WFMU: Irwin Chusid: Playlist from May 9, 2018

Listener comments!
	3:00pm Carmichael: Heya Irwin and faithful.
	3:00pm BronwynB: hey irwin and everyone :D
	3:02pm Carmichael: Snappy intro. Thought I was listening to the Mike Douglas Show for a sec.
	3:03pm Michael 98145: yes
	👻 3:03pm βrian: I'm temped to splay o'er this field of orange.
	3:03pm thatpatsmith: rockoutjazzoutspazzoutirwin
	3:04pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Hey everybody! Hey Irwin!
	3:06pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: So my neighbor decided to mow my back yard without telling me. Thoughts? This Lee Morgan is really great!
	👻 3:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: WFMU has a quality assurance department? Who knew?
	3:07pm Irwin: Para español, o prima dos.
	👻 3:08pm βrian: That's very weird — if you weren't laid up in the hospital or something.
	3:11pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Brian-we went away for the weekend, then it happened. His wife walked into my garden last summer, picked a tomato and proceed to eat it there.
	3:12pm Henry: get me out of here, Irwin. Thank you.
	3:13pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Irwin, your Jazz selections are so much better than the Jazz station in Toronto that is supposed to be world class. Meh.
	3:14pm Fredericks: Irwin, when are you being interviewed about Sun Ra?
	👻 3:15pm βrian: Stealing my children is one thing, but do not touch my tomatoes.
	3:16pm Irwin: Fred: Mon May 21 on WPRB Princeton. They webcast.
	3:20pm tom from Glasgow: there's a lot to take on board here
	3:21pm Itzall Ablurr: Hello Irwin, hope all is well. I just peeked in to see what the hot topics are today.
	3:21pm Dominick: ...but pretty boys go thar
	3:24pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Irwin-I was fortunate to see Sun Ra at Maxwell's in Hoboken in the early 90's. I told one of the guys in Sun Ra they were better than the Grateful Dead and he said "Yeah, we're the Grateful Living!". They played Elephants on Parade from Dumbo...that's all I remember.
	3:24pm Brendan: Dig how the steel drum background sounded like a sub hull . And the pinging...
	3:25pm Michael 98145: great story, @Neil
	3:27pm Lixiviated Life: Untruth is relative
	3:28pm rsj: how much if they call in?
	3:28pm Michael 98145: something funny is going on around here
	3:29pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Turn Me On Dead Man is perfect! Wow! Clicky star immediately. Yep.
	👻 3:29pm βrian: Tattoo artists ought to offer removal insurance up front.
	3:30pm Laura L: Thanks for the TMoDM--that is the one album they made that is perfect.
	3:30pm Michael 98145: prorated
	3:31pm rbx: I'm late but I made it, hello Irwin and folx!
	3:31pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Brian-that is a BRILLIANT idea for a startup. Please contact me immediately and we can get backers. Do you know how many fricking tatoos there are out there?! Seriously, that should be a Shark Tank thing you do like right now. Quit your job. Nah, just kidding. But still, that is really INSPIRED!
	3:32pm Passaic River Blues: I love this song to an unhealthy degree.
	3:32pm Michael 98145: all those saggy tats are gonna look peculiar on grandma
	👻 3:33pm βrian: Or offer premium tattoos done with invisible ink.
	3:33pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Micheal-remember the 70 year old punk rocker on Max Headroom in the 80's? They'd look like that....
	3:34pm rbx: I appreciate a tattoo artist that tries to talk you down. Kind of wish the one that did my finger tatts had tried to dissuade me at all. haha. c'est le vie.
	3:34pm Michael 98145: gonna be a scary future. invisible tats would need to be activated by lemon juice.
	3:37pm Michael 98145: fine choices today, mr irwin
	👻 3:40pm βrian: As I remember, the lemon juice serves as the ink. It's activated when you apply a hot iron.
	3:42pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: New band name: Black Light Tatoo!
	3:47pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Wild Neil has ZERO tatoos.
	3:50pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: So, I am going to Poland for a week in July. It should be EPIC.
	👻 3:53pm βrian: I'm an oenophile!
	👻 3:54pm Alison Porchnik: That fantastic Gil Evans cut was so inappropriate. Catchy what a totally offensive title. I call for a dedicated Safe Space (tm) on Irwin's show! Who's with me? Let's get a petition to Ken!
	3:55pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @AP: Triggered!Not.
	3:55pm Irwin: I want to apologize, AP. I need to listen to my listeners more often and respect their sensitivities, esp. the gurls.
	3:56pm berbo: @AP - I agree. We have no need of any promiscuous 'dance'.
	👻 3:56pm Alison Porchnik: This has nothing to do with gender. You are such a sexist, Irwin.
	👻 3:57pm Alison Porchnik: @berbo - as for the "Arab" aspect - so belittling. I sense a Zionist conspiracy.
	3:58pm wygalator: hey Irwin I emailed you a couple of songs we're playing fri. nite there.
	👻 3:58pm βrian: Wait, how are you pronouncing "Arab?"
	4:00pm Irwin: AP: Wait, I can walk that back!
	4:01pm Irwin: Wyg: I played one or two a few weeks ago. didn't bring the files today.
	4:02pm Irwin: “Irwin Chusid: Writer, Record Producer, Radio Personality & Bon Vivant” — JewWatch.com (Scholarly Library of Facts about Domestic & Worldwide Zionist Criminality)
	👻 4:06pm Alison Porchnik: Irwin, you can just "cash me ousside, how 'bout dah?”, as they say.
	👻 4:10pm βrian: I really don't like jazz. I just listen to it to build character.
	👻 4:10pm chris: here late. missed much. hello, Irwin and folks. [available for tending to wounds, should the need arise]
	👻 4:14pm βrian: Uh-oh, the boaters' warning whistle just went off, and a mass of dark, dark clouds is closing in on us.
	👻 4:15pm chris: squalls are like jazz, perhaps
	👻 4:15pm Listening Out There: Last year, I got shots for Lalo Schifrin. Haven't had a problem with it since...
	👻 4:16pm βrian: Aye, they build character and nourish the garden.
	4:16pm Brendan: I like those tracks where the engineer leaves the studio door open and a bunch of people come in and start talking in the mix
	4:17pm tom from Glasgow: like i always say, if your memory goes, forget about it
	👻 4:18pm βrian: Oh, I've seen that band.
	4:18pm tom from Glasgow: Liz <3
	4:21pm Irwin: I like how Liz sounds like she has a cold and sniffs between verses.
	4:23pm prudy: Hi Irwin, thanks for classic Liz
	4:23pm debt collector: These are refreshing versions.
	👻 4:24pm βrian: Others have to pay dearly for that same affect.
	4:25pm Dominick: a good'un
	4:25pm The Oscar: Thanks for the reminder on the Girlysound box! Easily my fave Liz recordings, and these sound amazing compared to the 3rd-generation MP3 rips I've been listening to for years.
	4:26pm tom from Glasgow: ha! yes, i had those mp3 rips
	4:32pm Fredericks: Play some Nugent, John de Nugent!
	👻 4:34pm βrian: Thanks, Irwin. I gotta catch that bus.
	4:40pm prudy: Dean!
	4:46pm tom from Glasgow: wow nice!
	4:52pm WO Town Wick: Great set today. Thanks Irwin.
	4:55pm Michael 98145: [ love me that Nina Simone music ]
	4:57pm berbo: I can see the good day groove for eight miles high.
	4:57pm Lixiviated Life: Click-A-Star for Sunshine au Go-Go BUT only for the retro-trippy mash-up effect. (cue the lava lamps on 3, 2, 1)
	5:23pm common: good eve!
	5:29pm Lyle: Billy Cobham. There's a story. Panamanian, and a damned fine skinsman. I think we were in Texas at the time. Was it, Banderas? Kerrville, maybe? At any rate, it must have been '67 or '68. Way before Mahatmagishna or whatever that outfit was called that Billy was in when they had their 15-minutes of fame. I was playing piccolo trombone with Kurt Hirt (Al's brother) at that time, and things were not going particularly well. Al, of course, was on fire, hit after hit, especially "Java." That one really connected, and Kurt wanted a piece of the action. I recall we were playing the East Texas circuit, trying to get Kurt's single, "Tea Bag," to catch on. It never did. Still, one particular gig brought me face to face with Billy Cobham, who was with The Canals at that time, a Panamanian Top 40 band that had broken through back home, but wasn't having a lot of luck in the states. Their set consisted mostly of playing a couple of forgettable ditties and then letting Billy play a 50-60 minute solo. I recall distinctly, watching him from the stage apron, marvelling at his incredible talent as he unleashed his unique blend of ratamacues, and paradiddles in front of a mostly indifferent Texan audience who was there to see the headliner, Freddy Fender. At one pont, Billy motioned for me to come up on stage and join him in an impromptu jam. I did as he requested, only to be fired later by a very jealous and angry Kurt Hirt. A few years later, I was asked to audition for Mahatmagishna, but I had a prior commitment with Dick Jensen that I could not get out of. Billy was a great guy, and Spectrum was a great album. I sometimes wistfully imagine what a little piccolo trombone might have added to the mix, but I'll never know. Great show, Irwin. Always enjoy it.
	5:30pm Irwin: Lyle, is that you?
	5:31pm Lyle: Oh, gee. That last long paragraph was mine!
	5:31pm Irwin: I fixed it!
	5:33pm Michael 98145: yowza
	5:34pm Lyle: Thanks, Ir. You know I have a heck of a time with this new computer stuff.
	5:34pm Carmichael: Lyle has returned!
	👻 5:36pm Listening Out There: Good recent interview with Billy Cobham: www.google.com...
	5:36pm Irwin: Lyle keeps musician's hours, usually gets up at 2pm, lights up at 2:05, imbibes at 2:15, tight by 2:30.
	5:38pm Lyle: You know me well, Ir.
	5:41pm jan: love this track: Karasuma!
	👻 5:45pm Ken From Hyde Park: Howdy, Lyle! Take care, old chum!
	5:49pm Lyle: Thanks, Kenny. Hyde Park. That's a jazz town. I went through there with Bart Tatum (Art's brother) one time. But, that's a story for a different day.
	5:53pm tom from Glasgow: i love your stories Lyle
	👻 5:54pm chris: thanks for sharing, Lyle. good times.
	👻 5:55pm chris: thanks for an udder pleasing shoe, Irwin.
	5:56pm Michael 98145: yes- thank you again, Irwin
	5:59pm tom from Glasgow: cheers Irwin!
	👻 6:01pm Ken From Hyde Park: The quality assurance department should find everything in order, Irwin. All notes, station IDs and segues placed correctly.

Irwin Chusid: Playlist from May 9, 2018

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Lee Morgan	Fathead "Fathead" by "Lee Morgan"	Sonic Boom	Blue Note	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Martin Speake & Ethan Iverson	Twister	Intention	Ubuntu Music	0:04:50 (Pop-up)
Tracyanne & Danny	Home & Dry "Home & Dry" by "Tracyanne & Danny"	Tracyanne & Danny	Merge	0:11:39 (Pop-up)
Brian Dewan	Blue-Haired Boy "Blue-Haired Boy" by "Brian Dewan"	Words of Wisdom	Eschatone	0:15:09 (Pop-up)
Meadow House	Submarining "Submarining" by "Meadow House"	This Should Not Be Happening	Feeding Tube	0:18:33 (Pop-up)

Turn Me on Dead Man	Beatle George	God Bless the Electric Freak	Alternative Tentacles	0:26:29 (Pop-up)
Del-Vetts	The Last Time Around "The Last Time Around" by "Del-Vetts"	The Del-Vetts	Sundazed	0:28:57 (Pop-up)
Zemog el Gallo Bueno	Hipnotico "Hipnotico" by "Zemog el Gallo Bueno"	YoYouMeTú Vol. 2, Jugamos with Humanos	Zemog el Gallo Bueno	0:31:46 (Pop-up)
Courtney Barnett	City Looks Pretty	Tell Me How You Really Feel	Mom + Pop	0:34:49 (Pop-up)
Charnett Moffett	G.E.M. "G.E.M." by "Charnett Moffett"	Internet	Piadrum Records	0:39:22 (Pop-up)
Gil Evans	Arab Dance "Arab Dance" by "Gil Evans"	A Portrait of Gil Evans	Columbia	0:43:20 (Pop-up)

Speedy Ortiz	Buck Me Off "Buck Me Off" by "Speedy Ortiz"	Twerp Verse	Carpark	0:52:31 (Pop-up)
Buddy & Julie Miller	Gasoline & Matches	Written in Chalk	Hightone	0:55:47 (Pop-up)
The Souljazz Orchestra	Lotus Flower	Rising Sun	Strut	0:58:49 (Pop-up)
George Russell Sextet	Dance Class	At the Five Spot	Decca	1:03:54 (Pop-up)
Lalo Schifrin	Machinations "Machinations" by "Lalo Schifrin"	There's a Whole Lotta Lalo Schifrin Goin' On	Dot	1:10:15 (Pop-up)

Liz Phair	Whip Smart (Girly-Sound Version)	The Girly-Sound Tapes	Matador	1:16:47 (Pop-up)
Liz Phair	Johnny Sunshine "Johnny Sunshine" by "Liz Phair"	The Girly-Sound Tapes	Matador	1:19:48 (Pop-up)
David Kilgour	Blue Skies "Blue Skies" by "David Kilgour"	Frozen Orange	Arch Hill Recordings	1:23:40 (Pop-up)
Elliot Galvin	Bees Dogs and Flies	The Influencing Machine	Edition Records	1:27:37 (Pop-up)
Dori Freeman	Ern & Zorry's Sneakin' Bitin' Dog	Letters Never Read	Dori Freeman	1:34:44 (Pop-up)
Dean & Britta	I Threw It Away "I Threw It Away" by "Dean & Britta"	L'avventura	Jetset	1:37:03 (Pop-up)

Nina Simone	Mood Indigo "Mood Indigo" by "Nina Simone"	Let It All Out	Colpix	1:46:11 (Pop-up)
Bee Gees	Kitty Can (alternate) "Kitty Can (alternate)" by "Bee Gees"	Idea (Deluxe Edition)	Rhino	1:48:17 (Pop-up)
Beatles/Who/Byrds/Deee-Lite/etc.	Sunshine A Go Go	Revolved (ccc mash-up of Revolver album)	No Such Label	1:50:51 (Pop-up)
Chemtrails	Burnt Shadows "Burnt Shadows" by "Chemtrails"	Love in Toxic Wasteland	PNKSLM	1:55:37 (Pop-up)
Billy Cobham	Quadrant 4 "Quadrant 4" by "Billy Cobham"	Spectrum	Atlantic	1:58:45 (Pop-up)
Curha	Egon / Respect for the Pedestrian	Curha I	Chant Records	2:03:21 (Pop-up)
Magnetic Fields	A Cat Called Dionysus	50 Song Memoir	Nonesuch	2:11:55 (Pop-up)

Barrence Whitfield & the Savages	Georgia Slop	Barrence Whitfield & the Savages	Mamou	2:20:52 (Pop-up)
Deerhunter	Famous Last Words "Famous Last Words" by "Deerhunter"	Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP	Kranky	2:22:37 (Pop-up)
Bobby McClure	Peak of Love "Peak of Love" by "Bobby McClure"	Sing a Song of Soul 2	Chess	2:25:03 (Pop-up)
Benny Goodman Sextet with Charlie Christian	Flying Home	The Essential Benny Goodman	Bluebird	2:27:46 (Pop-up)
Manuel Valera Trio	Jupiter: Joyous Thunder	The Planets	Mavo	2:30:58 (Pop-up)
David Kechley	Karasuma: A Fast Funk for Orchestra	The Walbrzych Project	Innova	2:36:20 (Pop-up)

Brian Haas	Monk's Mood "Monk's Mood" by "Brian Haas"	The Truth About Hollywood	Hyena Records	2:48:48 (Pop-up)
Gene D. Plumber (Gene Turonis)	George Jones, George Jones	All the Pretty Girls	Bar/None	2:52:54 (Pop-up)
Birdie Busch	South Philly "South Philly" by "Birdie Busch"	The Ways We Try	Bar/None	2:54:23 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:00pm Carmichael: Heya Irwin and faithful.
	3:00pm BronwynB: hey irwin and everyone :D
	3:02pm Carmichael: Snappy intro. Thought I was listening to the Mike Douglas Show for a sec.
	3:03pm Michael 98145: yes
	👻 3:03pm βrian: I'm temped to splay o'er this field of orange.
	3:03pm thatpatsmith: rockoutjazzoutspazzoutirwin
	3:04pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Hey everybody! Hey Irwin!
	3:06pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: So my neighbor decided to mow my back yard without telling me. Thoughts? This Lee Morgan is really great!
	👻 3:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: WFMU has a quality assurance department? Who knew?
	3:07pm Irwin: Para español, o prima dos.
	👻 3:08pm βrian: That's very weird — if you weren't laid up in the hospital or something.
	3:11pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Brian-we went away for the weekend, then it happened. His wife walked into my garden last summer, picked a tomato and proceed to eat it there.
	3:12pm Henry: get me out of here, Irwin. Thank you.
	3:13pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Irwin, your Jazz selections are so much better than the Jazz station in Toronto that is supposed to be world class. Meh.
	3:14pm Fredericks: Irwin, when are you being interviewed about Sun Ra?
	👻 3:15pm βrian: Stealing my children is one thing, but do not touch my tomatoes.
	3:16pm Irwin: Fred: Mon May 21 on WPRB Princeton. They webcast.
	3:20pm tom from Glasgow: there's a lot to take on board here
	3:21pm Itzall Ablurr: Hello Irwin, hope all is well. I just peeked in to see what the hot topics are today.
	3:21pm Dominick: ...but pretty boys go thar
	3:24pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Irwin-I was fortunate to see Sun Ra at Maxwell's in Hoboken in the early 90's. I told one of the guys in Sun Ra they were better than the Grateful Dead and he said "Yeah, we're the Grateful Living!". They played Elephants on Parade from Dumbo...that's all I remember.
	3:24pm Brendan: Dig how the steel drum background sounded like a sub hull . And the pinging...
	3:25pm Michael 98145: great story, @Neil
	3:27pm Lixiviated Life: Untruth is relative
	3:28pm rsj: how much if they call in?
	3:28pm Michael 98145: something funny is going on around here
	3:29pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Turn Me On Dead Man is perfect! Wow! Clicky star immediately. Yep.
	👻 3:29pm βrian: Tattoo artists ought to offer removal insurance up front.
	3:30pm Laura L: Thanks for the TMoDM--that is the one album they made that is perfect.
	3:30pm Michael 98145: prorated
	3:31pm rbx: I'm late but I made it, hello Irwin and folx!
	3:31pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Brian-that is a BRILLIANT idea for a startup. Please contact me immediately and we can get backers. Do you know how many fricking tatoos there are out there?! Seriously, that should be a Shark Tank thing you do like right now. Quit your job. Nah, just kidding. But still, that is really INSPIRED!
	3:32pm Passaic River Blues: I love this song to an unhealthy degree.
	3:32pm Michael 98145: all those saggy tats are gonna look peculiar on grandma
	👻 3:33pm βrian: Or offer premium tattoos done with invisible ink.
	3:33pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Micheal-remember the 70 year old punk rocker on Max Headroom in the 80's? They'd look like that....
	3:34pm rbx: I appreciate a tattoo artist that tries to talk you down. Kind of wish the one that did my finger tatts had tried to dissuade me at all. haha. c'est le vie.
	3:34pm Michael 98145: gonna be a scary future. invisible tats would need to be activated by lemon juice.
	3:37pm Michael 98145: fine choices today, mr irwin
	👻 3:40pm βrian: As I remember, the lemon juice serves as the ink. It's activated when you apply a hot iron.
	3:42pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: New band name: Black Light Tatoo!
	3:47pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Wild Neil has ZERO tatoos.
	3:50pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: So, I am going to Poland for a week in July. It should be EPIC.
	👻 3:53pm βrian: I'm an oenophile!
	👻 3:54pm Alison Porchnik: That fantastic Gil Evans cut was so inappropriate. Catchy what a totally offensive title. I call for a dedicated Safe Space (tm) on Irwin's show! Who's with me? Let's get a petition to Ken!
	3:55pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @AP: Triggered!Not.
	3:55pm Irwin: I want to apologize, AP. I need to listen to my listeners more often and respect their sensitivities, esp. the gurls.
	3:56pm berbo: @AP - I agree. We have no need of any promiscuous 'dance'.
	👻 3:56pm Alison Porchnik: This has nothing to do with gender. You are such a sexist, Irwin.
	👻 3:57pm Alison Porchnik: @berbo - as for the "Arab" aspect - so belittling. I sense a Zionist conspiracy.
	3:58pm wygalator: hey Irwin I emailed you a couple of songs we're playing fri. nite there.
	👻 3:58pm βrian: Wait, how are you pronouncing "Arab?"
	4:00pm Irwin: AP: Wait, I can walk that back!
	4:01pm Irwin: Wyg: I played one or two a few weeks ago. didn't bring the files today.
	4:02pm Irwin: “Irwin Chusid: Writer, Record Producer, Radio Personality & Bon Vivant” — JewWatch.com (Scholarly Library of Facts about Domestic & Worldwide Zionist Criminality)
	👻 4:06pm Alison Porchnik: Irwin, you can just "cash me ousside, how 'bout dah?”, as they say.
	👻 4:10pm βrian: I really don't like jazz. I just listen to it to build character.
	👻 4:10pm chris: here late. missed much. hello, Irwin and folks. [available for tending to wounds, should the need arise]
	👻 4:14pm βrian: Uh-oh, the boaters' warning whistle just went off, and a mass of dark, dark clouds is closing in on us.
	👻 4:15pm chris: squalls are like jazz, perhaps
	👻 4:15pm Listening Out There: Last year, I got shots for Lalo Schifrin. Haven't had a problem with it since...
	👻 4:16pm βrian: Aye, they build character and nourish the garden.
	4:16pm Brendan: I like those tracks where the engineer leaves the studio door open and a bunch of people come in and start talking in the mix
	4:17pm tom from Glasgow: like i always say, if your memory goes, forget about it
	👻 4:18pm βrian: Oh, I've seen that band.
	4:18pm tom from Glasgow: Liz <3
	4:21pm Irwin: I like how Liz sounds like she has a cold and sniffs between verses.
	4:23pm prudy: Hi Irwin, thanks for classic Liz
	4:23pm debt collector: These are refreshing versions.
	👻 4:24pm βrian: Others have to pay dearly for that same affect.
	4:25pm Dominick: a good'un
	4:25pm The Oscar: Thanks for the reminder on the Girlysound box! Easily my fave Liz recordings, and these sound amazing compared to the 3rd-generation MP3 rips I've been listening to for years.
	4:26pm tom from Glasgow: ha! yes, i had those mp3 rips
	4:32pm Fredericks: Play some Nugent, John de Nugent!
	👻 4:34pm βrian: Thanks, Irwin. I gotta catch that bus.
	4:40pm prudy: Dean!
	4:46pm tom from Glasgow: wow nice!
	4:52pm WO Town Wick: Great set today. Thanks Irwin.
	4:55pm Michael 98145: [ love me that Nina Simone music ]
	4:57pm berbo: I can see the good day groove for eight miles high.
	4:57pm Lixiviated Life: Click-A-Star for Sunshine au Go-Go BUT only for the retro-trippy mash-up effect. (cue the lava lamps on 3, 2, 1)
	5:23pm common: good eve!
	5:29pm Lyle: Billy Cobham. There's a story. Panamanian, and a damned fine skinsman. I think we were in Texas at the time. Was it, Banderas? Kerrville, maybe? At any rate, it must have been '67 or '68. Way before Mahatmagishna or whatever that outfit was called that Billy was in when they had their 15-minutes of fame. I was playing piccolo trombone with Kurt Hirt (Al's brother) at that time, and things were not going particularly well. Al, of course, was on fire, hit after hit, especially "Java." That one really connected, and Kurt wanted a piece of the action. I recall we were playing the East Texas circuit, trying to get Kurt's single, "Tea Bag," to catch on. It never did. Still, one particular gig brought me face to face with Billy Cobham, who was with The Canals at that time, a Panamanian Top 40 band that had broken through back home, but wasn't having a lot of luck in the states. Their set consisted mostly of playing a couple of forgettable ditties and then letting Billy play a 50-60 minute solo. I recall distinctly, watching him from the stage apron, marvelling at his incredible talent as he unleashed his unique blend of ratamacues, and paradiddles in front of a mostly indifferent Texan audience who was there to see the headliner, Freddy Fender. At one pont, Billy motioned for me to come up on stage and join him in an impromptu jam. I did as he requested, only to be fired later by a very jealous and angry Kurt Hirt. A few years later, I was asked to audition for Mahatmagishna, but I had a prior commitment with Dick Jensen that I could not get out of. Billy was a great guy, and Spectrum was a great album. I sometimes wistfully imagine what a little piccolo trombone might have added to the mix, but I'll never know. Great show, Irwin. Always enjoy it.
	5:30pm Irwin: Lyle, is that you?
	5:31pm Lyle: Oh, gee. That last long paragraph was mine!
	5:31pm Irwin: I fixed it!
	5:33pm Michael 98145: yowza
	5:34pm Lyle: Thanks, Ir. You know I have a heck of a time with this new computer stuff.
	5:34pm Carmichael: Lyle has returned!
	👻 5:36pm Listening Out There: Good recent interview with Billy Cobham: www.google.com...
	5:36pm Irwin: Lyle keeps musician's hours, usually gets up at 2pm, lights up at 2:05, imbibes at 2:15, tight by 2:30.
	5:38pm Lyle: You know me well, Ir.
	5:41pm jan: love this track: Karasuma!
	👻 5:45pm Ken From Hyde Park: Howdy, Lyle! Take care, old chum!
	5:49pm Lyle: Thanks, Kenny. Hyde Park. That's a jazz town. I went through there with Bart Tatum (Art's brother) one time. But, that's a story for a different day.
	5:53pm tom from Glasgow: i love your stories Lyle
	👻 5:54pm chris: thanks for sharing, Lyle. good times.
	👻 5:55pm chris: thanks for an udder pleasing shoe, Irwin.
	5:56pm Michael 98145: yes- thank you again, Irwin
	5:59pm tom from Glasgow: cheers Irwin!
	👻 6:01pm Ken From Hyde Park: The quality assurance department should find everything in order, Irwin. All notes, station IDs and segues placed correctly.

Irwin Chusid: Playlist from May 9, 2018

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