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11:02am
doctorjazz:
Going to a house concert tonight, Don Dixon and Peter Holsapple Band, psyched! (bit of a schlep to get there, but should be worth it).
Thank you for putting paid to AI-created verse. You are hereby released from any other-imposed responsibilities for the duration of the second day of Shavuot.
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11:46am
James Douglas:
Late good morning Bob and all. Finished the morning errands late today. What did I miss??
11:48am
Bob Brainen:
Hey, James Douglas. Check the playlist.
Absolutely. The overtone of frustration/exasperation is simultaneously hilarious and poignant. Can't teach this depth of subtlety in vocal expression--in a rock song, no less.
↳
Song:
"🐸 🐸 🐸" by ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's R...
🐸🐸🐸
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12:16pm
Will thee SG OCNY:
I know a few people who play one they call it an EWI or a wind synth
12:26pm
judy from croton:
Hi Bob
Keep meaning to tell you, apropos of nothing, that Aaron Coland lived about a half mile from me here in Westchester. His little house is now some sort of composer-in-residence spot. Get a thrill when I pass the mailbox: Copland.
And here’s my take. Eno wasn’t the first to create ambient music, it was our boy Satie and his term “furniture music”. Satie was wildly funny character. If you haven’t read it, recommended is Roger Shattuck’s Banquet Years bio of these early crazy cats. Up there with major loony Alfred Jarry! Almost. A very fun read.
12:28pm
Bob Brainen:
Hey, Judy from Croton. Wow, that is a fun fact,
and thanks!
12:47pm
SecretSquirrel:
A propos of nothing, Bob: what are your thoughts on the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble? I’ve never heard you play them, which probably indicates something
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12:50pm
StringOFperils:
Always a showcase for off-the-map guitar work, across several different players. Great to see/hear a band that has the 'feel' down so well that they can bend music out of shape and reveal surprising new things in it. And a lot of that's down to Sonny for sure. Do it so wrong that it's more than right.
A band I rarely think of playing. Just one of those things, but I like some of their stuff. Fun fact: under another name, one of their members co-wrote the music for The X Files.
Martin Futterman->Mark Snow - X-Files theme and music.
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1:04pm
Olleh:
During the Village Halloween parade in NYC 1988or 1989, I saw Sun Ra in the parade. He was sitting on and be carried a litter, just like was the means fitting for a pharaoh or other royalty!
I had a clipping from 1980 of Mugabe being carried as he stood on a litter
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1:15pm
doctorjazz:
I saw Sun Ra and the Arkestra a number of times, they were booked in NY clubs quite a bit in the 80s, always a fun show (you never knew what to expect, big band style jazz, stride, space...sometimes all in the same show)
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1:21pm
StringOFperils:
I saw Sun, solo, in a jazz dinner club that briefly existed here. It was so OUT. I still smirk when I think about it. He was up on this little dais, that pushed artists almost up to the ceiling, arrayed in his glittery cosmic raiments, expressionless, wordless., playing the weirdest stuff on clavinet/synth, while a pretty straight looking crowd noshed, and yeah, talked a lot. He had me in the palm of his hand tho.
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1:23pm
tom tom the pipers son:
good afternnon every one.... will try to jump in now... looks like its been a good chatboard...
Only saw the Arkestra 4 times, and also that Terry Adams/Marshall Allen gig at The Music Gallery, here in Toronto, in '97. I don't think you ever really get the full-on Sun Ra experience, in a way. Every performance (which sometimes was more like that term Gesamtkunstwerk) revealed the ever-changing surface of something magic. I really wish I'd been able to see them many more times.
that's a treasured experience any way... i think you are right about the impossibility of getting the whole of sun ra... but sounds like you got a good dose at the supper club... or whatever it was
I know....it's still alive, but I'm so bereft of cash now that I rarely go out. Plus, when Toronto imports real jazz (because this isn't really a jazz city IMO) for say, the INtl Jazz Festival, the admission is insane. Still...you're right....I should probably forego a couple of meals some time, if they ever reappear near here
Addendum: I plug my paltry shekels into this station now. It's tremendous value!!
1:42pm
Andrew in Toronto:
↳
JoeChrisMorris @1:40
Hi, Joe!
1:43pm
JoeChrisMorris:
Magic would have been seeing Paul playing for John at that fete where they met, now they got the date right! (July 6 1957) And Lennon was still playing banjo chords ('D')
1:43pm
Eugene Bentley:
↳
JoeChrisMorris @1:36
I love Yes, but some of the covers didn't improve the originals at all -- like their cover of Simon and Garfunkel's America.
stick to Tales from Topographic oceans.. thankfully a bit shorter on Not necessarily acoustic!
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1:45pm
tom tom the pipers son:
never the biggest nrbq fan... i'm surprised to see all the overlap with sun ra...i just wqonder what the overlap was comprised of... what did sun ra see in them
Terry Adams just has it, I think, and once Sun Ra perceived that it was real in this wide-eyed white kid, like when he would have had Terry play for him, he'd have known. Two poles of the same space magnet. Steve Ferguson, the original guitar player was also a lightning rod for something more elemental in music. Those are really special people but, like all things, not for everybody. On offer to everybody...but Justin Timberlake needs peeps too.
1:52pm
Eugene Bentley:
I do appreciate their ambition even if winds up being a dud.
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1:57pm
(Mr) Bill:
Thank you, Bob, along with the rest of my musical MKOs (more knowledgeable others, from the developmental psychologist Lev Vygotsky).
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1:58pm
StringOFperils:
It isn't the human being, it's the elemental force of music at some depth. It isn't about a cult of personality in any way, it's about a rare ability to perform as a conduit for something ineffable, something that brings great joy. They share that.
2:00pm
Matt Alston:
Thanks for playing NRBQ. Having grown up in the New Orleans area I’ve been a huge fan of theirs for decades. They even played my younger brothers high school prom. I saw them play a fraternity party in the mid 80s in Athens, Georgia and they got everyone at the party to put songs into a hat and for the whole second set, they just pulled songs out and played every single one of them.
7:02am
?:
Hey Mr. B! Nice NRBQ/Sun Ra segment! Sun Ra acknowledged NRBQ in the Phil Schaap WKCR-FM interview. Phil misunderstands him to have said that his music can't be played by non-Arkestra musicians, and Ra quickly says "I didn't say that. NRBQ can play my music." Phil later refers to them as "NRQB".
7:05am
Johnny D:
↳
@7:02
That was me posting the Sun Ra NRBQ comment in case you hadn't guessed already.
Listener comments!
: Hey Bob and Saturday folks!
Bob Brainen: Hey, doctorjazz, Happy Saturday!
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ Bob Brainen @11:00
Good morning, Bob, and all others!Happy Saturday!
Bob Brainen: Good morning, Andrew in Toronto!
chresti: Hi Bob and bobbers!
listener james from westwood: Good Saturday morning, Bob and all!
Bob Brainen: Hi, chresti!
doctorjazz: Going to a house concert tonight, Don Dixon and Peter Holsapple Band, psyched! (bit of a schlep to get there, but should be worth it).
Jeff: Good Morning, Bob
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ chresti @11:02
Hi there, crestikins!wmfromd:
↳ Song: "Just Like A Woman" by "Richie Havens"
Nice! Morning Bob and all!doctorjazz:
↳ Song: "Just Like A Woman" by "Richie Havens"
Always loved this version, up there with Bob's...Bob Brainen: And to you, listener james from westwood!
melinda: hi everyone
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ doctorjazz @11:02
That should be amazing!Bob Brainen:
↳ doctorjazz @11:02
Nice, I heard about it.Bob Brainen: Good morning to you, Jeff.
Roberto: Happy almost birthday, Bob Zimmylan!
Bob Brainen: Hey, wmfromd!
Bob Brainen: Hi, melinda
(Mr) Bill: Come Saturday morning, a magnificent cover by the inimitable and invaluable Richie Havens.
StringOFperils: Blonde On Blonde good morning to you!
Doug Schulkind: Good morning, Bob!
chresti: Andrew in TOkins!
Bob Brainen: Hey Roberto, let's see, he'll be 84!
Bob Brainen: To you as well, StringOFperils
doctorjazz:
↳ Bob Brainen @11:06
And he's still on the road...Bob Brainen: Morning, (Mr) Bill
Roberto:
↳ Bob Brainen @11:06
85!Bob Brainen: Good morning, Doug!
(Mr) Bill:
↳ Song: "Just Like A Woman" by "Richie Havens"
The modulation to the bridge is my favorite musical moment in all of Dylan.Bob Brainen:
↳ Roberto @11:06
Yikes!doctorjazz:
↳ (Mr) Bill @11:08
Same, and Havens really digs into that section.Bob Brainen:
↳ (Mr) Bill @11:08
Agree, sublime moment.Gina Bacon: Morning, Bob & all!
Bob Brainen: Good morning, Gina B.!
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ Gina Bacon @11:09
Happy Saturday, Gina!StringOFperils:
↳ Song: "Beautiful Things" by "Norma Tanega"
Fantastic song(Mr) Bill:
↳ Song: "Beautiful Things" by "Norma Tanega"
This song is wonderful. Ditto the song of the same name in "Doctor Doolittle."adamdoesit: Good morning Bob and bobolinks!
Bob Brainen: Morning, Adamdoesit!
Gina Bacon:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:10
Happy Saturday, Andrew!doctorjazz: Bit of a nod to Mood Indigi, me'thinks...
doctorjazz:
↳ doctorjazz @11:20
...Mood Indigo...Andrew in Toronto:
↳ Bob Brainen @11:12
How are your cats?Bob Brainen:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:21
My cats are awesome, thanks for asking, Andrew.Andrew in Toronto: You`re welcome. Thanks, Bob.
Will thee SG OCNY: Good morning Bob Brainen and all!!!
Bob Brainen: Will thee SG OCNY, good morning! 🐸
Soule: Good morning, Bob and all of us!
Bob Brainen: Morning, Soule!
(Mr) Bill:
↳ Bob Brainen @11:12
Hoping for >= 1 limerick today.StringOFperils:
↳ Song: "I Wonder as I Wander" by "John Jacob Niles"
Amazing! I love these eccentric JJN recordings. Don't think I've heard any of them on WFMU before...but...that's probably on meWill thee SG OCNY:
↳ Song: "🐸 🐸 🐸" by ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's R...
🐸🐸🐸Andrew in Toronto:
↳ Soule @11:29
Hi there, Soule!adamdoesit:
↳ (Mr) Bill @11:30
*sigh*This holiday weekend, it's rainin',
which makes it nice weather for stayin' in
with NRBQ
and the Arkestra, too,
all courtesy DJ Bob Brainen.
melinda: I love Anyone for Tennis, didn't know about the motorcycle movie
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ melinda @11:37
Hi there, melinda.doctorjazz:
↳ adamdoesit @11:37
👍👍👍(Mr) Bill:
↳ adamdoesit @11:37
Thank you for putting paid to AI-created verse. You are hereby released from any other-imposed responsibilities for the duration of the second day of Shavuot.James Douglas: Late good morning Bob and all. Finished the morning errands late today. What did I miss??
Bob Brainen: Hey, James Douglas. Check the playlist.
doctorjazz:
↳ Song: "Sweet Hitch Hiker" by "Creedence Clearwater Revival"
CCR!!!!(Mr) Bill:
↳ doctorjazz @11:53
I love this song, even though it's been 55 years and I still can't make out some of the lyrics.Andrew in Toronto:
↳ James Douglas @11:46
Hi, James Douglas.doctorjazz:
↳ (Mr) Bill @11:54
It doesn't matter, Fogerty could sing the phone book, with that voice it'd ROCK!gene sculatti: Hey, Bob! Thanks for the Charlatans article.
doctorjazz:
↳ Song: "Straighten Up and Fly Right" by "King Cole Trio"
Oscar Moore on guitar, Johnny Miller on bass, Cole singing, of course, and he was a fine pianist.Bob Brainen:
↳ gene sculatti @11:59
Hey Gene, my pleasure!Olleh: Hi Bob, Hello Killer B’s
doctorjazz:
↳ Song: "Yes It is" by "Beatles"
Dont' hear this one often, nice!SecretSquirrel: Happy cloudy Saturday, Bob ‘n’ all! ☁️
Bob Brainen: Hi, Olleh
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ Olleh @12:00
Hi, Olleh.Bob Brainen: Hey, SecretSquirrel, happy clouds!
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ Bob Brainen @12:02
The Peter Wolf book is great!SecretSquirrel: @adamdoesit much respect for the limerick!
Bob Brainen:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:03
Good to know, Andrew.Olleh:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:02
Hi Mr A(Mr) Bill:
↳ doctorjazz @11:58
Absolutely. The overtone of frustration/exasperation is simultaneously hilarious and poignant. Can't teach this depth of subtlety in vocal expression--in a rock song, no less.Will thee SG OCNY:
↳ Song: "🐸 🐸 🐸" by ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's R...
🐸🐸🐸Will thee SG OCNY: I know a few people who play one they call it an EWI or a wind synth
judy from croton: Hi Bob
Keep meaning to tell you, apropos of nothing, that Aaron Coland lived about a half mile from me here in Westchester. His little house is now some sort of composer-in-residence spot. Get a thrill when I pass the mailbox: Copland.
judy from croton: Grand show, btw
Olleh:
↳ Song: "Furnishing Music: Prefectural Office Tapestry" by...
And here’s my take. Eno wasn’t the first to create ambient music, it was our boy Satie and his term “furniture music”. Satie was wildly funny character. If you haven’t read it, recommended is Roger Shattuck’s Banquet Years bio of these early crazy cats. Up there with major loony Alfred Jarry! Almost. A very fun read.Bob Brainen: Hey, Judy from Croton. Wow, that is a fun fact,
and thanks!
Olleh:
↳ Song: "Kahlua" by "Slim Gaillard"
There needs to be a Gaillard bio. I heard of a guy working on one. That was 5 years ago.Andrew in Toronto: Keep me posted.
I met him several times.
A true gentleman!
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ Olleh @12:29
Keep me posted.I met him several times.
A true gentleman!
wmfromd:
↳ Song: "Hung Upside Down" by "Buffalo Springfield"
Still love Furay despite his maga craziness.Andrew in Toronto: Hi, wmfromd.
wmfromd:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:39
Hey Andrew!Andrew in Toronto:
↳ wmfromd @12:36
Was he loopy?SecretSquirrel: A propos of nothing, Bob: what are your thoughts on the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble? I’ve never heard you play them, which probably indicates something
StringOFperils: Always a showcase for off-the-map guitar work, across several different players. Great to see/hear a band that has the 'feel' down so well that they can bend music out of shape and reveal surprising new things in it. And a lot of that's down to Sonny for sure. Do it so wrong that it's more than right.
Bob Brainen:
↳ SecretSquirrel @12:47
A band I rarely think of playing. Just one of those things, but I like some of their stuff. Fun fact: under another name, one of their members co-wrote the music for The X Files.Olleh:
↳ Bob Brainen @12:52
Michael Kamen. He also did film scores.wmfromd:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:47
It's disheartening to read what he post on social media.Andrew in Toronto:
↳ wmfromd @1:01
?Bob Brainen:
↳ Olleh @12:57
Martin Futterman->Mark Snow - X-Files theme and music.Olleh: During the Village Halloween parade in NYC 1988or 1989, I saw Sun Ra in the parade. He was sitting on and be carried a litter, just like was the means fitting for a pharaoh or other royalty!
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ wmfromd @1:01
Isn`t WFMU a community?Olleh:
↳ Bob Brainen @1:03
Ahhh, sorry. I never watched it. Reflexively I figured Kamen, that’swhat he was doing post NY Rock EnsembleStringOFperils:
↳ Olleh @1:04
Great! Always nice to have a dignitary from Saturn in your parade!SecretSquirrel: @bob I like NYR&RE too, especially the first two albums. “Pick Up in the Morning” is a fun pep-talk song
Olleh:
↳ StringOFperils @1:07
Hah! Needless to say, all the mere mortal and earthbound had to walk.StringOFperils:
↳ Song: "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" by "Terry Adam...
I'm in the audience here (about 40 people). A marvel to behold, and to keep in my heart forever.chresti:
↳ Olleh @1:04
I had a clipping from 1980 of Mugabe being carried as he stood on a litterdoctorjazz: I saw Sun Ra and the Arkestra a number of times, they were booked in NY clubs quite a bit in the 80s, always a fun show (you never knew what to expect, big band style jazz, stride, space...sometimes all in the same show)
wmfromd:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @1:05
Sorry Andrew, I'm not following ya.Andrew in Toronto: Never mind.
StringOFperils: I saw Sun, solo, in a jazz dinner club that briefly existed here. It was so OUT. I still smirk when I think about it. He was up on this little dais, that pushed artists almost up to the ceiling, arrayed in his glittery cosmic raiments, expressionless, wordless., playing the weirdest stuff on clavinet/synth, while a pretty straight looking crowd noshed, and yeah, talked a lot. He had me in the palm of his hand tho.
tom tom the pipers son: good afternnon every one.... will try to jump in now... looks like its been a good chatboard...
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:23
Hi, tom tom.tom tom the pipers son: hi andrew...
tom tom the pipers son:
↳ StringOFperils @1:21
sounds like you got the full on sun ra experience...Bob Brainen: Hey, tom tom the pipers son
tom tom the pipers son:
↳ Bob Brainen @1:27
he bob....JoeChrisMorris:
↳ Song: "Le Sony'r" by "Terry Adams"
Its jazz!Eugene Bentley:
↳ Song: "Hung Upside Down" by "Buffalo Springfield"
Colin Blunstone did a cool version of this song as Neol MacArthur under Mike Hurst production.Olleh:
↳ chresti @1:14
Quite a revolutionary.StringOFperils:
↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:26
Only saw the Arkestra 4 times, and also that Terry Adams/Marshall Allen gig at The Music Gallery, here in Toronto, in '97. I don't think you ever really get the full-on Sun Ra experience, in a way. Every performance (which sometimes was more like that term Gesamtkunstwerk) revealed the ever-changing surface of something magic. I really wish I'd been able to see them many more times.Bob Brainen:
↳ Eugene Bentley @1:30
Hey Eugene, interesting. And Yes covered another Stills' song from "Again" called Everydays.Bob Brainen:
↳ StringOFperils @1:31
They're still doing it.Olleh:
↳ StringOFperils @1:31
I wish even once!tom tom the pipers son:
↳ StringOFperils @1:31
that's a treasured experience any way... i think you are right about the impossibility of getting the whole of sun ra... but sounds like you got a good dose at the supper club... or whatever it wasJoeChrisMorris:
↳ Song: "They're Peepin'" by "Sun Ra [Under the direction ...
Saw her again!Eugene Bentley:
↳ Song: "Sweet Hitch Hiker" by "Creedence Clearwater Revival"
I'm halfway through an autobiography of John Fogerty.StringOFperils:
↳ Bob Brainen @1:32
I know....it's still alive, but I'm so bereft of cash now that I rarely go out. Plus, when Toronto imports real jazz (because this isn't really a jazz city IMO) for say, the INtl Jazz Festival, the admission is insane. Still...you're right....I should probably forego a couple of meals some time, if they ever reappear near hereJoeChrisMorris:
↳ Bob Brainen @1:32
They should stop that. After Every Little ThingJoeChrisMorris:
↳ Eugene Bentley @1:30
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight.. wait no..that's Al Stewart! I've gone off the railsAndrew in Toronto:
↳ JoeChrisMorris @1:37
Hi, JoeChrisMorris!Bob Brainen: Hey, Joe
JoeChrisMorris:
↳ Song: "Rocket #9-"End Rave" [Edit] / Venusian Sunset" by...
Turn off your keyboard, Rick Wright!StringOFperils:
↳ StringOFperils @1:36
Addendum: I plug my paltry shekels into this station now. It's tremendous value!!Andrew in Toronto:
↳ JoeChrisMorris @1:40
Hi, Joe!JoeChrisMorris: Magic would have been seeing Paul playing for John at that fete where they met, now they got the date right! (July 6 1957) And Lennon was still playing banjo chords ('D')
Eugene Bentley:
↳ JoeChrisMorris @1:36
I love Yes, but some of the covers didn't improve the originals at all -- like their cover of Simon and Garfunkel's America.Bob Brainen:
↳ Eugene Bentley @1:43
They were ambitious, no doubt.Andrew in Toronto:
↳ JoeChrisMorris @1:43
Hi, Joe!JoeChrisMorris:
↳ Eugene Bentley @1:43
stick to Tales from Topographic oceans.. thankfully a bit shorter on Not necessarily acoustic!tom tom the pipers son: never the biggest nrbq fan... i'm surprised to see all the overlap with sun ra...i just wqonder what the overlap was comprised of... what did sun ra see in them
tom tom the pipers son:
↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:45
im not skeptical about the relationship... just curiousJoeChrisMorris: "The Ancient" (side 3 of Tales..) cover by yours truly:
www.youtube.com...
JoeChrisMorris:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @1:44
Rain in Jersey. Bleah!Olleh: Thanks Bob for a fun and safe space trip. Have an equally groovy week all!
Eugene Bentley:
↳ JoeChrisMorris @1:44
I like the string of albums from the Yes Album through Going For the One.Andrew in Toronto:
↳ Bob Brainen @1:44
What an inspired show!Bob, thanks!
doctorjazz: It's almost over (the show), man, that went fast, thanks Bob! Great weekend all!
JoeChrisMorris:
↳ Song: "🐸 🐸 🐸" by ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's R...
Bob, don't get muddled! Phone off?hopewithfeathers: Chiming in late to say Happy Saturday Bob and all. I enjoyed traveling the spaceways with you 🚀
StringOFperils:
↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:45
Terry Adams just has it, I think, and once Sun Ra perceived that it was real in this wide-eyed white kid, like when he would have had Terry play for him, he'd have known. Two poles of the same space magnet. Steve Ferguson, the original guitar player was also a lightning rod for something more elemental in music. Those are really special people but, like all things, not for everybody. On offer to everybody...but Justin Timberlake needs peeps too.Eugene Bentley: I do appreciate their ambition even if winds up being a dud.
tom tom the pipers son:
↳ StringOFperils @1:52
hmm. ... i don't think adams and ra have the same magnetic pulltom tom the pipers son:
↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:55
i can see adams more like a satalite of ratom tom the pipers son: satellite...?
(Mr) Bill: Thank you, Bob, along with the rest of my musical MKOs (more knowledgeable others, from the developmental psychologist Lev Vygotsky).
wmfromd: Great one Bob! Thanks!
StringOFperils: It isn't the human being, it's the elemental force of music at some depth. It isn't about a cult of personality in any way, it's about a rare ability to perform as a conduit for something ineffable, something that brings great joy. They share that.
tom tom the pipers son: bob you are scaring me
adamdoesit: Thanks Bob!
StringOFperils: Thank you Bob!
chresti: Thanks Bob!
tom tom the pipers son:
↳ StringOFperils @1:58
ok small pipe big pipeJoeChrisMorris: thanks
Matt Alston: Thanks for playing NRBQ. Having grown up in the New Orleans area I’ve been a huge fan of theirs for decades. They even played my younger brothers high school prom. I saw them play a fraternity party in the mid 80s in Athens, Georgia and they got everyone at the party to put songs into a hat and for the whole second set, they just pulled songs out and played every single one of them.
?: Hey Mr. B! Nice NRBQ/Sun Ra segment! Sun Ra acknowledged NRBQ in the Phil Schaap WKCR-FM interview. Phil misunderstands him to have said that his music can't be played by non-Arkestra musicians, and Ra quickly says "I didn't say that. NRBQ can play my music." Phil later refers to them as "NRQB".
Johnny D:
↳ @7:02
That was me posting the Sun Ra NRBQ comment in case you hadn't guessed already.