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Favoriting August 20, 2022: Guest: Martin Kelly author of "Rickenbacker Guitars: Out Of The Frying Pan And Into The Fireglow"

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Artist Track
Beatles, The  Hard Day's Night   Favoriting
Who, The  Can't Explain   Favoriting
Deke Dickerson  Peroxide Blonde   Favoriting
Chips, The  Rubber Biscuit   Favoriting
Kay Starr  Just In Time   Favoriting
R.E.M.  1,000,000   Favoriting
Syndicate Of Sound  Little Girl   Favoriting
Little Jimmy Dickens  Hey Worm! (You Wanna Wiggle)   Favoriting
Allen Toussaint  Hands Christiananderson   Favoriting
Smiths  This Charming Man   Favoriting
Bachman Turner Overdrive  You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet   Favoriting
Motörhead  The Ace Of Spades   Favoriting
Records, The  Starry Eyes   Favoriting
Outsiders, The  Time Won't Let Me   Favoriting
Beach Boys, The  Dance, Dance, Dance   Favoriting
Jam  Start!   Favoriting
Byrds, The  Mr Tambourine Man (take 2)   Favoriting
Martin Kelly  Interview   Favoriting
Byrds, The  Eight Miles High   Favoriting
High Numbers, The  Leaving Here   Favoriting
Clarence White With Ry Cooder  Why You Been Gone So Long?   Favoriting
Ted Taylor  I'm Gonna Send You Back To Oaklaholma   Favoriting
XTC  Earn Enough For Us   Favoriting
Fenwyck  Mindrocker   Favoriting
Sarah Borges And The Broken Singles  Get As Gone Can Get   Favoriting
Otis Redding  Love Man   Favoriting
Johnny Organ And The Love People  Bewitched   Favoriting
Plimsouls, The  A Million Miles Away   Favoriting
Neon Philharmonic, The  Good Morning Girl   Favoriting
Shaker's  Say To Me With Your Eyes   Favoriting
Charley Crockett  I'm Just A Clown   Favoriting
Willie Mitchell  Barefootin'   Favoriting
New Piccadillys, The  All Through The City   Favoriting
Lou Bennett  Hit The Road Jack   Favoriting
Beatles Fans  At Shea Stadium   Favoriting
KLIF  Beatles Spectacular   Favoriting

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


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:40am
Listener Baby:

A jangly, chimey, good morning to you all. Baby, hope all is perfectly in tune with you. Looking forward to this.
Avatar 10:58am
HyperDose:

The early Baby gets the hits!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:59am
Squints:

ok then.

heyHEYhey.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:00am
Squints:

Hypothermia? Dude, that's cold.
  11:01am
clarke:

you sound pretty good for a drowned man.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:01am
Baja Joe:

Good morning Michael!
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Handy Haversack:

Michael and the Shellegamers!

Rickenbacker bass used to great effect by Claudia Gonzalez of Baby Shakes backing up Dion Lunadon at TV Eye last night.
  11:01am
Dennis:

Well,there’s a perfect opening
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

F#maj6th7th9th11th24th...
  11:01am
clarke:

HEY NOWWWWWW
(in Ric-O-Sound)
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Sonny Rickles:

Starting off with my all time favorite #1 hit!
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DanFA:

Are we gonna get some Fugazi?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& the 60s hurtled out of the starting gate...
  11:03am
clarke:

and Handy reminds me that Baby Lemonade had a few ric's in their guitar rack
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DanFA:

POW POW POW POW
  11:04am
P-90:

Raise your hand if you know instantly what the “frying pan” and the “Fireglo” are. You’re my people.
  11:04am
phat in lincoln:

Hey there. Keith Moon's snare just woke me the eff up. Holy hell.
  11:04am
clarke:

i have the ric in the middle in the posted photo
  11:05am
KWilde:

Hey Michael! Good Morning all!
  11:06am
clarke:

townshend could rock, mate.
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Various Julius:

Mornin'
  11:06am
P-90:

Deke!
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HyperDose:

Redheads!
  11:08am
phat in lincoln:

I've never been a fan of how Rick basses play. But I've always wanted to. I'm still a Fender guy.
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Michael in Montclair:

Good Morning Mr. Shelley and everyone!
  11:08am
phat in lincoln:

They're great instruments! They just don't fit me.
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Moammar:

"Rubber Biscuit" is the new national anthem.
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Doug in MP:

I'm primarily a bass player but never played a Rick. I have a pretty fancy Rick 6 string though
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The Ivy League - John Carter band backing vocals on 'I Can't Explain' (...not to be confused with The Iveys who would be Badfinger. Cause I do.)
Would posit that 'I Can't Explain' is *thee* Single that moves Rawk Drumming beyond the Ringo era (Ringo Rules - you know what I mean...)
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Handy Haversack:

K8 and Frank in Queens were discussing the relative merits of Rick basses vs. Fenders. As a total useless duffer, my main feeling was, "Well, it sure sounded good to me!"
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Baja Joe:

Rubber Biscuit ought to be sent to space in a capsule as a warning... IMHO
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drr:

Thanks to the salubrious influnce of the Blues Brothers, at least one Tennessee neighborhood in the mid-70s was full of kids asking each other: "What do you want for nothing? A RUBBER BISCUIT?"
  11:12am
P-90:

I’m mainly a guitar guy, so l’ve only ever had one bass. A 1969 Rick 4001S. Gotta play with big roundwound strings and a pick.
  11:13am
clarke:

we were little boys
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Handy Haversack:

Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Chronic. Town.
  11:13am
SeanG:

Nice!
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Baja Joe:

Early R.E.M.- nice.
  11:14am
P-90:

I’ve always thought that the Fender-style electric bass and the Rick bass are almost like two different instruments…
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Squints:

Just the thing to jangle one nerves the right way.
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Listener Baby:

What a lyricist!
  11:14am
phat in lincoln:

I wondered if we'd hear any REM.
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Joe B:

good morning Michael and everyone
  11:15am
clarke:

hello JoeB!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Would guess that Rick Basses have a more clear distinct trebly tone (interesting as Fender Gittars are known for TrebleTone) - & faster action for playing ?? Whereas Fender P(recision)-Basses are a little throatier... Both common workhorses... I never know for sure til I get something n my hands. & hasn't happened that much with Basses ...tho I find playing Bass great fun !!
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Handy Haversack:

Morning, Joe B!
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Joe B:

Handy did you make it to TV Eye last night?
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pgalub:

Good morning all. The Buck strums here.
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Franco Twinkie:

Guitar worship is like polio - it scars you for life.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& with Electric instruments much depends on pickup & tone settings & amps & so on. Anyhow.
When I play Bass - I like to roll some Tone off ...kinda Feel it a little more than Hear it ??...
  11:18am
clarke:

hey JoeB: was wondering if you might agree w/me that the new Johnny Marr album is slightly disappointing. it's not bad, but, he did not knock it out of the park either.
  11:18am
P-90:

@Franco: guilty
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Handy Haversack:

Definitely, Joe! WFMU shirt worn proudly since you gotta dance with the one what brung ya. Sweet Knives and Dion Lunadon both had blisteringly good sets. Got to see a set of fantastic luminaries, too! Frank in Queens and Christina! LesleyK! Terre T!
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Michael in Montclair:

When I hear the intro to 1,000,000, I think of the intro to Moral Kiosk off of Murmur. It has such a similar feel and key.
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Listener John from NJ:

Hello to our #1 Hit DJ, and to all you listeners!
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Listener Baby:

#1'!!!!!!
  11:19am
clarke:

my all-time #1 #1
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Great pick, unnamed listener
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Moammar:

Enter the bongo.
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Handy Haversack:

Michael, would you say it's so much more attractive ... inside the moral kiosk?

Bongo feet!
  11:20am
clarke:

8/10
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Pretty sure this 45 Nugget was in the house in my toddlerhood. Damn ! & the band were mere kids too pretty sure...
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Various Julius:

My Rick bass tone is all treble and subterranean bass but a big gap in the midrange. Sometimes it fits the mix, other times not. I wish I could predict when it works.
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Moammar:

Unexpected Rickenbacker player: Gatemouth Brown, who I think has a 360 in YouTube clips of that "!!! Beat" show in Nashville, where he was band director.
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Joe B:

@handy - cool! wish I could have made it
  11:23am
morphe' y Simon:

Must away for a bit.. if not back..
Thanks Mikey and all = LIFE!!!!!
  11:23am
P-90:

I’d love to see the list of listener suggestions for tracks with Rick sounds. It’s a wide category. I assume someone suggested Eight Miles High for the 12-string lead tone, and of course “With a Little Help from My Friends” and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” as classic Paul bass examples.
  11:23am
clarke:

well, Gatemouth Brown used a Gibson 335 most everytime i saw him - but, this was in later years.
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nycmusicnerd:

Greetings fellow nerds
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Don Gorden:

Yo Mike !, Little Girl is sung by Frost Gump Bahahaha
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prof.fuzz:

morning, y'all.
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Michael Shelley:

Moammar: YEAH!
  11:25am
clarke:

FuZZZZZZZZ
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Moammar:

@clarke I think both times I saw him (late 80s, early 90s) he had a Firebird.
  11:25am
Dennis:

Great Allen T track! What a master
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Handy Haversack:

prof.fuzz!
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Joe B:

in my top 5 worst singers of all time
  11:26am
egould:

So goddamn jangly. The pinnacle of jangle v
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Story of course is Beatles complained that Motown in the USA was getting all this mad Bass into their records & they were frustrated. Starting 1966 w/ the Paperback Writer / Rain single - they used a Bass Amp speaker as a microphone (mics & speakers are the same idea in reverse...) to try & get more. Then in '67 with Pepper Paul began plugging his Bass straight into the board - & recording that later with the privilege of really working out his parts. His use of Rick Basses went right along with this ...correct this as necessary...
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Listener Baby:

Rock solid rhythm section
  11:27am
Andres:

Oh yes!!
  11:27am
clarke:

agreed JoeB - but, i'll put him at the top for destroying a great bed of music, every time.
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Michael in Montclair:

@Handy, perhaps. It might be even more attractive if I could live a million years inside the moral kiosk
  11:28am
clarke:

but, Marr was tricky, because he got a lot of jangle from a telecaster, too.
  11:28am
jmd:

@Baby: one of the best and underrated for sure.
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Joe B:

is Marr known for rickenbacker? would guess fender jaguar or telecaster
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Nowhere Man' is Stratocasters ! Still surprised by this...
  11:29am
P-90:

Then there are outliers like Wendy Melvoin, who gigged and recorded a lot with Rickenbackers, but they didn’t SOUND like Ricks the way she played them…
  11:29am
clarke:

true, Joe - but this right here is a ric
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Frank In Queens:

He-ey Now!
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prof.fuzz:

clarkEEEEEEEE. handY. joeB. dRR.
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Handy Haversack:

Yeah, I loathe him.

Pretty interesting essay on revisiting and regretting one's early Smiths fandom: yalereview.org...
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JimB:

The last thing I am is a pop music historian, so this is probably a naive question. To my addled boomer schlub memory, when the Byrds had a hit with Turn, Turn. Turn, that established the Rickenbacker 12-string sound as a thing. What do the more knowledgeable people think?
  11:30am
clarke:

you slackin' Frank!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Peter Buck has written about a sort of transatlantic parallelism felt twixt REM & Smiths...
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prof.fuzz:

Marr was mostly a jag guy...

Ultimate Rick bass playing = Motorhead!
  11:31am
clarke:

@JimB - well, the main reason that roger had a ric is because of the Beatles.
  11:31am
phat in lincoln:

Geddy Lee! Lol.
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DanFA:

Kim Gordon played a Rickenbacker bass. As did Cliff Burton.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Lots of bass topics to explore, including but not limited to: the fretless bass, bass bandleaders (e.g., Primus), where do you get a bass keytar, Flea playing the national anthem.
  11:31am
phat in lincoln:

@prof.fuzz Lemmy! Yes!
  11:31am
Andres:

Another, oh yes!!
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Squints:

JimB: The ealier single, Mr Tambourine Man. McGuinn was inspired by seeing George play a Rick in A Hard Day's Night.
  11:32am
b0b0b0b plasticland:

@@@what about Ventures 12 sting Mosrite ??
  11:32am
anti echo man:

Bruce fox ton of the Jam used a Ric bass
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Squints:

What clarke said.
  11:32am
clarke:

this was mostly discussed last week.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

JimB - yeah 'Tambourine Man' right @ their beginning really. BYrdS of course totally inspired by 'Hard Day's Night'. That album is the 1st & only with nothing but Lennon-McCartney compositions. But ! George Harrison brings the 12-String Rick on it - & that's the root of it, really.
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Frank In Queens:

@clarke, been listening, but we're entertaining again this weekend, so I didn't want to be rude to our guests by being on the comments board.
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Handy Haversack:

Get to the "working overtime" part!
  11:33am
SeanG:

geddy lee played a ric
  11:33am
P-90:

This BTO is a great not-so-obvious choice
  11:33am
jmd:

Are we gonna get some prog bassists?
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Squints:

Heh. I was drinking in Wellfleet last week.
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Various Julius:

Exit Stage Left by Rush has some of the most aggressive Rickenbacker bass tone I've heard. Chris Squire isolated bass tracks sound like a knife fight in a grand piano.
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HyperDose:

What a jam
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Listener Baby:

Great song! Great choice, but me thinks the are double tracked Strats with capos. I could be wrong, but it’s my guess. Again great song. Bass is 100% Rick.
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Squints:

How can this be on the test? Wasn't that LAST semester?
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Pseu Braun:

Oh yeah!
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eastvanhalen:

Ohhhhhh CanCon, how you have delightfully warped my life
  11:33am
Alworthyb:

Mike Shelly, what is the address for my membership card?
  11:33am
clarke:

ha ha, Frank!! just gettin' u back. hope all's well.
  11:34am
phat in lincoln:

@P-90 yes, I had no idea it was a Ric. Seems kind of obvious now, though.
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Christina Ginger:

Good morning, all!
  11:34am
frank Migliorelli (anti echo man?):

Going underground by the jam. Or ma in a corner shop covers guitar and bass. Along wit the bitterest pill
  11:34am
SeanG:

pseu braun in the house!
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Michael Shelley:

AL - info here michaelshelley.net...
  11:34am
phat in lincoln:

@Pseu Braun has entered the chat!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Various Julius @ 11:20 - gotcha !
  11:35am
b0b0b0b0b:

@@ yeah Handy I loath him too !!! I agree. love Marr tho
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Sonny Rickles:

OMG
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Christina Ginger:

Clarke, I made brioche French toast for FIQ and guests with JUSTegg and the Trader Joe’s new vegan brioche loaf. It was great!
  11:35am
clarke:

@Squints - how wuz yer time in the 'fleet??
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Frank In Queens:

WOW! I am shocked! SHOCKED!
  11:35am
phat in lincoln:

Eff. Yeah.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

frankM - good one !
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HyperDose:

Trick question, Lemmy is god!
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Christina Ginger:

I was hoping for Motörhead!
  11:36am
SeanG:

hell yeah
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iiibeat:

I just left a bouquet of flowers out the front door . . Please grab them before someone else does for their ailing grandmother!!
Leave them for Scott?
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eastvanhalen:

Pseuuuuuuuuuu!
  11:36am
gf2002:

There can't be a Rickenbacker bass playlist without including Lemmy
  11:36am
David Watts:

wake up everybody!!!!
  11:36am
Andres:

Blowing the speakers.
  11:36am
P-90:

@JimB: “Turn Turn Turn” absolutely broke out the “McGuinn electric folk Rickenbacker 12-string jangle sound”
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Handy Haversack:

And, as we learned last night, Christina and Frank: Baby Shakes also uses a Rickenbacker bass.

Nice, iiibeat!
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Juke Joint Jonny:

The severity of my tinnitus is down to these boys.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Lemmy specifically noted he was a Bass Gittarist - rather than a Bassist. Which seems relevant.
  11:36am
clarke:

@Christina - wow, and i hain''t even had breakfast yit.
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Squints:

It was awesome, thanks, clarke. Cahoon Hollow was rockin'. No shark alerts like last year. ("Get outtah tha watah, you hahdons.")

Nobody got arrested. So we got that going for us.
  11:36am
SeanG:

turning this way up
  11:37am
phat in lincoln:

I'll tell you what, the guitar parts in Ace of Spades are about as fun to play as it gets.
  11:37am
SecretSquirrel:

Good morning! Probably too obvious to mention, but I hope there’s some CCR on your playlist. John Fogerty famously played a ‘69 Rickenbacker 325 six-string (and got a searing lead sound from it).
  11:37am
clarke:

@Squints - did you happen to see Nada Surf show????? if so: jealous!
  11:37am
frank Migliorelli (anti echo man?):

And the opening track from my second record is all ric. 12 string ric. https://dirtnappers.bandcamp.com/album/bass-drums-guitars-and-organs Figured I’d plug it.
  11:37am
phat in lincoln:

My God, this rocks.
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DanFA:

en.wikipedia.org...
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Squints:

Got no tinnitus despite my history of playing my rekkids way too loud. But in crowded talky bars I lose a lot of high frequencies and frequently lipread somewhat.
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Various Julius:

Oh yes.
  11:38am
gf2002:

One of the first Rickenbacker endorsers was Ricky Nelson, seen on TV playing them with James Burton after the endorsement deal. But hands down, no contest...The Beatles put Ricks on the map for everyone, first the guitars then bass. Credit Carl Wilson a bit too, he was playing a Ricky 12 soon after The Beatles, before McGuinn
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eastvanhalen:

Oh I love this so much
  11:38am
phat in lincoln:

Holy hell, this set.
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Doug in MP:

I get a lot of staccato sounds rendering as static in my ears these days
  11:38am
clarke:

yessss1
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Holy shit, Michael. Stop with my personal #1s
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pgalub:

Happy 70th to Record Huw Gower today!
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Christina Ginger:

Clarke, I was on it today, hahahaa. Powered by caffeine!
  11:39am
clarke:

1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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iiibeat:

Definitely a sunflower in there!!

Gonna check Word now before heading for Eastern Shore MD . .
Thank you Handy.
  11:39am
clarke:

number one
number one
number one...
  11:40am
Cooh John:

3 great tracks so far. This song is on my Seeburg jukebox.
  11:40am
gf2002:

Fogerty's playing on that Rick 325 at Woodstock was on FIRE! Listen to CCR's I Put A Spell On You from Woodstock, it's amazing. Rickenbacker with a Bigsby vibrato
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Handy Haversack:

Christina, can one make omelet-type things with JUSTEgg pretty easily?

Enjoy it, iiibeat.
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Joe B:

can't trust wikipedia lists. graham nash?
  11:40am
P-90:

Also if you really want to hear what a Rick bass can do in the right hands, and how completely different from a Fender bass a bass can sound, just check out “Roundabout.”
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Squints:

clarke, no. Did they play the 'Comber? I really need to do more homework.

Bikes and beers tour. I drive the beer and am pretty much den mother.

Nothing like making the "responsible" one the guy who consistently blows the highest on the Alcohawk down on the beach.

EArly Nada Surf did not much for me, really. But their records the last ten years have been really great.
  11:40am
clarke:

@Christina - killin' it!!
  11:40am
phat in lincoln:

@P-90 yep. Squire had the definitive Ric sound.
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Jimmy Wipper:

This is a #1 Show of #1 Hits!!!
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Frank In Queens:

Sadly, me and Rick basses don't really jive.
  11:41am
clarke:

Wippaaaahh
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Listener Baby:

@GF. 100% agree!
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phat in lincoln:

Goddamn I love rock n roll.
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Jimmy Wipper:

Love my Rick 1997 model, btw.
  11:42am
gf2002:

Forgot to mention Marty Willson-Piper from The Church on the lists last week: He got some great Rickenbacker tones on those Church records
  11:42am
clarke:

@Squints - yes, Nada Surf is one of the only shows that would be of interest this summer (except i think the Figgs played the same week)
  11:42am
egould:

Here’s my Rickenbacker. https://twitter.com/egould310/status/1561013956021342210?s=21&t=jpnf9dT4quzbpKEljTQzVg
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Jimmy Wipper:

Not the year 1997, model #.
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Various Julius:

I just dragged my 4003 out of the basement
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Squints:

I did see the Figgs were playing there but I don't think I was our weekend.
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Frank In Queens:

@Handy, you can use Just Egg to make scramble and omelettes, and I've heard very good things about using it in that fashion, but I don't think it's something we'll ever do. We're too old school so we'll stick to our tofu scramble.
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Squints:

I saw the Figgs playing with Graham Parker in 2005 at the Middle East downstairs. That was fun.
  11:44am
gf2002:

YES! One of my all-time number ones, The Outsiders. And The Smithereens did a TERRIFIC version of this one too. I'm in paradise right now listening to these tracks.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

OK ! Time is once & for all now :
en.wikipedia.org...
- Rick is a Santa Ana, CA company - which makes sense for the Hawaiian steel connection.
They are NOT German (this is about *my* mental delusions...) - rather, co-founder Adolph Rickenbacher was born in Switzerland & moved to LA.
Thot perhaps TheBeatles picked up on Ricks in the days apprenticing in Hamburg cause they were German.
...So ...what *is* the story of how TheBeatles encountered them...
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Handy Haversack:

Gotcha, Frank. Send *that* recipe along some time!

Great to see you two last night.
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SecretSquirrel:

You seddit, gf2002!!
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Christina Ginger:

Handy, yes, you can. We however, are not actually fans of eggs as eggs, however real or fake they might be, so I’ve never tried it. I really only use JUST for baking when an egg is a must (custard pie, quiche, al).
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Squints:

The fills in this are so neat.
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Frank In Queens:

@Handy, yeah same here. Hoping I'll run into K8 a little later today at Mama Tried.

Hey what's the name of that Mexican joint near by that everyone talks about?
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StringOFperils:

I too love this Outsiders single. A late-night radio staple in the mid 60s,this and The Buckinghams Kind of a Drag.
  11:46am
clarke:

cool Squints! hope you got some onion rings at PJ's!!! they are another #1
  11:46am
P-90:

McCartney, Squire, and Entwistle got their hands on the very first Rick basses imported into England from California (at a time when American instruments were still hard to find in England.) Those three were the first generation of big-time Rick bass players.
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Moammar:

The Plimsouls cover of "Time Won't Let Me" is incandescent. No Rickenbackers involved however, I think.
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Joe B:

George Harrison did not hack a Rick in Germany. acquired on the first US visit in Feb 1964
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Listener Baby:

Great choice
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Joe B:

"have"
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clarke:

munoz pretty much stuck to his Strat
  11:47am
clarke:

hack!
  11:48am
gf2002:

@Revolution Rabbit: It was Toots Thielemans' endorsement of Rickenbacker that was the key. That 325 John ended up with was part of a trade show display when Toots was an endorser (one of the first), and somehow that guitar got to Germany. There is a photo of that same guitar in the trade show display, and when Lennon got it he endlessly modified and changed it around. I think John Hall from Rickenbacker showed up at the NYC hotel when the Beatles did Sullivan and gave George the new 12-string hoping for an endorsement after seeing Lennon playing that 325 which he had painted by that time.
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egould:

“So ...what *is* the story of how TheBeatles encountered them...”

I think Rickenbacker sent the Beatles a couple of guitars, unsolicited. The guys liked the guitars.
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Joe B:

The guitar was given to him by Francis C. Hall, owner and president of the California-based Rickenbacker company, which is now celebrating its 85th anniversary.Hall spoke to Brian Epstein before the Beatles arrived in the U.S. and arranged a meeting with the group. On February 8 at the Savoy Hilton in New York City, he showed the band several different models. Lennon tried out the 360/12 but thought it would be better for Harrison, who was sick in bed at the Plaza Hotel. When Harrison finally got to see it, he loved it immediately.
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StringOFperils:

Iggy's cover of Time Won't Let Me is fun too...on Party
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Joe B:

www.guitarworld.com...
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Listener Baby:

I love Taxman!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yes - company gifted George the 12-String in the USA. But John had his Rick by the time they were Recording @ all - & earlier... Just happened I guess !
  11:50am
gf2002:

That's right, yes my bad: Hall originally gave the 12-string to Lennon who passed it off to George instead. Thanks for the info!
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Moammar:

@Listener Baby: So did Paul Weller, apparently.
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StringOFperils:

I don't know how Weller got so much air with that Rickenbacker strapped on, not to be outdone by his model, Pete
  11:52am
gf2002:

Lennon was a fan of Toots Thielemans' harmonica playing and saw the brand through him, I believe. Then when he saw the 325, and tried it, the smaller size fit his playing style perfectly and he got it. But it's odd that Toots Thielemans of all artists was a part of how Lennon got that 325
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Joe B:

@RR63 - oh yeah, was referring just to the 12 string. you are correct.
  11:54am
egould:

@Moammar The Plimsouls cover of "Time Won't Let Me" certainly had a Rickenbacker involved.
  11:54am
clarke:

this take makes me realize that crosby's gretsch was important to this tune. plink plink.
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Squints:

This being the instrumental bed, except for McGuinn, are there any other actual Byrds on this cut?
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Handy Haversack:

Frank, not sure -- Joe B. might know? There are a couple of places on Fifth Ave., though.

Also, try the potato salad at MT. Pretty sure it's vegan. And definitely good!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thx !! John loved playing harp ...so that led to the Rick ! Tho John famously kinda ProRawk & AntiJazz, so to speak... Yes! John liked the slightly undersized aspect of it - as he was such an intense Chord Rhythm player - that made it faster & easier ...Johnny Ramones use a Rick now & then as well we might note.
  11:55am
clarke:

@egould - that was a strat (as mentioned above)
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Michael Shelley:

Definitely Hal Blaine on drums (you can hear him count off). Word is that Byrds drummer cried.
  11:55am
gf2002:

The Halls at Rickenbacker saw Lennon playing his original painted 325 in photos and film clips before they appeared on Sullivan, saw an opportunity to make a lot of money, and that's how they ended up in the hotel room gifting the band those guitars in Feb '64.
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Franco Twinkie:

This is it! Lacking the resources on ability to obtain a Rick, I settled for a pair of Granny glasses.
  11:56am
clarke:

Michael Clarke was VERY upset - and rightly so: he was a great drummer!
  11:56am
gf2002:

No Byrds except McGuinn on that record. Wrecking Crew players hired by Terry Melcher playing the tracks, he was going for a Beach Boys "Don't Worry Baby" groove. The rest is history!
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Squints:

Sizewise, is there a current analog to the 325?

(proTip: Start playing guitar before you're 58 going on 59. The struggle is real.)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Crosby harmonizes I think...
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StringOFperils:

I've been a beginner guitarist for decades
  11:57am
clarke:

the 325 has been re-issued, Squints.
  11:58am
clarke:

they's VERY expensive!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Is 325 3/4 Scale ? That small ?
  11:59am
P-90:

See: “lap steel” guitars were the first commonly available “electric guitars”…
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Squints:

Yikes! Your not wrong, clarke.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yeah - held a Rick Gittar twice in life. They are that uncommon on the ground... One was Johnny Ramones' - owned then by one of TheJabbers (early G.G. Allin band here NewHampshuh)...
  11:59am
gf2002:

Yes the 325 is very small! Roughly 3/4 size and scale. Tiny frets. Almost too small
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Not the bridge makes Twang ?? Like a Sitar ? :)
  12:00pm
clarke:

i would suggest a Fender Duo-Sonic, but they have been priced way out of reach, now, as well.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I guess couldn't be...
  12:01pm
andy fuchs:

The fact the Rickenbacker amps had that nasty habit of burning up may have affected their amp legacy being so limited....
  12:02pm
gf2002:

I always wanted a 325 because of Lennon. When I had just turned 18 I walked into a music store that had a Lennon model 325. I was blown away until I picked it up to play it. Very, very tight fit in the frets, much smaller than it looks in the photos of John (and John Fogerty) playing them. I no longer wanted one because it was too small. Decades later I finally got a 330, turquoise color. Awesome guitar.
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Michael Shelley:

ASTRO GTR. only $795 - CHEAP!: reverb.com...
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Michael Shelley:

Andy - lol
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Doug in MP:

The Rick 381 has super tight spacing too. Always a sloppy play but fun in its own way
  12:03pm
P-90:

@RevRab: the “ease” of playing is one thing with the short-scale guitar, but it sounds slightly different too, chords in rhythm playing voice differently than they would with the conventional scale. That’s something you can listen for in the early John tracks.
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Squints:

Yeah, frets up the neck are tight on 3/4 necks. (I have a couple around for the grandkids when they visit.) I have trouble doing bar or power chords on the frets of the wide end of the neck. Small hands, short fingers (especially for a former goalkeeper) with the limberness of a now nearly 63-year-old.

Not so much the chords as reaching for the fourth fret up from the barre on the rhythm.
  12:03pm
clarke:

my 360's neck is rahhthah thin, as well.
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Squints:

Several dozen amps spontaneously combust each year.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...perhaps Rick Gittars are not the most robust instrument in terms of lasting in one piece (?)...
  12:05pm
clarke:

they are pretty durable, Rev.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

P-90 - fascinating ...string tensions & things ?
clarke - corrected, Thx.
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Squints:

Thanks for the rec on the Astro, Michael. Will check out that and the DuoSonic.

Unlike my car, I can't move out of my house if necessary and live in a guitar.
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Handy Haversack:

Squints -- unless ... !
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karlward:

Man those Rickenbacker basses sound damn fine.
  12:07pm
clarke:

duo-sonics are as pricey as ric's these days.
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Squints:

rrn63: Heh. There was my guitar, electric junk.
  12:08pm
P-90:

Ricks are mostly “neck through” instruments built mainly from study hard maple, so they tend to be very durable. The basses are almost indestructible.
  12:08pm
gf2002:

Two key songs where you can hear Lennon's 325 and how the small scale affected the tone: This Boy for the rhythm chord work, and You Can't Do That for Lennon's lead. Those are the pure Rickenbacker tone and further affected by the small scale.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Oh the Basses durable - no doubt .
  12:09pm
P-90:

“Jetglo” is the Rick name for their glossy black color, “Fireglo” is the burst finish.
  12:09pm
clarke:

nice stuff, Shelley!!
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Listener Baby:

Great job, Baby. Nobody better than you at that.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

So Ricks generally not bolt-on necks ? That was probly ahead of the curve...
  12:10pm
Bob:

Tuning in late to a Gene Clark masterwork. Not bad.
  12:11pm
rw:

That blue bass with the white trim looks damn sharp to me.
  12:11pm
phat in lincoln:

@Revolution Rabbit Nov63 that was my problem with them.
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clarke:

hello bob.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Crosby speaks in awe of McGuinn evoking Coltrane's sax keys opening & closing. Immense track.
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Squints:

1. Build guitar with bolt-on neck.

2. Call it the Karloff.

3. $$$$$!
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Franco Twinkie:

The first take of this song recorded by Dave Hassinger at RCA has a much angrier sound. Weirdly preferable to me.
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karlward:

The Rick bass had a long standing design flaw in the bridge, it warps and tuning stability is subpar. Hipshot sells a replacement, I bought one for a bandmate recently. I think 2020 models finally fixed that flaw.
  12:12pm
phat in lincoln:

Oops, that was supposed to be someone else about the size of Ricks. Too small for me.
  12:13pm
andy fuchs:

Compressed twice !!
  12:13pm
gf2002:

All Gibson solidbody electrics were neck-thru-body in the 50's and 60's
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Joe B:

Minus 5 have a song called Blue Rickenbacker
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

gf2002: Appreciate all the Data ! Gibson tones too...
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HyperDose:

Pretty gnarly axe, Franco
  12:15pm
PB:

Can never get too much of The Byrds.
  12:15pm
Bob:

Flamin' Groovies made that Rick bass look the coolest. But they just looked cool in every way anyhoo. Hey Clarke!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Sane people did not Drum like this in 1965.
  12:15pm
P-90:

@gf2002: John’s ever-so-slightly Latin flavored rhythm part on “I’m Happy Just to Dance with You” is critical too, if you want to understand the tonality of the short-scale 325 guitar. I would also cite it as an all-important example of classic Rick “jangle”, even though it’s not the 12-string kind.
  12:15pm
Dennis:

Great interview, Michael - definitely going on somebody’s Christmas list 😉
  12:16pm
gf2002:

Yes! Those compressors were McGuinn's secret weapon for that tone, no surprise that the McGuinn model Rickenbacker has an on-board compressor! I think they ran McGuinn's Rick through a chain of either two or was it even 3 old LA-2A's to get that jangle
  12:16pm
clarke:

bob - what's happnin' near campus??
  12:16pm
egould:

High Numbers number one hitmakers.
  12:17pm
clarke:

what give you the right to take this tonality, here??
  12:17pm
gf2002:

@P-90 Yes, absolutely! That is an amazing rhythm part and tone, thanks for mentioning that! Pure Rickenbacker tone on display
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The difference ShowBiz money & Know How made in Studios in LosAngeles was a thing...
  12:18pm
Dennis:

Clarence!!
  12:18pm
clarke:

still waiting...
still waiting...
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Squints:

Who's singing harmony on this? This is real nice.
  12:18pm
Bob:

Student move-in clogging up the works. WCBN changing up their schedule. Beautiful if slightly warm day.
  12:19pm
egould:

Compression / sustain are key to jangle.
  12:19pm
clarke:

how is that ann arbor radio station?? it wasn't that great when i was there.
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Handy Haversack:

A friend of mine had a late-night show on WCBN, late nineties.
  12:20pm
clarke:

that is around the time i was around - the big album at that station was Beck's Vultures album
  12:21pm
Bob:

WCBN? It's more uneven than WFMU but it's their longtime sister station. It's more student oriented than old townie hipster, thus hit and miss. But it's often brilliant.
  12:21pm
Dennis:

Where’d that Clarence/Ry track hail from??
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Mike Sin:

Very much enjoying the show today -- tunes and info!
  12:21pm
P-90:

@gf2002: that built-in circuit board in the McGuinn “Signature” model 12-strings emulated the sound of two compression pedals chained together. I’ve played one or two, and sure enough if you turn the compressor way up, you get that “Eight Miles High” clean sustain lead tone, then you turn it down and it gets you right into that jangly McGuinn rhythm territory.
  12:21pm
clarke:

as with all college radio - depends on the dj
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Listener Baby:

A show of hands whether Baby should keep going with Rickys?
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drr:

Oakland + Stockholm = Oaklaholma?
  12:22pm
clarke:

lime rickeys!!
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Squints:

now i'm thirsty.
  12:23pm
clarke:

me, too!! damn.
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Squints:

see what you did?
  12:24pm
clarke:

i've done it, again.
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Listener Baby:

How did I not think of this one? Sheesh!
  12:24pm
SeanG:

XTC!!
  12:25pm
Bob:

ALL the high-hat!
  12:25pm
P-90:

@Baby: maybe once you go Ricky you never go back
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Listener Baby:

Agree P90. Keep going Baby!,
  12:26pm
Bob:

hi hat
  12:26pm
clarke:

yer givin' me the hi-hat!!
  12:27pm
David Watts:

great song
  12:27pm
gf2002:

@P-90 Very cool feature! I've told people who were looking to buy any 12-string electric to buy a compressor too, or two compressors! That's the sound everyone wants to hear. I've never played the McGuinn signature model, but I need to...
  12:27pm
Bob:

Clear as mud
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HyperDose:

First heard this in the movie Rolling Kansas
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Frank In Queens:

This Fenwyck song has been popping up all week for me.
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Squints:

Mindrockah.
  12:28pm
SeanG:

the schmatta kid!
  12:28pm
clarke:

hey hey hey hey
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Bubble Gum at its catchiest
  12:29pm
P-90:

Any band called Fenwyck has a foot in my door
  12:29pm
Bob:

I'll argue Millers Crossing is the Coen's masterpiece all day
  12:29pm
clarke:

it's one of 'em, bob.
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McGroovey:

I've heard and read interviews with Colin Moulding and Geedy Lee in which they admit that a lot of studio recordings were done on other basses, for one reason or another. Geddy had to play a Ric live because it was expected of him.

Same sort of thing (kind of in reverse) as with Jimmy Page: he used a Danelectro more in the studio, Les Paul more on the road.
  12:30pm
clarke:

whattsamattah?? somebody hit you?!?
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Band that plays Rush covers dressed as Gilded Age robber barons: Greedy Lee
  12:32pm
clarke:

McG - you ready to sweat?
pro tip: bring an umbrella!!
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Listener Baby:

Colin M played Wal Basses a lot in the studio. Getty loved a Fender Jazz more than a lot. Mike Rutherford used Rick a lot early on.
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Squints:

G.
G.
Y.
  12:33pm
Bob:

Aren't Rick's just too damn heavy to use onstage?
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John L:

I use this line al lot: I was just speculatin' about a hypothesis.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...like McCartney had to be seen with the Hofner. Never know what's on the dang Records !!...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...*all my life* told people I could listen to Beatle Records for the Bass alone...
  12:36pm
Bob:

On the RUSH front, i just saw that Geddy and Alex are doing those Taylor Hawkins tribute shows. They look like really weird bills in general but some people will be very excited about that.
  12:37pm
gf2002:

There's a brief scene in the Get Back documentary where Glyn Johns asks if McCartney could try another bass because the Hofner wasn't recording well, and McCartney says he's sticking with the Hofner. He rediscovered the Hofner violin bass during that past year and liked how light it was, and I think it was during this same time that his original Hofner bass was stolen and still hasn't been recovered
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Gawd I love 'MillionMiles'.
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luka:

now this is a no. 1
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Listener Baby:

Baby, you still Ricky-ing, and I love you for it!
  12:38pm
Bob:

I've got it. I put a Roy Rogers lampshade on it for a disguise
  12:38pm
paul:

Where in tarnation is Oaklaholma?
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eastvanhalen:

I love this, and this, and this, and
  12:38pm
SeanG:

so damn good
  12:38pm
johnk77:

hofner beatle bass used later by the late
michael been of the call front guy/bassist
rip robbie shakespeare who used
a short-scale hofner
great work selecter
  12:38pm
clarke:

there is a "plimsouls" that toured a few years back, but it is basically eddie munoz with new guys.
  12:39pm
egould:

Rickenbacker heaven.
  12:39pm
P-90:

Plimsouls: a band that always spoke the “jangle” language. Note the clean, chorused amp tones.
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PatrickMC:

Whither Peter Case
  12:39pm
clarke:

one of the 'new guys' was FleshHammer (RIP) from Woggles
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Listen to Beatle-themed podcasts like Fab4Free4All & Something About The Beatles ...instrument spotting in GetBack is a whole concern...
  12:40pm
Bob:

Peter Case is one of the great rock and roll singers ever
  12:41pm
clarke:

agreed, bob
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Squints:

clarke, the Guadalcanal Diary fella?
  12:41pm
David Watts:

isn't there some nerves/plimsouls connection?
  12:42pm
johnk77:

plimsouls could have been as big
as tommy tutone?
  12:42pm
clarke:

yes, he played bass with the "plimsouls"
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PatrickMC:

Yes case in both I think
  12:42pm
paul:

Good Morning Girl
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Squints:

Case was in the Nerves with Paul Collins and Jack Lee.
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Franco Twinkie:

I met Peter Case at a Fourth of July party. We sat on the sofa and talked about the cardboard records that came in Mad Magazine. No rock star posturing there.
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McGroovey:

Neon Philharmonic! I bought this when it was reissued (on Sundazed?) in the nineties.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...'clean, chorused amp tones'
...mild shudders...
  12:42pm
johnk77:

peter case was great as a solo also
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PatrickMC:

Case also a fine songwriter
  12:43pm
clarke:

again, let's establish that the plimsouls did NOT use rickenbackers.
  12:43pm
paul:

Bought the single when it came out. Still one of my favorites.
  12:43pm
Jay S.:

Love the Neon Philharmonic (not just this single).
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Frank In Queens:

Peter Case and The Plimsouls rate extremely high here in Queens.
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Listener Baby:

They did use Ricks. Not live
  12:44pm
johnk77:

historically most signals that were
chorused
were no longer clean!?;>
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Squints:

Some days, like the day you hear it, this is the best record ever made.

My pop loved this record.
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Hubig Pie:

Lotsa words rhyme with Cheerios ™
  12:45pm
clarke:

you could be right, Baby (as usual).
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Squints:

"Let's head out for some beerios."
  12:46pm
clarke:

Hubig - 'ow goes?
  12:46pm
P-90:

@RevRab: “clean, chorused amp tones” are KEY to late 70’s-early 80’s New Wave sounds
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Listener Baby:

Clarke. Spent some nights with Eddie M in my old studio. Asked him too many questions.
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Franco Twinkie:

I always start the day with a bowl of Learios.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...not Franc-Ohs ??
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clarke:

one of me fave players, Baby. BABY!!
  12:48pm
phat in lincoln:

That Shaker's track, damn.
  12:48pm
clarke:

btw, Baby: is the punk back at school???
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Squints:

rrn63: I would, but, you know, the currency conversion....
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Gaylord Fields:

Charley Crockett channeling Bill Withers here, which is a good thing indeed!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...'Franco Twinkies' could be a breakfast indulgence ...if I didn't know better...
  12:49pm
gf2002:

This is a great new record - Check out the BB King channeling guitar solo...
  12:49pm
clarke:

good day gaylord fields!!
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Jessie:

Didn't Matt Piucci of Rain Parade use a Rickenbacker on Emergency Third Rail Power Trip?
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Gaylord Fields:

Ahoy there, clarke!
  12:50pm
clarke:

yer a cookie full of arsenic, Fields!!
  12:50pm
Ochre Ogre:

Gaylord- Indeed, good call!
  12:51pm
clarke:

i've never seen piucci use anything but gibsons - that doesn't mean on the records...
  12:51pm
johnk77:

mike campbell & tom petty
used a number of attractive ricks
live in 1980
vintage vox amps
the guitar tech was bugs
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Hello All. Another mighty & informative show! Enjoy your vacation, Michael.
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Franco Twinkie:

A wiener wrapped in sponge cake!? Now I'm sick.
  12:51pm
Bob:

I've done some shows and spent a fair amount of time with Peter. One time he sat at my desk and went crazy with a cd-rom i had that had EVERY Mad magazine page ever. He was super stoked to go through old Mad's that he had and loved as a kid. It was pretty cool how excited he was.
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Hubig Pie:

Doin' swell-io, clarke
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Squints:

Was bugs his name? Or was he a little bit bugs?
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Handy Haversack:

Great show, MS -- even for the apparently only nonmusician listening!
  12:52pm
clarke:

@johnk77 - was it you who touted the book Stereo Killers?? if so, just finished it - great one!
  12:52pm
P-90:

Petty and Campbell def deserve a mention in the Rickenbacker topic!
  12:52pm
dday:

@gaylord: That Charlie Crockett is also like Jebloi Nichols (remember him? Country Disco) I may have incorrectly spelled his name...been a long time :)
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Squints:

Handy, I don't call myself a musician yet. Just some jackass with a guitar.
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Jimmy Wipper:

One day I brought my Rick (and an amp) to school to let the kids in my first grade class play it, and they lost their minds. The fireglow was a big hit.

www.instagram.com...
  12:53pm
morphe' y Simon:

Made it back ..Thanks mSheely y all !!!!
  12:53pm
johnk77:

in the context of that tour
he was not bugs
not his birth name
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Handy Haversack:

Something for me to aspire to, Squints!
  12:53pm
Ochre Ogre:

Look at those go-go girls go to this track! (In my mind)
  12:53pm
dday:

Jeb Loy Nichols
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nycmusicnerd:

Handy: I'm just as clueless about this stuff as you are.
  12:53pm
clarke:

wipper - you teach first grade?!? wow!!
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Franco Twinkie:

Bob, that's the impression I got. He knew his MAD, there's no question.
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Gaylord Fields:

@dday: I haven't thought of Jeb Loy Nichols in a day or two.
  12:53pm
Baby:

Special request for the CCR song Baby. Amazing example of Rick as a hard rock guitar.
  12:54pm
dday:

@Gaylord: that much more than I :)
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KevinfromBayRidge:

I'm there with ya, Handy!
  12:55pm
johnk77:

the book i have been recommending
is teddy templeman's
also joel selvin's hollywood eden
  12:55pm
clarke:

Dr. Feelgood cover?
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PatrickMC:

This is mind blowing. No trace of Lee Brillaux
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Handy Haversack:

The musicians need us -- fans!
  12:56pm
clarke:

ok john - the search continues. ha ha.
  12:56pm
Bob:

Woah! Yeah, what's the story with that song?
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Ochre Ogre:

Thanks Michael!
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Jimmy Wipper:

@clarke, I'm a (mostly) long term substitute teacher, so last year I was in a first grade class, and three years in a row I was the music teacher--only K and 1st grade. Blew a lot of minds with music they never would have heard or seen!
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drr:

that was cute though I question the wisdom of covering Dr. Feelgood and lowering the flame.
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Handy Haversack:

Oh, Kevin, K8 will be at Mama Tried like 3-7 for some bands, and then afterward Terre T and Vicki V are spinning, I believe. I don't think I'm likely to make it down.
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P-90:

@Jimmy Wipper: thanks for the photo. Fab!
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Jimmy Wipper:

@P-90--glad you liked it!
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clarke:

nice jim!! blowing minds!!
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Handy Haversack:

Rickenbacker sax?
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Gaylord Fields:

Noo Yawkahs don't tawk like dat no moah!
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Thanks, Handy. You just gave me my late afternoon plans! Hope you can saunter down.
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clarke:

it will be long!!

ever get the feelin' ye been Ric'd?? goo'nite.
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Jimmy Wipper:

Every day, clarke! Sometime I'll post the video of the spring show I was in charge of--definitely no kids' songs!
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dday:

Ric's: It's all what you play'em through. Super cheaply made in the early days (plywood bodies). Interesting passage in Elvis Costello's book about a red one he purchased (supposedly belonged to George Harrison) & eventually returned way back when because he found it to be horrible to play. They're better built now & way more pricey. My love's got an '89 John Lennon Model here a 350V6 I believe it to be known as officially. Versatile with the proper amp, & or, pedals.
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paul:

Happy birthday,John Hiatt
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SamTheRam:

Fun times today, Thank You Michael
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ MS ~
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Frank In Queens:

Great show Michael! Enjoy your time off.
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Franco Twinkie:

Thank you Michael. What a show!
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P-90:

Thanks and enjoy the vaycay @Michael Shelley
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drr:

Great to hear Ace Of Spades on the #1 hit show.
Thanks!
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Doug:

Great choice of tracks today! Love hearing songs that are new to me that I'm compelled to add to my playlist so that I can hear it over again. Thank you!
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