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January 30, 2016: Guests: Don Nix and Jack & Page of The Cactus Blossoms
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| Donnie NIx |
Ain't About To Go Home
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| Thee Headcoatees |
First Plane Home
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| Cactus Blossoms, The |
Mississippi
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| Barbara Lynn |
Love Ain't Never Hurt Nobody
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| Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill |
Spanish Rice
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| Yo La Tengo |
Here Comes My Baby
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| 1st Century |
Looking Down
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(Ray Stinett) produced: Don Nix, '68 Capitol |
| Joey Cooper |
Raspberry Rug
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(Donna Washburn, Leon Russell) produced: Leon Russell & Don Nix, '67 Independence |
| Bruce Channel |
California
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(Don Nix) arranged: Don Nix, Trauth & Dale Hawkins; produced: Dale Hawkins, '68 Mala |
| Gentrys, The |
Thinking Like A Child
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(Don Nix) produced: Don Nix & Dale Hawkins, Bell '68 |
| Paris Pilot |
Miss Rita Famous
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Written and Produced: Don Nix, Hip '69 |
| Gary Lewis and the Playboys |
The Loser (With A Broken Heart)
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(Don Nix, Leon Russell) produced: Snuff Garrett, 1967 Liberty |
| Mar-Keys, The |
Night Before Last
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| Don Nix |
Interview
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| Mar-Keys, The |
Last Night
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| Bobby Vee |
Let's Call It a Day Girl
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| Cactus Blossoms, The |
Clown Collector
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| Jimmy Brown |
Chain of Fools
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| NRBQ |
I'm Satisfied
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| Cactus Blossoms, The |
You're Dreaming
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| Cactus Blossoms, The |
Interview
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| Cactus Blossoms, The |
Stoplight Kisses
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| Cactus Blossoms, The |
Interview
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| Cactus Blossoms, The |
Powder Blue
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| Bob Dorough |
Three is a Magic Number
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| Above, The |
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
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From "Super Hits of the Seventies: Hit Explosion!" |
CLICK HERE for Mitchell Kezin' IndieGoGo Campaign Page for "BUT FOR NOW: The Music & Mojo of Bob Dorough" 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 ability to tap your mouse to the beat CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch CLICK HERE for a story about the new Emitt Rhodes album and CLICK HERE to to buy it & watch a video about it CLICK HERE to see a BBC Allen Toussaint Documentary CLICK HERE for a great piece on Esquerita CLICK HERE to help Joey Spampinato through cancer treatment CLICK HERE and CLICK HERE for a huge trove of downloadable, remixable stems CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back" CLICK HERE for the Glyn Johns interview in Tape Op! CLICK HERE for Bruce Swedien: Recording Michael Jackson! CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song! 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 "Cassette Revolution: Why 1980s Tape Tech Is Still Making Noise in Our Digital World" CLICK HERE for a new Q&A with Brian Wilson CLICK HERE to read about "The Endless Fall of Suge Knight" (yikes!) CLICK HERE for Barack Obama on WTF CLICK HERE for info on the new, all instrumental, Michael Shelley album CLICK HERE for a video of David Myhr's cover of Oh Susie, featured on "Even More Super Hits of the Seventies" 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 for The K-Tel Story CLICK HERE for Ock TV 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 Paul Lukas' excellent piece about cultural criticism 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 film excerpt "Session Men - Memphis" CLICK HERE for a laugh CLICK HERE for Roz Chast's piece “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?” CLICK HERE for a brief history of the baritone guitar" CLICK HERE for "The Making of 96 Tears" CLICK HERE for a Rolling Stone piece about The Jerky Boys CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Dues" from "Nashville" 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 if you want see a lady call for President Obama's execution. My mind keeps returning to his video and what it means about how screwed up our county is. CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?" CLICK HERE for my July 2007 interview with Mighty Hannibal CLICK HERE for the website of the guy who shot Bigfoot 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 a weird Tonight Show episode where Jerry Lewis fills in for Johnny, with guest Bob Hope
CLICK HERE for the Jim Keltner Discography 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 Rolling Stone's 500 Worst Reviews of All Time, according to Schmidtt CLICK HERE for the 1966 Esquire Magazine piece "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" CLICK HERE for a dumbly titled, but interesting piece on Tom Wilson CLICK HERE to find out about folks buying old lps in the USA to sell in Europe CLICK HERE for a grammar test CLICK HERE for Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee CLICK HERE to see Jerry Lewis and Al Goldstein show of gadgets in 1976 on "A.M. New York" CLICK HERE for Nick Lowe's odd appearance
on the Adam Carolla show. CLICK HERE for a $400+ out of print
book about Pub Rock that Nick Lowe recommends - OR - buy it HERE for for £20 (about $30), including postage, on Will Birch's website CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン
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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 gargbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."
CLICK HERE for a new interactive video from Bob Dylan 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 STAX at The White House CLICK HERE to read the list of the best selling vinyl records of the last 20 years CLICK HERE for photos of Nashville session cello player Byron Bach's ledger from Paul Lukas' excellent Permanent Record web site CLICK HERE if you're a BEATLE fan! CLICK HERE for The Turtles "Happy Together" (vocals only) CLICK HERE to read the story behind Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” bass line CLICK HERE I think this hurts ants, but it looks cool - I want one CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers CLICK HERE for some videos from the BUCKY
album 'Women, Ladies and Girls (Sing the Bucky Songbook).' (I especially like
THIS ONE! {due to the great acting}) CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine CLICK HERE for Liverpool Scene's "Batpoem Live! CLICK HERE for info on Fake Amps! CLICK HERE for a PDF of who plays what on Everly Brothers recordings. CLICK HERE for How we made "You Really Got Me"! CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound. I love THESE Beach Boy videos! 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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Actually, is there another one on tap?
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At work on a Saturday, but at least I have #1 hits…
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As always, Michael, you get all kinds of details from your guests while remaining laid back.
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