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Artist Track Album Year Comments New Approx. start time
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary  Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience   Favoriting   1961 / 1966      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Laura Nyro  Walk the Dog And Light The Light (Song Of The Road)   Favoriting Walk the Dog And Light The Light  1993      0:02:21 (Pop-up)
Steely Dan  The Boston Rag   Favoriting Countdown To Ecstasy  1973      0:06:03 (Pop-up)
Baby Face Willette  Face To Face   Favoriting Face to Face  1961      0:11:40 (Pop-up)
Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames  Yeh Yeh   Favoriting Yeh Yeh  1965      0:17:50 (Pop-up)
Dom Flemons  We Are Almost Down To The Shore   Favoriting Traveling Wildfire  2023    *   0:20:34 (Pop-up)
Bert & Bill  A Different Time   Favoriting   1966  Bert Sommer & Bill (?)
Vanguard single  		  0:23:32 (Pop-up)
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard  Short Changes   Favoriting Changes  2023    *   0:26:07 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
0:28:51 (Pop-up)
Bela Bartok  Mvt. 2: Allegro from String Quartet #3   Favoriting Bela Bartok - Emerson String Quartet - 6 String Quartets  1927 / 1988      0:36:45 (Pop-up)
A. Megrelizde & The Georgian Radio Folk Ensemble  Rostom Chabuki   Favoriting Excavated Shellac: an Alternate History of the World's Music  ? / 2020  VAR    0:41:54 (Pop-up)
Donny Hathaway  Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)   Favoriting Everything Is Everything  1970      0:44:32 (Pop-up)
James Brandon Lewis Trio  Someday We'll All Be Free   Favoriting Eye Of I  2023  Donny Hathaway cover  *   0:47:59 (Pop-up)
L'Eclair  Cosmologies Pt. 1   Favoriting Confusions  2022      0:53:28 (Pop-up)
Lady Blackbird  Baby I Just Don't   Favoriting Black Acid Jazz  2022      0:59:58 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad  Kaleidoscope   Favoriting Jazz Is Dead 17  2023    *   1:03:19 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
1:06:28 (Pop-up)
 
For Mr. Lee: R.I.P. Bill Lee 1928-2023
New York Bass Violin Choir  Veronica   Favoriting New York Bass Violin Choir  1980  Bill Lee - director, writer, bassist
Strata East  		  1:13:13 (Pop-up)
Max Roach  Deeds Not Words   Favoriting Deeds Not Words  1958  Bill Lee - composer    1:20:04 (Pop-up)
The Descendents of Mike and Phoebe  Too Little, Too Late   Favoriting A Spirit Speaks  1974  Bill Lee: composer, bassist, vocalist
Strata East  		  1:24:38 (Pop-up)
            1:28:41 (Pop-up)
August Glide  My Darkest Night   Favoriting A Different Kind  2022    *   1:28:45 (Pop-up)
Fotheringay  The Sea   Favoriting Fotheringay  1970      1:31:45 (Pop-up)
Mason Brothers  Ghost At The Wheel   Favoriting The Sun, The Moon & The Sea  2008      1:37:12 (Pop-up)
Dougie Poole  Nothing On The Earth Can Make Me Smile   Favoriting The Rainbow Wheel of Death  2022      1:40:02 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
1:43:06 (Pop-up)
Jelly Roll Morton  Sporting Attire   Favoriting The Complete Library of Congress Recordings  1938 / 2005      1:51:17 (Pop-up)
Bill Haley & His Comets  Crazy, Man, Crazy   Favoriting Rock the Joint! [Essex Recordings 1951-1954]  1953 / 1994      1:55:53 (Pop-up)
Allen Lowe & The Constant Sorrow Orchestra  Damnation   Favoriting America: The Rough Cut  2023  ESP label  *   1:58:29 (Pop-up)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys  Papa's Jumpin'   Favoriting   1938  MGM side    2:02:40 (Pop-up)
Asylum Choir  Salty Candy   Favoriting Asylum Choir II  1969 / 1971      2:05:21 (Pop-up)
Shirley Ellis  Whisper To Me Wind   Favoriting   1964  Congress lavel 45
Co-written by Lincoln Chase  		  2:07:50 (Pop-up)
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant  Railroadin’   Favoriting Swingin' on the Strings, Vol. 2  1960 / 1999      2:10:11 (Pop-up)
Lincoln Chase  (So Tired Of) Waiting   Favoriting   1951  Decca 45
co-written by Lincoln Chase  		  2:12:23 (Pop-up)
Keith Tippett Octet  The Dance Of The Sheer Joy Of It All   Favoriting The Nine Dances Of Patrick O'Gonogon  2020      2:15:02 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
2:19:49 (Pop-up)
P.J. O'Connell  Shall We   Favoriting Join The Crowd  2011      2:29:17 (Pop-up)
Ben Goldberg  The Present   Favoriting Orphic Machine  2015      2:33:06 (Pop-up)
Parker Allen  Sunday Painters   Favoriting Melon Kolly / Parker's First Song Diary  2023    *   2:39:42 (Pop-up)
Doug Wieselman  Fourviere   Favoriting Wa-Zho  2022      2:42:03 (Pop-up)
The Church  Aerodrome   Favoriting The Hypnogogue  2023    *   2:47:32 (Pop-up)
A.Burton & Congregation  God's Unchanging Hand   Favoriting Southern Journey, Vol. 3: Mississippi Highway  1959 / 1997  VAR    2:51:54 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  Beverly   Favoriting Tiddlywinks  1980 / 2023    *   2:53:41 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
2:55:47 (Pop-up)
  Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, William Yale & Pete Tomlinson


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RobbieWhite:

Good morning
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duke:

Terrifically horrific
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Andrew in Toronto:

Good morning Bob and all other listeners!
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Irene Trudel:

Good morning Bob!
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Bob Brainen:

Robbie White of WOWD!
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duke!
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(Mr) Bill:

Good morning Vietnam and everyone else. A great show so far!
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Jeff:

Good Morning Bob + fellow listeners!
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Bob Brainen:

Andrew in Toronto!
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Bob Brainen:

Irene Trudel!
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adamdoesit:

Good morning, Bob and bobsters. I can't wait to hear what's in store.
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wmfromD:

Mornin' Bob and all!
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Bob Brainen:

(Mr) Bill!
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Bob Brainen:

Jeff!
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dan:

Good morning all
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Doug Schulkind:

Bob Brainen Radio crackles back to life!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ adamdoesit @11:01
Hiya adamdoesit!
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Bob Brainen:

adamdoesit!
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Bob Brainen:

wmfromD!
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Franco Twinkie:

Good morning Bob and company!
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dan!
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adamdoesit:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:02
Hiya Andrew!
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listener james from westwood:

Morning, Bob and all!
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Bob Brainen:

Doug Schulkind!
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Franco Twinkie!
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french yak:

All Aboard!
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(Mr) Bill:

An excellent choice for post-“Christmas and the Beads of Sweat” Laura. Wish I had a dog to walk.
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Bob Brainen:

listener james from westwood!
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Bob Brainen:

french yak!
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Walk the Dog And Light The Light (Song Of The Roa...
Sweet, sweet Laura Nyro enveloping us all.
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:05
hola Franco!
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Pauly from Clifton:

Hi Bob, gang!
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Franco Twinkie:

Hi Andrew!
  11:06am
dan:

↳ Song: "The Boston Rag" by "Steely Dan"
A daily dose of the guys from Annendale College
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Bob Brainen:

Pauly from Clifton!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @11:06
Hiya Pauly!
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Yvang:

Hi! Love the horrific comics covers!
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Yvang:

and Steely Dan (unrelated).
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Franco Twinkie:

Me too! Hey Yvang.
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Yvang:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:09
Hiya Franco!!!
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Bob Brainen:

Yvang! Thanks, stumbled onto them.
I think they're from 1954-ish.
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Sem:

Hello, Bob and Pete, and the Brainen Trust.
Lovin' this Steely Dan.
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:09
Are they from your collection?
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(Mr) Bill:

“Horrific or Terrific?” reminds me of Woody Allen’s line about everything in life being either horrible or miserable.
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Bob Brainen:

Sem! (Pete's with us on the 17th-I know, it's confusing when you look quickly!)
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Yvang:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:09
Yes. The one the left is from 1953 the ther one is from december 54 digitalcomicmuseum.com...
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Gina Bacon:

Morning, Bob & all!
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Franco Twinkie:

Hi Gina!
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Bob Brainen:

Gina Bacon! (I pulled out a Max Roach album w/ your uncle's cover photo last week!)
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Yvang @11:13
Hi Yvang!
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Gina Bacon:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:15
Hi, Franco!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Sem @11:10
Greets Sem!
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Yvang:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:16
Andrew!
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Gina Bacon:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:15
Nice!!!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:14
Morning Gina!
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Sem:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:16
AiT, good to see you.
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Gina Bacon:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:16
Hey, Andrew!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:15
I think everyone here would like John Coltrane`s newsletter contact:

www.johncoltrane.com...
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Bob Brainen:

Thanks Andrew! NPR has wonderful Impressions w/Dolphy.
www.npr.org...
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:22
Thanks for the link Bob.
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sydnius:

Kumbaya Campers 🏕️
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(Mr) Bill:

R.I.P. Cynthia Weil.
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Pauly from Clifton:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:07
Hiya Andrew in TO!
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dan:

Looks like Bill never really had a career afterwards, or he completely changed his name to something we know him under.
  11:25am
dan:

↳ (Mr) Bill @11:24
Huge loss. Never realized the gamut of music she and her husband wrote.
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Andrew in Toronto:

R.I.P. Cynthia Weil.
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Black Dog:

Hey, BB and all you Brainenacs out there! Happy Saturday!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Black Dog @11:26
Hiya Black Dog!
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Listener Robert:

↳ Song: "Short Changes" by "King Gizzard And The Lizard Wi...
horror
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Bob Brainen:

Black Dog!
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dan:

🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸
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wmfromD:

↳ Song: "Face To Face" by "Baby Face Willette"
Fred Jackson put out a few killers on Blue Note.
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dan:

↳ Song: ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch""
Bud
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Bud
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sydnius:

↳ dan @11:32
Guin ness 🐸
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dan:

Guinness is my go-to beer
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Mxter Baba:

I am antilific. Hello, Bob and all!
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Bob Brainen:

Listener Robert!
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sydnius!
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sydnius:

↳ Song: "Mvt. 2: Allegro from String Quartet #3" by "Bela ...
picturing that SNL Laraine Newman skit
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(Mr) Bill:

Once a Bartok string quartet freaked me out so much that I had to leave the concert hall for a few minutes.
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northguineahills:

eyes still crossed, swore that said bob bartok...

watching the fa cup final...
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Bob Brainen:

Mxter Baba!
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doctorjazz:

Hey Bob and Bobbies! Long drummer ahead, will be listening on the road.
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wmfromD:

I've never checked out any of Bert Sommer's post 60's stuff. I know he was based in Troy NY in the last years of his life.
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spodiodi:

loving the Bartok! good morning, Bob!
good morning all
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Bob Brainen:

northguineahills!
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dan:

↳ Song: "Mvt. 2: Allegro from String Quartet #3" by "Bela ...
This needs to segue into the final movement of Barber's violin concerto
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Bob Brainen:

wmfromD. His albums aren't bad, I have to revisit.
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Bob Brainen:

spodiodi!
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dan:

↳ northguineahills @11:38
That's his long lost great great great grandson. Also works alongside PDQ Bach on the classical music tribute circuit.
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ spodiodi @11:39
morning spodi!

I`m at spinables1959@gmail.com
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wmfromD:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:40
I like his first one on Capitol.
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ northguineahills @11:38
Me too!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ doctorjazz @11:39
Hi doc!
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spodiodi:

gm Andrew!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ spodiodi @11:51
I`m at spinables1959@gmail.com

Thanks.
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spodiodi:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:52
👍 i'm not usually much for writing... would you like to choose a topic for me?
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ spodiodi @11:53
Current listening favorites.
Thanks.
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Rostom Chabuki" by "A. Megrelizde & The Georgian ...
another trophy for manshitty. if they best internazionale next week, they'll have their treble...
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Andrew in Toronto:

Liam`s still a dickhead!
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adamdoesit:

↳ Song: "Baby I Just Don't" by "Lady Blackbird"
This one's a sock in the kishkes.
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northguineahills:

i needs some dosh for a nosh...
  12:15pm
Eugene Bentley:

Hey Bob. Checking in after a vacation and doing shift work for several weeks.
  12:19pm
dan:

With Bill Lee’s passing, Ron Carter, Richard Davis and Michael Fleming are the last surviving members of the NY Bass Violin Choir
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Bob Brainen:

Eugene Bentley!
  12:35pm
dan:

Bob, you and Pete need to do a tribute on the offshoot solo careers and bands that originated from Fairport Convention.
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Bob Brainen:

dan, that is def. on our list!
  12:41pm
dan:

@Bob

Great

It seems that the entire Fairport Convention musical journey, band and offshoots can take a full month to complete
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Bob Brainen:

dan, it is a very rich family tree!
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WR:

↳ Song: "Sporting Attire" by "Jelly Roll Morton"
Greatly appreciate you playing these JRM LOC recordings weekly. I got the set long ago but tried listening to too much at once. One track at a time works better for me.
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Bob Brainen:

WR, yeah, in increments is best.
  12:59pm
timinoak:

Hello! Thank you for the show.
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Bob Brainen:

timinoak!
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Sem:

Having a great time cleaning house and listening along, Beautiful mix, thank you Bob.
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(Mr) Bill:

Where was Lincoln Chase all my life?
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Yes:

lovely show as always, bob
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adamdoesit:

↳ WR @12:56
Agree. Jelly's best by the spoonful.
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Bob Brainen:

Thanks guys!
  1:30pm
patrick321:

Hey Bob and all

Digging the grooves on a long walk through JC Keep ‘em coming!
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Bob Brainen:

patrick321!
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zzz:

↳ Song: "The Present" by "Ben Goldberg"
picked up a really sweet 2xlp of this at the merch table at the stone after a ben goldberg large ensemble show. haven’t revisited in a long time thanks for playing, lovely sounds!
morning DJ BB and all ✌️
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zzz:

what a group on here!
Carla Kihlstedt - Voice, Violin
Ben Goldberg - Bb Clarinet, Contra Alto Clarinet
Ron Miles - Trumpet
Rob Sudduth - Tenor Saxophone
Myra Melford - Piano
Nels Cline - Guitar
Kenny Wollesen - Vibraphone, Orchestra Bells, Drums
Greg Cohen – Bass
Ches Smith - Drums
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Bob Brainen:

zzz!
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Andrew in Toronto:

What a wonderful show!
Thanks Bob!
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adamdoesit:

Beautiful show. Thank you, Bob.
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spodiodi:

loved the show! thank you, Bob
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(Mr) Bill:

Answer: Terrific.
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sydnius:

TYBB! 🖖🏻
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Gina Bacon:

Thanks very much, Bob!
  1:57pm
Gerry from Miami:

Sublime stuff today, BOB Too mesmerized by the music to take the time for commentary. Intense listening is a full-time job. See ya next week!
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wmfromD:

Great great show Bob. Thanks!
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Yvang:

Thanks! Nice time!
  1:59pm
Jeff:

Thanks Bob!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ Thank You Always DJ Bob Brainen ~
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