WFMU: The Long Way Home with Kris Holmes: Playlist from May 16, 2017

Listener comments!
	10:03pm Little Danny: Greetings Kris and fellow homers
	10:04pm Kris Holmes: Heya Dan!!
	🥁 10:05pm JtotheK: good evening Mr Holmes. Hiya Danny!
	10:06pm Little Danny: Hey J2tK!
	10:07pm Kris Holmes: Hey Jason, thanks for tuning in!
	10:07pm Doug Schulkind: King 7" is one of my favorite phrases in the English language.
	10:07pm Funky16Corners: Hello all
	10:09pm Kris Holmes: Hi Doug, Hi Larry
	10:09pm David D: Hello Kris and everyone: Looks like I'm here for the night...
	🥁 10:09pm JtotheK: hi F16C - looking forward to your program on the drummer stream! (b/w i'm a longtime fan of the blog and Facebook page!) and hello Doug! i look forward to your full list of favorite phrases (English Language).
	10:10pm Little Danny: I've never heard this James Brown side before. Killer
	10:10pm Kris Holmes: Hi David!
	10:10pm Funky16Corners: Howdy J2K! Looking forward to tomorrow's show. Great to be among the fine folks on GTDR
	10:10pm David D: 4 a.m. in Leipzig and this is getting me going...
	10:11pm David D: Hi Doug, Danny, Larry - looking forward to hearing your new show!
	10:12pm Funky16Corners: Hi David!
	10:12pm Little Danny: Larry, I have a weekly Wednesday night commitment but I look forward to yer archived shows. I sure dig yer tastes in music
	10:12pm Funky16Corners: And I yours, Danny
	10:12pm Little Danny: Hey David. Are you really awake at 4am? Wow.
	10:13pm David D: Yeah, well my show was on until 1 and now I'm "working".
	🥁 10:14pm JtotheK: my night schedule has been off lately, been tuning into these shows via archives, but am hoping to catch the Tues/Wed/Thurs night owl programs as they air more often that not.
	10:17pm still b/p: And I remember ears gotta be cleared of grit later.
	10:18pm Funky16Corners: We're getting grit up here but it's all pollen. If I choke to death on the air tomorrow night you can blame the trees.
	10:19pm coelacanth∅: hello Kris and others
	10:20pm Kris Holmes: Hi Coel & still b/p. Thanks for making it.
	10:21pm Funky16Corners: Love the sound of that harp
	10:25pm coelacanth∅: this is so perdy ...i bet it's not in the jukebox at the pub though - despite the positive effect it would have on the evening.
	10:25pm doctorjazz: Hey all!
	10:26pm Ken From Hyde Park: Who wants to start a jukebox company with me?
	10:27pm Funky16Corners: Jimmy Holiday's a really interesting guy, singer, songwriter
	10:27pm still b/p: All jukeboxes oughta be online by now so we could access FMU archives and favorites for a quahtah.
	10:27pm Funky16Corners: Someone is probably working on it
	10:30pm Funky16Corners: Where's this from? The horns were a surprise after the sound of the guitar and piano.
	10:30pm Kris Holmes: Chicago?
	10:31pm Funky16Corners: Nice
	10:32pm Ken From Hyde Park: Plus, everyone basically walks around with access to all the songs in the world in their pocket, anyhow.
	10:34pm coelacanth∅: "internet" jukebox owners have very specific deals with publishers. at least 1/3 and maybe more than 1/2 of what i'd like to play at the pub is not available. (despite the fact that it's "on line")
	10:41pm coelacanth∅: ha! definitely not the same song as "sweeter as the years go by"!
	10:42pm Funky16Corners: Ahhhhhh, Tito!
	10:44pm geezerette: Tiro! El Rey!
	10:45pm Funky16Corners: Chips!
	10:45pm geezerette: Hello, Kris & assorted Gents!
	10:45pm Funky16Corners: Hello!
	10:46pm geezerette: Howdy! Looking forward to your show!
	10:47pm Funky16Corners: Thanks!
	10:47pm geezerette: :D
	10:48pm Kris Holmes: Hi there Geezerette
	10:49pm coelacanth∅: hey there g!
	10:49pm geezerette: Never too much drummer. Howdy Kris!
	10:50pm geezerette: Coel! Is it springtime at the farm house?
	10:50pm coelacanth∅: does Sam Segal know about the funky funky horse?
	10:51pm geezerette: Bet it knows about Sam.
	10:51pm Little Danny: Bel Cantos! That was awesome
	10:51pm Funky16Corners: This Bel Cantos is very cool. I thought it was a British R&Beat group when it started
	10:53pm Funky16Corners: I will aim to please!
	10:55pm Little Danny: Downey had a coupla sides apiece from the Chantays, the Rumblers, the Hustlers. And some garage 45s too
	10:56pm Funky16Corners: That Lauterbach book is great. I was thinking about it while watching American Epic on PBS tonight.
	10:57pm Little Danny: This Little Tommy is incredible and totally new to me
	10:57pm Kris Holmes: The Rumblers is what I was trying to say!!
	10:58pm Little Danny: Also this 45 sounds hella expensive
	10:58pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, this Little Tommy is great!
	10:59pm still b/p: I'm reading something that told me Tommy Chong was in a band that toured the Chitlin Circuit in the Circuit's last late days.
	11:00pm Kris Holmes: oops lost one side of turntable will fix after this ringleaders is done
	🥁 11:00pm JtotheK: @Little Danny ... my internet research confirms your theory about your relative Little Tommy. another 45 to add to the 'doubtful I'll acquire' list. (And it was also new to me - and agreed, it's great!)
	11:01pm geezerette: This sound is so honest and exuberant. Sounds like freedom. The Little Tommy knocked me out.
	11:01pm Funky16Corners: Still b/p, Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers
	11:06pm Little Danny: Hell yes on Latin Strut. I forget how good this is
	11:06pm Funky16Corners: Joe Bataan! Twin spin with the Deodato version?
	11:07pm Kris Holmes: would have to find the Deodato in my boxes
	11:11pm doctorjazz: look at all those great 7" discs, my, my, my...
	11:16pm Little Danny: play the guitar Kris! play it now!
	11:18pm Cubs Win: Howdy, Tex.
	11:19pm Funky16Corners: Well, this is a treat!
	11:21pm Funky16Corners: Produced by Otis!
	11:21pm Little Danny: standing ovation here in Marfa! Can you hear the applause?!
	11:21pm Little Danny: You're the greatest, Kris!!!!
	11:22pm geezerette: Funky monkey.
	11:22pm Kris Holmes: dude, it was rough on the fly, but you get the idea :)
	11:23pm Cubs Win: Does Larry want the axe back?
	11:24pm Cubs Win: Curtis needs to see his urologist.
	11:24pm Kris Holmes: in the morning unfortunately, i might sleep with it tonight...
	11:24pm Cubs Win: Awful nice of him.
	11:25pm Funky16Corners: Little Buster?
	11:27pm Uncle Michael: Larry, you might be interested o know who recorded a bunch of IDs for the latest aufitioner for the FMU morning show...Ted Shumaker.
	11:28pm Funky16Corners: From Viva??
	11:28pm Uncle Michael: Yup
	11:28pm Uncle Michael: Guy's got pipes...for sure.
	11:29pm Funky16Corners: Far out
	11:29pm Uncle Michael: I think he's doing radio back in Michigan...but not sure.
	11:33pm Little Danny: Man this Wanda Davis is so up my alley it's ridiculous
	11:34pm geezerette: ooh yeah.
	11:34pm Kris Holmes: see mate, still good records being made, they aren't all historical :)
	11:36pm Funky16Corners: Gotta be up with the kids in the AM then upith you guys here tomorrow night, so I'm hitting the sack. Thanks much for the tunes Kris (and the live performance as well).
	11:37pm Kris Holmes: ha, righto mate, see ya tomorrow night!
	11:38pm still b/p: "i might sleep with it tonight..." I see a romance cover: Kris nearly shirtless, with burning eyes, powerful and gentle simultaneously, as he cradles the loaner. "One Night In Marathon. A passing stranger introduced them. It was quickly a passion that made the desert bloom...music that made the mesquite shiver. But they could be together just....one night."
	11:38pm Kris Holmes: hahahaha
	11:43pm Uncle Michael: "We'll always have Marathin".
	11:44pm Uncle Michael: Cuba Senior...RIP
	11:45pm Kris Holmes: exactly RIP
	11:48pm Uncle Michael: I'm working on my next chart singles show...1973.
	11:48pm Uncle Michael: But now...I'm for bed. Thanks Kris..see you all later.
	11:49pm still b/p: That's this Friday, or further off?
	11:49pm Uncle Michael: A week from this Friday.
	11:51pm Kris Holmes: night Michael
	12:00am coelacanth∅: Thanks Kris 'night y'all
	12:02am still b/p: Thanks. ALL good.
	12:02am Kris Holmes: thanks everybody

The Long Way Home with Kris Holmes: Playlist from May 16, 2017

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Twenty years of dusty fingers, frayed cuticles, & upper respiratory infections — from record digging and DJing around the globe — coalesces into a 2-hour journey through Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Blues, Latin, Rock & Roll, and all points in between. Your speakers will be head-nodding, toe-tapping & even two-stepping to this vintage 45rpm party in no time. Hear favorite songs you didn't know were your favorites, aural treats & record-world problems from the vinyl side of life.

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May 16, 2017

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Artist	Track	Label	Format	Approx. start time
Bobby Byrd	Hang Ups We Don't Need (The Hungry We Got To Feed)	King	7"	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Vicki Anderson	No More Heartaches, No More Pain	King	7"	0:04:12 (Pop-up)
James Brown	I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)	King	7"	0:06:58 (Pop-up)
The Valdons	Stop Wait A Minute Girl	Secret Stash	7"	0:10:02 (Pop-up)
Syl Johnson	Age Ain't Nothing But A Number	Hi	7"	0:12:00 (Pop-up)
Little Sonny	You Can Be Replaced "You Can Be Replaced" by "Little Sonny"	Enterprise	7"	0:18:29 (Pop-up)
Lee Fields	You're The Kind Of Girl	Truth & Soul	7"	0:21:52 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Holiday	I Found A New Love "I Found A New Love" by "Jimmy Holiday"	Minit	7"	0:25:13 (Pop-up)
Otis Brown	Who's Gonna Take Me Home	Lujuna	7"	0:27:51 (Pop-up)
The Manhattans	Do You Ever "Do You Ever" by "The Manhattans"	DeLuxe	7"	0:30:47 (Pop-up)
Junior Parker	Sweeter As The Days Go By	Duke	7"	0:38:39 (Pop-up)
Tito Puente	Fat Mama "Fat Mama" by "Tito Puente"	Tico	7"	0:40:46 (Pop-up)
The Triumphs	Burnt Biscuits "Burnt Biscuits" by "The Triumphs"	Volt	7"	0:43:38 (Pop-up)
Lester Young & the California Playboys	Funky Funky Horse	Unity	7"	0:45:37 (Pop-up)
Bel Cantos	Feel Aw Right "Feel Aw Right" by "Bel Cantos"	Downey	7"	0:49:08 (Pop-up)
Little Tommy	Baby Can't You See "Baby Can't You See" by "Little Tommy"	Sound Of Soul	7"	0:55:44 (Pop-up)
The Ringleaders	Grin & Bear It "Grin & Bear It" by "The Ringleaders"	M-Pac	7"	0:58:23 (Pop-up)
Eli Paperboy Reed	Shock To The System	Fame	7"	1:00:40 (Pop-up)
Joe Bataan	Latin Strut "Latin Strut" by "Joe Bataan"	Mericana	7"	1:03:56 (Pop-up)
The Revolution of St. Vincent	The Little You Say	Wirl	7"	1:07:15 (Pop-up)
Booker T & the MG's	Jelly Bread "Jelly Bread" by "Booker T & the MG's"	Stax	7"	1:19:45 (Pop-up)
Jackie Hairston	Monkey On My Back	Atco	7"	1:20:07 (Pop-up)
Curtis Griffin	I Gotta Lump "I Gotta Lump" by "Curtis Griffin"	Jewel	7"	1:22:12 (Pop-up)
Little Buster	TCB "TCB" by "Little Buster"	Jubilee	7"	1:23:59 (Pop-up)
Master Plan Inc	Master Plan Intro	Mundo	7"	1:25:21 (Pop-up)
Wanda Davis	Where Did You Sleep Last Night?	Secret Stash	7"	1:31:13 (Pop-up)
JB & The Vikings	Lazy Soul "Lazy Soul" by "JB & The Vikings"	Zap-Zing!	7"	1:34:53 (Pop-up)
Bump & The Soul Stompers	Standing On The Outside	Damon	7"	1:38:06 (Pop-up)
The Delfonics	Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)	Philly Groove	7"	1:40:50 (Pop-up)
The Main Ingredient	Everybody Plays The Fool	RCA	7"	1:43:30 (Pop-up)
The Kaldirons	To Love Someone (That Don't Love You)	Twinight	7"	1:48:08 (Pop-up)
Unnatural Funk Band	Living In The Past	Cavern	7"	1:51:23 (Pop-up)
Calvin Harris	Wives Get Lonely Too	Stereo-Sonic	7"	1:55:19 (Pop-up)
Clifton Chenier	I'm Coming Home "I'm Coming Home" by "Clifton Chenier"	Bayou	7"	2:00:42 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	10:03pm Little Danny: Greetings Kris and fellow homers
	10:04pm Kris Holmes: Heya Dan!!
	🥁 10:05pm JtotheK: good evening Mr Holmes. Hiya Danny!
	10:06pm Little Danny: Hey J2tK!
	10:07pm Kris Holmes: Hey Jason, thanks for tuning in!
	10:07pm Doug Schulkind: King 7" is one of my favorite phrases in the English language.
	10:07pm Funky16Corners: Hello all
	10:09pm Kris Holmes: Hi Doug, Hi Larry
	10:09pm David D: Hello Kris and everyone: Looks like I'm here for the night...
	🥁 10:09pm JtotheK: hi F16C - looking forward to your program on the drummer stream! (b/w i'm a longtime fan of the blog and Facebook page!) and hello Doug! i look forward to your full list of favorite phrases (English Language).
	10:10pm Little Danny: I've never heard this James Brown side before. Killer
	10:10pm Kris Holmes: Hi David!
	10:10pm Funky16Corners: Howdy J2K! Looking forward to tomorrow's show. Great to be among the fine folks on GTDR
	10:10pm David D: 4 a.m. in Leipzig and this is getting me going...
	10:11pm David D: Hi Doug, Danny, Larry - looking forward to hearing your new show!
	10:12pm Funky16Corners: Hi David!
	10:12pm Little Danny: Larry, I have a weekly Wednesday night commitment but I look forward to yer archived shows. I sure dig yer tastes in music
	10:12pm Funky16Corners: And I yours, Danny
	10:12pm Little Danny: Hey David. Are you really awake at 4am? Wow.
	10:13pm David D: Yeah, well my show was on until 1 and now I'm "working".
	🥁 10:14pm JtotheK: my night schedule has been off lately, been tuning into these shows via archives, but am hoping to catch the Tues/Wed/Thurs night owl programs as they air more often that not.
	10:17pm still b/p: And I remember ears gotta be cleared of grit later.
	10:18pm Funky16Corners: We're getting grit up here but it's all pollen. If I choke to death on the air tomorrow night you can blame the trees.
	10:19pm coelacanth∅: hello Kris and others
	10:20pm Kris Holmes: Hi Coel & still b/p. Thanks for making it.
	10:21pm Funky16Corners: Love the sound of that harp
	10:25pm coelacanth∅: this is so perdy ...i bet it's not in the jukebox at the pub though - despite the positive effect it would have on the evening.
	10:25pm doctorjazz: Hey all!
	10:26pm Ken From Hyde Park: Who wants to start a jukebox company with me?
	10:27pm Funky16Corners: Jimmy Holiday's a really interesting guy, singer, songwriter
	10:27pm still b/p: All jukeboxes oughta be online by now so we could access FMU archives and favorites for a quahtah.
	10:27pm Funky16Corners: Someone is probably working on it
	10:30pm Funky16Corners: Where's this from? The horns were a surprise after the sound of the guitar and piano.
	10:30pm Kris Holmes: Chicago?
	10:31pm Funky16Corners: Nice
	10:32pm Ken From Hyde Park: Plus, everyone basically walks around with access to all the songs in the world in their pocket, anyhow.
	10:34pm coelacanth∅: "internet" jukebox owners have very specific deals with publishers. at least 1/3 and maybe more than 1/2 of what i'd like to play at the pub is not available. (despite the fact that it's "on line")
	10:41pm coelacanth∅: ha! definitely not the same song as "sweeter as the years go by"!
	10:42pm Funky16Corners: Ahhhhhh, Tito!
	10:44pm geezerette: Tiro! El Rey!
	10:45pm Funky16Corners: Chips!
	10:45pm geezerette: Hello, Kris & assorted Gents!
	10:45pm Funky16Corners: Hello!
	10:46pm geezerette: Howdy! Looking forward to your show!
	10:47pm Funky16Corners: Thanks!
	10:47pm geezerette: :D
	10:48pm Kris Holmes: Hi there Geezerette
	10:49pm coelacanth∅: hey there g!
	10:49pm geezerette: Never too much drummer. Howdy Kris!
	10:50pm geezerette: Coel! Is it springtime at the farm house?
	10:50pm coelacanth∅: does Sam Segal know about the funky funky horse?
	10:51pm geezerette: Bet it knows about Sam.
	10:51pm Little Danny: Bel Cantos! That was awesome
	10:51pm Funky16Corners: This Bel Cantos is very cool. I thought it was a British R&Beat group when it started
	10:53pm Funky16Corners: I will aim to please!
	10:55pm Little Danny: Downey had a coupla sides apiece from the Chantays, the Rumblers, the Hustlers. And some garage 45s too
	10:56pm Funky16Corners: That Lauterbach book is great. I was thinking about it while watching American Epic on PBS tonight.
	10:57pm Little Danny: This Little Tommy is incredible and totally new to me
	10:57pm Kris Holmes: The Rumblers is what I was trying to say!!
	10:58pm Little Danny: Also this 45 sounds hella expensive
	10:58pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, this Little Tommy is great!
	10:59pm still b/p: I'm reading something that told me Tommy Chong was in a band that toured the Chitlin Circuit in the Circuit's last late days.
	11:00pm Kris Holmes: oops lost one side of turntable will fix after this ringleaders is done
	🥁 11:00pm JtotheK: @Little Danny ... my internet research confirms your theory about your relative Little Tommy. another 45 to add to the 'doubtful I'll acquire' list. (And it was also new to me - and agreed, it's great!)
	11:01pm geezerette: This sound is so honest and exuberant. Sounds like freedom. The Little Tommy knocked me out.
	11:01pm Funky16Corners: Still b/p, Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers
	11:06pm Little Danny: Hell yes on Latin Strut. I forget how good this is
	11:06pm Funky16Corners: Joe Bataan! Twin spin with the Deodato version?
	11:07pm Kris Holmes: would have to find the Deodato in my boxes
	11:11pm doctorjazz: look at all those great 7" discs, my, my, my...
	11:16pm Little Danny: play the guitar Kris! play it now!
	11:18pm Cubs Win: Howdy, Tex.
	11:19pm Funky16Corners: Well, this is a treat!
	11:21pm Funky16Corners: Produced by Otis!
	11:21pm Little Danny: standing ovation here in Marfa! Can you hear the applause?!
	11:21pm Little Danny: You're the greatest, Kris!!!!
	11:22pm geezerette: Funky monkey.
	11:22pm Kris Holmes: dude, it was rough on the fly, but you get the idea :)
	11:23pm Cubs Win: Does Larry want the axe back?
	11:24pm Cubs Win: Curtis needs to see his urologist.
	11:24pm Kris Holmes: in the morning unfortunately, i might sleep with it tonight...
	11:24pm Cubs Win: Awful nice of him.
	11:25pm Funky16Corners: Little Buster?
	11:27pm Uncle Michael: Larry, you might be interested o know who recorded a bunch of IDs for the latest aufitioner for the FMU morning show...Ted Shumaker.
	11:28pm Funky16Corners: From Viva??
	11:28pm Uncle Michael: Yup
	11:28pm Uncle Michael: Guy's got pipes...for sure.
	11:29pm Funky16Corners: Far out
	11:29pm Uncle Michael: I think he's doing radio back in Michigan...but not sure.
	11:33pm Little Danny: Man this Wanda Davis is so up my alley it's ridiculous
	11:34pm geezerette: ooh yeah.
	11:34pm Kris Holmes: see mate, still good records being made, they aren't all historical :)
	11:36pm Funky16Corners: Gotta be up with the kids in the AM then upith you guys here tomorrow night, so I'm hitting the sack. Thanks much for the tunes Kris (and the live performance as well).
	11:37pm Kris Holmes: ha, righto mate, see ya tomorrow night!
	11:38pm still b/p: "i might sleep with it tonight..." I see a romance cover: Kris nearly shirtless, with burning eyes, powerful and gentle simultaneously, as he cradles the loaner. "One Night In Marathon. A passing stranger introduced them. It was quickly a passion that made the desert bloom...music that made the mesquite shiver. But they could be together just....one night."
	11:38pm Kris Holmes: hahahaha
	11:43pm Uncle Michael: "We'll always have Marathin".
	11:44pm Uncle Michael: Cuba Senior...RIP
	11:45pm Kris Holmes: exactly RIP
	11:48pm Uncle Michael: I'm working on my next chart singles show...1973.
	11:48pm Uncle Michael: But now...I'm for bed. Thanks Kris..see you all later.
	11:49pm still b/p: That's this Friday, or further off?
	11:49pm Uncle Michael: A week from this Friday.
	11:51pm Kris Holmes: night Michael
	12:00am coelacanth∅: Thanks Kris 'night y'all
	12:02am still b/p: Thanks. ALL good.
	12:02am Kris Holmes: thanks everybody

The Long Way Home with Kris Holmes: Playlist from May 16, 2017

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