WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from September 11, 2017

Listener comments!
	9:03am annie: good morning yip yip
	🎸 ♥ 9:03am Rob (Jerzcity): Mornin', Joe
	🎸 ♥ 9:03am Rob (Jerzcity): Mornin', all
	🎸 ♥ 9:04am Threemoons: Morning, YipYip Crew...
	9:05am Paul In Bloomfield: Good Morning. Roy Meriwether!!
	♥ 9:05am pantz: Ah swing, cat! Swing!!!
	9:07am *8;~> Whitty: Cannonball!!!
	♥ 9:09am Sem Chumbo: Hello, and good morning, Joe, and greets to McGakoes in whatever timezone you find yourself. Look out! CANNONBALL!
	9:09am thedunkel: Good Morning Joe McGasko and friends!
	♥ 9:09am BnowB: guten Morgen
	♥ 9:10am Wendy del Formaggio: Good morning, Joe! Special shout-out to The Dunkel.
	9:10am Davee: Hey Joe, good morning.
	9:11am Davee: Wie gehts es dir?
	♥ 9:14am Sem Chumbo: I'd like The Shampoo to be playing every time I wash my hair. Now, if I could only find it...
	9:15am Parq: Still remember when Cannonball's "Mercy" was a top 40 hit. For years, I assumed Cannonball Adderley was a piano player, since that seemed the dominant instrument on that track.
	♥ 9:15am Joe McG: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to today's program! Hope you've all had a nice shampoo this morning.
	9:15am thedunkel: !WENDY!
	♥ 9:15am MD: Good Morning all! Beautiful Day! How is everyone's PTSD today!?!??
	♥ 9:16am MD: KEEP THE SHINY SIDE UP!
	♥ 9:18am pantz: I haven't bought shampoo in years. The only plus to being bald as a bowling ball.
	♥ 9:18am listener monica: I love Les McCann!
	♥ 9:23am melinda: hi Joe!
	9:24am ASM1582: Mercy written by Zawinul I think
	♥ 9:24am melinda: I woke late today and had to do a dry shampoo.
	9:26am thriftstoreleather: mornin' folks! from a gray and chilly Cincinnati.
	♥ 9:27am steveo: Hello Joe! Lucky guess on the shampoo!
	♥ 9:28am Joe McG: Hey, Melinda, hey MD, hey monica! Hi, Cincinnati! @ASM: You are correct!
	9:28am Whitty: great example of a guitar and piano not stepping on each other...
	♥ 9:29am pantz: @thriftstoreleather Ah, the Queen City! Now I have a craving for some chili with spaghetti noodles and cinnamon.
	♥ 9:29am melinda: Hearing the opening notes of JCS just made me very excited.
	♥ 9:31am Joe McG: @melinda: Needed a little JCS this morning!
	9:31am Parq: Quick Parq, they said, name a pop standard that would make a good jazz piano instrumental. "Jesus Christ Superstar!" I totally didn't answer.
	♥ 9:31am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. I had my weekly bath in the tub in front of the fire last evening.
	9:33am Whitty *8;~>: Clearwater, Fl. Incredible Storm... power still out but prepared for....
	♥ 9:34am Joe McG: @Whitty: You down there? Wow, hope everyone's OK.
	9:35am Parq: I gotta admit, though, this arrangement is a wonder.
	♥ 9:35am Sem Chumbo: @BiUK: very DH Lawrence, squire.
	♥ 9:35am Brian in UK: We are threatened with gales but nothing like that devastation. @Sem No tying flowers in my lower areas though.
	🎸 ♥ 9:36am Rob (Jerzcity): This music is so thoroughly ingrained in me, it sounded fantastic on that melodica
	♥ 9:37am Joe McG: @Rob: I love the melodica, too!
	♥ 9:39am melinda: Me three re: melodica
	9:40am Cheri Pi: Good morning Joe, your intro was so smooth that I forgot to checkin for the last 39 minutes
	9:40am JakeGould: Late to the hip jive, but happy to be here now.
	9:46am thriftstoreleather: well come on by pantz, there's some chili waiting for you! yum! there's veggie options now if thats your thing.
	♥ 9:51am pantz: Good for Skyline, being so progressive. I think I'll stick to the original 3-way though.
	9:52am thriftstoreleather: me too, although I make a mean veggie chili.
	9:52am Davee: Could You Wait 'Til I've Had My Coffee? I had to use this sediment this morning.
	♥ 9:53am Joe McG: @Cheri Pi: Aw, ain't you sweet!
	9:54am JakeGould: @Joe: I liked your technical difficulties music.
	♥ 9:54am Brian in UK: Joe, you been taking notes from John Peel at least you play them at the right speed, generally! I still miss that man. If you get a chance read this. www.faber.co.uk...
	♥ 9:55am Joe McG: @JakeG: Thanks, Jake. I forgot to bring in the record I wanted to play after that. I promise you, it was a great segueway. Lost forever! @Brian: Ha ha ha, thanks for the link.
	9:59am JakeGould: @Joe: You know what? I trust you!
	10:00am Davee: I cannot wait for the 10:30 section of the show!
	♥ 10:01am Joe McG: @Davee: That's real nice, thankyee.
	10:03am Paul In Bloomfield: That was a great cover of Sweet Jane.
	♥ 10:04am Joe McG: Anybody else know any other songs that sound just like "Sweet Jane"?
	♥ 10:07am JP from KC: "Three Marlenas" by The Wallflowers uses the same chord progression...
	10:07am Paul In Bloomfield: @Joe McG Just the Cowboy Junkies cover... but im sure there must be a bunch
	♥ 10:08am Matt Fiveash: No, but it doesn't get talked about enough that "Oh Sweet Nuthin" and "Can't You See" by the Marshall Tucker Band are the same song. Somebody should do that medley at the next marathon finale.
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: @MattF: Now that you mention it....! The nerve of Lou Reed to steal from Toy Caldwell! :)
	♥ 10:09am JP from KC: @Matt: That would be positively epic.
	♥ 10:10am Matt Fiveash: Clay Pigeon should do it, he's probably the most likely FMU DJ to hold the Velvets and the MTB in more or less equal esteem...
	♥ 10:12am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, Joe and patriots. What of Mar-a-Lago? Swept out to sea?
	♥ 10:12am steveo: Hi Matt! Looks like you have a new show starting tomorrow....
	♥ 10:13am Matt Fiveash: It's true!
	10:14am βrian: Well, this is mighty pleasant. Good morning, all.
	♥ 10:15am steveo: Sweet!
	♥ 10:16am coelacanth∅: good morning
	♥ 10:17am JP from KC: This also has a bit of an "Oh Sweet Nuthin" vibe to it as well. Coincidence?
	♥ 10:17am Joe McG: Yes, everyone, tune in for Matt's new blues show tomorrow night at 8 p.m. I guarantee it will be better than any "blues" show you've ever heard!
	10:17am melinda: @ JP KC yes it did
	♥ 10:17am Matt Fiveash: Wall-to-wall Marshall Tucker Band!
	♥ 10:18am Joe McG: @Matt: For some reason, my pitch for the Southern Rock Hour wasn't successful. Don't know why!
	10:19am annie: thanks for the reminder joe... i'm listening, just attacking the last big box. so not really commenting
	10:20am listener monica: i can still see the long ash dangling from Swarbrick's cigarette.
	10:22am melinda: I was just listening to Can't You See yesterday. A few times.
	♥ 10:23am Joe McG: I was going to bring some Molly Hatchet today, but I forgot. The guitar player just died.
	♥ 10:29am dgg: this is great. The Fairport Convention
	10:30am Davee: SINGLES TIME!
	♥ 10:30am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Joe!
	10:30am KP: Good morning, Joe
	♥ 10:34am Joe McG: Hey, Greggy, hey KP!
	10:35am Davee: Joe, do they still make the 7 inches that play at 16? I somehow remember them from many years ago.
	♥ 10:36am common: Joe! all!
	♥ 10:37am Joe McG: @Davee: I'm not sure, Davee! I haven't seen one. Hey common!
	♥ 10:37am Brian in UK: That's a new euphemism.
	10:38am melinda: I love Apt. 21! One of her best.
	♥ 10:38am pantz: It's Bobbie Gentry Day. Did she also do Harper Valley PTA?
	♥ 10:39am coelacanth∅: hey common! - i remember 10" 16rpm records in the house when i was little. a friend says they were just spoken word but i remember differently. ...i doubt they now make records that no one has a way to play.
	♥ 10:40am steveo: I'm dreaming I'm in a hillbilly heaven, too
	10:40am Listener Alexandra: Good morning, Joe...thank you for the sweet, soothing tones on this Monday morning :-)
	♥ 10:41am Brian in UK: Take 15A south to the Will Roger Turnpike. Oh yeah. Back to Oklahoma.
	♥ 10:41am coelacanth∅: hmm, i played Bobbie Gentry on the jukebox last night. i didn't even know i was supposed to.
	♥ 10:41am Joe McG: You bet, Alex! @pantz: I don't think she ever did that one. Jeannie C. Riley was the gal.
	10:42am Wild Neil: PEACE all. My sister had a 16 rpm record player.
	10:43am ?: hello
	♥ 10:46am coelacanth∅: we had a 4-speed rca "portable" player when i was little. that was fun.
	♥ 10:46am pantz: I think subconsciously I put Ode to Billy Joe and Harper Valley PTA together because they were both made into movies in the mid 70's. Harper Vally starred Barbara Eden, I believe.
	♥ 10:48am Joe McG: @pantz: I talked about "Ode to Billy Joe" with Robby Benson (!) on the morning show this morning since I played the movie version of "Ode to Billie Joe" (retitled).
	♥ 10:50am pantz: Oh yeah? Great minds and all that @Joe
	10:50am Dennis Diken: diggin' the show Joe!
	♥ 10:51am Joe McG: Hey Dennis! Ooh, this copy of "Lover's Chant" is ready to be thrown in the dumpster. Sounded OK at home yesterday, sorry folks!
	♥ 10:52am Passaic River Blues: This is such a good song!
	10:53am holland oats: die matrosen is my favorite whistle song!
	♥ 10:54am Joe McG: @holland: A tie between this one and the Andy Griffith theme for me, I think.
	10:57am Fashion Tashjian: More whistling, please! It's socially taboo to whistle indoors in Armenia so I was getting away with murder, kinda, for a hot minute.
	♥ 10:57am Joe McG: @Fashion: What a coincidence! Whistling in my house is also forbidden unless I'm doing it.
	♥ 10:59am pantz: The Whistling Song by Meat Puppets is pretty infectious, ad nauseam.
	11:01am Lewis: kristofferson always reminds me of my Dad in a good way... (saw dust on the floor...)
	♥ 11:01am Joe McG: "The Happy Whistler" was the theme to this show for a year or so. www.youtube.com...
	11:02am duke: @Lewis He kinda reminds me of my Dad also. In a good way.
	11:03am karankeeone: Wonderful playlist this morning! Love it! Thanks!
	11:04am jt: Just was listening to "Beat the Devil' on cassette in my car last night. "I drank his beer then, I stole his song..." so good, one of the best lines.
	11:05am melinda: The Kristofferson was nice.
	11:08am Mark in Toronto: Matrosen are seamen
	♥ 11:08am Passaic River Blues: I think it means "The Seamen".
	11:09am Katie \| Toronto: All so lovely thanks Joe!
	11:10am KP: Jersey City is all right if you like saxophones
	11:11am ?: Bucky McGasko!
	11:15am herb.nyc: (just logged on, reading the playlist with the GOTOBEDS playing on youtube. in prep for their friday show at Terry Hall of 43 montgomery street.)
	11:17am zopa: Oh Boy, Joe. You're blowin my mind with the United States of America!
	♥ 11:19am Joe McG: Hey, zopa!
	♥ 11:20am Joe McG: Hey Katie! Hope the DJ gig went well!
	♥ 11:22am ChrisB.: Oooh! Rain Parade!
	♥ 11:23am Greg from ZONE 5: WOW. 1984? Sounds like it's from last week.
	11:23am Davee: Thanks for the singles!
	♥ 11:23am pantz: fingers crossed Coming Down Again by Rolling Stones?
	11:24am Davee: @Pantz what is on your head?
	♥ 11:25am Joe McG: Hope you enjoyed 'em, Davee! @pantz: Good idea! Maybe I'll circle around to more "coming down" songs. Anybody got any others?
	♥ 11:25am pantz: It's called a bowler @Davee
	11:26am Dean: Was thinking the same, pantz. Played Sticky Fingers just last night. Let's see, there's Brinsley Schwarz's "It's Gonna Be a Bring Down."
	11:27am Davee: @pantz - I gotta get me one of those. The Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down
	♥ 11:27am pantz: Oh, you mean my avatar. It protects me from the little green men stealing my thoughts, is all.
	11:28am Davee: @pantz: does it work?
	♥ 11:29am pantz: Why? What have you heard?
	♥ 11:30am Brian in UK: My favourite on The USA album is Love Song for the Dead Che. Beautiful.
	11:31am Davee: @pantz: I used to use one but it never worked correctly. Go it at Walmart.
	♥ 11:32am pantz: I only get my tin foil hats at the A&P. Higher quality materials.
	♥ 11:35am Little Danny: Deep set thusfar, Joe. Really digging it!
	♥ 11:35am Passaic River Blues: @Brian: Word up, "Love Song for the Dead Che" is a masterwork. That whole album is fantastic, but that's my favorite, too.
	♥ 11:35am Summer and Michael: Great set, Joe!
	♥ 11:35am Joe McG: In a day of songs that sound like other songs, this Dum Dum Girls song has the "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" gene.
	♥ 11:36am frozen_peas: I think it sounds like Mazzy Star
	♥ 11:37am Joe McG: @frozen: Oh yes, it do. Hey, Little Danny, S&M!
	11:37am zingerbringer: WOW!!! Really feeling this set Joe. Rain Parade and all that's followed is perf Monday work tunez...
	11:37am slugluv1313: @ Joe McG -- definitely! good morning, everyone! so enjoying this morning's show :)
	♥ 11:38am steveo: maybe a nice Helter Skelter cover?
	11:39am olivia: PPL @ THE GALLERY LOVIN YR SHOW JOE
	11:39am KP: Great dum dum girls. So shoegazey
	♥ 11:40am Joe McG: Olivia! Now I'm hungry for egg ravioli.
	11:40am βrian: I assume those are sensible shoes.
	♥ 11:41am Greg from ZONE 5: Little upbeat, but it still counts! www.youtube.com...
	♥ 11:41am Dominick: Yes!
	♥ 11:42am Joe McG: Good one, Greg, but I'm on a slow drawl right now. You got any down songs that are more of a downer? :)
	11:43am Mark in Toronto: Mark Eitzel (Solo) does such a good cover of this Carole King song.
	♥ 11:43am steveo: it's hard to find a not-so-noisy version of helter skelter, it turns out
	11:44am herb.nyc: ooh, i never heard c.king sing this - only the dusty springfield version.
	♥ 11:44am Joe McG: @Mark: Ooh, you're right, his version is great!
	♥ 11:44am Brian in UK: I know how this set ends, Status Quo. Just kidding.
	11:44am Dean: Cheap Trick, "Downed"
	♥ 11:45am Joe McG: @Dean: I think I can arrange that one!
	11:45am Dean: "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)"
	11:45am Dean: Very nice!
	♥ 11:47am pantz: Thanks Joe!
	11:47am Mark in Toronto: How about "Goin' Down" by the Monkees?
	♥ 11:47am Joe McG: @Brian: Ha ha ha, always Status Quo!
	♥ 11:47am Greg from ZONE 5: Hmm. Definitely not "Come On Down" by Big Daddy Kane (feat. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip)
	♥ 11:47am The Oscar: Hahaha-- listening while working, and the theme of this set JUST dawned on me!
	11:48am Fernando P: New schedule week always gets me excited. And sad at the same time. At least the monday day time schedule is still intact. Because nobody gets me in the right mood for the week like the Monday Joes. Great set as always, McG. THANKS!
	♥ 11:49am Joe McG: Aw, shucks, Fernando, thanks so much! So happy to be with you all on Monday mornings.
	11:49am slugluv1313: Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth -- "Down So Low"
	♥ 11:50am Mick: Such a great set/show. I know it's late, but Sylvan Esso's 'Come Down' has the added bonus of a hair-washing reference.
	11:50am Mark in Toronto: Micks singing here reminds me very much of Gram Parsons phrasing.
	11:51am Dean: A stretch, but X-Ray Spex, "Let's Submerge"
	♥ 11:52am frozen_peas: Rose Royce - I'm Goin' Down
	11:52am Frulia: Great set. Gotta come down eventually
	11:53am zopa: Billie Holiday - You Let Me Down?
	11:53am slugluv1313: LOVING this Nina Simone version!!!!
	♥ 11:54am Joe McG: Hey everybody, thanks for the great suggestions during the last hour of the show. Sorry I couldn't fit them all in. Have a great week, and see you next Monday!
	♥ 11:55am Passaic River Blues: The opening and closing sets were monsters, Joe. Thank you!
	♥ 11:55am Ken From Hyde Park: Johnny Cash singing "Sunday Morning Coming Down" is one, but Jonesey & X. Ray own the WFMU rights & privileges to it. Tomorrow marks Johnny's 14 years away.
	11:55am herb.nyc: oh poop, Ken Stringfellow sang "down like me" yesterday at bushwick's Cape House. a beautiful song, off his TOUCHED cd, which came out (ahem) on 9/11/20011.
	11:56am slugluv1313: thank YOU, Joe, for a great show! and thanks so much for Tracy Nelson -- have not heard this in ages! (have the LP but no turntable hooked up :( ) and DAMN her voice just KILLS!!!!!
	♥ 11:56am 12539: Thanks, Joe.
	♥ 11:56am Dominick: This is a treat!
	11:57am melinda: Nice show!
	11:57am frenchee: man o man, that Tracy Nelson can sing the blues
	11:57am KevinfromBayRidge: Tracy Nelson (and Mother Earth)?
	11:57am frenchee: oh hai slugluv1313
	♥ 11:58am Greg from ZONE 5: Loved that set—Thanks, Joe!
	♥ 11:59am steveo: thanks, Joe; great show, great finish
	♥ 12:01pm Brian in UK: Excellent work, Joe.
	1:25pm Stashu: Awesome way to start theeee showwwwwwwww! Weeeeeeeeeeee :)

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from September 11, 2017

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New
The Roy Meriwether Trio	Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah	Popcorn & Soul: Groovin' at the Movies with the Roy Meriwether Trio	Columbia	1966	LP
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet	Sticks	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club"	Capitol	1966	LP
Bobby Timmons	This Here "This Here" by "Bobby Timmons"	Moanin'	Milestone	1975	LP	From 1960
Les McCann Ltd.	The Shampoo "The Shampoo" by "Les McCann Ltd."	The Shampoo at the Village Gate	Pacific Jazz	1963	EP
Mary Lou Williams	Chunka Lunka "Chunka Lunka" by "Mary Lou Williams"	Black Christ of the Andes	Smithsonian Folkways	2004	CD	From 1964
Ramsey Lewis	Oh Happy Day "Oh Happy Day" by "Ramsey Lewis"	Them Changes	Cadet	1970	LP
The Overton Berry Ensemble	Jesus Christ Superstar Medly: Heaven on Their Minds; Everything's Alright; I Don't Know How to Love Him; The Last Supper; Superstar	T.O.B.E.	Light in the Attic	2011	LP	From 1972

Lisa Leblanc	Could You Wait 'Til I've Had My Coffee?	Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?	Bonsound	2017	CD		*
Tinnarose	Hello My Son "Hello My Son" by "Tinnarose"	My Pleasure Has Returned	Nine Mile	2016	CD
Hot Knives	I Hear the Wind Blow "I Hear the Wind Blow" by "Hot Knives"	Hot Knives	Grown Up Wrong!	2011	CD	from the mid-70s
Susan and the Surftones	Sweet Jane	There She Goes Again: S & TS Play the VU	Acme Brothers	2007	CD
White Elephant	Gunfighter "Gunfighter" by "White Elephant"	White Elephant	Just Sunshine	1972	LP
Everyday People	You Make Me Wonder	Everyday People	Paramount	1971	LP
Kacy & Clayton	A Certain Kind of Memory	The Siren's Song	New West	2017	CD		*
Fairport Convention	Sloth "Sloth" by "Fairport Convention"	Come All Ye: The First Ten Years	Universal Music	2017	CD	live in concert, 5 December 1970	*

Single File: a bunch of 45s all in a row
Billy Sans	Footprints in Her Yard	single	Abnak	1971	45
Bobbie Gentry	Apartment 21 "Apartment 21" by "Bobbie Gentry"	single	Capitol	1970	45
Tex Ritter	I Dreamed of a Hill-billy Heaven	single	Capitol	1961	45
Wee Willie Mason	Funky Funky (Hot Pants)	single	Jaywalking	1971	45
Moving Pictures	Joni and the Romeo	single	Network	1982	45	bad sax alert
Dee Dee Warwick	Lover's Chant "Lover's Chant" by "Dee Dee Warwick"	single	Mercury	1966	45
Liliput	Die Matrosen "Die Matrosen" by "Liliput"	single	Rough Trade	1980	45
The Benny Goodman Sextet with Peggy Lee	On the Sunny Side of the Street	single	Columbia	1958	45	From 1941
Kris Kristofferson	To Beat the Devil	single	Monument	1970	45

The United States of America	Coming Down	The United States of America	Columbia	1968	LP
Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies	You Can't Ever Come Down	The American Metaphysical Circus	Columbia	1969	LP
The Rain Parade	No Easy Way Down "No Easy Way Down" by "The Rain Parade"	Explosions in the Glass Palace	Enigma	1984	EP
Opal	Lullabye "Lullabye" by "Opal"	Early Recordings	Rough Trade	1989	LP
Dum Dum Girls	Coming Down "Coming Down" by "Dum Dum Girls"	Only in Dreams	Sub Pop	2011	CD
Carole King	No Easy Way Down "No Easy Way Down" by "Carole King"	Writer: Carole King	Ode	1970	LP
The Rolling Stones	Coming Down Again	Goat's Head Soup	Rolling Stones	1973	LP
Nina Simone	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	The Nina Simone Anthology: The Colpix Years	Rhino	1996	CD	From a 1960 single
Mother Earth	Down So Low "Down So Low" by "Mother Earth"	Living with the Animals	Mercury	1968	LP

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Listener comments!
	9:03am annie: good morning yip yip
	🎸 ♥ 9:03am Rob (Jerzcity): Mornin', Joe
	🎸 ♥ 9:03am Rob (Jerzcity): Mornin', all
	🎸 ♥ 9:04am Threemoons: Morning, YipYip Crew...
	9:05am Paul In Bloomfield: Good Morning. Roy Meriwether!!
	♥ 9:05am pantz: Ah swing, cat! Swing!!!
	9:07am *8;~> Whitty: Cannonball!!!
	♥ 9:09am Sem Chumbo: Hello, and good morning, Joe, and greets to McGakoes in whatever timezone you find yourself. Look out! CANNONBALL!
	9:09am thedunkel: Good Morning Joe McGasko and friends!
	♥ 9:09am BnowB: guten Morgen
	♥ 9:10am Wendy del Formaggio: Good morning, Joe! Special shout-out to The Dunkel.
	9:10am Davee: Hey Joe, good morning.
	9:11am Davee: Wie gehts es dir?
	♥ 9:14am Sem Chumbo: I'd like The Shampoo to be playing every time I wash my hair. Now, if I could only find it...
	9:15am Parq: Still remember when Cannonball's "Mercy" was a top 40 hit. For years, I assumed Cannonball Adderley was a piano player, since that seemed the dominant instrument on that track.
	♥ 9:15am Joe McG: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to today's program! Hope you've all had a nice shampoo this morning.
	9:15am thedunkel: !WENDY!
	♥ 9:15am MD: Good Morning all! Beautiful Day! How is everyone's PTSD today!?!??
	♥ 9:16am MD: KEEP THE SHINY SIDE UP!
	♥ 9:18am pantz: I haven't bought shampoo in years. The only plus to being bald as a bowling ball.
	♥ 9:18am listener monica: I love Les McCann!
	♥ 9:23am melinda: hi Joe!
	9:24am ASM1582: Mercy written by Zawinul I think
	♥ 9:24am melinda: I woke late today and had to do a dry shampoo.
	9:26am thriftstoreleather: mornin' folks! from a gray and chilly Cincinnati.
	♥ 9:27am steveo: Hello Joe! Lucky guess on the shampoo!
	♥ 9:28am Joe McG: Hey, Melinda, hey MD, hey monica! Hi, Cincinnati! @ASM: You are correct!
	9:28am Whitty: great example of a guitar and piano not stepping on each other...
	♥ 9:29am pantz: @thriftstoreleather Ah, the Queen City! Now I have a craving for some chili with spaghetti noodles and cinnamon.
	♥ 9:29am melinda: Hearing the opening notes of JCS just made me very excited.
	♥ 9:31am Joe McG: @melinda: Needed a little JCS this morning!
	9:31am Parq: Quick Parq, they said, name a pop standard that would make a good jazz piano instrumental. "Jesus Christ Superstar!" I totally didn't answer.
	♥ 9:31am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. I had my weekly bath in the tub in front of the fire last evening.
	9:33am Whitty *8;~>: Clearwater, Fl. Incredible Storm... power still out but prepared for....
	♥ 9:34am Joe McG: @Whitty: You down there? Wow, hope everyone's OK.
	9:35am Parq: I gotta admit, though, this arrangement is a wonder.
	♥ 9:35am Sem Chumbo: @BiUK: very DH Lawrence, squire.
	♥ 9:35am Brian in UK: We are threatened with gales but nothing like that devastation. @Sem No tying flowers in my lower areas though.
	🎸 ♥ 9:36am Rob (Jerzcity): This music is so thoroughly ingrained in me, it sounded fantastic on that melodica
	♥ 9:37am Joe McG: @Rob: I love the melodica, too!
	♥ 9:39am melinda: Me three re: melodica
	9:40am Cheri Pi: Good morning Joe, your intro was so smooth that I forgot to checkin for the last 39 minutes
	9:40am JakeGould: Late to the hip jive, but happy to be here now.
	9:46am thriftstoreleather: well come on by pantz, there's some chili waiting for you! yum! there's veggie options now if thats your thing.
	♥ 9:51am pantz: Good for Skyline, being so progressive. I think I'll stick to the original 3-way though.
	9:52am thriftstoreleather: me too, although I make a mean veggie chili.
	9:52am Davee: Could You Wait 'Til I've Had My Coffee? I had to use this sediment this morning.
	♥ 9:53am Joe McG: @Cheri Pi: Aw, ain't you sweet!
	9:54am JakeGould: @Joe: I liked your technical difficulties music.
	♥ 9:54am Brian in UK: Joe, you been taking notes from John Peel at least you play them at the right speed, generally! I still miss that man. If you get a chance read this. www.faber.co.uk...
	♥ 9:55am Joe McG: @JakeG: Thanks, Jake. I forgot to bring in the record I wanted to play after that. I promise you, it was a great segueway. Lost forever! @Brian: Ha ha ha, thanks for the link.
	9:59am JakeGould: @Joe: You know what? I trust you!
	10:00am Davee: I cannot wait for the 10:30 section of the show!
	♥ 10:01am Joe McG: @Davee: That's real nice, thankyee.
	10:03am Paul In Bloomfield: That was a great cover of Sweet Jane.
	♥ 10:04am Joe McG: Anybody else know any other songs that sound just like "Sweet Jane"?
	♥ 10:07am JP from KC: "Three Marlenas" by The Wallflowers uses the same chord progression...
	10:07am Paul In Bloomfield: @Joe McG Just the Cowboy Junkies cover... but im sure there must be a bunch
	♥ 10:08am Matt Fiveash: No, but it doesn't get talked about enough that "Oh Sweet Nuthin" and "Can't You See" by the Marshall Tucker Band are the same song. Somebody should do that medley at the next marathon finale.
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: @MattF: Now that you mention it....! The nerve of Lou Reed to steal from Toy Caldwell! :)
	♥ 10:09am JP from KC: @Matt: That would be positively epic.
	♥ 10:10am Matt Fiveash: Clay Pigeon should do it, he's probably the most likely FMU DJ to hold the Velvets and the MTB in more or less equal esteem...
	♥ 10:12am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, Joe and patriots. What of Mar-a-Lago? Swept out to sea?
	♥ 10:12am steveo: Hi Matt! Looks like you have a new show starting tomorrow....
	♥ 10:13am Matt Fiveash: It's true!
	10:14am βrian: Well, this is mighty pleasant. Good morning, all.
	♥ 10:15am steveo: Sweet!
	♥ 10:16am coelacanth∅: good morning
	♥ 10:17am JP from KC: This also has a bit of an "Oh Sweet Nuthin" vibe to it as well. Coincidence?
	♥ 10:17am Joe McG: Yes, everyone, tune in for Matt's new blues show tomorrow night at 8 p.m. I guarantee it will be better than any "blues" show you've ever heard!
	10:17am melinda: @ JP KC yes it did
	♥ 10:17am Matt Fiveash: Wall-to-wall Marshall Tucker Band!
	♥ 10:18am Joe McG: @Matt: For some reason, my pitch for the Southern Rock Hour wasn't successful. Don't know why!
	10:19am annie: thanks for the reminder joe... i'm listening, just attacking the last big box. so not really commenting
	10:20am listener monica: i can still see the long ash dangling from Swarbrick's cigarette.
	10:22am melinda: I was just listening to Can't You See yesterday. A few times.
	♥ 10:23am Joe McG: I was going to bring some Molly Hatchet today, but I forgot. The guitar player just died.
	♥ 10:29am dgg: this is great. The Fairport Convention
	10:30am Davee: SINGLES TIME!
	♥ 10:30am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Joe!
	10:30am KP: Good morning, Joe
	♥ 10:34am Joe McG: Hey, Greggy, hey KP!
	10:35am Davee: Joe, do they still make the 7 inches that play at 16? I somehow remember them from many years ago.
	♥ 10:36am common: Joe! all!
	♥ 10:37am Joe McG: @Davee: I'm not sure, Davee! I haven't seen one. Hey common!
	♥ 10:37am Brian in UK: That's a new euphemism.
	10:38am melinda: I love Apt. 21! One of her best.
	♥ 10:38am pantz: It's Bobbie Gentry Day. Did she also do Harper Valley PTA?
	♥ 10:39am coelacanth∅: hey common! - i remember 10" 16rpm records in the house when i was little. a friend says they were just spoken word but i remember differently. ...i doubt they now make records that no one has a way to play.
	♥ 10:40am steveo: I'm dreaming I'm in a hillbilly heaven, too
	10:40am Listener Alexandra: Good morning, Joe...thank you for the sweet, soothing tones on this Monday morning :-)
	♥ 10:41am Brian in UK: Take 15A south to the Will Roger Turnpike. Oh yeah. Back to Oklahoma.
	♥ 10:41am coelacanth∅: hmm, i played Bobbie Gentry on the jukebox last night. i didn't even know i was supposed to.
	♥ 10:41am Joe McG: You bet, Alex! @pantz: I don't think she ever did that one. Jeannie C. Riley was the gal.
	10:42am Wild Neil: PEACE all. My sister had a 16 rpm record player.
	10:43am ?: hello
	♥ 10:46am coelacanth∅: we had a 4-speed rca "portable" player when i was little. that was fun.
	♥ 10:46am pantz: I think subconsciously I put Ode to Billy Joe and Harper Valley PTA together because they were both made into movies in the mid 70's. Harper Vally starred Barbara Eden, I believe.
	♥ 10:48am Joe McG: @pantz: I talked about "Ode to Billy Joe" with Robby Benson (!) on the morning show this morning since I played the movie version of "Ode to Billie Joe" (retitled).
	♥ 10:50am pantz: Oh yeah? Great minds and all that @Joe
	10:50am Dennis Diken: diggin' the show Joe!
	♥ 10:51am Joe McG: Hey Dennis! Ooh, this copy of "Lover's Chant" is ready to be thrown in the dumpster. Sounded OK at home yesterday, sorry folks!
	♥ 10:52am Passaic River Blues: This is such a good song!
	10:53am holland oats: die matrosen is my favorite whistle song!
	♥ 10:54am Joe McG: @holland: A tie between this one and the Andy Griffith theme for me, I think.
	10:57am Fashion Tashjian: More whistling, please! It's socially taboo to whistle indoors in Armenia so I was getting away with murder, kinda, for a hot minute.
	♥ 10:57am Joe McG: @Fashion: What a coincidence! Whistling in my house is also forbidden unless I'm doing it.
	♥ 10:59am pantz: The Whistling Song by Meat Puppets is pretty infectious, ad nauseam.
	11:01am Lewis: kristofferson always reminds me of my Dad in a good way... (saw dust on the floor...)
	♥ 11:01am Joe McG: "The Happy Whistler" was the theme to this show for a year or so. www.youtube.com...
	11:02am duke: @Lewis He kinda reminds me of my Dad also. In a good way.
	11:03am karankeeone: Wonderful playlist this morning! Love it! Thanks!
	11:04am jt: Just was listening to "Beat the Devil' on cassette in my car last night. "I drank his beer then, I stole his song..." so good, one of the best lines.
	11:05am melinda: The Kristofferson was nice.
	11:08am Mark in Toronto: Matrosen are seamen
	♥ 11:08am Passaic River Blues: I think it means "The Seamen".
	11:09am Katie \| Toronto: All so lovely thanks Joe!
	11:10am KP: Jersey City is all right if you like saxophones
	11:11am ?: Bucky McGasko!
	11:15am herb.nyc: (just logged on, reading the playlist with the GOTOBEDS playing on youtube. in prep for their friday show at Terry Hall of 43 montgomery street.)
	11:17am zopa: Oh Boy, Joe. You're blowin my mind with the United States of America!
	♥ 11:19am Joe McG: Hey, zopa!
	♥ 11:20am Joe McG: Hey Katie! Hope the DJ gig went well!
	♥ 11:22am ChrisB.: Oooh! Rain Parade!
	♥ 11:23am Greg from ZONE 5: WOW. 1984? Sounds like it's from last week.
	11:23am Davee: Thanks for the singles!
	♥ 11:23am pantz: fingers crossed Coming Down Again by Rolling Stones?
	11:24am Davee: @Pantz what is on your head?
	♥ 11:25am Joe McG: Hope you enjoyed 'em, Davee! @pantz: Good idea! Maybe I'll circle around to more "coming down" songs. Anybody got any others?
	♥ 11:25am pantz: It's called a bowler @Davee
	11:26am Dean: Was thinking the same, pantz. Played Sticky Fingers just last night. Let's see, there's Brinsley Schwarz's "It's Gonna Be a Bring Down."
	11:27am Davee: @pantz - I gotta get me one of those. The Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down
	♥ 11:27am pantz: Oh, you mean my avatar. It protects me from the little green men stealing my thoughts, is all.
	11:28am Davee: @pantz: does it work?
	♥ 11:29am pantz: Why? What have you heard?
	♥ 11:30am Brian in UK: My favourite on The USA album is Love Song for the Dead Che. Beautiful.
	11:31am Davee: @pantz: I used to use one but it never worked correctly. Go it at Walmart.
	♥ 11:32am pantz: I only get my tin foil hats at the A&P. Higher quality materials.
	♥ 11:35am Little Danny: Deep set thusfar, Joe. Really digging it!
	♥ 11:35am Passaic River Blues: @Brian: Word up, "Love Song for the Dead Che" is a masterwork. That whole album is fantastic, but that's my favorite, too.
	♥ 11:35am Summer and Michael: Great set, Joe!
	♥ 11:35am Joe McG: In a day of songs that sound like other songs, this Dum Dum Girls song has the "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" gene.
	♥ 11:36am frozen_peas: I think it sounds like Mazzy Star
	♥ 11:37am Joe McG: @frozen: Oh yes, it do. Hey, Little Danny, S&M!
	11:37am zingerbringer: WOW!!! Really feeling this set Joe. Rain Parade and all that's followed is perf Monday work tunez...
	11:37am slugluv1313: @ Joe McG -- definitely! good morning, everyone! so enjoying this morning's show :)
	♥ 11:38am steveo: maybe a nice Helter Skelter cover?
	11:39am olivia: PPL @ THE GALLERY LOVIN YR SHOW JOE
	11:39am KP: Great dum dum girls. So shoegazey
	♥ 11:40am Joe McG: Olivia! Now I'm hungry for egg ravioli.
	11:40am βrian: I assume those are sensible shoes.
	♥ 11:41am Greg from ZONE 5: Little upbeat, but it still counts! www.youtube.com...
	♥ 11:41am Dominick: Yes!
	♥ 11:42am Joe McG: Good one, Greg, but I'm on a slow drawl right now. You got any down songs that are more of a downer? :)
	11:43am Mark in Toronto: Mark Eitzel (Solo) does such a good cover of this Carole King song.
	♥ 11:43am steveo: it's hard to find a not-so-noisy version of helter skelter, it turns out
	11:44am herb.nyc: ooh, i never heard c.king sing this - only the dusty springfield version.
	♥ 11:44am Joe McG: @Mark: Ooh, you're right, his version is great!
	♥ 11:44am Brian in UK: I know how this set ends, Status Quo. Just kidding.
	11:44am Dean: Cheap Trick, "Downed"
	♥ 11:45am Joe McG: @Dean: I think I can arrange that one!
	11:45am Dean: "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)"
	11:45am Dean: Very nice!
	♥ 11:47am pantz: Thanks Joe!
	11:47am Mark in Toronto: How about "Goin' Down" by the Monkees?
	♥ 11:47am Joe McG: @Brian: Ha ha ha, always Status Quo!
	♥ 11:47am Greg from ZONE 5: Hmm. Definitely not "Come On Down" by Big Daddy Kane (feat. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip)
	♥ 11:47am The Oscar: Hahaha-- listening while working, and the theme of this set JUST dawned on me!
	11:48am Fernando P: New schedule week always gets me excited. And sad at the same time. At least the monday day time schedule is still intact. Because nobody gets me in the right mood for the week like the Monday Joes. Great set as always, McG. THANKS!
	♥ 11:49am Joe McG: Aw, shucks, Fernando, thanks so much! So happy to be with you all on Monday mornings.
	11:49am slugluv1313: Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth -- "Down So Low"
	♥ 11:50am Mick: Such a great set/show. I know it's late, but Sylvan Esso's 'Come Down' has the added bonus of a hair-washing reference.
	11:50am Mark in Toronto: Micks singing here reminds me very much of Gram Parsons phrasing.
	11:51am Dean: A stretch, but X-Ray Spex, "Let's Submerge"
	♥ 11:52am frozen_peas: Rose Royce - I'm Goin' Down
	11:52am Frulia: Great set. Gotta come down eventually
	11:53am zopa: Billie Holiday - You Let Me Down?
	11:53am slugluv1313: LOVING this Nina Simone version!!!!
	♥ 11:54am Joe McG: Hey everybody, thanks for the great suggestions during the last hour of the show. Sorry I couldn't fit them all in. Have a great week, and see you next Monday!
	♥ 11:55am Passaic River Blues: The opening and closing sets were monsters, Joe. Thank you!
	♥ 11:55am Ken From Hyde Park: Johnny Cash singing "Sunday Morning Coming Down" is one, but Jonesey & X. Ray own the WFMU rights & privileges to it. Tomorrow marks Johnny's 14 years away.
	11:55am herb.nyc: oh poop, Ken Stringfellow sang "down like me" yesterday at bushwick's Cape House. a beautiful song, off his TOUCHED cd, which came out (ahem) on 9/11/20011.
	11:56am slugluv1313: thank YOU, Joe, for a great show! and thanks so much for Tracy Nelson -- have not heard this in ages! (have the LP but no turntable hooked up :( ) and DAMN her voice just KILLS!!!!!
	♥ 11:56am 12539: Thanks, Joe.
	♥ 11:56am Dominick: This is a treat!
	11:57am melinda: Nice show!
	11:57am frenchee: man o man, that Tracy Nelson can sing the blues
	11:57am KevinfromBayRidge: Tracy Nelson (and Mother Earth)?
	11:57am frenchee: oh hai slugluv1313
	♥ 11:58am Greg from ZONE 5: Loved that set—Thanks, Joe!
	♥ 11:59am steveo: thanks, Joe; great show, great finish
	♥ 12:01pm Brian in UK: Excellent work, Joe.
	1:25pm Stashu: Awesome way to start theeee showwwwwwwww! Weeeeeeeeeeee :)

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