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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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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Dr Buzzards Original Savannah Band  Cherchez La Femme / Se Si Bon   Favoriting Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band  RCA  1976  LP  0:01:13 (Pop-up)
Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band  Sunshower   Favoriting Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band  RCA  1976  LP  0:06:56 (Pop-up)
Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band  I'll Play the Fool   Favoriting Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band  RCA  1976  LP  0:10:56 (Pop-up)
 
The Hesitations  Summertime   Favoriting Where We're At  Kapp  1968  LP  0:19:53 (Pop-up)
Dion and the Belmonts  Berimbau   Favoriting Together Again  ABC  1967  LP  0:22:25 (Pop-up)
Emil Richards  Blues For Hari   Favoriting New Time Element  Uni  1967  LP  0:25:15 (Pop-up)
Grant Green  Ease Back   Favoriting Carryin' On  Blue Note  1970  LP  0:27:19 (Pop-up)
Lee Dorsey  Night People   Favoriting Night People  ABC  1978  LP  0:33:00 (Pop-up)
Kool and the Gang  Dujii   Favoriting Live at PJs  Deelite  1971  LP  0:37:16 (Pop-up)
Cal Tjader  Never Can Say Goodbye   Favoriting Last Bolero In Berkeley  Fantasy  1973  LP  0:43:10 (Pop-up)
William D Smith  Take Your Pick (Do Your Trick)   Favoriting A Good Feelin'  Warner Brothers  1976  LP  0:46:14 (Pop-up)
Brick  Dazz   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Bang  1976  45  0:50:01 (Pop-up)
Eddie Kendricks  Boogie Down   Favoriting Boogie Down  Tamla  1974  LP  0:55:32 (Pop-up)
Parliament  Flash Light   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Casablance  1977  45  1:02:26 (Pop-up)
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes  Don't Leave Me This Way (Tom Moulton Mix)   Favoriting Philadelphia Classics  Philadelphia International  1975  LP  1:08:02 (Pop-up)
 
Roy Ayers Ubiquity  Everybody Loves the Sunshine   Favoriting Everybody Loves the Sunshine  Polydor  1976  LP  1:24:12 (Pop-up)
Kool and the Gang  Summer Madness (Live)   Favoriting Love and Understanding  Deelite  1976  LP  1:28:03 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo  Breezin'   Favoriting High Contrast  Blue Thumb  1971  LP  1:35:57 (Pop-up)
Freddie McCoy  Gimme Some   Favoriting Gimme Some  Cobblestone  1971  LP  1:39:02 (Pop-up)
Beachwood Sparks  Singing Butterfly   Favoriting Beachwood Sparks  Sub Pop  2000  CD  1:41:51 (Pop-up)
David Essex  Rock On   Favoriting 45RPM Single  CBS  1973  45  1:43:11 (Pop-up)
Los Lobos  Kiko and the Lavender Moon   Favoriting Kiko  Slash/WB  1992  CD  1:46:25 (Pop-up)
Mel Torme  Walk On By   Favoriting Right Now  Columbia  1966  LP  1:49:54 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go No (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  2:00:55 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

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Matt from New Orleans:

Hi Larry & everyone
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Matt!
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Jeff Ash:

Hello from Green Bay!
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Funky16Corners:

Jeff!
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Doug Schulkind:

This ain't no measly Quizzify, people.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:03pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Doug!
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doctorjazz:

Hi Larry and all you out there!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Doc!
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SquigY0:

I'm ready to testify!
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Funky16Corners:

SquiggY0!
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SquigY0:

Larry!!! (or is it best that I plead the fifth?
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Funky16Corners:

Testify at will! Blanket immunity!
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SquigY0:

oooooooh!!!
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SquigY0:

why do I want a Pina colada suddenly?
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Erica:

I'm here.
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Funky16Corners:

I could go for a nice, crisp tootsy frootsy drink like that.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Erica!
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SquigY0:

Hi Erica! Did you bring the little umbrellas?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:12pm
Funky16Corners:

I've recently started digging hard seltzer. Very refreshing.
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SquigY0:

White Claw or some other brand?
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Erica:

What umbrellas?
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Funky16Corners:

Truly, it has real fruit juice in it.
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SquigY0:

Erica: The ones for the foofoo drinks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:14pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I made myself a daiquiri a little while ago. An authentic Cuban one not the blender ice monsters.
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Funky16Corners:

mmmmm
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SquigY0:

Ahh good to know. Right now, a friend's trying to get me into sour beers. Once I give up on finding one I'll ever enjoy, I'll definitely check those out. If it tastes good, doesn't add to the belly size, and gives a little buzz, I'm in!
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Matt from New Orleans:

I like this Dr Buzzard’s album
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SquigY0:

Makin me thirsty!!! :D
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doctorjazz:

Any Kid Creole on deck? Big fan back in the day...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:16pm
Hopey Sockmonkey:

So happy to hear this album!
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Erica:

No. Not feeling like a drink right now.
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SquigY0:

They were replaced by Five Guys ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:21pm
Power Papi:

Gratuitous Proust reference.
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Funky16Corners:

Hopey!
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Funky16Corners:

@SquiggY0 - I dig sour beers. There was a good one I had recently by Fat Tire
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:22pm
Funky16Corners:

@PowerPapi - Nothing gratuitous about it. Heartfelt
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:30pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Always down for some Grant Green
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SquigY0:

New Belgium. Fat Tire and one of their citrus (I believe it was tangerine but they also had a lime version that was horrible) ones are the only ones of liked from them so far.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:31pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, the string of albums from about 1968 to 1971 on Blue Note are superb.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:32pm
Funky16Corners:

@SquiggY0 - My current summer fave is Narragansett shandy, and the Leinenkugel shandys
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SquigY0:

Lieninkugel are SOOOOO good!! Have no idea where they came from, but they can stay!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:34pm
Jeff Ash:

Leinie's comes to you from Wisconsin. Enjoy!
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Funky16Corners:

Yes, Wisconsin represent! The shandy assortment is really good, especially the grapfruit
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SquigY0:

bless the cheeseheads!
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Funky16Corners:

@Jeff - Check out Padma Lakshmi's new food/travelogue series. She does an episode on Milwaukee
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:36pm
Funky16Corners:

I think it's on Hulu
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:40pm
WR:

What am I doing here when I could be watching Padma Lakshmi on Hulu?
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Funky16Corners:

Hey WR!
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Funky16Corners:

I will admit that she is much easier on the eyes than I am, but I think I'm easier on the ears
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Sem:

Summertime greets, Larry, and testifiers. Smokin' hot here, not the usual thing.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Sem!
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dutchtheo:

Hello Larry and the kool gang, from the sultry Dutch delta evening
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Theo!
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Brian in UK:

Hello Larry form a steaming UK.

I'm sorry doc not Kid today.
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Funky16Corners:

Brian!
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Erica:

Cal Tjader's music sounds like elevator music lol.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:46pm
Funky16Corners:

My kind of elevator
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SquigY0:

this elevator is gettin down!
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WR:

Actually, I'm checking in on the comments as I wolf down a sandwich before going back to work to voice appreciation for your artistry in broadcasting. I am not a fan of all the tunes you are playing but you are giving them context that is personal and universal, epic.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks WR!
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SquigY0:

*does some moves that may be misinterpreted as convulsing*
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Funky16Corners:

Yeah, me too. This tune is a banger!
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WR:

@SquigYO, as long as it feels good to you, the body moves are good.
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Matt from New Orleans:

Even though it’s the same edit, I prefer the 12” of Brick
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SquigY0:

No WR feeling pretty sure now. Mighta thrown something out :D
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Matt from New Orleans:

Forgot this before Brick
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Funky16Corners:

The next couple of tunes should keep you moving
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Loving these 70s dance tunes, Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Hopey!
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SquigY0:

YES!@!!@@!#!!
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Funky16Corners:

Parliafunkadelicamentary....
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Matt from New Orleans:

So many great hip hop breaks that sample Flashlight
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:08pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I meant tracks but it became breaks
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Funky16Corners:

I dig.
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doctorjazz:

Just waiting for "BABY!!!!"
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Matt from New Orleans:

Last week Backstabbers. This week Don’t Leave Me This Way. Always a pleasure to hear a Moulton mix.
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Funky16Corners:

Teddy was THE MAN!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:13pm
Funky16Corners:

The bit where it's pretty much the rhythm guitar up front is one of my favorite things ever
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Matt from New Orleans:

This song always reminds me of the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz when they start talking about burning.
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Erica:

Haha Matt!
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Funky16Corners:

Now I'm picturing Ray Bolger dancing to Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
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Jeff Ash:

Still can't believe I found this Philadelphia Classics LP for $1.
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Funky16Corners:

I got mine pretty cheap (but not that cheap). I think people don't know what it is.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:16pm
Jeff Ash:

Maybe so. Not a lot of demand for that kind of thing in Wisconsin.
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WR:

Eclectic?
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Matt from New Orleans:

I also like the R.A.M.P. version too
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Funky16Corners:

@WR - What is?
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Funky16Corners:

@Matt - Me too
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doctorjazz:

Was the big hit version Thelma Houston? Think that's the one I know (think I have a 12 inch single of it somewhere)
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Funky16Corners:

Yes, Thelma had the big hit
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Erica:

I think so doc.
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Funky16Corners:

The Communards did a cool version later on
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Brian in UK:

Larry, great Roy Ayres track, time for a late dinner then a lazy stroll along the beach.
and now KOOL.
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Funky16Corners:

Later Brian!
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Matt from New Orleans:

Mellow groove from Gabor
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Funky16Corners:

This is the original version. George Benson would have a huge hit with it in a few years
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:39pm
Funky16Corners:

There's also a cool 45 version by Sammy Gordon and the Hiphuggers
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doctorjazz:

Ahh, didn't realize Benson's Breezin' was a cover.
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Funky16Corners:

Yes, written by Bobby Womack, who is all over that Gabor Szabo album
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Matt from New Orleans:

That was quite the millennial surprise
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Erica:

Rock on!
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Funky16Corners:

@Matt - What was?
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Matt from New Orleans:

Beachwood Sparks. Look at the release year.
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Funky16Corners:

Oh yeah
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zivilars:

Damn ... too late as always. Hello everybody, hi Larry, thanks for the show! Will catch up what I missed in the archives ...
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

What a great set!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey zivilars!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Hopey!
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Brian in UK:

Larry. Lovely set. You cannot help but love Los Lobos.
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doctorjazz:

Thanks, Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Brian! Yeah, this song especially, it's so unique
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:51pm
doctorjazz:

Mel! (Does it well...)
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WR:

@4:25, Delayed reply, in your break you were looking for a word besides schizophrenic to describe the diverse approaches on the Dion record.
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still b/p:

Just in time for Velvet Fogwalker!
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doctorjazz:

Mel every week!!!
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

I adore Mel Torme. This version of Walk On By is so damn smooth.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:51pm
Funky16Corners:

This is a nice album, Mel doing mostly contemporary pop
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:52pm
Sem:

Love the Fog, love this tune. Thank you, Larry. What a treat for me this program is.
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Matt from New Orleans:

Mel’s version always cracks me up. It’s actually a pretty good version but he emotes so extensively but not in a vocally passionate way but more of an affected way.
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Jeff Ash:

I saw Los Lobos and Mel Torme at the same venue in Green Bay back in the early '90s. Separate shows, obviously.
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Funky16Corners:

@WR - I think diverse isn't string enough, because it really was a group that was fighting internally about what they were going to sound like
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Funky16Corners:

@Sem - Thank you!
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doctorjazz:

I used to hate Torme-Jonathan Schwartz played him constantly, and I learned to appreciate him.
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Matt from New Orleans:

Thanks for the tunes Larry
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Matt from New Orleans:

I have a soft spot for Mel from Night Court
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still b/p:

Dionne and Mel coulda made a nice duet of it. Wonder if they ever did on some TV stage.
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SquigY0:

I often forget where I am
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Jeff Ash:

Thanks, Larry! Good show!
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Erica:

Thanks for the show Larry.
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dutchtheo:

Thanks, Larry!
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doctorjazz:

Thanks again, Larry, fun show (maybe Kid Creole and the Coconuts could come up in the future...)
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still b/p:

Checking the track list from Torme's "Right Now." Oh, I'll be listening right quick to his "Red Rubber Ball."
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Jeff Ash:

Seconded on Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
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Doug Schulkind:

The velvet smog.
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dreamyandseedy:

i love hearing about your memories of listening to the radio as a kid! sounds magical
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:59pm
WR:

That you Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks everyone!
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SquigY0:

You came in and went out like a warm summer breeze Larry! Thanks!
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Thanks for the great show, Larry! Really enjoyed the mix of music.
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Matt from New Orleans:

Just got my marathon swag and prizes. Don’t recall winning a 45.
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WR:

Thank you as well.. laters all.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks guys! Glad you dug it!
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Doug Schulkind:

Thanks, Larry, in spite of playing that ex-drummer Mel Tormé.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Doug!
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