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Hey folks
Stony and the gang here
With yet another evenin’
Of thrills chills and great tunes
So let’s get us goin’
We kick it off tonight
By goin’ up Nawth
Nawthern England that is
For a pretty darned famous
American hit that was big
On both sides of the big pond
Way back
This song was written
..according to the Oracle of Wiki
By a civil rights activist
Oscar Brown back in 1963
Then our first performer made it
A huge hit here in the states in 1968
But enough talk
let’s just dig
Al Wilson and The Snake
https://youtu.be/bhXjd88SFrk?si=MG5_xaOsSzpl9u8E
Next up we have a situation that frankly
Is a little confusing because…
If I read what a source named
Old Music Johnny says correctly, he
Indicates that this next tune was done under an alias
That the real artist/singer of this next tune
Is really none other than
Thelonious Sphere Monk himself
Old Music Johnny says:
Monk’s name is synonymous with the creation
of modern jazz; many of his compositions are jazz standards
and his life’s work especially in jazz
was recognized by President Jimmy Carter
in fact, according to the Oracle of Wiki
“Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer after
Duke Ellington”
But here his doin’ his thing in a slightly different genre
Usin’ the nom de guerre
Ernie Washington
Performin’ a tune called
Lonesome Shack
https://youtu.be/rtT_SD7UG_4?si=9GKq_7ZDXm91b3Ui
Yeah, that was definitely worthy of a legend.
Alright movin’ on…
We’re gonna get downright modern here
We’re actually gonna move
All the way up into the 1980s
This guy was once the hubby
Of Johnny Cash’s step daughter.
He’s probably best known for his hit
“Cruel to be Kind”
So that means
If Yinz are old enough to remember
That you probably saw him
Like I did
on MTV
Back in its very early days….
Here’s Nick Lowe with
One’s Too Many
https://youtu.be/TC94cgZyeQg?si=v-fqP_2lo-gZGNPB
Yeah, that tune has definitely got
somethin’ goin for it
Okay…this just in…
Folks. There will be no editorial tonight
We understand that our station manager
Rufus Coldwater is out
doin’ some fairly intensive research
on …of all things…
Alien visitation.
Pheww.
Look folks….I just work here
So I’ll just shut my mouth
Spin a few records
and do what I’m told
And soooo
Anyways…
Movin’ on.
Ok Next, we are gonna listen to
Yet another true legend.
This one was born in Danville Virginia
And is a member of the
International Bluegrass Hall of Fame
And he’s one heckuva geeetar player
And, by the way
by now
All of Yinz know that GURU
Is absolutely obsessed with
Geeetttar playin’ technique
Especially the pinky anchoring issue
With the right hand, that is
And lo and behold
Tony does NOT anchor!!
Holy Mother of …. !!
See Guru…all is not lost..
You are, in fact,
in very good company
With that loose flappin pinky of yours
Here…see for Yinzselves
Here’s
Church Street Blues with Tony Rice
https://youtu.be/9JFgC3Ub10E?si=zQz4q0TFIfFP8M6m
Okay Okay Okay
I said Okay Suzi
Geeeeesh
Folks Suzi here is practically beating me over the head
With the vinyl of the next tune.
I’m not familiar with it
But Suzi says she’s just crazy about it.
It’s yet another 60s wonder
That she dug up in the garage
…er….no? No?
No, correction
Suzi says a friend of hers
Said her …..geeesshhh
…her Granddad owned it
Okay Okay Okay
Folks, I guess we are gonna just have
to trust Suzi on this one
She says it’s absolutely great
It’s by a Scottish band back in those
Glorious 60s
Anyways…
Let’s all enjoy
The Poets with Wooden Spoon
https://youtu.be/8HKOBDTTozI?si=TKEykg3vbjmP-CRR
Okay, alright,
As usual
Suzi does a great job.
She is soooo wonderful…
[loud smitten-sounding sigh]
Well, lookin’ at the big round smiley face on the wall
(for those of Yinz that actually remember wall clocks)
The big hand is pointin’ one way
And the little hand another
But when ya put em together
They add up to one thing
It’s just about time to go
But we do have time for one more tune
And tonight it’s gonna be
From one of GURU’s musical heroes.
Let’s see here….hmmm
Interesting
Very interesting
GURU is texting me as I speak
And he says that he just discovered
This version of our last tune
last night
And lo and behold
He now thinks that
This tune…a different version of which
We played a long long time ago
Was actually going to be part of
Quadrophenia
…but it apparently didn’t make the cut.
We’re talkin’ The Who here.
Anyway…seems we’re gonna hear
A “demo” version of this tune.
In this instance “demo” meaning
That our rock god …Pete T himself
Put this together and
GURU thinks must have submitted it
To the Who for inclusion on
Quadrophenia…
But for whatever it was excluded
From the final cut of the album.
Now mind you our guy Pete T
Plays all of the instruments, keyboards
Guitar, drums etc. on this track
(dubbing over tracks very probably
At his home studio)
..which of course, is all kinda in keeping
With Suzi’s love affair with
Our garage
And, in any event,
and according to GURU
…we hear the man himself
Pete T that is
Doin’ some serious jammin’
….albeit with himself !
The tune is called simply
….”Brr” as in cold (I guess)
Anyway…here’s Mr. Townshend himself
All by himself
With a tune that for a variety of reasons
Just amazes me
https://youtu.be/SlcL_wRBlik?si=Mcmx_f35lLZ9JGQV
Folks, all I can say is…
If I could write like that
If I could play even one instrument
half as good as PT did on that tape
I’d die a happy man.
Alright!! that’s gonna do it
So, for Rufus, GURU, Suzi
… and, if he’s around here somewhere
Buck
I’m Stony Riva
Yinz are the best
Thanks for listen’
Thanks for watchin’
Until next time
Goodnight
And remember…
…don’t let the bed bugs bite.
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