The middle-aged dummies are forming a band called "Blanket"! It's a cover band. (3 Viewers)

[simey]

You going?

If I'm here I will go see some of it. George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic (that's what he was billed as) played one year. I thought of you.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

You going?

If I'm here I will go see some of it. George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic (that's what he was billed as) played one year. I thought of you.

I may check it out this year. I think it's only a 3 or 4 hour drive. I don't know most of the artists listed, but that's the fun of it.

I was supposed to be at the Tampa Blues Festival this weekend, but life had other plans for me.

 

[simey]

You going?

If I'm here I will go see some of it. George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic (that's what he was billed as) played one year. I thought of you.

I may check it out this year. I think it's only a 3 or 4 hour drive. I don't know most of the artists listed, but that's the fun of it.

I was supposed to be at the Tampa Blues Festival this weekend, but life had other plans for me.

Were you flying? Last year I think it rained a lot the weekend of the festival. Sometimes there can be some really hot days in September, too. I wish the festival was in October, because the weather gets really nice then.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

You going?

If I'm here I will go see some of it. George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic (that's what he was billed as) played one year. I thought of you.

I may check it out this year. I think it's only a 3 or 4 hour drive. I don't know most of the artists listed, but that's the fun of it.

I was supposed to be at the Tampa Blues Festival this weekend, but life had other plans for me.

Were you flying? Last year I think it rained a lot the weekend of the festival. Sometimes there can be some really hot days in September, too. I wish the festival was in October, because the weather gets really nice then.

To Greensboro? No, I'd drive. If you mean Tampa, I'd fly.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

If that is the same cover of I Drove All Night I am thinking it is, I would have considered it, it got a disturbing amount of radio play 6-7 years ago for reasons but it sounded good

edit - I'm not sure that it is, the version I'm thinking may well be the one that was also Orbison but also featured the Royal Philharmonic, the first version I found on YT was terrible sadly

The correct YouTube version.

And there's a Celine cover.

 

[simey]

To Greensboro? No, I'd drive. If you mean Tampa, I'd fly.

I was wondering if you had to cancel a flight to Florida.

Last weekend when I was in Raleigh, we went to go eat breakfast at place at the farmer's market, and we had no idea the Dreamville Festival (which i think was a hip hop festival) was going on at the park right beside the market. The traffic was awful, and there were people walking along the roads that had parked from a distance. When we were waiting to turn left to go into the farmer's market lot, three people that were together were walking towards us to go to the festival. One was a girl that had on a denim halter top that tied right where her cleavage started, and her boobs were spilling out on full display. A sun beam was shining right on her chest, and my friend in the back seat of the car started singing, "Sunshine on her ***ties makes me happy." He was kidding, but you couldn't help but notice her boobs, and when you wear something like that you want to be noticed. Anyway, when we went into the farmer's market diner, we sat at the counter since some seats were vacant. About 15 minutes later in walks Ms. Dirty Pillows and her two friends. She sat at the counter right beside my friend that sang the song. We (my friends and I) smiled at each other, and then became mature adults again.

Do you remember where "dirty pillows" comes from? If not, in the movie Carrie, Carrie has on the prom dress and her crazy mother looks at her boobs and says, "I can see your dirty pillows. Everyone will."

 

[Uruk-Hai]

To Greensboro? No, I'd drive. If you mean Tampa, I'd fly.

I was wondering if you had to cancel a flight to Florida.

Last weekend when I was in Raleigh, we went to go eat breakfast at place at the farmer's market, and we had no idea the Dreamville Festival (which i think was a hip hop festival) was going on at the park right beside the market. The traffic was awful, and there were people walking along the roads that had parked from a distance. When we were waiting to turn left to go into the farmer's market lot, three people that were together were walking towards us to go to the festival. One was a girl that had on a denim halter top that tied right where her cleavage started, and her boobs were spilling out on full display. A sun beam was shining right on her chest, and my friend in the back seat of the car started singing, "Sunshine on her ***ties makes me happy." He was kidding, but you couldn't help but notice her boobs, and when you wear something like that you want to be noticed. Anyway, when we went into the farmer's market diner, we sat at the counter since some seats were vacant. About 15 minutes later in walks Ms. Dirty Pillows and her two friends. She sat at the counter right beside my friend that sang the song. We (me and my friends) smiled at each other, and then became mature adults again.

Do you remember where "dirty pillows" comes from? If not, in the movie Carrie, Carrie has on the prom dress and her crazy mother looks at her boobs and says, "I can see your dirty pillows. Everyone will."

Remember that Wheelhouse thread from 15 years ago? Your story kind of reminded me of that.

 

[simey]

Remember that Wheelhouse thread from 15 years ago

I remember there being a thread with the name in it, but I don't know what was in the thread. I remember a person here with that name.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Remember that Wheelhouse thread from 15 years ago

I remember there being a thread with the name in it, but I don't know what was in the thread. I remember a person here with that name.

Oh, you'd remember it if I explained it because I recall you posting about it in a concurrent music draft we had going. But me laying it out here now may not fly these days. There were pictures posted, spinoff threads, posters got outed IRL, and many many timeouts. That day was probably the closest to anarchy this forum has been.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

“She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”, Los Lonely Boys (YouTube)

This morning I looked at my emails, and I got one from the NC Folk Festival, and the Los Lonely Boys were a big part of the subject.

Greensboro, N.C., April 11, 2024 — The Grammy-winning Texican rock and roll band, Los Lonely Boys, is returning to Greensboro to headline the North Carolina Folk Festival's 10th anniversary, September 6-8. Los Lonely Boys last performed in Greensboro in 2014 at the Carolina Theatre. Festival organizers are also excited to reveal that The Psycodelics, Olive Klug, Colin Cutler & Hot Pepper Jam, Elias Alexander, and Holler Choir will join the diverse 2024 lineup.

The free three day festival celebrates the rich diversity of America’s roots and heritage, as well as North Carolina’s regional traditions. With everything from Texican Rock & Roll and Indie Folk, to NC homegrown Bluegrass, this lineup exemplifies our 10th Anniversary slogan of “honoring the roots, embracing the branches.”

Then there was a big write-up on the history of the Los Lonely Boys, etc. Anyway, the NCFF was channeling the MADsters. It's a MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD World.

I got to see them in 2006 when they played Farm Aid -- that year it was held in NJ. Of course I mainly went for Neil, but their set was good too.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Remember that Wheelhouse thread from 15 years ago

I remember there being a thread with the name in it, but I don't know what was in the thread. I remember a person here with that name.

Oh, you'd remember it if I explained it because I recall you posting about it in a concurrent music draft we had going. But me laying it out here now may not fly these days. There were pictures posted, spinoff threads, posters got outed IRL, and many many timeouts. That day was probably the closest to anarchy this forum has been.

It sounds like the yoga pants thread on steroids.

 

[krista4]

Gorgeous night tonight, so we took the Roam outside and I fired up the 30-pointers since I'd skipped them. OH loved the playlist, and we both commented how we'd forgotten how amazing that Over the Rainbow cover really was. All the hype and years of "hey look at this big dude playing a ukelele" made us relegate it to corny status, but it was touching and amazing.

On the front, about 45 seconds into Buddy Miles version of "Down by the River," OH said, in all seriousness, "Is this Neil Young covering Neil Young?"

 

[Pip's Invitation]

On the front, about 45 seconds into Buddy Miles version of "Down by the River," OH said, in all seriousness, "Is this Neil Young covering Neil Young?"

I don't think Neil has that kind of funk in him, nor would he make random interjections about the weather.

 

[shuke]

Thirty pointers

This is why I'm here:
Uruk-Hai: A Perfect Day - Al Green (Lou Reed)
Mrs. Rannous: I Drove All Night - Roy Orbison (Cyndi Lauper)

Other favorites:
Dr. Octopus: If Not for You - George Harrison (Robert Zimmerman)
zamboni: Little Wing - Derek and the Dominos (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Hawks64: Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) - Dave Matthews Band (Neil Young)
Mister CIA: Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight - Chrissie Hynde (Bob Dylan)
higgins: Everybody’s Talkin - Harry Nilsson (Fred Neil)

Holy **** this is a cover???
Val Rannous: Black Betty - Ram Jam (Traditional)

 

[shuke]

Thirty-One Pointers

This is why I'm here:
Charlie Steiner: Blue Monday - Orkestra Obsolete (New Order)
Ilov80s: Let It Be - Aretha Franklin (The Beatles)
Scoresman: Weird Fishes - Lianne La Havas (Radiohead)
scorchy: Love Vigilantes - Laura Cantrell (New Order)
Mrs. Rannous: Shine - Dolly Parton (Collective Soul)
Doug B: The Big Medley [In the Flesh?, Carry On Wayward Son, Bohemian Rhapsody, Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin', Cruise Control, Turn It On Again] - Dream Theater (Pink Floyd, Kansas, Queen, Journey, Dixie Dregs, Genesis)
Uruk-Hai/krista4: A Change Is Gonna Come – Otis Redding (Sam Cooke)

 

[shuke]

Doug B:

The Big Medley [In the Flesh?, Carry On Wayward Son, Bohemian Rhapsody, Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin', Cruise Control, Turn It On Again] - Dream Theater (Pink Floyd, Kansas, Queen, Journey, Dixie Dregs, Genesis)
Song: yeah, I’m not going through all those
Cover artist: two votes – The Big Medley (1); Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (1)
Original artist: see comment under “song”

 

[simey]

I don't think Neil has that kind of funk in him, nor would he make random interjections about the weather.

Oh, Sha la la the weather

It is said each time before the line "she can drag me over the rainbow," so maybe the weather is in relation to the rainbow. The relationship in the song seems stormy, and stormy weather can form a rainbow, which can be a symbol of hope, but the narrator had no hope and was dragged over the rainbow, and lost control (sent away) to the point of no return. I don't know, but that sentence seemed like the point of no return. I think I just dragged myself over the rainbow. Buddy Miles may have just added the refrain, cause he liked how it sounded. Anyway, his version is my favorite.

 

[Tau837]

To Greensboro? No, I'd drive. If you mean Tampa, I'd fly.

I was wondering if you had to cancel a flight to Florida.

Last weekend when I was in Raleigh, we went to go eat breakfast at place at the farmer's market, and we had no idea the Dreamville Festival (which i think was a hip hop festival) was going on at the park right beside the market. The traffic was awful, and there were people walking along the roads that had parked from a distance. When we were waiting to turn left to go into the farmer's market lot, three people that were together were walking towards us to go to the festival. One was a girl that had on a denim halter top that tied right where her cleavage started, and her boobs were spilling out on full display. A sun beam was shining right on her chest, and my friend in the back seat of the car started singing, "Sunshine on her ***ties makes me happy." He was kidding, but you couldn't help but notice her boobs, and when you wear something like that you want to be noticed. Anyway, when we went into the farmer's market diner, we sat at the counter since some seats were vacant. About 15 minutes later in walks Ms. Dirty Pillows and her two friends. She sat at the counter right beside my friend that sang the song. We (my friends and I) smiled at each other, and then became mature adults again.

Do you remember where "dirty pillows" comes from? If not, in the movie Carrie, Carrie has on the prom dress and her crazy mother looks at her boobs and says, "I can see your dirty pillows. Everyone will."

We moved away from Raleigh 21 years ago, so it's been a long time since we ate at the Farmer's Market but used to really enjoy that.

 

[simey]

We moved away from Raleigh 21 years ago, so it's been a long time since we ate at the Farmer's Market but used to really enjoy that.

They had a really cool big banner hanging up outside of the building to cheer on the Wolfpack.

 

[Tau837]

We moved away from Raleigh 21 years ago, so it's been a long time since we ate at the Farmer's Market but used to really enjoy that.

They had a really cool big banner hanging up outside of the building to cheer on the Wolfpack.

Awesome, love it.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)

@krista4 @The Dreaded Marco and any other fans of this song:

A recent episode of Jeopardy had the following three consecutive categories:

The Secret Chord
That David Played
It Pleased the Lord

The first was about musical composition, the second about athletes/entertainers named David, the third about European nobles.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

New-to-me covers from #1 that I very much enjoyed:

To Love Somebody (live) – Dusty Springfield (Bee Gees) -- Heavenly.
Let It Be - Aretha Franklin (The Beatles) -- So is this.
Blue Monday - Orkestra Obsolete (New Order) -- I wasn't sure what I was listening to at first, but this was ridiculously creative.
Radar Love – White Lion (Golden Earring) -- Nearly as revved up as the original.
Weird Fishes - Lianne La Havas (Radiohead) -- Stunning.
Love Vigilantes - Laura Cantrell (New Order) -- When a stripped-down version works, it's a good sign for the structure of a song. That's the case here.
Dear Prudence - Jerry Garcia Band (The Beatles) -- The vocal is a bit rough, but the guitar and bass playing are spectacular.
The Big Medley [In the Flesh?, Carry On Wayward Son, Bohemian Rhapsody, Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin', Cruise Control, Turn It On Again] - Dream Theater (Pink Floyd, Kansas, Queen, Journey, Dixie Dregs, Genesis) -- Executed flawlessly, with better vocals than I was expecting.
I'll Be Around - Daryl Hall/Ty Taylor (The Spinners) -- You can't go wrong with Daryl Hall performing soul music.
If I Could Only Fly - Merle Haggard (Blaze Foley) -- Compelling.

I finally got through it all!

 

[krista4]

I finally got through it all!

Congrats!!

What's next, everyone? I don't want to have to wander into the other threads here. So much self-righteousness and the like. Perhaps I'll seek haven in the movie threads for a while.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

What's next, everyone?

@Pitchfork?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I'm almost finished listening to all of Brian Setzer's stuff. Boy howdy, there's a lot of it.

Just sayin'.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Not sure if @Zegras11 is interested in doing another of his artist threads?

 

[Zegras11]

Not sure if @Zegras11 is interested in doing another of his artist threads?

Hi JML, I am, but have to think about the timing of it all.

I got back last Tuesday from a week in Florida (only six MLB parks left to see), and have been trying to catch up on this thread.


When do you think would be a good day to start? May 1? May 15? June 1? LMK

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Not sure if @Zegras11 is interested in doing another of his artist threads?

Hi JML, I am, but have to think about the timing of it all.

I got back last Tuesday from a week in Florida (only six MLB parks left to see), and have been trying to catch up on this thread.


When do you think would be a good day to start? May 1? May 15? June 1? LMK

Which parks you got left?

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Not sure if @Zegras11 is interested in doing another of his artist threads?

Hi JML, I am, but have to think about the timing of it all.

I got back last Tuesday from a week in Florida (only six MLB parks left to see), and have been trying to catch up on this thread.


When do you think would be a good day to start? May 1? May 15? June 1? LMK

Im easy (thats what she said) in all this.
If you are ready to do an artists thread, i will have an artist or 2 ready
If @krista4 has an idea ready to go for a draft/MAD countdown or anyone else has a draft i will consider what i can offer.
I usually have an idea floating around in this birds nest of a brain, but all i can think of is the sex, drugs and rock n roll one which got rejected by admin here.

 

[Zegras11]

Not sure if @Zegras11 is interested in doing another of his artist threads?

Hi JML, I am, but have to think about the timing of it all.

I got back last Tuesday from a week in Florida (only six MLB parks left to see), and have been trying to catch up on this thread.


When do you think would be a good day to start? May 1? May 15? June 1? LMK

Which parks you got left?

TB, MINN, KC, CLE, PHIL, MIL.

 

[Don Quixote]

Not sure if @Zegras11 is interested in doing another of his artist threads?

Hi JML, I am, but have to think about the timing of it all.

I got back last Tuesday from a week in Florida (only six MLB parks left to see), and have been trying to catch up on this thread.


When do you think would be a good day to start? May 1? May 15? June 1? LMK

Im easy (thats what she said) in all this.
If you are ready to do an artists thread, i will have an artist or 2 ready
If @krista4 has an idea ready to go for a draft/MAD countdown or anyone else has a draft i will consider what i can offer.
I usually have an idea floating around in this birds nest of a brain, but all i can think of is the sex, drugs and rock n roll one which got rejected by admin here.

I’m up for another Zegras one. Still a couple of artists debating between, but can figure it out.

Draft idea that I had was maybe a summer song equivalent of Eephus’s holiday draft (e.g., categories about Sun, Beach, Surfing, July 4th/America/Fireworks, Vacation, etc.) to give some good summer playlist vibes. Maybe a bit early for that though.

 

[Mister CIA]

I'm down for whatever comes up next. If we do another 31 songs by a single artist, I've got my short list narrowed down to about eight or so.

 

[Scoresman]

Horror soundtracks to go with the horror countdown!!

 

[zamboni]

Horror soundtracks to go with the horror countdown!!

Top 10 easy

 

[zamboni]

Not sure if @Zegras11 is interested in doing another of his artist threads?

Hi JML, I am, but have to think about the timing of it all.

I got back last Tuesday from a week in Florida (only six MLB parks left to see), and have been trying to catch up on this thread.


When do you think would be a good day to start? May 1? May 15? June 1? LMK

Which parks you got left?

TB, MINN, KC, CLE, PHIL, MIL.

Nice - we have 4 left. If you include the new ATL, then 5 (already went to Turner Field).

HOU, TEX, TB, MIA

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I'm down for whatever comes up next.

Ditto. My schedule is easier after the first weekend of May, but I can make whatever work.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Tonight's episode of The Midnight Special that I'm watching (1/11/74) has a high proportion of acts I've heard of -- Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (host), The Spinners, Canned Heat, Jo Jo Gunne, Leo Sayer, Livingston Taylor and El Chicano.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

I'm not sure it's possible to be any more stoned than the Dr. Hook guys were and remain standing. Co-frontman Dennis Locorriere: "If you bought this last 30 minutes, you'll buy anything, man." Wiki says they partied their way into bankruptcy around this time, and you can tell.
This was Leo Sayer's first US appearance -- they mention he is about to embark on his first US tour -- and he's dressed a mime for some reason*. He's also singing more gruffly than what we heard from him on his mid- and late-70s hits (where he sounds like an Elton John imitator).
El Chicano was an LA band consisting mostly of guys of Mexican descent. Here on their first song they played forthright funk rock, not too different from Rare Earth and that ilk, and on their second they played an instrumental with more of a Santana vibe. Wikipedia says they released a cover of "Brown-Eyed Girl" as a single, but that was not performed here.
Speaking of covers, Livingston Taylor, James' similarly-voiced brother, plays his version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," in a jazz/folk kind of arrangement.
Also speaking of covers, Canned Heat perform a Fats Domino medley.
Jo Jo Gunne is what Jay Ferguson did after Spirit and before "Thunder Island," and it sounds nothing like the psychedelia of the former or the yacht rock of the latter. It's hard-charging, energetic boogie rock.
It's mentioned that the Spinners' self-titled first album for Atlantic, released about 9 months before this broadcast, had produced six (!) hit singles. The two biggest ones (I'll Be Around and Could It Be I'm Falling in Love) aren't performed here, but the two that were -- Ghetto Child and How Could I Let You Get Away -- are sublime. On the latter, Philippe Wynne uses the coda to do his Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and Al Green impressions.

* - Wiki says his career in the UK took off after he appeared this way on British TV.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Jo Jo Gunne is what Jay Ferguson did after Spirit and before "Thunder Island," and it sounds nothing like the psychedelia of the former or the yacht rock of the latter. It's hard-charging, energetic boogie rock.

kickin' some *** ..."Run Run Run" is awesome.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Not sure if @Zegras11 is interested in doing another of his artist threads?

Hi JML, I am, but have to think about the timing of it all.

I got back last Tuesday from a week in Florida (only six MLB parks left to see), and have been trying to catch up on this thread.


When do you think would be a good day to start? May 1? May 15? June 1? LMK

Im easy (thats what she said) in all this.
If you are ready to do an artists thread, i will have an artist or 2 ready
If @krista4 has an idea ready to go for a draft/MAD countdown or anyone else has a draft i will consider what i can offer.
I usually have an idea floating around in this birds nest of a brain, but all i can think of is the sex, drugs and rock n roll one which got rejected by admin here.

Could always clear it with the Sysop first.

 

[zamboni]

Tonight's episode of The Midnight Special that I'm watching (1/11/74) has a high proportion of acts I've heard of -- Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (host), The Spinners, Canned Heat, Jo Jo Gunne, Leo Sayer, Livingston Taylor and El Chicano.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

I'm not sure it's possible to be any more stoned than the Dr. Hook guys were and remain standing. Co-frontman Dennis Locorriere: "If you bought this last 30 minutes, you'll buy anything, man." Wiki says they partied their way into bankruptcy around this time, and you can tell.
This was Leo Sayer's first US appearance -- they mention he is about to embark on his first US tour -- and he's dressed a mime for some reason*. He's also singing more gruffly than what we heard from him on his mid- and late-70s hits (where he sounds like an Elton John imitator).
El Chicano was an LA band consisting mostly of guys of Mexican descent. Here on their first song they played forthright funk rock, not too different from Rare Earth and that ilk, and on their second they played an instrumental with more of a Santana vibe. Wikipedia says they released a cover of "Brown-Eyed Girl" as a single, but that was not performed here.
Speaking of covers, Livingston Taylor, James' similarly-voiced brother, plays his version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," in a jazz/folk kind of arrangement.
Also speaking of covers, Canned Heat perform a Fats Domino medley.
Jo Jo Gunne is what Jay Ferguson did after Spirit and before "Thunder Island," and it sounds nothing like the psychedelia of the former or the yacht rock of the latter. It's hard-charging, energetic boogie rock.
It's mentioned that the Spinners' self-titled first album for Atlantic, released about 9 months before this broadcast, had produced six (!) hit singles. The two biggest ones (I'll Be Around and Could It Be I'm Falling in Love) aren't performed here, but the two that were -- Ghetto Child and How Could I Let You Get Away -- are sublime. On the latter, Philippe Wynne uses the coda to do his Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and Al Green impressions.

* - Wiki says his career in the UK took off after he appeared this way on British TV.

Jo Jo Gunne, was a solid, short-lived band, but the sum of the parts was probably greater than the whole. By this performance, Matt and Mark Andes had departed (Mark was just about to join Firefall at the time of this performance), and it was Jay Ferguson carrying the torch - I think they broke up not too long afterwards.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Tonight's episode of The Midnight Special that I'm watching (1/11/74) has a high proportion of acts I've heard of -- Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (host), The Spinners, Canned Heat, Jo Jo Gunne, Leo Sayer, Livingston Taylor and El Chicano.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

I'm not sure it's possible to be any more stoned than the Dr. Hook guys were and remain standing. Co-frontman Dennis Locorriere: "If you bought this last 30 minutes, you'll buy anything, man." Wiki says they partied their way into bankruptcy around this time, and you can tell.
This was Leo Sayer's first US appearance -- they mention he is about to embark on his first US tour -- and he's dressed a mime for some reason*. He's also singing more gruffly than what we heard from him on his mid- and late-70s hits (where he sounds like an Elton John imitator).
El Chicano was an LA band consisting mostly of guys of Mexican descent. Here on their first song they played forthright funk rock, not too different from Rare Earth and that ilk, and on their second they played an instrumental with more of a Santana vibe. Wikipedia says they released a cover of "Brown-Eyed Girl" as a single, but that was not performed here.
Speaking of covers, Livingston Taylor, James' similarly-voiced brother, plays his version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," in a jazz/folk kind of arrangement.
Also speaking of covers, Canned Heat perform a Fats Domino medley.
Jo Jo Gunne is what Jay Ferguson did after Spirit and before "Thunder Island," and it sounds nothing like the psychedelia of the former or the yacht rock of the latter. It's hard-charging, energetic boogie rock.
It's mentioned that the Spinners' self-titled first album for Atlantic, released about 9 months before this broadcast, had produced six (!) hit singles. The two biggest ones (I'll Be Around and Could It Be I'm Falling in Love) aren't performed here, but the two that were -- Ghetto Child and How Could I Let You Get Away -- are sublime. On the latter, Philippe Wynne uses the coda to do his Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and Al Green impressions.

* - Wiki says his career in the UK took off after he appeared this way on British TV.

Jo Jo Gunne, was a solid, short-lived band, but the sum of the parts was probably greater than the whole. By this performance, Matt and Mark Andes had departed (Mark was just about to join Firefall at the time of this performance), and it was Jay Ferguson carrying the torch - I think they broke up not too long afterwards.

Yep. Their fourth album would come out a few months after this performance, and they disbanded by the end of 1974.

And yes, Binky, Run, Run, Run was one of the songs they played, even though it was more than 2 years old by the time of this performance. It was their only hit.

 

[Mister CIA]

This was Leo Sayer's first US appearance -- they mention he is about to embark on his first US tour -- and he's dressed a mime for some reason*. He's also singing more gruffly than what we heard from him on his mid- and late-70s hits (where he sounds like an Elton John imitator).

The opening track (and title track) to Leo Sayer's debut album Just A Boy is pretty meh, but beyond that it's a bonafide masterpiece. Easily a top 50 album for the decade, and if someone ranked it in their top 10 I would not bat an eyelash.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

@krista4 You'll be very amused by something on tonight's Jeopardy.

Contestant admits they know nothing about music but selects music category ("That Band's an Institution") anyway. What follows is hilarious:

Spoiler

Clue: Formed in 1976, they're turning the Venetian in Vegas into a love shack with a 2024 residency

Contestant: Who are the Bee Gees?

Ken: You were correct for one syllable.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Oh, and they had another one that was even more ridiculous! (But didn't have a fun response from Ken.)

Spoiler

Clue: This, I call it this, that this "One Step Beyond" & "Our House" band formed in 1976 is still touring with its original members

Contestant: Who is ... Foghorn Leghorn?

 

[krista4]

Not sure if @Zegras11 is interested in doing another of his artist threads?

Hi JML, I am, but have to think about the timing of it all.

I got back last Tuesday from a week in Florida (only six MLB parks left to see), and have been trying to catch up on this thread.


When do you think would be a good day to start? May 1? May 15? June 1? LMK

Im easy (thats what she said) in all this.
If you are ready to do an artists thread, i will have an artist or 2 ready
If @krista4 has an idea ready to go for a draft/MAD countdown or anyone else has a draft i will consider what i can offer.
I usually have an idea floating around in this birds nest of a brain, but all i can think of is the sex, drugs and rock n roll one which got rejected by admin here.

I love the sex drugs & rock'n'roll one, and also the idea for a summer-themed draft!

 

[krista4]

Holy crap, I'm glad I didn't watch Jeopardy tonight. Would have been a lot of yelling at the TV.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Holy crap, I'm glad I didn't watch Jeopardy tonight. Would have been a lot of yelling at the TV.

In addition, no one knew

Spoiler

The Grateful Dead

. I believe the other two clues were answered correctly. No music fans among the contestants this episode.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Oh, and they had another one that was even more ridiculous! (But didn't have a fun response from Ken.)

Spoiler

Clue: This, I call it this, that this "One Step Beyond" & "Our House" band formed in 1976 is still touring with its original members

Contestant: Who is ... Foghorn Leghorn?

I just can't figure out why she rang in at all.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Oh, and they had another one that was even more ridiculous! (But didn't have a fun response from Ken.)

Spoiler

Clue: This, I call it this, that this "One Step Beyond" & "Our House" band formed in 1976 is still touring with its original members

Contestant: Who is ... Foghorn Leghorn?

I just can't figure out why she rang in at all.

Impulse control issues? At least she stopped after those first two.

 

[Hawks64]

I finally got through it all!

Congrats!!

What's next, everyone? I don't want to have to wander into the other threads here. So much self-righteousness and the like. Perhaps I'll seek haven in the movie threads for a while.

Must not have been in the movie threads in a bit...definitely some pretentious in there GMTAN is bit more active. I have so much travel coming up, work and personal, so no way I can do any playlists until at least July.