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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Gabor Szabo with Charles Lloyd  Stormy   Favoriting Gabor Szabo Live with Charles Lloyd  Blue Thumb  1974  LP      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Susan Christie  Rainy Day   Favoriting Paint a Lady  Finders Keepers  2006  CD  From 1969    0:10:59 (Pop-up)
Freda Payne  Rainy Days and Mondays   Favoriting I'm Reaching Out  Invictus  1973  MP3      0:14:33 (Pop-up)
Neko Case  Buckets of Rain   Favoriting Live on WFMU 10/28/02  WFMU  2002  CD-R      0:19:23 (Pop-up)
Petula Clark  Rain   Favoriting She Wants You! Pye Records’ Feminine Side 1964–1970  Ace  2021  CD  From 1966    0:21:50 (Pop-up)
Sir Douglas Quintet  The Rains Came   Favoriting The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet  Music Club  1999  CD  From 1966, too    0:24:24 (Pop-up)
The Golden Gate Quartet  Noah   Favoriting Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 3: 1939  Document  1996  CD      0:26:39 (Pop-up)
The Cowsills  II x II   Favoriting II x II  MGM  1969  LP      0:29:11 (Pop-up)
 
Wet Leg  Chaise Longue   Favoriting single  Domino  2021  MP3  song of the summer  *   0:40:35 (Pop-up)
Art Brut  Emily Kane   Favoriting Bang Bang Rock & Roll  Banana Recordings / Fierce Panda  2005  CD      0:43:40 (Pop-up)
Dry Cleaning  New Job   Favoriting Sweet Princess EP  Dry Cleaning  2019  MP3      0:46:12 (Pop-up)
Qlowski  Folk Song   Favoriting Quale Futuro?  Feel It  2021  LP    *   0:49:04 (Pop-up)
Ducks Ltd.  How Lonely Are You   Favoriting Modern Fiction  Carpark  2021  MP3    *   0:52:36 (Pop-up)
The June Brides  In the Rain   Favoriting The June Brides  The Pink Label  1985  EP      0:55:33 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall  Harper Valley P.T.A.   Favoriting Muddy Water: Southern Gothic Pop, Soul & Country 1967-1974  WFMU  2012  CD-R  from my 2012 marathon premium    0:59:53 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall  Joe, Don't Let Your Music Kill You   Favoriting For the People in the Last Hard Town  Mercury  1973  LP  The Storyteller, R.I.P.    1:02:41 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall  Pinto the Wonder Horse Is Dead   Favoriting Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits Vol. III  Mercury  1978  LP  From 1971    1:05:24 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall  Homecoming   Favoriting Homecoming  Mercury  1969  LP      1:07:48 (Pop-up)
Nora Brown  The Very Day I'm Gone   Favoriting Sidetrack My Engine  Jalopy  2021  MP3    *   1:10:52 (Pop-up)
Cameron Knowler  Sonora Road   Favoriting Places of Consequence  American Dreams  2021  CD  Erica Braverman, dancing  *   1:14:16 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall  (Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine   Favoriting Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits Vol. 2  Mercury  1975  LP  From 1972    1:17:04 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall  Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On   Favoriting Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits Vol. III  Mercury  1978  LP  From 1972    1:21:29 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s all in a row for about a half-hour
The Flamin' Groovies  Tallahassee Lassie   Favoriting single  United Artists  1972  45      1:31:56 (Pop-up)
Jacques Dutronc  Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi   Favoriting single  Vogue  1966  45      1:33:55 (Pop-up)
Ella Mae Morse  Love Me or Leave Me   Favoriting single  Capitol  1952  45      1:36:53 (Pop-up)
Toni Wine  Sugar Is Sweeter   Favoriting single  Private Stock  1975  45      1:39:11 (Pop-up)
John Paul Young  I Hate the Music   Favoriting single  Albert Productions  1976  45      1:41:58 (Pop-up)
Kathy Young & the Innocents  Eddie My Darling   Favoriting single  Indigo  1960  45      1:45:16 (Pop-up)
Cocteau Twins  Ivo (new version)   Favoriting single  NME  1985  7"  from "New Musical Express Poll Winners '84" EP    1:47:16 (Pop-up)
Donovan  The Song of the Wandering Aengus   Favoriting single  Epic  1970  45      1:51:04 (Pop-up)
Portastatic  Teenage Kicks   Favoriting single  18 Wheeler  1993  45      1:55:10 (Pop-up)
 
 
Don Everly, R.I.P.
The Everly Brothers  That's the Life I Have to Live   Favoriting Rockabilly Stars Volume 3  CBS  1982  LP  From 1956    2:10:47 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  Give Me a Future   Favoriting The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960  Varèse Sarabande  2001  CD  unreleased pre-fame demo    2:12:19 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  ('Til) I Kissed You   Favoriting Greatest Hits  Neon  1988  LP  first Everlys hit song written by Don, 1959    2:14:02 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  Maybe Tomorrow   Favoriting All They Had to Do Was Dream  Rhino  1985  LP  alternate version, 1957    2:16:28 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1960  45      2:18:30 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  Buona Fortuna Amore Mio   Favoriting In Germany and Italy  Musketeer  1986  LP  From 1965    2:21:01 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  Gone, Gone, Gone   Favoriting Heartaches and Harmonies  Rhino  1994  CD  From 1964    2:23:29 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  Nancy's Minuet   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1963  45      2:25:32 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  It Only Costs a Dime   Favoriting Heartaches and Harmonies  Rhino  1994  CD  From 1965    2:27:36 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  Love with Your Heart   Favoriting Susie Q  Magnum Force  1987  LP  From 1968    2:29:29 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  I Wonder If I Care As Much   Favoriting Roots  Warner Archives  1995  CD  From 1968    2:32:21 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  I'm Tired of Singing My Song in Las Vegas   Favoriting Stories We Could Tell  RCA  1972  LP      2:35:17 (Pop-up)
Don Everly  Thinking It Over   Favoriting Don Everly  Ode  1971  LP      2:38:26 (Pop-up)
Don Everly  Helpless When You're Gone   Favoriting Sunset Towers  Ode  1974  MP3      2:41:35 (Pop-up)
Don Everly  Since You Broke My Heart   Favoriting Brother Jukebox  Hickory/ABC  1976  LP      2:45:02 (Pop-up)
Don Everly  Omaha   Favoriting Don Everly  Ode  1971  LP  recorded earlier by the brothers, but unreleased at the time    2:48:00 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  It's All Over   Favoriting Heartaches and Harmonies  Rhino  1994  CD  From 1965    2:51:18 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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12539:

boing boing!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Yip yip yip! Boing boing boing!
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Krys O.:

Greetings!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
LastWhiteRhino:

Hello dare, Joe and friends.
Avatar 9:04am
winston legthigh:

mornin joe and the yipsters.
  9:04am
bobobobob from Plasticland:

hey Joe where you goin with that surface noise in your head???
  9:04am
KWilde:

Hey Joe!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Marley P. Dogg:

Good morning Joe McG and friends! Very happy for some Gabor Szabo this morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Asheville Jon:

hmm, this kinda, sorta makes me want to dig out my Chalres Lloyd albums again
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
JG:

Soundin nice Joe. Morning all
  9:09am
Mike W.:

Yah, yah! Gabor
  9:11am
Emily:

Ha!
  9:13am
Aj:

Sense a rainy theme here... hope the studios survived better than when Superstorm Sandy hit!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Phillippe:

Damn, this is nice
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Doug in JC:

The station was dry during Sandy! I'm trying to enjoy the rain because all I see is 90° and high humidity once it clears up
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Son Of Pantz:

Ain't that the truth, Freda.
Avatar 9:16am
DJ Guin:

Gabor Szabo on a Magyar Monday. Szia!
Avatar 9:17am
zopa:

Cheer up, Joe.
Avatar 9:18am
DJ Guin:

any bets on McGasko playing "It's Raining Men"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
Son Of Pantz:

I'd say the odds are better than him playing The Rain Song.
  9:19am
MplsCoco:

Good morning Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Joe McG:

Hi, Coco, and good morning everyone on this rainy day in Jersey City.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:22am
LastWhiteRhino:

Say good-bye to Claude Rains brother...Henri. Bub-bye !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
PNX:

Thanks for playing the Neko Case, Joe! I'm looking forward to listening to that whole live set in the archives.
Avatar 9:23am
DJ Guin:

Better to Claude Akins in Hell...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:25am
karlward:

Sing it Doug!
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Krys O.:

Yes, SDQ!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
JG:

Doug!
  9:27am
dano59:

(Covers of all time )
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe. August has not been a weather-friendly month.
Avatar 9:28am
Therese:

Morning!
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Brian in UK:

What's a cubitt?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
JG:

Was just thinking of Doug's great version of The Homecoming , written by Tom T Hall, who just died. But digging the rains theme
  9:28am
ChukAmok:

Hi Joe, and everyone! Good morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
Joe McG:

Hey Therese! @PNX: Yes, it was on Irene's show back in 2002.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:30am
LastWhiteRhino:

Why is there such a long delay between the Live stream and the terrestrial signal these days ( a whole song difference) ???
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:31am
Webhamster Henry:

Hi Joe! It's gonna Rain! (Steve Reich)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Joe McG:

@LWR: Things 're broke! We're working on it, though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Asheville Jon:

weird weird weird, Joe with no bed music!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Webhamster Henry:

No bed music, no subsurface noise!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Matt Fiveash:

LastWhiteRhino, I've noticed that too- listening on 91.1 and looking at the playlist, I see the next song appear on the playlist a few minutes before I hear it. Had to stop looking at the playlist during Gaylord's show last night, too many spoilers- crazy FMU segues are more fun when you don't know what's coming... Hi Joe!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Ken From Hyde Park:

On Friday evening, DJ Stork had some egregious technical errors and as a result, there's been a time shift since then.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:40am
LastWhiteRhino:

@ Matt: It's kind of like "insider trading". Advance knowledge could be very profitable. Not that anybody does that ( wink-wink).
  9:41am
ChukAmok:

Strange to wake up to an Everly brother-less world today.
RIP D.E.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42am
Son Of Pantz:

On the chaise lounge
  9:43am
Reno D:

Does being on the porch swing in my underwear count?
  9:43am
dano59:

Oh behave!
  9:43am
Mike W.:

Jeebus, I’m on a hill?! Gotta get into The Field
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
medson:

I appreciate the correct pronunciation here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45am
mndave:

Joe McG - hell of a segue!
  9:46am
Brendan:

Is this a 45, or is it Brut 33
  9:49am
Emily:

:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50am
Son Of Pantz:

Bratty Punk is my favorite form of Punk. Disaffected youth.
  9:52am
Andres:

Good morning! Bratty is good. I like snotty more.
  9:54am
Jeff g. via app:

Not gonna lie: will be a tad disappointed if Mark E. Smith doesn’t show up in here-uh.
  9:55am
Andres:

First jangle of the week? Love it!
  👻 Swag For Life Member 9:56am
12539:

Kind of wishing I were a sad young man again.
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Joe McG:

Ah, sorry Jeff, I've pulled that trick pretty recently so I left MES in the stacks for a future date.
  10:01am
Brendan:

Sigh, another RIP
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ChukAmok:

The Clientele: "Rain", "Monday's Rain"...
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Son Of Pantz:

Wasn't there a movie made based on this song? I seem to remember Barbara Eden being in it.
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TDK60:

Hi Joe. Hall was quite a songwriter.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Bonjour mes ApresHenri amis.
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ChukAmok:

Had no idea about Tom T. Hall.
:(
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DJ Guin:

Ode to Billy Joel is the same song. lmao
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:03am
Webhamster Henry:

There was a movie AND a TV show. Neither as good as the song.
  10:03am
Brendan:

Harper Valley Party Girls
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
JG:

Wow, I don't think I have ever heard this sung by the songwriter
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
Joe McG:

@Chuk: Those would have been nice inclusions! I always think of the Clientele as a fall/winter band for some reason.
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DJ Guin:

hey now. Barbara Eden's gotta eat, too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Texan Songwriting associate of Janis & Roky - Powell St. John also passed away.
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zopa:

What makes Joe McGasko happy? Asking for a friend...
  10:06am
Reno D:

I binged on Tom T. Hall songs last night when I learned he had died. My dad always loved to sing Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Lizardner Dave !:

Also Sweet Sweet Connie, Don Everly and Rod Gilbert.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Pinto Been.
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Brian in UK:

Joe. Muddy Water, nine years old. Oh boy. Was that Tallahatchie Bridge on the cover?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Yes, that's the one. I'm very proud of that one! I think Ace's new compilation "Choctaw Ridge" is a mere shadow of it! :)
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Marley P. Dogg:

RIP Lil Sebastian - 10,000 candles in the wine
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Marley P. Dogg:

*wind
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Lizardner Dave !:

The FM signal has been 3-4 minutes behind the stream this morning for some reason. Not a complaint, just curious, it's not usually that much. (I only noticed because I can get 91.1 in the front of my house by if I listen in the bedroom or in the shower I have to use an Internet device).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
Joe McG:

@Marley: I liked the way that the accountant always looked at the camera, totally uncomprehending about the little horse thing.
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Brian in UK:

Joe, funny you mention the Clientele. I was going to see them a few year back but the it was snowing to heavy to get there.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:10am
Marley P. Dogg:

Haha Joe, he did buy a Lil Sebastian T-shirt and pretend
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TDK60:

L. Dave, been like that for a few days, I think.
  10:12am
ChukAmok:

@Joe Agreed re: seasons of The Clientele.
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Brian in UK:

Mama Bake a Pie is one of my favourites.
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JG:

man I love the part about the guitar player sleeping in the car
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βrian:

66 with a soft summer's rain here on the isthmus. Good sleeping weather.
  10:18am
Colleen:

It's like my Dad just came into the room....Thanks Joe!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:19am
LastWhiteRhino:

That's some dandy "Tap-Cloggin'"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Autumn & FolkRawk.
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Son Of Pantz:

Pass the jug, Joe.
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YETI BOB:

I don't know anything about watermelon wine, but I'd like to find out
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Alvy Singer:

Tom T. Hall could sing the phonebook and it would be riveting.
  10:21am
E:

Wait, why was The Clientele brought up? They're a tip top favorite band of mine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
Joe McG:

I had other plans for this set but I just wanted to hear more Tom T.
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Webhamster Henry:

Thanks Joe McG!
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βrian:

"Neener, neener!"
  10:25am
E:

Oh, I've gathered the reason. Yes, The Clientele's Monday's Rain would have been very fitting.
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cobradan:

Could you play "That's How I got to Memphis" for your Tom T Hall tribute. Memphis Girls will break your fucking heart
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning JMC and all!
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TDK60:

My mom met Tom T. Hall once. 1970s. He wrote a little ditty for her on the spot.
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Editor B:

Tom T. Hall passed away?!? I grew up listening to my parents' Faster Horses on 8-track. Still haunted by some of those songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Great stuff & giant contribution.
Avatar 10:29am
βrian:

On what does one write a ditty?
  10:29am
Mike W.:

I know this story is late but I only JUST arrived in The Field with Dusty. (When Tom T. sang “dusty road” I said to her, “They said your name! [brief pause] They said it again!”) Anyway, I remember taking my UK counterpart to see Art Brut at Irving Plaza back in the 2000s. Neither of us were huge fans but we liked them well enough, and it was the only decent gig in town that night. Anyway, we walked into the big room and Eddy’s flabber was gasted. “This is like four times as many people as they get in London,” he said. “And almost none of them are women.” #GainedInTranslation
  10:29am
E:

Major blind spot for me, even though I love the music, is classic country. Anyone got a starter pack recommendation for some compilations?
Avatar 10:31am
βrian:

Anything that Ricky Skaggs was involved with, for sure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
listener Rey:

Morning Joe and Surface Noisers. We also lost another musical hero with the recent passing of Latin music legend Larry Harlow
  10:31am
Mike W.:

@E everyone has their favorite but my feeling is if you get yourself some Hank Williams — not Hank III and definitely not Hank Jr. — you’re starting in a good place.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

<3 Groovies
  10:33am
Mike W.:

Johnny Cash, Carter Family, why not Ray Charles’s country records (which are great!), Patsy Cline, and all the multitudes that our fellow listeners are tapping into the Chat right now
  10:33am
E:

Thanks Mike. I am aware of the discrepancy in quality among the Hanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34am
Joe McG:

@Rey: Oh, another bummer!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34am
Little Danny:

Good morning Joe, everybody.
  10:34am
E:

I do have some Cash too! I think I get lost just beyond the surface level, though.
  10:36am
Mike W.:

@E the Louvin Brothers, Hoyt Axton (‘My Griffin Was Gone’ isn’t his oldest but it is his best — actually one of the best albums ever, any genre), and if you’re feeling some country rockin and/or rockabilly, my fave there is Dale Hawkins
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Joe McG:

Hey Greg, sorry I missed you up there. Hey, Little Danny!
  10:39am
Kpx:

Helloey Joey McGaskoey
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Loves Ella Mae Morse. Stumbled into a comp. of her stuff - very interesting place in history between Swing & R&B & even RawkaRolla almost.
  10:39am
Mike W.:

@Joe McG tell E (and me) a few of your’n classic country faves
  10:40am
Mike W.:

Oh Charley Pride too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Joe McG:

@Mike W. and E: I agree you can't do better than starting with Hank Williams. Too many faves from too many eras to mention, really, although I love Dolly deeply, and Waylon, and Bobby Bare, and well, so many....
  10:41am
Mike W.:

Buck Owens, George Jones, Roger Miller, Loretta Lynn (she should’ve been among the first names I mentioned really)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Ken From Hyde Park:

May I add Roy Clark to the list?
  10:42am
Mike W.:

Lefty Frizzell, Jimmie Rodgers, and I will stop there
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TDK60:

βrian at 10:29. Ditties were written on paper pads in the 20th Century. Now you know.
  10:43am
greg from montreal:

Big thanks for the stellar music selection!
  10:43am
Mike W.:

a downright country hall of fame right here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Joe McG:

Thanks for listening, greg!
  10:44am
Mike W.:

oh I love Kitty Wells! Glen Campbell too, to bounce around eras
  10:44am
dano59:

have a little Tom T. A "Love Songs" LP and 2 tributes: "Real" ('98) and one to Songs from Fox Hollow, feat. the man himself.
I'll have to scour all my country comps for more. I know Gram and Nick Lowe covered him...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
fred:

@E: You could also try old Radio Thrift Shop shows from the archives: wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Joe McG:

@fred: A great suggestion! Laura will be guest hosting for Old Codger next week, btw!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Ryansterlingvirtue:

I have so much emotion wrapped in this song.
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Jeezuseffinchrist:

yessssss <3
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Ryansterlingvirtue:

lol
  10:49am
Mike W.:

JOE!!! Why does it say new version on this, my favorite Cocteaus album??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Why did we ever get rid of that 80s chime sound? Who was in charge of that decision??
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:49am
tim from washington:

Hi Joe and everybody! I loved the 7"s that came with British weekly newspapers as a teenager.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:50am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Choice Vintage HonkyTonk here on FMU of course :
www.wfmu.org...
Avatar 👻 10:50am
YETI BOB:

@E: This is an answer from out of left field but the album that really turned me on to classic country was "There'll Be No Tears Tonight" by Eugene Chadbourne (1980)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:50am
Joe McG:

@Mike W: This is from an NME EP. They used to do oddball one-off mixes and versions for these things.
  10:50am
E:

Thanks everyone!!
  10:51am
Morgan from Philly:

this whole album Ryan! But wouldn’t it be funny if they remastered Cocteaus and you could suddenly understand what Liz is singing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51am
Jason from Houston:

❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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YETI BOB:

All covers, with a band including John Zorn and Tom Cora - but it really opened my mind to the brilliance of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, etc.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:52am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Found loving SonVolt & AltCountry to be pretty lonely ...& actually coming to GeorgeJones & more Classics very late indeed...
  10:52am
PJ:

This Cocteau Twins song sounds like it was recorded with a pillow in front of the microphone
  10:53am
Morgan from Philly:

@mike w my first thought was no, not remastered treasure
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am
Ryansterlingvirtue:

@morgan we'll crack the secret code someday :)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...yerknow, the Stones & everybody had mentioned GeorgeJones & Hank Snow &tc. often enuff I paid attention...
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Mike W.:

Oh my grud, Yeti Bob is the first one to say Merle and Willie
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Jeezuseffinchrist:

Liz Frasier mostly sings in a sort of iambic gibberish lol, but occasionally throws in some Scots gaelic too
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Kevin / Ringwood / UK:

Afternoon Joe and listeners. Donovan trying to sound like Ivor Cutler?
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TDK60:

No Kevin, he's just being himself.
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JG:

E, and all, speaking of classic country, did any one see the series of animated shows done by Mike judge (beavis and butt head, King of the Hill), that were like half hour behind the music docs on the stars of classic country- Willie , George jones, Jerry Lee, others? It was great
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Hey, I just read a book by the 18 Wheeler guy!
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Brian in UK:

Mike W. On the Natural from My Griffin In Gone in on Joe's 2019 Premium.
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Beast of Boonton:

The Undertones
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YETI BOB:

"You can't go wrong with Merle"
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Kevin / Ringwood / UK:

TDK - ah, that probably makes more sense. Ivor was from Govan and Donovan from Maryhill, just a couple of miles as the seagull flies across the Clyde
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

JG : No - !! That sounds great !!
Of course there's the outstanding podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones about the Histories of specific Country Artists :
cocaineandrhinestones.com
- it is just really well researched & presented.
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Brian in UK:

Has Donovan ever had a good belly laugh.
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Little Danny:

Agreed JG, those Mike Judge country shows were really, really fun. Need to rewatch.
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TDK60:

Brian in UK - who cares, if not? / Kevin, think it was when Donovan moved south; hanging out in St. Albans and St. Ives, that he got folked up.
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Brian in UK:

...and Flash & the Pan.
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JG:

Rev, It was called Mike Judge presents tales from the tour bus. The Johnny Paycheck episode was really great. And actually the second season of the shoe he switched to the stars of Funk- JB, Clinton Bootsie. Both seasons are WILD!
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Brian in UK:

TDK60, he always seemed to take himself so seriously.
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Asheville Jon:

yeah, Mark did a fantastic DDR on saturday, well worth checking out the archives
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Kevin / Ringwood / UK:

TDK - that's interesting. Apart from Mellow Yellow I can't immediately think of a single Donovan track, so that Yeats poem took me by surprise.
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JG:

Whenever we hear Donavan here, I exclaim to anybody else listening " Scottish Bob Dylan"
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tim from washington:

Polka Joe rides again!
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TDK60:

Donovan's dad, a factory worker, raised him on poetry.
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DjLorraine:

So nice to hear Joe McGasko this morning. Oh, i'm looking forward to Joe on Dance with Me Stanley!
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Sean Fahrrad:

Without the Everlys there's no Beatles

Without the Beatles, there's no nothin'
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Emily:

Didn't know this about you. Thanks for doing this. Love them, too. I shared your link with my whole family.
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JG:

Looking forward to your Everlys tribute
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tim from washington:

That's great to hear your early musical influences, Joe. I think you are a couple years older than me, but I also remember youngsters did not listen to much music outside of the contemporary during the 80s.
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JG:

Just a random thought but when they did't speak or work together for ten years and then reunited in England on that live comeback concert/ album...well, that album is spectacular
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Krys O.:

I was lucky to start listening to WCBS-FM when they started their oldies format in 1974. They gave me quite an education in early rock and pop. The Everly Brothers were a real link between country music history with their childhood radio shows and the dawn of rock.
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patrick321:

@Sean F. In his autobiography Keith Richards says that Don Everly taught him his 5-strong open tuning, so maybe without the Everlys there's no Street Fighting Man either.
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TerrDE:

I caught the Everlys w Paul S and Art G in their last reunion tour. Not my main musical interest, but they were great ! Magical even. RIP
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Thelma Blitz:

Please don't forget I Wonder if I Care As Much, words and music by Don Everly. It was the B side of Bye Bye Love. I played it a lot when I was 13.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

It was always more than apparent that TheBeatles, Hollies, BYrdS - EVERYBODY learned TwoPart Harmony from the Everlys.
& - if you were born long ago enuff - you even heard the Everlys themselves on Radio & such.
From that - it was more than apparent that they were the Greatest TwoPart Ever. & what's more - that they had unfailing instinct for great - even indispensable Songs - & not credited enuff maybe: their Records always had fantastic playing, arrangements & production.
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Little Danny:

"Maybe Tomorrow" is an all-time fave.
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Krys O.:

Bizarre factoid: I was in a sorority in college and one of our traditional songs was based on Devoted to You. We sang the harmonies. My sorority sisters were all great singers.
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spodiodi:

good morning, Joe and everyone!
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Joe McG:

So many of Don's songs are so sad.
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yerfriendpaul:

Love the Songs Our Daddy Taught Us record
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patrick321:

@RevRabbit well said and very true that those facts are not more widely acknowledged.
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Rick A:

Hi Joe and All,

I had the privilege to see the reunion tour in 1985, I think it was, great show. In high school, I listened to the local oldies station and the Everly Brothers were on regular play.
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Joe McG:

@paul: Prob. my all-time fave.
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Officer Pupp:

That reunion tour in '85 was my first ever gig. I'm so happy that I can say that.
Did any act in history ever have a better Genius:Rubbish ratio?
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Sean Fahrrad:

@patrick321 that's a lovely little nugget there
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Emc:

Thank you for the good music this morning.
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Joe McG:

@Pupp: Wow!!
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Krys O.:

Oh, this is sweet!
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Officer Pupp:

My abiding memory of the reunion gig is that someone requested Ebony Eyes, and while I got the impression that they hadn't rehearsed it, they pulled it out the bag, and of course it was perfect.
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P-90:

Lovely Don celebration set, thanks Joe McG.
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tim from washington:

Love With Your Heart is so good. There's some underlying psychedelia going on that needs to be unharnessed.
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tim from washington:

I love Roots. Such a cool record.
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Officer Pupp:

YES!!!! One of all time favourites!!!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks for this, Joe. I hope someone points Gaylord to this tribute. He mentioned last night that the Everlys are his favorite groups.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Or group, if you will.
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Joe McG:

Glad you're enjoying remembering Don's great songs.
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Little Danny:

Beautiful.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Everlys never not relevant.
& yeah - there's that particular emotional space they occupied & evoked. *That* is a little harder to write about...
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Mike W.:

I don’t think I’ve ever come away from a Surface Noise thinking, “Eh, Joe was a little off today,” but this morning’s show is an all-timer. Including my brief wonder/panic that someone might’ve gone and remixed Cocteau Twins’ best album. Thank you, as always, DJ.
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Jeffrey from west Florida:

Oh Joe thanks for the EBs ! What is it about sibling harmony ?
Beach Boys , The Hayden triplets , who where the gospel brother sister
Proto Everleys ?
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Joe McG:

Shucks, thanks, MW.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

This is great, Joe. I've always wanted to listen to more of the Everlys. Unfortunately sometimes it only happens after somebody checks out.
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Joe McG:

@Greg: I'm not really hitting too many of the big hits, but I think you can hear the quality!
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JG:

Sadly, when hearing of Don's death, I knew this show would be great
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Thelma Blitz:

Gotta hear I wonder if I care Enough on Cadence, the original is best.
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Mike W.:

Martin Phillipps from the Chills is who turned me on to the Everlys. That’s my Everly Brothers story. He made me an actual cassette mixtape in the mid-‘90s, done up in colored pencil.
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Joe McG:

@Mike: Wow! I wish I'd known that when he was here. We would have bonded big time.
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johnk77:

exceptionally great show today
the carter family harmonies
are a gold standard in history of country
also the everlys a big influence
on rockpile
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Krys O.:

The concept of vocal similarity between siblings is sometimes called familial blend.
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tim from washington:

To add to Jeffrey from West florida's thought I hear a lot of early Bee Gees in some of these songs.
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Paul in the OC:

Great tribute to Don (& Phil of course)! I did the deep-dive on these guys about 10 years back & man, ya just come away astonished at their development into the 60s & baffled at how they seriously drop off the charts after 1962. They continued to release killer tracks. Oh well, pop audience is fickle, deaf or both. Thanks Joe!
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Gaylord Fields:

@Ken From Hyde Park: Thank you for thinking of me, and yes I've been listening to the show since Tom T. Hall. These tributes are always in the right hands when Joe McG is involved.
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Joe McG:

Thanks, Gaylord, glad you're listening!
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John W!:

Thanks for this Don Everly tribute. Especially the music from later in his career. Also, for sharing your discovery of the Everly Brothers. I remembered what it was like to find albums of artists that interested me long after their careers had peaked. A happy memory!
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Gaylord Fields:

Joe, I was anticipating an expert memorial segment on both artists from you, and this has gone beyond my already high expectations.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Certainly, Gaylord. Glad you're here as it unfolds.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

KrysO: The technical version of 'Blood Harmony'...
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Jeffrey from west Florida:

Amen Gaylord
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Joe McG:

Only Don would sing "soli-TEAR."
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

One Everly was still plenty. Frankly not familiar with the Solos.
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JG:

Another tv show to look for-- The fairly recent PBS doc on the EBs. Candid discussion of how influential they were from the likes of Keith, and McCartney, and great footage of performances by the brothers. Seek it out
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tim from washington:

I'm really digging the Don solo songs.
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Gary:

Great show. Wonderful tributes. Thanks
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Joe McG:

@tim: I'm really fond of this first solo album, which is offbeat and lo-fi and a different side of him.
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Gerry from Miami:

@Krys O. That familial blend you speak of, not to get too messy or biological, has quite a bit to do with the shape of the mouth, throat, larynx and other associated parts involved in vocal production. These structures tend to be quite similar in siblings born to the same set of parents.
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Joe McG:

Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone, and indulging my love of the Everlys today with the songs that Don wrote. Hope you have a great week and I'll see you next time.
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Gaylord Fields:

@Joe McG: "I wonder if I KEER as much…"
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βrian:

Irene is curating the drummer stream for the next few hours:

wfmu.org...
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Jason from Houston:

Put that one in the ring with any "saddest" song and see what happens.
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Brian in UK:

Joe, heartfelt tribute.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...gotta think in the case of the Everys (for eminent example) it goes beyond voicebox to nervous system. Their annunciation, emphases & phrasing erectly in affective synch... Impossible to separate nature from nurture of course... Pity it didn't make them more personally compatible, however.
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slboy:

It's all over is a real heartbreaker, wow.
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Krys O.:

Thanks, Joe!
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spodiodi:

thanks, Joe!
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12539:

Thanks, Joe!
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MFlynn:

That was just great Joe , including all those solo songs of Don’s. Thanks so much for doing that for us.
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DjLorraine:

Thank you Joe for sharing your unique selections of Don Everly and the Everly Brothers.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

*perfectly in synch... thank you very much...
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Joe. Looking forward to your bookend fill-in Friday evening. 🪗
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yerfriendpaul:

Thanks for the great show, Joe! Great tributes.
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Thelma Blitz:

I great assortment of Everly brothers I never heard before and I grew up with them. No greatest hits on Cadence but interesting and unusual. Thanks, Joe.
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radioronan:

Thanks Joe!
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Brendan:

Thanks Joe!
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DjLorraine:

And also the Tom T. Hall memorial picks
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PaulRobeson1920:

Thank you Joe!
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JG:

yes, two fantastic tribute sets, sadly
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morphe':

Just in for the last minute ????
Thanks so Joe and all!!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TY As Ever DJ JoeMcG !
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listener monica:

I feel as if I were born listening to the Everly Brothers.
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Little Danny:

Thanks Joe!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

More Everlys tribute in the 3CM show following this one - www.wfmu.org...
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