WFMU: The Avant Ghetto with Jeff Conklin: Playlist from May 24, 2020

Listener comments!
	10:01pm Kevin Doyle: Great opener!
	10:02pm Billy T: May Bob outlive us all
	10:02pm Matt Fiveash: Happy Birthday to America's Sweetheart!
	10:02pm ottovonbqe: Tonight and everynight.
	10:02pm Aaron: Good night for some bob
	10:02pm fleep on app: Good evening.
	10:02pm Jeff Conklin: Evening, all. Hey Matt! Good to "see" you...
	10:03pm Fragonard: Happy Bob Day!
	10:03pm chresti: Hi Jeff and ghetto blasters!
	10:03pm Corey: Evening Jeff! Happy bday Bob!
	10:03pm mariano: Jeff, Scott, avantards!
	10:03pm Jeff Conklin: Spring is peak Bob season for me
	10:03pm mb: Hola DJ JC and those listening along.
	10:04pm Chris H: What’s up Bob fans?
	10:04pm Ken From Hyde Park: Let's sit down and have some fun as we cruise down Highway 61.
	10:04pm Matt Fiveash: Likewise Jeff. Tuff opener!
	10:04pm ParUbi: Hey Jeff, everyone
	10:04pm Jeff Conklin: Everybody, please wish my buddy Chris H and a happy birthday (its tomorrow but still)
	10:04pm Uncle Michael: Jeff, could you play Wigwam ten times in a row?
	10:05pm Uncle Michael: Happy birthday, Chris H!
	10:06pm The Butterman: One two punch, Conklin!
	10:06pm chresti: Happy happy, Chris H!
	10:06pm Carmichael: Heya Jeff, skeletons and Bob.
	10:06pm Ken From Hyde Park: A birthday not foul.
	10:06pm tranewreck: Oh. No. Have you activated the WFMU in case of Dylan death break glass?
	10:06pm Mr. Pumpy: Hello, Jeff! I haven't made it in a couple of weeks...looking forward to the show!
	10:07pm Franco Twinkie: I've never heard this. Jerry does a good Bob.
	10:07pm Mr. Pumpy: Hello to all you GhettoBlasters as well...
	10:07pm David: Was sort of hoping for Jerry singing “Simple Twist of Fate”, but I always like tangled up.
	10:07pm Chris H: Oh hey thanks Jeff! thanks guys! Rippin version of Tangled, can’t imagine seeing Jerry in Asbury Park
	10:07pm Kevin Doyle: Can't get much better, Dylan song and Jerry playing
	10:08pm listener 126464: I was outside Convention Hall earlier today.
	10:08pm Roberto: Relax, it's Bob's birthday.
	10:08pm Corey: Happy early birthday Chris H!
	10:08pm listener 126464: Oh yeah happy birthday Chris!
	10:09pm Fuzzy: Howdy Jeff and fellow Ghettovolk!
	10:09pm Chris H: Asbury 77 is one of my favorite JGB shows
	10:09pm ParUbi: Happy birthday, Chris!
	10:09pm Aaron: Hbd Chris H
	10:09pm Jeff Conklin: I was close to doing a Simple Twist but opted for a little more energy
	10:10pm Chris H: No Kahn bass solos please
	10:11pm arlo: ozzie ahlers era jgb sooo good
	10:11pm mariano: Happy birthday Chris H!
	10:11pm patrick: these 1980 shows always have these awesome keyboards. Ozzie Ahlers?
	10:11pm Erik in Michigan: Hey everyone! A rare live listen for me - that Bootleg Series is what hooked me on Dylan. And Jerry doing Dylan elevated it even more. Thanks Jeff!!!!
	10:13pm Jeff Conklin: Yup, that's Ozzie. I think he was nly with them one tour?
	10:14pm Chris H: March and July tours, gone by December
	10:15pm Chris H: Feb/March
	10:15pm Jeff Conklin: Crazy, reading up on Ahlers hes a Jersey boy!
	10:15pm arlo: i guess he (ozzie) did the soundtrack when they put one on the gumby movie. & always gumby level pitch modulation w JGB praises
	10:15pm Jon: Listening outside in front of a roaring camp fire.
	10:16pm Chris H: Summit!
	10:17pm Chris W.: What’s up, Jeff? Sounds great so far.
	10:17pm Aaron: You’ve played this before, right? Good stuff
	10:18pm mb: So on the sunset cruise tonight i says to myself: "Really in the mood for some choice Grateful Dead tonight." Then i fully realized its Sunday and not Memorial Day so this may be in the cards. USAx3
	10:18pm Fragonard: I could go for a simple twist...in my whiskey sour
	10:19pm Erik in Michigan: Big time Richard Thompson guitar vibes here, but it's not him, right?
	10:20pm Chris H: Best Dylan cover hands down
	10:21pm PJ: The Fairport version of this is really great, too
	10:21pm Erik in Michigan: 82 Richard & Linda...good as it gets
	10:21pm David: Oh, nice one. Linda and Richard!
	10:22pm Carmichael: Richard recently turned 70.
	10:23pm Jeff Conklin: Just saw RT is doing another live stream next Sunday at 4pm ET on Facebook FYI
	10:23pm Jeff Conklin: he's promising "rarities":
	10:23pm Mr. Pumpy: Great live footage!
	10:23pm Chris H: PJ you’re right definitely a toss up between this and the Fairport version
	10:25pm Jeff Conklin: Robert Hunter opened for R&LT on this tour at a theater in my hometown. I was not in attendance
	10:25pm Erik in Michigan: woah
	10:26pm Jeff Conklin: A friend who was there said RT was very amused/perplexed by the hippies dancing to their set...
	10:26pm Erik in Michigan: Is there a deeper RT / Hunter connection? Was it for an entire tour?
	10:27pm Jeff Conklin: My guess it was a promoter thing/timing...
	10:28pm David: Just saw Richard in February. Just love that man.
	10:28pm Erik in Michigan: This is sick
	10:29pm Tome: Always awesomeness Jeff glad to be here !<>! Happy Birthday to you too Chris H. !<>! Bob too
	10:29pm Chris W.: Everything Matt Valentine related is so good.
	10:30pm Franco Twinkie: Jeff, that is a bold admission. You could have just said you were there and left it at that.
	10:30pm Mr. Pumpy: This MV & EE is so killer!
	10:31pm Big Rig: I know I’m late to the game but .... this song
	10:32pm Jeff Conklin: MV & EE are just the best.
	10:34pm Carmichael: Never heard if MV or EE. Wonderful.
	10:36pm Aaron: I was hoping for some trad gras
	10:36pm Jeff Conklin: You must not listen to my show much, Carmichael.
	10:37pm Mr. Pumpy: Carmichael exposed!
	10:38pm Matt W: So far the most interesting mix of Bob D that I've ever heard. Sweet!
	10:39pm northguineahills: @Carmichael: Mathew Valentine & Erika Elder (former Brooklyn residents I used to see around).
	10:40pm tom: the guitarist in trad gras has a very recognizable tone
	10:42pm Ken From Hyde Park: Swedish death metal in the ghetto!
	10:42pm melinda: greetings!
	10:44pm Carmichael: He he ... I didn’t get the initials. I’ll try to listen harder.
	10:45pm ParUbi: maximum patchouli
	10:45pm Threemoons: Evening all. Trying to see if dinner will stay down; having a bit of a COVID scare out here. And of course I can't find my thermometer for the life of me; I have vague memories of it breaking and not being replaced...
	10:45pm mb: That ASMR vocal intro on this Spirit tune creeped me out as does most all ASMR
	10:46pm Carmichael: I DID see one of Spirit’s last concerts before Randy California died. So I got that going for me. Which is nice.
	10:46pm mb: Had a feeling Carmichael would pull the Ampersand technicality
	10:47pm Carmichael: I got the ampersand. The before and after baffled me.
	10:48pm mb: Actually that last comment only makes sense to me. I just wanted to pile on Carmichael.
	10:48pm David: Amazing show so far... this will be one I’ll pull up on the archives when the mood strikes for sure. Thanks as always Jeff.
	10:48pm sufferwords: solid set JC - thank the universe Bobby Z’s ain’t fled his prediction
	10:48pm melinda: Great cover.
	10:48pm Jeff Conklin: There's no pile on! Carmichael is fine
	10:49pm Jeff Conklin: Agreed @melinda!
	10:49pm Erik in Michigan: I love Spirit - and I love heavy record production, sometimes haha
	10:52pm Carmichael: Ha ha. Thanks Jeff, no worries. Got my big boy dancy pants on.
	10:53pm Hoky Hairickson: this song is always up in the noggin
	10:54pm unpopularfred: @mb - I'm with you, AMSR has the opposite of its intended effect on me, so I'm waiting for the next track to pop up, and there it is
	10:54pm Hoky Hairickson: great pick
	10:55pm Hoky Hairickson: good effort tonight people
	10:55pm Jeff Conklin: Youngbloods probably the most underrated West Coast band, up there with Country Joe and the Fish
	10:55pm The Butterman: To me, you’ll never hear a better rendition of this song than Jerry Garcia’s
	10:56pm Jeff Conklin: There are opinions but The Band really can't be beat on this one...
	10:56pm ottovonbqe: There's a little restaurant / bar near me, way outside of town. It is very well known and trendy now, but for a long time prior to GPS it was impossible to find, and way back it was a brothel apparently. Anyway, there used to be a picture in the bar area of young bob dylan at the same bar talking to joan baez (I think). Sadly, a few years back they moved the picture somewhere else in the establishment.
	10:56pm Jeff Conklin: IMO
	10:58pm Threemoons: @ottovonbqe: Where are you/was this?
	10:59pm rhett: Show is great. Thanks.
	10:59pm Scott Williams: Excellent talkover selection, Jeff! This soundtrack is fantastic
	11:00pm ottovonbqe: it is the dreamaway lodge in becket mass. they have some good shows there sometimes.
	11:00pm Hoky Hairickson: ya the band owns that one. would of have to caught that jerry version live.
	11:02pm chresti: Thanks Jeff!
	11:02pm Matt Fiveash: Gonna have to agree with my countryman Scott W on the fantasticity of this Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid soundtrack.
	11:03pm Bob O: Unfortunately I had a visitor for the first half of tonight's AG. But I was at that Asbury Park JGB 1980 show I believe 'Tangled Up In Blue' was the encore. It was rippin', and to show you how green we were at the time as 20 year olds, we all walked out saying: Did you hear that new song Jerry wrote, "Tangled Up In Blues?" ;) Duh. Looking forward to your Archive already, Jeff. Incredible playlist!
	11:04pm Pauly from Clifton: Good evening, Jeff, all. What s great show, thanks! That JGB tour in '80 was sweet. Saw them as a teen at the awesome Capitol Theatre during that tour.
	11:05pm Jeff Conklin: Love how many of you saw them in 80. Wow
	11:05pm rhett: Ahhhhh Nina.
	11:06pm Matt Fiveash: Just like Tom Thumbs Up to this version
	11:06pm melinda: I love her version.
	11:07pm Scott Williams: Nina's is THE version of this one, especially the way she sings the last line, god DAMN
	11:07pm melinda: Always weirds me out a bit to hear my name in this context.
	11:07pm Corey: This Nina cover is great! Up there with the Gordon Lightfoot cover!
	11:08pm mewidmer: Nina also does a great version of “I shall be released”
	11:08pm Scott Williams: Oh wow, Fiveash and me keep agreeing on music stuffs! Hiya Matt!
	11:09pm David: Love this! Solid choice.
	11:09pm northguineahills: All of Nina's Dylan covers are the best...!
	11:09pm melinda: I like the Judy Collins version too.
	11:10pm Tome: YeS !<>!
	11:10pm Matt Fiveash: Scott! Hi!
	11:12pm Ken From Hyde Park: More Dylan covers - www.wfmu.org...
	11:13pm Matt Fiveash: Nina's take on this one is great too.
	11:14pm Corey: Thanks Jeff for the Dylan bday celebrations! Off to feed the baby and crash. Night all.
	11:15pm Carmichael: Bryan Ferry put out a Dylan cover album. Probably too poppy for this venue though.
	11:15pm Jeff Conklin: Yeah thats not something I'm ever gonna listen to, ha.
	11:16pm Hoky Hairickson: killing it. i would like to send true love and thanks to all at wfmu and the wonderful job y'all do. for most of my childhood i honestly was convinced it was knocking on evan's door.
	11:16pm Carmichael: Holy shit, Sandy. Was that Swarbrick on violin? I need names!
	11:16pm Chris H: Ferry’s cover of Hard Rain is
	11:16pm Dean: Ferry's record is good. Not great, but good. Worthy of respect.
	11:16pm Chris W.: This is incredible.
	11:16pm Scott Williams: Ohhhh god, and now Sandy's here, how'm I gonna get anything done tonight??
	11:17pm Jeff Conklin: Well, seeing as how I think Roxy Music isnt very good, I don't have to give it any props
	11:17pm Alford: Great set Jeff, thank you.
	11:17pm Threemoons: @otto thank you! I miss small music venues; all the ones in the East Village are pretty much gone...
	11:17pm Hoky Hairickson: also had no idea i shall be released was a dylan
	11:18pm Carmichael: Nope, Jeff, non whatsoever. I’ve enjoyed Ferry’s odd warbly voice and the fact that he worked with Eno, but otherwise not too interested.
	11:19pm Hoky Hairickson: eno was good. i loved he walked out of a roxy rehearsal and went straight to recording warm jets
	11:20pm northguineahills: forgot to yell, "SANDY!"
	11:20pm Carmichael: Oh sheez, I just remembered Scott Walker covered this!
	11:21pm Dean: Roxy Music with Eno wasn't "very good" (because Eno isn't very good). Subsequently, they produced fairly remarkable pop.
	11:22pm Jeff Conklin: I also dont like Eno's pop stuff.
	11:22pm Dean: But that aside, Ferry's devotion to covers is worth attention. Eno's pop stuff as opposed to...?
	11:23pm Hoky Hairickson: enos hair
	11:23pm Scott Williams: All this anti-Roxy & Eno stuff is making me start to twitch
	11:23pm ottovonbqe: I like Music for Airports, but I don't really like airports.
	11:23pm Dean: I will shut up hereafter. I've never understood the Eno adoration faction.
	11:24pm Jeff Conklin: haha, sorry, Scott! (FWIW, I love Eno's ambient work and what he did on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
	11:24pm Tome: ....agrees with the above wholeheartedly !<>!
	11:24pm JakeGould: Some people might just be having a bad reaction to the Windows 95 startup sound.
	11:25pm Carmichael: I didn’t mean to start it, Scott. I actually like Eno, and anyone else who pushes the envelope.
	11:25pm Mr. Pumpy: Scott...I'm with you on the ENO twitching, but hey, opinions and all. Taking Tiger Mountain and Here Come the Warm Jets are not only amazing works of art on their own, bu they set the stage for so many things to follow. Production masterpieces! It's all good, they are there for those that dig!
	11:25pm Hoky Hairickson: tension envelopes
	11:25pm JakeGould: But I almost understand people’s disdain for Brian Ferry and Robert Palmer. I like them but they are both kind rich guys showing up (relatively) out of nowhere and making music.
	11:26pm Hoky Hairickson: KCMO
	11:26pm Scott Williams: Hahaa, no worries Jeff and Dean! I'm secure in my love for them. The basic Eno equation is: lack of skill + great ideas = innovative and very listenable stuff!
	11:26pm Carmichael: I heard You Don’t Miss Your Water at a random moment and fell in love with the bizarre production.
	11:26pm Jeff Conklin: hey now, Sneakin Sally Through the Alley came on the radio the other day and i cranked that shit loud as hell
	11:27pm JakeGould: Then you grow up and realize there are a lot of non-conspicuous rich guys making art and it’s like… “Whatever… I like it…” @Jeff: As you should because it’s a great song!
	11:28pm JakeGould: I think it’s almost like people’s hate of Hall & Oates as well. They were so overplayed you can almost get sick of them… But they are decent artists in their own right.
	11:28pm Aaron: Coolest thing about eno is his bald mullet lol
	11:28pm JakeGould: Anyway the recent Roger and Brian Eno LP was given a bad review in Pitchfork so Pitchfork can (as Andy Breckman states) go to hell.
	11:29pm Jeff Conklin: Hall & Oates > Eno Pop
	11:29pm Jeff Conklin: fucking love H&O
	11:29pm Mr. Pumpy: Pitchfart
	11:29pm melinda: @Mr. Pumpy haha
	11:30pm Aaron: Eno’s work with cluster is fucking great
	11:30pm melinda: These are some great covers.
	11:30pm Jeff Conklin: @Aaron: Yes
	11:30pm JakeGould: @Jeff: That PoV is something I can respect.
	11:31pm Aaron: Love this song. I feel like can referenced it with “the thief”
	11:31pm Mr. Pumpy: Aaron, Broken Head is in my top five favorite songs. I didn't fancy the whole senior yearbook quote thing, so I just wrote down the lyrics to that song and let it ride.
	11:32pm Scott Williams: I also fucking love H&O. And Eno's work with Cluster.
	11:32pm JakeGould: MrPumpy: Pitchfork is the worst distillation of the worst kind of effortlessly neutral arts writing ever. Yeah, they go go negative at softball targets and then declare the most mediocre corporate “alt” stuff as amazing.
	11:32pm Jeff Conklin: Hall and Oates Marathon next Sunday dont miss it...
	11:32pm Scott Williams: "effortlessly neutral arts writing", well put Jake!
	11:33pm Scott Williams: Jeff, I'd be there even if I didn't have to be!
	11:34pm melinda: H&O marathon would be fun.
	11:34pm Hoky Hairickson: i once accidentally stepped on chris isaac's dog turning the corner on the upper west side. he is tall. same day saw ashton kutcher sneaking his chihuahua into a starbucks. i got a king cobra on food stamps and went to the gutter where i belong. it was a good day
	11:35pm Jeff Conklin: Fun is kinda the antithesis of this show tho
	11:35pm Carmichael: Hall and Oates are good at what they do. They figured it out. I don’t like their music and use it as a yardstick when talking, but I don’t hate them or their music. I just avoid it. Or ignore it ...
	11:35pm JakeGould: @JeffConklin: Play all of Hall and Oates greatest hits on 45 at 33.
	11:35pm Mr. Pumpy: @melinda, giving anyone a chuckle in these odd days...is a win! @Jake...it's laughable, pseudo-intellectual "cool-person" drivel that panders so far to corporate hip-hop. They can do what they want, and I'm not knocking hip-hop, but you nailed it with the corporate thing. The veil has been pulled back...you listening out there?!!? As if they'd care. Keep the money rolling in...
	11:37pm Matt Fiveash: I saw Bob at that last run of shows at the Beacon and the way he did this song (Girl From the North Country) just slayed me. The arrangement was like an Irish lullaby or something, just piano and bowed string bass. It was an 80 year old man singing about the girl from 60 years ago, you know what I mean? Was really moving.
	11:38pm phat: so, I love Eno and haven't ever liked Dylan much! And no, it's not his voice. Although I'm enjoying these covers a lot.
	11:39pm Carmichael: Seen Bob 4 times. One was the best concert ever, one was the worst. Just kinda all attitude of the moment. Love Bob, would see him again in a heartbeat.
	11:39pm Mr. Pumpy: If'n ya dig H&O, might wanna check out Robert Fripp's Exposure LP (1979). It heavily feature Daryl Hall as lead vocalist and it is amazing. Fripp wanted him to sing for King Crimson but settled for this. Beware...Brian Eno is on it!
	11:40pm JakeGould: Don’t focus on hip hop: Pitchfork’s writing is geared straight towards publicists of all genres. I mean Pitchfork dumping on an Eno pop album, I might get… But dumping on an ambient record that is more Roger Eno than Brian Eno is some new level of “Okay, let’s take the wind out their sails…” nonsense. I mean who will actually buy and listen to a new Brian Eno ambient album?
	11:40pm phat: oddly enough the one time I saw Dylan GE Smith, of Hall & Oates's band was playing guitar!
	11:40pm Mr. Pumpy: I love me some Bob, this show is pumping me up, Jeff! Danke.
	11:40pm Aaron: Anyone know if Karen Dalton ever recorded a dylan cover?
	11:41pm Hoky Hairickson: i would like to give a shout out to an oogle who hides his deep love of bob dylan out there on the wild rails... this is for his dead dog, malice. much love. hope you are listening somewhere out there
	11:41pm JakeGould: GE Smith’s workman like guitar playing is fine. His face is what has to literally go.
	11:41pm phat: I will say that lately when I've heard Dylan he's been clicking with me more then he had.
	11:42pm Mr. Pumpy: Jake...I think he's a handsome fella.
	11:42pm Hoky Hairickson: umsf. mfsfu. wfmu. wfmu
	11:42pm JakeGould: @MrPumpy: Daryl Hall’s 1980 solo “Sacred Songs” is a companion piece if you will.
	11:43pm Carmichael: Jesus Jake, I’ve never had the nerve to say that out loud. But yes.
	11:43pm melinda: I used to think GE Smith resembled Jane Wyman.
	11:43pm Carmichael: Or Lurch.
	11:44pm JakeGould: @Carmichael: Everyone I have known has complained about GE Smith’s literal face when he gets into that “I’m into this!” expression. Nope!
	11:44pm phat: He looks pretty cool in the video for Fashion (a record featuring Fripp!).
	11:45pm Mr. Pumpy: Is that Nick Drake?
	11:45pm JakeGould: @phat: He’s not actually playing guitar in the video for “Fashion” which helps the face issue immensely.
	11:46pm Aaron: Oh yeah, it’s nick
	11:46pm phat: I really do need more Nick Drake in my life.
	11:47pm phat: @jake Maybe the gum chewing helps, too?
	11:47pm JakeGould: @Melinda: Yeah, Jane Wyman has a similar face. And if she jammed on guitar I would hate how her face looks at that exact moment too.
	11:47pm tranewreck: If only there was a Shepp- Dylan cover the circle would be complete Great show
	11:47pm Chris H: Went w my Dad to Santana/Dylan summer 93 at GSAC, among the worst shows I’ve ever seen. Bob was in bad shape. Dylan w Phil at the same venue in 99 was much better, as was Dylan w Petty in early 2000s.
	11:47pm Mr. Pumpy: @Jake...yes! RF twiddling the knobs and contributing on both. Guitar torture ala Fripp.
	11:47pm phat: Did GE Smith tour with Bowie? I need to look that up.
	11:47pm northguineahills: Havne't heard this Nick Drake version...
	11:48pm melinda: @Jake haha
	11:48pm Mr. Pumpy: @Jake...good thing I'm objectively beautiful or I my be afraid you'll go after my visage next!
	11:48pm Chris H: Hoboken 2013 was cool bc I legit didn’t know he was playing until I saw the commotion & heard the soundcheck from my office window and then bolted down to the park to find a ticket.
	11:49pm Mike & Dusty: Willem Dafoe + guitar = GE Smith
	11:49pm Mr. Pumpy: @phat, I wouldn't bother. He has played with everybody. I think he even sat in with a few of my high school bands!
	11:50pm JakeGould: Don’t listen to me, here is Dangerous Minds on GE Smith… “No matter who Smith played with, whether it was Dylan or Bowie, he always tried to upstage the artist he was supposed to be supporting. With his rigor mortis grin and guitar-slinger grimaces, Smith is one of the most inauthentic musicians on the fucking planet. Nothing notable about his style at all. A hired gun who can play some fills and solos while the front man grabs a fresh beer or a bottle of water from the drum stand. Remember Smith’s insufferable mugging on SNL? Buffoon rock.” dangerousminds.net...
	11:50pm Mr. Pumpy: @M&D...I see it.
	11:50pm phat: That Dylan show I saw with GE Smith was objectively terrible. I was excited to see him! The venue was terrible. That didn't help.
	11:51pm 12 cc: This is excellent. The best celebration of Mr. Zimmerman's birthday. I stayed up far too late to listen and I will catch the remainder on archive!
	11:53pm phat: Holy shit, he played the RNC? Ugh.
	11:53pm Chris H: Maybe it’s bc the era where he led the SNL band is my sweet spot, but GE Smith never bothered me
	11:53pm Mr. Pumpy: I was going to do some movie watching tonight being I am at my house for the first time in a week instead of looking after my pops. Alas, this show was too awesome to let go. Thanks again, Jeff and skeleton crew.
	11:53pm JakeGould: And believe it or not… Been listening… So great tracks here! Kudos, Jeff.
	11:54pm phat: He was married to Gilda Radner?! How the hell did I not know that?!
	11:54pm Mr. Pumpy: I appreciate all you crazy folks on the accu too. Good times.
	11:54pm Hoky Hairickson: you know, just like, thanks! bon nut
	11:55pm Scott Williams: Excellent tribute, Jeff! Thanks man.
	11:55pm phat: It has been great, Jeff.
	11:55pm Larry in Merrlin: Great show: Covers that I forgot (sorry, Spirit!) - the rare and the better known. Thanks for NOT playing "Mr. Tambourine Man" and 5 others by The Four Seasons (from a 1965 album)... Save it for a scary covers show!
	11:56pm mb: Quality show, Jeff. Happy Birthday in a few minutes Chris H! Thanks Scott of the skeletons. WFMU#1
	11:56pm Jeff Conklin: I miss the studio, I miss seltzer at QuickChek but I gotta tell you, the 5 second commute to my bed is a real lovely thing. Thanks for listening, all, and to Scott for working that board...
	11:56pm Franco Twinkie: Good night Jeff. You know, this weekend is the gateway to summer. I'm not ready!
	11:57pm Aaron: Enjoyed the music as usual. Night all
	11:58pm JakeGould: A few minutes?

The Avant Ghetto with Jeff Conklin: Playlist from May 24, 2020

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May 24, 2020

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Bob Dylan	Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You	Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975	Columbia	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Jerry Garcia Band	Tangled Up in Blue	Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, 7/26/80	Bootsville	0:04:02 (Pop-up)
Fotheringay	Too Much of Nothing "Too Much of Nothing" by "Fotheringay"	Fotheringay	A&M	0:15:31 (Pop-up)
Richard & Linda Thompson	I'll Keep It With Mine	The Bottom Line, New York, NY, 5/18/82	Bootsville	0:19:32 (Pop-up)
MV & EE	One More Cup of Coffee "One More Cup of Coffee" by "MV & EE"	Home Comfort Sound System Volume 1	Child of Microtones	0:25:17 (Pop-up)
Träd Gräs och Stenar	All Along The Watchower	Träd Gräs och Stenar	Decibel/Silence	0:34:37 (Pop-up)
Spirit	Like a Rolling Stone "Like a Rolling Stone" by "Spirit"	Spirit of '76	Mercury	0:42:43 (Pop-up)
The Youngbloods	I Shall Be Released	High On A Ridge Top	Raccoon	0:51:39 (Pop-up)

Nina Simone	Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues	To Love Somebody	RCA	1:04:02 (Pop-up)
Richie Havens	Just Like a Woman "Just Like a Woman" by "Richie Havens"	Mixed Bag	Verve Forecast	1:09:04 (Pop-up)
Sandy Denny	Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door	A Boxful of Treasures	Fledg'ling Records	1:13:47 (Pop-up)
Bridget St. John	Love Minus Zero, No Limit	Thank You For...	Dandelion	1:19:56 (Pop-up)
Gene Clark	I Pity the Poor Immigrant	Flying High	A&M	1:22:24 (Pop-up)
St. Thomas	Tears of Rage "Tears of Rage" by "St. Thomas"	808 Ridge	Gateway	1:27:37 (Pop-up)
Dennis Stoner	Girl From The North Country	Dennis Stoner	Rare Earth	1:32:19 (Pop-up)
Pearls Before Swine	Oh Sister "Oh Sister" by "Pearls Before Swine"	The Wizard of Is	Water	1:37:08 (Pop-up)
John Martyn	Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright	London Conversation	Island	1:40:05 (Pop-up)
Nick Drake	Tomorrow Is a Long Time	Family Tree	Island	1:44:22 (Pop-up)
John Renbourn	Buckets of Rain "Buckets of Rain" by "John Renbourn"	So Early in the Spring	Nippon Columbia	1:47:35 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan	New Morning "New Morning" by "Bob Dylan"	New Morning	Columbia	1:53:48 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	10:01pm Kevin Doyle: Great opener!
	10:02pm Billy T: May Bob outlive us all
	10:02pm Matt Fiveash: Happy Birthday to America's Sweetheart!
	10:02pm ottovonbqe: Tonight and everynight.
	10:02pm Aaron: Good night for some bob
	10:02pm fleep on app: Good evening.
	10:02pm Jeff Conklin: Evening, all. Hey Matt! Good to "see" you...
	10:03pm Fragonard: Happy Bob Day!
	10:03pm chresti: Hi Jeff and ghetto blasters!
	10:03pm Corey: Evening Jeff! Happy bday Bob!
	10:03pm mariano: Jeff, Scott, avantards!
	10:03pm Jeff Conklin: Spring is peak Bob season for me
	10:03pm mb: Hola DJ JC and those listening along.
	10:04pm Chris H: What’s up Bob fans?
	10:04pm Ken From Hyde Park: Let's sit down and have some fun as we cruise down Highway 61.
	10:04pm Matt Fiveash: Likewise Jeff. Tuff opener!
	10:04pm ParUbi: Hey Jeff, everyone
	10:04pm Jeff Conklin: Everybody, please wish my buddy Chris H and a happy birthday (its tomorrow but still)
	10:04pm Uncle Michael: Jeff, could you play Wigwam ten times in a row?
	10:05pm Uncle Michael: Happy birthday, Chris H!
	10:06pm The Butterman: One two punch, Conklin!
	10:06pm chresti: Happy happy, Chris H!
	10:06pm Carmichael: Heya Jeff, skeletons and Bob.
	10:06pm Ken From Hyde Park: A birthday not foul.
	10:06pm tranewreck: Oh. No. Have you activated the WFMU in case of Dylan death break glass?
	10:06pm Mr. Pumpy: Hello, Jeff! I haven't made it in a couple of weeks...looking forward to the show!
	10:07pm Franco Twinkie: I've never heard this. Jerry does a good Bob.
	10:07pm Mr. Pumpy: Hello to all you GhettoBlasters as well...
	10:07pm David: Was sort of hoping for Jerry singing “Simple Twist of Fate”, but I always like tangled up.
	10:07pm Chris H: Oh hey thanks Jeff! thanks guys! Rippin version of Tangled, can’t imagine seeing Jerry in Asbury Park
	10:07pm Kevin Doyle: Can't get much better, Dylan song and Jerry playing
	10:08pm listener 126464: I was outside Convention Hall earlier today.
	10:08pm Roberto: Relax, it's Bob's birthday.
	10:08pm Corey: Happy early birthday Chris H!
	10:08pm listener 126464: Oh yeah happy birthday Chris!
	10:09pm Fuzzy: Howdy Jeff and fellow Ghettovolk!
	10:09pm Chris H: Asbury 77 is one of my favorite JGB shows
	10:09pm ParUbi: Happy birthday, Chris!
	10:09pm Aaron: Hbd Chris H
	10:09pm Jeff Conklin: I was close to doing a Simple Twist but opted for a little more energy
	10:10pm Chris H: No Kahn bass solos please
	10:11pm arlo: ozzie ahlers era jgb sooo good
	10:11pm mariano: Happy birthday Chris H!
	10:11pm patrick: these 1980 shows always have these awesome keyboards. Ozzie Ahlers?
	10:11pm Erik in Michigan: Hey everyone! A rare live listen for me - that Bootleg Series is what hooked me on Dylan. And Jerry doing Dylan elevated it even more. Thanks Jeff!!!!
	10:13pm Jeff Conklin: Yup, that's Ozzie. I think he was nly with them one tour?
	10:14pm Chris H: March and July tours, gone by December
	10:15pm Chris H: Feb/March
	10:15pm Jeff Conklin: Crazy, reading up on Ahlers hes a Jersey boy!
	10:15pm arlo: i guess he (ozzie) did the soundtrack when they put one on the gumby movie. & always gumby level pitch modulation w JGB praises
	10:15pm Jon: Listening outside in front of a roaring camp fire.
	10:16pm Chris H: Summit!
	10:17pm Chris W.: What’s up, Jeff? Sounds great so far.
	10:17pm Aaron: You’ve played this before, right? Good stuff
	10:18pm mb: So on the sunset cruise tonight i says to myself: "Really in the mood for some choice Grateful Dead tonight." Then i fully realized its Sunday and not Memorial Day so this may be in the cards. USAx3
	10:18pm Fragonard: I could go for a simple twist...in my whiskey sour
	10:19pm Erik in Michigan: Big time Richard Thompson guitar vibes here, but it's not him, right?
	10:20pm Chris H: Best Dylan cover hands down
	10:21pm PJ: The Fairport version of this is really great, too
	10:21pm Erik in Michigan: 82 Richard & Linda...good as it gets
	10:21pm David: Oh, nice one. Linda and Richard!
	10:22pm Carmichael: Richard recently turned 70.
	10:23pm Jeff Conklin: Just saw RT is doing another live stream next Sunday at 4pm ET on Facebook FYI
	10:23pm Jeff Conklin: he's promising "rarities":
	10:23pm Mr. Pumpy: Great live footage!
	10:23pm Chris H: PJ you’re right definitely a toss up between this and the Fairport version
	10:25pm Jeff Conklin: Robert Hunter opened for R&LT on this tour at a theater in my hometown. I was not in attendance
	10:25pm Erik in Michigan: woah
	10:26pm Jeff Conklin: A friend who was there said RT was very amused/perplexed by the hippies dancing to their set...
	10:26pm Erik in Michigan: Is there a deeper RT / Hunter connection? Was it for an entire tour?
	10:27pm Jeff Conklin: My guess it was a promoter thing/timing...
	10:28pm David: Just saw Richard in February. Just love that man.
	10:28pm Erik in Michigan: This is sick
	10:29pm Tome: Always awesomeness Jeff glad to be here !<>! Happy Birthday to you too Chris H. !<>! Bob too
	10:29pm Chris W.: Everything Matt Valentine related is so good.
	10:30pm Franco Twinkie: Jeff, that is a bold admission. You could have just said you were there and left it at that.
	10:30pm Mr. Pumpy: This MV & EE is so killer!
	10:31pm Big Rig: I know I’m late to the game but .... this song
	10:32pm Jeff Conklin: MV & EE are just the best.
	10:34pm Carmichael: Never heard if MV or EE. Wonderful.
	10:36pm Aaron: I was hoping for some trad gras
	10:36pm Jeff Conklin: You must not listen to my show much, Carmichael.
	10:37pm Mr. Pumpy: Carmichael exposed!
	10:38pm Matt W: So far the most interesting mix of Bob D that I've ever heard. Sweet!
	10:39pm northguineahills: @Carmichael: Mathew Valentine & Erika Elder (former Brooklyn residents I used to see around).
	10:40pm tom: the guitarist in trad gras has a very recognizable tone
	10:42pm Ken From Hyde Park: Swedish death metal in the ghetto!
	10:42pm melinda: greetings!
	10:44pm Carmichael: He he ... I didn’t get the initials. I’ll try to listen harder.
	10:45pm ParUbi: maximum patchouli
	10:45pm Threemoons: Evening all. Trying to see if dinner will stay down; having a bit of a COVID scare out here. And of course I can't find my thermometer for the life of me; I have vague memories of it breaking and not being replaced...
	10:45pm mb: That ASMR vocal intro on this Spirit tune creeped me out as does most all ASMR
	10:46pm Carmichael: I DID see one of Spirit’s last concerts before Randy California died. So I got that going for me. Which is nice.
	10:46pm mb: Had a feeling Carmichael would pull the Ampersand technicality
	10:47pm Carmichael: I got the ampersand. The before and after baffled me.
	10:48pm mb: Actually that last comment only makes sense to me. I just wanted to pile on Carmichael.
	10:48pm David: Amazing show so far... this will be one I’ll pull up on the archives when the mood strikes for sure. Thanks as always Jeff.
	10:48pm sufferwords: solid set JC - thank the universe Bobby Z’s ain’t fled his prediction
	10:48pm melinda: Great cover.
	10:48pm Jeff Conklin: There's no pile on! Carmichael is fine
	10:49pm Jeff Conklin: Agreed @melinda!
	10:49pm Erik in Michigan: I love Spirit - and I love heavy record production, sometimes haha
	10:52pm Carmichael: Ha ha. Thanks Jeff, no worries. Got my big boy dancy pants on.
	10:53pm Hoky Hairickson: this song is always up in the noggin
	10:54pm unpopularfred: @mb - I'm with you, AMSR has the opposite of its intended effect on me, so I'm waiting for the next track to pop up, and there it is
	10:54pm Hoky Hairickson: great pick
	10:55pm Hoky Hairickson: good effort tonight people
	10:55pm Jeff Conklin: Youngbloods probably the most underrated West Coast band, up there with Country Joe and the Fish
	10:55pm The Butterman: To me, you’ll never hear a better rendition of this song than Jerry Garcia’s
	10:56pm Jeff Conklin: There are opinions but The Band really can't be beat on this one...
	10:56pm ottovonbqe: There's a little restaurant / bar near me, way outside of town. It is very well known and trendy now, but for a long time prior to GPS it was impossible to find, and way back it was a brothel apparently. Anyway, there used to be a picture in the bar area of young bob dylan at the same bar talking to joan baez (I think). Sadly, a few years back they moved the picture somewhere else in the establishment.
	10:56pm Jeff Conklin: IMO
	10:58pm Threemoons: @ottovonbqe: Where are you/was this?
	10:59pm rhett: Show is great. Thanks.
	10:59pm Scott Williams: Excellent talkover selection, Jeff! This soundtrack is fantastic
	11:00pm ottovonbqe: it is the dreamaway lodge in becket mass. they have some good shows there sometimes.
	11:00pm Hoky Hairickson: ya the band owns that one. would of have to caught that jerry version live.
	11:02pm chresti: Thanks Jeff!
	11:02pm Matt Fiveash: Gonna have to agree with my countryman Scott W on the fantasticity of this Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid soundtrack.
	11:03pm Bob O: Unfortunately I had a visitor for the first half of tonight's AG. But I was at that Asbury Park JGB 1980 show I believe 'Tangled Up In Blue' was the encore. It was rippin', and to show you how green we were at the time as 20 year olds, we all walked out saying: Did you hear that new song Jerry wrote, "Tangled Up In Blues?" ;) Duh. Looking forward to your Archive already, Jeff. Incredible playlist!
	11:04pm Pauly from Clifton: Good evening, Jeff, all. What s great show, thanks! That JGB tour in '80 was sweet. Saw them as a teen at the awesome Capitol Theatre during that tour.
	11:05pm Jeff Conklin: Love how many of you saw them in 80. Wow
	11:05pm rhett: Ahhhhh Nina.
	11:06pm Matt Fiveash: Just like Tom Thumbs Up to this version
	11:06pm melinda: I love her version.
	11:07pm Scott Williams: Nina's is THE version of this one, especially the way she sings the last line, god DAMN
	11:07pm melinda: Always weirds me out a bit to hear my name in this context.
	11:07pm Corey: This Nina cover is great! Up there with the Gordon Lightfoot cover!
	11:08pm mewidmer: Nina also does a great version of “I shall be released”
	11:08pm Scott Williams: Oh wow, Fiveash and me keep agreeing on music stuffs! Hiya Matt!
	11:09pm David: Love this! Solid choice.
	11:09pm northguineahills: All of Nina's Dylan covers are the best...!
	11:09pm melinda: I like the Judy Collins version too.
	11:10pm Tome: YeS !<>!
	11:10pm Matt Fiveash: Scott! Hi!
	11:12pm Ken From Hyde Park: More Dylan covers - www.wfmu.org...
	11:13pm Matt Fiveash: Nina's take on this one is great too.
	11:14pm Corey: Thanks Jeff for the Dylan bday celebrations! Off to feed the baby and crash. Night all.
	11:15pm Carmichael: Bryan Ferry put out a Dylan cover album. Probably too poppy for this venue though.
	11:15pm Jeff Conklin: Yeah thats not something I'm ever gonna listen to, ha.
	11:16pm Hoky Hairickson: killing it. i would like to send true love and thanks to all at wfmu and the wonderful job y'all do. for most of my childhood i honestly was convinced it was knocking on evan's door.
	11:16pm Carmichael: Holy shit, Sandy. Was that Swarbrick on violin? I need names!
	11:16pm Chris H: Ferry’s cover of Hard Rain is
	11:16pm Dean: Ferry's record is good. Not great, but good. Worthy of respect.
	11:16pm Chris W.: This is incredible.
	11:16pm Scott Williams: Ohhhh god, and now Sandy's here, how'm I gonna get anything done tonight??
	11:17pm Jeff Conklin: Well, seeing as how I think Roxy Music isnt very good, I don't have to give it any props
	11:17pm Alford: Great set Jeff, thank you.
	11:17pm Threemoons: @otto thank you! I miss small music venues; all the ones in the East Village are pretty much gone...
	11:17pm Hoky Hairickson: also had no idea i shall be released was a dylan
	11:18pm Carmichael: Nope, Jeff, non whatsoever. I’ve enjoyed Ferry’s odd warbly voice and the fact that he worked with Eno, but otherwise not too interested.
	11:19pm Hoky Hairickson: eno was good. i loved he walked out of a roxy rehearsal and went straight to recording warm jets
	11:20pm northguineahills: forgot to yell, "SANDY!"
	11:20pm Carmichael: Oh sheez, I just remembered Scott Walker covered this!
	11:21pm Dean: Roxy Music with Eno wasn't "very good" (because Eno isn't very good). Subsequently, they produced fairly remarkable pop.
	11:22pm Jeff Conklin: I also dont like Eno's pop stuff.
	11:22pm Dean: But that aside, Ferry's devotion to covers is worth attention. Eno's pop stuff as opposed to...?
	11:23pm Hoky Hairickson: enos hair
	11:23pm Scott Williams: All this anti-Roxy & Eno stuff is making me start to twitch
	11:23pm ottovonbqe: I like Music for Airports, but I don't really like airports.
	11:23pm Dean: I will shut up hereafter. I've never understood the Eno adoration faction.
	11:24pm Jeff Conklin: haha, sorry, Scott! (FWIW, I love Eno's ambient work and what he did on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
	11:24pm Tome: ....agrees with the above wholeheartedly !<>!
	11:24pm JakeGould: Some people might just be having a bad reaction to the Windows 95 startup sound.
	11:25pm Carmichael: I didn’t mean to start it, Scott. I actually like Eno, and anyone else who pushes the envelope.
	11:25pm Mr. Pumpy: Scott...I'm with you on the ENO twitching, but hey, opinions and all. Taking Tiger Mountain and Here Come the Warm Jets are not only amazing works of art on their own, bu they set the stage for so many things to follow. Production masterpieces! It's all good, they are there for those that dig!
	11:25pm Hoky Hairickson: tension envelopes
	11:25pm JakeGould: But I almost understand people’s disdain for Brian Ferry and Robert Palmer. I like them but they are both kind rich guys showing up (relatively) out of nowhere and making music.
	11:26pm Hoky Hairickson: KCMO
	11:26pm Scott Williams: Hahaa, no worries Jeff and Dean! I'm secure in my love for them. The basic Eno equation is: lack of skill + great ideas = innovative and very listenable stuff!
	11:26pm Carmichael: I heard You Don’t Miss Your Water at a random moment and fell in love with the bizarre production.
	11:26pm Jeff Conklin: hey now, Sneakin Sally Through the Alley came on the radio the other day and i cranked that shit loud as hell
	11:27pm JakeGould: Then you grow up and realize there are a lot of non-conspicuous rich guys making art and it’s like… “Whatever… I like it…” @Jeff: As you should because it’s a great song!
	11:28pm JakeGould: I think it’s almost like people’s hate of Hall & Oates as well. They were so overplayed you can almost get sick of them… But they are decent artists in their own right.
	11:28pm Aaron: Coolest thing about eno is his bald mullet lol
	11:28pm JakeGould: Anyway the recent Roger and Brian Eno LP was given a bad review in Pitchfork so Pitchfork can (as Andy Breckman states) go to hell.
	11:29pm Jeff Conklin: Hall & Oates > Eno Pop
	11:29pm Jeff Conklin: fucking love H&O
	11:29pm Mr. Pumpy: Pitchfart
	11:29pm melinda: @Mr. Pumpy haha
	11:30pm Aaron: Eno’s work with cluster is fucking great
	11:30pm melinda: These are some great covers.
	11:30pm Jeff Conklin: @Aaron: Yes
	11:30pm JakeGould: @Jeff: That PoV is something I can respect.
	11:31pm Aaron: Love this song. I feel like can referenced it with “the thief”
	11:31pm Mr. Pumpy: Aaron, Broken Head is in my top five favorite songs. I didn't fancy the whole senior yearbook quote thing, so I just wrote down the lyrics to that song and let it ride.
	11:32pm Scott Williams: I also fucking love H&O. And Eno's work with Cluster.
	11:32pm JakeGould: MrPumpy: Pitchfork is the worst distillation of the worst kind of effortlessly neutral arts writing ever. Yeah, they go go negative at softball targets and then declare the most mediocre corporate “alt” stuff as amazing.
	11:32pm Jeff Conklin: Hall and Oates Marathon next Sunday dont miss it...
	11:32pm Scott Williams: "effortlessly neutral arts writing", well put Jake!
	11:33pm Scott Williams: Jeff, I'd be there even if I didn't have to be!
	11:34pm melinda: H&O marathon would be fun.
	11:34pm Hoky Hairickson: i once accidentally stepped on chris isaac's dog turning the corner on the upper west side. he is tall. same day saw ashton kutcher sneaking his chihuahua into a starbucks. i got a king cobra on food stamps and went to the gutter where i belong. it was a good day
	11:35pm Jeff Conklin: Fun is kinda the antithesis of this show tho
	11:35pm Carmichael: Hall and Oates are good at what they do. They figured it out. I don’t like their music and use it as a yardstick when talking, but I don’t hate them or their music. I just avoid it. Or ignore it ...
	11:35pm JakeGould: @JeffConklin: Play all of Hall and Oates greatest hits on 45 at 33.
	11:35pm Mr. Pumpy: @melinda, giving anyone a chuckle in these odd days...is a win! @Jake...it's laughable, pseudo-intellectual "cool-person" drivel that panders so far to corporate hip-hop. They can do what they want, and I'm not knocking hip-hop, but you nailed it with the corporate thing. The veil has been pulled back...you listening out there?!!? As if they'd care. Keep the money rolling in...
	11:37pm Matt Fiveash: I saw Bob at that last run of shows at the Beacon and the way he did this song (Girl From the North Country) just slayed me. The arrangement was like an Irish lullaby or something, just piano and bowed string bass. It was an 80 year old man singing about the girl from 60 years ago, you know what I mean? Was really moving.
	11:38pm phat: so, I love Eno and haven't ever liked Dylan much! And no, it's not his voice. Although I'm enjoying these covers a lot.
	11:39pm Carmichael: Seen Bob 4 times. One was the best concert ever, one was the worst. Just kinda all attitude of the moment. Love Bob, would see him again in a heartbeat.
	11:39pm Mr. Pumpy: If'n ya dig H&O, might wanna check out Robert Fripp's Exposure LP (1979). It heavily feature Daryl Hall as lead vocalist and it is amazing. Fripp wanted him to sing for King Crimson but settled for this. Beware...Brian Eno is on it!
	11:40pm JakeGould: Don’t focus on hip hop: Pitchfork’s writing is geared straight towards publicists of all genres. I mean Pitchfork dumping on an Eno pop album, I might get… But dumping on an ambient record that is more Roger Eno than Brian Eno is some new level of “Okay, let’s take the wind out their sails…” nonsense. I mean who will actually buy and listen to a new Brian Eno ambient album?
	11:40pm phat: oddly enough the one time I saw Dylan GE Smith, of Hall & Oates's band was playing guitar!
	11:40pm Mr. Pumpy: I love me some Bob, this show is pumping me up, Jeff! Danke.
	11:40pm Aaron: Anyone know if Karen Dalton ever recorded a dylan cover?
	11:41pm Hoky Hairickson: i would like to give a shout out to an oogle who hides his deep love of bob dylan out there on the wild rails... this is for his dead dog, malice. much love. hope you are listening somewhere out there
	11:41pm JakeGould: GE Smith’s workman like guitar playing is fine. His face is what has to literally go.
	11:41pm phat: I will say that lately when I've heard Dylan he's been clicking with me more then he had.
	11:42pm Mr. Pumpy: Jake...I think he's a handsome fella.
	11:42pm Hoky Hairickson: umsf. mfsfu. wfmu. wfmu
	11:42pm JakeGould: @MrPumpy: Daryl Hall’s 1980 solo “Sacred Songs” is a companion piece if you will.
	11:43pm Carmichael: Jesus Jake, I’ve never had the nerve to say that out loud. But yes.
	11:43pm melinda: I used to think GE Smith resembled Jane Wyman.
	11:43pm Carmichael: Or Lurch.
	11:44pm JakeGould: @Carmichael: Everyone I have known has complained about GE Smith’s literal face when he gets into that “I’m into this!” expression. Nope!
	11:44pm phat: He looks pretty cool in the video for Fashion (a record featuring Fripp!).
	11:45pm Mr. Pumpy: Is that Nick Drake?
	11:45pm JakeGould: @phat: He’s not actually playing guitar in the video for “Fashion” which helps the face issue immensely.
	11:46pm Aaron: Oh yeah, it’s nick
	11:46pm phat: I really do need more Nick Drake in my life.
	11:47pm phat: @jake Maybe the gum chewing helps, too?
	11:47pm JakeGould: @Melinda: Yeah, Jane Wyman has a similar face. And if she jammed on guitar I would hate how her face looks at that exact moment too.
	11:47pm tranewreck: If only there was a Shepp- Dylan cover the circle would be complete Great show
	11:47pm Chris H: Went w my Dad to Santana/Dylan summer 93 at GSAC, among the worst shows I’ve ever seen. Bob was in bad shape. Dylan w Phil at the same venue in 99 was much better, as was Dylan w Petty in early 2000s.
	11:47pm Mr. Pumpy: @Jake...yes! RF twiddling the knobs and contributing on both. Guitar torture ala Fripp.
	11:47pm phat: Did GE Smith tour with Bowie? I need to look that up.
	11:47pm northguineahills: Havne't heard this Nick Drake version...
	11:48pm melinda: @Jake haha
	11:48pm Mr. Pumpy: @Jake...good thing I'm objectively beautiful or I my be afraid you'll go after my visage next!
	11:48pm Chris H: Hoboken 2013 was cool bc I legit didn’t know he was playing until I saw the commotion & heard the soundcheck from my office window and then bolted down to the park to find a ticket.
	11:49pm Mike & Dusty: Willem Dafoe + guitar = GE Smith
	11:49pm Mr. Pumpy: @phat, I wouldn't bother. He has played with everybody. I think he even sat in with a few of my high school bands!
	11:50pm JakeGould: Don’t listen to me, here is Dangerous Minds on GE Smith… “No matter who Smith played with, whether it was Dylan or Bowie, he always tried to upstage the artist he was supposed to be supporting. With his rigor mortis grin and guitar-slinger grimaces, Smith is one of the most inauthentic musicians on the fucking planet. Nothing notable about his style at all. A hired gun who can play some fills and solos while the front man grabs a fresh beer or a bottle of water from the drum stand. Remember Smith’s insufferable mugging on SNL? Buffoon rock.” dangerousminds.net...
	11:50pm Mr. Pumpy: @M&D...I see it.
	11:50pm phat: That Dylan show I saw with GE Smith was objectively terrible. I was excited to see him! The venue was terrible. That didn't help.
	11:51pm 12 cc: This is excellent. The best celebration of Mr. Zimmerman's birthday. I stayed up far too late to listen and I will catch the remainder on archive!
	11:53pm phat: Holy shit, he played the RNC? Ugh.
	11:53pm Chris H: Maybe it’s bc the era where he led the SNL band is my sweet spot, but GE Smith never bothered me
	11:53pm Mr. Pumpy: I was going to do some movie watching tonight being I am at my house for the first time in a week instead of looking after my pops. Alas, this show was too awesome to let go. Thanks again, Jeff and skeleton crew.
	11:53pm JakeGould: And believe it or not… Been listening… So great tracks here! Kudos, Jeff.
	11:54pm phat: He was married to Gilda Radner?! How the hell did I not know that?!
	11:54pm Mr. Pumpy: I appreciate all you crazy folks on the accu too. Good times.
	11:54pm Hoky Hairickson: you know, just like, thanks! bon nut
	11:55pm Scott Williams: Excellent tribute, Jeff! Thanks man.
	11:55pm phat: It has been great, Jeff.
	11:55pm Larry in Merrlin: Great show: Covers that I forgot (sorry, Spirit!) - the rare and the better known. Thanks for NOT playing "Mr. Tambourine Man" and 5 others by The Four Seasons (from a 1965 album)... Save it for a scary covers show!
	11:56pm mb: Quality show, Jeff. Happy Birthday in a few minutes Chris H! Thanks Scott of the skeletons. WFMU#1
	11:56pm Jeff Conklin: I miss the studio, I miss seltzer at QuickChek but I gotta tell you, the 5 second commute to my bed is a real lovely thing. Thanks for listening, all, and to Scott for working that board...
	11:56pm Franco Twinkie: Good night Jeff. You know, this weekend is the gateway to summer. I'm not ready!
	11:57pm Aaron: Enjoyed the music as usual. Night all
	11:58pm JakeGould: A few minutes?

The Avant Ghetto with Jeff Conklin: Playlist from May 24, 2020

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