WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from February 25, 2021

Listener comments!
	3:00pm Matt from New Orleans: Hey Larry and everyone
	3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Matt!
	3:02pm Jeff Ash: Greetings from sunny but cool Wisconsin!
	3:02pm Funky16Corners: Jeff!
	🥁 3:03pm Yvang: Hey Larry! I am all ears!
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: Yvang! Welcome!
	3:03pm Matt from New Orleans: Enjoying these 🍌s
	3:04pm Funky16Corners: I love this record!
	3:05pm Matt from New Orleans: I had some fried plantains for lunch. I got food from a West African restaurant here. It was tasty.
	3:06pm mauri: cool bananas
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: I have a plantain recipe I want to try.
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: Hey mauri!
	🥁 3:07pm dutchtheo: Hi Larry, and Szabo wizards
	3:08pm still b/p: Ah, the ol' banana frying always recalls the MAD mag Don Martin reference to it. You can see the cartoon down this page a bit. www.trueorbetter.com...
	3:08pm Funky16Corners: Theo!
	3:08pm Funky16Corners: SBP!
	3:08pm Michael 98145: Looking forward to Szabo Fest
	3:09pm Funky16Corners: Hey Michael!
	3:11pm Funky16Corners: And that is the most feedback you will ever hear on a Steve Allen album.
	3:12pm Michael 98145: many, many years ago i was in the audience at a Steve Allen tv taping
	3:12pm Funky16Corners: Which show?
	3:14pm Michael 98145: The Tonight Show ... probably '57
	3:14pm Funky16Corners: Wow!
	3:14pm Erica: Hi Larry.
	3:14pm Funky16Corners: Hi Erica!
	3:15pm Mike Sin: Looking forward to the Szabo-Rama! I'm pretty ignorant about a lot of his material -- I only know "Jazz Raga."
	3:15pm Little Danny: Hi Larry, hi all.
	3:16pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike! Danny!
	3:16pm Matt from New Orleans: Hey Danny. Looking forward to listening to you later.
	3:23pm Johnny Rahmer: Kizmet fo sho!!!
	3:24pm listener Rey: This is great, I only know his "Spellbinder" album
	3:25pm still b/p: Never heard of the Allen Gentle LP. This fella here says it "fails" and calls the project's partnering a "miscalculation," though he finds interest and cause to compliment Szabo in the tracks you played written by the guitarist. www.dougpayne.com...
	3:26pm Mike Stax: Great show so far. Thanks for spreading the world about Gabor.
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: Not Light My Fire, Eight Miles High, the album is called Light My Fire
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike!
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: Johnny Rahmer!!
	3:28pm Erica: I was about to say Larry. That's Eight Miles High, one of my favorite Byrds tracks.
	3:29pm Mike Stax: Hey Larry. This version of Eight Miles High really starts cooking when Gabor solos in the middle.
	3:29pm Little Danny: Mike Stax! Big fan of your musical (and written) work all the way back to the Crawdaddies...
	3:29pm Funky16Corners: @SBP - I like that album alot, but as you know I have a taste for Now Sound edging into kitsch, but I think a lot of that record stand on its own merits
	3:30pm Johnny Rahmer: Big news today! I’m glad I took a long break from work to enjoy the show!
	3:30pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Yessir! That's why I selected this track in particular
	3:31pm Mike Stax: Thank you, Little Danny!
	3:31pm Funky16Corners: @Johnny - You work? ;)
	3:31pm Little Danny: Man I haven't seen those Doug Payne pages in forever. The original compositions on the Steve Allen LP are definitely the highlights.
	3:33pm still b/p: Heh, I like that. If someone asked, "Do you want to hear an album with the Now Sound edging into kitsch?" I'd be like, "Well, YES, I totally do!"
	3:33pm Funky16Corners: Steve Allen had his tentacles in some really interesting stuff in the 60s
	3:35pm Little Danny: @Larry: I feel like I've asked you this before, but have you heard the Advancement LP on Philips? One of vibraphonist Lynn Blessing's jazz vehicles, and one of the few recordings I've heard that really taps into the Szabo now-psychedelic-jazz aesthetic.
	3:35pm Sem: Gabor! Gabor! I felt so sophisticated saying his name for the first time... Hello, Larry, Testifiers, lurkers, and all.
	3:35pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - I haven't, but Lynn Blessing was in Szabo's band for a while (at least on the Magical Connection LP)
	3:36pm Funky16Corners: Hey Sem!
	3:36pm Michael 98145: gotta love that LP cover
	3:36pm Mike Stax: The Advancement album is amazing. It features Lou Kabok and Hal Gordon right after they left Gabor's group in '69. I have the full scoop in the next issue of Ugly Things. Big interview with Lou Kabok!
	3:36pm Funky16Corners: I always enjoy saying his name since I'm part Hungarian.
	3:37pm Funky16Corners: @Michael - I'd be willing to be that a large percentage of the people that bought that album used got it to hang on their wall
	3:37pm Erica: Gabor is such a lovely last name, Dahling.
	3:37pm Sem: Spent three weeks at a Budapest health spa. Didn't understand a word of the language, but a terrific good time.
	3:39pm Funky16Corners: Gabor doing a very Gary McFarland thing with the wordless vocals
	3:39pm Little Danny: @Mike Stax: Awesome! I knew there was some overlap in personnel with the groups. Blessing's Jazz Corps LP with Roland Kirk has some dreamy moments, too, though with an otherwise different lineup IIRC.
	3:40pm Funky16Corners: All of which reminds me that I need to make some goulash next week...
	3:42pm Mark R: This is cool, I'd never heard the original "Gypsy Queen," only as the back half of Santana's "Black Magic Woman" jam.
	3:43pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mark! Yeah, it's kind of a revelation
	3:46pm Funky16Corners: I may have to institute a 'Beat Goes On' rationing system. I seem to be playing it a lot.
	3:48pm Michael 98145: I'm sure i've bored you all with this story before ... but there is a small Sonny Bono shrine next to the escalator at the Palm Springs airport
	3:48pm Funky16Corners: Official?
	3:48pm Little Danny: "Beat Goes On" is great, don't ration it, Larry!
	3:49pm Funky16Corners: @Mike Stax - Are there any other Szabo albums where he plays with a second guitarist?
	3:49pm Michael 98145: Official, yes. Mostly a bronze head on a pedestal.
	3:50pm still b/p: Who in your audience would advocate for rationing it? Or call the authorities for quota violations?
	3:50pm Funky16Corners: If only Sonny's real head had been that hard...
	3:50pm Funky16Corners: @SBP - I was just kidding. If I find more I'll play more. Remember, I did an all-Beat Goes On episode.
	3:51pm Funky16Corners: I'm gonna open up your gate...
	3:51pm Michael 98145: Bono was the mayor of Palm Springs in the late 80s.
	3:51pm Erica: Some velvet morning when you're straight Larry.
	3:52pm Mike Stax: Jimmy Stewart plays second guitar on The Sorcerer, More Sorcery, Bacchanal and Dreams. He played an acoustic, mostly classical and flamenco style picking. It contrasted so nicely with Gabor's amplified acoustic.
	3:52pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Me and Phaedra...
	3:52pm Little Danny: Vaguely remember a second guitarist on Simpatico, at least the title track.
	3:53pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Thanks!
	3:53pm Little Danny: The second guitarist doing some Latin vamping.
	3:53pm Funky16Corners: I love the feedback on this track
	3:54pm Erica: @Larry Haha Larry. I suppose Jennifer is Phaedra.
	3:54pm Funky16Corners: She'd be the one I was telling about Phaedra...
	3:54pm Mike Stax: And of course Bobby Womack is playing rhythm guitar all through the High Contrast album.
	3:55pm Funky16Corners: Yes, though isn't he really close to an equal partner on that album?
	3:57pm Michael 98145: oh, yes. love this track.
	3:57pm Mike Stax: Yeah, Booby wrote or co-wrote most of the album. According to his book, he dashed off most of them in a few hours or right there in the studio, including "Breezin'." Not sure if I believe that!
	3:57pm doctorjazz: Hi folks!
	3:57pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	3:57pm Erica: @Larry ...And how she gave you life and how she made it in?
	3:58pm Little Danny: I love this track too.
	3:58pm Erica: Or whatever that was.
	3:58pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - The whole megillah.
	3:58pm Erica: Hi doctorjazz.
	3:58pm dreamyandseedy: digging this one!
	3:59pm Funky16Corners: This album - at least to my ears - is where Szabo almost becomes a genre to himself. The perfect mix of jazz, exotica and psychedelia
	3:59pm Funky16Corners: Hey dreamy!
	4:00pm Wendy del Formaggio: Hello Larry! What a great time for me to tune in. I've long been delighted by/curious about Gabor Szabo.
	4:00pm Mike Stax: @Larry... Agree! Dreams may have been Gabor's masterpiece. I wish he would have continued in this direction for a while longer.
	4:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Wendy!
	4:01pm Funky16Corners: We always welcome the Szabo-curious!
	4:04pm Funky16Corners: If this piece sounds familiar, it's an adaptation of Manuel Da Falla's 'El Amor Brujo - Danza Ritual del Fuego' aka Ritual Fire Dance. A version of it pops up on the soundtrack to the TV series Fargo (I think season one)
	4:05pm Funky16Corners: Dig the story of the ballet from Wikipedia! "In De Falla's ballet, El amor brujo, a young Andalusian gypsy girl called Candela is haunted by the ghost of her dead husband. To get rid of him, all the gypsies make a large circle around their campfire at midnight. Candela then performs the Ritual Fire Dance. This causes the ghost to appear, with whom she then dances. As they whirl around faster and faster, the ghost is drawn into the fire, making it vanish forever"
	4:05pm Sem: Lovin' this Szabo show. Thanks, Larry the G.
	4:06pm Funky16Corners: My pleasure!
	4:11pm Phillippe Bastille: howdy
	4:12pm sqomi: love the show. really digging today's theme and all the tidbits!
	4:13pm Funky16Corners: Phillippe! Sqomi! Thanks!
	4:14pm Little Danny: How is this '1969' album, Larry? I've never dug into it.
	4:14pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Larry and everyone! Hi Mike Stax! It's Candace in Austin!
	4:15pm Funky16Corners: It's great, Danny. Includes lots of groovy covers and one of his best psychedelic pieces which you'll hear in a few.
	4:15pm Funky16Corners: Candy-O!
	4:16pm Funky16Corners: In re 1969, the first copy I bought of this album, maybe 30 years ago, the record itself had candle wax melted all over it. I was not able to remove all of it.
	4:16pm Candy-O'67: Beautiful music today, Larry!
	4:16pm Funky16Corners: AKA HIPPIES!
	4:17pm Mike Stax: Hey Candace!
	4:17pm Funky16Corners: Thanks, Candy-O!
	4:17pm Candy-O'67: Nice to see ya in the chat, Mike :)
	4:19pm Funky16Corners: @Candy-O - Mike is writing a book about Gabor Szabo!
	4:19pm Candy-O'67: Oh, wow! I'm sure it's gonna be good!
	4:20pm Mike Stax: Just got started. But it's an exciting project.
	4:21pm Candy-O'67: I'm sure it is!
	4:21pm Mike Stax: My favorite on this LP. Sounds more like his style on Dreams.
	4:22pm Little Danny: Hadn't realized there was an original composition on 1969. This is great.
	4:22pm Funky16Corners: Mine too!
	4:24pm dreamyandseedy: so good! atmosphere
	🥁 4:24pm Mx. Granny (e/em): Hey there, Larry and folx. Happy to be listening along…
	4:25pm Funky16Corners: Granny!
	4:25pm Mike Stax: And this is my fave on Magical Connection. Great picks, Larry!
	4:26pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Mike!
	4:26pm Candy-O'67: This is very nice, Magical Connection
	4:26pm Little Danny: I was completely unaware of this LP's existence.
	4:26pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Granny
	4:28pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - The copy I have is the only one I've ever seen out digging. It doesn't turn up much. It also has a break on it, so maybe the samplers are grabbing them all.
	4:28pm Funky16Corners: BTW - this is the original recording of Breezin, later a huge hit for George Benson
	4:31pm Wendy del Formaggio: I think the Weather Channel used to use this track during the early-to-mid 1990s when they'd do their "five-day forecast." Now I know why: "Breezin'"! Very clever, Weather Channel!
	4:31pm Funky16Corners: Weather Channel subtext!
	4:31pm Candy-O'67: I definitely recognized Breezin
	4:32pm Funky16Corners: There's a great, semi-funky version by Sammy Gordon and the Hiphuggers
	4:33pm Funky16Corners: This is Szabo covering himself. He originally recorded this on Jazz Raga.
	4:34pm Mike Stax: I like the version of "Mizrab" on The Sorcerer best of all, but this one has a great vibe.
	4:35pm Funky16Corners: I love how Szabo went to CTI and his vibe stayed intact (if a little more electrified)
	4:36pm Funky16Corners: Dig that Bob James electric piano...
	4:38pm Funky16Corners: Billy Cobham on drums...
	4:38pm Little Danny: Slouching homeward for the day. Thanks for the great show, Larry.
	4:39pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Danny!
	4:41pm spodiodi: hi Larry Grogan and everyone! been digging the show afk while taking care of biz
	4:41pm Funky16Corners: Hey spodiodi!
	4:55pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry! nice Gabor Szabo stuff
	4:55pm Funky16Corners: Thanks spodiodi!
	4:55pm listener Rey: Fantastic show Larry. Thanks for bringing more Szabo into our lives.
	4:56pm Candy-O'67: Enjoyed it, Larry! Thanks so much! I agree with Rey :)
	4:56pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Rey! Candy-O!
	🥁 4:57pm dutchtheo: Thanks, Larry! The Tao of Gabor Szabo!
	4:57pm dreamyandseedy: i know i'm going to listen back to this show! beautiful, deep sounds, thank you!
	4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Dreamy!
	4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Theo!
	4:58pm Erica: Great show Larry. The music of Gabor Szabo is quite soothing.
	4:58pm Mike Stax: Excellent show, Larry. And perfect timing. Thanks so much.
	4:58pm Matt from New Orleans: Thanks Larry. Glad I made time to listen today.
	4:59pm Wendy del Formaggio: Thank you, Larry!
	🥁 5:01pm Yvang: Thanks Larry. Groovy show!
	5:02pm Johnny Rahmer: I would have loved to hear what Gabor would have done with the Stooges' 1969!!!!
	5:03pm Erica: Thanks Larry!
	5:03pm Funky16Corners: Thanks everyone!
	🥁 5:04pm Mx. Granny (e/em): Thanks, Larry! Great tribute!
	5:04pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - A very happy coincidence!
	5:04pm Funky16Corners: @Johnny - I would pay to hear that!
	5:04pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Granny!
	10:26am Cal Zone!: Super terrific show LG! Was listening to most of it yesterday while cooking dinner and it def helped the recipe! Speaking of 'cooking' The 8 miles High track segue into 'Krishna'....Hoo Wheee!
	10:44am Funky16Corners: Thanks Cal!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from February 25, 2021

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February 25, 2021: Testify! - The Guitar Sorcery of Gabor Szabo

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Gary McFarland	Fried Bananas "Fried Bananas" by "Gary McFarland"	The In Sound	Verve	1966	LP	0:01:26 (Pop-up)
Steve Allen and the Gentle Players	Fox	Songs For Gentle People	Dunhill	1967	LP	0:05:54 (Pop-up)
Steve Allen and the Gentle Players	Flowers and Love	Songs For Gentle People	Dunhill	1967	LP	0:09:51 (Pop-up)
Lena Horne and Gabor Szabo	Rocky Raccoon	Lena and Gabor	Skye	1970	LP	0:14:00 (Pop-up)
Lena Horne and Gabor Szabo	Message to Michael	Lena and Gabor	Skye	1970	LP	0:17:27 (Pop-up)

Bob Thiele and the New Happy Times Orchestra featuring Gabor Szabo, Bill Plummer and the California Dreamers	Eight Miles High	Light My Fire	Impulse	1967	LP	0:30:08 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Krishna "Krishna" by "Gabor Szabo"	Jazz Raga	Impulse	1966	LP	0:34:52 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Search For Nirvana "Search For Nirvana" by "Gabor Szabo"	Jazz Raga	Impulse	1966	LP	0:38:02 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Gypsy Queen "Gypsy Queen" by "Gabor Szabo"	Spellbinder	Impulse	1966	LP	0:40:07 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	The Beat Goes On "The Beat Goes On" by "Gabor Szabo"	The Sorcerer	Impulse	1967	LP	0:45:16 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Some Velvet Morning "Some Velvet Morning" by "Gabor Szabo"	Bacchanal	Skye	1968	LP	0:50:08 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Galatea's Guitar "Galatea's Guitar" by "Gabor Szabo"	Dreams	Skye	1968	LP	0:55:28 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Fire Dance "Fire Dance" by "Gabor Szabo"	Dreams	Skye	1968	LP	1:01:01 (Pop-up)
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Gabor Szabo	Michael From Mountains	1969	Skye	1969	LP	1:13:08 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Stormy "Stormy" by "Gabor Szabo"	1969	Skye	1969	LP	1:17:11 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Somewhere I Belong "Somewhere I Belong" by "Gabor Szabo"	1969	Skye	1969	LP	1:20:24 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Pretty Girl Why "Pretty Girl Why" by "Gabor Szabo"	Magical Connection	Blue Thumb	1970	LP	1:24:03 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Breezin' "Breezin'" by "Gabor Szabo"	High Contrast	Blue Thumb	1971	LP	1:27:29 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Mizrab "Mizrab" by "Gabor Szabo"	Mizrab	CTI	1973	LP	1:30:35 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Summer Breeze "Summer Breeze" by "Gabor Szabo"	Mizrab	CTI	1973	LP	1:40:06 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Rambler "Rambler" by "Gabor Szabo"	Rambler	CTI	1974	LP	1:46:10 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Misty Malarky Yin Yang	Faces	Mercury	1977	LP	1:51:36 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45	2:03:32 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:00pm Matt from New Orleans: Hey Larry and everyone
	3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Matt!
	3:02pm Jeff Ash: Greetings from sunny but cool Wisconsin!
	3:02pm Funky16Corners: Jeff!
	🥁 3:03pm Yvang: Hey Larry! I am all ears!
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: Yvang! Welcome!
	3:03pm Matt from New Orleans: Enjoying these 🍌s
	3:04pm Funky16Corners: I love this record!
	3:05pm Matt from New Orleans: I had some fried plantains for lunch. I got food from a West African restaurant here. It was tasty.
	3:06pm mauri: cool bananas
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: I have a plantain recipe I want to try.
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: Hey mauri!
	🥁 3:07pm dutchtheo: Hi Larry, and Szabo wizards
	3:08pm still b/p: Ah, the ol' banana frying always recalls the MAD mag Don Martin reference to it. You can see the cartoon down this page a bit. www.trueorbetter.com...
	3:08pm Funky16Corners: Theo!
	3:08pm Funky16Corners: SBP!
	3:08pm Michael 98145: Looking forward to Szabo Fest
	3:09pm Funky16Corners: Hey Michael!
	3:11pm Funky16Corners: And that is the most feedback you will ever hear on a Steve Allen album.
	3:12pm Michael 98145: many, many years ago i was in the audience at a Steve Allen tv taping
	3:12pm Funky16Corners: Which show?
	3:14pm Michael 98145: The Tonight Show ... probably '57
	3:14pm Funky16Corners: Wow!
	3:14pm Erica: Hi Larry.
	3:14pm Funky16Corners: Hi Erica!
	3:15pm Mike Sin: Looking forward to the Szabo-Rama! I'm pretty ignorant about a lot of his material -- I only know "Jazz Raga."
	3:15pm Little Danny: Hi Larry, hi all.
	3:16pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike! Danny!
	3:16pm Matt from New Orleans: Hey Danny. Looking forward to listening to you later.
	3:23pm Johnny Rahmer: Kizmet fo sho!!!
	3:24pm listener Rey: This is great, I only know his "Spellbinder" album
	3:25pm still b/p: Never heard of the Allen Gentle LP. This fella here says it "fails" and calls the project's partnering a "miscalculation," though he finds interest and cause to compliment Szabo in the tracks you played written by the guitarist. www.dougpayne.com...
	3:26pm Mike Stax: Great show so far. Thanks for spreading the world about Gabor.
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: Not Light My Fire, Eight Miles High, the album is called Light My Fire
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike!
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: Johnny Rahmer!!
	3:28pm Erica: I was about to say Larry. That's Eight Miles High, one of my favorite Byrds tracks.
	3:29pm Mike Stax: Hey Larry. This version of Eight Miles High really starts cooking when Gabor solos in the middle.
	3:29pm Little Danny: Mike Stax! Big fan of your musical (and written) work all the way back to the Crawdaddies...
	3:29pm Funky16Corners: @SBP - I like that album alot, but as you know I have a taste for Now Sound edging into kitsch, but I think a lot of that record stand on its own merits
	3:30pm Johnny Rahmer: Big news today! I’m glad I took a long break from work to enjoy the show!
	3:30pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Yessir! That's why I selected this track in particular
	3:31pm Mike Stax: Thank you, Little Danny!
	3:31pm Funky16Corners: @Johnny - You work? ;)
	3:31pm Little Danny: Man I haven't seen those Doug Payne pages in forever. The original compositions on the Steve Allen LP are definitely the highlights.
	3:33pm still b/p: Heh, I like that. If someone asked, "Do you want to hear an album with the Now Sound edging into kitsch?" I'd be like, "Well, YES, I totally do!"
	3:33pm Funky16Corners: Steve Allen had his tentacles in some really interesting stuff in the 60s
	3:35pm Little Danny: @Larry: I feel like I've asked you this before, but have you heard the Advancement LP on Philips? One of vibraphonist Lynn Blessing's jazz vehicles, and one of the few recordings I've heard that really taps into the Szabo now-psychedelic-jazz aesthetic.
	3:35pm Sem: Gabor! Gabor! I felt so sophisticated saying his name for the first time... Hello, Larry, Testifiers, lurkers, and all.
	3:35pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - I haven't, but Lynn Blessing was in Szabo's band for a while (at least on the Magical Connection LP)
	3:36pm Funky16Corners: Hey Sem!
	3:36pm Michael 98145: gotta love that LP cover
	3:36pm Mike Stax: The Advancement album is amazing. It features Lou Kabok and Hal Gordon right after they left Gabor's group in '69. I have the full scoop in the next issue of Ugly Things. Big interview with Lou Kabok!
	3:36pm Funky16Corners: I always enjoy saying his name since I'm part Hungarian.
	3:37pm Funky16Corners: @Michael - I'd be willing to be that a large percentage of the people that bought that album used got it to hang on their wall
	3:37pm Erica: Gabor is such a lovely last name, Dahling.
	3:37pm Sem: Spent three weeks at a Budapest health spa. Didn't understand a word of the language, but a terrific good time.
	3:39pm Funky16Corners: Gabor doing a very Gary McFarland thing with the wordless vocals
	3:39pm Little Danny: @Mike Stax: Awesome! I knew there was some overlap in personnel with the groups. Blessing's Jazz Corps LP with Roland Kirk has some dreamy moments, too, though with an otherwise different lineup IIRC.
	3:40pm Funky16Corners: All of which reminds me that I need to make some goulash next week...
	3:42pm Mark R: This is cool, I'd never heard the original "Gypsy Queen," only as the back half of Santana's "Black Magic Woman" jam.
	3:43pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mark! Yeah, it's kind of a revelation
	3:46pm Funky16Corners: I may have to institute a 'Beat Goes On' rationing system. I seem to be playing it a lot.
	3:48pm Michael 98145: I'm sure i've bored you all with this story before ... but there is a small Sonny Bono shrine next to the escalator at the Palm Springs airport
	3:48pm Funky16Corners: Official?
	3:48pm Little Danny: "Beat Goes On" is great, don't ration it, Larry!
	3:49pm Funky16Corners: @Mike Stax - Are there any other Szabo albums where he plays with a second guitarist?
	3:49pm Michael 98145: Official, yes. Mostly a bronze head on a pedestal.
	3:50pm still b/p: Who in your audience would advocate for rationing it? Or call the authorities for quota violations?
	3:50pm Funky16Corners: If only Sonny's real head had been that hard...
	3:50pm Funky16Corners: @SBP - I was just kidding. If I find more I'll play more. Remember, I did an all-Beat Goes On episode.
	3:51pm Funky16Corners: I'm gonna open up your gate...
	3:51pm Michael 98145: Bono was the mayor of Palm Springs in the late 80s.
	3:51pm Erica: Some velvet morning when you're straight Larry.
	3:52pm Mike Stax: Jimmy Stewart plays second guitar on The Sorcerer, More Sorcery, Bacchanal and Dreams. He played an acoustic, mostly classical and flamenco style picking. It contrasted so nicely with Gabor's amplified acoustic.
	3:52pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Me and Phaedra...
	3:52pm Little Danny: Vaguely remember a second guitarist on Simpatico, at least the title track.
	3:53pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Thanks!
	3:53pm Little Danny: The second guitarist doing some Latin vamping.
	3:53pm Funky16Corners: I love the feedback on this track
	3:54pm Erica: @Larry Haha Larry. I suppose Jennifer is Phaedra.
	3:54pm Funky16Corners: She'd be the one I was telling about Phaedra...
	3:54pm Mike Stax: And of course Bobby Womack is playing rhythm guitar all through the High Contrast album.
	3:55pm Funky16Corners: Yes, though isn't he really close to an equal partner on that album?
	3:57pm Michael 98145: oh, yes. love this track.
	3:57pm Mike Stax: Yeah, Booby wrote or co-wrote most of the album. According to his book, he dashed off most of them in a few hours or right there in the studio, including "Breezin'." Not sure if I believe that!
	3:57pm doctorjazz: Hi folks!
	3:57pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	3:57pm Erica: @Larry ...And how she gave you life and how she made it in?
	3:58pm Little Danny: I love this track too.
	3:58pm Erica: Or whatever that was.
	3:58pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - The whole megillah.
	3:58pm Erica: Hi doctorjazz.
	3:58pm dreamyandseedy: digging this one!
	3:59pm Funky16Corners: This album - at least to my ears - is where Szabo almost becomes a genre to himself. The perfect mix of jazz, exotica and psychedelia
	3:59pm Funky16Corners: Hey dreamy!
	4:00pm Wendy del Formaggio: Hello Larry! What a great time for me to tune in. I've long been delighted by/curious about Gabor Szabo.
	4:00pm Mike Stax: @Larry... Agree! Dreams may have been Gabor's masterpiece. I wish he would have continued in this direction for a while longer.
	4:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Wendy!
	4:01pm Funky16Corners: We always welcome the Szabo-curious!
	4:04pm Funky16Corners: If this piece sounds familiar, it's an adaptation of Manuel Da Falla's 'El Amor Brujo - Danza Ritual del Fuego' aka Ritual Fire Dance. A version of it pops up on the soundtrack to the TV series Fargo (I think season one)
	4:05pm Funky16Corners: Dig the story of the ballet from Wikipedia! "In De Falla's ballet, El amor brujo, a young Andalusian gypsy girl called Candela is haunted by the ghost of her dead husband. To get rid of him, all the gypsies make a large circle around their campfire at midnight. Candela then performs the Ritual Fire Dance. This causes the ghost to appear, with whom she then dances. As they whirl around faster and faster, the ghost is drawn into the fire, making it vanish forever"
	4:05pm Sem: Lovin' this Szabo show. Thanks, Larry the G.
	4:06pm Funky16Corners: My pleasure!
	4:11pm Phillippe Bastille: howdy
	4:12pm sqomi: love the show. really digging today's theme and all the tidbits!
	4:13pm Funky16Corners: Phillippe! Sqomi! Thanks!
	4:14pm Little Danny: How is this '1969' album, Larry? I've never dug into it.
	4:14pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Larry and everyone! Hi Mike Stax! It's Candace in Austin!
	4:15pm Funky16Corners: It's great, Danny. Includes lots of groovy covers and one of his best psychedelic pieces which you'll hear in a few.
	4:15pm Funky16Corners: Candy-O!
	4:16pm Funky16Corners: In re 1969, the first copy I bought of this album, maybe 30 years ago, the record itself had candle wax melted all over it. I was not able to remove all of it.
	4:16pm Candy-O'67: Beautiful music today, Larry!
	4:16pm Funky16Corners: AKA HIPPIES!
	4:17pm Mike Stax: Hey Candace!
	4:17pm Funky16Corners: Thanks, Candy-O!
	4:17pm Candy-O'67: Nice to see ya in the chat, Mike :)
	4:19pm Funky16Corners: @Candy-O - Mike is writing a book about Gabor Szabo!
	4:19pm Candy-O'67: Oh, wow! I'm sure it's gonna be good!
	4:20pm Mike Stax: Just got started. But it's an exciting project.
	4:21pm Candy-O'67: I'm sure it is!
	4:21pm Mike Stax: My favorite on this LP. Sounds more like his style on Dreams.
	4:22pm Little Danny: Hadn't realized there was an original composition on 1969. This is great.
	4:22pm Funky16Corners: Mine too!
	4:24pm dreamyandseedy: so good! atmosphere
	🥁 4:24pm Mx. Granny (e/em): Hey there, Larry and folx. Happy to be listening along…
	4:25pm Funky16Corners: Granny!
	4:25pm Mike Stax: And this is my fave on Magical Connection. Great picks, Larry!
	4:26pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Mike!
	4:26pm Candy-O'67: This is very nice, Magical Connection
	4:26pm Little Danny: I was completely unaware of this LP's existence.
	4:26pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Granny
	4:28pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - The copy I have is the only one I've ever seen out digging. It doesn't turn up much. It also has a break on it, so maybe the samplers are grabbing them all.
	4:28pm Funky16Corners: BTW - this is the original recording of Breezin, later a huge hit for George Benson
	4:31pm Wendy del Formaggio: I think the Weather Channel used to use this track during the early-to-mid 1990s when they'd do their "five-day forecast." Now I know why: "Breezin'"! Very clever, Weather Channel!
	4:31pm Funky16Corners: Weather Channel subtext!
	4:31pm Candy-O'67: I definitely recognized Breezin
	4:32pm Funky16Corners: There's a great, semi-funky version by Sammy Gordon and the Hiphuggers
	4:33pm Funky16Corners: This is Szabo covering himself. He originally recorded this on Jazz Raga.
	4:34pm Mike Stax: I like the version of "Mizrab" on The Sorcerer best of all, but this one has a great vibe.
	4:35pm Funky16Corners: I love how Szabo went to CTI and his vibe stayed intact (if a little more electrified)
	4:36pm Funky16Corners: Dig that Bob James electric piano...
	4:38pm Funky16Corners: Billy Cobham on drums...
	4:38pm Little Danny: Slouching homeward for the day. Thanks for the great show, Larry.
	4:39pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Danny!
	4:41pm spodiodi: hi Larry Grogan and everyone! been digging the show afk while taking care of biz
	4:41pm Funky16Corners: Hey spodiodi!
	4:55pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry! nice Gabor Szabo stuff
	4:55pm Funky16Corners: Thanks spodiodi!
	4:55pm listener Rey: Fantastic show Larry. Thanks for bringing more Szabo into our lives.
	4:56pm Candy-O'67: Enjoyed it, Larry! Thanks so much! I agree with Rey :)
	4:56pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Rey! Candy-O!
	🥁 4:57pm dutchtheo: Thanks, Larry! The Tao of Gabor Szabo!
	4:57pm dreamyandseedy: i know i'm going to listen back to this show! beautiful, deep sounds, thank you!
	4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Dreamy!
	4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Theo!
	4:58pm Erica: Great show Larry. The music of Gabor Szabo is quite soothing.
	4:58pm Mike Stax: Excellent show, Larry. And perfect timing. Thanks so much.
	4:58pm Matt from New Orleans: Thanks Larry. Glad I made time to listen today.
	4:59pm Wendy del Formaggio: Thank you, Larry!
	🥁 5:01pm Yvang: Thanks Larry. Groovy show!
	5:02pm Johnny Rahmer: I would have loved to hear what Gabor would have done with the Stooges' 1969!!!!
	5:03pm Erica: Thanks Larry!
	5:03pm Funky16Corners: Thanks everyone!
	🥁 5:04pm Mx. Granny (e/em): Thanks, Larry! Great tribute!
	5:04pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - A very happy coincidence!
	5:04pm Funky16Corners: @Johnny - I would pay to hear that!
	5:04pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Granny!
	10:26am Cal Zone!: Super terrific show LG! Was listening to most of it yesterday while cooking dinner and it def helped the recipe! Speaking of 'cooking' The 8 miles High track segue into 'Krishna'....Hoo Wheee!
	10:44am Funky16Corners: Thanks Cal!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from February 25, 2021

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