WFMU: Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from December 2, 2020

Listener comments!
	2:01pm Listener Baby: Just me and my deep love for this show. Hello DD.
	2:02pm Dennis Diken: alright Baby! welcome yon Denizens of the Den! let's have fun!
	2:03pm Reechie: Hello again DD and all! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
	2:04pm Listener Baby: I'm way ahead of you. Working on 2019's and bobbing my head to the Fat Man.
	2:05pm Dennis Diken: to be sure Reechie, hoping you and yours did as well! way to go Baby!
	2:06pm captain mike: Hi Dennis Caught you and the band back in the day at the Star Club Oshawa Do ya remember that one?
	2:07pm Dennis Diken: captain mike, indeed I do! cool record store too! Mike Shulga was the man!
	2:10pm Sissophonic Cheryl: Hello Dennis!
	2:10pm captain mike: Lovely! Mike has passed on to the great jukebox in the sky but I do have a tape of that show as a remembrance Keep on Keeping on!
	2:13pm Dennis Diken: very cool captain. yes, i'd heard Mike passed on, RIP. Sissophonic, so nice of you to drop by!
	2:13pm DA the DJ: Hi Dennis!
	2:14pm myron feld: Dennis, very happy to hear both the rhythm AND the blues in this opening killer diller no filler set!
	2:15pm Dennis Diken: welcome DA, TAST!
	2:16pm Dennis Diken: myron, you are the best!!
	2:25pm Matt Clarke: Hi Denny!
	2:26pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Dennis and Shakers!
	2:27pm Dennis Diken: welcome Matt & Candy-O!
	2:31pm DA the DJ: MGs!
	2:32pm Dennis Diken: as per, DA!
	2:33pm Gaylord Fields: Happy Hump Day greetings, Double D!
	2:33pm myron feld: Never had a mint julep with a green onion in it, but it sure sounds like that's what Booker T et al are serving.
	2:33pm Bill E.: When do we here Blassi's Pencil Neck Geek? Maybe "The Crusher"?
	2:34pm Patricia Korshalla: Hi Dennis, loving the show!
	2:35pm Matt Clarke: Great song. Like a sister song to "You Are Everything"
	2:36pm Dennis Diken: hey Gaylord! myron - next time - I'm buying! Bill E - just give me a little shove! welcome Patricia! you got it right, Matt
	2:36pm Chop Scott: Good Afternoon Dennis & All!
	2:38pm Dennis Diken: hey Chop!
	2:40pm Listener Baby: The door is wide open!
	2:42pm Listener Baby: @Gaylord. I think I've done 5 spins of your latest show. Work of art, my fine fellow!! xox
	2:42pm Dennis Diken: welll alright Baby!! thanks a million!!
	2:43pm Matt Clarke: Great set, Denny!
	2:44pm gene sculatti: Context is everything, and the Den is so good at it: the Delfonics' form of Philly soul usually leaves me cold. But now that I've dug 'Trying to Make a Fool of Me,' I've gotta reconsider!
	2:45pm Dennis Diken: @Baby, gotta check that Gaylord stash on the archive to be sure!
	2:47pm Gaylord Fields: @Baby: Thanks! I appreciate the compliment.
	2:48pm Dennis Diken: thanks Gene - agreed, context can really change a feeling for certain sounds. so glad you're here!
	2:49pm Listener Baby: Gaylord is the only guy I know that plays (and clearly loves) that Junie song "Tightrope" The funky-est thing ever committed to tape. Also, that Hugo and Osvaldo-less Shakers tune is a keeper!
	2:55pm Reechie: That Bohannon cut was great. Another one for me to track down.
	2:57pm Dennis Diken: indeed Reechie
	3:07pm Jeff in AZ: Man, I loves me some Minus 5! Is that you drumming on this, Dennis?
	3:09pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: The fastest two hours on radio!
	3:10pm medson: Hi Dennis and everyone. Show sounds great.
	3:10pm Dennis Diken: @Jeff, nein, but I have drummed on some Minus 5 & Scott Mc rekkids. THANKS TODD-O! hey medson!
	3:11pm Gaylord Fields: @Todd-o-phonic Todd: I just looked at the clock after reading what you wrote, and you are right! (Although I know of another two-hour Rock 'n' Soul show where I can similarly lose track of the time…)
	3:12pm Gaylord Fields: Terry Black, the Canadian Billy J. Kramer, with P.F. Sloan as his Svengali!
	3:12pm Mike Conroy: Hey Dennis!
	3:13pm Dennis Diken: right Gaylord, well put! welcome Mike!
	3:18pm Michael Shelley: Wish me luck, I'm about to start painting my bathroom ceiling.
	3:21pm Dennis Diken: @Michael S - hope you got a hat
	3:21pm myron feld: @Michael Shelley: using a roller?
	3:23pm Michael Shelley: paint the town, night on the town... right Mike?
	3:24pm myron feld: @MS: I use it on my car, I'm silly
	3:25pm Michael Shelley: Ohhh - a Superhit!
	3:26pm Dennis Diken: @MS - "I know"
	3:29pm Listener Baby: Mixed a Dan Hicks // Hot Licks show so many moons ago. They were FAB!
	3:30pm Michael Shelley: alright... I gotta hit the ceiling! (nick lowe co-wrote some songs with his manager, Jake Riviera, and Jake used the pseudonym "ceiling" so the credits would read "Lowe - Ceiling")
	3:32pm Gaylord Fields: Haha! "Don't Run and Hide" was just the song I was thinking of to show off Bobby Elliott's prowess!
	3:33pm Dennis Diken: @G! ha! good one!
	3:33pm Matt Fiveash: DD! Sorry I'm late for the Bobby Elliott fan club meeting
	3:34pm Sal Maida: Jack Bruce playing bass on "Don't Run & Hide!"
	3:35pm Dennis Diken: hey Matt! just getting it on now, welcome! is that right Sal? aren't there a few bass clams on that track?
	3:39pm Gaylord Fields: @Sal Maida: As a fellow traveler, how would you rate Eric Haydock on his six-string bass?
	3:40pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks for the promotion in motion!
	3:41pm Dennis Diken: yeah Todd! can't wait to hear the Bobby Elliot interview! that's this Saturday everyone 3pm EDT on WFMU!!
	3:41pm Listener Baby: One doesn't hear enough vibrato 12 string. No?
	3:43pm Dennis Diken: @Baby - you are correct sir!
	3:43pm Jeff in AZ: Very cool YT vid of Eric Haydock playing a Bass VI on "Now's the Time" from 1963 film "It's All Over Town." Pretty cool ...
	3:47pm Dennis Diken: @Jeff, gotta look for that - Sal M, know it?
	3:52pm Jeff in AZ: Correction—1964 film. He's wearing a Bass VI way up high, and it's a fun and pretty swinging tune ...
	3:53pm Sal Maida: Hey Gaylord, I rate Eric Haydock very highly. Great player!
	3:54pm myron feld: Hadn't heard the earthier sounds of the Dells before. Pretty great! And speaking of great, another fine, fine show, Dennis -- thanks very much!
	3:54pm WR: I've been lurking but working while listening. Thank you Dennis
	3:55pm Dennis Diken: bless your pea-pickin' heart myron - yours too WR!
	3:56pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Sal! And thank you, Dennis!
	3:56pm Dennis Diken: you got it Gaylord! THANKS EVERYONE FOR TUNING IN! LOVE YOU MADLY!!
	3:56pm Candy-O'67: Thanks, Denny!
	3:57pm spurn: Another great one -- the Den is now a part of my Wednesday routine!
	3:58pm Dennis Diken: wow, so nice of you spurn and Candy-O!
	3:59pm Listener Baby: You've got a good good thing going DD. Thanks a million for sharing it. Until next week.
	4:02pm Dennis Diken: @Baby - as James Brown did say, "baby baby baby..." obliged! 'til next time....

Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from December 2, 2020

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Music behind DJ:	"Starting soon"					Starting soon	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Stan Kenton with June Christy	This Is My Theme	A Presentation of Progressive Jazz	Capitol	1947	LP		0:00:18 (Pop-up)
Fats Domino	When My Dreamboat Comes Home	Rock and Rollin’	Imperial	1956	CD		0:03:34 (Pop-up)
Ray Charles	Kissa Me Baby "Kissa Me Baby" by "Ray Charles"	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection	Swing Time	1951	CD		0:05:49 (Pop-up)
Ruth Brown	Shine On "Shine On" by "Ruth Brown"	Miss Rhythm: Greatest Hits And More	Atlantic	1951	CD		0:08:51 (Pop-up)
Little Walter	Crazy Mixed Up World	The Essential Little Walter [	Checker	1958	CD		0:11:41 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Reed	I'm A Love You "I'm A Love You" by "Jimmy Reed"	Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall	Vee Jay	1961	CD		0:13:35 (Pop-up)
Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords	I'm Not Too Young To Fall In Love	I'm So Happy	Fury	1957	CD		0:15:28 (Pop-up)
Count Basie & His Orchestra	Flight of the Foo Birds	The Atomic Mr. Basie	Roulette	1958	CD		0:17:31 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Denny D	Welcome to Denny's Den #16!	Drums! Drums! A Go Go	Dunhill	1965	CD		0:20:50 (Pop-up)
Booker T. & The MG's	One Mint Julep	And Now!	Stax	1966	CD		0:31:05 (Pop-up)
The Delfonics	Trying To Make A Fool Of Me	The Best Of The Delfonics	Philly Groove	1970	CD		0:34:05 (Pop-up)
Al Green	Tomorrow's Dream (Digitally Remastered 93)	Green Is Blues	Hi	1969	CD		0:36:57 (Pop-up)
Freddie Scott	Open the Door "Open the Door" by "Freddie Scott"	Are You Lonely For Me?	Shout	1967	CD		0:39:11 (Pop-up)
Johnny Jones & The King Casuals	It's Gonna Be Good	Brunswick Lost Soul, Vol. 2	Brunswick	1969	CD		0:41:35 (Pop-up)
Commodores	Machine Gun "Machine Gun" by "Commodores"	Machine Gun	Motown	1974	CD		0:43:19 (Pop-up)
Bohannon	Run It On Down Mr. D.J. "Run It On Down Mr. D.J." by "Bohannon"	Stop & Go	Dakar	1973	CD		0:45:52 (Pop-up)
Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers	It Won't Be Very Long	Sam Cooke With The Soul Stirrers	Specialty	1952	CD		0:49:08 (Pop-up)
Lionel Hampton & His All-Star Alumni Big Band	Turn Me Loose (Remastered)	Reunion At Newport 1967	RCA Victor	1967	CD		0:51:40 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Denny D	Denny yaps "Denny yaps" by "Denny D"	Everything I Play Is Funky	Blue Note	1969	CD		0:56:06 (Pop-up)
Nick Frater	Let's Hear It For Love	Fast & Loose	Big Stir	2020	MP3		1:02:07 (Pop-up)
The Minus 5	Courage Is The Smallest Bird	In Rock	Book	2000	CD		1:05:18 (Pop-up)
Smash Palace	Heart Of A Loving Man	Right As Rain	Zip Records	2018	CD		1:07:42 (Pop-up)
Terry Black	Can't We Go Somewhere	The Black Plague	Unidisc	1964	CD		1:10:45 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Denny D	hot air... "hot air..." by "Denny D"	Wonderwall Music	Apple	1968	CD		1:12:43 (Pop-up)
Ned Miller	From A Jack To A King "From A Jack To A King" by "Ned Miller"	From A Jack To A King	Fabor	1963	7"		1:17:20 (Pop-up)
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	Payday Blues	Last Train To Hicksville... The Home Of Happy Feet	Blue Thumb	1973	CD		1:19:28 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard	If We Make It Through December	If We Make It Through December	Capitol	1973	CD		1:22:15 (Pop-up)
Los Straitjackets	Angie "Angie" by "Los Straitjackets"	Super Hits Of The Seventies Super Hit Tsunami!	MikeShell	2019	CD		1:24:54 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Denny D	talk talk... "talk talk..." by "Denny D"	Fresh Cream	ATCO	1967	CD		1:27:23 (Pop-up)
The Hollies	Don't Run And Hide "Don't Run And Hide" by "The Hollies"	The Hollies At Abbey Road 1963-1966	Imperial	1966	CD		1:31:54 (Pop-up)
The Hollies	I'Ve Got A Way Of My Own	The Hollies At Abbey Road 1963-1966	Imperial	1966	CD		1:34:25 (Pop-up)
The Hollies	Tomorrow When It Comes	Rarities	EMI	1968	CD		1:36:30 (Pop-up)
The Hollies	So Lonely "So Lonely" by "The Hollies"	The Hollies At Abbey Road 1963-1966	Imperial	1965	CD		1:39:07 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Denny D	rappin' re Bobby Elliot "rappin' re Bobby Elliot" by "Denny D"	Psychedelic Percussion	Dunhill	1967	LP		1:41:40 (Pop-up)
The Skyliners	My Lonely Way "My Lonely Way" by "The Skyliners"	40th Anniversary Edition	Calico	1959	CD		1:45:24 (Pop-up)
Sonny Criss	Wailin' With Joe "Wailin' With Joe" by "Sonny Criss"	The Complete Imperial Sessions	Imperial	1956	CD		1:47:37 (Pop-up)
The Dells	I Wanna Go Home "I Wanna Go Home" by "The Dells"	The Very Best Of The Dells	Vee Jay	1958	CD		1:50:17 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Denny D	Signing off Denny's Den #16!	Big Beat On The Organ	Mercury	1958	LP		1:52:57 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	2:01pm Listener Baby: Just me and my deep love for this show. Hello DD.
	2:02pm Dennis Diken: alright Baby! welcome yon Denizens of the Den! let's have fun!
	2:03pm Reechie: Hello again DD and all! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
	2:04pm Listener Baby: I'm way ahead of you. Working on 2019's and bobbing my head to the Fat Man.
	2:05pm Dennis Diken: to be sure Reechie, hoping you and yours did as well! way to go Baby!
	2:06pm captain mike: Hi Dennis Caught you and the band back in the day at the Star Club Oshawa Do ya remember that one?
	2:07pm Dennis Diken: captain mike, indeed I do! cool record store too! Mike Shulga was the man!
	2:10pm Sissophonic Cheryl: Hello Dennis!
	2:10pm captain mike: Lovely! Mike has passed on to the great jukebox in the sky but I do have a tape of that show as a remembrance Keep on Keeping on!
	2:13pm Dennis Diken: very cool captain. yes, i'd heard Mike passed on, RIP. Sissophonic, so nice of you to drop by!
	2:13pm DA the DJ: Hi Dennis!
	2:14pm myron feld: Dennis, very happy to hear both the rhythm AND the blues in this opening killer diller no filler set!
	2:15pm Dennis Diken: welcome DA, TAST!
	2:16pm Dennis Diken: myron, you are the best!!
	2:25pm Matt Clarke: Hi Denny!
	2:26pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Dennis and Shakers!
	2:27pm Dennis Diken: welcome Matt & Candy-O!
	2:31pm DA the DJ: MGs!
	2:32pm Dennis Diken: as per, DA!
	2:33pm Gaylord Fields: Happy Hump Day greetings, Double D!
	2:33pm myron feld: Never had a mint julep with a green onion in it, but it sure sounds like that's what Booker T et al are serving.
	2:33pm Bill E.: When do we here Blassi's Pencil Neck Geek? Maybe "The Crusher"?
	2:34pm Patricia Korshalla: Hi Dennis, loving the show!
	2:35pm Matt Clarke: Great song. Like a sister song to "You Are Everything"
	2:36pm Dennis Diken: hey Gaylord! myron - next time - I'm buying! Bill E - just give me a little shove! welcome Patricia! you got it right, Matt
	2:36pm Chop Scott: Good Afternoon Dennis & All!
	2:38pm Dennis Diken: hey Chop!
	2:40pm Listener Baby: The door is wide open!
	2:42pm Listener Baby: @Gaylord. I think I've done 5 spins of your latest show. Work of art, my fine fellow!! xox
	2:42pm Dennis Diken: welll alright Baby!! thanks a million!!
	2:43pm Matt Clarke: Great set, Denny!
	2:44pm gene sculatti: Context is everything, and the Den is so good at it: the Delfonics' form of Philly soul usually leaves me cold. But now that I've dug 'Trying to Make a Fool of Me,' I've gotta reconsider!
	2:45pm Dennis Diken: @Baby, gotta check that Gaylord stash on the archive to be sure!
	2:47pm Gaylord Fields: @Baby: Thanks! I appreciate the compliment.
	2:48pm Dennis Diken: thanks Gene - agreed, context can really change a feeling for certain sounds. so glad you're here!
	2:49pm Listener Baby: Gaylord is the only guy I know that plays (and clearly loves) that Junie song "Tightrope" The funky-est thing ever committed to tape. Also, that Hugo and Osvaldo-less Shakers tune is a keeper!
	2:55pm Reechie: That Bohannon cut was great. Another one for me to track down.
	2:57pm Dennis Diken: indeed Reechie
	3:07pm Jeff in AZ: Man, I loves me some Minus 5! Is that you drumming on this, Dennis?
	3:09pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: The fastest two hours on radio!
	3:10pm medson: Hi Dennis and everyone. Show sounds great.
	3:10pm Dennis Diken: @Jeff, nein, but I have drummed on some Minus 5 & Scott Mc rekkids. THANKS TODD-O! hey medson!
	3:11pm Gaylord Fields: @Todd-o-phonic Todd: I just looked at the clock after reading what you wrote, and you are right! (Although I know of another two-hour Rock 'n' Soul show where I can similarly lose track of the time…)
	3:12pm Gaylord Fields: Terry Black, the Canadian Billy J. Kramer, with P.F. Sloan as his Svengali!
	3:12pm Mike Conroy: Hey Dennis!
	3:13pm Dennis Diken: right Gaylord, well put! welcome Mike!
	3:18pm Michael Shelley: Wish me luck, I'm about to start painting my bathroom ceiling.
	3:21pm Dennis Diken: @Michael S - hope you got a hat
	3:21pm myron feld: @Michael Shelley: using a roller?
	3:23pm Michael Shelley: paint the town, night on the town... right Mike?
	3:24pm myron feld: @MS: I use it on my car, I'm silly
	3:25pm Michael Shelley: Ohhh - a Superhit!
	3:26pm Dennis Diken: @MS - "I know"
	3:29pm Listener Baby: Mixed a Dan Hicks // Hot Licks show so many moons ago. They were FAB!
	3:30pm Michael Shelley: alright... I gotta hit the ceiling! (nick lowe co-wrote some songs with his manager, Jake Riviera, and Jake used the pseudonym "ceiling" so the credits would read "Lowe - Ceiling")
	3:32pm Gaylord Fields: Haha! "Don't Run and Hide" was just the song I was thinking of to show off Bobby Elliott's prowess!
	3:33pm Dennis Diken: @G! ha! good one!
	3:33pm Matt Fiveash: DD! Sorry I'm late for the Bobby Elliott fan club meeting
	3:34pm Sal Maida: Jack Bruce playing bass on "Don't Run & Hide!"
	3:35pm Dennis Diken: hey Matt! just getting it on now, welcome! is that right Sal? aren't there a few bass clams on that track?
	3:39pm Gaylord Fields: @Sal Maida: As a fellow traveler, how would you rate Eric Haydock on his six-string bass?
	3:40pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks for the promotion in motion!
	3:41pm Dennis Diken: yeah Todd! can't wait to hear the Bobby Elliot interview! that's this Saturday everyone 3pm EDT on WFMU!!
	3:41pm Listener Baby: One doesn't hear enough vibrato 12 string. No?
	3:43pm Dennis Diken: @Baby - you are correct sir!
	3:43pm Jeff in AZ: Very cool YT vid of Eric Haydock playing a Bass VI on "Now's the Time" from 1963 film "It's All Over Town." Pretty cool ...
	3:47pm Dennis Diken: @Jeff, gotta look for that - Sal M, know it?
	3:52pm Jeff in AZ: Correction—1964 film. He's wearing a Bass VI way up high, and it's a fun and pretty swinging tune ...
	3:53pm Sal Maida: Hey Gaylord, I rate Eric Haydock very highly. Great player!
	3:54pm myron feld: Hadn't heard the earthier sounds of the Dells before. Pretty great! And speaking of great, another fine, fine show, Dennis -- thanks very much!
	3:54pm WR: I've been lurking but working while listening. Thank you Dennis
	3:55pm Dennis Diken: bless your pea-pickin' heart myron - yours too WR!
	3:56pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Sal! And thank you, Dennis!
	3:56pm Dennis Diken: you got it Gaylord! THANKS EVERYONE FOR TUNING IN! LOVE YOU MADLY!!
	3:56pm Candy-O'67: Thanks, Denny!
	3:57pm spurn: Another great one -- the Den is now a part of my Wednesday routine!
	3:58pm Dennis Diken: wow, so nice of you spurn and Candy-O!
	3:59pm Listener Baby: You've got a good good thing going DD. Thanks a million for sharing it. Until next week.
	4:02pm Dennis Diken: @Baby - as James Brown did say, "baby baby baby..." obliged! 'til next time....

Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from December 2, 2020

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