August 31, 2007, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Kicking off Labor Day Weekend with songs about work:
01. Mills Brothers - Get a Job (CD, 1958)
02. Heartbeats - I Found a Job (CD, 1958)
03. Marva Whitney - You've Got to Have a Job (LP, 1969)
04. Isley Brothers - Work to Do (LP. 1972)
05. Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - The Work Song (CD, 1966)
06. Wild Man Fischer - Handy Man (CD, 1966)
07. Commotions - Handy Man (CD, 1968)
08. Marvelettes - Twistin' Postman (CD, 1962)
09. Rays - Elevator Operator (CD, 1958)
10. Bobby Darin - Artificial Flowers (LP, 1960)
11. Charlie Byrd - The Work Song (LP, 1966)
12. Frankie Miller - Black Land Farmer (45, 1961)
13. Johnny Cash & June Carter - If I Were a Carpenter (LP, 1970)
14. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (LP, 1969)
15. Jerry Butler - Hey Western Union Man (CD, 1968)
16. Tommy Hunt - The Work Song (CD, 1962)
17. Rolling Stones - The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man (CD, 1965)
18. Kinks - Get Back in Line (LP, 1970)
19. Nick Drake - One of These Things First (CD, 1970)
20. Yardbirds - Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor (CD, 1967)
21. R. B. Greaves - Paperback Writer (45, 1971)
22. Unifics - A Hard Day's Night (CD, 1969)
23. Dave Cloud & Gospel of Power - Lovely Rita (CD, 2006)
24. Nick Lowe - Switchboard Susan (LP, 1979)
25. Meri Wilson - Telephone Man (LP, 1977)
26. Paul Butterfield - The Work Song (LP, 1966)
27. What's My Line closing theme (CD)
28. Norma Jean - Truck Drivin' Woman (LP, 1968)
29. Betty Wright - Secretary (CD, 1974)
30. Bob & Ray - Elmer W. Litzinger, Spy (CD)
31. Steppenwolf - Smokey Factory Blues (LP, 1974)
32. Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business (CD, 1956)
33. Roy Orbison - Working for the Man (LP, 1962)
34. Animals - We Gotta Get Out of This Place (CD, 1965)
35. "Snow White" Soundtrack - Whistle While You Work (LP)
36. Moody Blues - I'm Just a Singer (LP, 1973)

Tuesday August 28, 2007 - Eli Polonsky

Today's show was pretty much taken over by original member of the Mothers of Invention Jimmy Carl Black and avant-garde composer, singer/songwriter and musician Eugene Chadbourne for an extremely informal and impromptu (nearly) two hours of interviews and live music. Jimmy and Eugene performed this night at Johnny D's in Somerville. Fellow "Lost & Found" DJ "Mighty Slim" joined me for portions of the interviews.

Jimmy and Eugene brought a CD of their live performances from the 1990's as "Jack & Jim".

01. "Jack & Jim" - Help, I'm A Rock (CD)
Interview segment
02. Jimmy & Eugene live - The Dust Blows Forward And The Dust Blows Back
Interview segment
03. "Jack & Jim" - White Rabbit (CD)
Interview segment ("Mighty Slim" joins)
04. Jimmy & Eugene live - Old Blue
Interview segment
05. "Jack & Jim" - Hallucinations (CD)
06. "Country Boobs" (Eugene and daughter Molly) - Cowboy Girl (CD)
Interview Segment
07. Frank Zappa (Jimmy Carl Black vocal) - Lonesome Cowboy Bert (from "200 Motels")
Interview Segment
08. Jimmy & Eugene live - Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
Interview wrap-up
09. Mothers of Invention - Hungry Freaks Daddy
10. Mothers of Invention - The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet
11. Mothers of Invention - Trouble Every Day
12. Mothers of Invention - Big Leg Emma
13. Captain Beefheart - Abba Zabba

Well, we had fun! Larry Miller is up next Tuesday, I'll see you in two weeks!
As always, thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky
eli@wmbr.org

August 24, 2007, playlist with host Alex McNeil

01. Merv Griffin - The Charanga (45, 1961)
02. Merv Griffin - Banned in Boston (CD, 1961)
03. Teddy Bears - I Don't Need You Any More (CD, 1959)
04. Lurch (Ted Cassidy) - The Lurch (CD, 1965)
05. Chiffons - A Love So Fine (CD, 1963)
06. Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around (CD, 1963)
07. Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther (CD, 1964)
08. Rick Nelson - You Just Can't Quit (45, 1966)
09. Waylon Jennings - The Stage (CD, 1963)
10. Roy Orbison - I Can't Stop Loving You (CD, 1960)
11. Jimmy Gilmer - Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody (45, 1964)
12. Merle Haggard - Mama Tried (CD, 1968)
13. Searchers - He's Got No Love (CD, 1965)
14. Status Quo - Are You Growing Tired of My Love (CD, 1969)
15. Zombies - Imagine the Swan (CD, 1969)
16. Onyx - Tamaris Khan (CD, 1968)
17. Stackridge - Pinafore Days (LP, 1974)
18. Prelude - After the Goldrush (CD, 1974)
19. Clifford T. Ward - Not Waving/Drowning (LP, 1974)
20. Merry-Go-Round - Live (CD, 1967)
21. Norma Tanega - Walkin' My Cat Named Dog (CD, 1966)
22. Grapefruit - Dear Delilah (45, 1968)
23. Spiral Starecase - Inside Outside Upside Down (CD, 1968)
24. Checkmates - Love Is All I Have to Give (CD, 1969)
25. Detergents - Double-O-Seven (CD, 1965)
26. Harpers Bizarre - Witchy Tai To (CD, 1969)
27. Mongo Santamaria - In a Gadda da Vida (CD, 1969)
28. Emotions - The Best Part of a Love Affair (CD, 1969)
29. Sandpebbles - Love Power (CD, 1968)
30. Eddie Floyd - Didn't I Blow Your Mind (CD, 1970)
31. Guerillas - If You Go Away (45, 1969)
32. Geno Washington & Ram Jam Band - I Can't Quit Her (CD, 1968)
33. Linda Jones - Stay With Me Forever (45, 1971)
34. Willie Mitchell - 20-75 (1964)
35. Fabulous Farquahr - My Island (CD, 1968)
36. Caroline Peyton - Still With You (CD, 1977)

August 23, 2007, playlist with host Alex McNeil

I'm filling in for Christopher Vyce today.

I. Some recent requests:
01. Jackie DeShannon - She's My Best Friend (CD, 1968)
02. Rolling Stones - Casino Boogie (LP 1972)
03. Gene Clark - For a Spanish Guitar (CD, 1971)
04. Big J.J. - Harpsichord Blues (45, 1965)

II. Songs that reached Billboard's R&B charts, but not the Pop charts:
05. Drifters - Ain't It the Truth (CD, 1967)
06. Linda Lyndell - What a Man (CD, 1968)
07. Masqueraders - I'm Just an Average Guy (LP, 1968)
08. Freddie Scott - You Got What I Need (CD, 1968)
09. Bill Moss - Sock It to 'Em Soul Brother (LP, 1969)
10. Baby Washington - I Don't Know (CD, 1967)
11. Kim Weston - Danger Heartbreak Ahead (45, 1970)
12. Rozetta Johnson - Who Are You Gonna Love (CD, 1971)
13. Clydie King - 'Bout Love (45, 1971)
14. Barbara Lynn - (Until Then) I'll Suffer (CD, 1971)
15. 8th Day - Eeny Meeny Miny Mo (CD, 1972)
16. Montclairs - Beggin' Is Hard to Do (45, 1972)
17. Natural Four - You Bring Out the Best in Me (CD, 1974)
18. Junior Wells - You're Tuff Enough (CD, 1968)
19. Syl Johnson - Dresses Too Short (CD, 1968)
20. Major Lance - Without a Doubt (CD, 1968)
21. Bobby Womack - What Is This (CD, 1968)
22. Jackie DeShannon - What Is This (CD, 1968)
(didn't chart; it's her version of Womack's song)
23. Van & Titus - Cry Baby Cry (LP, 1968)
24. Googie Rene - Flapjacks, part 1 (CD, 1963)
25. Parliaments - A New Day Begins (CD, 1969)
26. Freda Payne - Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right (CD, 1973)
27. Little Milton - More and More (CD, 1968)
28. Meters - Doodle Oop (45, 1971)
29. 100 Proof Aged in Soul - 90 Day Freeze (CD, 1971)
30. Moments - Thanks a Lot (CD, 1972)
31. Frank Frost - My Back Scratcher (CD, 1966)
32. O.V. Wright - What About You (CD, 1967)

“And now, from high atop the fabulous Avalon Ballroom, with your host, Larry Miller”

Here are highlights from the Avalon shows from the Summer of Love, 1967:

June 8
Big Brother and the Holding Company: “I Know You Rider” (*All BBHC songs today are from “Live in California 1966”)
Canned Heat: “Fried Hockey Boogie”
Congress of Wonders: “Pigeon Park”

June 15
Youngbloods: “Darkness, Darkness”
Siegal-Schwall Band: “I’m a King Bee”
June 22:
13th Floor Elevators: “Before You Accuse Me”

June 29:
Quicksilver Messenger Service: “The Fool” (Live version)
Mount Rushmore: “Fanny Mae/ the Dope Song”
Big Brother and the Holding Company: “Moanin’ at Midnight” *
Blue Cheer: “Rock Me Baby”

July 6:
Siegal-Schwall: “Hush-Hush” (Live!)
July 13: Youngbloods: “Peepin and Hidin’” (Live)
Steve Miller Band: “Fanny Mae”

July 20:
Big and the Holding Company: “Down on Me” *
Mount Rushmore: “Stone Free” (the Hendrix song)
Canned Heat: “Amphetamine Annie”
Mother Earth: “It Won’t Be Long”

July 27:
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: “Plastic Factory”
August 10:
Moby Grape: “Changes”
Vanilla Fudge: “Need Love”
August 24:
Bo Diddley: “Bo Jam” (London sessions)

For more information about the San Francisco’s Avalon ballroom, which reopened in 2003, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Ballroom

Information on lineups and dates came from http://www.wolfgangsvault.com
where you’ll find lots of cool posters.

That’s about it for me and remembrances of the “Summer of Love”. I’ll be back on September 4th with a whole ‘nother bunch of hip 60’s music for you.

Thanks to Little Bobby Dee for a great party!

“Be sure to hide the roaches...”

August 20, 2007 Playlist w/ Host bobby mindwarp

Something nasty happened to regular host Bob Dubrow's voice, and so bobby mindwarp came to his aid, throwing on only tracks from 1967 on this day's Lost & Found. Most of these were featured on the mix tapes providing the soundtrack to a 40th Anniversary of the Summer of Love party that went down this past Saturday night down Ipswich way. Many 'MBR jocks were in attendance among the approximately 170 revellers. The mood was jolly indeed!

Set 01:
1. We the People - "In the Past"
2. Ronnie Burns - Exit Stage Right"
3. The Gurus - "It Just Won't Be That Way"
4. The Left Banke - "She may Call You Up Tonight"
5. Humane Society - " Knock Knock"
6. The Australian Playboys - "Black Sheep R.I.P."
7. The Rolling Stones - "My Obsession"

Set 02:
1. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - "Shifting Sands"
2. Paper Blitz Tissue - "Boy Meets Girl"
3. Pinkerton's Assorted Colours - "Mom and Dad"
4. The Who - "I Can't Reach You"
5. The Poets - "In Your Tower"
6. Orange Bicycle - "Hyacinth Threads"
7. The Mothers of Invention - "Status Back Baby"
8. The Hollies - "Then the Heartaches Begin"

Set 03:
1. Donovan - "The Tinker and the Crab"
2. The 23rd Turnoff - "Leave Me Here"
3. The Marmalade - "Man in a Shop"
4. Moby Grape - "Sitting By the Window"
5. Ultimate Spinach - "(Ballad of) The Hip Death Goddess"
6. The Beatles - "Hello Goodbye (alt version)"

Set 04:
1. The Alan Bown Set - "I Really, Really Care"
2. Grateful Dead - "Cream Puff War"
3. Sly & The Family Stone - "A Whole New Thing"
4. The Haunted - "1-2-5"
5. Traffic - "Dealer"
6. The Turnstyle - "Riding a Wave"

Set 05:
1. Them - "Square Room"
2. Kaleidoscope (UK) - "Dive Into Yesterday"
3. Kaleidoscope (US) - "Keep Your Mind Open"
4. The Byrds - "Renaissance Fair"

Finale: Jimi Hendrix - "Are You Experienced?"

August 17, 2007, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Boozing it up:
01. Nightcaps - Wine, Wine, Wine (CD, 1960)
02. Crazy Elephant - Sunshine Red Wine (45, 1969)
03. Charlie McCoy - Cherry Berry Wine (CD, 1961)
04. Youngbloods - Wine Song (LP, 1969)
05. Hawks - A Little More Wine My Dear (CD, 1958)
06. Wailers - Tall Cool One (CD, 1959)
07. Cream - Falstaff Beer commercial (CD, 1967)
08. Robin McNamara - Beer Drinkin' Man (LP, 1970)
09. ZZ Top - Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers (LP, 1973)
10. Revels - Church Key (CD, 1961)
11. Eddie Platt - Tequila (CD, 1958)
12. Chad Mitchell Trio - Rum by Gum (LP, 1964)
13. Amos Milburn - One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (CD, 1963)
14. Five Man Electrical Band - Moonshine (Friend of Mine) (LP, 1971)
15. Rhinoceros - Apricot Brandy (CD, 1969)
16. Jim Kweskin & Jug Band - Blues in the Bottle (LP, 1966)
17. Roger Miller - Chug-a-Lug (CD, 1964)
18. Allan Sherman - The Drinking Man's Diet (LP, 1965)
19. Kinks - Alcohol (LP, 1971)
20. Jerry Lee Lewis - What's Made Milwaukee Famous (45, 1968)
21. Viceroys - Seagrams (CD, 1962)
22. Neil Diamond - Red Red Wine (LP, 1968)
23. Tommy James & Shondells - Sweet Cherry Wine (CD, 1969)
24. Paul Revere & Raiders - Country Wine (CD, 1972)
25. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Summer Wine (CD, 1967)
26. Cream - Sweet Wine (CD, 1967)
27. Atlanta Rhythm Section - Champagne Jam (LP, 1978)
28. Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band - The Utica Club Natural Carbonation Beer Drinking Song (45)
29. Miller Beer commercial (If You've Got the Time) (LP)
30. Budweiser Jingle (tuba version) (45)
31. Schaefer Beer commercial (LP)
32. Norman Greenbaum - The Day They Sold Beer in Church (CD, 1977)
33. Schlitz Beer commercial (LP)
34. T Bones - Forty Five (Colt 45 Theme) (LP, 1966)
35. George Jones - White Lightning (LP, 1959)
36. Rita Coolidge - Whiskey Whiskey (LP, 1971)
37. Sonny Curtis - Day Drinker (LP, 1970)
38. Otis Redding - Champagne and Wine (LP, 1968)
39. Ray Charles - One Mint Julep (LP, 1961)
40. Gary Portnoy - Where Everybody Knows Your Name (Cheers Theme) (45, 1984)
41. Doors - Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) (LP, 1967)
42. Hank Thompson - A Six Pack to Go (CD, 1960)
43. Nelson Riddle - Bubbles in the Wine (Lawrence Welk Theme) (LP, 1963)

LARRY MILLER SITTING IN FOR CHRISTOPHER VYCE.

TODAY, FEATURING THOSE LONG CUTS THAT COULD ONLY BE HEARD ON FM UNDERGROUND RADIO DURING THE SUMMER OF LOVE. MORE OR LESS...

Bob Dylan: “Visions of Johanna”
Van Morrison: “T B Sheets” (from “Blowing Your Mind”- 1st solo album)

Creedence Clearwater Revival: “Susie Q” (1st album- original unedited long version)
Rolling Stones: “Going Home” (from “Aftermath”)

Pink Floyd: “Set the Controls For The Heart Of The Sun” ( Slight oops: from “A Saucerful of Secrets”- actually the second
album, from 1968- pretty much post-Syd Barrett track.)
Jimi Hendrix: “Third Stone From The Sun” (From first album)
King Crimson: “21st Century Schizoid Man” (Another slip of the space-time continuum: this was released in 1969)

Jim and Jean: “Crucifiction” (from the album “Changes”- song written by Phil Ochs)
Tim Buckley: “Hello and Goodbye” (title track of that album.)

Paul Butterfield Blues Band: “East-West” (Raga/rock/blues fusion- 2nd album )
Blue Project: “Two Trains Running” (Featuring Danny Kalb on vocals and lead guitar)

Buffalo Springfield: “Bluebird” ( The long version; only released in the 70’s on a double “best of” vinyl album. This does not appear on any CD compilation mostly because Stills and Young hate it. I’m not all that fond of it myself.)

Hope you all enjoyed the show. See you again next Tuesday, when we’ll revisit the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco and see who played there during the Summer of Love.

Stay cool!

Tuesday August 14, 2007 - Eli Polonsky

(R) = By Request

01. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love medley

Birthday tribute to David Crosby - Born 8/14/41
02. The Byrds - The Airport Song
03. The Byrds - What's Happening?!?! (R)
04. Yes - I See You (McGuinn-Crosby, Byrds cover)
05. The Byrds - Mind Gardens (R)
06. The Byrds - Triad (R)
07. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Almost Cut My Hair (R)
08. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Long Time Gone (live) (R)
09. Crosby, Stills & Nash - In My Dreams (R)
10. Jefferson Airplane - Wooden Ships (Kantner/Stills/Crosby) (R)
11. David Crosby - Laughing

This season marks the 50th anniversary of the writing of Lowell, MA native Jack Kerouac's "beat" classic "On The Road", one of the books of the era which had an early influence on the '60s "counterculture" and was especially significant to Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead.

Kerouac's character Dean Moriarty was modeled after "beat" and "Merry Prankster" icon Neal Cassady, who became part of the Dead's circle with Ken Kesey's "Merry Pranksters" in the Acid Test days, and had even lived with members of the Dead including Bob Weir, who wrote two songs about him.

Longtime Grateful Dead historian, biographer, agent and publicist Dennis McNally studied Kerouac and wrote about him in his book "Desolate Angel" just prior to getting involved with the Dead, and very soon acknowledged the connections bridging the two.

Bob Weir & Ratdog played at Boarding House Park, a small outdoor venue in Lowell MA, because it's adjacent to the Boott Cotton Mills Museum where the original manuscripts of Kerouacs "On The Road" are on display through Sept. 14. http://www.ontheroadinlowell.org

The concert Sunday began with a speaking appearance by McNally and Weir, where he tells his memories of the one-of-a-kind Cassady, and how he came to write "(That's It For) The Other One" about him on the very night that he passed away.

12. Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) - Cassidy (sic) (from "Ace", 1972)
13. Bob Weir/Dennis McNally excerpt of talk about Cassady (8-12-07, Lowell, MA)
14. Bob Weir & Ratdog - That's It For The Other One (8-12-07, Lowell, MA) with a reading from "On The Road" by Dennis McNally

15. Hot Tuna - Highway Song

That's it! Larry Miller will be on next Tuesday, and I'll be back here on the 28'th with guest Jimmy Carl Black of The Mothers Of Invention!
Thanks for listening,
Eli Polonsky
eli@wmbr.org

August 10, 2007, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Spotlighting the Kama Sutra and Buddah labels:
01. Vacels - You're My Baby (45, 1965)
02. Tradewinds - Mind Excursion (CD, 1966)
03. Innocence - All I Ask (LP, 1967)
04. Lovin' Spoonful - Didn't Want to Have to Do It (LP, 1966)
05. Sopwith "Camel" - Hello, Hello (CD, 1967)
06. Captain Beefheart - Zig Zag Wanderer (LP, 1967)
07. Barry Goldberg Reunion - Capricorn Blues (LP, 1968)
08. Elephants Memory - Hot Dog Man (LP, 1969)
09. Motherlode - When I Die (CD, 1969)
10. Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy (CD, 1968)
11. 1910 Fritgum Company - May I Take a Giant Step (CD, 1968)
12. Lemon Pipers - Jelly Jungle (LP, 1968)
13. Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small (CD, 1968)
14. Rock and Roll Double Bubble Trading Card Co. of Philadelphia 19141 - Bubble Gum Music (CD, 1969)
15. Ohio Express - Sausalito (CD, 1969)
16. Sha Na Na - I Wonder Why (live version) (LP, 1971)
17. Belmonts - Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) (LP, 1972)
18. Chubby Checker - Back in the USSR (CD, 1969)
19. Gene Vincent - Sunshine (LP, 1970)
20. Tokens - Don't Worry Baby (LP, 1970)
21. Brooklyn Bridge - Nights in White Satin (LP, 1970)
22. Melanie - I'm Back in Town (LP, 1969)
23. Unchained Mynds - We Can't Go on This Way (45, 1969)
24. Zalman Yanovsky - As Long As You're Here (CD, 1967)
25. Jaggerz - The Rapper (45, 1970)
26. Five Stairsteps - America/Standing (45, 1970)
27. Dorothy Morrison - Border Song (Holy Moses) (45, 1970)
28. Timothy Wilson - My Queen of Hearts (LP, 1968)
29. Soulful Dynamics - Mademoiselle Ninette (LP, 1970)
30. Gladys Knight & Pips - On and On (CD, 1974)
31. Arthur Alexander - Every Day I Have to Cry (CD, 1975)
32. Biff Rose - The Reverend Performs "With a Little Help From My Friends" (LP, 1970)
33. Chip Taylor - Lady Lisa (LP, 1972)
34. NRBQ - Who Put the Garlic in the Glue (LP, 1972)
35. Revival - One Too Many Goodbyes (LP, 1972)
36. Stories - Please Please (LP, 1973)

August 8, 2007, playlist with guest host Charlie Kohlhase

Smokey Robinson & Miracles - Going to a Go-Go
Marvin Gaye - Send for Me
Martha & Vandellas - I Got It Bad
Barbara Randolph - I Got a Feelin'
Four Tops - Love Is the Answer
Music Explosion - Little Bit of Soul
Bobby Fuller Four - The Magic Touch
Chocolate Watch Band - Don't Need Your Lovin'
Rolling Stones - If You Need Me
Walker Brothers - Don't Fight It
Wilson Pickett - I'm Gonna Cry (live version)
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Gigin' Down 103rd
Sly & Family Stone - Underdog
O.V. Wright - Today I Sing the Blues
Aretha Franklin - Oh Me, Oh My
Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing
Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do
Muddy Waters - You Need Love
Yardbirds - Drinking Muddy Water
Kinks - Set Me Free
Hollies - Baby That's All
Zombies - You Make Me Feel Good
Captain Beefheart - I'm Glad
Invincibles - Heart Full of Love
Impressions - My Deceiving Heart
Billy Butler - Nevertheless (I Love You)
Jerry Butler - Windy City Soul
Bob Dylan - Obviously Five Believers
Byrds - This Wheel's on Fire
Turtles - Like a Rolling Stone
Johnny Rivers - Positively 4th Street
Solomon Burke - The Mighty Quinn
Dusty Springfield - What's It Gonna Be
Barbara Acklin - Love Makes a Woman
Supremes - Up the Ladder to the Rof
Junior Walker & All-Stars - Hip City, pt. 1

SUMMER OF LOVE: VENUES- With your blast from the past, Larry Miller.

Who played where and when...

FILLMORE AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO

August 1, 1967
Richie Havens: “Here Comes The Sun”
Buffalo Springfield: “For What It’s Worth”
Muddy Waters: “Got My Mojo Workin’” (from Fathers and Sons, w/ Bloomfield and Butterfield)

August 8, 1967
Steve Miller Blues Band: “Mercury Blues”
Moby Grape: “Miller’s Blues” (from WOW)
Electric Flag: “Groovin’ Is Easy”

August 15, 1967
Chuck Berry w/ Steve Miller Band: “Rockin' the Fillmore/ Everyday I Have The Blues”
The Young Rascals: “Mustang Sally”
The Charles Lloyd Quartet: “Sombrero Sam”
Cast of Hair: “Let The Sunshine In”
The Count Basie Orchestra: “Hard Day;s Night” (!!)

August 29, 1967 ( I was actually there for this one...)
Gary Burton Quartet: “I’m Your Pal”
Cream: “Tales of Brave Ulysses” (live, volume 2)
(Also on the bill: The Electric Flag)

That Bill Graham could sure pick ‘em!

Ticket Giveaway: Hippiefest, starring:

The Zombies: “I Got My Mojo Workin’”
Mountain: “Long Red”
Mitch Ryder: “I Never Had It So Good”
Badfinger: “Name of the Game”
Country Joe McDonald: “Bass Strings”

More tickets: at the Zeiterion New Bedford 8/9:
Eric Burdon and the Animals: “Yes, I Am Experienced”
Yardbirds: “Train Kept A’rollin’”

GRANDE BALL ROOM, DETROIT

August 11 and 27, 1967
Grateful Dead: “St. Stephen” (Live Dead)
Spikedrivers: “Often I Wonder”
The Southbound Freeway: “Crazy Shadows” (rare single on the Swan label)
MC5: “Kick Out The Jams”

(Yes, I played guitar in the Southbound Freeway in Detroit in 1966; apparently I got out just in time, before this recoding was made... For more on the Detroit rock scene from those years, go here: http://home.att.net/~s.m.geer/bands.htm)

I’ll be back on Thursday the 16th filling in for Chris, and again on Tuesday the 21st, when we’ll do more of the venues thing, featuring the Avalon Ballroom from August 1967.

Be Cool.

Larry

August 6, 2007 Playlist w/ Host Bob Dubrow

Background music provided by Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)

Set 01:
1. Audience - "Jackdaw" (House on the Hill 1971)
2. Rory Gallagher - "A Million Miles Away" (Tattoo 1973)
3. Sundance - "Jeweled Scene Stealer" (Sundance 1971)
4. Electric Flag - "Another Country" (A Long Time Comin' 1968)

Set 02:
1. July - "Dandelion Seeds" (July 1968)
2. Glitterhouse - "Alice in Wonderland" (1967 from The Almost Complete Recordings compilation 2002)
3. The Zipps - "Marie Juana" (1967 Be Stoned! Dig compilation 1999)
4. The Guess Who - "Flying on the Ground is Wrong" (1967 from This Time Long Ago compilation 2001)
5. The Youngbloods - "Smug" (1967 from Elephant Mountain 1969)
6. The Incredible String Band - "The Mad Hatter's Song" (The 5000 Spirits or The Layers of the Onion 1967)
7. Grateful Dead - "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (1967 bonus track from CD re-release of 1967's The Grateful Dead 2001)
8. Tim Buckley - "No Man Can Find the War" (Goodbye and Hello 1967)
9. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - "Autumn's Child" (Safe As Milk 1967)
10. July - "Dandelion Seeds (alt. version)" (1967 from The Second of July compilation 1995)

Set 03:
1. Isaac Hayes - "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" (Hot Buttered Soul 1969) ISAAC HAYES BORN IN 1938 ON THIS DAY
2. Lee Hazlewood - "So Long, Babe" (1966 from These Boots Are Made For Walkin': Complete MGM Recordings compilation 2002) LEE HAZLEWOOD DIED THIS PAST SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2007
3. Smokey and His Sister - "Come and Be Mine" (1967 from Smokey and His Sister compilation 2007)
4. Teddy & The Pandas - "We Can't Go On This Way" (1966 bonus track from CD re-release of 1968's Basic Magnetism 2000)
5. The Peppermint Rainbow - "Walking in Different Circles" (Will You Be Staying After Sunday 1969)
6. Alan Copeland - "Mission Impossible Theme/Norwegian Wood" (1968 single)
7. The Charles River Valley Boys - "Yellow Submarine" (Beatle Country 1966)

Set 04:
1. The Foul Dogs - "The Singer Not the Song" (No. 1 1965)
2. Bob Dylan - "Wade in the Water" (1961 live Minneapolis from Live 1961-2000 compilation 2001)
3. Randy Newman - "Lover's Prayer" (12 Songs 1970)
4. Martin Mull - "Margie the Midget (Martin Mull 1972)

Wed. 8/1 - Jerry Garcia 65'th B'day w/Eli

My semi-annual tribute to Jerry Garcia, on the day that would've been his 65'th birthday.

This was barely the beginning of what I had in mind for this show. Fatigue and lack of adequate preparation time got the best of this show, but listening to it, most of it doesn't sound all that bad.

(R) = By Request
01. Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions - Overseas Stomp
02. Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions - Yes She Do, No She Don't
(Jug band w/Garcia & Bob Weir 1964)

03. The Warlocks - I Can't Come Down
04. The Warlocks - Mindbender (aka Confusions Prince)
(The Grateful Dead in 1965 under their previous name until they found there was another band with this name. The actual box containing this tape said "The Emergency Crew" on it, one of the names that they had temporarily considered before becoming The Grateful Dead).

05. Jefferson Airplane - Today
06. Jefferson Airplane - Coming Back To Me
(From the 1967 "Surrealistic Pillow" album w/Garcia on guitar)

07. Grateful Dead - Dark Star (Fillmore West 2/28/69)

08. Jefferson Starship - Have You Seen The Stars Tonight (R)
09. David Crosby - What Are Their Names?
(#8 and #9 include Garcia and other Dead members)

10. Graham Nash - I Used To Be A King
11. New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Last Lonely Eagle
(#10 and #11 include Garcia on pedal steel)

12. Peter Rowan - Old & In The Way Garcia story
13. Old & In The Way - Pig In A Pen (Garcia banjo/vocal)

14. Jerry Garcia Band - Mighty High (9/11/76 w/Donna Jean Godchaux)
Phone interview: Donna Jean Godchaux-McKay
15. Donna Jean & The Tricksters - All I Gotta Say (2007 demo)

16. Jerry Garcia - The Wheel (R) (solo LP 1972)
17. Garcia & David Grisman - Dreadful Wind And Rain (R)

That was all I had time for. Another pre-recorded memorial tribute to Jerry Garcia that I produced will be airing and streaming on another station in the Boston area on Thursday evening August 9'th (the 12'th anniversary of Jerry's passing) from 7-9 PM EDT. Click here for information.
Thanks again for listening,
Eli Polonsky
eli@wmbr.org

Tuesday July 31, 2007 playlist - Eli Polonsky

(R) = By Request

01. The Fugs - Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
02. The Mothers Of Invention - Who Are The Brain Police?
03. Country Joe & The Fish - Flying High
04. New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Henry
05. The Youngbloods - Grizzly Bear
06. The Moody Blues - Higher And Higher
07. H.P. Lovecraft - At The Mountains Of Madness
08. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Gold And Silver
09. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers w/Clapton - All Your Love
10. The Allman Brothers Band - Dreams (R)
11. Albert King - Crosscut Saw (R)
12. Rolling Stones - Shine A Light (R)
13. Hot Tuna - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning

Birthday tribute: Bob Welch (Born 7/31/46)
14. Fleetwood Mac - Future Games
15. Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized
16. Fleetwood Mac - Safe Harbor

Feature - Dave Mason, playing at the Lowell Summer Music Series at Boarding House Park in Lowell this weekend:
17. Traffic - Hole In My Shoe
18. Traffic - You Can All Join In
19. Traffic - Crying To Be Heard
20. Dave Mason - Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave
21. Dave Mason - The Lonely One
22. Dave Mason - Show Me Some Affection

23. The Doors - Moonlight Drive

And another show comes crashing to an end. Larry Miller will be with you next Tuesday, and I'll be back here on the 14'th!
Thanks for listening,
Eli Polonsky
eli@wmbr.org