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Favoriting September 4, 2022: Just Add Zombies

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Some examples of fake Zombies. Do NOT be fooled!
Some examples of fake Zombies. Do NOT be fooled!
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Some examples of fake Zombies. Do NOT be fooled!

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Cattanooga Cats  Cattanooga Cats Theme   Favoriting     The only Bubblegum song we’ll be hearing tonight. But BG will be back in its regularly scheduled timeslot next Sunday! 
“They’re coming to get you, Bar-bah-raaaah…”
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“They’re coming to get you, Bar-bah-raaaah…”
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Young Fresh Fellows  Indication   Favoriting The World of the Zombies    Sub Pop? GREAT pop! 
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Dee Dee Warwick  Got to Get a Hold of Myself   Favoriting     Original version of the song (May 1965). The Zombies toured with Dee Dee. 
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The Carnabeats  I Love You   Favoriting   1968   
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Zumpano  Changes   Favoriting     From Odessey & Oracle. Sung in Canadian! 
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The Posies  Brief Candles   Favoriting The World of the Zombies     
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Casey Jones & the Governors  Beechwood Park   Favoriting     And now for something completely unexpected… 
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The Mindbenders  I Want Her, She Wants Me   Favoriting      
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The Guess Who  Time of the Season   Favoriting     “She’s Come Undone” has always sounded like a song that’s yearning to be a Zombies tune to me. Here’s Burton Cummings & Co. taking a crack at an actual Zombies song. 
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Music behind DJ:
Zombies radio segment 
The Story of Odessey & Oracle   Favoriting
 
 
 
Four Non Zombies, but their true fans know them as “Fruits of Crime.”
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Four Non Zombies, but their true fans know them as “Fruits of Crime.”

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The Live Five  I Must Move   Favoriting      
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The U.S. Male  I Don’t Want to Know   Favoriting   1967  Wow! That is one cheap-ass looking single. Sounds great tho… 
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The Chrysanthemums  Remember You   Favoriting     The Chrysanthemums did not only cover this Chris White-penned Zombies tune. They redid the entire Odessey & Oracle lp and annotated Rod Argent’s liner notes! 
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Dusty Springfield  If it Don’t Work Out   Favoriting     Dusty Springfield—not Dusty Hill. 
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The Chosen Few  Is This the Dream   Favoriting      
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Robbie Peters  She Does Everything for Me   Favoriting     Very faithful, frenetic version. 
From Australia
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Les Bel Canto  Les Filles D'eve (She’s Not There)   Favoriting     French Version! 
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The Fastbacks  Just Out of Reach   Favoriting The World of the Zombies     
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Chad & Jeremy  Sometimes   Favoriting      
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Edwin Astley  Mio Amore Sta Lontano (I Remember When I Loved Her)   Favoriting     Italian cover. And, no, not his father. 
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Max & Nicky  Tell Her No   Favoriting      
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Sons of Adam  You Make Me Feel Good   Favoriting     Mid-‘60s Sunset Strip band 
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Sputnik  The Way I Feel Inside   Favoriting      
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The Chrysanthemums  Butcher’s Tale   Favoriting     School’s Out—and so is Bubblegum OD! Stay tuned for Richard and the Whig Out up next! 
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Full Fake Zombies story here: www.buzzfeed.com...
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MOM WHIG:

Hi Becky
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Mom!
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Woo:

Hey Becky! MOM WHIG, any better today?
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Eric R:

oo, fun!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Howdy, Woo! And look, there’s Eric!
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MOM WHIG:

Woo - did a P/T today - worked out a lot of knots. So, a bit SORE. Got the heat on now.
Hi - Eric
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Sounds like Miller Time, Mom! Or maybe a cold, frosty Zombie?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Woo:

Take all the heat you need MOM WHIG
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MOM WHIG:

Becky - well, probably Ice Cream.
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Eric R:

great Dee Dee!
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MOM WHIG:

So, is it TRIPLE DIGITS on the West Coast?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I went to the store and considered I might die on my way back to the car.
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Woo:

Heavy percussion on this Dee Dee. Love this arrangement
  7:05pm
Chris Tuthill:

Tuning in and loving!
Avatar 🍭 7:06pm
MOM WHIG:

Becky - at least hopefully the car has A/C
Hi Chris Tuthill
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Colin knocks off the soul stuff pretty easily… I don’t even think about how great he does that stuff. Hey, Chris!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

The sixth Zombie!
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MOM WHIG:

LUV Colin so much
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Harry Parmenter:

Hi Becky and Gang! and 108 most of week where I live in LA area. a mere 104 today and just had extremely rare thunderstorm.
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MOM WHIG:

Harry - what no A/C there?
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Harry!
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Eric R:

84 in Portland, much hotter in LA
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Harry Parmenter:

oh yes.
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MOM WHIG:

Eric - definitely WAY BETTER there with you
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MOM WHIG:

Harry - would not want all the Records to MELT
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Becky Ebenkamp:

I kind of love hot weather, but I’ve been sick and very dehydrated, so it’s really bad.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Becky and all!!!
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MOM WHIG:

Will so good to see you tonite
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Harry Parmenter:

never, Mom! yes Becky i grew up back east so will take heat any day over cold but it has been particularly oppressive this week.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Chris if you are still here, I had access to a few 1960s fan mags last month, so I grabbed all the Zombies stuff I could find. You probably have a lot, but happy to pass it along in case not.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Will! Thanks for popping by.
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David in California:

Hello, Becky!
Yes, Mom Whig, it's triple digits in the Sacramento area.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

My theory about this cover is that every verse they are imitating a diff band.
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MOM WHIG:

David - so do you have a POOL to cool off there?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Steely Dan, Queen, etc.
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David in California:

Mom Whig, alas, no.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I am ready to get a kiddie pool, but am afraid raccoons will take over with their creepy filthy arms.
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Skinny Robbie:

Such a perfect artist to cover this song. Loves me some Posies!
  7:15pm
Chris Tuthill:

Hi all! Becky would love to see whatever you found. Collecting everything we can find for the documentary!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Robbie! I get the feeling that Posies guy is a huge fan of the Zombies and the Hollies.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Sing it, Casey!
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MOM WHIG:

hi Skinny Robbie - good to see you
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Skinny Robbie:

Hi Becky. Yeah, Jon (Auer) had to have been a Zombies fan...especially O&O. And hi, Mom (great to see u2!) and the rest of the gang!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

BTW, I’ve had that Zombies trib CD forever and just noticed today that they are all wearing the glasses! That was always the thing about the Zombies: TWO of them wear glasses. I think that’s the Sneetches?
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Skinny Robbie:

Can't believe Casey Jones & The Guvners covered Beechwood Park. Good job, too!
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Chris Tuthill:

These covers are blowing my mind
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

This one is for Paisley Pat 68 from IG if he is listening/reading.
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StringOFperils:

I like this version quite a lot.
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Skinny Robbie:

What an excellent concept, Becky! Cheers.
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Becky Ebenkamp:

I didn’t even know Casey & the Guys still played music in 1968.
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Corey Light:

The sweet sounds of Bubblegum OD
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MOM WHIG:

This Guess Who is sooooooo GREAT
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Corey! You just had a bday, I think!
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MOM WHIG:

Hey there Corey
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Skinny Robbie:

That can't be Burton Cummings on lead vocal?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Oh, missed you, StringOFPearls!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
StringOFperils:

Yeah, that's Burton on lead vocal. These guys fell from space onto the Canadian prairie.
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Corey Light:

Hey Becky, Mom and all! I want all the fake zombies to play my bday party haha
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MOM WHIG:

Me too hey there SOP's
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Doesn’t he sing “She’s Come Undone” and play organ?
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StringOFperils:

Hi, all! :)
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Skinny Robbie:

Yep, that's him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I was surprised to find so many rare Zombies cuts. I expected to find about 20 versions of “She’s Not There,” “Time of the Season,” and “Tell Her No.”
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Kelly K:

Hi Becky, Mom Whig and BG crew. It's a Zom-Beeuitul show today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

It was the industry that became stale! Boo!
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MOM WHIG:

Becky - we are all mighty happy that you found so many
Hi there Kelly K
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Kelly! So good to see you today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
StringOFperils:

Demonstrates what kind of people there were in A&R or whatever they called it, that they simply couldn't hear what they had in the can. Boggles the mind; it's so obviously great.
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Skinny Robbie:

"Butcher's Tale" is the best!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

“Butcher’s Tale (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)”
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Skinny Robbie:

That radio segment was the bomb!
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MOM WHIG:

WOW such COOL stripped Pants - Eric Boots too
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Becky Ebenkamp:

I call this group The Stripeys.
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Skinny Robbie:

Delightful trousers
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StringOFperils:

I think they're working for Santa at the north pole.
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Daviedoll:

Hey everybody!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

This is the song that I think Rod sings. Hi, Davie!!!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Mom Whig!
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MOM WHIG:

Hi Davie
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Skinny Robbie:

Hallo fellow Pufnstuffie!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Ha ha!
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MOM WHIG:

Will how did your party go?
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Will thee Sound Guy:

going well, still hanging out
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Right when the show was almost done someone wrote and asked if I wanted to see his database of Zombies covers. Holy hell! I only got through a bit, but that was one of them.
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MOM WHIG:

Dusty
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Charlotte?
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Skinny Robbie:

you mean Dusty Hill?
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Daviedoll:

@skinny robbie the best!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Again with Colin and the soul songs. He just makes it look easy. We … oh, shoot!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

It’s Frank Beard, huh?
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Kelly K:

Glad to hear a gal do a Zom cover - and Dusty no less!
  7:38pm
Space Cowboy:

Hey Becky do you have kaptain cool and tghe kongs or the bugalloos aren't they the Beatles of bubblegum
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Yes, I have both. Not as crazy about the Kongs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Bugaloos ❤️
  7:40pm
Space Cowboy:

When will there be an in depth brady bunch album retrospective how many albums did they make?
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Skinny Robbie:

Sunday nights used to be so uneventful...glad to be a fanboy of the (r)evolution!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Three, I think. But there were one-offs like the Marcia and Peter record.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

And the Xmas lp.
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Daviedoll:

What?! I adore this!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

This might be a bit crispy…
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Daviedoll:

What a find, Becky! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
  7:43pm
Space Cowboy:

Holy. Crap aarsha peter record why wasn't I notified I saw a cool duet of marsdfa and Greg on Mike Dougies it was nice and kinda sad for some reason
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

So, discovering all these covers of rare songs convinced me that a lot of the Zombies’ contemporaries admired their work—even if the record company weasels didn’t.
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Harry Parmenter:

great show tonight Becky. good driving music!
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MOM WHIG:

hi there Space Cowboy
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StringOFperils:

<3 The Fastbacks. the holy trinity.
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Skinny Robbie:

There should maybe be a Brady Bunch tribute band?
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Daviedoll:

I love the Zombies… I listened to them every day in 1980-81 middle school days. The first time I saw them live I cried. ❤️
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Space Cowboy:

Interesting covers this one is great
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MOM WHIG:

Daviedoll - I had the same reaction - they are the BEST still
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Eric R:

I especially like the first version, which this is from
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

They were a group that got played in America a lot on oldies radio in the ‘70s and ‘80s. There was that great double lp. We thought they were like the Kinks level popular.
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Eric R:

first version??? what, am I senile? I mean first album
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MOM WHIG:

Eric yes Chad & Jeremy
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Daviedoll:

Yeah!!! My mom is 75 now and had a few albums of theirs and also the history of British rock double LP which I borrowed forever.
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Skinny Robbie:

When I saw the Zombies live, they were perfect. I was astonished. Any covers of "Butcher's Tale"?
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Daviedoll:

Still amazing. Zombies forever!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

This is from the Dangerman soundtrack. Courtesy of Andrew Sandoval. I wish ; )
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Eric R:

"now we are strange"
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MOM WHIG:

Becky - Andrew - he's got a GREAT show coming soon
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Who could do “Butcher’s Tale?” Tom Waits?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Elvis Costello?
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Skinny Robbie:

LOL!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

What, Mom?
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MOM WHIG:

Becky some kind of the amount of shows he's done
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Becky Ebenkamp:

My former boss used to say Tom Waits sounds like he’s vomiting the whole time he’s singing.
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Skinny Robbie:

I would love to hear a Captain Beefhart cover of BT...
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Ha.
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Daviedoll:

Who is this one?
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MOM WHIG:

Becky - I just looked a Labor Day Summer Special for tomorrow
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Skinny Robbie:

OOOH! My second fav Zombies song!
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Eric R:

such wonderful covers of these great songs. Thanks Becky
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MOM WHIG:

Eric - loving all of these
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Skinny Robbie:

I think the McCoys also covered this song?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I found a few versions of this. I don’t think I have the McCoys.
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Eric R:

Colin does this virtually a capella until the end
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MOM WHIG:

Becky - A VERY SPECIAL Tribute to the ZOMBIES -- EXCELLENT
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Only one more ; ( Stay tuned for The Whig Out next! Of course!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

OK, Robbie!
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Skinny Robbie:

YAY!!!! Amazed!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Thank you for being here, everyone!
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StringOFperils:

Thank you!
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David in California:

Becky, I've really enjoyed this show. I didn't know there were so many good Zombies covers.
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Skinny Robbie:

thx Becky, yet another wonderful event!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

I think I can do this next year, too!
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Daviedoll:

Thanks Becky!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Thank you all!
  5:41am
Robbie White:

thanks for doing this show. It was fantastic. I hope you will do a part 2 in the future.
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