WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from August 6, 2022

Michael Shelley: Playlist from August 6, 2022

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August 6, 2022: GUESTS: A live set and interview with NRBQ!

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NRBQ AT MAGIC DOOR IN MONTCLAIR, NJ

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
NRBQ	Everybody's Out Of Town "Everybody's Out Of Town" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	That Makes Me A Fool "That Makes Me A Fool" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Help Me Somebody "Help Me Somebody" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Here Comes Terry "Here Comes Terry" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Keep This Love Goin' "Keep This Love Goin'" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Mare Take Me Home (live on radio 1972)
NRBQ	Our Day Will Come "Our Day Will Come" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	You Can't Hide "You Can't Hide" by "NRBQ"
Carl Perkins And NRBQ	All Mama's Children
Flat Five, The	This is Your Night
Dave Edmunds	I Got Your Number "I Got Your Number" by "Dave Edmunds"
Rami And The Reliables	Red Lil' Ditty
Chris Ligon	Florida "Florida" by "Chris Ligon"
Wildweeds, The	I Had A Girl "I Had A Girl" by "Wildweeds, The"
Incredible Casuals, The	Rockhouse
NRBQ	I Want to Show You "I Want to Show You" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Blame It On The World "Blame It On The World" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Here I Am "Here I Am" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	I'd Like To Know "I'd Like To Know" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Be Here Now "Be Here Now" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	I Want You Bad "I Want You Bad" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	It's Not So Hard "It's Not So Hard" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	I Love Air Conditioning "I Love Air Conditioning" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Rain at the Drive-In "Rain at the Drive-In" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Love Is Waiting "Love Is Waiting" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Not Tonight, Hon (live at Magic door)
NRBQ	Where's My Pebble? (live at Magic Door)
NRBQ	The Moon And Other Things (live at Magic Door)
NRBQ	Interview "Interview" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Interview "Interview" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Interview "Interview" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	It's Not Too Late (live at Magic Door)
NRBQ	Five More Miles (live at Magic Door)
NRBQ	L-O-N-E Lone-ly "L-O-N-E Lone-ly" by "NRBQ"

CLICK HERE for the Radio & Broadcasting History site with archives of British music mags from the 60's

CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube

CLICK HERE for a free download of the book "Our time is now : A farandole of Jonathan Richman songs"

CLICK HERE for incredible video footage of Croton-on-Hudson Battle of the Bands 1967

CLICK HERE for The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

CLICK HERE for a video of yo yo master Kenny Strauss

CLICK HERE for a pricing strategy consultant's look at how much Mike Love pays Brother Records INC. for the right to tour as The Beach Boys

CLICK HERE for five hours of live Stones, well chosen to spotlight Charlie

CLICK HERE to read the lawsuit "Brother Records Inc. vs Jardine"

CLICK HERE for the six part documentary of the making of Elvis Costello's "Spanish Model"

CLICK HERE for Margaret's Granola Recipe

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for the Song Exploder episode on Cheap Trick's Surrender

CLICK HERE for info on "Sweet Relief - A tribute to Joey Spampinato"

CLICK HERE for an interesting blog piece about cut-out lps

CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley
CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

Listener comments!
	8:36pm Laurie: How are you going to do a live set when they are on the West Coast?
	11:35pm Michael Shelley: Hi Laurie - good morning - the set was recorded when they were in New Jersey a few weeks ago.
	8:44am Listener Baby: Baby. It’s just a matter of time that you win a Peabody Award for lifetime achievement. I’m really looking forward to today’s show. Congrats! And good morning!
	9:54am bill hanke: I've got a reason to get out of bed today- N R B Q!!!!!
	10:21am Cat: Yay Michael! Baby! NRBQ!
	10:23am Listener Baby: Baby Cat. Got you on right now. You are killing it. So much amazing music out there. And you are it's plumber. Hope you are doing great.
	10:26am Cat: Doing great baby. Hope all's well with you. I'm ready to settle in for this show. Walked the dog. Got tomatoes and bread at the farmer's market for BLTs. And, made a beer run. Frying the bacon now.
	10:34am Listener Baby: You are living right, Cat. I'm in my PJ's working in the winery. Don't want to wake anybody up. Life is good and interesting. Glad you are listening today. Our boy, Baby, works hard. He deserves support.
	10:40am Cat: Work is always better in PJs. And, yes, the MS show is where it's at, baby, every Saturday, and especially today.
	10:53am HyperDose: Everyone's really jazzed about this one, Michael!
	10:59am Ciggy: I just listen for the opening - Michael Michael Michael
	11:01am Peter Horvath: Ahoy Michael and the #1’ers. Happy Saturday
	11:01am Squints: ok then, heyHEYhey now.
	11:01am Squints: B double E double R U N
	11:02am phat in lincoln: Hey everybody
	11:02am Geoffrey in Ottawa: Really looking forward to today's show, Michael.
	11:02am phat in lincoln: NRBQ!
	11:03am KWilde: Michael!
	11:03am Pax: Mike Mike Motorbike
	11:05am P-90: …that inevitable Peabody Award
	11:05am Frank In Queens: Hey NOW! Big show today!
	11:08am Corey: Morning Michael, listeners, and NRBQ!
	11:09am Listener Baby: I forget about this one. Amazing! Tom = God
	11:10am Steve from Dunwoody: Michael, In your interview you bring up the R&R HoF and how NRBQ SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE ADMITTED ASAP with apologies for the long-standing oversight? Just wonderin’…
	11:11am phat in lincoln: Hot damn!
	11:11am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Michael & all! Looks like another beautiful day to stay inside and listen to the radio.
	11:11am Steve from Dunwoody: *did
	11:13am phat in lincoln: Gonna clean in a bit and this is getting me the energy to do it.
	11:13am Marie: NRBQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @)
	11:15am phat in lincoln: What a chorus!
	11:16am common: michael, all
	11:19am P-90: Love those handclaps
	11:19am Tommy: Success!! Success!!
	11:19am phat in lincoln: Seriously hitting the spot. A perfect shuffle is rarely appreciated for its true worth.
	11:20am Pax: Bet Bob Brainen's mind is on your show while he's trying to do his. Because as you probably know he's NRBQ's Numero Uno Fan.
	11:21am Listener Baby: Baby. You could stop right now, and it would still prove a lot of things, about a lot of things. Dancing in PJ's.
	11:21am phat in lincoln: @Pax I was just thinking about that.
	11:22am Listener Baby: A rare Quintet song.
	11:24am phat in lincoln: They haven't played near here in decades.
	11:25am phat in lincoln: I should go east to see them.
	11:25am jmd: Seeing them here tonight! First time.
	11:25am Listener Baby: In the area of 20 times
	11:26am Cat: 100?
	11:28am Todd E: Love it!! Seen the Q around 40 times dating back to 1982. While I’m partial to the classic lineup, last time I saw them was around 3 years ago and the set was as great as the best I’ve seen from them. Thanks, Michael!
	11:29am DavidL: Celeste solos are bold. Not quite like the live-action manhandling of the clav that he used to do though. Still does maybe?? Unfortunately have a 0 count for live shows so that’ll have to change.
	11:29am Agent Peter: Ask about the show opening for Bonnie Raitt that featured nothing but different versions of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald...yep
	11:29am Pax: phat in lincoln: I can just see Bob now plotting to break in Michael's studio to take over his show even though the interview is pre-recorded.
	11:29am Squints: Just thrice m'self. 1980 or so on a bill with Carl Perkins at the old Stage West in Hartford. One of the 35th anny shows in 2004 at the Calvin in Northampton. 2017 (Q Mark II) at the Spire in Plymouth.
	11:29am Tim G: Sadly, being on the left coast, only a mere 7 times...but just 3 days ago in Sac....most definitely, still NRBQ. PS should anyone be able to see Big Al's group World Famous Headliners...DO
	11:29am Freddddy: I've been going to see them for about 45 years. I would guess I've seen them maybe a hundred times. I am very lucky to have that many opportunities !
	11:30am Hoboken Jack: Hello Michael, Baby, Frank, HyperD, Greg, all! Saw the 'Q at the Hoboken Arts & Music Fest many years back, saw the current lineup at Maxwell's, and actually left the Mile Square City once to see the Spaminato Brothers in West Hartford CT.
	11:31am Dungaroos Kipawah: Loving the show Michael. Seen them 60-70 times since '83 when they played the ball field in my hometown on up until a few shows this past June.
	11:33am drr: I really like the NRBQ version of Charles Wright's "Let's Make Love, Not War". I think that's what started my considerable Charles Wright fanhood.
	11:34am Cat: Funniest opening act? Henny Youngman at Wax Museum, DC
	11:34am Pax: Isn't unusual that Clarke is MIA.
	11:35am PaulRobeson1922: Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi
	11:35am johnk77: @agentpeter i mixed monitors for both bands at a bonnie raitt/nrbq show at a pier on the west side of manhattan probably late 1970s but nrbq did have a wider set-list;>
	11:35am Frank In Queens: Only saw the Q once, but it was at Monty Hall. Looking forward to show 2 whenever that may be.
	11:38am Listener Baby: Agree. Where is Clarke?
	11:39am Listener Baby: I have an NRBQ story. The single best time I ever saw them, and the single worst time, was on the same night.
	11:40am drr: I've see NRBQ 3 times, favorite one is still the first one: a "blues cruise" or "booze cruise" around the Statue of Liberty. Crowded boat, tiny space, wild show. The drummer was Ricky Bates, filling in for Tom. Still great.
	11:40am Agent Peter: @johnk77 thanks. was a story heard from Terry's mouth, possibly apocryphal, a few years back, after a show on a boat in NY harbor.
	11:40am phat in lincoln: @Pax lol
	11:41am Agent Peter: @drr that's the show I just mentioned above
	11:41am Squints: I liked Ricki both in the Incredible Casuals and sometimes sitting in with the Spampinatos. Guested once at a "Remembering Lennon" thing at the Spire in 2015 with local legends The Stompers.
	11:43am drr: didn't Clarke also play drums in Incredible Casuals?
	11:43am Listener Baby: Another time, I had my foot on the stage. Terry played the entire opening song, with his foot on top of mine. No fooling. The whole song.
	11:43am Fredericks: Listener Baby @11:39, could you elaborate?
	11:43am johnk77: story very possibly true that was the only show i worked with that bill but i know those bands worked together before and after bonnie told me back then that nrbq and little feat were her favorite live bands
	11:44am Fredericks: I heard "Lgig an"
	11:44am Pax: just in case i heard that wrong did he say - you're a big piece of meat?
	11:44am Michael K: Easily 25+ times, mostly back in the mid-80's to mid-90's, many times at the old Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia. My wife and I had "I Love Her, She Loves Me" as our first dance when we were married in 1990. Loving this show Michael!
	11:48am Listener Baby: Two sets. Opening set, they were filming all the footage for the Connie Chung special she did on them. They just sucked. Clowning around. Laying it on way too thick. Big Al was clearly discusted. Second set they came out, didn't say a word, and played possibly the best set of music I've ever heard. 50 feet off the ground. Big Al was snarling, and spitting fire. Still blows my mind to think about that set. Same night.
	11:51am Hughie Considine: It's true that Clarke has been incredibly casual about showing up today.
	11:53am Pax: The guitarist rift in the song Florida sounded like Sonny and Cher's baby please don't go.
	11:55am DG: Wait a second....Connie Chung did a special about NRBQ? When was this? Is it available anywhere?
	11:56am Handy Haversack: Hey, Michael and Numbers One. Just in from chainsawing and mowing. Glad for the tunes! Greetings from wild Western Michigan!
	11:56am Pax: Frag, Correction. the"Guitar"rift; etc etc
	11:56am Listener Baby: Youtube, if not mistaken. Would have been 1988? Maybe?
	11:56am Tim G: My 2 cents: Spaminato Bros:"You Wanna Be Free"; World Famous Headliners: "I Bleed"
	11:57am Michael K: NRBQ on Saturday Night with Connie Chung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFxpFm1u26k
	11:58am Agent Peter: The miracle of the internet
	11:59am Dungaroos Kipawah: @Listener Baby: 1990--what venue was it? Liberty Lunch, Tipitina's--I think the Chung show taped at a few of them
	11:59am bill hanke: Joey update please
	12:00pm DG: Saw NRBQ in college (Albany) in the '70s when I didn't kow much about them. Then, later on, at some free/promotional show in Central Park w/Marcia Ball & some other acts (maybe someone here remembers that? Not sure when it was but they were great & won me over that day). Saw them in the '90s at the Bottom Line & they were amazing. Haven't seen this incarnation of the band though.
	12:00pm rx scabin: Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
	12:00pm rx scabin: I made it in time.
	12:01pm Montmaster J: Saw them for the first time in 80 or 81? at the Pier in NYC opening for Bonnie Raitt. Terry was hitting the piano with his seat....took me a long time to reconsider them....it was MS who brought me back to the fold. Glad he did.
	12:01pm Listener Baby: @Dungaroos. Roxy, In LA.
	12:04pm Dungaroos Kipawah: @Listener Baby, thanks. All those gigs were in Feb. 1990.
	12:04pm clarke: be HEY now!!
	12:05pm Marie: Thank you NRBQ and Michael!!
	12:05pm Squints: heya theah clahke
	12:06pm clarke: how!! and how!!
	12:06pm Pax: There's the Man, everyone can exhale man.
	12:07pm clarke: pulled a late night, last night.
	12:08pm Listener Baby: Clarke! WTF, Baby? Were making history here!
	12:09pm Pax: My freaking autocorrect is particularly out to get me this morning. That was supposed to be - everyone can exhale "Now"
	12:09pm Hughie Considine: yo clarke! Would like to say I'm enjoying the album thumbnails on the playlist.
	12:09pm Squints: it's ok man
	12:10pm clarke: i'm here, NOW.
	12:10pm Listener Baby: Good enough!
	12:10pm Dano59: wow, some of Joey's Beatlesque best. (and I love how distorted the LP cut of I Want You Bad sounds!)
	12:12pm phat in lincoln: HoJos!
	12:12pm Squints: Both of those solos on I Want You Bad, especially the second, are among my favoritest ever.
	12:12pm clarke: condistoing
	12:13pm Squints: I like Tommy's firmness and restraint heading into the second guitar break. One hit to punctuate the first, then two more to say, "Let's go, fellas."
	12:13pm Dano59: this is kinda like the show with that Bob Brainen guy! (<ducking>)
	12:13pm Tommy: Yes!!!
	12:14pm Dano59: Tommy's trademark 'thwock' is all over that Johnnie Johnson record.
	12:16pm Bob: It’s all great but the Terry song with Joey vocal is unstoppable
	12:19pm Dano59: OK, fan since 1977/78 via a $2.99 cutout double LP (Scraps/Workshop) at the college bookstore. Get That Gasoline clinched it. Funnily enough I didn't see them play til July 1993; end of the Big Al Classic Q era.
	12:21pm JReganK: Saw them do a double show in The Bowery 94'. Glad I got to see them with Big Al.
	12:23pm johnk77: bonnie's gigographies appear incomplete here is spring 1981 umass amherst Bonnie Raitt / John Hall Band / B.B. King / NRBQ
	12:24pm Frank Zaatar: I sat in with them on harp for a song in a bar in Boston in the 70s. I'm going to have that put that on my gravestone.
	12:25pm Dave Zamboni: Hey Michael! Dave Zamboni here. Having an absolute blast listening. Dream radio for me. Great worQ!
	12:25pm Dano59: The Connie Chung thing on CBS TV was ca. Grooves In Orbit, and mentioned their anomie about / inadvertently forever stuck them with the 'world's greatest bar band' tag. freakin' MSM.
	12:25pm Frank In Queens: The Magic Door always sounds great.
	12:25pm Dora: This list makes me happy
	12:26pm clarke: i'm a Zambonis fan!
	12:26pm dave wuz here: i know it's the "big hit" but me and the boys is a fkn great tune
	12:26pm Squints: Dave, of that hockey-themed band (at least sartorially) The Zambonis?
	12:27pm Bob: The Connie Chung thing was Virgin era. Wild Weekend
	12:27pm DanFA: @Dano59, I think I found it www.youtube.com...
	12:28pm phat in lincoln: They sound great
	12:28pm Dano59: and the 'Night Music' footage is pretty incredible. They showed some of that and the 'Dummy' video at the 35th anniversary concert at the Calvin.
	12:28pm Bob: FANTASTIC sound!!
	12:29pm Dano59: Bro Bob - right! Wild Weekend. sorry
	12:30pm johnk77: i know i worked at least 1 and possibly more bonnie/nrbq dates in manhattan 1977->1981 regarding harp players norton buffalo stampede supported bonnie and her road band several times 1976-1977? it appears that bonnie's favorite support for her and her road band 76->77 was tom waits correct the mix is nice today
	12:30pm Michael Shelley: BOB - agree - Ray @ Magic Door did a super job (plus - the bands sounded great)
	12:30pm Dano59: NRBQ 'Rocket' cases are the greatest
	12:30pm Dano59: It figures they would have to be on a major again to get on TV.
	12:32pm Dano59: ... what I wanna hear is, at least one of the times they opened for the Grateful Dead. All the tapers who were there for the Dead, and they. didn't tape the Q? Sacrilege! A shonda.
	12:34pm johnk77: seems like there is a book in the curse of the best bar band in north america? asleep at the wheel, commander cody, nrbq, bill kirchen's moonliters just for example not that any of those bands were any kind of failures?
	12:35pm Frank Zaatar: If you're the world's greatest band, you're the world's greatest bar band by implication.
	12:36pm drr: Who's talking in the interview?
	12:36pm Dave Zamboni: @squints Dave of said hockey band The Zambonis. Said hockey band's favorite band and lifelong inspiration is NRBQ
	12:36pm Frank In Queens: A remarkable discography
	12:36pm johnk77: some bar bands fall down on a bigger stage? not nrbq in my limited experience
	12:37pm clarke: i'm a big Zambonis fan -- but be remiss to not mention that Aaron Spade (incredible casuals) is the BIGGEST Zambonis fan.
	12:39pm Dano59: it's a left-handed compliment for sure. I see the glory in being a great bar band though ... any big-time band that achieves that vibe on a good night, too.
	12:41pm johnk77: as a born left-hander i grok left-handed compliment:>
	12:44pm Dave Zamboni: @Clarke HA! I'd be remiss to tell you that I listened to my old school ipod yesterday and the 117,000 songs start alphabetically so the first 5 were Aaron Spade songs. Great solo stuff. Ps then A-Ha
	12:46pm clarke: i'll let him know!!!
	12:52pm drr: Speaking of first in itTunes, my top 3 are Aalon (of "Rock & Roll Gangster" (deserved) fame, Abner Jay, and....Frank In Queens band, the Above, from a Mike-Shel compilation!
	12:52pm Handy Haversack: Fascinating stuff, MS! Thanks for this. I feel like I knew NRBQ better when I was in high school than I do now -- but that means more to (re)discover. We're packing up the beer cooler bag and filling up the water bottles. Off to hit a couple of lakes on this last day of paddling weather out here. Thanks for the tunes and the talks! Later on, Number Ones!
	12:53pm drr: (@Frank In Queens: I'm correct, that's your group, right?)
	12:54pm Frank In Queens: @drr, yep you're correct. Glad you enjoy the track so much.
	12:55pm Handy Haversack: Apparently, I was ahead of myself. K8 is showering before we set off. And the beer is already packed ...
	12:55pm clarke: i feel a little too close to the subject to comment, here, about this hear band/subject. but, this show was realll nice. real nice.
	12:55pm Handy Haversack: Hey. Frank! Hoping to gather some folx at Mama Tried next Sunday during TomDash's and Nate K's sets, iffn you're around.
	12:55pm Bob: I kinda wish this set would go on for hours.
	12:56pm Squints: Quite agreed, Bob.
	12:57pm drr: That's my first 3 alphabetically, but the track slays--(it's the cover of "Go Back").
	12:57pm Frank In Queens: @Handy, possibly. I'll be in Jersey earlier in the day, so let's see what time i get back.
	12:57pm Don in Tampere: Dang, there's a new NRBQ album? Gonna have to order that!
	12:58pm Frank In Queens: @drr, ah, I should've known LOL!
	12:58pm bill hanke: Michael Shelly - when do we hear the rest of the live session?
	12:59pm Michael Shelley: Bill - I hope some day...
	12:59pm Hoboken Jack: Thanks so much for the set, Michael!!
	12:59pm drr: @Frank, understand I'm a big fan; love the song "Goons"
	1:00pm Frank In Queens: This track is great. The whole show was great! Thank you Michael, The Magic Door, and The "Q"!
	1:00pm Frank Zaatar: "One sh*ts on your car and the other stings"--a line for the ages. fantastic set, Michael!
	1:00pm Frank In Queens: @drr, I appreciate that. Truly. Thank you.
	1:00pm radioronan: Thanks Michael!
	7:16am Michael K: Easily 25+ times, mostly back in the mid-80's to mid-90's, many times at the old Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia. My wife and I had "I Love Her, She Loves Me" as our first dance when we were married in 1990. Loving this show Michael!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
NRBQ	Everybody's Out Of Town "Everybody's Out Of Town" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	That Makes Me A Fool "That Makes Me A Fool" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Help Me Somebody "Help Me Somebody" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Here Comes Terry "Here Comes Terry" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Keep This Love Goin' "Keep This Love Goin'" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Mare Take Me Home (live on radio 1972)
NRBQ	Our Day Will Come "Our Day Will Come" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	You Can't Hide "You Can't Hide" by "NRBQ"
Carl Perkins And NRBQ	All Mama's Children
Flat Five, The	This is Your Night
Dave Edmunds	I Got Your Number "I Got Your Number" by "Dave Edmunds"
Rami And The Reliables	Red Lil' Ditty
Chris Ligon	Florida "Florida" by "Chris Ligon"
Wildweeds, The	I Had A Girl "I Had A Girl" by "Wildweeds, The"
Incredible Casuals, The	Rockhouse
NRBQ	I Want to Show You "I Want to Show You" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Blame It On The World "Blame It On The World" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Here I Am "Here I Am" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	I'd Like To Know "I'd Like To Know" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Be Here Now "Be Here Now" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	I Want You Bad "I Want You Bad" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	It's Not So Hard "It's Not So Hard" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	I Love Air Conditioning "I Love Air Conditioning" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Rain at the Drive-In "Rain at the Drive-In" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Love Is Waiting "Love Is Waiting" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Not Tonight, Hon (live at Magic door)
NRBQ	Where's My Pebble? (live at Magic Door)
NRBQ	The Moon And Other Things (live at Magic Door)
NRBQ	Interview "Interview" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Interview "Interview" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	Interview "Interview" by "NRBQ"
NRBQ	It's Not Too Late (live at Magic Door)
NRBQ	Five More Miles (live at Magic Door)
NRBQ	L-O-N-E Lone-ly "L-O-N-E Lone-ly" by "NRBQ"

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Listener comments!
	8:36pm Laurie: How are you going to do a live set when they are on the West Coast?
	11:35pm Michael Shelley: Hi Laurie - good morning - the set was recorded when they were in New Jersey a few weeks ago.
	8:44am Listener Baby: Baby. It’s just a matter of time that you win a Peabody Award for lifetime achievement. I’m really looking forward to today’s show. Congrats! And good morning!
	9:54am bill hanke: I've got a reason to get out of bed today- N R B Q!!!!!
	10:21am Cat: Yay Michael! Baby! NRBQ!
	10:23am Listener Baby: Baby Cat. Got you on right now. You are killing it. So much amazing music out there. And you are it's plumber. Hope you are doing great.
	10:26am Cat: Doing great baby. Hope all's well with you. I'm ready to settle in for this show. Walked the dog. Got tomatoes and bread at the farmer's market for BLTs. And, made a beer run. Frying the bacon now.
	10:34am Listener Baby: You are living right, Cat. I'm in my PJ's working in the winery. Don't want to wake anybody up. Life is good and interesting. Glad you are listening today. Our boy, Baby, works hard. He deserves support.
	10:40am Cat: Work is always better in PJs. And, yes, the MS show is where it's at, baby, every Saturday, and especially today.
	10:53am HyperDose: Everyone's really jazzed about this one, Michael!
	10:59am Ciggy: I just listen for the opening - Michael Michael Michael
	11:01am Peter Horvath: Ahoy Michael and the #1’ers. Happy Saturday
	11:01am Squints: ok then, heyHEYhey now.
	11:01am Squints: B double E double R U N
	11:02am phat in lincoln: Hey everybody
	11:02am Geoffrey in Ottawa: Really looking forward to today's show, Michael.
	11:02am phat in lincoln: NRBQ!
	11:03am KWilde: Michael!
	11:03am Pax: Mike Mike Motorbike
	11:05am P-90: …that inevitable Peabody Award
	11:05am Frank In Queens: Hey NOW! Big show today!
	11:08am Corey: Morning Michael, listeners, and NRBQ!
	11:09am Listener Baby: I forget about this one. Amazing! Tom = God
	11:10am Steve from Dunwoody: Michael, In your interview you bring up the R&R HoF and how NRBQ SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE ADMITTED ASAP with apologies for the long-standing oversight? Just wonderin’…
	11:11am phat in lincoln: Hot damn!
	11:11am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Michael & all! Looks like another beautiful day to stay inside and listen to the radio.
	11:11am Steve from Dunwoody: *did
	11:13am phat in lincoln: Gonna clean in a bit and this is getting me the energy to do it.
	11:13am Marie: NRBQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @)
	11:15am phat in lincoln: What a chorus!
	11:16am common: michael, all
	11:19am P-90: Love those handclaps
	11:19am Tommy: Success!! Success!!
	11:19am phat in lincoln: Seriously hitting the spot. A perfect shuffle is rarely appreciated for its true worth.
	11:20am Pax: Bet Bob Brainen's mind is on your show while he's trying to do his. Because as you probably know he's NRBQ's Numero Uno Fan.
	11:21am Listener Baby: Baby. You could stop right now, and it would still prove a lot of things, about a lot of things. Dancing in PJ's.
	11:21am phat in lincoln: @Pax I was just thinking about that.
	11:22am Listener Baby: A rare Quintet song.
	11:24am phat in lincoln: They haven't played near here in decades.
	11:25am phat in lincoln: I should go east to see them.
	11:25am jmd: Seeing them here tonight! First time.
	11:25am Listener Baby: In the area of 20 times
	11:26am Cat: 100?
	11:28am Todd E: Love it!! Seen the Q around 40 times dating back to 1982. While I’m partial to the classic lineup, last time I saw them was around 3 years ago and the set was as great as the best I’ve seen from them. Thanks, Michael!
	11:29am DavidL: Celeste solos are bold. Not quite like the live-action manhandling of the clav that he used to do though. Still does maybe?? Unfortunately have a 0 count for live shows so that’ll have to change.
	11:29am Agent Peter: Ask about the show opening for Bonnie Raitt that featured nothing but different versions of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald...yep
	11:29am Pax: phat in lincoln: I can just see Bob now plotting to break in Michael's studio to take over his show even though the interview is pre-recorded.
	11:29am Squints: Just thrice m'self. 1980 or so on a bill with Carl Perkins at the old Stage West in Hartford. One of the 35th anny shows in 2004 at the Calvin in Northampton. 2017 (Q Mark II) at the Spire in Plymouth.
	11:29am Tim G: Sadly, being on the left coast, only a mere 7 times...but just 3 days ago in Sac....most definitely, still NRBQ. PS should anyone be able to see Big Al's group World Famous Headliners...DO
	11:29am Freddddy: I've been going to see them for about 45 years. I would guess I've seen them maybe a hundred times. I am very lucky to have that many opportunities !
	11:30am Hoboken Jack: Hello Michael, Baby, Frank, HyperD, Greg, all! Saw the 'Q at the Hoboken Arts & Music Fest many years back, saw the current lineup at Maxwell's, and actually left the Mile Square City once to see the Spaminato Brothers in West Hartford CT.
	11:31am Dungaroos Kipawah: Loving the show Michael. Seen them 60-70 times since '83 when they played the ball field in my hometown on up until a few shows this past June.
	11:33am drr: I really like the NRBQ version of Charles Wright's "Let's Make Love, Not War". I think that's what started my considerable Charles Wright fanhood.
	11:34am Cat: Funniest opening act? Henny Youngman at Wax Museum, DC
	11:34am Pax: Isn't unusual that Clarke is MIA.
	11:35am PaulRobeson1922: Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi
	11:35am johnk77: @agentpeter i mixed monitors for both bands at a bonnie raitt/nrbq show at a pier on the west side of manhattan probably late 1970s but nrbq did have a wider set-list;>
	11:35am Frank In Queens: Only saw the Q once, but it was at Monty Hall. Looking forward to show 2 whenever that may be.
	11:38am Listener Baby: Agree. Where is Clarke?
	11:39am Listener Baby: I have an NRBQ story. The single best time I ever saw them, and the single worst time, was on the same night.
	11:40am drr: I've see NRBQ 3 times, favorite one is still the first one: a "blues cruise" or "booze cruise" around the Statue of Liberty. Crowded boat, tiny space, wild show. The drummer was Ricky Bates, filling in for Tom. Still great.
	11:40am Agent Peter: @johnk77 thanks. was a story heard from Terry's mouth, possibly apocryphal, a few years back, after a show on a boat in NY harbor.
	11:40am phat in lincoln: @Pax lol
	11:41am Agent Peter: @drr that's the show I just mentioned above
	11:41am Squints: I liked Ricki both in the Incredible Casuals and sometimes sitting in with the Spampinatos. Guested once at a "Remembering Lennon" thing at the Spire in 2015 with local legends The Stompers.
	11:43am drr: didn't Clarke also play drums in Incredible Casuals?
	11:43am Listener Baby: Another time, I had my foot on the stage. Terry played the entire opening song, with his foot on top of mine. No fooling. The whole song.
	11:43am Fredericks: Listener Baby @11:39, could you elaborate?
	11:43am johnk77: story very possibly true that was the only show i worked with that bill but i know those bands worked together before and after bonnie told me back then that nrbq and little feat were her favorite live bands
	11:44am Fredericks: I heard "Lgig an"
	11:44am Pax: just in case i heard that wrong did he say - you're a big piece of meat?
	11:44am Michael K: Easily 25+ times, mostly back in the mid-80's to mid-90's, many times at the old Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia. My wife and I had "I Love Her, She Loves Me" as our first dance when we were married in 1990. Loving this show Michael!
	11:48am Listener Baby: Two sets. Opening set, they were filming all the footage for the Connie Chung special she did on them. They just sucked. Clowning around. Laying it on way too thick. Big Al was clearly discusted. Second set they came out, didn't say a word, and played possibly the best set of music I've ever heard. 50 feet off the ground. Big Al was snarling, and spitting fire. Still blows my mind to think about that set. Same night.
	11:51am Hughie Considine: It's true that Clarke has been incredibly casual about showing up today.
	11:53am Pax: The guitarist rift in the song Florida sounded like Sonny and Cher's baby please don't go.
	11:55am DG: Wait a second....Connie Chung did a special about NRBQ? When was this? Is it available anywhere?
	11:56am Handy Haversack: Hey, Michael and Numbers One. Just in from chainsawing and mowing. Glad for the tunes! Greetings from wild Western Michigan!
	11:56am Pax: Frag, Correction. the"Guitar"rift; etc etc
	11:56am Listener Baby: Youtube, if not mistaken. Would have been 1988? Maybe?
	11:56am Tim G: My 2 cents: Spaminato Bros:"You Wanna Be Free"; World Famous Headliners: "I Bleed"
	11:57am Michael K: NRBQ on Saturday Night with Connie Chung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFxpFm1u26k
	11:58am Agent Peter: The miracle of the internet
	11:59am Dungaroos Kipawah: @Listener Baby: 1990--what venue was it? Liberty Lunch, Tipitina's--I think the Chung show taped at a few of them
	11:59am bill hanke: Joey update please
	12:00pm DG: Saw NRBQ in college (Albany) in the '70s when I didn't kow much about them. Then, later on, at some free/promotional show in Central Park w/Marcia Ball & some other acts (maybe someone here remembers that? Not sure when it was but they were great & won me over that day). Saw them in the '90s at the Bottom Line & they were amazing. Haven't seen this incarnation of the band though.
	12:00pm rx scabin: Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
	12:00pm rx scabin: I made it in time.
	12:01pm Montmaster J: Saw them for the first time in 80 or 81? at the Pier in NYC opening for Bonnie Raitt. Terry was hitting the piano with his seat....took me a long time to reconsider them....it was MS who brought me back to the fold. Glad he did.
	12:01pm Listener Baby: @Dungaroos. Roxy, In LA.
	12:04pm Dungaroos Kipawah: @Listener Baby, thanks. All those gigs were in Feb. 1990.
	12:04pm clarke: be HEY now!!
	12:05pm Marie: Thank you NRBQ and Michael!!
	12:05pm Squints: heya theah clahke
	12:06pm clarke: how!! and how!!
	12:06pm Pax: There's the Man, everyone can exhale man.
	12:07pm clarke: pulled a late night, last night.
	12:08pm Listener Baby: Clarke! WTF, Baby? Were making history here!
	12:09pm Pax: My freaking autocorrect is particularly out to get me this morning. That was supposed to be - everyone can exhale "Now"
	12:09pm Hughie Considine: yo clarke! Would like to say I'm enjoying the album thumbnails on the playlist.
	12:09pm Squints: it's ok man
	12:10pm clarke: i'm here, NOW.
	12:10pm Listener Baby: Good enough!
	12:10pm Dano59: wow, some of Joey's Beatlesque best. (and I love how distorted the LP cut of I Want You Bad sounds!)
	12:12pm phat in lincoln: HoJos!
	12:12pm Squints: Both of those solos on I Want You Bad, especially the second, are among my favoritest ever.
	12:12pm clarke: condistoing
	12:13pm Squints: I like Tommy's firmness and restraint heading into the second guitar break. One hit to punctuate the first, then two more to say, "Let's go, fellas."
	12:13pm Dano59: this is kinda like the show with that Bob Brainen guy! (<ducking>)
	12:13pm Tommy: Yes!!!
	12:14pm Dano59: Tommy's trademark 'thwock' is all over that Johnnie Johnson record.
	12:16pm Bob: It’s all great but the Terry song with Joey vocal is unstoppable
	12:19pm Dano59: OK, fan since 1977/78 via a $2.99 cutout double LP (Scraps/Workshop) at the college bookstore. Get That Gasoline clinched it. Funnily enough I didn't see them play til July 1993; end of the Big Al Classic Q era.
	12:21pm JReganK: Saw them do a double show in The Bowery 94'. Glad I got to see them with Big Al.
	12:23pm johnk77: bonnie's gigographies appear incomplete here is spring 1981 umass amherst Bonnie Raitt / John Hall Band / B.B. King / NRBQ
	12:24pm Frank Zaatar: I sat in with them on harp for a song in a bar in Boston in the 70s. I'm going to have that put that on my gravestone.
	12:25pm Dave Zamboni: Hey Michael! Dave Zamboni here. Having an absolute blast listening. Dream radio for me. Great worQ!
	12:25pm Dano59: The Connie Chung thing on CBS TV was ca. Grooves In Orbit, and mentioned their anomie about / inadvertently forever stuck them with the 'world's greatest bar band' tag. freakin' MSM.
	12:25pm Frank In Queens: The Magic Door always sounds great.
	12:25pm Dora: This list makes me happy
	12:26pm clarke: i'm a Zambonis fan!
	12:26pm dave wuz here: i know it's the "big hit" but me and the boys is a fkn great tune
	12:26pm Squints: Dave, of that hockey-themed band (at least sartorially) The Zambonis?
	12:27pm Bob: The Connie Chung thing was Virgin era. Wild Weekend
	12:27pm DanFA: @Dano59, I think I found it www.youtube.com...
	12:28pm phat in lincoln: They sound great
	12:28pm Dano59: and the 'Night Music' footage is pretty incredible. They showed some of that and the 'Dummy' video at the 35th anniversary concert at the Calvin.
	12:28pm Bob: FANTASTIC sound!!
	12:29pm Dano59: Bro Bob - right! Wild Weekend. sorry
	12:30pm johnk77: i know i worked at least 1 and possibly more bonnie/nrbq dates in manhattan 1977->1981 regarding harp players norton buffalo stampede supported bonnie and her road band several times 1976-1977? it appears that bonnie's favorite support for her and her road band 76->77 was tom waits correct the mix is nice today
	12:30pm Michael Shelley: BOB - agree - Ray @ Magic Door did a super job (plus - the bands sounded great)
	12:30pm Dano59: NRBQ 'Rocket' cases are the greatest
	12:30pm Dano59: It figures they would have to be on a major again to get on TV.
	12:32pm Dano59: ... what I wanna hear is, at least one of the times they opened for the Grateful Dead. All the tapers who were there for the Dead, and they. didn't tape the Q? Sacrilege! A shonda.
	12:34pm johnk77: seems like there is a book in the curse of the best bar band in north america? asleep at the wheel, commander cody, nrbq, bill kirchen's moonliters just for example not that any of those bands were any kind of failures?
	12:35pm Frank Zaatar: If you're the world's greatest band, you're the world's greatest bar band by implication.
	12:36pm drr: Who's talking in the interview?
	12:36pm Dave Zamboni: @squints Dave of said hockey band The Zambonis. Said hockey band's favorite band and lifelong inspiration is NRBQ
	12:36pm Frank In Queens: A remarkable discography
	12:36pm johnk77: some bar bands fall down on a bigger stage? not nrbq in my limited experience
	12:37pm clarke: i'm a big Zambonis fan -- but be remiss to not mention that Aaron Spade (incredible casuals) is the BIGGEST Zambonis fan.
	12:39pm Dano59: it's a left-handed compliment for sure. I see the glory in being a great bar band though ... any big-time band that achieves that vibe on a good night, too.
	12:41pm johnk77: as a born left-hander i grok left-handed compliment:>
	12:44pm Dave Zamboni: @Clarke HA! I'd be remiss to tell you that I listened to my old school ipod yesterday and the 117,000 songs start alphabetically so the first 5 were Aaron Spade songs. Great solo stuff. Ps then A-Ha
	12:46pm clarke: i'll let him know!!!
	12:52pm drr: Speaking of first in itTunes, my top 3 are Aalon (of "Rock & Roll Gangster" (deserved) fame, Abner Jay, and....Frank In Queens band, the Above, from a Mike-Shel compilation!
	12:52pm Handy Haversack: Fascinating stuff, MS! Thanks for this. I feel like I knew NRBQ better when I was in high school than I do now -- but that means more to (re)discover. We're packing up the beer cooler bag and filling up the water bottles. Off to hit a couple of lakes on this last day of paddling weather out here. Thanks for the tunes and the talks! Later on, Number Ones!
	12:53pm drr: (@Frank In Queens: I'm correct, that's your group, right?)
	12:54pm Frank In Queens: @drr, yep you're correct. Glad you enjoy the track so much.
	12:55pm Handy Haversack: Apparently, I was ahead of myself. K8 is showering before we set off. And the beer is already packed ...
	12:55pm clarke: i feel a little too close to the subject to comment, here, about this hear band/subject. but, this show was realll nice. real nice.
	12:55pm Handy Haversack: Hey. Frank! Hoping to gather some folx at Mama Tried next Sunday during TomDash's and Nate K's sets, iffn you're around.
	12:55pm Bob: I kinda wish this set would go on for hours.
	12:56pm Squints: Quite agreed, Bob.
	12:57pm drr: That's my first 3 alphabetically, but the track slays--(it's the cover of "Go Back").
	12:57pm Frank In Queens: @Handy, possibly. I'll be in Jersey earlier in the day, so let's see what time i get back.
	12:57pm Don in Tampere: Dang, there's a new NRBQ album? Gonna have to order that!
	12:58pm Frank In Queens: @drr, ah, I should've known LOL!
	12:58pm bill hanke: Michael Shelly - when do we hear the rest of the live session?
	12:59pm Michael Shelley: Bill - I hope some day...
	12:59pm Hoboken Jack: Thanks so much for the set, Michael!!
	12:59pm drr: @Frank, understand I'm a big fan; love the song "Goons"
	1:00pm Frank In Queens: This track is great. The whole show was great! Thank you Michael, The Magic Door, and The "Q"!
	1:00pm Frank Zaatar: "One sh*ts on your car and the other stings"--a line for the ages. fantastic set, Michael!
	1:00pm Frank In Queens: @drr, I appreciate that. Truly. Thank you.
	1:00pm radioronan: Thanks Michael!
	7:16am Michael K: Easily 25+ times, mostly back in the mid-80's to mid-90's, many times at the old Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia. My wife and I had "I Love Her, She Loves Me" as our first dance when we were married in 1990. Loving this show Michael!

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