WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from September 13, 2017

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from September 13, 2017

A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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September 13, 2017: All aboard for LA, SanFran, Woodstock, Ghana, Java, Addis Abbaba and points West...

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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)
The Millennium	Prelude/To Claudia On Thursday	Begin	Columbia	1968	LP	0:01:42 (Pop-up)
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions	Speedboat	Rattlesnakes	Polydor	1984	LP	0:05:56 (Pop-up)
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions	Rattlesnakes	Rattlesnakes	Polydor	1984	LP	0:10:25 (Pop-up)
The Sneetches	In a Perfect Place "In a Perfect Place" by "The Sneetches"	Sometimes That's All We Have	Alias	1988	LP	0:13:46 (Pop-up)
The Sneetches	You're Gonna Need Her	Sometimes That's All We Have	Alias	1988	LP	0:16:18 (Pop-up)
The Band	Chest Fever "Chest Fever" by "The Band"	Music From Big Pink	Capitol	1968	LP	0:19:47 (Pop-up)

Arthur Alexander	Anna "Anna" by "Arthur Alexander"	45RPM Single	Dot	1962	45	0:30:31 (Pop-up)
Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On	45RPM Single	Dot	1961	45	0:32:22 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Hughes	Steal Away "Steal Away" by "Jimmy Hughes"	45RPM Single	Fame	1964	45	0:35:01 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Smith	Where It's At "Where It's At" by "Lonnie Smith"	Boogaloo To Beck	Scufflin'	2003	CD	0:37:24 (Pop-up)
Weather Report	Teen Town "Teen Town" by "Weather Report"	Heavy Weather	Columbia	1977	CD	0:44:17 (Pop-up)
Jackie McLean	Appointment In Ghana	Jackie's Bag	Blue Note	1960	CD	0:47:05 (Pop-up)
Jackie McLean	Isle of Java "Isle of Java" by "Jackie McLean"	Jackie's Bag	Blue Note	1960	CD	0:54:00 (Pop-up)
The Jimmy Giuffre 3	The Train and the River	Live at the Newport Jazz Festival	Fresh Sound	1958	CD	1:01:23 (Pop-up)

Thelonious Monk	Round Midnight "Round Midnight" by "Thelonious Monk"	Monk Alone	Columbia	1962	CD	1:11:45 (Pop-up)
Tsega-Maryam Guebrou	The Homeless Wanderer	Ethiopiques 21 - Piano Solo	Ethiopiques	1967	CD	1:14:57 (Pop-up)
Daniel Lanois	Still Water "Still Water" by "Daniel Lanois"	Acadie	Opal	1989	CD	1:22:01 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell	The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen	Leon Russell and the Shelter People	Shelter	1971	LP	1:26:24 (Pop-up)
The Rain Parade	Prisoners "Prisoners" by "The Rain Parade"	Explosions in the Glass Palace	Enigma	1984	CD	1:30:17 (Pop-up)
The Rain Parade	Blue "Blue" by "The Rain Parade"	Explosions In the Glass Palace	Enigma	1984	CD	1:34:05 (Pop-up)
Rainy Day	I'll Keep It With Mine "I'll Keep It With Mine" by "Rainy Day"	Rainy Day	Llama	1984	CD	1:36:56 (Pop-up)
Leonard Cohen	So Long Maryanne "So Long Maryanne" by "Leonard Cohen"	Songs of Leonard Cohen	Columbia	1967	LP	1:40:14 (Pop-up)
Van Morrison	Astral Weeks "Astral Weeks" by "Van Morrison"	Astral Weeks	Warner Brothers	1968	CD	1:45:44 (Pop-up)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	like	1966	45	1:58:39 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	🥁 ♥ 10:00pm Gary: Howdy!
	🥁 ♥ 10:01pm Jeff Ash: I am ready to testify all the way from the shadow of Lambeau Field!
	♥ 10:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Gary and Jeff!
	10:07pm hyde: a brief hello before i go to bed
	♥ 10:08pm Funky16Corners: Hey Hyde!
	10:13pm Parq: Hey Lloyd, I'm ready to be commoted.
	♥ 10:13pm Funky16Corners: Hey Parq!
	10:26pm Kris Holmes: Yay The Band
	10:27pm Parq: Well, so much for my memory. I had thought that the last track of that set was Traffic.
	♥ 10:27pm Doug Schulkind: Larrify!
	10:28pm Kris Holmes: I have never heard of The Sneetches!!!
	♥ 10:30pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug, Kris!
	10:30pm Kris Holmes: Arthur Alexander, one of the great voices of early soul
	♥ 10:30pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, what a singer!
	♥ 10:34pm Doug Schulkind: I third that (e)motion.
	10:34pm Kris Holmes: and one i never really bothered grabbing 45s by
	♥ 10:34pm Funky16Corners: Great bridge between soul and country as well.
	10:35pm Kris Holmes: yep, that later stuff from the early 70s is slept on from an artistic standpoint
	♥ 10:37pm Funky16Corners: His only other R&B hit, besides Anna was a 1978 cover of Dr Hook's 'Sharing the Night Together'?!?
	10:37pm Kris Holmes: speaking of great voices!! Little Danny & I had a lengthy text message convo about the awesomeness of Jimmy Hughes a month or so back.
	10:37pm Kris Holmes: You Better Move On wasn't a hit?
	♥ 10:38pm Funky16Corners: Not on the R&B charts
	♥ 10:38pm Funky16Corners: Minor pop hit
	♥ 10:39pm Funky16Corners: Which is weird, right?
	10:39pm Kris Holmes: very
	♥ 10:40pm Funky16Corners: Pre-Beatles/Stones, too, so it wasn't like he was picking up juice from them
	10:40pm Kris Holmes: i still think his debut 45 "Girl That Radiates That Charm" is hard to top.
	♥ 10:42pm Funky16Corners: As 'June' Alexander!
	10:43pm Kris Holmes: yup
	10:49pm Kris Holmes: there isn't a dud Jackie McLean record on Blue Note, super solid.
	♥ 10:50pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, perhaps the great inside/outside guy on the label
	10:50pm Kris Holmes: definitely
	♥ 10:51pm Funky16Corners: Blue Mitchell on trumpet, who oddly enough made an appearance on the Funky16Corners Radio Show two weeks ago
	10:52pm Kris Holmes: another great player
	♥ 10:53pm Funky16Corners: Those 1960s sessions are insane. Even the sidemen were stars
	10:53pm Kris Holmes: absolutely
	♥ 11:02pm Funky16Corners: This is the performance from 'Jazz On a Summer's Day'
	11:07pm Kris Holmes: love that film
	♥ 11:14pm Funky16Corners: Me too, one of my favorites. It really FEELS like summer
	11:23pm northguineahills: Nice Daniel Lanois....
	♥ 11:25pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, I love those first two albums
	11:37pm northguineahills: laters Larry, hopefully I'll be home next time (still w/o power). Salut!
	♥ 11:38pm Funky16Corners: Nite! And good luck!
	11:39pm northguineahills: Rainy Day, new to me, nice Fairport cover.
	♥ 11:40pm Funky16Corners: Great Paisley Underground all-star album from 1984. Members of the Rain Parade, Bangles, DreamSyndicate etc
	11:43pm northguineahills: ah, thanks Larry!
	♥ 11:44pm Funky16Corners: My pleasure!
	11:50pm still b/p: Lurked and liked. Thanks and goodnight.
	♥ 11:51pm Funky16Corners: Thanks for lurking!
	♥ 11:54pm Doug Schulkind: Fantastic show, Larry. Thanks!
	♥ 11:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Doug!
	2:41pm Mike Levy: Hey, thanks Larry for the plays and the kind words!

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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)
The Millennium	Prelude/To Claudia On Thursday	Begin	Columbia	1968	LP	0:01:42 (Pop-up)
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions	Speedboat	Rattlesnakes	Polydor	1984	LP	0:05:56 (Pop-up)
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions	Rattlesnakes	Rattlesnakes	Polydor	1984	LP	0:10:25 (Pop-up)
The Sneetches	In a Perfect Place "In a Perfect Place" by "The Sneetches"	Sometimes That's All We Have	Alias	1988	LP	0:13:46 (Pop-up)
The Sneetches	You're Gonna Need Her	Sometimes That's All We Have	Alias	1988	LP	0:16:18 (Pop-up)
The Band	Chest Fever "Chest Fever" by "The Band"	Music From Big Pink	Capitol	1968	LP	0:19:47 (Pop-up)

Arthur Alexander	Anna "Anna" by "Arthur Alexander"	45RPM Single	Dot	1962	45	0:30:31 (Pop-up)
Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On	45RPM Single	Dot	1961	45	0:32:22 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Hughes	Steal Away "Steal Away" by "Jimmy Hughes"	45RPM Single	Fame	1964	45	0:35:01 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Smith	Where It's At "Where It's At" by "Lonnie Smith"	Boogaloo To Beck	Scufflin'	2003	CD	0:37:24 (Pop-up)
Weather Report	Teen Town "Teen Town" by "Weather Report"	Heavy Weather	Columbia	1977	CD	0:44:17 (Pop-up)
Jackie McLean	Appointment In Ghana	Jackie's Bag	Blue Note	1960	CD	0:47:05 (Pop-up)
Jackie McLean	Isle of Java "Isle of Java" by "Jackie McLean"	Jackie's Bag	Blue Note	1960	CD	0:54:00 (Pop-up)
The Jimmy Giuffre 3	The Train and the River	Live at the Newport Jazz Festival	Fresh Sound	1958	CD	1:01:23 (Pop-up)

Thelonious Monk	Round Midnight "Round Midnight" by "Thelonious Monk"	Monk Alone	Columbia	1962	CD	1:11:45 (Pop-up)
Tsega-Maryam Guebrou	The Homeless Wanderer	Ethiopiques 21 - Piano Solo	Ethiopiques	1967	CD	1:14:57 (Pop-up)
Daniel Lanois	Still Water "Still Water" by "Daniel Lanois"	Acadie	Opal	1989	CD	1:22:01 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell	The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen	Leon Russell and the Shelter People	Shelter	1971	LP	1:26:24 (Pop-up)
The Rain Parade	Prisoners "Prisoners" by "The Rain Parade"	Explosions in the Glass Palace	Enigma	1984	CD	1:30:17 (Pop-up)
The Rain Parade	Blue "Blue" by "The Rain Parade"	Explosions In the Glass Palace	Enigma	1984	CD	1:34:05 (Pop-up)
Rainy Day	I'll Keep It With Mine "I'll Keep It With Mine" by "Rainy Day"	Rainy Day	Llama	1984	CD	1:36:56 (Pop-up)
Leonard Cohen	So Long Maryanne "So Long Maryanne" by "Leonard Cohen"	Songs of Leonard Cohen	Columbia	1967	LP	1:40:14 (Pop-up)
Van Morrison	Astral Weeks "Astral Weeks" by "Van Morrison"	Astral Weeks	Warner Brothers	1968	CD	1:45:44 (Pop-up)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	like	1966	45	1:58:39 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🥁 ♥ 10:00pm Gary: Howdy!
	🥁 ♥ 10:01pm Jeff Ash: I am ready to testify all the way from the shadow of Lambeau Field!
	♥ 10:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Gary and Jeff!
	10:07pm hyde: a brief hello before i go to bed
	♥ 10:08pm Funky16Corners: Hey Hyde!
	10:13pm Parq: Hey Lloyd, I'm ready to be commoted.
	♥ 10:13pm Funky16Corners: Hey Parq!
	10:26pm Kris Holmes: Yay The Band
	10:27pm Parq: Well, so much for my memory. I had thought that the last track of that set was Traffic.
	♥ 10:27pm Doug Schulkind: Larrify!
	10:28pm Kris Holmes: I have never heard of The Sneetches!!!
	♥ 10:30pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug, Kris!
	10:30pm Kris Holmes: Arthur Alexander, one of the great voices of early soul
	♥ 10:30pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, what a singer!
	♥ 10:34pm Doug Schulkind: I third that (e)motion.
	10:34pm Kris Holmes: and one i never really bothered grabbing 45s by
	♥ 10:34pm Funky16Corners: Great bridge between soul and country as well.
	10:35pm Kris Holmes: yep, that later stuff from the early 70s is slept on from an artistic standpoint
	♥ 10:37pm Funky16Corners: His only other R&B hit, besides Anna was a 1978 cover of Dr Hook's 'Sharing the Night Together'?!?
	10:37pm Kris Holmes: speaking of great voices!! Little Danny & I had a lengthy text message convo about the awesomeness of Jimmy Hughes a month or so back.
	10:37pm Kris Holmes: You Better Move On wasn't a hit?
	♥ 10:38pm Funky16Corners: Not on the R&B charts
	♥ 10:38pm Funky16Corners: Minor pop hit
	♥ 10:39pm Funky16Corners: Which is weird, right?
	10:39pm Kris Holmes: very
	♥ 10:40pm Funky16Corners: Pre-Beatles/Stones, too, so it wasn't like he was picking up juice from them
	10:40pm Kris Holmes: i still think his debut 45 "Girl That Radiates That Charm" is hard to top.
	♥ 10:42pm Funky16Corners: As 'June' Alexander!
	10:43pm Kris Holmes: yup
	10:49pm Kris Holmes: there isn't a dud Jackie McLean record on Blue Note, super solid.
	♥ 10:50pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, perhaps the great inside/outside guy on the label
	10:50pm Kris Holmes: definitely
	♥ 10:51pm Funky16Corners: Blue Mitchell on trumpet, who oddly enough made an appearance on the Funky16Corners Radio Show two weeks ago
	10:52pm Kris Holmes: another great player
	♥ 10:53pm Funky16Corners: Those 1960s sessions are insane. Even the sidemen were stars
	10:53pm Kris Holmes: absolutely
	♥ 11:02pm Funky16Corners: This is the performance from 'Jazz On a Summer's Day'
	11:07pm Kris Holmes: love that film
	♥ 11:14pm Funky16Corners: Me too, one of my favorites. It really FEELS like summer
	11:23pm northguineahills: Nice Daniel Lanois....
	♥ 11:25pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, I love those first two albums
	11:37pm northguineahills: laters Larry, hopefully I'll be home next time (still w/o power). Salut!
	♥ 11:38pm Funky16Corners: Nite! And good luck!
	11:39pm northguineahills: Rainy Day, new to me, nice Fairport cover.
	♥ 11:40pm Funky16Corners: Great Paisley Underground all-star album from 1984. Members of the Rain Parade, Bangles, DreamSyndicate etc
	11:43pm northguineahills: ah, thanks Larry!
	♥ 11:44pm Funky16Corners: My pleasure!
	11:50pm still b/p: Lurked and liked. Thanks and goodnight.
	♥ 11:51pm Funky16Corners: Thanks for lurking!
	♥ 11:54pm Doug Schulkind: Fantastic show, Larry. Thanks!
	♥ 11:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Doug!
	2:41pm Mike Levy: Hey, thanks Larry for the plays and the kind words!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from September 13, 2017

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