:28pm Joe B:

thanks Linda but then didn't know where to go from there! figure back to today

2:29pm Linda Lee:

no worries. it's perfect. .. twin guns vocal sounds like iggy!

2:35pm rw:

Coffee is loaded with nutrients, right?

2:43pm Ken B:

I'd listen to three hours of Gloria versions.

2:45pm Bluesman:

One day i wanna meet this girl named G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria!

2:47pm Joe B:

Gloria Stivic

♥ 2:50pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Not Gloria Steinem?

2:51pm Steve Harsh:

Another great show JB - and your Jets bit in the DN today was genius. Bad Trip indeed ... You rock!

2:56pm mister loaf:

"Je Suis Fou De Toi" by Michel Pagliaro

2:56pm Joe B:

thanks Steve!

2:56pm Ken B:

Gloria Gonzales from junior high. She used to play tetherball in a minidress.

2:58pm David Shortell:

I've never heard those Lovin' Spoonful tracks. They must be from their last album "Everthing Playing" which doesn't feature guitarist Zal Yanovsky.
For the story concerning Yanovsky's departure, read Bruce Pollock's 1984 book "When the Music Mattered: Rock In the 1960s".

♥ 2:59pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Meghan here next week. Have fun in N.O., Joe!

3:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thx JoeB !

6:18pm Joe B:

thanks everybody! also, David, Zal is on Six O'Clock but not Mystery. Both charted - Six O'Clock No. 18, Mystery No. 27, and both were probably higher in NYC

10:34pm Joe B:

Chris B, sorry I missed you in the shout-outs!

11:10am waldo:

The 2nd “Where Were You When I Needed You”, the one that hit #28 in 1966 with lead vocalist Willie “Bill” Fulton, is the one you played (Source: liner notes for “The Grass Roots All Time Greatest Hits,” which selected the version you played.) Bill Kelly played the 3rd version with Rob Grill's edgier, more macho vocals, August 3, 2014
http://www.wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=56721&archive=106363&starttime=40:25

Scouring YouTube, FMU last year didn't turn up the P.F. Sloan original for me.

Why was FREDDY CANNON on American Bandstand 100+ times ? ? ? Anybody know ?

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
John Schooley	Doubleneck Stomp	The Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World	Voodoo Rhythm	2014		0:00:00 Pop-up)
The Squires	Gloria	Going All the Way With the Squires	Crypt	1966/2015	best version!	0:02:45 Pop-up)
Woggles	Karate Monkey	new digital single		2015	chubby checker cover!	0:05:07 Pop-up)
Reigning Sound	My My	Shattered	Merge	2014	wednesday at the bell house; greg solo Tuesday at Ichiban 6 party at el cortez!	0:09:31 Pop-up)
Mr. Airplane Man	C'mon DJ	C'mon DJ	Sympathy For The Record Industry	2004	at bell house wednesday also! Three Chord Monte album of the year for 2004!	0:13:23 Pop-up)
The Church Bats	Half Man Half Shellfish	7"	Windian	2015		0:16:17 Pop-up)
The Routes	El Asesino	Skeletons	Groovie	2015		0:19:30 Pop-up)

Atlantic Thrills	Bed Bugs	7"	Almost Ready	2015		0:31:31 Pop-up)
The Pink Tiles	Cut It Out	Snax, Spirits, Classic Hits		2015		0:34:37 Pop-up)
XL Kings	Memories	Six-Fisted Tales		2015	playing live on the show next month! ex-Hypnolovewheel	0:37:22 Pop-up)
Paul Collins	Can't Get You Off My Mind	Feel the Noise	Alive Natural Sound	2014	coming to the show in october! would have been a great segue if i didnt suck!	0:40:00 Pop-up)
Chuck Prophet	Ford Econoline	Night Surfer		2014	coming back to the show Oct 12!	0:41:48 Pop-up)
Barreracudas	Backup Plan	Can Do Easy	Oops Baby	2015		0:45:56 Pop-up)
Suzi Quatro	Lipstick	The Girl From Detroit City	Cherry Red Records		second best version of gloria we are hearing today!	0:48:40 Pop-up)
Ben Vaughn Combo	Gloria	live at Trenton State College 4/86		1986	The Rathskellar, where this was recorded, shut its doors for good in May. sorry this gets cut off!	0:52:50 Pop-up)
The Breakers	Long Green	various - Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too!	Crypt		just like gloria, you can never have enough versions of Long Green	0:59:26 Pop-up)

The Kingsmen	That's Cool, That's Trash				PF Sloan!	1:13:32 Pop-up)
The Fantastic Baggys	Surfin' Craze	Anywhere the Girls Are!: The Best of the Fantastic Baggys	Sundazed		more Sloan! not the james darrock version	1:15:26 Pop-up)
The Turtles	Let Me Be	You Baby	Sundazed		another PF Sloan classic	1:18:00 Pop-up)
Grass Roots	Where Were You When I Needed You	Where Were You When I Needed You	Rev-Ola		first of 3 versions released as the grass roots, this one - i think - is the PF Sloan vocal	1:20:02 Pop-up)
Miriam	There Goes My Babe	Nobody's Baby	Norton	2014	playing Tuesday night at el cortez AND at the Stomp! Three Chord Monte album of the year for 2014!	1:23:15 Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Everybody Monkey	Boom Boom Rock 'N' Roll: The Best Of Freddy Cannon	Shout Factory			1:25:17 Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Patty Baby	7"	Swan			1:28:18 Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	What's Gonna Happen When Summer's Done					1:29:45 Pop-up)
Davie Allan & The Arrows	Cycle Breed				playing sunday at the Stomp afterparty at Siberia!	1:33:05 Pop-up)
Davie Allan & The Arrows	Pursuit	Cycle Breed	Sundazed			1:35:06 Pop-up)
Tommy McLain	Sweet Dreams	various - Another Saturday Night: Classic Recordings From the Louisiana Bayous	Ace			1:37:07 Pop-up)

Brenda Holloway	How Many Times Did You Mean It				appearing at the Ponderosa Stomp!	1:46:37 Pop-up)
Brenda Holloway	When I'm Gone				a No. 25 pop hit in 1965; a mary wells cut that had her vocal erased and replaced by Brenda's after she bolted from the company	1:49:26 Pop-up)
Brenda Holloway	Operator				cover of a Wells b side	1:51:23 Pop-up)
Brenda Holloway	Play It Cool, Stay In School				I should have listened to Brenda!	1:54:35 Pop-up)
Brenda Holloway	Who's Lovin' You?				can't believe i only recently heard this great version of the miracles/J5 classic	1:57:31 Pop-up)
Brenda Holloway	Just Look What You've Done					1:59:46 Pop-up)
Brenda Holloway	You've Made Me So Very Happy	various - The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7: 1967	Hip-O Select			2:03:26 Pop-up)

Lovin' Spoonful	Six O'Clock				John Sebastian on the Nazario Scenario with Amanda THIS WEDNESDAY!	2:15:37 Pop-up)
Lovin' Spoonful	She Is Still A Mystery					2:17:45 Pop-up)
Neil Young	Journey Through the Past	Neil Young Archives Vol. 1: 1963-1972	Reprise	1972/2009	stray gators version, also used in Inherent Vice	2:20:51 Pop-up)
Charlie Feathers	One Hand Loose	s/t 10"	Sundazed	2015		2:23:12 Pop-up)
Twin Guns	Temperature Rise	The Last Picture Show	Hound Gawd	2015		2:25:45 Pop-up)
Figures of Light	Leave Her Alone	cd single	FoL records	2013		2:29:07 Pop-up)
OBN IIIs	4KD	Worth A Lot Of Money	12XU	2015		2:31:43 Pop-up)

The Spektors	Gloria	various - Keep Lookin': 80 More Mod, Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets	RPM			2:42:20 Pop-up)
Allah-Las	Every Girl	Worship the Sun	Innovative Leisure	2014		2:44:49 Pop-up)
The Bad Lovers	Somp'n Else	Actin' Strange	Burger City			2:47:36 Pop-up)
Baby Shakes	Running Through The Night	Starry Eyes	Lil' Chewy	2015		2:49:31 Pop-up)
Literature	Portable Head	various - Serious Rockers: An Unblinking Ear Mix Tape	Unblinking Ear	2015		2:52:10 Pop-up)
Double Pairs	Foutez Moi La Paix	various - World Beaters Vol. 3				2:54:05 Pop-up)
The Delights	Just Out of Reach	various - We're Gonna Change the World! The 60s Chicago Garage Sound of Quill Productions	Sundazed	?/2010	zombies cover	2:56:32 Pop-up)

September 28, 2015

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