WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from August 7, 2019

Listener comments!
	10:02pm Funky16Corners: Hellooooooooooo.....
	10:02pm Erica: Good evening Testifyers!
	10:02pm Funky16Corners: Erica!
	10:03pm coelacanth∅: hey Larry and Funky corner people
	10:03pm Erica: You didn't change your profile pic Larry.
	10:04pm Funky16Corners: Hey C!
	10:04pm coelacanth∅: nice picture. rest in peace, Leon.
	10:04pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Didn't have the time today.
	10:05pm Matt from New Orleans: I’m here Larry. Was reading about computer glasses?
	10:05pm Erica: Gee willikers batman! Maybe next time Larry.
	10:05pm Matt from New Orleans: Sorry wasn’t a question
	10:06pm Funky16Corners: Hey Matt!
	10:06pm Jeff Ash: So here I am dinking around and checking the weather radar -- it's been a lovely night here in Wisconsin -- and I miss the top of the show. Here now.
	10:06pm coelacanth∅: i intend to shun anyone/everyone i see wearing google specs; but i haven't seen anyone yet, fortunately.
	10:07pm Funky16Corners: Jeff!
	10:08pm coelacanth∅: (actually i might "film" them, get in their face...post it on the webs...)
	10:08pm Erica: I'm wearing prescription specks. Would be nice to have Google glasses to record things or take photos without a camera though. However, that could do eye damage.
	10:09pm Funky16Corners: I just want my glasses to let me read and see things clearly.
	10:09pm Funky16Corners: Can you hear Leon on the backing vocals?
	10:10pm coelacanth∅: hmm. 13" laptop speakers. i like how they try to sound like the beatles though!
	10:11pm Matt from New Orleans: C Google refocused the glass on industrial uses which is where it belongs.
	10:13pm Erica: The Gas Co sound like Sonny & Cher.
	10:14pm Funky16Corners: They were trying to, REALLY HARD
	10:15pm coelacanth∅: definitely
	10:17pm doctorjazz: Hey Funky Folks!
	10:22pm Matt from New Orleans: www.discogs.com... Is that the version you were talking about Larry?
	10:23pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	10:23pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - That's not it. I'd have to go into my database which is not currently accessible (while I'm on the air). It's someone better known than that
	10:23pm Erica: Diggin' this one by Suzy Wallis.
	10:24pm chresti + franco, San Francisco: Hi testify!
	10:25pm Funky16Corners: Hey Chresti and Franco!
	10:26pm Matt from New Orleans: I didn’t really think it was that but everything about that listing amused me
	10:26pm Erica: Chresti and Franco are sharing an account tonight?
	10:27pm Funky16Corners: They're crowded together like when WAR went on Hollywood Squares
	10:27pm Matt from New Orleans: 10,000 Maniacs covered it?
	10:28pm Funky16Corners: I'm thinking of a 60s band
	10:28pm bigplanetnoise: Hey and howdy! Producer Snuff Garrett (RIP) once told me that the Tulsa migration started after he formed a tight friendship with Leon - they were having probs getting the Wrecking Crew on various sessions because of their heavy schedule. Leon said, “Well hell- I have pals back home that can do what they do!” And - out came JJ, Carl Radle and the rest of the OK guys...
	10:29pm Funky16Corners: Hey BPN! That sounds about right.
	10:30pm Erica: Grady and Brady sound like identical twins. Haha!
	10:30pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - They were!
	10:30pm Funky16Corners: You can see them on Youtube, performing on Shivaree
	10:31pm Matt from New Orleans: Duane Eddy?
	10:31pm Dean: Isn't "diaspora" just a bit of an overstatement?
	10:32pm Erica: I will be sure to look them up Larry.
	10:32pm Funky16Corners: I don't think so at all. I mean there weren't thousands of them, but there was a bunch and they were important.
	10:32pm Matt from New Orleans: Seriously you’re going to talk to anyone else about overstatement?
	10:32pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - What about Duane Eddy?
	10:33pm Matt from New Orleans: He’s the only cover from 60s that’s even remotely rocky under the name wildwood flower.
	10:33pm coelacanth∅: Matt haha!
	10:34pm Funky16Corners: @Dean - According to Mr Webster: " The movement, migration or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland
	10:36pm Erica: I've only heard the Monkees version of Saturday's Child. I wonder why I never heard David Gates' own version of this song, if David Gates ever recorded his own version of the song. I'd look this stuff up but it takes the fun out of the conversation.
	10:37pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - I don't know of a version by Gates
	10:39pm Erica: Me neither Larry.
	10:39pm doctorjazz: Nino Tempo and April Stevens. Haven't heard those names in a while.
	10:39pm Matt from New Orleans: Is that a harpsichord?
	10:39pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - The album that that cut is from is one of my faves from the 60s
	10:40pm doctorjazz: Jerry's boy, never heard this single, cool!
	10:40pm Dean: Yeah, but diaspora connotes dispersal -- from A to W, X, Y, Z, and so on. OED: "Any group of people who have spread or become dispersed beyond their traditional homeland or point of origin; the dispersion or spread of a group of people in this way; an instance of this." And to disperse means (per OED) "To cause to separate in different directions; to throw or drive about in all directions, to scatter; to rout." Yeah, I'm a dick.
	10:41pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - There's another recording of that song by an LA singer named Matthew Moore who later joined The Moon with David Marks (original Beach Boy)
	10:42pm Matt from New Orleans: Well Dean there already was a previous diaspora of Okies during the dust bowl. They were just joining that one.
	10:42pm Funky16Corners: @Dean - I'm pretty sure they were living in different houses/apartments in L.A.
	10:45pm coelacanth∅: that Gary Lewis song is on the one 'playboys album in our house when i was little. ("hits again") -i thought they were british then! i loved that album 5 decades ago! i tried listening to it a few years ago and didn't like a moment of it!
	10:46pm Matt from New Orleans: en.wikipedia.org... Check out O Dean
	10:46pm Funky16Corners: I like a lot of the Playboys stuff.
	10:47pm Funky16Corners: Hey everybody! Let's argue about MUSIC! (or not...argue)
	10:47pm coelacanth∅: this diamond ring is still good!
	10:48pm Matt from New Orleans: Where’s my mocking bird?
	10:48pm Matt from New Orleans: Or mockingbird
	10:49pm Dean: QED!
	10:49pm Erica: Your mockingbird doesn't sing Matt.
	10:49pm coelacanth∅: i think it's that -now that i know the original versions of most of the songs on that album, it's clear that the playboys had nothing on the originals. (also i'm just not so into bubblegummy pop as i was as a child)
	10:50pm Erica: How about a diamond ring instead?
	10:50pm coelacanth∅: ...but the former reason is the main thing. i certainly do like some very bubblegummy music.
	10:51pm still b/p: Just erased/cancelled two typed cents on the usage. Saw an NPR article rerun about "worst" songs and it included some, to me, rrrreally unlikely targets. "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"....! C'mahhhn. 'S'mattah witcha?!
	10:51pm rw: Chug-a-lug and Testify!
	10:51pm Funky16Corners: Hey SBP! Yeah, that's madness. If you diss Burt and Hal you diss yourself!
	10:52pm Funky16Corners: Hey rw!
	10:52pm coelacanth∅: s b/p really? that's absurd!
	10:52pm coelacanth∅: hey rw!
	10:53pm still b/p: Absurdity on steroids!
	10:53pm fleep: Did someone say steroids? Did you bring enough for everybody? And good evening, Larry.
	10:54pm Dean: I love Bacharach, but I've always wondered which San Jose David is referring to: the one in the Bay Area of California, or the one in Costa Rica? Must admit I've never listened to the lyrics.
	10:55pm Funky16Corners: Hey Fleep!
	10:55pm rw: Hey kids!
	10:57pm coelacanth∅: (but then 7 second delay today was about bad song lyrics. i didn't tune in, but the 3 examples Ken gave earlier today were a testimonial to ulterior motives. the majority of songs in this world have stupid lyrics; yet he chose 3 that fell somewhere between slightly dumb, not bad at all, and apparently beyond his understanding.)
	10:57pm rw: F16C, I'm looking at the playlist. What was the song that sounded like the Elevators a while ago?
	10:58pm Funky16Corners: @rw - Either Captain Beefheart or Hoyt Axton
	11:00pm rw: Hoyt Axton! Thanks!
	11:01pm Funky16Corners: That's a cool album if you can track it down
	11:03pm rw: I'll look for it. It's got a cool title for starters!
	11:04pm Erica: Larry, where do you find these rare 60s pop gems, not counting bands that were popular at the time?
	11:04pm coelacanth∅: these are good lyrics. www.azlyrics.com... and there's nothing wrong with the music -even if you're not into that era/style. ...and it's pretty obvious which san josé it's about.
	11:05pm Erica: I ask because I use Discogs for tracklistings. I don't go crate digging often.
	11:05pm rw: Erica, Larry has superpowers.
	11:05pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - I make the connections and follow them. Look at who wrote the songs, who produced the records, and spend a lot of time digging through 45s and LPs.
	11:05pm Funky16Corners: @rw - Yes, that is true as well.
	11:05pm Erica: Haha good one rw.
	11:06pm Funky16Corners: This Colours LP is one of the finest collections of imitation Beatles ever made. really good songwriting, too.
	11:07pm coelacanth∅: i think this may be my initiation into colours
	11:08pm Doug Schulkind: Bon soir, Mr Larry!
	11:09pm Erica: My favorite version of Raspberry Rug by Bobby Whitlock
	11:09pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug!
	11:09pm coelacanth∅: annnd i don't think i'd ever heard Bobby Whitlock's anything before d&td
	11:09pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - This is probably the most un-Leon Russell-like song he wrote
	11:11pm Funky16Corners: @C - I only found out about that Whitlock 45 a few years ago. It took me a while to score a copy
	11:11pm coelacanth∅: both asylum choir albums rule
	11:14pm Funky16Corners: They do, and the first one is pretty easy to get because it was reissued after Leon got famous
	11:14pm Erica: At least you got a copy of it now Larry.
	11:14pm Funky16Corners: Yes indeed! It has a great soul tune on the flip (by Whitlock)
	11:15pm coelacanth∅: ...and i don't have the first one on vinyl; but it's insane for me to even consider buying records right now.
	11:16pm coelacanth∅: who else did this? i know this by someone else...
	11:17pm coelacanth∅: Harry Nilsson.
	11:17pm coelacanth∅: (i think)
	11:26pm Funky16Corners: @C - You are correct!
	11:27pm Matt from New Orleans: I’ve been texting with a friend but I think I’m going to put the phone down and listen. Have a great night everyone.
	11:28pm Funky16Corners: Nite Matt!
	11:30pm Erica: Night Matt.
	11:36pm doctorjazz: This Russell album is GREAT! (Love Taj, any more coming up?)
	11:37pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - No more Taj but lots of Leon!
	11:37pm rw: Isn't Ed Rucha from Oklahoma?
	11:37pm rw: Ruscha
	11:38pm Funky16Corners: Nebraska
	11:40pm Funky16Corners: Aha! Wiki says born in Nebraska, grew up on Oklahoma!
	11:40pm geezerette: Hey! I've mentioned before somewhere that Les Blank's film, "A Poem Is A Naked Person", about Leon Russell is a stunningly singular record of Russell's wild charisma.
	11:41pm rw: Ha! Larry, I just looked it up. He was born in Nebraska but lived in Oklahoma City for 15 years before moving to LA in '56. That move is part of his lore. But I guess his trip predates the one you're looking at by a few years.
	11:41pm Funky16Corners: Hey Geezerette! I've always wanted to see that but have not had the opportunity
	11:41pm Funky16Corners: @rw - Only by a few, Leon and his buddies went out in '59
	11:43pm rw: Ah, cool. Must have been something in the air around that time.
	11:43pm geezerette: ...Available on criterionchannel.com !!! They have most of Blank's films. :) 14 day trial...
	11:43pm Funky16Corners: Hollywood! I bet it looked good compared to dusty Tulsa!
	11:44pm Funky16Corners: @Geezerette - I'll look for that!
	11:44pm rw: Dust vs. smog!
	11:45pm Funky16Corners: Smog and movie stars!
	11:46pm geezerette: Larry, listened to last week's show over the weekend; loved it!
	11:46pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Geezerette!
	11:47pm Mike Sin: That Colours LP was always a bargain-bin treasure. It was always in the budget sections until most folks realized how cool it was 25 years later!
	11:47pm rw: I must admit I don't know L. Russell all that well but a friend gave me a record called Will 'o the Wisp recently. It's pretty wacky in kind of a good way!
	11:47pm chresti + franco, San Francisco: We’re listening via my phone connected to a Bluetooth speaker @erica
	11:48pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike!
	11:48pm Funky16Corners: @rw - Leon is one of the really important musicians for me, especially the first two solo albums on Shelter
	11:49pm rw: It's the song about the journey from dusty Tulsa!
	11:49pm doctorjazz: (Also a great album, remember them from when they came out.
	11:49pm Erica: Okay Chresti and Franco. I need to check out this Shelter People album too.
	11:49pm Funky16Corners: 'And the Shelter People' is one of the truly great rock albums of the 70s.
	11:50pm Funky16Corners: 'Leon Live' is also essential. It's like a revival meeting.
	11:52pm geezerette: L.A. in the late sixties was insane. The hippy musicians were my heroes and they were everywhere. You could bump into them.
	11:54pm Funky16Corners: I always picture Leon and his extended musical family rambling around in a converted schoolbus
	11:54pm doctorjazz: Take that, George Benson!
	11:54pm Funky16Corners: I'm sure George sent some big fat checks Leon's way!
	11:54pm coelacanth∅: hey g could you stop bumping into me?!
	11:56pm doctorjazz: No question! Thanks, Larry!
	11:56pm Erica: I wish I could bump into a hippy musician.
	11:56pm geezerette: The clothes and music were astounding, a lot of behaviour not so.
	11:58pm Erica: Gary Sanders was Kernel Sanders of KFC? Haha! (I know not really; that was a joke.)
	11:58pm geezerette: Coel! Ha! :) (ka-thunk, sorry!...ka-thunk, sorry!...)
	11:58pm fleep: Will catch this one from the top on the archive, thanks, Larry!
	11:58pm coelacanth∅: there are hippie musicians where i live; but modern "hippies" are basically poseurs, mostly. not like in the 60s. (i was a small child, but i remember)
	11:58pm rw: Thank you F16C! Super enjoyable show even though I only caught part of the premise in your opening sermon! Take care everyone!
	11:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks rw!
	11:59pm geezerette: Erica, Ha! :)
	11:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Fleep!
	11:59pm Erica: Groovy show this week. Until next time. Night y'all!
	12:00am coelacanth∅: g, for the record i'm not implying i'm a "hippie musician"! i don't know what i am! ...but you can bump into me if you want!
	12:00am geezerette: Thanks, Larry! CU all!
	12:00am Funky16Corners: Nite Erica!
	12:00am coelacanth∅: Thanks Larry! Great program! take care everyone
	12:00am Funky16Corners: Nite Geezerette!
	1:34pm Marie: Great show, Larry. Thanks!
	1:37pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Marie!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from August 7, 2019

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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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August 7, 2019: Testify! - Home Sweet Oklahoma - The Tulsa to L.A. Musical Diaspora in the 1960s

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Fencemen	Swinging Gates "Swinging Gates" by "The Fencemen"	45RPM Single	Liberty	1962	45	0:01:13 (Pop-up)
The Spotlights	Batman and Robin "Batman and Robin" by "The Spotlights"	45RPM Single	Smash	1966	45	0:03:19 (Pop-up)
The Spotlights	Dayflower "Dayflower" by "The Spotlights"	45RPM Single	Smash	1966	45	0:05:30 (Pop-up)
Gary Sanders	Ain't No Beatle "Ain't No Beatle" by "Gary Sanders"	45RPM Single	WB	1965	45	0:07:40 (Pop-up)
Gary Sanders	Ain't I Good To You "Ain't I Good To You" by "Gary Sanders"	45RPM Single	WB	1965	45	0:10:03 (Pop-up)
The Gas Co.	Your Time's Up "Your Time's Up" by "The Gas Co."	45RPM Single	Mira	1965	45	0:12:47 (Pop-up)
Hal Blaine (the Drummer Man) and the Young Cougars	Gear Stripper	45RPM Single	RCA	1963	45	0:15:17 (Pop-up)

Suzy Wallis	Kisses On Paper "Kisses On Paper" by "Suzy Wallis"	45RPM Single	RCA	1966	45	0:22:05 (Pop-up)
Grady and Brady	Star of the Show "Star of the Show" by "Grady and Brady"	45RPM Single	Planetary	1965	45	0:24:26 (Pop-up)
Grady and Brady	Just a Lot of Talk	45RPM Single	Planetary	1965	45	0:26:26 (Pop-up)
Dorothy Berry	Shindig City "Shindig City" by "Dorothy Berry"	45RPM Single	Planetary	1965	45	0:28:56 (Pop-up)
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band	Diddy Wah Diddy	45RPM Single	A&M	1966	45	0:30:57 (Pop-up)
The Palace Guard	Saturday's Child	45RPM Single	Parkway	1964	45	0:33:44 (Pop-up)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens	You'll Be Needing Me Baby	All Strung Out	White Whale	1967	LP	0:35:51 (Pop-up)
Gary Lewis and the Playboys	Face In the Crowd	45RPM Single	Liberty	1966	45	0:37:52 (Pop-up)
Brian Hyland	The Joker Went Wild "The Joker Went Wild" by "Brian Hyland"	45RPM Single	Philips	1966	45	0:39:59 (Pop-up)
Hoyt Axton	Double Double Dare "Double Double Dare" by "Hoyt Axton"	Hoyt Axton Explodes!	Veejay	1964	LP	0:42:39 (Pop-up)
J.J. Cale	It's a Go Go Place "It's a Go Go Place" by "J.J. Cale"	45RPM Single	Liberty	1965	45	0:45:10 (Pop-up)
J.J. Cale	Slow Motion "Slow Motion" by "J.J. Cale"	45RPM Single	Liberty	1966	45	0:47:44 (Pop-up)
J.J. Cale	After Midnight "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale"	45RPM Single	Liberty	1966	45	0:50:17 (Pop-up)
Lee Hazlewood	The Tantrum "The Tantrum" by "Lee Hazlewood"	The Cool Ones OST	Bootleg	1967	MP3	0:52:12 (Pop-up)
Le Cirque	Land Of Oz "Land Of Oz" by "Le Cirque"	45RPM Single	Buddah	1967	45	0:54:09 (Pop-up)
Harper's Bizarre	Raspberry Rug "Raspberry Rug" by "Harper's Bizarre"	Feelin' Groovy	Warner Brothers	1967	LP	0:57:04 (Pop-up)
Lively Set	Let the Trumpets Sound	45RPM Single	Capitol	1966	45	0:59:24 (Pop-up)
Colours	Lovin' "Lovin'" by "Colours"	Colours	Dot	1968	LP	1:02:08 (Pop-up)
Colours	Rather Be Me "Rather Be Me" by "Colours"	Colours	Dot	1968	LP	1:03:46 (Pop-up)
Bobby Whitlock	Raspberry Rug "Raspberry Rug" by "Bobby Whitlock"	45RPM Single	HIP	1968	45	1:07:20 (Pop-up)
Asylum Choir	Icicle Star Tree "Icicle Star Tree" by "Asylum Choir"	Look Inside the Asylum Choir	Smash	1968	LP	1:09:34 (Pop-up)
Asylum Choir	Welcome to Hollywood	Look Inside the Asylum Choir	Smash	1968	LP	1:12:48 (Pop-up)
Tom Northcott	1941 "1941" by "Tom Northcott"	45RPM Single	Warner Brothers	1968	45	1:15:13 (Pop-up)

Taj Mahal	Ain't That a Lot Of Love	45RPM Single	Columbia	1969	45	1:25:18 (Pop-up)
Jesse Ed Davis	Alcatraz "Alcatraz" by "Jesse Ed Davis"	Ululu	Atco	1972	LP	1:28:00 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell	Shootout at the Plantation	Leon Russell	Shelter	1970	LP	1:31:09 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell	Delta Lady "Delta Lady" by "Leon Russell"	Leon Russell	Shelter	1970	LP	1:34:12 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell	Of Thee I Sing "Of Thee I Sing" by "Leon Russell"	Leon Russell and the Shelter People	Shelter	1971	LP	1:38:22 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell	Beware of Darkness "Beware of Darkness" by "Leon Russell"	Leon Russell and the Shelter People	Shelter	1971	LP	1:42:42 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell	Home Sweet Oklahoma "Home Sweet Oklahoma" by "Leon Russell"	Leon Russell and the Shelter People	Shelter	1971	LP	1:47:38 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell	This Masquerade "This Masquerade" by "Leon Russell"	Carney	Shelter	1972	LP	1:50:35 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45	1:58:56 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	10:02pm Funky16Corners: Hellooooooooooo.....
	10:02pm Erica: Good evening Testifyers!
	10:02pm Funky16Corners: Erica!
	10:03pm coelacanth∅: hey Larry and Funky corner people
	10:03pm Erica: You didn't change your profile pic Larry.
	10:04pm Funky16Corners: Hey C!
	10:04pm coelacanth∅: nice picture. rest in peace, Leon.
	10:04pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Didn't have the time today.
	10:05pm Matt from New Orleans: I’m here Larry. Was reading about computer glasses?
	10:05pm Erica: Gee willikers batman! Maybe next time Larry.
	10:05pm Matt from New Orleans: Sorry wasn’t a question
	10:06pm Funky16Corners: Hey Matt!
	10:06pm Jeff Ash: So here I am dinking around and checking the weather radar -- it's been a lovely night here in Wisconsin -- and I miss the top of the show. Here now.
	10:06pm coelacanth∅: i intend to shun anyone/everyone i see wearing google specs; but i haven't seen anyone yet, fortunately.
	10:07pm Funky16Corners: Jeff!
	10:08pm coelacanth∅: (actually i might "film" them, get in their face...post it on the webs...)
	10:08pm Erica: I'm wearing prescription specks. Would be nice to have Google glasses to record things or take photos without a camera though. However, that could do eye damage.
	10:09pm Funky16Corners: I just want my glasses to let me read and see things clearly.
	10:09pm Funky16Corners: Can you hear Leon on the backing vocals?
	10:10pm coelacanth∅: hmm. 13" laptop speakers. i like how they try to sound like the beatles though!
	10:11pm Matt from New Orleans: C Google refocused the glass on industrial uses which is where it belongs.
	10:13pm Erica: The Gas Co sound like Sonny & Cher.
	10:14pm Funky16Corners: They were trying to, REALLY HARD
	10:15pm coelacanth∅: definitely
	10:17pm doctorjazz: Hey Funky Folks!
	10:22pm Matt from New Orleans: www.discogs.com... Is that the version you were talking about Larry?
	10:23pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	10:23pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - That's not it. I'd have to go into my database which is not currently accessible (while I'm on the air). It's someone better known than that
	10:23pm Erica: Diggin' this one by Suzy Wallis.
	10:24pm chresti + franco, San Francisco: Hi testify!
	10:25pm Funky16Corners: Hey Chresti and Franco!
	10:26pm Matt from New Orleans: I didn’t really think it was that but everything about that listing amused me
	10:26pm Erica: Chresti and Franco are sharing an account tonight?
	10:27pm Funky16Corners: They're crowded together like when WAR went on Hollywood Squares
	10:27pm Matt from New Orleans: 10,000 Maniacs covered it?
	10:28pm Funky16Corners: I'm thinking of a 60s band
	10:28pm bigplanetnoise: Hey and howdy! Producer Snuff Garrett (RIP) once told me that the Tulsa migration started after he formed a tight friendship with Leon - they were having probs getting the Wrecking Crew on various sessions because of their heavy schedule. Leon said, “Well hell- I have pals back home that can do what they do!” And - out came JJ, Carl Radle and the rest of the OK guys...
	10:29pm Funky16Corners: Hey BPN! That sounds about right.
	10:30pm Erica: Grady and Brady sound like identical twins. Haha!
	10:30pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - They were!
	10:30pm Funky16Corners: You can see them on Youtube, performing on Shivaree
	10:31pm Matt from New Orleans: Duane Eddy?
	10:31pm Dean: Isn't "diaspora" just a bit of an overstatement?
	10:32pm Erica: I will be sure to look them up Larry.
	10:32pm Funky16Corners: I don't think so at all. I mean there weren't thousands of them, but there was a bunch and they were important.
	10:32pm Matt from New Orleans: Seriously you’re going to talk to anyone else about overstatement?
	10:32pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - What about Duane Eddy?
	10:33pm Matt from New Orleans: He’s the only cover from 60s that’s even remotely rocky under the name wildwood flower.
	10:33pm coelacanth∅: Matt haha!
	10:34pm Funky16Corners: @Dean - According to Mr Webster: " The movement, migration or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland
	10:36pm Erica: I've only heard the Monkees version of Saturday's Child. I wonder why I never heard David Gates' own version of this song, if David Gates ever recorded his own version of the song. I'd look this stuff up but it takes the fun out of the conversation.
	10:37pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - I don't know of a version by Gates
	10:39pm Erica: Me neither Larry.
	10:39pm doctorjazz: Nino Tempo and April Stevens. Haven't heard those names in a while.
	10:39pm Matt from New Orleans: Is that a harpsichord?
	10:39pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - The album that that cut is from is one of my faves from the 60s
	10:40pm doctorjazz: Jerry's boy, never heard this single, cool!
	10:40pm Dean: Yeah, but diaspora connotes dispersal -- from A to W, X, Y, Z, and so on. OED: "Any group of people who have spread or become dispersed beyond their traditional homeland or point of origin; the dispersion or spread of a group of people in this way; an instance of this." And to disperse means (per OED) "To cause to separate in different directions; to throw or drive about in all directions, to scatter; to rout." Yeah, I'm a dick.
	10:41pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - There's another recording of that song by an LA singer named Matthew Moore who later joined The Moon with David Marks (original Beach Boy)
	10:42pm Matt from New Orleans: Well Dean there already was a previous diaspora of Okies during the dust bowl. They were just joining that one.
	10:42pm Funky16Corners: @Dean - I'm pretty sure they were living in different houses/apartments in L.A.
	10:45pm coelacanth∅: that Gary Lewis song is on the one 'playboys album in our house when i was little. ("hits again") -i thought they were british then! i loved that album 5 decades ago! i tried listening to it a few years ago and didn't like a moment of it!
	10:46pm Matt from New Orleans: en.wikipedia.org... Check out O Dean
	10:46pm Funky16Corners: I like a lot of the Playboys stuff.
	10:47pm Funky16Corners: Hey everybody! Let's argue about MUSIC! (or not...argue)
	10:47pm coelacanth∅: this diamond ring is still good!
	10:48pm Matt from New Orleans: Where’s my mocking bird?
	10:48pm Matt from New Orleans: Or mockingbird
	10:49pm Dean: QED!
	10:49pm Erica: Your mockingbird doesn't sing Matt.
	10:49pm coelacanth∅: i think it's that -now that i know the original versions of most of the songs on that album, it's clear that the playboys had nothing on the originals. (also i'm just not so into bubblegummy pop as i was as a child)
	10:50pm Erica: How about a diamond ring instead?
	10:50pm coelacanth∅: ...but the former reason is the main thing. i certainly do like some very bubblegummy music.
	10:51pm still b/p: Just erased/cancelled two typed cents on the usage. Saw an NPR article rerun about "worst" songs and it included some, to me, rrrreally unlikely targets. "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"....! C'mahhhn. 'S'mattah witcha?!
	10:51pm rw: Chug-a-lug and Testify!
	10:51pm Funky16Corners: Hey SBP! Yeah, that's madness. If you diss Burt and Hal you diss yourself!
	10:52pm Funky16Corners: Hey rw!
	10:52pm coelacanth∅: s b/p really? that's absurd!
	10:52pm coelacanth∅: hey rw!
	10:53pm still b/p: Absurdity on steroids!
	10:53pm fleep: Did someone say steroids? Did you bring enough for everybody? And good evening, Larry.
	10:54pm Dean: I love Bacharach, but I've always wondered which San Jose David is referring to: the one in the Bay Area of California, or the one in Costa Rica? Must admit I've never listened to the lyrics.
	10:55pm Funky16Corners: Hey Fleep!
	10:55pm rw: Hey kids!
	10:57pm coelacanth∅: (but then 7 second delay today was about bad song lyrics. i didn't tune in, but the 3 examples Ken gave earlier today were a testimonial to ulterior motives. the majority of songs in this world have stupid lyrics; yet he chose 3 that fell somewhere between slightly dumb, not bad at all, and apparently beyond his understanding.)
	10:57pm rw: F16C, I'm looking at the playlist. What was the song that sounded like the Elevators a while ago?
	10:58pm Funky16Corners: @rw - Either Captain Beefheart or Hoyt Axton
	11:00pm rw: Hoyt Axton! Thanks!
	11:01pm Funky16Corners: That's a cool album if you can track it down
	11:03pm rw: I'll look for it. It's got a cool title for starters!
	11:04pm Erica: Larry, where do you find these rare 60s pop gems, not counting bands that were popular at the time?
	11:04pm coelacanth∅: these are good lyrics. www.azlyrics.com... and there's nothing wrong with the music -even if you're not into that era/style. ...and it's pretty obvious which san josé it's about.
	11:05pm Erica: I ask because I use Discogs for tracklistings. I don't go crate digging often.
	11:05pm rw: Erica, Larry has superpowers.
	11:05pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - I make the connections and follow them. Look at who wrote the songs, who produced the records, and spend a lot of time digging through 45s and LPs.
	11:05pm Funky16Corners: @rw - Yes, that is true as well.
	11:05pm Erica: Haha good one rw.
	11:06pm Funky16Corners: This Colours LP is one of the finest collections of imitation Beatles ever made. really good songwriting, too.
	11:07pm coelacanth∅: i think this may be my initiation into colours
	11:08pm Doug Schulkind: Bon soir, Mr Larry!
	11:09pm Erica: My favorite version of Raspberry Rug by Bobby Whitlock
	11:09pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug!
	11:09pm coelacanth∅: annnd i don't think i'd ever heard Bobby Whitlock's anything before d&td
	11:09pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - This is probably the most un-Leon Russell-like song he wrote
	11:11pm Funky16Corners: @C - I only found out about that Whitlock 45 a few years ago. It took me a while to score a copy
	11:11pm coelacanth∅: both asylum choir albums rule
	11:14pm Funky16Corners: They do, and the first one is pretty easy to get because it was reissued after Leon got famous
	11:14pm Erica: At least you got a copy of it now Larry.
	11:14pm Funky16Corners: Yes indeed! It has a great soul tune on the flip (by Whitlock)
	11:15pm coelacanth∅: ...and i don't have the first one on vinyl; but it's insane for me to even consider buying records right now.
	11:16pm coelacanth∅: who else did this? i know this by someone else...
	11:17pm coelacanth∅: Harry Nilsson.
	11:17pm coelacanth∅: (i think)
	11:26pm Funky16Corners: @C - You are correct!
	11:27pm Matt from New Orleans: I’ve been texting with a friend but I think I’m going to put the phone down and listen. Have a great night everyone.
	11:28pm Funky16Corners: Nite Matt!
	11:30pm Erica: Night Matt.
	11:36pm doctorjazz: This Russell album is GREAT! (Love Taj, any more coming up?)
	11:37pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - No more Taj but lots of Leon!
	11:37pm rw: Isn't Ed Rucha from Oklahoma?
	11:37pm rw: Ruscha
	11:38pm Funky16Corners: Nebraska
	11:40pm Funky16Corners: Aha! Wiki says born in Nebraska, grew up on Oklahoma!
	11:40pm geezerette: Hey! I've mentioned before somewhere that Les Blank's film, "A Poem Is A Naked Person", about Leon Russell is a stunningly singular record of Russell's wild charisma.
	11:41pm rw: Ha! Larry, I just looked it up. He was born in Nebraska but lived in Oklahoma City for 15 years before moving to LA in '56. That move is part of his lore. But I guess his trip predates the one you're looking at by a few years.
	11:41pm Funky16Corners: Hey Geezerette! I've always wanted to see that but have not had the opportunity
	11:41pm Funky16Corners: @rw - Only by a few, Leon and his buddies went out in '59
	11:43pm rw: Ah, cool. Must have been something in the air around that time.
	11:43pm geezerette: ...Available on criterionchannel.com !!! They have most of Blank's films. :) 14 day trial...
	11:43pm Funky16Corners: Hollywood! I bet it looked good compared to dusty Tulsa!
	11:44pm Funky16Corners: @Geezerette - I'll look for that!
	11:44pm rw: Dust vs. smog!
	11:45pm Funky16Corners: Smog and movie stars!
	11:46pm geezerette: Larry, listened to last week's show over the weekend; loved it!
	11:46pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Geezerette!
	11:47pm Mike Sin: That Colours LP was always a bargain-bin treasure. It was always in the budget sections until most folks realized how cool it was 25 years later!
	11:47pm rw: I must admit I don't know L. Russell all that well but a friend gave me a record called Will 'o the Wisp recently. It's pretty wacky in kind of a good way!
	11:47pm chresti + franco, San Francisco: We’re listening via my phone connected to a Bluetooth speaker @erica
	11:48pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike!
	11:48pm Funky16Corners: @rw - Leon is one of the really important musicians for me, especially the first two solo albums on Shelter
	11:49pm rw: It's the song about the journey from dusty Tulsa!
	11:49pm doctorjazz: (Also a great album, remember them from when they came out.
	11:49pm Erica: Okay Chresti and Franco. I need to check out this Shelter People album too.
	11:49pm Funky16Corners: 'And the Shelter People' is one of the truly great rock albums of the 70s.
	11:50pm Funky16Corners: 'Leon Live' is also essential. It's like a revival meeting.
	11:52pm geezerette: L.A. in the late sixties was insane. The hippy musicians were my heroes and they were everywhere. You could bump into them.
	11:54pm Funky16Corners: I always picture Leon and his extended musical family rambling around in a converted schoolbus
	11:54pm doctorjazz: Take that, George Benson!
	11:54pm Funky16Corners: I'm sure George sent some big fat checks Leon's way!
	11:54pm coelacanth∅: hey g could you stop bumping into me?!
	11:56pm doctorjazz: No question! Thanks, Larry!
	11:56pm Erica: I wish I could bump into a hippy musician.
	11:56pm geezerette: The clothes and music were astounding, a lot of behaviour not so.
	11:58pm Erica: Gary Sanders was Kernel Sanders of KFC? Haha! (I know not really; that was a joke.)
	11:58pm geezerette: Coel! Ha! :) (ka-thunk, sorry!...ka-thunk, sorry!...)
	11:58pm fleep: Will catch this one from the top on the archive, thanks, Larry!
	11:58pm coelacanth∅: there are hippie musicians where i live; but modern "hippies" are basically poseurs, mostly. not like in the 60s. (i was a small child, but i remember)
	11:58pm rw: Thank you F16C! Super enjoyable show even though I only caught part of the premise in your opening sermon! Take care everyone!
	11:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks rw!
	11:59pm geezerette: Erica, Ha! :)
	11:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Fleep!
	11:59pm Erica: Groovy show this week. Until next time. Night y'all!
	12:00am coelacanth∅: g, for the record i'm not implying i'm a "hippie musician"! i don't know what i am! ...but you can bump into me if you want!
	12:00am geezerette: Thanks, Larry! CU all!
	12:00am Funky16Corners: Nite Erica!
	12:00am coelacanth∅: Thanks Larry! Great program! take care everyone
	12:00am Funky16Corners: Nite Geezerette!
	1:34pm Marie: Great show, Larry. Thanks!
	1:37pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Marie!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from August 7, 2019

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