Craig Michaels - 7.3.2009
Minor revelation: when an old pal comes into town unexpectedly and accompanies you to Beale Street and is ready, willing and able to close the bars on Beale with you, it can sometimes lead to a somewhat hazy next day...
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Mike Zarek - 7.3.2009
T: It's my intenetion to be at the benefit on the 19th, WORJ shirt and all! So, yeah, twist they guy's arm! I'm also going to try and catch the Poco/PPL show, and Hot Tuna as well!
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TWilliams - 7.3.2009
oh - Happy Birthday America and especially to that renegade rocker Wayne this weekend . Hope you have a great one buddy !
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TWilliams - 7.3.2009
Mike - sure, I'll twist his arm for ya... any chance you'll 'Glide' into town for the benefit show on the 19th ?Poco will be another great show @ The Plaza . Met them and Fabulous T-Birds at a HRC show put on at Wekiva Falls in 96 . A highlight of the event was a drunk guy that climbed to the top of a tree behind our set-up to get a better view ( ? ) ...Cops told him to come down , and , he did...hitting every branch in the trre before landing in the water with a thud. Everyone ran over , cops escorted him away - then , the next thing you know , cops are back because Kim Wilson was surrounded by bikini clad fans ...yeah, he looked like he was in 'danger'... A helluva good show .
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jo - 7.3.2009
craig- i've not seen them either, but i used to play the crap out of magnolia on the guitar.
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jo - 7.3.2009
i dont know who runs the plaza now, however i have to give them props.... if you look at their site they have a lot of volunteer opps and internship programs as well for folks wanting to learn all aspects of production. right down to concession. plus, they have the best dern bands lined up that have played in this town in quite some time. come a long way from that dual screened movie theater with the smoking section off to the left side.... happy 4th careful on the roads, and on the boats as well.
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Lee Arnold - 7.2.2009
Poco. How cool. Had some Tech Problems on WORJ IRadio. Fixed and back up rockin'
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Craig Michaels - 7.2.2009
I've never seen Poco (gasp!), but I have seen PPL in concert. They were not only really good on stage, but a lot of fun and very personable. I enjoyed the evening, and it looked as though the band did as well.
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Roger Brown - 7.2.2009
Just a head's up on some upcoming shows at the Plaza. Poco and Pure Prairie League on August 2 and Hot Tuna on August 30. Have a great 4th, y'all.
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Lee Arnold - 7.2.2009
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY to all of you guys. Please be safe and have a great weekend.
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Craig Michaels - 7.1.2009
Jeez... it's only 93 here today... I best pull out the sweat pants and extra blankets. I think I'm catching chill...
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Mike Zarek - 6.29.2009
T: ask him if he'd like to do a Road Glide as a charity/demo case! ;)
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JIm McPherson - 6.28.2009
Just heard Screamin' Jay Hawkins " I Put A Spell On You " ... LOL, I can only imagine how much that song must've scared the Be-Jesus out of uptight white folk everywhere back in 1956 ! : )
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TWilliams - 6.28.2009
Hey Mike ! just sent it . built locally by a guy I know...
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Mike Zarek - 6.27.2009
T: OK, I'm a H-D fan.. Let's see the pic of Gregg and his new ride.... zeek@671mrpc.com
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TWilliams - 6.27.2009
Lee- just a thought on your A/C woes..if there is a local Tech school , call them for a second opinion . You may get a different diagnosis, if not a better price . If that fails, I'll come to Wisc . and fix it for a trip to CSN with ya ...
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TWilliams - 6.27.2009
My brother tells me that the suite remained as intended for 'MJ only' up to the time when WDW sold the Lake Buena Vista property . He also tells me that they would see MJ there alone in the Magic Kingdom with his entourage after hours enjoying the rides . As for Neverland, you proposed an excellent idea - IF his own children will benefit from the venture . Whatever he was besides the phenomenal artist the world knew , he and his family certainly deserve the dignity from here on any of us would want ...the lyrics of "Easy To Be Hard" come to mind...
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Lee Arnold - 6.27.2009
I was given a great choice this week. During record high temps, central ac died. Replace condenser for $2500 or get new AC for $3500. Great choice. Using fans for now. The joy of home ownership. :-)
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Lee Arnold - 6.27.2009
jo: Cool. Enjoy.
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JIm McPherson - 6.27.2009
To this day, Eddie Van Halen maintains he never received a dime for the legendary guitar solo he contributed to " Beat It ". He claims he did it as a favor to producer Quincy Jones and joked that MJ could return the favor by giving him dance lessons someday.
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Jim McPherson - 6.27.2009
I remember hearing about the MJ suite Tommy, wonder whatever became of it ? I would imagine Disney had to distance themselves from MJ after the child molestation charges became public. I'm wondering if someone will take over his Neverland ranch and turn it into a Graceland style shrine ?
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TWilliams - 6.27.2009
Jim, during that time period , WDW went all out to cater to MJ - so much so that a custom suite was built at one of their hotels that came to be known as the "Black & White Suite" . A friend that was a Mgr there had pictures of himself & MJ in the suite displayed in his foyer ... probably a year or two before the release of the song 'Black or White' featuring Slash on guitar .
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jo - 6.27.2009
lee- "if you bubble wrap mailer it; it will come." got it today, thank you!!
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JIm McPherson - 6.27.2009
Here's an interesting bit of trivia ... reportedly, Michael Jackson recorded as many as 8 new songs at Bee-Jay Recording Studios right after the release of Thriller in the early '80s. Supposedly, none of the songs have ever seen the light of day. Story @ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31577260
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TWilliams - 6.27.2009
received an email from a friend last night that shows Gregg Allman with his new Harley . besides Mike , I dont know who else is a fan of H-D ,but if you'd like to check it out,let me know and I'll forward you a copy...
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jo - 6.26.2009
$33 & $50 for tix
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jo - 6.26.2009
the killers at ucf arena on 10/1 tickets on sale today (sat)
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Lee Arnold - 6.26.2009
Please let me know when you get the T.
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Lee Arnold - 6.26.2009
HAD to play those songs. Sad ending.
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jo - 6.26.2009
not yet lee
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Lee Arnold - 6.26.2009
jo-Tshirt arrive yet?
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Dragline - 6.26.2009
Shake it all you want... how many hard boiled eggs can you eat?
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Cool Hand Luke - 6.26.2009
I'm shakin' it Boss, I'm shakin' it
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jo - 6.26.2009
and as they taught us when we were kids: shake it baby shake it!!!(j5)
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jo - 6.26.2009
no matter how bad, at least for all of us there is still a day. when we wake up in the morning and have the grandest of opportunities to see yet again, the light of day, well now, fortunate ones we are i'd say. everyone, have a beautiful day!
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Lee Arnold - 6.25.2009
Michael Jackson Died. Farrah Fawcett Died. Sky Saxon (Seeds) Died. Damn lousy day. Please stay well everyone.
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jo - 6.24.2009
lee- based upon your 5 element theory this day, would you happen to have any earth wind & fire? ;)
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TWilliams - 6.24.2009
picked up the new Chickenfoot . It's good . I tried to wrinkle the walls of the van with it ; the old GM iron handled it rather well ...sorry to hear about your situation Jim , hope it leads to something better for you ... hopefully we can all get together at the event !
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TWilliams - 6.24.2009
"yeah , what jo said "...& you all ROCK !
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jo - 6.23.2009
reminder: love is all you need
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John Aseff - 6.23.2009
I meant to thank Jim for the email about the celebration for Mike and Jo for the Caringbridge link.
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John Aseff - 6.23.2009
I just went on the Caringbridge site and sent a message to Mike. I hope you all do the same.
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jo - 6.23.2009
craig - thank you for those perfect as usual words from you. i can only follow that up by saying "yeah, what craig said!"
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Craig Michaels - 6.23.2009
The Caring Bridge site that Jo posted a link for seems like a good idea... I have a feeling that Mike has very little idea as to how many lives he has affected in a positive way, and hopefully he'll be able to see how many friends and "friends he hasn't met" are sending along concern and good wishes...
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jo - 6.23.2009
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/michaellyons/mystory
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Jim McPherson - 6.23.2009
Thanks for the heads up Lee, sorry to hear that about Mike ! Tommy, I'd like to check out that fundraiser event for Mike on July 19 @ McWells, it's definitely a worthy cause ! Depends on if I'm working by then or not ... got laid off back in April and haven't landed a new job as of yet so I'm kinda up in the air right now. I'll get in touch with you about it when I know more.
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TWilliams - 6.23.2009
Hey Jim - glad you got the Winter Bros ...the intro is truly a classic . Aug. 1 sounds good , as well as the July 19 event @ McWells . Maybe something we locals can contribute to ...
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Lee Arnold - 6.22.2009
Michael is going through some fairly major health issues. All prayers and well wishes for his complete recovery would be truly appreciated.
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Jim McPherson - 6.22.2009
Hey Lee, I just got a list of upcoming events from Zaida Zoller's Z-Showz site and noticed there was a fundraiser coming up for Mike Lyons on July 19. Hope everythings OK with him, do you know what the deal is with that ?
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JIm McPherson - 6.22.2009
Hey Tommy, John forwarded me that clip of " Rock & Roll, Hoochie Coo ", great stuff ! Funny at the beginning where Edgar talks about people always asking him " ... where's your brother ? ". I think Johnny later released an album titled Hey, Where's Your Brother ? I plan on going to see Tin House again when they play McWells Aug. 1 ... let me know if you think you might make it, we can hook up for some beers and story swapping !
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TWilliams - 6.21.2009
The best to all in the ORJ family..."and the WORLD" . everybody reach out to your Mom's today too !
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John Aseff - 6.21.2009
In honor of Father's Day Tommy just sent me a smokin' live version of "Rock & Roll Hootchie Coo" by Johnny and Edgar. I had never heard that version before so it was a special treat. I forwarded it to Jim. THANKS TOMMY!
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Jim McPherson - 6.21.2009
Went and saw Tin House at Wolfy's in Sanford last nite ... man, they blew the roof off the joint!!! One of the highlights was a slamming run thru of " Be Good And Be Kind " featuring 3 lead guitars ( the keyboard player doubles on guitar ). Some choice covers were thrown in too ... Blind Faiths " Can't Find My Way Home ", ELPs " Lucky Man " a medley of CCR songs and a show closer of " Highway 61 Revisited " and " Rock-n-Roll Hoochie Coo ", both done Johnny Winter style! And of course, a number of songs from their new CD Winds of Past ( of which I won a free copy in the raffle ... sweet ! ). Turns out a few of the songs on the new record actually go back to 1969, from when they recorded a demo tape at BeeJay Recording Studios for the late Bill Vermillion ( the band members were all only about 17 years old at the time ! ). Floyd Radford told how the song " Silver Star " on the first album took it's name from Silver Star Rd., where the studio was located. They'll be playing again Aug. 1 @ McWells on S. Orange Ave; go see them if you can, you won't regret it !
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JIm McPherson - 6.20.2009
Nice " Summer Time " theme you got going there Lee ! Definitely feels like summer here in FLA ... 95 in the shade and 105 degree heat index with humidity to match ... whew ! Maybe a little Henry Paul Band " Feel The Heat " ? : )
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Jim McPherson - 6.20.2009
I remember the Osibisa van but I can't recall the Oedipus cars, maybe it'll come to me later ! Do you remember the guy with the old beater that had tiki lights strung all around the outside of the car ? He had stuff written all over the car like " Stop honking - my squirrels are pedaling as fast as they can ! ". I do believe he was a coupla fries short of a Happy Meal.
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TWilliams - 6.20.2009
Hey John ! - Greek tragedy as a theme for your ride. What a novel concept !The real tragedy is customizing now entails stick on facsimiles of Buick's 'port holes' and - voila!- youre customized !the guy that owned the Osibisa van went all out- it was a magazine worthy customization . Another guy in the area had a Ford van with the Panama Red guy on the sides of it - a real beast as a runner too . We used to call them the 'Show n Go Boys'.
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John Aseff - 6.20.2009
Tommy - I think I do remember that Dodge van. I also remember the guy who used to drive around the Edgewater/Lee Rd area with the highly decorated cars. I believe he had two. I think he named them Oedipus Rex 1 and 2. Jim may have more info on that.
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TWilliams - 6.19.2009
you're right Craig ...Gentle Giant was another ... also along w/ Hipgnosis a book was edited and produced called The Album Cover Album...a very cool collection of all genres artwork from many artists .
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Craig Michaels - 6.19.2009
Weren't the Osibisa album covers (the early ones, at least) done by Roger Dean, who made such a name for himself with the Yes album covers?
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TWilliams - 6.19.2009
Osibisa = flying elephants
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TWilliams - 6.19.2009
anyone remember the Dodge van seen around town way back when that had the artwork from Osibisa ?
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jo - 6.19.2009
happy 25th b-day to the mini van; although you will never qualify in memories like the customized van....
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Craig Michaels - 6.18.2009
All things considered, then, it might seem as though the band got strong-armed into playing that night. Tough position for a band, I would think, because the fans will never know the whole story - the only thing they would have taken away from it was "those lousy SOBs didn't play." As I remember, a whole bunch of excellent blues people took the stage that night, sort of an extended jam that lasted several songs and for a long, long time. Still, from the press conference on, the whole afternoon and evening felt weird.
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TWilliams - 6.18.2009
Craig,youre probably right on the mark with the adjective 'pounced'. Originally,mgmt wanted to bring Chuck Berry back to include him w/Top . Others remarked about the 'hassle' of dealing w/Berry and his requests for the June 90 show - among those his requirement for old style Fender tube amps as per his contract . Come to think of it , the drum kit was not changed between sets at the Delta Blues Show , and ZZ did not take a large part in sound checks . They were as you remembered pretty funny , and real nice guys .
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Craig Michaels - 6.18.2009
A bit more about that Hard Rock show with Z Z Top... I was lucky enough to be among the horde of radio people and journalists at a mass "news conference" sort of thing where the band was interviewed en masse. Funny boys, by the way, which you'd pretty much expect. Anyways, that show was a benefit for the Delta Blues Museum, which Z Z Top had done a lot to raise money for; they're truly and honestly big deal fans of blues music, especially delta blues. During the press conference, somebody asked them about their performance that was coming up that night, and the question took them totally by surprise. According to the band, they were NOT contracted to play at the event, just show up and sort of lend public relations type support. They also didn't know in advance (again, just their side of the story) that it was the grand opening of the venue and that they were being billed as the main attraction. I don't know if wires got crossed or if that's the truth or if Hard Rock just pounced on the opportunity to have them play or what... I guess it was a bit of a scramble for the guys in the band and all, and from what they said, a pretty odd situation to find themselves in.
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TWilliams - 6.18.2009
My oldest daughter,weaned on Rock n Roll naturally; called me last week to let me know she'd love to go to Steely Dan w/me . Told her great,cheap seats are fine by me - if I can hear em good it's really all that matters after so many shows through the years - then,she called again to tell me tickets were 87 bucks plus and she couldnt afford it . "No biggie honey, I'll buy if you want" ... 'No',- it was to be her treat . what a good little rocker she's always been !...which reminds me after Craig's experience of another hero to zero story of fans and rockers...in the summer of 1990 , the new Orlando Hard Rock Cafe hosted it's first concert for the public . The show was a benefit for the Delta Blues Museum . HRC printed Tshirts featuring a caricature of Muddy Waters , and sold tickets for the show headlined by a Robert Johnson Tribute Band . Special guests to justify the 125 dollar a head price were ZZ Top ...all went fairly well through set up, soundchecks and entry of the 600 or so guests .An Orlando Fire Chief attempted to shut down the show before it even started , but that was resolved . I think a leather bomber jacket presented to the Mayor had something to do with that... ;-) The tribute band opened the show , & were very good ; took a break , then stage set change , announcements , etc. I made the error of correcting a restaurant manager - Richard - who was telling some young guests that the musicians were Johnson and his band ! I turned to my manager and said "whats he talking about , Robert Johnson is as stiff as Richard's lacquered hair"...of course,'Dick' heard me...oops...anyway , ZZ Top was next and this was what everyone was waiting for...4 songs later , you could FEEL the building moving from the energy of the crowd . Energy that turned to anger as the crowd realized that the little old band from Texas was not returning..."F*** ZZ Top" ! could be heard outside and , by them downstairs in their RV , and Billy,Dusty & Frank looked worried and were asking where was their limo? ...perhaps Journey should have a ferry handy to get their old broken down selves off the island ??
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Craig Michaels - 6.17.2009
Had to pass this along... thought it was funny. The maintenance guy for our apartments is a really good guy; big, big fan of hair metal and lots of the arena rock from the 80s and 90s. There's a way cool venue very near where I live called the "Mud Island Amphitheatre," and every year they do a pretty nice summer concert series. Saw Jeff today and asked him if he had seen that Journey will be playing Mud Island in August, and he just lit up. Went on and on about how much he loves that band, how great they are, how much he respects them as musicians, etc. I asked him if he knew how much the tickets were, and when I told him ($75!!!), his face went to shock, and he blurted out, "WHAT?!?!? $75 bucks for those broken down old men?!?!?" From heroes to broken down old men in just seventy five bucks... that's quick. I must admit, I think that's an excessive price for Journey. By comparison, Robert Plant and Alison Krause played the venue last summer, and it was $42.50...
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Lee Arnold - 6.17.2009
Hope everyone enjoyed that as much as I did.
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jo - 6.17.2009
here's to all you freak flag flyers!!!
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jo - 6.17.2009
hey, lee arnold- you sound well on the ids
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TWilliams - 6.17.2009
yes! or a very large spool in the back of the van
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jo - 6.17.2009
t- here's to speaker wire world wide!
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TWilliams - 6.17.2009
I need to run some speaker wire outside...
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TWilliams - 6.17.2009
man, it's just like the commercial - mmm mmm good
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Lee Arnold - 6.17.2009
I hope everyone is enjoying.
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jo - 6.17.2009
declaring my love for peter wolf and all his funkiness
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jo - 6.17.2009
and well,wth, how bout mearle haggard's are the good times really over for good
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jo - 6.17.2009
"musta got lost", anything from john lennon's rock n roll lp, and how bout makes no difference by the band.
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Lee Arnold - 6.17.2009
:-)
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TWilliams - 6.17.2009
ditto Maestro :-)
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Jim McPherson - 6.17.2009
Ah, I'm in that special place right now ! Thanx Lee !
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Jim McPherson - 6.17.2009
Hearing a little Dave Mason right now ... I was checking out his most recent album *26 Letters 12 Notes* yesterday. It came out in Oct. of last year, didn't realize it had been close to 20 years since he last put out a proper studio album. All I can say is, if you were ever a Dave Mason fan, you won't be disappointed with it ! He's sounding and playing better than ever, the album sounds as good as anything his closest contemporary, Eric Clapton, has done in the past few years.
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TWilliams - 6.17.2009
Love's Orange Skies ; Les Dudek - City Magic...may I send you others, Lee?
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TWilliams - 6.17.2009
well,'Purples'... :-) & Paul McCartney - Let Me Roll It ; Ringo's No-No Song ; Beatles I've Got A Feeling...
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JIm McPherson - 6.17.2009
By the way, got an e-mail notice from Zaida that in addition to their Aug. 1 appearance / CD release party @ McWell's, Tin House will be appearing this Sat. @ Wolfy's in Sanford ( located at the Sanford Marina ). It's only a $5.00 cover, show starts at 8:30pm. Maybe see some of y'all there !
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JIm McPherson - 6.17.2009
Chicagos " Beginnings " always takes me to that special place !
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Lee Arnold - 6.17.2009
Today is ALL REQUEST DAY. Tell me what songs you'd like to hear and I'll do my best to play them between Noon and 5 PM CDT
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TWilliams - 6.17.2009
one more - Southern California Purples
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TWilliams - 6.17.2009
Lowdown is another good tune...Dialogue can inspire you to choke a Republican
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jo - 6.17.2009
dialogue
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jo - 6.17.2009
dialouge - always makes me cry especially in these days now. no explaining why they'd be in my supergroup!
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TWilliams - 6.16.2009
goood stuff from Chicago , Mike ! man,could Terry Kath wail !..and the Caribou Ranch special on TV made for the perfect end to that summer,Nixon resigning just a week before . I was in Philadelphia when he stepped down,and people there had flags out everywhere!
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TWilliams - 6.16.2009
another tidbit they added locally to the sad news was that Joe Walsh named the man and 'Walk...' as an influence and favorite
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Mike Zarek - 6.16.2009
(CNN) -- Ventures lead guitarist Bob Bogle, whose fretwork on such instrumental hits such as "Walk -- Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O" influenced countless bands, died Sunday in Vancouver, Washington. He was 75. The cause was non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to Don Wilson, who co-founded the Ventures with Bogle in the 1950s. "He had a special sound that nobody could ever re-create. He was totally unique as a guitar player," Wilson told CNNRadio. Wilson and Bogle learned how to play guitar while working as construction workers in the 1950s in their native Tacoma, Washington. The pair formed the Ventures in 1958.
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Mike Zarek - 6.16.2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXY2YKjXJ2Q
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Mike Zarek - 6.16.2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kMT4m8QKT4
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Mike Zarek - 6.16.2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOvGa-8-Lns
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Mike Zarek - 6.16.2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gje_0OMj4h4
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Mike Zarek - 6.16.2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHTr4Bs_sg4
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Mike Zarek - 6.16.2009
The following 5 kick-ass songs/videos by Chicago are brought to you without further comment....Enjoy!
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Lee Arnold - 6.15.2009
All good. Thank you all.
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Craig Michaels - 6.14.2009
Lee, Hoping that the fact that you're back home means everything went well, no surprises? We all hope so. If there's any recovery time involved, here's hoping it slides by easily and quickly. Also hope you know that you're a very beloved human... anyone who has met you and a lot of people who haven't have a lot of respect, appreciation and affection for you. Be well, and quickly, old friend!
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Mimi - 6.14.2009
Lee you are in my prayers.
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jo - 6.14.2009
hey it's good to be back home again... a cool find i found today, a collaboration of sound between booker t jones, neil young and the drive by truckers (for those who like the southern edge feel) i have only heard one tune off recording that came out earlier this year called "Potato Hole"...it is very distinctively a great mix of all three. signature booker t sound
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Lee Arnold - 6.14.2009
I'm back home. Thanks for the positive energy sent my way. Truly appreciated.
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jo - 6.14.2009
major tom to ground control...sending lee arnold a little bit of soul :)
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jo - 6.13.2009
t- me myself &i will be there, i have not yet gotten a tshirt, order in the process as we type... however perhaps see ya there...
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TWilliams - 6.13.2009
jo- if my oldest girl isnt working , we're going ! stylin in ORJ shirts of course !
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jo - 6.13.2009
google: It Might Get Loud
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jo - 6.13.2009
anyone going to steely dan, question mark
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TWilliams - 6.13.2009
right! I M s are blocked . fyvm...
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TWilliams - 6.13.2009
our thoughts and prayers are with you Lee !
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Howard U, Likeasmooch - 6.13.2009
For heaven's sakes people - you have to stop living in the past and get the most out of exisiting in then moment. Sure, there were pleasant memories from yesteryear, but today is all that matters. Especially today, because today is Saturday and here at the home, that means I get an extra cup of pudding if I make my bed all by myself. I love pudding, don't you?
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jo - 6.12.2009
ok lee, got you down as #1 after the now i lay me down to sleep part; god bless lee arnold....;)
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Mike Zarek - 6.12.2009
OK, the Jeff Beck is a 2007 performance.. Palladia is showing a 120 min cut, but the blu-ray (which i just ordered) is 190 mins.
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Wayne Mereck - 6.12.2009
Lee, you will be in my prayers and as you can see in the whole family's. A speedy recovery and feel better.
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Mike Zarek - 6.12.2009
It's 9:30 pm Friday 6/12 .. Jeff Beck "Live at Ronnie Scott's" is on Palladia (a HD channel owned by MTV). Relatively recent (last couple o' 3 years) as Tal Wilkenfeld is playing bass. Opening: Beck's Bolero
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Mike Zarek - 6.12.2009
Hang in there Lee! My thoughts and prayers are with you.
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JIm McPherson - 6.12.2009
Best wishes and a speedy recovery to you Lee !
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Larry Gardner - 6.12.2009
Lee, best wishes on your surgery!
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Lee Arnold - 6.12.2009
Heart Stent Day today at 3:00 PM. Be back Sunday. Have a great weekend everyone. If you think about it send some positive energy my way. Thanks.
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jo - 6.11.2009
man the economy! volusia county just laid off 844 workers at a local maryjane factory....
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jo - 6.11.2009
roger that; good ole time :)
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Craig Michaels - 6.11.2009
Yeah, when Jorma tours electric, it's Hot Tuna, and when he does acoustic shows, they're under his name. Hot Tuna is still a very, very hot band... time has just made them tighter!
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jo - 6.11.2009
yup a few dates in miami, and in tampa at skips smokehouse and the plaza. a bunch of dates in jamaica as well!!!!
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jo - 6.11.2009
i am seeing a date for HOT TUNA!!! august 29th @ revolution live in ft lauderdale; tickets go on sale june 13th. film @11 for further info on any other dates, i just this second saw the email for this one...
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Craig Michaels - 6.11.2009
Just took a look at Jorma Kaukonen's web site to see if he was playing near Memphis anytime soon... he's not, but I noticed he's playing August 30 at The Plaza. Jorma is still one of the more amazing talents out there, truly... I've had the pleasure of seeing him a couple of times in the past few years, and his shows are just beyond belief... I bumped into him (literally, bumped into him) after seeing him in Tampa at Skipper's a few years back; it was the first time I'd seen him perform since I saw him with Jefferson Airplane, some 30 years earlier. I thanked him for the show and mentioned how long it had been since seeing him, and he laughed and replied, "Dude, you GOT to get out more!"
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John Aseff - 6.7.2009
That should have been Down The Drain.
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John Aseff - 6.7.2009
Steve - Thanks for the heads up on Chickenfoot. I've been a Satriani fan ever since Surfing With The Alien came out. I've only heard down The Drain so far. IT ROCKS! I'll listen to the rest on the way to work in the morning. Thanks again!
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Craig Michaels - 6.7.2009
The Band and Keef Hartley were the only other performers to not give permission to use performances for the expanded reissue. I also don't know the issues or what-all... the one that baffles me is Keef Hartley. If there's some control or copyright or band name issues or whatever, both Ten Years After and The Band have significant names, and it's doubtful that a "non-inclusion" in the expanded set will do much to either enhance or diminish their reputations. But Keef Hartley? How much you got to lose? I wonder how many people 40 years later even know who Keef Hartley is or that there actually were Keef Hartley performances at Woodstock... seems like there's something to be gained there. Maybe that makes it all the more respectable that he's holding firm on whatever stance he's taking...
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Mike Zarek - 6.7.2009
Shame on Ten Years After for not allowing their Woodstock performance to be used in the 40th Anniversary retrospective. That they would deny listeners the opportunity to hear their music in a much better and more complete context than the original soundtrack (and the movie) is a crime. I'm sure there is some stupid "control issue" behind this decision, and I don't really care what the issue is. This is about history (as far as we fans are concerned) and not money or control. To deny the fans, the music, and the band their rightful inclusion in the historical perspective is appalling. (End rant)
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Craig Michaels - 6.7.2009
Just saw this: DETROIT (Billboard) – Thirty-eight previously unreleased recordings from groups such as the Who, the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Jefferson Airplane will be included on a boxed set commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock festival. The six-CD, 77-song collection, "Woodstock -- 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm," will be released by Rhino on August 18. Among the highlights are a 19-minute rendition of the Dead's "Dark Star," "Amazing Journey" and "Pinball Wizard" by the Who, "Feelin' Alright" by Joe Cocker, CCR's "Bad Moon Rising," Blood Sweat and Tears' "You've Made Me So Very Happy" and tracks from Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Joan Baez, Melanie, Country Joe & the Fish, Sha Na Na, the Butterfield Blues Band and Johnny Winter. The full bit is at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090606/en_nm/us_woodstock_1
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TWilliams - 6.7.2009
Lee,could you play the new song 'Pissin' by that old guy Todd Rundgren?
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TWilliams - 6.7.2009
old folks??!! you may see the dogs sooner than you expected . lmao...
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eMale - 6.7.2009
Tommy! thought I'd surprise you and post something .you know,the old folks on here probably dont even know who Dread Zeppelin is until you compared em to Lee Arnold's group . Very good choices by the way ! Your station sounds great . We could really use you back here in Orlando ! T- I'd come over more,but your dogs growl at me. and whats up w/chicks fronting Skynyrd ??man,you're losing it !!
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jo - 6.6.2009
lee's group could certainly belt out some little sister, i can see the trade of guitar licks now between lennon and clapton...
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jo - 6.6.2009
i would like to add an additional drummer: levon helm, i am so ashamed that i forgot him...
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TWilliams - 6.6.2009
was just informed that I'm full of *it* ...always good to know your health is intact... "Dread Zep" are "karaoke poseurs that should be sued"...maybe,but theyre fun...I submit my case for a clemency review to the high court in Milwaukee
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TWilliams - 6.6.2009
think of all the beautiful colors!...yeah,they'd have to be monitored. ok,what about Skynyrd with Gary Rossington & Hughie 'The Flame' with Dale Krantz & Maria McKee on vocals, Al Kooper genius tying it all together?...
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jo - 6.6.2009
t- there would improvably be a lot of acid dropped at that gig...
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TWilliams - 6.6.2009
very cool( and hard !) query put forth on a supergroup . I think Lee's group is already recording under the moniker 'Dread Zepellin '...seriously though, I'd like to think of the improv that would take place on stage as well as in production with a group that contained Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page
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jo - 6.6.2009
all of them doing a soulful rendition of "i cant win" by ry cooder..... long sigh...
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jo - 6.6.2009
damn nice lee- mark farner -vocals, don henley- drums & vocals, ry cooder guitar, eric clapton guitar, james taylor-guitar, banjo, sting on bass, harmony- csn&y plus joni mitchell and carole king, keith richards cuz he is still alive,david sanborn on sax w/ my friend tom on sax, and all of chicago.
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Lee Arnold - 6.6.2009
John Lennon-Rhythm Guitar / Eric Clapton-Lead Guitar / Leon Russell- Keyboards / Paul McCartney-Bass guitar / Ginger Baker-Drums / Lead Vocals-Elvis Presley.
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Mike Zarek - 6.6.2009
OOPS... 2 CD Soundtrack, not 3 ... but I got it....
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jo - 6.6.2009
ok so if anyone could put together their "own" super-group, like your all time dream, who would you have?
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jo - 6.6.2009
mike- one small give away thats really not, the dvd is supposed to show a giant jam session at the end, that the film did not show.
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Lee Arnold - 6.6.2009
Hey Steve- Summer stopped by for a visit yesterday. Said he might stop by again in a week or two. Can't wait until then. Wisconsin and I miss our old friend Summer.
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Steve Baione - 6.5.2009
Hi All. How have you been??? I'm not doing too bad. I'm still waiting on some more summer like weather, although it's supposed to be in the mid 70's this week. WHOO HOO! I've been able to take the bike out a few times, but have to make sure I'm back before sundown. Brrrrrr. I just caught the band Chickenfoot (Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Chad Smith of The Red Hot Chili Peppers) on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. I found this quote about the band on Wikipedia. "Sammy Hagar has reportedly said that Chickenfoot could 'rival Led Zeppelin'. He said "When people hear the music, it's Led Zeppelin, I know that's a bold statement, but it's as good as that." Hagar later retracted these statements to some degree, claiming he was intoxicated at the time". End quote. The song they did was pretty rockin and has piqued my interest enough to want hear more. The term "Super Group" was also used. We will have to hear what the rest of the album sounds like before validating that term. At the very least it is nice to hear someone playing rock n roll again. Love and Peace to you all, Steve
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Craig Michaels - 6.5.2009
For those of you who subscribe to Netflix, "Fillmore: The Last Days" is readily available as a rental.
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Mike Zarek - 6.5.2009
Oh, I'll have the 3 CD soundtrack shortly....
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Mike Zarek - 6.5.2009
Jo: Both.. they changed boundaries after my first year at Colonial.. graduated from Boone. My local PBS (From G'ville.. I'm in Ocala) doesn't have all the sub-channels on cable so I only get the main one. And now according to the website, there's no upcoming showings.
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jo - 6.5.2009
mike- colonial high or boone?
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jo - 6.5.2009
not the encore movie station, but there should be an encore pbs station, that reruns favorites and all. not certain of their existence on satellite though
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jo - 6.5.2009
check your pbs hd box of frogs box top...encore station
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Mike Zarek - 6.5.2009
OK...looks like my local PBS website lied. Fillmore: The Last Days will not be airing again on WUFT. I see there is a DVD available of it for sale at various places... I'm checking some *other* various places.. I'll let you know..
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jo - 6.4.2009
t- your quacking me up! they kind of remind me of the busboys.
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TWilliams - 6.3.2009
very good - how about this - the Jo Boxers on Top of The Pops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6KBrKzoUWw
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jo - 6.3.2009
or, box tops
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TWilliams - 6.3.2009
I suggest Box of Frogs... :-)
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jo - 6.3.2009
did a bit o research: the wmfehd channel is subscription. the wmfedt encore channel is free, and not an hd channel. you should be fine w regular box.
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jo - 6.3.2009
oh yeah, t- fist bump back at ya! (with a big michelle obama smile!) ok, just to be clear, that is a joke
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TWilliams - 6.3.2009
Jim - do yourself a favor and swap your box for the HD one yourself .Waiting for the cable co. = pain in the ass. :-)
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TWilliams - 6.3.2009
thanx to one and all for the updates . you rock! "Fist Bumps" all around !
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jo - 6.3.2009
nothing better w/ coffee than bob dylan rainy day women #12 & 35 and one...
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jo - 6.3.2009
jim- without giving it all away; i will just say it took a great deal for him to even get santana to play that night. that plays itself out pretty clearly in the film...
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Jim McPherson - 6.2.2009
Oops, I meant to say Saturday ! ... and I just found out I won't be able to see it cuz I don't have the HD cable box, just the regular box. Well, I've been meaning to upgrade anyways and I've still got a couple of days till then ...
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Jim McPherson - 6.2.2009
Jo, thanx for the heads up on The Fillmore special on PBS, I'll definitely set the DVR for Sunday ! I purchased the 2006 re-issue of Santana III, Special Edition ( Sony / Legacy ) awhile back, it includes a bonus disc of Santana live at The Fillmore on July 4, 1971 ... they were the closing act on the closing night. As Bill Grahmn says at the beginning " ... what better way to close it than with the sounds of the streets, Santana ! ". An absolutely smoking recording of the band at it's peak, hard to believe that Sony let this recording languish in the vaults for 35 years ! Features a recently added 15 year old Neal Schon in the lineup, not hard to see why he was asked to join both Santana and Eric Clapton's Derek & The Dominoes ... in the same week ! Highly recommended !
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jo - 6.2.2009
we were checking out j geils video on utube of their show last month in detroit. makes me wish it was j geils in orlando. they freakin rocked it.
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jo - 6.2.2009
yes it was 24; husband dvr'd it and i did not check when it runs again. elvin bishop is on there too. young and present. and well, if you saw him lately, it sure would make craig feel a whole lot better...everyone on there is such a babyface. hope you guys catch it
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Mike Zarek - 6.2.2009
Looks like Saturday, June 6, 9AM on WMFE Encore! digital, 24.3
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Mike Zarek - 6.2.2009
I get it here Monday, June 08 — 09:30pm on WUFT out of G'ville.
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TWilliams - 6.2.2009
jo - I'd like to check that out . What station is carrying the broadcast;Channel 24?
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jo - 6.2.2009
has anyone seen elvin bishop recently? pbs is running a show called last days of the filmore. the show is the last concert bill graham had at the filmore in san francisco. its a beautiful day, jefferson airplane, new riders, greatful dead, santana, hot tuna w/ papa john. 1971. good stuff.
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jo - 5.31.2009
man i need t.v , but i got t rex, all the young dudes, i love that song!!! talk about memories flooding in whew!!! hey dudes, where are ya!!! i wanna hear ya!! hey you there with the glasses!
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jo - 5.29.2009
p.s. i meant frontage road instead of tradeport earlier...it's a tricky little lack of memory association thing. has anyone seen my keys?...
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Mike Zarek - 5.29.2009
Jo: it could be a YMCA there now.. I haven't been out there in a while... Guess I'll have to drive by next time I'm in town.
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Mike Zarek - 5.29.2009
OMG, Tommy! Now wouldn't that be fitting? An aluminum utility shed sitting at the site of the Orlando Sports Stadium. An everlasting (well, for at least a month, or until the next hurricane) monument to the biggest aluminum shed Orlando has ever known!
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jo - 5.29.2009
CSN at ruth eckerd hall sat august 22nd. tickets today @ noon.
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jo - 5.28.2009
a rusty ole home owners shed
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jo - 5.28.2009
i sent one to that address last evening. something re: tshirt arama. t- cool stuff!! just rode past the spot where we used to park and watch the planes fly overhead from tradeport dr; on moms day w/ my son. fence there now. no parking and keep off the grass...i can handle the no parking....
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TWilliams - 5.28.2009
btw-Lee IS a mindreader . I'm still laffing about his most evident event that he did to me...
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TWilliams - 5.28.2009
just heard Uriah Heep's "Stealin"... took me back to nights that the group's 'Sweet Freedom' 8 track was the background music of adventures near the old McCoy airport .(thanks to East West for faithfully replacing each tape we wore out back then!) a picture of the old McCoy terminal with the new control tower in the background would tell ' a thousand words' about Otown today...:-)
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Lee Arnold - 5.28.2009
jo- Look to the left. :-0 Click email. Good to go.
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TWilliams - 5.28.2009
how fitting would it be to find a homeowners utility shed on the very spot of the old Sports Stadium stage..?
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jo - 5.28.2009
lee do you have email?
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jo - 5.28.2009
if i had to swear, id say lee can read minds over space frequencies sometimes, and so can you mike!!! welcome to the world outside the box. not only did i think of the sports stadium, but i thought the new ymca building was there but i have not been that way in a while. it really takes an act of god or doc's appt to get me into orlando anymore. i have several ideas, and a few surprises in mind. i am at present working out a few small details for subject detail, then i will be on a roll across town clicking away. so any ideas a re warmly welcome. i promise to do my best for god and my country......and to obey the girl scout law. and when the finished product ever gets here or there, well, you'll see. i have no patent and cannot extend anymore info.....
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Lee Arnold - 5.28.2009
Next Wednesday is " National Fist Bump Day"
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Mike Zarek - 5.28.2009
Jo: regarding taking some pics around town at the old places, what I'd really like to do is try to figure out whose house currently stands in the spot of the stage at the Orlando Sports Stadium. I'm willing to bet that the owner has no idea they live on the spot where Elvis, Zep, and all sorts of other legends once played.
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Mike Zarek - 5.28.2009
Was out of town the past week. Caught the Indy 500. Great race...anyway, I'm back now....
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Lee Arnold - 5.27.2009
jo; Glad to be of service. :-)
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Zaida Zoller - 5.26.2009
Hey folks . . . speaking of Tin House. They will be playing for me at McWells on Saturday, August 1 @ 8 p.m. If you want more information about this concert and/or would like to join my mailing list, send me an email at: info@ZShowz.com. It will be a rockin' night. ALSO - Covington Tower will be playing at McWells on Saturday, June 6. They put on a great show as well! McWells: 4575 S. Orange Avenue in Orlando
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jo - 5.26.2009
btw- worj.com was the life saving best place to be in the sad case of cabin fever that consumed our state last week, thanks thanks and thanks again for being there and doing all that you do!!!
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JIm McPherson - 5.24.2009
P.S. ... go to YouTube and type in " Tin House - 30 Weight Blues " for a clip of their March 2009 reunion show. The video is kinda crappy but the band sounds great !
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Jim McPherson - 5.24.2009
Here's some cool news ... after nearly 40 years, Central Fla. legends Tin House have released a new album,titled Winds Of Past ! It just came out last month, on the heels of a reunion gig the band did in Oveido in March. The new line-up consists of original members Floyd Radford and Mike Logan, with Jimmy Smith replacing Jeff Cole on bass. In addition, they've added a 2nd guitarist, Robby Crouse, as well as a keyboard player. From what I've heard of it so far, the new album retains their classic sound ... Floyd's playing as good as ever. Also included is a new version of " Be Good And Be Kind ". The new album is available on Amazon, though they are currently back ordered on the CD version. There is also an mp3 download avaiable for $8.99 but everytime I've tried to listen to the samples, it shuts down my window ( never had that happen before ! ) so I'm a little hesitant to try and download it ! Seeing's how Floyd Radford went on to play with Johnny Winter, I'd say there's a strong chance that Tin House will show up for his upcoming gig at The Plaza ... that would be awesome !
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Craig Michaels - 5.24.2009
One of the first times I saw Johnny in concert was in Daytona Beach; I'll guess 25 years ago or so. He was in the middle of an absolute burning solo, and the bass player came over and said something to him. Johnny laughed, and said something back, and the two exchanged conversation for a bit... still right in the middle of the solo. I remember thinking, "The LEAST he could do it make it LOOK difficult!!"
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jo - 5.24.2009
see craig, i can't tell you how many folks would wish that they had your times!!! maybe you guys can pass knowledge to my kid. drummer for 38 special gave him lessons when he was teenager; i had to call all of my friends for them to tell him how lucky he was!? now you guys are saying everything i already have thought, the see him while you still can... i was at that jj whispers show 21 years ago. it was when his winter of 88 cd came out. the one with the song rain; all it ever does is rain...
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JIm McPherson - 5.23.2009
One of my favorite Johnny Winter songs is " Illustrated Man " from the album Let Me In, an ode to one of Johnny's favorite subjects ... tattoos ! Even though he didn't write it, he definitely took the song and made it his own. My favorite line is " ... I've got faces drawn in places where the sun don't shine, little girl if you show me yours, then I'll show you mine ! " ... sung in the way only Johnny can sing it. No one else comes close to sounding or playing like him !
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Craig Michaels - 5.23.2009
Jim and all, yeah, expect Johnny to play sitting down; his health hasn't been real good to him. But, the good news is that is fire and passion for the music just hasn't died, and Johnny Winter sitting down can still outplay and outshow about 99% of the world's guitarists standing up! It's a good thing to go see him while you have the chance... not real sure how much longer he's going to be able to keep up a touring schedule. I used to sell albums out at the flea market, and one day when I had gone to get a soda (or something...), I got back to my table, and damned if Johnny Winter wasn't looking through my stuff. He was in the area visiting friends; had just gotten a new tat, and showed it off. We probably talked for a good hour... not only is he passionate about his own music, but very knowledgeable about music in general and blues in particular, and he sure didn't seem to mind talking about it. I went to run get a couple of beers for us, and he watched the table for a minute and sold an easy listening record to an older woman, who was just charmed to pieces by him. I offered him a job, but he turned me down.
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JIm McPherson - 5.23.2009
Hey Lee, I posted a link for WORJ.com on my FaceBook page today. Hopefully some of the peeps I grew up with will see it and tune in ... it's all about getting the word out !
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JIm McPherson - 5.23.2009
Wow, Johnny Winter @ The Plaza ... I'll mark my calendar for sure !!! Last time I saw him was in the 80s at J.J. Whispers. I understand he has to play sitting down now because of on-going health issues but he can still wail with the best of 'em !
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jo - 5.23.2009
tix for johnny only $25! good seats still there, i mean like 2nd & 3rd row for the same price! we got 4 in 2nd row! talk about sunshine on a cloudy day!
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jo - 5.23.2009
i just found bill baer's polar bears, they are still in town!!!
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TWilliams - 5.23.2009
jo-I received an email about upcoming shows @ The Plaza...Temps would be good,Johnny even better !
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jo - 5.23.2009
T- i gandered the plaza schedule, and did not see anything for temptations, which bums cause that would be a good show. however, from the scrolling down department comes a date for grandpappy guitar himself, mr johnny winter 10-15-09 thats a big woo hoo! look out bumby the streets will be ablaze that evening, watch where ya park!
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jo - 5.22.2009
if you recall the lettering of the movie title meet the fockers...around 2005 my son bought me a tshirt for xmas that has a bust pic of bushncheney with the same lettering however it says meet the f#ckers. he said when he saw it, "that's my mom" he's such a good boy! but hey, toss me some ideas, for the photo essay can use all the creativity soup i can get...
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TWilliams - 5.22.2009
hey jo-speaking of Presidents,you must go on east bound I-4 and get a pic for your collection of the grafitti 'impeach bush' on the overpass heading out of Otown ....Black Oak Arkansas maybe missed an opportunity by offering Ozark real estate instead of Oh Boy Ruby Starr by the inch ?
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TWilliams - 5.22.2009
Janis Ian on now-she'll be in concert @ The Plaza May 24 . The Temptations are booked for shows there May 28 & 29.
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jo - 5.22.2009
so lee, do you have any dirty water, or muddy waters or rainin johnny winter texas flood or anything of the sort.....
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jo - 5.22.2009
someday we will find we should have relied on time....oh yeah!!
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jo - 5.22.2009
jim- i wonder if bill clinton named that town in arkansas?
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jo - 5.22.2009
wow!or waw! what a week! seasonal associated depression is sooo not my gig. thank goodnees for spongebob, cause we really need some bailing out down here, in all senses of the word bail!!!! here comes the sun king i do believe!!!! and its so hip to have hip waders.... got to give it up for greg allman and that laid back album, the circle, and my fave was queen of hearts. that was back when he had that good ole jazzy sound!
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JIm McPherson - 5.21.2009
Yee-Haw ! ... Nitty Gritty Dirt Bands " Will The Circle Be Unbroken ". Can't help but smile when I hear that song. I like Gregg Allman's version also!
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JIm McPherson - 5.20.2009
And Black Oak Arkansas did something similar on one of their albums but I think the deed was only for 1 sq. in. of land, somewhere in Bumf#%k Arkansas. : )
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TWilliams - 5.20.2009
hearing Manfred Mann reminded me of their Lp 'The Good Earth'. With the purchase of the album, you received a 'deed' to one sq.foot of English soil . Anyone else remember , or tried redeeming the 'deed'?
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TWilliams - 5.19.2009
sounds like a goood long nite
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Lee Arnold - 5.18.2009
Thanks. Finally seems to fixed. Live365 had major problems all day. Really appreciate the feed back.
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TWilliams - 5.18.2009
kept getting server error at each log in attempt til late into the afternoon . also, the last time I checked 'TLH' for WORJ on Fri. it was 1398 . now, it is 1347 . ? ?
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Jim McPherson - 5.18.2009
Didn't get to tune in till about 7pm but all good on this end !
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Lee Arnold - 5.18.2009
Any one having trouble listening to WORJ.com today. LIVE365 appears to be having problems. Please tune in for a bit and let me know. Thanks.
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Jim McPherson - 5.16.2009
Green Day will be the featured musical guest on SNL tonite, with Will Ferrell as host ... should be a good one !
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TWilliams - 5.16.2009
it's good stuff . a trip to East West will be in order :-)
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Lee Arnold - 5.16.2009
Damn I like this Green Day. Can you tell? :-)
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Lee Arnold - 5.16.2009
Think I got the computer working again. 6 hours of screwing with it. We'll see. In the mean time WORJ.com is back up and working correctly.
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TWilliams - 5.16.2009
while listening to T Rex , can't help but thinking back to the days the chorus of that song would be spontaneously changed by our group singing in unison , and ,inevitably someone would mention that we should make the short trek to a rival's broadcast tower and pull their meter...then, someone else would always point out 'who the hell listens to them anyway ! '...
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Lee Arnold - 5.16.2009
Damn computer. Going thru some problems. working on it. In the meantime, WORJ.com is jukeboxing from Live365 hard drive. Songs still good. But not very radio like. aarrgghhh!!!
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jo - 5.16.2009
more than all the wanna wanna bees; it was first derek and the dominoes, rolling stones, jimi, janis, frank zappa, rare earth free, bad co, allman bros, it was van the man, it was steely dan it was mott the hoople, bob segar, robin trower, pink floyd w/ sid, freddy merc, peter paul & mary, arlo guthrie, la grange, before it was the wanna wanna's it was the original. whomever else you may be able to list, they were the first. the wanna's just wanna be like them. that's all. and an e-bay lister with some small amount of common sense has to know the only way to sell that trash, was by baiting with taste. eh, happens all the time....if you are "old" then be certain of one thing, you are the epitome of a time and experience that others could only wish or dream of being a part of. and that to me sir makes you pretty dang gone fortunate. which leaves old back where it belongs, somewhere outside california, on the way to siberia.
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Craig Michaels - 5.15.2009
Stands to reason... been a while since I've been in the business and, of course, it's moving faster than it used to!
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Lee Arnold - 5.15.2009
Craig it hit the stores Friday. I believe it is hit bound today and an oldie tomorrow.
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Craig Michaels - 5.15.2009
Lee - Intense industry analysis and speculation estimate that you easily have four to five months before the new Green Day is considered an oldie.
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Lee Arnold - 5.15.2009
Did I mention, I love the new Green Day record. 18 song "concept" album. Simply wonderful.
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TWilliams - 5.15.2009
brother Jim - the answer must be 'BETTER'
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Jim McPherson - 5.15.2009
Oh man, if those artists are considered " oldies ", then what does that make " our " music ?!?!? :)
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TWilliams - 5.15.2009
my tried and true rx is to head up on the highway just as fast as I can go . this will produce satisfaction guaranteed .'laugh at y/day' and remember - we were all older then , we're younger than that now
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jo - 5.15.2009
especially the line "laugh at yesterday"
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jo - 5.15.2009
old is a state of mind somewhere outside of california; don't give in to it man!!!! my rx would be to recite the words to the beach boys "in my room" and just drift there awhile...... :)
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Craig Michaels - 5.14.2009
Just a quick overview on "feeling REAL old REAL fast." Looking at Ebay last night, a batch of CDs was listed with the heading "Nice Bunch Of Oldies." That's all it said. Looked at it... it was all Britney Spears, Hanson, Backstreet Boys, etc... EEEEEEEK!!!!!!!
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Lee Arnold - 5.13.2009
I will add him to my prayers
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Rick Namey - 5.13.2009
I just heard that ORJ alum "Craig Alan" Soldinger died last month. Craig was not part of our crew, he worked for Tom Doyle before Jack took over. I worked with im briefly, before Doyle canned me and Jim Reed in a rage one day, because Reed wouldn't follow Steve Fleisher's program clock and in a clear case of guilt by association, I was Jim's friend. Anyway, I digress. Though he was not part of the hippest and most talented crew in radio history, Craig was a friend to the station and will be missed by those of us who knew him.
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TWilliams - 5.13.2009
lmao...yes,I can hear ya brother !Joni a fav too , perfect lead in ...shirts just arrived ! many thanks !
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TWilliams - 5.13.2009
Rainy Day..Dream Away . I feel ya . a good day for ducks is forecast here as well . I carry on , 'still raining , still dreaming '...Keep em coming . Peace
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jo - 5.12.2009
mike- this cat from our neighborhood, who could dance his little 70's buns off; was always on that show. his name, i am pretty sure was, barney herrick. cool that you remember. does anyone remain in the area? i am considering doing a photographic display of "what it looks like now" all throughout town. things like the sign for big tree park and such..."big tree park, home of the senator".
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Mike Zarek - 5.12.2009
I gotta start listening more again... too damn busy at work. Jo: You're 100% right about Blue Christie. Many people I knew back then were on his dance show. We emailed Brian (Blue) and invited him to come on over to WORJ.com and re-live a little Orlando radio, but we have not seen him here.
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jo - 5.11.2009
man lee, this temptations, how inspiring. i'd like to broadcast it blues brothers big speaker on top of car style; especially today. maybe i will take a week or two and tour the country....hmmmm
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jo - 5.11.2009
welcome to the small window that is: listening before work. it is a very small window, however PLENTY OF ROOM FOR URIAH HEEP!!!!
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TWilliams - 5.10.2009
yee haw ! "The Florida Guitar Army" !
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TWilliams - 5.10.2009
hope everyone had a great day with their Moms or being a Mom. Lee,one of the coolest songs I've heard lately was Love's 'Orange Skies'. I reached for the volume as it started,thinking 'Grand Larceny' and was pleasantly surprised...very cool
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jo - 5.10.2009
i heard that one earlier lee, why thank you!
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Lee Arnold - 5.10.2009
jo-A special Live Simple Man for you.
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jo - 5.10.2009
guess my all time fav mom song would have to be simple man, if you have time for it...
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jo - 5.10.2009
thanks for the mom's day wishes. my son who is a solid 21, has cracked crab like an old sailor since the age of three. we have a date to crack crab together today. y'all just remember, your mother is usually right!!
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TWilliams - 5.10.2009
I tried to go sign off after Traffic,then my weakness for Brit pop made me stay up a little longer . Anyone else with that weakness may want to check out a new release by The Last Shadow Puppets - 'The Age of the Understatement'
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Lee Arnold - 5.10.2009
Happy Mothers Day.
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jo - 5.10.2009
who plays "rock & roll stew" anymore? no one..there's another one i havent heard in years!! gone gone gone....
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TWilliams - 5.10.2009
man oh man , a perfect ending to the day for me w/Traffic's 'Low Spark...'.excellent blocks all day .
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TWilliams - 5.9.2009
and Grindle I remember falling through the roof of convertible clunkers he was trying to sell
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TWilliams - 5.9.2009
that sounds like something a Deputy would say
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jo - 5.9.2009
he used to say "remember, an egg is a potential chicken"
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jo - 5.9.2009
i recall channel 35, back then as having creature feature, circle of fear and a lot of art grindle commercials.
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TWilliams - 5.9.2009
jo - yes. Uncle Hubie was rumored to be a Deputy Sheriff also .
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jo - 5.9.2009
thank you t williams for your kindly response. i would have had to figure out where the dream came from, would have been here all day! really though, i am pretty sure of it all. the tv show was american bandstand format, and kids would come dance there. and do you even recall uncle hubie?
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TWilliams - 5.9.2009
excellent Lee ! there's a "1st Class Engineer" smiling down on you from Heaven right now
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Lee Arnold - 5.9.2009
Tommy-Monster still gets me in my guts. After all these years.
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Lee Arnold - 5.9.2009
Craig-Glad you're fine. Just checking. That's what "old" friends do. :-) HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the Mothers out there. You know who you are.
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TWilliams - 5.9.2009
jo - I think you're right about Blue Christie . It was when 35 was WSWB-TV
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TWilliams - 5.9.2009
Monster is such a POWERFUL song ... I second Craig's salute to ALL Moms, smiled thinking of my 81 y/o GEM . Rod Stewart has always done it for her...
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Craig Michaels - 5.9.2009
Also as good a time as any to tip the cap to the Moms out there. As I've mentioned before, I have a GREAT Mom - she's very responsible for my lifelong passion in regards to music (and sometimes is rather sorry for that, I think!). I'll be forever grateful for the wide range of music she exposed me to, starting when I was really little. She started taking me to record stores when I was five or six years old, and from the time I was about eight, the weekly allowance always included the album of my choice. A quick funny about Mom... many years later when I FINALLY got to see James Brown in concert, I called my Mom the next day just to check in. Told her I finally got to see The Godfather in concert... and my dear ol' sweet Mom, by now close to 70, immediately asked, "Did he do 'Sex Machine?' I LOVE that song!"
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Craig Michaels - 5.9.2009
Lee and all, Thanks for the kind words and checking up... always nice to know friends are thinking of you! (KRAG? TOO funny! Who wants to come to work with me??). Somewhere down the line, Armadillo Memphis actually became a business, and the little critter keeps me nicely busy. Somewhere else down the line, a whole year somehow passed in Memphis... had to sit down and figure out if I was gonna stay another year (Should I Stay Or Should I Go?) or move to the next place, wherever that might be... as it turned out, I re-upped for another year, and I'm guessing will most likely stay for a third. New projected date for "The Next City" - April of 2011. The annual music festival came and went last weekend, and damn the luck, it pretty much mostly got rained out. Saw Medeski, Martin and Wood on Friday night, looked in on several acts (The Cult, who literally sounded exactly like the records, note for note, even the solos... Steve Miller, who sounds a lot like Steve Miller, LOOKS fantastic... couple of blues guys). I got home about 45 minutes before the rain started about midnight, and it went on to rain for like 22 of the next 26 hours. The banks of the Mississippi are pretty muddy on a clear day, and after all that rain, it's nothing but a sea of mud. Wound up selling my ticket on both Saturday AND Sunday... missed out on Al Green, missed out on John Mayall. I wonder if as a younger man I wouldn't have stood in the rain and cold and mud and dark to see it all? Ah, well... a buddy of mine came down from Indianapolis, and he and I wound up hanging on Beale Street for most of the time. BBQ was enjoyed, and there may have been other excesses... Not a lot to report otherwise; thanks agayne for the kindnesses!
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jo - 5.9.2009
here's a question for you, am i correct in recalling a dj named "blue christie" from wlof? and if so, back when channel 35 first came on the air of t.v., when uncle hubie was on, and their studios were down off east colonial; did the same name dj not have a saturday afternoon dance show called "blue christie's rock and roll sundance?" it could have all been a dream as well?
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Lee Arnold - 5.9.2009
Craig- What's up with you? Haven't heard from you in a while. Armadillo Memphis? Still doing that? Just checking. Want to make sure everything is good.
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jo - 5.9.2009
:) :) =) =) thanks lee for that rockin saturday afternoon jam!
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jo - 5.9.2009
got to give it to me, now c'mon is anyone out there sittin still right now??? fess up!!
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Lee Arnold - 5.9.2009
THE Marshall Tucker Band!!
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Lee Arnold - 5.9.2009
jo-Thank you for the Donation. Truly appreciated.
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jo - 5.9.2009
mountains of north carolina drinking michelob days right there...
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Lee Arnold - 5.9.2009
jo-THANK YOU for the kind words. Tommy- Here's your Savoy Brown. Enjoy
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jo - 5.9.2009
i was recently reading back some posts ago,2008, where you weren't sure if you were"hitting the mark as intended". i can only tell you, its been a thrill to find the station, and i wish you all of the best of continued growth and success. i certainly hope many more find this great find; and i certainly thank you and want you to know your work is certainly appreciated here.
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Lee Arnold - 5.9.2009
I still get goose bumps every time I hear "I'm not in Love". Don't know if a more perfect song was every recorded.
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TWilliams - 5.9.2009
the quintessence of WORJ - 10cc's 'Im Not In Love '...and Steely Dan , Todd Rundgren , and on and on . goose bumps here
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Lee Arnold - 5.9.2009
Thank you, Leslie
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jo - 5.9.2009
thanks, thanks and thanks again!
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jo - 5.9.2009
support from longwood in the wires, i hope i did all that right..
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Lee Arnold - 5.9.2009
jo-I'll try and get those on for you. Geils-Ry-etc
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TWilliams - 5.9.2009
excellent as always Lee ...love the Marley, my oldest daughter just came back from Jamaica and was amazed at what you are allowed to do in Marley's home :-)...NRPS now ! lovin it all
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jo - 5.9.2009
some jj cale or ry cooder or jim dandy or how bout some j geils band???
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Lee Arnold - 5.9.2009
NRPS-Savoy Brown-Dead-MTB All coming up for you. Enjoy.
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TWilliams - 5.9.2009
after staying up late to catch 'Alice's Restaurant'(Arlo looked funny without white hair !)it's too early to think,not too early to remember - how bout some Savoy Brown followed by Derek & Dominoes...maybe some Dead/NRPS followed by Marshall Tucker...maybe a set featuring 'Weird Beard' songs we all remember...maybe I'm rambling...
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Lee Arnold - 5.9.2009
Starting around Noon CDT, WORJ.com will feature Blocks of some of my Favorite Artists. Suggestions are always welcome.
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Mike Zarek - 5.8.2009
Wow... While it really hurts to hear of the passing of another member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, I cannot imagine what the band members must be going through. I simply cannot think of another band that has gone through so much tragedy. My thoughts and prayers are with the band and their families today.
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TWilliams - 5.7.2009
let's try that again on this pc - the Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Don "Ean" Evans has died after a battle with an aggressive cancer at home in Mississippi. Evans had also been the bass player for The Outlaws ...RIP "Ean".
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TWilliams - 5.7.2009
just read that Skynyrd has lost another member --Bassist Donald "Ean" Evans of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has died after a battle
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jo - 5.6.2009
all we need now is john belushi in a killer bee outfit making the antenna spin.
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Lee Arnold - 5.6.2009
Welcome aboard. Glad you're liking what you hear.
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bgage - 5.6.2009
Grew up in Winter Haven. In the seventies WORJ was the Voice of a Nation. Glad to hear you again.
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TWilliams - 5.5.2009
2 thumbs way up !
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Lee Arnold - 5.5.2009
Mrs. WORJ picture in Blog.
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jo - 5.5.2009
there is a pretty cool warren zevon cd out there called enjoy every sandwich. it is a bunch of friends covering all warren zevon. includes the likes of don henley, adam sandler doing warewolves, jacson browne bonnie raitt, bruce with a captivating version of "my ride's here", wallflowers, jordan his son, doing a cool cut called studebaker(with a cool line that describes hard times as having "only a half of a half of a pint of vodka left), billy bob thornton, bob dylan, david lindley and ry cooder, jill sobule,the pixies and jorge calderon and jennifer warnes. it is all so very very warren zevon. put together as a wonderful tribute after his death.
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TWilliams - 5.4.2009
yes jo,it's all good here!
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jo - 5.4.2009
like, its so good to hear, the train to grinderswitch, running right on time, still, again....and all that!
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jo - 5.4.2009
did someone say compete? yeah. i agree with you and think the same all the while as i listen. there would simply be no competition; i believe somewhere still deep down, orlando knows that. that is why finding this format right here has now become what i refer to as an essential treasure!!! i only wish that all of orlando sounded this great again:( perhaps it would put out the "vibe" we so need, as well as put some certain radio talkers in their well deserved place of humbleness!!! miss you here in o-town lee, its like missing something so bad like that song "makes no difference" by the band. worj -zeta 7 ; call it all what you will, however things aint been the same since ya left!!! luv ya mean it!
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TWilliams - 5.4.2009
a very impressive collection you shared with us Lee , even moreso by what wasnt heard...'96 Tears' :I lol imagining the reaction of Orlando's Q96 FM if they or the other stations here had to compete w/ WORJ on the air.
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Lee Arnold - 5.4.2009
Not sure how many exactly. I didn't keep track. Thousands. I hope everyone enjoyed.
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TWilliams - 5.2.2009
Lee - how many songs total ?
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Lee Arnold - 5.2.2009
After the "letters" comes "numbers" and then 3 surprises for those who liked the Southern Progressive Network Radio Shows. I hope you've enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed doing it.
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jo - 5.2.2009
people of the world!!!!! tell me, what is life without love!!!!! got to have soooo much more love these days!!
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TWilliams - 5.1.2009
'T'for trivia : The James Gang's "The Bomber" from the LP "Rides Again" contained the original 7:00 version on only the first 50,000 copies pressed . Then an archaic French law reared it's ugly head which kept the 'Bolero' passage from future pressings until the French law expired . check out the original version for Joe Walsh's outstanding rendition of the Ravel classic .
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TWilliams - 5.1.2009
Lee , the first day of 'A to Z' you mentioned 'karmic' . While reading that , I'd swear that 'karmic' indeed was taking place in the play list. a rofl moment,but,'karmic' nonetheless . I'll save that 4 later...been takin'notes in case of any 'pop quiz' thrown at us later , lol . Anyway,'karmic' raised it's head again when I'm listening to the Ballad of John & Yoko this morning and I read Lee's post...immediately Beatles songs & lyrics that fit flash thru my head - 'Can't Buy Me Love','In My Life','the love you take is equal...'etc... years ago,each morning I'd walk by a nearly lifesize pic of John Lennon signed by him - "I Love You,John" ... sometimes the hair would stand up on the back of my neck and I'd get literally get goose bumps just looking at it .That finally happened again while listening and reading, my subwoofer blowing the ashes off the end of my smoke as I just sat here...you're The MAN Lee . As I told John recently , finding you and WORJ has helped fill a tremendous void for me. I've found a place where once again 'All Is One' can mean just that .Thanks Lee . To the friends I've made here- Wayne,the first one to 'talk' to me here,you're now an 'adopted' brother- likewise for Mike and John . WAYCOOL to get to meet ya Mike , hope we can get together . If ANY of you guys are back on home turf,please lemme know . That means you too Lee ... we'll gladly haul you to the beach with us for a day of sun n fun -or a free day at the Disney parks for you n yours. love to all-back to the 'T's...
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Lee Arnold - 5.1.2009
I just wanted to take a minute to thank all my friends. Thank you to those who have stood by me, nurtured me, mentored me, liked me, loved me, treated me fairly, supported me, befriended me and been there for me. Your support and friendship has meant the world to me. Thank you.
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Lee Arnold - 5.1.2009
On "T's now. This will last until tomorrow. Lots of "T"s.
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JIm McPhersom - 4.30.2009
Ah, Hawkwind's " Silver Machine " ... if memory serves, wasn't Lemmy Kilmeister their bass player before he went on to Motorhead ?
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jo - 4.30.2009
ah, pink floyd the animals album. why do those dogs keep carrying on outside...oh, its not the dogs, i really thought it was the dogs....
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Lee Arnold - 4.30.2009
Left field band name in song title: Sea Train. Just played in A to Z.
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Lee Arnold - 4.30.2009
SSSSSSSSSS
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jo - 4.29.2009
heaven save us from the powder and the finger and the thought that pulled the trigger, is that a "p" qualifier?
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Mike Zarek - 4.29.2009
I'll PayPal ya something next week Lee.. maybe the week after.. let me see what the budget says... but definitely within the next two weeks...
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Lee Arnold - 4.29.2009
WORJ.com continues with "Library A to Z". Gotta an "P" song that you love? Coming up on WORJ.com, A TO Z.
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Lee Arnold - 4.29.2009
My yearly LIVE365 Fees are due in May. All Donations appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Lee Arnold - 4.29.2009
"O" my
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Lee Arnold - 4.29.2009
We're at "N"s at Noonish on Wednesday. Lots more tunes (and surprises) to come. Enjoy!!
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jo - 4.29.2009
moonlight mile, dang man........ God bless lee arnold and joseph campbell, for doing that labor with love thing! here's to following dreams!!!!
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TWilliams - 4.28.2009
...just when you think you know the next song up , you don't...lol
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John Aseff - 4.28.2009
Til Sunday?! Is that all? Just kidding. I'm enjoying it whenI can and looking forward to listening all day Saturday. Thanks, Lee, for all you do!!!
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Lee Arnold - 4.28.2009
Just finished scheduling music. This is gonna last until Sunday (or so)
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Lee Arnold - 4.28.2009
Jim, I get the feeling you're enjoying this. :-)
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Jim McPherson - 4.28.2009
Oh man ! ... Batdorf & Rodney ... there's a name I haven't thought about in years ! Great acoustic guitar rock !
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Jim McPherson - 4.28.2009
" LAAAAAAAAAAZY, you just stay in bed ... ! ". ( or in my case, goof off on the computer! ) My favorite Deep Purple song ! Here's a link to a YouTube video of DP performing " Lazy " on the 1972 Machinehead tour ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6x8GGXrCFQ
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Lee Arnold - 4.28.2009
Brought to you now by the letter "L".
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jo - 4.28.2009
kind woman, what a beautiful tribute from a man to his woman
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Lee Arnold - 4.28.2009
The "J"s zipped by. The "K"s on now.
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Lee Arnold - 4.28.2009
WORJ.com continues with "Library A to Z." In the "J's" as of Tuesday Morning.
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jo - 4.28.2009
well, i just finished coffee and headphones, jackson kent blues, man thats some quadraphonic sound dude...
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Lee Arnold - 4.27.2009
jo, Thank you for the kind words. As you can tell, I love doing it.
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jo - 4.27.2009
can i tell ya i work till 7pm, and drive from kirkman rd., home to longwood all back roads, and right now i am tuned in and this is the best lee!!! perma-smile! thanks for doing what you do!!
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jo - 4.27.2009
however, now days i am having to explain to younger people what skylab was.... hmmmm.
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jo - 4.27.2009
i was thinking earlier that it probably was good old ralph with his sign down there off of 50. more so as ever since those chicken little commercials back then, i have described my insurance coverage as "i have so much coverage, i have skylab insurance!"
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Lee Arnold - 4.27.2009
The letter "I" is in the house.
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Lee Arnold - 4.27.2009
jo, was it Ralph Kazarian Insurance?
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Lee Arnold - 4.27.2009
Just heard it when it played. How cool.
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TWilliams - 4.27.2009
woke up -log on... Grand Larceny by Sea Level!...oh yeah ... long overdue thanx to you Lee for groups as such incl . Weather Report , Herbie Hancock ,Stanley Clarke et al ... tried vinyl as well as CD versions of 'Hey Jude' and 'it's' there , about 2:58 into song. after all these years , we still are finding 'messages'...very cool trivia.
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Lee Arnold - 4.27.2009
HHHHHHHHHH
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Lee Arnold - 4.27.2009
Monday morning. Still on "G".
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jo - 4.27.2009
hey lee remember when skylab the space station was falling out of orbit, and y'all had these commercials about chiken little running around saying the sky is falling the sky is falling! i can't quite remember the subject of the commercial, maybe insurance?
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jo - 4.26.2009
can you tell me lee, how this on the web miracle of yours came to be. i am confessing my addiction. i am turning folks on to this site left and right, so please let me know how we can support ya.
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Jim McPherson - 4.26.2009
Almost 10pm EST and we're only into the " F's " ... this is gonna take awhile ! Not that I'm complaining mind you, this totally made my weekend ! That's a helluva collection you've got there Lee ! OMG ! ... Blues Project's " Flute Thing " just came on ... haven't heard this since the original WORJ days ... will definitely go to bed happy tonite ! : - )
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Lee Arnold - 4.26.2009
"F" you knew you couldn't wait. :-)
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jo - 4.26.2009
FEATS DONT FAIL ME NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lee Arnold - 4.26.2009
For fans of the letter "E". Just started.
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jo - 4.26.2009
pat trvers great southern music hall downtown orlando. live recording.
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jo - 4.26.2009
hey all. saw the dan when they came to otown in the mid 90's i got the first in line ticket on the line lottery that day made the noon news on channel 2 and got 2nd row seats, never forget, and going again. i saw stevie ray vaughn 3 man band soul to soul tour at bob carr. still got the t shirt. csn&y in tampa i believe was when i took my son when he was like 12 or 13 a promise that if neil young ever came close we'd go!
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Lee Arnold - 4.26.2009
Cool. Listen during the "H"s for Hey Jude. Little known fact that Paul curses during song. I have just been enjoying Here, There and Everywhere by Geoff Emerick, the man who was the engineer on Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road, along with many other Beatles tracks. For aficionados it is an unmissable book, a superb account of their work in the studio. This morning I read Emerick's account of the recording of Hey Jude. Emerick wasn't the engineer on the track - the recording didn't begin at Abbey Road - but he was called in to fix problems caused by technical deficiencies at Trident Studios.... Read More He notes that when he listened to the mix, in the third verse: Right between the lines "The minute you let her under your skin/ Oh, then you begin" you can clearly hear Paul curse off mic saying 'F****** hell!" Apparently this exclamation was caused by McCartney playing a duff note on the piano. The Beatles knew it was there, but John Lennon insisted it stay. He wanted it low in the final mix so that while most people wouldn't realize it was there, the Beatles could enjoy it. H's coming up.
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TWilliams - 4.26.2009
loud n clear here in 'Florida Center' lol ...remember those signs? was ready to shoot this thing and put it out of it's misery...
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Lee Arnold - 4.26.2009
Those damn internets. Came back pretty quick here at the house. Tommy, are you still having a problem? Please let me know.
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TWilliams - 4.26.2009
Dial a Dirty Joke ! havent heard that in years...then Dialogue 1 & 2 (that song fits todays world !)then...nothing. anybody else, or , is it another pc problem here ? pls advise
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TWilliams - 4.25.2009
John - that was a good question about band name in song title . First song that came to me was 'Bad Company' from the first Bad Company LP . Wang Chung and Big Country are two more , now I'm stuck trying to recall any others...
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TWilliams - 4.25.2009
great idea on the playlist Lee...wonder how many mix tapes , and now CDs , have been made inspired by what we heard and again hear from WORJ...Steely Dan coming to town is great ! I have never looked at the LP art from "Can't Buy a Thrill " and not thought of WORJ...Saw "Boom Boom..." performed live by Pat Travers,Ricky Medlocke, and Richie Blackmore some years back @ Hard Rock - talk about dueling guitars !
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Lee Arnold - 4.25.2009
John, any number of things make me feel like a mix is a train wreck. Key change-tempo clash-texture-genre clash etc. You know it when you hear it. :-)
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JIm McPherson - 4.25.2009
" Boom, Boom, Out Go The Lights " ... man, that song got played to death back in the day but I still think GO FOR WHAT YOU KNOW is one of the best live albums ever. It really captured the energy of Pat Traver's live shows. The song " Stevie " is my favorite from that album, " Go All Night " runs a close second.
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Jim McPherson - 4.25.2009
Ah, nuthin' like a little " Bohdisattva " on a Sat. afternoon ! Excellent playlist so far, keep 'em coming ! : - )
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John Aseff - 4.25.2009
I know none of the songs are train wrecks. I'm enjoying every one. I was wondering which seques you thought were not up to snuff. I am handicapped in that department. When I make a mix CD I wonder if the order couldn't be better. I guess I'm fishing for pointers :-)
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Lee Arnold - 4.25.2009
John, none of the songs are Train Wrecks. Some of the segues have been "interesting". That's what I was referencing. Wacky song to song segues.
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John Aseff - 4.25.2009
Definitely need to remember to proofread :-(
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John Aseff - 4.25.2009
Lee - I'm still listening. You're right about the alphabetical flow being good. What dod you consider a train wreck? Just curious. Right now Black Sabbath's Black Sabbath is playing. Still cool after all these years. I was wondering if there were any other band's with self titled songs. I'm sure there were but I'm drawing a blank.
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Lee Arnold - 4.25.2009
As I listen to this A to Z programming on WORJ.com, I'm amazed how good songs, based totally on the alphabetical nature of their titles, mix so well together. Only an occasional "train wreck". I wonder if it has anything to do to the huge size of the library or if it's just Karmic? Still on the B's. Check it out. Pretty cool so far.
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John Aseff - 4.25.2009
Jo - if you get a chance, definitely go see Steely Dan at the Bob Carr. I saw them here in Atlanta last year at the Chastain Amphitheatre. Excellent show! The last show I saw at the Bob Carr was "An Acoustic Evening with Crosby, Stills and Nash". Had to be about 14 years ago.
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John Aseff - 4.25.2009
Thanks for the heads up Lee. Tuned in just in time for "Back in the U.S.S.R." :-)
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Lee Arnold - 4.25.2009
Tune in to WORJ.com. Library A-Z in progress.
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Lee Arnold - 4.24.2009
Wayne--WE MISSED YOU
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Wayne Mereck - 4.24.2009
Hey guys! I had my hard drive die and have been so busy at work that the last thing I have had the energy to do was replace it and start loading software. Thanks for missing me. I finally have started the recovery. Every day in every way I am doing better and better. Cheers
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jo - 4.24.2009
steely dan tickets going onsale at 10 am today for bob carr!
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TWilliams - 4.23.2009
lmao @ KRAG
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Mike Zarek - 4.23.2009
T: could be, but in Texas, it would have to be KRAG ... West of the Mississippi ya know....
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Lee Arnold - 4.23.2009
jo, Welcome aboard!! Been trying to post pictures. Website fighting me. I have turned BLOG (to the left in the buttons into a picture page). Please feel free to email me any and all WORJ pix. They will be posted immediately in the BLOG.
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TWilliams - 4.23.2009
has anyone else noticed that during the absence of Wayne & Craig , Texas secession cries have been heard ? could this be a clever ploy borne by our rocking brethren to deflect attention away from themselves while executing the coup that will inaugurate station 'WAYN' in place of a substandard Texican station ?
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jo - 4.23.2009
last resort is on, i feel like a kid again. i havent heard this tune in 50 thousand years. still know all the words...
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jo - 4.22.2009
its been a long time gone, feets dont fail me now, look out mama there's a white boat coming up the river. its is a long story how i happened on this site, started with a discussion where i mistook bob church for bill church the bass player for montrose, in a discussion about the old zeta7 station. ok, i was wrong, but i still maintain some margin of error which is another story. the point is we, in the discussion, are all east orlandoians here in lovely junk town florida, in 2009. finding this live streaming has been like finding old friends, cousins if you will. we remember rock superbowls, point after, sports stadium, sounds unlimited hifi and stereo(no cheese on your neck) and who could ever forget triple x-ray ted. good to see you. even better to hear you again. if it were not for worj i would never know the words atom heart mother.
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Lee Arnold - 4.20.2009
C,S,N are playing a 2000 seat Theatre here in Milwaukee in August. Saw them last about 8 or 9 years ago at 20,000 seater. Wouldn't miss this for the world.
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Roger Brown - 4.20.2009
Saw Joe Cocker last night at the free downtown event (Orlando). He'll be 65 next month, but can still put on a hell of a show! Even came back for 2 encores.
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Mike Zarek - 4.16.2009
Tidbit: WORJ turning into AOR Zeta7 and go up against DIZ wasn't the original plan. The first idea was to go Top 40 and go after WBJW.
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John Aseff - 4.13.2009
Tommy - I agree with you. We lost a friend when Zeta7 took over WORJ. How many of us put the Zeta7 tag upside down on our cars after they canned our favorite DJs and turned into what they ultimately became? Had to have something on the car but didn't dare keep my 'ORJ tag on for fear it would get stolen. I still have that tag to this day. Funny how we all ended up embracing WDIZ, the one time enemy :-)
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TWilliams - 4.13.2009
to the friend that lurks and listens , but doesnt post...I too was lmao upon hearing the exchange , only caught the full thing upon playback of the tape . Come on over and listen to it ! The DJ's werent feuding , simply thanking the Schenck Co. for providing ' refreshments' etc. We took it as the DJ saying what we were thinking about losing our favorite radio station . It sucked !
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TWilliams - 4.12.2009
John,I remember the commercial, and , even moreso the reaction of friends around town .('Don't mess with it' was a common thought)'Zeta 7' carried on , but , they really fucked up when they let Mike Lyons go... good for us though , cuz DIZ then became a better station w/Lyons , and we would listen to both up to the end of Zeta in Feb 81. I will give a long overdue 'hats off' to the DJ that was told in the final hours by his partner to take it easy as emotions or maybe libations( ? ) were overcoming them . His reply was "you have to be legal,I'm ok "...then,"suck my ass"...well put,legal or not.
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John Aseff - 4.10.2009
Anybody else remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br33XIAVOTo&feature=player_embedded
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John Aseff - 4.10.2009
2.27.2005 - The first post I could find that I made on this Message Board. Where did the time go. It's been a blast. Hope we can keep it up. Just sitting back and listening to WORJ and reading old posts. Slow Ride is playing now. It's always been one of my favorites.
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John Aseff - 4.10.2009
WOW! That Illinois Speed Press song rocks!!!
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TWilliams - 4.9.2009
...Lee,you sent me right back to '74 w/that one . As for for '69 - one of my all time favorite 'one hit wonders'of that year : The Bubble Puppy's 'Hot Smoke & Sassafras '. a trippy,hippie tune.
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TWilliams - 4.8.2009
The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band !! oh,hell yes...
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John Aseff - 4.6.2009
Don - I had forgotten about Deface the Music. I agree it was a fun album as well. It was like a Beatle album from an alternate universe. Jim - I, too, remember the first time I heard LedZep II. An older cousin who was in a band played it for me. His band attempted Whole Lotta Love and did a damn good job for a bunch of West Virginia teenagers.
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Lee Arnold - 4.4.2009
Glad you heard it. Doing sets all weekend.
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Jim McPherson - 4.4.2009
Excellent Lee ! ... thanks for the Led Zep song set ! : - )
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JIm McPherson - 4.4.2009
And check out some of the artists who, along with Led Zeppelin, made their major label debuts 40 years ago this year ... Alice Cooper / Allman Brothers Band / Blind Faith / Chicago Transit Authority / CSN / Delaney & Bonnie / Flying Burrito Bros. / Humble Pie / James Gang / Jethro Tull / Joe Cocker / King Crimson / MC5 / Poco / Bob Seger / Steppenwolf / The Stooges / Sly & The Family Stone / James Taylor / Thunderclap Newman / Johnny Winter / Yes / Neil Young ... whew ! There really must've been ( as Thunderclap Newman sang ) " Something In The Air " that year ! : - )
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Jim McPherson - 4.4.2009
Driving to work the other day I had LED ZEPPELIN II in the CD player when it occured to me that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of both LED ZEPPELIN I & II. I love both albums but Led Zep II was the one that really blew my young teenage mind the first time I heard it ! Hearing that opening guitar riff for " Whole Lotta Love " was like hearing a signal from another planet ... it seemed hard to believe that mere mortals could make music that sounded like that ... and it still sounds awesome 40 years later ! Couple of other essential albums also marking their 40th annviversary are The Beatles ABBEY ROAD and The Who's TOMMY. Brings to mind the old addage " ... they just don't make 'em like that anymore ".
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Don Gilliland - 4.3.2009
Wish I could have been there to see the Todd concert. Like John, I also like that new "Arena" album. Some very strong songs on there. Anyone see Todd play the Great Southern Music Hall back in the late 70s? that album he did with Utopia, "Deface the Music" was also a fun project; very Beatle-esque ... by design.
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TWilliams - 4.2.2009
Pictures-Lee has the pics of a cpl of old guys that wont win any beauty contests,and is doing you all a favor by not posting them . Careful what you wish for. On the other hand, he is also in possession of a picture of Orlando's Greatest Lady DJ with her new shirt .If you were 'hot for Hanna' like the majority of WORJ male listeners in the heyday,I can tell you that you wouldnt be disappointed one bit seeing her today.Now,get down to East-West , see Hanna and show her the love !
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TWilliams - 4.2.2009
I received an email from The Plaza on upcoming shows -H2H,'The Ultimate AC-DC Tribute Band'Friday, April 17th @ 9pm Tickets: $10 Advanced, $15 Day of Show. The pic of H2H shows some mischievous looking lads - Also,Toxic Audio Saturday, April 18th @ 8pm Tickets: $23-$33 'Never Underestimate the power of the human voice!'... Next , The Fab Four Friday, April 24th @ 8:30 pm Tickets: $45-$55 'Don't miss the best Beatles Show in the world!'... Amos Lee - Sunday, May 10th @ 8pm Tickets: $26.50 - $36.50...they also have some comedy shows and plays coming up.
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John Aseff - 4.2.2009
I picked up Todd's Arena CD and it's really good. It inspired me to go back and listen to some older Todd. Just listened to Faithful. That's a fun album. On another note, I've noticed that lots of you are getting WORJ shirts but I still see the same three pictures in the store gallery. Come on. Show off your shirts!
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Jim McPherson - 4.1.2009
Glad to hear the Todd Rundgren show was a success, wish I could've been there ! Now that he, Richard Thompson and Joe Jackson have played there,hopefully it will inspire other artists to book some shows. Mike Z... I didn't see your post that day till late that night, don't know why I didn't think of it before but I should have had you guys come down to Barney's Steaks where I was working that day for some pre-show libations and food ... especially since Beefy King is closed on Sunday! It's just right down the road. Maybe next show. Did you guys see anything there about any upcoming concerts ? I looked at ThePlazaTheater.com website but it hasn't been updated since about December.
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Bill McGathy's Toupee - 4.1.2009
thats it ! I'm through with him ! I will not cover for him anymore...
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Lee Arnold - 4.1.2009
Think I cleared it up. Big April Fool joke on me. :-(
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Lee Arnold - 4.1.2009
Planned on an April first extravaganza. Computer problems causing me instead to go auto pilot off of stored music on Live365's drive. This sucks. Working on it. Think I got the "WORM"
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Lee Arnold - 4.1.2009
Computer PROBLEMS. AARRGGHHH
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Lee Arnold - 4.1.2009
Happy April 1st
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Lee Arnold - 3.30.2009
Hey Mike and Tommy--Thanks for the pictures and the play-by-play. You, wives and daughters looked quite stylish in your WORJ shirts.
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TWilliams - 3.30.2009
Happy Birthday Eric Clapton !
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TWilliams - 3.30.2009
Hell yes,good to meet you Mike!It was a pleasant surprise upon reaching the cheap seats-and seeing you there...seats I'll probably buy again and again in the Plaza.I'm already thinking of how to eliminate the 'usher' that was kinda cramping our style on my end of the aisle...really impressed w/the facility and the potential of same.NO hassle whatsoever. Todd Rundgren-what Mike said.Todd WAILED on that guitar,sometimes more fervently than others,but,it was an all out rock concert from a longtime great.I will be picking up the CD.Between Todd's warm up guys(Paul Hammond ?) and his entry, we went next door to the smaller stage and caught the heavy metal band's encore,so,I missed like the first 2-3 Todd songs I think.Mike nailed it.It was a great show.Mike-just sent ya my copy of the pic near the poster.It turned out ok.Lee,one more pic to send you-a pretty girl in the Medium. Hanna preferred the XL to sleep in...Peace
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Mike Zarek - 3.30.2009
OK, basically, Todd ROCKED. The opening act was a *very* good acoustic player from Wales (I missed his name) backed by one guy on bass drum & snare & backing vocals. He played for about 30 minutes doing almost all original songs. He covered some Travelling Willburys for one tune, but other than that, all originals. Then Todd hit the stage. He opened the show with 5 vintage numbers, ending that segment with "I Saw The Light". It was a power opening which was only a preview of things to come. Todd was on guitar, with another guitarist, guitarist/kb player, bass (babe), and drums. They proceeded to play the entire "Arena" disc (the latest), and it is a straight out rocker. Very little keyboards, and a whole lot of power guitar. Todd interacted alot with the crowd (as little as it was... maybe 500-600 at best) joking and conversing with people shouting to him from the seats. After playing the entire Arena disc, they returned for a two song encore of vintage tunes. I'm sorry I can't give you more on song titles as I'm not intimately familiar with Todd's work; this was the first time I've seen him. I can tell you that as far as radio hits went, "I Saw The Light" was the only one played... no "Hello It's Me", no "Bang On The Drum", no "We Gotta Get You A Woman". Todd himself played guitar all night, and it was a straight out high volume, high energy, high rock-n-roll show. He played for about 2 hours. Cheap seats were $32.50 inclusive, and being such a small venue even the cheap seats were great. A great show.
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Mike Zarek - 3.30.2009
Tommy: It was good to meet you last night! Unfortunately, your friend shook the camera when she took our pic and it is completely unuseable. Such is life I guess .... Sorry Lee, that was the pic of the 2 of us in fron of the Todd Rundgren Poster both wearing our WORJ T's.....
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Mike Zarek - 3.29.2009
It is my intention to attend tonite's Todd Rundgren concert at the Plaza Theatre. I will most likely be in the cheap seats, wearing my WORJ T-shirt. If you're around, my cell is 352-208-4813
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Wayne Mereck - 3.29.2009
"AND THE WORLD" is right!!! I imagine we will see more posts not only from France, but around the globe. Cheers
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Lee Arnold - 3.28.2009
United States Stats for WORJ IRadio for last 30 days : Milwaukee / Los Angeles / Washington DC / Saint Louis / Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne / Philadelphia / Dallas - Fort Worth / Detroit / Albany - Schenectady - Troy / Lubbock / Portland - Auburn / Greenville - New Bern - Washington / San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose / Seattle - Tacoma / Providence - New Bedford / Fresno - Visalia / Houston / Atlanta / Little Rock - Pine Bluff / Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo - Battle Creek / Dayton / Lansing / New York / Raleigh - Durham (Fayetteville) / Minneapolis - Saint Paul / Gainesville / Chicago / Austin, TX / Jacksonville, Brunswick / Omaha / Spokane / Boston / Baltimore / Madison / Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto / Santa Barbara - Santa Maria - San Luis Obispo / Hartford & New Haven / Toledo / Cincinnati / Rochester, NY / Columbia, SC / Chattanooga / Memphis / West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce / Miami - Fort Lauderdale / Greenville - Spartansburg - Asheville - Anderson / 1 Tampa - Saint Petersburg (Sarasota)/ Youngstown / Greensboro - High Point - Winston-Salem / Amarillo / Flint - Saginaw - Bay City / Macon / Erie / Albuquerque - Santa Fe / Indianapolis /Green Bay - Appleton / Oklahoma City / Pittsburgh / New Orleans / Mt. Dora, Orlando and the World!!
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Lee Arnold - 3.28.2009
Geographical statistics for WORJ IRadio for the last 30 days: United States / Spain / France /Canada / Netherlands / Brazil / Japan / Colombia / Peru / United Kingdom / Israel / Switzerland / Ecuador / Australia / New Zealand / Singapore / Thailand / Germany / Czech Republic / Turkey / Argentina / Sweden / Iceland / Bolivia / Latvia / Russia / Korea, Republic of / Trinidad and Tobago / Belgium / Amazing!!
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Wayne Mereck - 3.28.2009
Mimi, I hope you are feeling well. I found this number posted earlier in the message board,407-951-7831 Bobby Church. I hope it works. Cheers
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Jim McPherson - 3.26.2009
( Yet another ) R.I.P. to Dan Seals of 70's group England Dan and John Ford Coley, who passed away Wed. from lymphoma. Though they are probably better remembered as a pop group, at least they had the good taste to cover Todd Rundgren's " Love Is The Answer ". Though I prefer Todd's, every time I hear either version, it takes me back to a place of good times and memories.
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Mimi - 3.26.2009
Does anyone know how to get in touch with Bobby Church ? Thanks peace mimi
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John Aseff - 3.25.2009
If anyone is interested, the new U2 is pretty damn good!
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Jim McPherson - 3.25.2009
This summer will mark the 40th ( ! )anniversary of Woodstock. I heard on the radio yesterday that one of the original promoters is trying to organize a 40th annv. show, possibly in NY's Central Park and possibly making it a free show. They are talking about trying to get some of the original acts like Santana and The Who on the bill. Be interesting to see if they can pull it off ... hopefully it won't be marred by all the fires and fights like the Woodstock show a few years ago.
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Jim McPherson - 3.25.2009
Gordon, thanks for the heads up on the www.moogis.com site ... it's the next best thing to being there ! That's cool you got to see Derek Trucks at The Junkyard also; you could tell back then the kid was going places but who would have thought he'd accomplish so much musically ( not to mention being married to Susan Tedeschi ! ) ... and all before the age of 30 !!! I saw quite a few good bands at The Junkyard and was genuinely bummed when it closed up.
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Gordon Hilton - 3.25.2009
The first date my wife and I went on was to see The Grateful Dead at the O'Rena in April 1991 and the second was Derek Trucks at The Junkyard. I still have a t-shirt he autographed back then. Now he is in Rolling Stones top 100 Guitarists of all time playin in the ABB as well as The Derek Trucks Band, and playing in Eric Claptons tour in 2007. Im getting ready to watch tonights Beacon show, which is the 12th show in the run. I cheated and read the review and am looking forward to set 2 which features Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
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Jim McPherson - 3.24.2009
Anyone else remember seeing Derek Trucks @ The Junkyard in Casselberry in the early / mid '90s ? Little skinny blonde kid just wailing away on guitar. I read yesterday that Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire will be touring together again this summer. The DVD of their 2004 / 2005 tour went double platinum almost immediately upon it's release. Unfortunately, no FLA. dates are planned at this time ... closest show is in Atlanta. Imagine if they could add Tower Of Power to that bill ... now THAT would be a ticket !
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Mike Zarek - 3.23.2009
I'm hoping to catch the Brothers (both Allman & Doobie)at the Wanee Festival in early June. Whole slew of other great bands gonna be there too....
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Gordon Hilton - 3.23.2009
Anyone catch whats going on with the Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theatre in New York City? I've been watching the 15 shows in 3 weeks on moogis.com. So far special guests jamming with the bros have included, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Tre and Page from Phish, Bonnie and Becca Bramlett, Levon Helm, Scott Boyer and Tommy Talton, Levon Helm, Stanley Clark, Bruce Hornsby, Eric Clapton, and others! Still shows to come Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with rumors of members from The Grateful Dead showing up. Reviews of the shows are available on gritz.net.
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TWilliams - 3.17.2009
very cool Lee!thanks :-)
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Lee Arnold - 3.17.2009
Hey Tommy- Sorry for the delay-Shirts are going out today-I was out of Mediums-Had one made up for you. Take pictures.
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TWilliams - 3.17.2009
thanks Jim,for the Rundgren reminder.purchased tickets,and will be the perfect venue to show off the WORJ shirts Lee is sending.Happy Green Day to all...
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Craig Michaels - 3.13.2009
Walking home from the post office today... a young man, twenty-ish, is getting a good talking to by a cop. Seems the cop caught him "defacing" a board covering the window of a vacant building with the phrase, "Wage Peace." Nice to know some things don't die off completely... go, kid, go!
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Ron E Brown - 3.12.2009
Went to beefy king on tuesday morn 10am and ate at the table looking over Bumby to The Rockin Chair. remember when i first saw a movie there.Also remember they had a smoking section on one side of theatre that my dad sat in.
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Ron E Brown - 3.11.2009
John A I do have your e mail address
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Jim McPherson - 3.11.2009
With so many of our old rock -n- roll haunts from back in the day gone ( but not forgotten ! )it's heartening to see that, against the odds, the old Rocking Chair Theater @ Colonial Plaza is still there ( it's now known as The Plaza Theater ). Though I don't think they show movies anymore, they've been hosting small local and touring plays for awhile now. But even better, they are starting to have more & more music concerts ... Joe Jackson played there a few months ago and this Friday will be Richard Thompson. And Sunday, 3/29 will be Todd Rundgren in concert ... that's right, " The Runt " playing the Rocking Chair Theater, who would've ever thought ?!?!?!? Doesn't say whether it's a solo show or if he's playing with a band but either way, it'd be cool to see him in such an intimate setting ! Has anyone been to a concert there yet? Maybe it'll become a music venue like the old Great Southern Music Hall used to be. It sure would be a nice alternative to the Hard Rock or House Of Blues ! You could have dinner at Beefy King and then walk across the street to a show at the Rocking Chair Theater, just like old times ! : - )
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Wayne Mereck - 3.9.2009
Tommy, I have heard the mash up you heard. Really good. Another one I have heard is Turn, Turn Turn and Nowhere Man. The local station I listen to on the drive to work usually plays a new one each week.
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TWilliams - 3.8.2009
went to the Friday Nite Cruise where they had a Gong Show worthy band...yawn...in between sets predictable Top 40 R&R mix and then,I'm hearing Steely Dan's Do it Again that has been mixed with Michael Jackson's Billie Jean...anyone else heard it??Another group I've been listening to is Stone Coyotes...how bout any of you?one more meant for headphones,as pointed out by my Dad 30+ years ago-Aerosmith's Big Ten Inch.I'm certain the day he heard it "broadcasting in my front yard"(turn that down!) it was Doug Van Allen's doing and not ours...lol.Peace
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RonE - 3.6.2009
John I do not have your e mail address
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Lee Arnold - 3.6.2009
If 6 Was 9 pretty cool with headphones. Of course, Axis Bold As Love and Electric Ladyland were meant to be heard with headphones.
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Lee Arnold - 3.5.2009
:-)
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TWilliams - 3.5.2009
something to maybe lighten the load:http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/ifeelfine. All is One...
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Don Gilliland - 3.4.2009
A lot of the music that I listen to has roots in what I was exposed to by WORJ in the 70s. And I'm still buying stuff on CD that I used to have on vinyl, or things I never had before. Recent purchases: the first Heartsfield ablum, the latest Emmylou boxed set (4 CDs of rarities and unreleased material; sheer magic!), and the first Mama's Pride album. Good band, and one that was scheduled to open for Skynyrd on the "Street Survivors" tour. One that I haven't bought yet, but looks interesting: Van Morrison doing a live version of "Astral Weeks." Reviews I've read say that it's mighty fine.
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Lee Arnold - 3.4.2009
Deep malaise time for me. Combo of Hypochondria (I hope) and collections Hell. Real or imagined maladies mixed with money that is "in the system" will take me to some really dark places.
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Lee Arnold - 3.4.2009
Thank you, one and all. I appreciate your kind words.
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John Aseff - 3.4.2009
Lee - Happy 2nd! And here's to many more. I'll be sending another donation just as soon as I get the IRS off my back :-(
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John Aseff - 3.4.2009
Ron - Please say hi to Rex for me. Do you still have my email address?
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John Aseff - 3.4.2009
Don - My favorite Pylon cover by R.E.M. is Crazy. I'm embarrassed to say I didn't realize it was a Pylon song when I first heard it.
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Wayne Mereck - 3.3.2009
Steve, Please do!
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Steve Baione - 3.3.2009
Wayne, Being a fellow car enthusiast I'd like to send along a few photos of cars I own. If that's alright with you. Peace...
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Steve Baione - 3.2.2009
Hi all. Just caught Van Morrison on Jimmy Fallon's debut as host of "Late Night". I swear he(Van)is getting harder to understand than Dylan. Jimmy didn't do too bad a job hosting, although there were shades of Chevy Chase-itis. I think he will do better as the opening night jitters wear off. How cool is it to have "The Roots" as a backup band??? Lee, congrats on the second year and I hope there are many more to follow. I just wish I had more time to listen. Peace
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Roger Brown - 3.1.2009
Great Anniversary broadcast, Lee! I caught most of Poco, a bit of Randy Newman, & my favorite, Emmylou. Wish I could have listened all day. Congrats on your second year. I posted a link & basic instructions on the Florida Sportsman Off Topic Forum. Hope it got you a few more hits & some new listeners..
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Mike Zarek - 3.1.2009
Was at Bike Week all day yesterday and missed it all... Happy Belated Birthday to WORJ.com! Thanks Lee!
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Jim McPherson - 3.1.2009
Happy ( belated ) Birthday to WORJ.com Radio ... I had a full day yesterday and wasn't able to tune in, I would've like to have caught those broadcasts again. Ah well, maybe next year ! I'm sure it was great as always ... thanks again Lee, for all your time and effort.
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Wayne Mereck - 3.1.2009
Homerun!
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Lee Arnold - 3.1.2009
Yesterday was fun. I hope everyone enjoyed it.
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TWilliams - 2.28.2009
Lee,the card was a must do upon finding it-soo much fun since finding you,I HAD to send some of it north...a super day on WORJ...Poco is an old favorite...thanks...and thanks for the update Wayne,I'll be in touch.Peace
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RON E Brown - 2.28.2009
John A will hello to John Cash 4 ys and Rex says howdy
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RON E Brown - 2.28.2009
mick dolan is now on 103.1 WLOQ in Rollins College turf
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Wayne Mereck - 2.28.2009
Lee, let's leave well enough alone! ;0)
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Lee Arnold - 2.28.2009
Tommy, that card made and continues to make my day. That was so thoughtful of you. Your Tshirts will go out by Wednesday.
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Lee Arnold - 2.28.2009
You deserve more than a shout out my friend. Maybe I'll change the call letters to WAYN. :-)
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Wayne Mereck - 2.28.2009
I always enjoy that Randy Newman set and remember listening to it when it was originally aired on ORJ. Thanks for the shout out Lee, you know it is my pleasure keeping the memories alive.
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Lee Arnold - 2.28.2009
Happened again. How Bizaare (if that's how you spell it). OMG!!! Randy, Emmy, Gary and Michael coming up. BTW: Hey Bird.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.28.2009
Sorry Bird
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Wayne Mereck - 2.28.2009
Mark, yes both. Byrd posts every now and then.
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Lee Arnold - 2.28.2009
How crazy. It's just like WORJ. We used to get hit by lightning and go off. Today I had a power surge. Back on and Celebrating. Heartsfield and Randy Newman coming up.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.28.2009
One of the bright spots in my life, Happy Birthday WORJ.COM and many thanks Lee!!! Cheers
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TWilliams - 2.28.2009
Happy Birthday!-and many more...overheard in the Post Office queue Thurs.-'turn it up!'...lol.my sentiments exactly...and to further take you back Maestro,to halcyon days of hippiedom-a clip from your old stomping grounds provided by a friend's daughter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct4uCJm0c1k .Thanks again Lee.We love ya
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Lee Arnold - 2.27.2009
I decided to celebrate today's 2nd Birthday with WORJ Special Broadcasts from the Golden Years. Live concerts from Poco (Sports Stadium)- Randy Newman, Emmy Lou Harris, Hudson-Ford, Gary Wright, Michael Stanley Band (Southern Progressive Radio Network/BeeJay Recording Studios)- and a recently unearthed tape of Heartsfield (video/Quad simulcast). They'll be featured between 10:30 AM and 10:00 PM today. Thank you one and all for your support. Tommy, thanks for the card (so cool). I'm trying to make WORJ.com IRadio a musically fun, educational, trippy, symbol of what was and still can be. Thanks and please enjoy!!
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Mark G. - 2.27.2009
Does anyone remember the SOMF CITY Band? And the Joint In The Woods ??
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Steve Baione - 2.26.2009
I think my favorite headphone album would have to be Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs or maybe Jeff Becks Blow by Blow. I can't decide.
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Don Gilliland - 2.26.2009
John; thanks for posting the news about Randy in Pylon. Very sad to hear about that. I was/am a big Pylon fan. I saw them play one of those free shows at the University of Florida one year. They opened for Gang of Four. Some serious dancing going on at that show. The member of Pylon were very down to earth and friendly. I visited Athens one time and Vanessa baked bread for me at her apartment. Great memories. REM did a great cover of Pylon's "Cool" on one of their albums.
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John Aseff - 2.26.2009
One one of my favorite headphone albums was James Gang Rides Again. Especially the song "Tend My Garden".
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John Aseff - 2.26.2009
Randy Bewley, the guitarist for Pylon, passed away in Athens of a heart attack. He was 53. Vannessa Briscoe, Pylon's singer, is a nurse and was working when they brought Randy in. R.I.P. Randy.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.25.2009
A very nice collection in the family. Cheers
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TWilliams - 2.25.2009
very cool Wayne,thanks.I sent you some pics...
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Don Gilliland - 2.24.2009
Exploding Chickens? I love it! But wait ... wasn't that the name of a band that played one of those T-Bowl shows?
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Randy Molnar - 2.24.2009
It was brilliant. As a copy writer for WORJ I remember Lee Arnold coming up with the idea that it would be fun to make April 1st a day of put-ons. It started with twisting commercials. All those old commercials that were heard over and over were being distorted by the announcers. If Steve Mac did a commercial for an apartment complex, he would be assigned to re-voice it with the same music background so it sounded the same except the script was changed to something wacky. Subsequently, each jock was assigned the task of redoing any prominent commercial they had done (assuming the clients went along with it) I wrote many...but some of the best were done by each individual Jock. The only one that stands out in my mind was Steve's "Colonial Sanders War Torn Chicken." featuring exploding chickens. I hope we hear those commercials this APRIL 1ST. Its getting close.
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Roger Brown - 2.23.2009
Craig & Jim, it was around 2 a.m. one summer night when I was living by Lake Eola. My room mates had dozed off, but I was still buzzing on some juice of the 'shroom & zoning out to ORJ. A song came on from a group unbeknown to me. The sound was motownish, but different. What FX's were on that bass. No, I think it's a tuba. Well, I'll be damned, it's a voice! My introduction to the Persuasions, one hell of an acapella group.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.23.2009
Sweet Tommy, If you ever want to talk power email me at ad5qg@yahoo.com. I don't want to start motor talk on this fine site. 71 Camaro, sounds great, I dream of a 69. Check out the Store and you will see I was also a rotard. Cheers
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TWilliams - 2.23.2009
Wayne,I'm happy to report the '75 is now chrome wheeled,'Holly' injected and nearly ready to step out over the line...a friend had an '87 also,a strong 150mph + car right off the showroom floor...older brother has 2 '93s,and I hear ya about refined.Honestly,I prefer my 71Camaro over all our others,although the car I sent Lee a pic of is a very nice all original ride...old cars are like music on vinyl;each with its own little snap,crackle and pop that lends to the enjoyment of the experience.Peace
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Craig Michaels - 2.23.2009
Suzy Creamcheese... Friends Of Mine... I'm beginning to think it's a miracle any of us survived...
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Jim McPherson - 2.23.2009
Craig, your story reminded me of the time a high school friend got me REALLY stoned, handed me headphones and told me to listen and the voice of Frank Zappa was asking " ... Suzy Creamcheese, honey, what's got into ya ? "... Freak Out indeed !!! That incident may be part of my aversion to headphones LOL !
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Craig Michaels - 2.22.2009
Roger, That was my first experience with observing just how many promises a person can make in a stress situation... and also, how quickly they can all be broken once the situation passes!
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Roger Brown - 2.22.2009
Craig, I can relate. It was a night like that when I swore off anything concocted in a lab & went to organic potions only.
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Craig Michaels - 2.22.2009
Enjoyable headphone albums: I'll add the debut CD from The Cars, and Brian Eno,s "Another Green World." If you like electronic music at all, lots of the early Tangerine Dream stuff is pretty amazing on phones...
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Craig Michaels - 2.22.2009
Roger, you reminded me of a story, funny now but not all that funny then. This was before I worked at WORJ. I had gone out and about and... um... well, dropped acid for the first time ever, which was pretty nice. Got home in the wee small hours and laid down to sleep. I had an old FM radio which I'd sometimes put under my pillow and listen to. Apparently, I had forgotteon to shut it off the night before (and of course, it was always tuned to ORJ). So, I lay down to sleep, and as timing would have it, laid down just as the middle part of "Friends Of Mine" from The Guess Who was playing... you know, "Up the 13 steps of the gallows walked the condemned man..." If you ever need a good definition of being just a little freaked, that will probably suffice! Listened to the entire monologue trying to figure out what I needed to do for redemption and all... then it got back into the music and, thankfully, I figured it out.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.22.2009
My last post is really about music, nothing really like a wound out V8 being music in the ears. Cheers
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Wayne Mereck - 2.22.2009
Tommy W, how goes the '75 vette resto? I have had the pleasure of owning a '87 and '95. I have to say the '87 was my favorite. The '95 seemed to refined. Now and again I feel a need to get a '90. Cheers
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Roger Brown - 2.22.2009
Headphones + Jackson-Kent Blues (Steve Miller, echoplex guitars) = brain jello. Listening to WORJ in the wee hours of the morning, while in an altered mindstate, left me confused. Were those weird sounds only in my mind, or were they part of the actual broadcast?
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TWilliams - 2.22.2009
...cpl of favorites thru the 'phones:Led Zep II,Traffic's John Barleycorn
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Wayne Mereck - 2.22.2009
Jim, one word for headphones; Sennheiser. I still have my pair of 414Ds I got Christmas of 1973. They are the folks that brought us the open-air type of phones. Try them you'll like them, really. Cheers
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John Aseff - 2.22.2009
Jim sent me an alternative version of Jingo by Abraxas Pool. As usual he prompted me to start looking around at things old and new. One of the old things I rediscovered was Journey's first album. I had forgotten how great it was. What the hell happened to them from the first album to the vapid arena rock monstrosity they became?
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Wayne Mereck - 2.22.2009
Moody Blues "In Search of The Lost Cord" and ELP "Tarkus"
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Jim McPherson - 2.21.2009
Well, since we're on the subject, what would be some of your picks for greatest "headphones" albums of all time ? I'm sure Dark Side Of The Moon would rank high on a lot of peoples lists, The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band would probably rank right up there too. What are your nominations ?
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John Aseff - 2.21.2009
Laying one's head between two speakers seems to have been more common than I ever knew. When I was in the 7th grade I discovered that if you listened to Santana's "Jingo" from the 1969 Santana album, with your head between the speakers, the bongos would go back and forth through your head. Very cool effect.
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Jim McPherson - 2.21.2009
Haha, great minds think alike Craig ... my first " stereo " was a portable turntable with detachable speakers that I used in a similar fashion. Other than that I never really got into headphones. I bought a pair of wireless ones a few years ago but the signal would start breaking up every time you tried to crank the volume and I just found them irritating to wear after awhile. Even today I don't like wearing Ipod earbuds for an extended period. Guess I wouldn't have made it too long as a DJ ! : - )
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Craig Michaels - 2.21.2009
Y'know... when I was a kid, my first stereo was a GE Wildcat, WAY cool because it had speakers you could place up to 20 feet apart. I used to lay on my bed and put one speaker to either side of the pillow and listen in absolute bliss. All these years, I thought *I* had invented headphones...
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Wayne Mereck - 2.20.2009
Thanks Marty Lange for developing the way that allowed me to listen to WORJ at volume without pissing off the rest of the family at 3 am. RIP
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John Aseff - 2.20.2009
Mmmm Alyssa Milano naked on Fantasy Island. Now we're talking.
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Craig Michaels - 2.19.2009
Lee, do you have any of the Fantasy Island tapes anywhere, and if so, would you have the right to broadcast any of those? Might be fun...
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Craig Michaels - 2.19.2009
Alyssa is naked on WORJ right now... just use your imagination, you'll see it!
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Roger Brown - 2.19.2009
Make it different & easy on yourself at the same time - play album sides. Always worked for WORJ: The Early Years. BTW: Any progress on the April Fools tapes? (coming up in 5 1/2 weeks)
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Wayne Mereck - 2.19.2009
Might be hard, how about Randy Newman concert from Bee Jay?
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MIke Zarek - 2.19.2009
Personally, I'd like to celebrate it with Alyssa Milano naked .... can we get that arranged?
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Lee Arnold - 2.19.2009
Any suggestions for 2nd anniversary of WORJ.com IRadio on February 28th?
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Wayne Mereck - 2.17.2009
So long Louie Bellson, maybe not a rocker, but definitely one of the great drummers.
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Don Gilliland - 2.16.2009
Lee; I sympathize with your computer crisis. Having PC problems can definitely ruin your day ... or the whole week. My home computer went on the blink last month and no amount of trouble shooting and tinkering by yours truly did any good. Had to finally call someone with actual tech skills to come over and fix the thing. I was about to hurl it against the wall out of sheer frustration. urrrgghh!!!! On a positive note: I'll second (or is it fifth by now?) the emotion on Tower of Power. Great, funky band. I have the 2-CD set of their stuff that Rhino put out a few years ago. Love that sound.
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Mike Zarek - 2.16.2009
I sold my soul for rock n roll a long long time ago .... Kicking in a few extra bux nowdays won't kill me ;)
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Wayne Mereck - 2.16.2009
The heart bone is connected to the radio bone and the radio bone is connected to the head. If you take away the radio bone the head falls off. We can't have that! Cheers
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Lee Arnold - 2.16.2009
Wayne and Mike--THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!
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Mike Zarek - 2.16.2009
Lee, a small (but gladly given) donation has been made via the donate link. Z
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Wayne Mereck - 2.16.2009
Cheer Up and keep the faith, it will get better ;0)
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Lee Arnold - 2.16.2009
Luckally computers are on the cheap side. Fairly good computers are available in the $400 range. Not bad, but it's still $400.
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Lee Arnold - 2.16.2009
Drives are fine. Registry corrupted. All music on outboard Drives. Main computers old and corrupted. AARRGGHHH.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.16.2009
Ah, I see, a problem with your pcs. How much space do you use on your hard drive. I am sure that streaming out of it will wear it out fast. They now have solid state drives that work good and last a long time in this type of application.
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Lee Arnold - 2.16.2009
Capital expenditure time. oy vey!! 2 computers dead or dying. Great timing. Economic stimulus needs to include me. :-)
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Wayne Mereck - 2.16.2009
There there, lay down on the couch and tell us what's wrong. I did get some disconnect tones on Live365 yesterday.
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Lee Arnold - 2.16.2009
I'm in computer HELL!!!
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Mike Zarek - 2.16.2009
Is it in the style of your hair?
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Wayne Mereck - 2.16.2009
What is hip?
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Mike Zarek - 2.16.2009
......But sometimes Hipness is what it ain't!!!!
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Mike Zarek - 2.16.2009
Hipness is what it is........
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Craig Michaels - 2.15.2009
It's certainly unlikely that anybody from TOP will ever make it to, say, the Baseball Hall of Fame...
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Wayne Mereck - 2.15.2009
How bout them 6 funky whie boys; Rare Earth? Cheers
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Wayne Mereck - 2.15.2009
Mike, spot on! I need a dose of the ToP on a steady basis. "So Very Hard To Go" always puts me in a good place.
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Mike Zarek - 2.15.2009
Speaking of such bands, and those not in the RnR HOF, how about some votes for Tower Of Power? I mean, just about every band that has a horn in it (save Chicago) owes something to them. Hell, if there's a horn in the band chances are whoever's playing it played for TOP at some point! The Tower Of Power horn section *still* sets the standard and they have backed up just about everybody at some time in their recording careers (Elton John, Santana, Rod Stewart). So c'mon, how about a little Soul with a Capital S ?!?!?!!?!?!?
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Don Gilliland - 2.14.2009
This site is always a great place to see names that bring back memories ... and a smile to my face. Both AWB and Mother's Finest are two examples. I remember seeing Mother's Finest at the Great Southern Music Hall in Orlando. I want to say they opened for Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush. Man, that was one of the loudest shows I've ever seen. I think some of that show was included on the Mahogany Rush live album the following year. Lee would be able to confirm that. As for Average White Band, I remember getting a copy of the album with "Pick up the Pieces" on 8-track tape! Great stuff. On a totally different note, I just got an e-mail notice about some shows coming to bars in Orlando. One was for a Commander Cody concert. Don't sure what the Commander and his Lost Planet Airmen sound like these days, but they were one great, smokin' unit back in the 70s. Both their live and studio albums were lots of fun.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.14.2009
Dr. Jim, thanks for the point to the song by Mother's Finest. That is definitely it. Cheers
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Wayne Mereck - 2.14.2009
I was just going to comment on the theme du juor. And I saw your post. Very nice!!
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Lee Arnold - 2.14.2009
In honor of Valentines Day--WORJ.com IRadio goes Love, Love, Love. Enjoy!!
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Wayne Mereck - 2.13.2009
You can look, but don't you touch ;0)
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Mike Zarek - 2.13.2009
Only a school boy crush! :-)
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Wayne Mereck - 2.13.2009
Mother's Finest it is. I saw a video on You Tube and it has a play on the lyrics, but the right sound. I know I was confused with AWB and that is why I came to the learned.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.13.2009
Craig and Lee, Mother's Finest did cause a stir of the gray matter, and the time frame is right. Believe me when I say it was totally a discussion of music and had no intention of being racial. I seem to remember hearing it on the radio as I doubt any of my friends would have had the album. It definitely sounded like it was sung by a black singer and I remember thinking "is that a cut down?". Of course in certain shows or movies the term flys rampant amongst the people that once was a slur. I remember some of my friends grandparents using the term and thinking it was all wrong. I don't remember any of our parents using it, at least around us kids. I did think it was a poor remembery of the Zeplin song, But like I said earlier in my mind I was hearing a black lead. Definitely not Plant.
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Craig Michaels - 2.13.2009
Ah, right! I had forgotten about Mother's Finest! Pretty notorious in their time.
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Lee Arnold - 2.13.2009
Mother's Finest are notable partly because they are an "interracial" rock group from the US South. Their music was a blend of funky rhythm, heavy guitars and expressive rock singing. Their debut album Mother's Finest from 1976 today is a rare collector's piece and contained with the ironic song "Nigizz Can't Sing Rock'n Roll" (although they were criticized for it by an important religious leader and dropped it from their live concerts).
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Craig Michaels - 2.13.2009
Thinking more about it, I have to wonder if the lines Wayne quoted were some sort of a send-off on Zep's Black Dog: " I dont know but I been told... A big legged woman aint got no soul."
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Craig Michaels - 2.13.2009
Wayne, It's really amazing living here, in truth. One of the huge differences is simple geography... in Orlando, it's a four hour drive to get off the peninsula. In Memphis, if I draw a circle on a map that shows about a 200 mile radius around Memphis, I can get to an awful lot of interesting places for a half day's drive, New Orleans included. I don't recall the line you quoted at all, and googling it turned up nothing. I'd frankly be very surprised if it was in an AWB song, because they have a very, very deep love and respect for American black music, and no matter how you deliver a line like that in a song, it would be way easy to use it the wrong way. Which, of course, doesn't mean it's not there, but I don't recall it.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.13.2009
Sorry, coffee hasn't kicked in, I meant Average White Band.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.13.2009
Craig, it must be amazing to be in the music El Dorado. You know you could also drive down to New Oreleans to see Neil Young for about the price of his new box set. I was talking music with some of my associates and we got on the subject of the song line "I don't know, but I've been told that ni**ers can't play rock n roll". I sai I believed it was from a Great White Band song. It must have been bleeped to get air play. Can anyone tell me if I was right?
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Craig Michaels - 2.12.2009
In regards to Al Green... not only is he a Favored Son of Memphis (and much of the music world), but he is SO highly respected here that very, very few performers will even cover him here. I've seen a lot of fantastic local talent here and heard covers of an awful lot of artists, but I've only ONCE heard an Al Green song covered on stage. It's basically thought that, if you're gonna cover him around here, you best be damned good at it, so it's almost like an arrogant statement or something should a band cover him! Very odd. On March 5, they announce the lineup for the yearly music festival here, the three day deal, and I'm anxious to see because there's a lot of rumors going around that Al Green will be playing the festival this year, that P-Funk will also be on the bill, and that there's a strong possibility they will play together. Shew!!
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Don Gilliland - 2.11.2009
... and speaking of the Grammy Awards; very nice to see Al Green finally win an award for his R&B performances (as opposed to his gospel shlock) after all these years. I was shocked to learn that he never got an award during his amazing run of hits in the 1970s! His new album is really, really good and deserves the recognition. Other recent albums by so-called un-hip artists that I like VERY much are the new ones by Neil Diamond and Glen Campbell. Neil wrote all the songs on his album, but Glen's is comprised entirely of covers. Some good material; songs written by the likes of Tom Petty, Lou Reed, Paul Westerberg, John Lennon, Foo Fighters, and Green Day! Go and listen; excellent stuff!
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Mike Zarek - 2.10.2009
Yes, Fern Park Station was on that little road south of the Jai-Alai fronton. Pretty much right across 17-92 from Club Juana.
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Roger Brown - 2.10.2009
Anyone remember The Hospital Lounge on Forsyth Rd.? "Our nurses always treat you right!" New Days Ahead use to rock the place every so often.
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Steve Baione - 2.10.2009
Wasn't F.P. Station on the road that ran along side the Jai Alai off 436? I saw Steve Vai there around 10 or so years ago. Great show. My ears are still ringing. Seriously, I have a major case of tinnitus. It sounds like the harmonic ringing made from running your fingers on the rim of a crystal glass. It Never Friggin' Stops! UGH!!!
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Wayne Mereck - 2.10.2009
Sorry Mike, I almost said Cassleberry. Wasn't Fern Park Station around there also? Sure makes it confusing for us folks down south in WP. ;0)
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Anonymous - 2.10.2009
Dude, you're off the air, or the information superhighway or whatever.
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Jim McPherson - 2.10.2009
It was good to see Sir Paul in fine form the other night on the Grammys. Was that Steve Vai playing with him ? And nice to see Robert Plant and Alison Krauss scoring 5 awards for Raising Sand ... kinda restores my faith in the Grammys a little bit ! And Joe Satriani must be beside himself over Coldplay's " Vida La Vida " winning a Grammy, seeing as how he's accused them of ripping off the melody from his song " If I Could Fly ". Oh well, what fun are the Grammys without a little controversy ... like Chris Brown assaulting his girlfriend Rhianna before the show ... what's up with that ??? Maybe he should do a cover of The Prodigy's " Smack My Bitch Up ". What an idiot !
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John Aseff - 2.10.2009
I remember watching The Beatles on Ed Sullivan with my older sister. I remember Paul's mellow rendition of Till There WasYou and I remember dancing around the living room to I Want To Hold Your Hand.
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Mike Zarek - 2.10.2009
Nitpick: Casselberry, not Longwood. Yeah, Club Juana closed down a few years ago. They tried 'Nude Shakespere' for a while to get around the draconian laws the city passed, but it didn't work. What *is* amazing though is the amount of taxpayer money spent by cops getting lap dances. The Orlando Weekly ran a big story about it a while back. Seems the MBI had no lack of volunteers willing to 'investigate' the clubs up there.....
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Wayne Mereck - 2.10.2009
Thanks for the news Ronn. I could not remember the name Nylans. I never thought CJ would ever leave Longwood. Lwood tried for years to clean up the corner at 17-92 and 436.
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Ronn E - 2.9.2009
Nylans Ham And Rye recentley been sold on 17-92 And Club Juana is gone also
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Wayne Mereck - 2.9.2009
Man do I remember the buzz on the playground at Saint Margret Mary School on that following Monday. Even the Nuns were talking about them. I had a radio that I received as a Christmas gift and had to let my classmates know when a Beatles' song came on. And WLOF was playing them like crazy. It was a great time.
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Lee Arnold - 2.9.2009
45 YEARS AGO TODAY-----Sunday February 9, 1964, at 8 p.m., the Beatles made their first American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. During their appearance, the Beatles sang five songs in the following order: All My Loving, Till There Was You, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There, and I Want To Hold Your Hand. On this night, 73 million people watched The Beatles. Their appearance had such an impact that most normal activities in America came to a standstill watching their performance. Criminal activity in most of the major cities and towns in America was put on hold, and getting a taxi or bus in New York was almost impossible, until their performance was over. Mass hysteria resulted wherever the Beatles appeared, and Beatlemania was created.
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TWilliams - 2.7.2009
lol @ Craig,-good answer! regardless of 'former',you guys were and still are our heroes...it's only Rock n Roll,but we like it like it yes we do
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Craig Michaels - 2.7.2009
I'm afraid I only carry the title of "Former DJ, A Long, Long, Long, Long Time Ago!"
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Jim McPherson - 2.6.2009
John and Don ... I happened upon an episode of A&E Biography last nite about Shaun Cassidy and noted writer / critic and Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild was talking about what a great album Wasp was ! He basically said " I loved that album ... nobody bought it, but it was still a great album ". On a related note ... in a different episode of Biography, Danny Bonaduce was talking about a Partridge Family episode that guest starred Louis Gossett Jr. and Richard Pryor ( ! ) as club owners. At one point the director had to pull Pryor aside and remind him that Danny was just a kid and that he couldn't keep refering to him as " ... that little red-headed MuthaF#%ka ! ". Man, I can just picture Richard Pryor saying that too ... funny stuff ! Don't know if Richard Pryor ever got any airplay on WORJ back in the day ... I'm sure most of his stuff was too profane even for late nite FM radio ... but his 70s albums are some of the funniest comedy ever put to vinyl !
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TWilliams - 2.6.2009
speaking of technical difficulties...Lee & Craig:while you both have the title DJ,one only has to imagine what all else that entails(right!-I read 'No Commercials' in Memorabilia section on site).that being said,what are the advances in technology that you can identify that have made your job easier,better,etc?Any of the stations you've worked with been more progressive with the medium's technology than others?Prefer anything from the old days over the new?...
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Craig Michaels - 2.6.2009
Had one of my best evenings since I moved to Memphis last night. The city hosts the finals every year of the International Blues Challenge. There's sixteen clubs up and down Beale where solos, duos and bands from literally all over the world, representing their local blues societies, showcase on Thursday and Friday night (yup, doin' it again tonight!). You buy a wristband and get into all the clubs all night. AMAZING wealth of talent... I spent a lot of time in a venue that showcased the solo acts and was just blown away. The kid, literally kid (15, braces, couldn't get into the bar if he wasn't playing) who opened was playing lead and rhythm on his acoustic, playing WAY beyond his years. Several outstanding players (lots of metal National guitars, lots of good slide playing), and even a kid from Croatia who played solo blues harp and had more personality in his little finger than lots of people can muster ever. Walked up the street for a bit, saw a band with a full horn section knockin' it down; only bad thing about an event like this is that you're enjoying what you're hearing but worrying about what you're missing somewhere else. Great crowd; like most music events of this sort, you walk out of the place with more friends than you walked in with. Fans ranged from early 20s to very old... towards the end of the evening, one pretty young lady was dancing her heart out to a guy playing some nice uptempo blues, and an old, old man who walked with a cane put the cane down and got up and danced with her. There's plenty to be said for zero-to-sixty, but that old guy went from eighty to twenty in about 30 seconds. Zaida from the Orange County Blues Society was one of the judges last night, and it was nice to see her again, too. It's okay to be jealous of me... I'll let it slide this time...
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Lee Arnold - 2.6.2009
Buffalo Springfield drummer, Dewey Martin, has died. This is getting ridiculous. RIP Dewey.
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Don Gilliland - 2.6.2009
Sad to hear about Lux of the Cramps. They were a fun band. For me, they were the highlight of the classic punk/new wave movie, "Urrggh, a Music War." Great live footage of the Cramps in that film. I only saw the Cramps in concert one time, and it was when I was visiting San Francisco in 1982. Some friends of mine in a band from Athens, the Method Actors, opened that show. To make things even more bizarre, I started that same night by seeing Depeche Mode play a Japanese youth center down the street. What a wild couple of shows. And speaking of people dying, I also read that the original drummer from Buffalo Springfield passed away this week.
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John Aseff - 2.6.2009
Ah yes, Beefy King! Every time I'm in Orlando I stop at the one on Bumby and have a large pastrami with a side of spuds. The place hasn't changed a bit since I started going there in the 70's.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.5.2009
Lee, you are right, Beefy King was a nice start to a night at The Back Door. I liked their sandwich better than Arby's or Roy Rogers. Don't forget the Beefy Spuds. Did anybody ever try the sandwich at the bar on 17-92 close to the dog track that had the sign "Best Ham and Rye"? I never did, but wanted to. Cheers
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Craig Michaels - 2.5.2009
Wow... tough week for heroes on the frinbge of things... Saw The Cramps once somewhere in Orlando, don't even remember where. They were more into what they were doing than easily 95% of the bands I've seen in my life... intense and whacked out and loads of fun all at once. Can't imagine the band can go on without him... wonder if Ivy will still do anything now?
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Jim McPherson - 2.5.2009
OK, got my Live 365 back ... took a little while to load but it's fine now and life is good !
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Lee Arnold - 2.5.2009
Jim-That's what mine was doing too. I did system restore on my computer to 12AM and it fixed it. WEIRD.
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Jim McPherson - 2.5.2009
Sorry, my mistake ... Lux Interior actually passed away Wednesday a.m. 2/4/09.
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Jim McPherson - 2.5.2009
And on another sad note ... R.I.P. to Lux Interior, lead singer of seminal punk band the Cramps, dead this morning at age 62 of an existing heart condition.
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JIm McPherson - 2.5.2009
Yeah, my Live 365 keeps coming up " cannot find server " : - (
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Lee Arnold - 2.5.2009
Anyone having trouble with LIVE365 today?
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Lee Arnold - 2.5.2009
Speaking of The Back Door, First a Beefy King sandwich, then walk behind and hear some National band. All in downtown Winter Park. Ah, the good old days.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.4.2009
Oh Man! Did someone find the "Back Door". Spam, Spam, Spam, damn vikings. The movie with Gary Bussy (sp) is really good. Back in the late 70's I was baby sitting my cousins kids and we watched it. The kids were 7 and 9 at the time and they even shed a tear at the end. Very moving. Cheers
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Steve Baione - 2.3.2009
50 years ago today was "The Day The Music Died". I have always loved Buddy Holly's music even though it was before my time.
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John Aseff - 2.3.2009
Just listened to John Martyn - Solid Air. My God he was good!
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TWilliams - 2.3.2009
Mike-I think you are dead on about 'swat'.The only person I ever heard use that term outside of CFL was from N.J.,and he referred to em as 'bong swats'...Karl,who became a good friend, would punch whomever asked for a 'swat'instead of the correct as long as Karl was in charge 'bong swat'terminology...lol...so popular in our group that someone actually procured a 1975 state of Fla SWAT license plate...being an aforementioned product of my environment,I dont remember how I ended up with it but,hopefully,it will soon be on a 75 Vette we are restoring... thanks for Pre Road Downs earlier Lee-that song has been stuck in my head for weeks
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Don Gilliland - 2.3.2009
Wow, this board has been busy in the last week. Meanwhile, I had a sick computer and was banging the wall in frustration. A few notes: hey to Denise! ... sad to hear about John Martyn's passing. Like Craig, I loved that "Solid Air" album. I only got turned on to him about 5 years ago. A great find. Craig's right; he's a master of many styles ... and John is right about that Shaun Cassidy album: "Wasp" was very good! ... speaking of Rundgren, has anyone heard his latest album, "Arena" ? I read some online notes, plus an interview with Todd in the new issue of MOJO (most of the issue is about Motown) and this album sounds very interesting. Todd is still going strong at 60! ... I saw Wall of Voodoo play the Point After on East Colonial. Craig and I both interviewed Stan Ridgway for different publications. What a fun, crazy guy he is. I did another phone interview with him a few years later. Still a nice guy with a very warped sense of humor ... I also saw many of those shows at Spit, including the packed Missing Persons show. I also saw Terry Bozzio drum with the band U.K. when they opened for Jethro Tull in Lakeland. I think I fell asleep during one of the drum solos, and woke up during another song! ... can't wait to hear the new Springsteen album. I'm still a big fan ... a belated Happy Ground Hog Day to everyone out there!
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Craig Michaels - 2.2.2009
Ah, a sad one for me... just found out that John Martyn passed on January 29. What an amazing artist; wrote songs that combined elements of folk and jazz and some Celtic influences. He was a fine, sometimes observant, always sincere lyricist and his guitar playing was honestly like none other I've ever heard. His "Solid Air" album is as brilliant now as it was when it was released in the early 70s. Sure left behind an impressive body of work... I'll miss the chance to hear new music from him. RIP, John.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.2.2009
Mike, we are products of our environment. I have always been stoked when I see SWAT on cops.
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Mike Zarek - 2.2.2009
Allright Wayne!!! SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SWAT TEAM! ;-) BTW, has anyone ever heard of a bong hit being referred to as a swat anywhere outside of Central Florida? I seem to recall nobody outside of the Orlando metro knowing what I was talking about.....
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Wayne Mereck - 2.2.2009
Poor Mike, in this day and age the folks have forgotten there is no gaurantee of privacy. Everybody just has to try to get each other in compromised situations and then plaster it on the web like its some kind of sport. Big Brother may be making his way into our midst slightly differently than Orwell predicted. I am not trying to sound paranoid, but if you value your privacy, you have to realize it is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Mike may now exercise more discretion and take that swat behind closed doors.
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Craig Michaels - 2.2.2009
Hello, Denise... Unlikely I'll have the pleasure of bumping into you again any time soon. I up and moved to Memphis. Life and the world have been very, very good to me of late. How's thing with you? I'd love to hear from you and catch up a bit... feel free to email me... memphis.michaels-AT-comcast.net
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Denise Allen - 2.2.2009
It's been over a year since I checked in on the WORJ board. Glad to see the chat still goes on and that Craig is still around. Seems I'd run into you at the grocery or see you at Park Ave Cd every couple of weeks, but not in ages now. Where you at ? Was hoping to catch some new WORJ air checks. Any more on the way?
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Jim McPherson - 2.2.2009
Quote of the year ( so far ) for 2009 ... " Put the chicken fingers down and turn the television all the way up ! " - Bruce Springsteen. They don't call him The Boss for nuthin' !
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Graham Nash - 2.2.2009
...be sure to hide the roaches
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Jim McPherson - 2.2.2009
Gee, a 23 year old doing a little partying ... what are the chances ?
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Jim McPherson - 2.2.2009
Maybe he just sucked but didn't inhale ...
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Mike Zarek - 2.2.2009
NO! NO!! Not the squeaky clean and All American Michael Phelps! Say it ain't so!!
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Jim McPherson - 2.2.2009
It's the end of the world as we know it ... !
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Lee Arnold - 2.2.2009
Oh no, Michael Phelps smoked some pot!
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Wayne Mereck - 2.1.2009
Favorite commercial was the one where the water buffalo literally gets the snot knocked out of it.
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John Aseff - 2.1.2009
Craig is right. I just saw the halftime show and Springsteen can rock a crowd. On SNL last night, they were saying how cool it was that the Steelers and the Cardinals were opening for Springsteen. How true. If it weren't for the wings and the halftime show I wouldn't have any use for the Super Bowl. Baseball is my game.
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John Aseff - 2.1.2009
Craig - I'll be in Memphis next week. Not too far from the baseball field (just kidding).
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Craig Michaels - 2.1.2009
Bruce Springsteen just flat out belongs on a rock and roll stage in front of a kazillion people. That's all there is to that.
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Jim McPherson - 2.1.2009
Poor ol' Keith ... 'er, I mean David Cassidy ! Ever since his Partridge Family days, he's been searching for some modicum of musical respectability. But it seems like no matter what else he accomplishes in his life ... just like Mike Nesmith will always be known as a Monkee ... David will be forever remembered ( at least by our generation ) as Keith Partridge ! At least he seems to have kept his nose pretty clean ... you don't really hear stories of him being arrested for duking it out with transvestites over drugs in Daytona Beach like his former Partridge Family co-star Danny Bonaduce was a few years ago.
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Craig Michaels - 2.1.2009
That's it. John's off the board, UNLESS he promises to stop following me around.
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John Aseff - 2.1.2009
I hope this doesn't get me thrown off WORJ but there is actually a good Shaun Cassidy album out there. It was released in 1980. Bear with me. It's called Wasp and was produced by Todd Rundgren (that's the reason I gave it a try). It included Rebel, Rebel (Bowie), covers by David Byrne, Rundgren, Pete Townshend and Ian Hunter. Rundgren and Cassidy even wrote one of the songs together. It's Cassidy in a grittier mode. Pretty cool and of course well produced.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.1.2009
If its on the internet, it must be true.
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Jim McPherson - 1.31.2009
Man, the weird stuff you find online sometimes ! I came across an album of David Cassidy Classic Songs recently. No matter how lame a record may look, I always check the track list to see what songs are on there. In this case, a couple of the song titles looked familiar, one of those being " Dirty Work " and I thought " ... hmmmm, what's the chance it could be a cover of the Steely Dan song ? " Well guess what ? ... it was ! That's right ! ... Keith Partridge covering The Dan !! ... I shit you not !!! ( and it's actually not bad ! ). But wait, it get's better ... someone who wrote a customer review of the album on Amazon stated that " Dirty Work " was written by one of the Gibb brothers, as in The Bee Gee's Gibb brothers. I swear, you couldn't make this kind of stuff up if you tried ! : - )
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Craig Michaels - 1.31.2009
Peter has a website... says he plays in a band cand Shoe Suede Blues. A couple of tour dates are listed. He seems pretty content, though the site says his guitar player just died.
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Wayne Mereck - 1.31.2009
I saw Mickey on tv a couple of years ago and heve heard that Davey is touring now and again, but what happened to Peter? I heard a rumor he just dropped out of entertainment and hasn't been heard from.
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John Aseff - 1.31.2009
In the Monkees clip Frank playes a car. See what he plays in this clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3I0iagWXU&NR=1
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Jim McPherson - 1.31.2009
Awhile back, someone sent me one of those " guess the person in this photo " e-mails. I never would have figured out that it was Michael Nesmith, looking nothing like a former rock star and every bit like a standard issue CEO. That same picture is on his Wikipeia bio page, which by the way, is a fascinating read ... he's been a lot more influential in songwriting, music and video than I would have ever guessed !
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John Aseff - 1.31.2009
...and here's that clip of Zappa on the Monkees. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNJy-OgCzB0
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John Aseff - 1.31.2009
I'm not sure if it will work but send Mike Nesmith this video. http://uk.video.yahoo.com/watch/1312142/4551957
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Craig Michaels - 1.31.2009
Today's goal: research to see what it will take to get Mike Nesmith to discover and accept me as his long lost son.
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Jim McPherson - 1.30.2009
Craig, as if Mike Nesmith wasn't rich enough from the Monkees and Wite-Out, he was also initially awarded some $46 million dollars in a settlement with PBS over licensing issues with his Pacific Arts video company in the late 90s. However, that verdict was appealed and he ended up settling out of court for a confidential amount. Still, I'm sure he made out quite well ! Also, a show he developed for the Nickelodeon Channel called " Pop Clips " was later sold to Time Warner / Amex, who developed it into MTV ! Who knew ?
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Jim McPherson - 1.30.2009
Didn't Terry Bozzio also play on Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop album ?
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John Aseff - 1.30.2009
Unintentional link - Terry Bozzio (Dale's husband) from Missing Persons played drums for Frank Zappa for a bit.
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Craig Michaels - 1.30.2009
I changed my hairstyle... so many times then... I don't know what I looked like (apologies to David Byrne)
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John Aseff - 1.30.2009
Yep, saw the Missing Persons show too. Wasn't too fond of them either but I liked looking at Dale Bozio. Saw the Stray Cats there too. I'm sure there were many more but none that come to mind at the moment. By the way, yes I was being paid to follow you around but since I didn't know what you looked like I never knew if I was successful or not. Now I know :-)
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Craig Michaels - 1.30.2009
Jim, The common legend is that Michael Nesmith got the spot that Stephen Still had won... but Stills apparently refused to get his teeth fixed in accordance with the producer's wishes. That makes the most sense, as far as which Monkee he would have been; Nesmith was the country influence, and Stills certainly could have filled that role. More dumb Michael Nesmith trivia - his mom invented White-Out, the stuff that every office in the world now has too much of. Michael Nesmith - former Monkee and heir apparent to the White Out fortune!
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Craig Michaels - 1.30.2009
John, I saw several shows at Spit, but not REM or Wall of Voodoo. I did see Wall Of Voodoo in concert at... was it The Point After, way up on highway 50 in Union Park? It was right at the end of the "Mexican Radio" tour... they were fantastic! I saw Iggy at Spit... Missing Persons (that wasn't by choice... I never liked them) and a couple more. Okay, be honest - was somebody paying you to follow me? How much? Good gawd, WHAT did you tell them?!?!?
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Jim McPherson - 1.30.2009
Legend has it that Stephen Stills auditoned for the Monkees but didn't make the cut ... so he promptly went out and co-founded Buffalo Springfield ! Wonder if the Monkees producers ever looked back and thought " ... how the hell did we miss that one ? ". I wonder which Monkee he would have been ? If he had become a Monkee, would he have ever hooked up with Buffalo Springfield or Crosby, Nash and Young ? The mind boggles at the possibilities ... : - )
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John Aseff - 1.30.2009
Craig - not to interrupt you and Mike but when you mentioned Spit I had to mention that I too was a regular there. So first it was the FGTH show at the Fronton and now Spit. I wonder if there were any other places we went to separately together :-) Did you see Wall of Voodoo and R.E.M. when they played Spit? I still have a photo I took of Don watching R.E.M. I believe they were touring on their first EP, Chronic Town.
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Craig Michaels - 1.30.2009
Frank Zappa actually appeared on The Monkees show once... at the end of the episode, Michael Nesmith was made up as Frank Zappa and Zappa as Nesmith and they interviewed one another. I don't recall if Zappa ever appeared in the Beatles cartoon...
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Wayne Mereck - 1.30.2009
Ah, the wonder years. Now was the Beatles cartoon a rip off of the Monkeys' Show or was it the other way around? In both there was the underlying theme of the episode with the obligatory performance.
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Craig Michaels - 1.30.2009
Okay, strictly from memory... five favorite Monkees songs that weren't singles... Auntie Grizelda, Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow, Shades Of Grey, Mr. Webster, No Time... The first albums were great records! I bought them again when they came out on CD, originally thinking it was a little bit of a joke. Got 'em home and was able to sing every darned word of those albums after not having heard them for 25 years by then... Guess that qualifies as being stuck deep in the psyche!
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Wayne Mereck - 1.30.2009
Craig, like you the Monkeys graced the first album I bought. I was very proud that I was able to have their complete collection of 4 albums. Then I got a little older and they weren't cool, so I gave them to the girl down the street, whom I considered to be quite hot at 13, she was also 13. As for the RRHOF, no rhyme or reason except maybe avarice. I doubt they will ever make sense. And yet Idol keeps getting such high numbers. Maybe a show about letting the folks vote for the inductees into HOF might work. Who knows? Cheers
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Craig Michaels - 1.30.2009
Blondie yes, but Duran Duran no? Duran Duran and MTV pretty much made one another, and you'd be hard pressed to ask for a more classic pop album than "Rio..."
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Mike Zarek - 1.30.2009
And what about this: Considering that every female artist since 1967 is basically doing some kind of Cher imitation, why hasn't Cher been inducted? Besides her musical contributions, shouldn't she get in based on the ability to look great even in the most ridiculous outfit? Or in getting away with being practically naked on broadcast television in the 70's? But I digress......
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Mike Zarek - 1.30.2009
Craig: I know you werent! The Monkees really should be in there! Heck, there's a guy online who is arguing that Sweet should be there, and he's right.. they had 3 more U.S. hits than Percy Sledge, and 2 more than Blondie!
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Mike Zarek - 1.30.2009
Steve: Because when handing out honors these days, one must be politically correct. That's the real reason. But it can be argued that hip-hop and rap are descended from soul, which descended from R&B ... the same place RnR came from. Different branches of the same root. But, to be honest, i doubt you'll ever see the R&B HOF induct Led Zeppelin, though the argument can clearly be made that they would belong.
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Craig Michaels - 1.30.2009
Mike, I promise I wasn't kidding about The Monkees being in there...
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Steve Baione - 1.30.2009
Just a short question: Why have Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five been inducted into the RnR-HOF? They were clearly pioneers in the field of Hip-Hop, but I see no connection between the two.
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Mike Zarek - 1.30.2009
Actually, I can give you some reasons why the Monkees *should* be in there... and some darn good reasons too!
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Craig Michaels - 1.30.2009
Mike, I say we get together, drink heavily and really give it a rant or two!!! If Madonna is in as a pop princess, should The Monkees be given consideration? They were among the very first records I bought... I haven't stopped yet...
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Mike Zarek - 1.30.2009
Eh, Madonna is just an obvious one to pick on being that she's a pop princess and there's so many rock-n-rollers out there that aren't in. Also, Pop Princess Madonna gets in, but mention Three Dog Night (who actually had legitimate rock hits, along with a slew of pop stuff) and all you hear is "Oh, well they're pop".... and again, look at the major criteria: "Criteria include the influence and significance of the artists’ contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll." Todd Rundgren is the definition of that statement!! Influence? Hell, everybody! Significance and development? Where would RnR be today w/o Todd's contributions to musicianship, exploration, writing and producing? Perpetuation? The man is still going at it today! Still blazing new trails. Another case in point: Chubby Checker had one major hit. It brought the whole nation a new and trailblazing dance craze, and he's not in the HOF. Percy Sledge (now don't get me wrong, it was and is a great song) had one major hit. It brought us another song about being in love and not getting laid (hardly original), and he's in the HOF... go figure....
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Craig Michaels - 1.30.2009
Mike, While Madonna seems to be the HOFer that burns you the most, mine is Blondie. A little research shows that, besides Jann Wenner, one of the guys who weilds a LOT of influence is Seymour Stein, who founded Sire Records. That goes a LONG way towards explaining why so many acts commonly categorized as "new wave" are in the HOF. I loved the new wave movement, spent way too many nights I don't remember at Spit, enjoyed contributing a lot to Don's Dog Food magazine... but percentage wise, there are WAY too many new wave acts in the hall, especially in light of the names that have been tossed out that AREN'T there. I'll add aa few more "should be obvious" names to the growing list; T Rex, Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson, Brian Eno. I've read a few diatribes on the web now about how British bands feel the snub of the hall more than most; again, Tull, Genesis, Yes, Deep Purple and on and on ad naseum. Thinking about it, what bothers me the most (and I suspect Mike as well) is the inconsistency of it. What's the criteria? If it's influence, it's easy AGAIN to point out so many flaws. Using one of Mike's examples again, is there ANY rock guitarist or practicing guitarist in the history of the world who hasn't, at some time or another, played the opening riff from "Smoke On The Water?" How many bands owe so much to Deep Purple? If it's not influence, is it sales? Couple of words here... Aqualung. Abacab. Moving Pictures. Machine Head. Is it some sort of "overall performance" thing? Brian Eno, founding member of Roxy Music, producer well known and well received (and strong selling) albums by the likes of U2 and Talking Heads, pioneer of an entire genre of music (ambient). And while I fully realize that rock and roll is about guitars, can anybody honestly deny that, say, Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman are musicians beyond brilliant? Wonder how many synthesizers were sold because of these guys? It just goes on and on. I suppose the easiest thing to do is accept the HOF for what it is; a diversion, a nice afternoon in Cleveland, and/or another example of the clueless corporate exploitation of something near and dear to the hearts of more people than could ever be counted.
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Mike Zarek - 1.30.2009
And now, two words that show how clueless the RnR HOF is, and the HOF's total lack of credibility ("Criteria include the influence and significance of the artists’ contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll."): TODD RUNDGREN ... Yes folks, the producer's producer, the man who cranked out hits, the man responsible for the careers of a multitude of artists is NOT in the RnR HOF. Yet Madonna (!) and Percy Sledge (One, count 'em, ONE major hit) are....
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Mike Zarek - 1.29.2009
Wow.... 60 bux for the Dead cheap seats... lessee... 1975... $5.95 for the ticket, $5 contribution for..well, you know.. $6 bux for the T-Shirt, $1.95 for a Six pack, $2 for gas... $20.90 for the whole evening! And you still had some of the..well, you know... left over!! And the bands were worth seeing! Ah, those were the days.....
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Craig Michaels - 1.29.2009
The times, they are indeed a-changin'... So, The Dead are touring... I guess since Jerry actually DID become one of the dead, they're no longer grateful. Can't imagine they'll be quite the same, of course... and tickets are a freakin' hundred bucks unless you wanna sit in the next county over (for 50 or 60 bucks)! I was really considering going, even though the closest show to me is in Virginia... but a hundred bucks for what's most likely a ghost of what was, I dunno. Can't imagine there to be a lot of new fans; they haven't written any new material... so it will be a bunch of folks trying to recapture a moment or two from the past. Moments aren't made or bought. They're created. Pass on that one. But I got all excited about two St. Louis Cardinals-Memphis Redbirds exhibition baseball games. Cool! Walking distance from my apartment! Except... cheap seats, $35. Most seats, $45. The ones I like, behind home plate? $55. 55 bucks to see Pujols bat twice, in a meaningless game with only one major league team... I saw the Yankees/Braves play in Orlando not three seasons ago, sat behind home plate 6 rows back (Jeter and A-Rod said hey to us, for gawd sake) and those tickets were $35. Pass on this one too, I think, which REALLY sucks moreso than The Dead. I suppose I could justify it by knowing there's no gas money involved, but it just doesn't make sense, especially these daze.
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Mike Zarek - 1.29.2009
Yeah John, they haven't been the same band since the crash. Skynyrd still kicks ass, but without Ronnie's writing the new stuff pales in comparison to the classic. Southern Rock has also changed. You're more likely to find "new" Southern Rock on a country station. Many of today's country artists are doing straight out Southern Rock. Also where Southern Rock was once about the blues, raising hell, kicking ass, and anti-establishment/anti-authority, it now tends to be more "rah-rah-Republican" along with the rest of the country music scene. My prediction: This is the final chapter in the Skynyrd saga. There may be a farewell tour. Gary Rossington will take his rightful place as one of rock's elder statesmen, making guest appearances with others and possibly forming a new band. Johnny Van Zant will continue teaming up with Donnie for country stuff (with plenty of guest appearances by Gary). Rickey Medlocke will go back to Blackfoot. Every now and then we may see Gary, Rickey (and possibly Ed King) get together for a one-shot with someone (most likely: Charlie Daniels or Metallica) to let "Alabama" and "Freebird" rip. I could be wrong. In a way, I hope I am.
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John Aseff - 1.29.2009
Just when I was patting myself on the back for a fine idea for a band name I remembered this: http://assets.mog.com/amg/pop/cov200/drc300/c392/c392178948o.jpg - Looks like They already had that idea.
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John Aseff - 1.29.2009
Nothing against newer members but they haven't been Lynyrd Skynyrd since the plane crash. I thought the Rossington-Collins band was excellent and a natural progression. With the passing of Billy, maybe Gary Rossington can rise from the ashes with a new formation and continue to rock. How about Phoenix for a band name?
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Jim McPherson - 1.28.2009
Mike, I'm almost reluctant to take you up on that Google search ... I'm afraid that what I'd find would be to depressing LOL !!! What a bummer about Billy Powell ... like John said, he was an awesome keyboard player, though I don't think he ever got recognized as such. I have no doubt he could have held his own against any of his contemporaries out there. The image that comes to mind of him is the back cover shot ( ? ) of the " Nuthin' Fancy " album, where the band is walking thru a field and Billy is striding along, chest out, and flipping a big middle finger to the camera ! I wonder if Skynyrd WILL call it quits now ... like any good Southern rock band, they've always been about friends, family and brotherhood ... at what point do you say it's just not the same band anymore ?
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Mike Zarek - 1.28.2009
Jim Mc: Those bands I mentioned that have been passed over by the RnR HOF are just the obvious ones. I mean, the BLATANTLY obvious ones. Do a quick google search and you will find much more complete lists of artists that should have made the HOF long before someone inhaled enough air to speak Madonna's name.
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Mike Zarek - 1.28.2009
May God protect and keep you Ronnie VanZant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, Dean Kirkpatrick, Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson, and Billy Powell.....AND GOD BLESS THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mike Zarek - 1.28.2009
On another note, Billy's death could very well mark the end of Lynyrd Skynyrd. After the 1987 Tribute Tour, the band decided to continue touring as Lynyrd Skynyrd. This caused legal issues, and a settlement was reached with Ronnie VanZant's and Steve Gaines' widows. Along with a share of tour revenues, the band could continue as Lynyrd Skynyrd so long as 2 original members were still with the band. Billy Powell was one of the last two "original" members (along with Gary Rossington) as others have passed away over the years (Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson). It could be argued that Rickey Medlocke (of Blackfoot, currently playing guitar for Skynyrd) is an "original" as he played drums for a short time with the band in 1972, but he was not with the band at the time of this settlement so that remains to be seen. Ed King (previously with Strawberry Alarm Clock, and the original 3rd guitar for Skynyrd) has health issues that prevent him from touring (He played at the RnR HOF ceremony). Original drummer Bob Burns hasn't played with the band for over 30 years, save the RnR HOF induction (on Sweet Home Alabama). His replacement, Artimus Pyle, was Skynyrd's drummer in their heyday and would probably be considered "original" for the purposes of the settlement, but he's been on the outs with the band for many years. As far as I know, Artimus' only appearence with the band in the last 10 years was 'Freebird' at the RnR HOF ceremony. What drugs, booze, and a plane crash could not do, time may finally have accomplished.
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Mike Zarek - 1.28.2009
Wow... I've had the pleasure of meeting Billy Powell (and many of the other members of Skynyrd) and had even corresponded with him via email for a while. He will be missed.
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Craig Michaels - 1.28.2009
National Geographic Launches Record Label - NEW YORK (Billboard) – National Geographic Society has launched a record label, Nat Geo Music, through its music division of the same name. The label will record, release and promote contemporary music from around the globe by artists working in various genres. It will be headed by Nat Geo Music general manager Mat Whittington, who will report to National Geographic Entertainment president David Beal. (end story) I'm going to have to guess that the booklet cover photos will be stunning...
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John Aseff - 1.28.2009
Sorry Lee - I didn't see your post before submitting mine.
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John Aseff - 1.28.2009
I just read that Billy Powell, Skynyrd's awesome keyboard player, died. R.I.P. Billy! http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/Recordings/Obit_Powell.html?cxntlid=thbz_hm
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Jim McPherson - 1.28.2009
Damn, I knew there was some glaring omissions from the R-n-RHOF but until I read Mike Z's post, I didn't realize there were THAT many !!! Despite it's faults, I always kinda felt they were one of the the last legitimate music awards ( I gave up on the Grammys years ago ). Just like Rolling Stone itself, they've become the kind of corporate hegemony that they were originally created as an alternative to ... money changes everything ! By the way Lee, happy 2nd anniversary to WORJ.com radio ! As Stills / Young sang " ... long may you run ".
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Wayne Mereck - 1.28.2009
Lee, I am so glad that WORJ iRadio is here, it is sounding as good as usual and really making my (n)ice day off even nicer, much grass!
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Lee Arnold - 1.28.2009
Passed along by WORJ alumnus Mike Cooper: Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist dies at Florida home ORANGE PARK, Fla. (AP) -- A keyboardist for the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has died at his northeast Florida home. Orange Park Police Lt. Mark Cornett says 56-year-old keyboard player Billy Powell called 911 about 12:55 a.m. Wednesday saying he was having trouble breathing. Rescue crews performed CPR, but he was pronounced dead at 1:52 a.m. Cornett says no foul play is suspected and an autopsy will not be performed. He says Powell missed a Tuesday appointment with his doctor for a cardiac evaluation. A heart attack is suspected. Powell was one of two surviving band members who were with the group before a 1977 plane crash that killed three of its members.
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TWilliams - 1.28.2009
Al Kooper...even if he'd never played a note,his work with Lynyrd Skynyrd should have been enough to,at the very least,get him in on the same bill as Ronnie & Co. several years ago.Hell,even the Hard Rock Cafe Orlando realized the significance of the relationship when they displayed the original axes wielded to record 'Free Bird' and Kooper's guitar was displayed nearby...Chicago...those horns that even our parents could love along with the licks laid down by Terry Kath on lead guitar are still snubbed?...and on and on...you guys have nailed others as well...to me,the process of choosing is not much different than the NCAA and their reckoning of choosing football champions...and the way to change it could very well lie with the participants of both entities.The NCAA could not and would not exist without the participation of the member schools.The schools would still exist without them...Same for Rock&Roll HOF.Until a star stands up,ala Marlon Brando vs. the Academy Awards some years back;and, speaks up on behalf of their contemporaries,politically correct retards will remain fat n happy with themselves and their selections...
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Lee Arnold - 1.27.2009
Great conversation brewing here on HOF snubs. You guys are still so passionate about music. It makes me proud to be part of your musical lives. BTW: February 28th marks the "Official" Anniversary of the launch of WORJ.com I-RADIO. It's coming up on 2 years since "the little internet station that could" has been streaming our little time warp.
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Mike Zarek - 1.27.2009
It's like this: If being a major influence or contributor to RnR is the significant qualification for the HOF then how can Alice Cooper be denied? How can KISS be denied? What about Deep Purple? Would the whole 80's/90's/today's glam/hair/heavy metal scene (have) exist(ed) at all without all of these bands having come before it? Alice brought us the theatrics and drama. Kiss brought us the makeup and the hair. Deep Purple brought us FUCKING VOLUME (it's all about dB's, baby! :-) ). They all brought us great music. Metallica is a great band. They have taken metal to a new level. They have inspired countless bands since they hit the world. But how is it they can be inducted into the HOF before the bands that set the scene for them? Put it this way... could Parliament Funkadelic rightly have been inducted before James Brown and Sly & The Family Stone? I don't think so....
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Craig Michaels - 1.26.2009
Since Mike doesn't need to be burdoned with the expense of buying a new keyboard (who does?), I'll go ahead and add a little to his rant. Adding to the outrageousness of those NOT in the HOF (Jethro Tull?? Yes?? Rush??), here's a few names who ARE in the hallowed hall: Louis Armstrong (has ANYBODY ever heard him referred to as a rock musician?), Blondie (couple of hits, that's it... Blondie yes, Jethro Tull no?), Nat King Cole (brilliant singer... ROCK?), Floyd Cramer (Yes, often featuring keyboardist Rick Wakeman, not there, but Floyd Cramer is?), Miles Davis (no denying, one of the most talented and innovative musicians ever... again, though, did ANYBODY ever call him rock?), Billie Holiday, Louis Jordan (adding to the non-rock royalty honored, when The Moody Blues have not been), John Mellencamp (I love John Mellencamp, I truly do... but saying he's more significant to the history of rock than damn near anybody on Mike's list is a little absurd), Bill Monroe (c'mon... I understand that he's in the "influences" section of the hall and all, but shouldn't you make sure the genre is properly honored before a musician noted as "The Father Of Bluegrass?), Pink Floyd (an obvious choice... but why are they honored, but not Genesis? Hello??), Sex Pistols (a one trick pony at best... influential? Probably... so harkening back to Mike's comment, if influence does indeed matter...), Patti Smith (I'm one of the biggest Patti fans ever ever ever... Patti yes, Iggy/Stooges no?), Jann Wenner... again, I understand influence and all, but to honor people who never even made a lick of music and ignore some of those not included?
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Mike Zarek - 1.26.2009
...and I think I found a new rant... Neither Allen Collins or Gary Rossington on a list of top 100 guitarists??? I'll stop now before I break my keyboard.....
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Mike Zarek - 1.26.2009
OK, time for my yearly rant: NOT IN THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME (yet Madonna is....)-> Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago, Alice Cooper (Hello? Isn't "influence" a major consideration?), Deep Purple, The Doobie Brothers, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Grand Funk Railroad, Hall & Oates, Heart, Jethro Tull, KISS (ok, *this* one really pisses me off... Metallica deserves to get in, but before Kiss??), Steve Miller, The Moody Blues, Ted Nugent, Rush, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, War, Yes (Progressive Rock? What's that?), Warren Zevon.... and these are just the obvious ones!!! With all due respect and admiration for the past inductees, THE R&R HOF PROCESS HAS BECOME A JOKE!! (Hell, it took Lynyrd Skynyrd 7 years to get in, and that was cuz they still fly a rebel flag! I didn't know that being PC was one of the qualifications.) End yearly rant. Z
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Craig Michaels - 1.25.2009
Jim, that one for now might be out of our price range if we split the cost and shared a copy!
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Jim McPherson - 1.25.2009
Craig, from what I've read recently, the Neil Young Archives box set may get delayed yet again. Seems that Neil, as unpredictable as ever, is focusing on a new album called Fork In The Road, featuring songs all about eco-cars; a current passion of his. I heard the title track and it's pretty cool ... he takes some pointed jabs at Ipods and the bailouts. I understand the box set will be in DVD / Blu-ray format for optimum sound quality ... Neil has never been a fan of CD sound ... but given the current economy, he may want to hold off on it's release. It's definitely out of my price range right now !
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Craig Michaels - 1.25.2009
YIPES!! Just noticed that the recently mentioned "Archives Volume 1" from Neil Young is on pre-sale now at Amazon. Looks to be a 10 DVD set... and even at a discounted presale price, it"s $310.00!!! 31 bucks per DVD... Maybe Neil feels like he needs to recoup some cash for the time he invested in the project?
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Wayne Mereck - 1.25.2009
As a Dan fan, I would like to give honorable mention to Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Denny Dias. Cheers
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Don Gilliland - 1.25.2009
hey Craig, you nailed it about Leo Kottke; the guy is a superb guitar player. I saw him play live back in the 70s, after hearing him on WORJ of course, and was thoroughly amazed. I never could understand all the hoople about Clapton. Some very good music, but I has never mesmerized by his guitar playing.
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Lee Arnold - 1.24.2009
Wayne, Thanks for letting me know. Enjoy!!
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Wayne Mereck - 1.24.2009
Lee, the Tees arrived safe and sound, Thanks! Jim, I checked out Bad Co. on Napster and ended up buing the download. Thanks for the heads up. Cheers
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Jim McPherson - 1.24.2009
Here's an odd tale ... awhile back I came across a Bad Company CD online called " Live In Albuquerque NM, USA 1976 ". It never occurred to me that as big as Bad Co. was in the '70s, they never released a proper live album like virtually every other band of the era. The info read that it was a soundboard recording of guitarist Mick Ralphs, who used to routinely record every show to help fine tune the set lists and performances. It was released in 2007 on the small overseas Angel Air label but apparently Paul Rodgers never gave his consent and had Swan Song file an injunction to stop further sales and have all remaining copies returned. Rumor has it that Rodgers was unhappy with some of the vocals, which is a shame, because it's an absolutely smoking recording of Bad Co. in their prime ! Amazon is showing 2 copies for sale, going for $50 to $60 but one reveiwer said he ordered a copy and never recieved it. Some copies are supposedly going for $400. If anyone uses Napster, they are still selling it as a download for $19.90. Guess Swan Song hasn't gotten wind of that yet so you may want to purchase it soon.
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Steve Baione - 1.21.2009
Here is a little tid-bit I found on Claptons fan site. "On 21 and 22 February, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck will perform two shows together at Saitama Super Arena in Japan. It is the first-time the two men have appeared together in their storied musical careers on a double-bill of this nature. Information on the format of the concerts is currently not available". I don't know about you, but I can't afford the ticket. I can only hope the show ends up on DVD.
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Lee Arnold - 1.21.2009
Tommy, Thanks. I'm glad you caught it. That was fun to do.
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TWilliams - 1.21.2009
Lee,that was a superb playlist to accompany the history before us on TV y/day."It's a new dawn",as proclaimed in a farmer's field years before has never meant more than it does now
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Lee Arnold - 1.20.2009
Welcome to the New American Revolution. We can be very proud of ourselves.
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Craig Michaels - 1.19.2009
Okay, gotta love stuff like this. Headline in my little Reuter's Music News section of My Yahoo: "Music industry urged to embrace the Internet" Gee... yuh think?!?!?
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John Aseff - 1.19.2009
Get Your Boots On http://goyb.u2.com/
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lady in waiting - 1.19.2009
speaking of great guitar players how about Orlando's own Floyd Radford.If you were at the reunion show in 2006 you know what I'm talking abiut.
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TWilliams - 1.19.2009
make that 'T' for typo...sorry bout that JOE...lol
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TWilliams - 1.19.2009
from the now I get it dept.-Jann Wenner & Rolling Stone, who's most recent Top 100 list failed to field a song from Jow Walsh or Alvin Lee...WTF?Joe's "Bomber",or Lee's "Im Coming Home" not worthy??...makes me wonder if Mr. Wenner's taste is all in his mouth...
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Craig Michaels - 1.18.2009
Rolling Stone is pretty much a self-serving enterprise and not a whole lot more anymore. The guitarists on that list are there because they have to be on a Rolling Stone list, or else they pretty much invalidate their own work. obviously, any time you make a list with a title like that, you have to consider the objective and point of view of the maker. Three easy examples not on the list... Leo Kottke. Robert Fripp. Pat Metheny. Each of those three, in their own right and respective styles and genres, can and have, time and time again, accomplished things on a guitar that nobody else has ever done. I mean, right off the bat... Leo Kottke... I've seen him four times in concert, and all four times I left convinced that there was a second guitarist hidden away somewhere. He does things that Eric Clapton or Jeff Beck or whoever simply don't do on a guitar... just as all of those superb guitarists do things that Kottke can't or doesn't do. A list of that nature is always very, very subjective, and in the case of anything Rolling Stone touches anymore, it's pretty invalid simply by way of its self-serving nature.
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Steve Baione - 1.18.2009
Hi Y’all. I think there is something to be said about the people who get a say in who is inducted to the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame and or the critics from Rolling Stone Magazine. They have their heads up their collective Asses! I for one don’t believe the hype… I was just reading Rolling Stones Magazine’s "Top 100 Guitarists of All Time”. They have Jimi Hendrix at the number one spot. (At least they got that one right), but they have Jeff Beck at #14 with Jerry Garcia taking the #13 spot. Don’t get me wrong I love Jerry, but he didn’t have half the talent Jeff does. I realize that personal taste has a lot to do with the selection process, but that one had me scratching my head. After reading a little further down the list I found one that made me laugh out loud. It just seemed so ridiculous. Joni Mitchell came in at #72 with Johnny Winter a few spots back at #74. Joni Freakin’ Mitchell?!?!? Give me a break. She’s a great singer and song writer, but she can barely make a bar cord let alone master the guitar. OK, maybe I’m exaggerating a little, but come on; there is no comparison between the two at all. I was a little disappointed that the only other female picker mentioned was Joan Jett. You would think Nancy Wilson should have made the list on talent alone. Hmmm, wasn’t her hubby a contributing editor for Rolling Stone? Oh well! In ending my little rant I would like to quote one of my favorite bands The MC5 “And now, and now, and now it’s time to, Kick Out The Jams Motherf…er”. P.S. The system has failed.
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Wayne Mereck - 1.18.2009
Heard "Try a Little Tenderness" earlier and it made me flash on the Three Dog Night version on their Captured Live at The Forum album. I have always loved their performace of that and Chest Fever. Ended up ordering the CD for the Library.
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Wayne Mereck - 1.18.2009
I know I work hard at keeping my school boy figure cuz bowlers are my heros.
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John Aseff - 1.18.2009
Jim and Steve. According to my archives (yearbook) Kathy was a junior when we graduated so she must have graduated in '77. Speaking Johnnie and Tommy Bolin, wouldn't it have been something if they had their own band a la Van Halen? Van Bolin? Bolin Boys? Bolin For Dollars? You'll have to excuse me. It's early.
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Jim McPherson - 1.17.2009
... and by the way, there is no justice in the world until Jeff Beck does get into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. WTF !!! ... who's bonehead oversight was THAT ??? From what I understand, Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone have quite a sway over who gets inducted, which explains why bands who were popular with the public but despised by critics ( Grand Funk RR, Journey, etc. ) have yet to be nominated. But Jeff Beck not getting his due until now ? ... that's almost sacrilege ! : - )
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Jim McPherson - 1.17.2009
Steve, John and I both graduated in '76, I know he still has his yearbook so he could probably confirm the timeline. It's funny, I read Black Oak Arkansas's bio on Wikipedia also but missed the part about Ruby Starr having passed away .. what a shame ! If you look her up on Wikipedia, there's a smokin' picture of her in her prime. HoooWheee ... I'll betcha Jim Dandy didn't waste no time LOL ! Wayne, I remember back in the day if you brought up the song " Hot n' Nasty, a lot of times you would have to clarify whose song you were talking about ... BOA's or Humble Pie's ... 2 entirely different tunes but both great songs !
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Steve Baione - 1.17.2009
Wow, Deja Vu on the B.O.A. thing. Just the other day I was looking at their bio on Wikipedia. Who could forget their backup singer, The late great "Ruby Starr". I remember seeing Ruby and her band "Grey Ghost" at a large outdoor show somewhere outside of Lakeland. It was the day after my girlfriend Kathy's graduation/prom from Edgewater High School. From what I remember it was June of 1978 or 79. Jim or John, didn't you graduate the same year as Kathy? That would clear up the time line as to the exact date of the show. As I remember We left straight from the prom to the concert site and camped out. We partied most of the night with about a Zillion other concert goers, so much so that we missed most of the show. In fact the only thing I remember about the show was seeing Ruby in a pair of red Hot Pants and a Halter top. LOL... Remember Hot Pants??? It was so hot and we were so burnt out that we only caught about an hour of the show before heading home for some sleep and re-hydration. Does anyone remember who else was on the bill for that show?
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Wayne Mereck - 1.17.2009
Funny you should mention BOA. A couple of the guys I work with and I were having a senior moment and metioned their Hot and Nasty. Must be their week, take care Jim.
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Jim McPherson - 1.17.2009
While online this past week, I came across the 1969 debut album by The Knowbody Else, who shortly afterwards changed their name to Black Oak Arkansas. Kinda interesting listen, it's pretty much laidback country rock & psychedelia ... no real hint of the balls out raunch-n-rollers they would soon become. By coincidence, that same day I came across an item about current BOA drummer Johnnie Bolin recovering from a heart attack. Johnnie, it turns out, is the younger brother of late guitar great Tommy Bolin ... I never even knew he had a younger brother, let alone one who was a musician ! Guess that would explain the slamming BOA covers of " Post Toastee " and " Shake The Devil ", both from Tommy Bolin's " Private Eyes " album, that appear on BOA's 1999 release The Wild Bunch.
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Wayne Mereck - 1.16.2009
Was listening to Lonestar 92.5 this morning on the drive into work. Bo and Jim had Matt Iseman from Versus Sports Soup and a stand up on the show. Matt makes a comment about going to see live shows and says no one goes to see the drummers. The he said maybe except Def Leppard. He said " that guy looks like he's taking whack a mole to a new level" Yes, it was cold, but I couldn't get out of the car till I stopped laughing and wiped away the tears. Chears
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Wayne Mereck - 1.16.2009
naw, turns out playlist froze on Live365
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Wayne Mereck - 1.16.2009
Lee, Whoah... saw the title Be Good and Be Kind, but heard Roberta Killing Me Softly. Are the 70's getting me back? LOL, sounding real good!!!! Cheers
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Lee Arnold - 1.16.2009
Tommy, Thanks for all the kind words, promotion, contribution and good vibes. I love that the WORJ Plate still graces the front of your car. I'll try to live up to your expectations with our I-Radio Station.
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T Williams - 1.15.2009
Hi from Orlando...WOW! was all I could think or say upon finding out the best radio station we've ever heard was now on the web. Even better to find out it is the original,by the original,and, he's brought some old friends along.Thanks Lee.Good to know as the song goes youre all 'still alive n well'...I really enjoy the site & contributions in all the posts,as they certainly stir old memories of friends,music, where we were,how we arrived to now...I'd like to share the following from yesterday... it started with Jeff Beck...heard Freeway Jam here yesterday , reminded of the post about California Guitar Trio-a name that was esacaping me after hearing Ghost Riders on the Storm thru a friend-had been talking with another cat about Jack Johnson and Donovan Frankenreiter...well,then I needed to go out for a while,called Rock n Roll Heaven,-do you have... CGT?...yes...hold it,Ill be there...how bout a song I heard this morning on WORJ called" Cocoa Beach Blues"?- It's a must have for a surfing buddy...'no'...short silence...WORJ!!?...I had to laugh at the surprise in the guy's voice..."theyre not on the air",he said....really?sez I-well I just listened to 9+ minutes of Wishbone Ash @ worj.com...check em out! Arrive at the store,get the required tunes,strike up a conversation with the guys(Fred??..anyway,both real nice guys) while he pulls up the WORJ site and he said something like "wow,look at that playlist"(..theres that wow again)...hung out,talked awhile,seems we had mutual acquaintances,memories from days gone by... I mentioned that the more of 'us' that know about WORJ,the better for you, as it will certainly drive people here to buy the tunes...I think that piqued his interest a little...left with my tunes and will leave you all now with this thought about Jeff Beck and the Hall of Fame nomination: I'm thinking along the lines that Craig set out; I think the HOF is a self serving entity with a short memory...The Yardbirds,that included Jeff Beck, were inducted in 92( ? )...shoulda been the other way around-JB first...again,thanks to all that contribute here,and to you Lee.Your station sounds great!
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Craig Michaels - 1.15.2009
John, that whole period of Beck's career was pretty amazing. Blow By Blow, Wired... he's one of the few guitarists who was able to significantly change his style and remain successful. Thinking of his work all the way back to The Yardbirds, I just can't believe it took this long for him to be recognized by the HOF. I haven't really taken a good look in a long time at who's in there... wonder what other omissions there are? I wonder if it's just a matter of them having to hold off on inducting somebody or another so they'll have a noteworthy induction ceremony the following year or whatever...
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John Aseff - 1.15.2009
Blow by Blow is one of the best albums ever recorded. I think everyone I knew had that album in the 70s.
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Craig Michaels - 1.14.2009
Question: What's wrong with the fact that Jeff Beck is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year? Answer: Why on earth was he not already there?????
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Jim McPherson - 1.8.2009
Haha ... LESS Zeppelin ... that would've been the perfect name for them to tour under had they gone out on the road without Robert Plant. It'd be like Paul and Ringo touring as the Beatles without John & George ! I betcha Jimmy Page got the idea of replacing Plant from Journey ... I read an interview with Neal Schon last year where he talked about playing a big Journey show in London and when he looked over just off stage, there stood Jimmy Page, checking out the show. Schon said " ... you'd better believe I played my ASS off that night ! ". After the show, Jimmy came up to Schon to tell him how much he liked his playing. I'm sure the thought crossed Jimmys mind along the lines " ... hmmmm, if they can replace Steve Perry and still be successful ... ". Sorry, but Robert Plant is just too iconic a figure, to Zeppelin and to rock history, to be replaced. Maybe once Plant has finished his thing with Alison Krauss, he'll reconsider. Don Henley swore he'd never work with the Eagles again and we know how that ended up !
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John Aseff - 1.8.2009
Craig - I thought about approaching you to say hi. Several times. But when Holly told me to sing (I was on the right side) I just felt an overwhelming urge to sing :-)
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Craig Michaels - 1.7.2009
Man... back in the day, who would have thought Iggy would outlast ANYBODY in that band? Asheton never got the credit he deserved until way, way late, I always thought.
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Jim McPherson - 1.6.2009
Damn, here we go again ! ... Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton was found dead this morning at the age of 60 of an apparent heart attack. I saw The Stooges awhile back on Henry Rollins cable show and they were still kicking ass ! The rock-n-roll ranks just keep getting thinner ... ! : - (
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Craig Michaels - 1.6.2009
John, I can't believe you were at that show and never even came up to say hello...
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Jim McPherson - 1.6.2009
And in the Under The Radar category for 2008, honorable mention should go to the California Guitar Trio album " Echoes "; where they turn their guitar wizardry loose on covers of Pink Floyds " Echoes ", Mike Oldfields " Tubular Bells ", Queens " Bohemian Rhapsody " and even " FREEEEEBIIIIRD ", done in a reggae style ... wonder if they ever heard the Sick Bands version ? : - ) Here's a good site for checking out all of the above tracks ( only " Freebird " is not listed ) ... www.songza.com ... just type in a band name or song title and it will give you audio and video ( usually YouTube ) options. ( Hint: check out CGTs version of " Ghost Riders In The Sky ", mashed up with " Riders On The Storm ).
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Lee Arnold - 1.6.2009
Bonzos.
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John Aseff - 1.6.2009
Craig - I think I saw that show too. If I'm not mistaken some guy named Belouis Some opened for FGTH. How I remember that I don't know. Yes 45 minutes of Relax is a bit much. The title cut of the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome is really good though. Jim - As for Tom Petty, I remember when Breakdown was on the radio when I lived in NY in the late 70s. I really liked it but didn't pay attention to who did it. Then I went to see Edgar Winter in concert and the opening band was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. They stole the show. I remember leaving in the middle of Edgar Winter's set so I could make it to the store before it closed to buy the Petty album. Been a fan ever since. I saw that documentary on the other day but it was already well into it. I'll have to look for it to be on again.
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Craig Michaels - 1.5.2009
Lee, which one, the Bonzo Dog Band or FGTH? If it's Frankie, it's not the 45 minute live version, is it?
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Jim McPherson - 1.5.2009
John & Steve, I can't believe I left out the Mudcrutch album, definitely one of the highlights of 2008 ! I just watched " Runnin' Down A Dream ", the Peter Bogdnavich documentary of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on the Sundance Channel ... one of the best 4 hours I ever spent watching TV ! I've been a huge fan since the first album came out ( I didn't find out about the original Mudcrutch till later on ) and know his work well but to see it all together on film like that ... between the Heartbreakers and his solo work, to touring as Dylans backing band in the 80s, to the Traveling Wilburys and working with Johnny Cash, to all his battles with the record industry ... I've definitely got a new found respect for him !
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Jim McPherson - 1.5.2009
For all you Journey haters out there, this will drive you right up the wall ... http://youtube.com/watch?v=G_8ly2PiH7g ... musician Petra Haden and group doing an acappella version of " Don't Stop Believin' ". Guaranteed to clear a room of unwanted guests in a heartbeat ! She also released an acappella version of " The Who Sell Out " in its entirety last year. So strange that it's actually kinda cool !
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Lee Arnold - 1.5.2009
I actually play this song on WORJ.com
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Craig Michaels - 1.5.2009
John, Believe it or not, I actually saw Frankie Goes To Hollywood in concert at the Jai Alai Fronton, a little bit after "Relax" had peaked in the dance clubs. They were on stage for maybe 75 minutes, and I swear that 45 of those minutes were the song "Relax." Over and over, crowd chanting most of the time, even the silly-as-hell, "Okay, now the LEFT side!" stuff. I have to say, 45 minutes of the song was a bit much!
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Craig Michaels - 1.5.2009
Woo-Hoo! Yes all around... The Bonzo Dog Band did a song called "Death Cab For Cutie" on their "Gorilla" album. "That night Cutie called a cab. Baby, don't do it. She left her East Side room so drab. Baby, don't do it. She went out alone in town Knowing it would make her lover frown. Death cab for Cutie. Death cab for Cutie. Someone's going to make you pay your fare."
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John Aseff - 1.5.2009
While we're on the subject of new music discovered, my wife and I were watching Live From Abbey Road the other night and there was a band called Hard-Fi. Very interesting stuff. Lately I've also been listening to Adele, the new Lindsey Buckingham (Jim was right) and Mudcrutch (Steve was right as well). The other night we dusted off Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Welcome To The Pleasuredome. I had not heard the whole album for at least 12 years. I had forgotten how good it sounded. Great production values.
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Lee Arnold - 1.5.2009
Bonzo Dog Band
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Nick Ramey - 1.4.2009
I changed it (the picture). I have a new girlfriend who I've known forever (Marleah Levey Osgood - Lyman, class of '68) we just finally connected after all these years and fell in love - awwww. Yeah, Levey - Lee Arnold - always been tryin to get into the tribe - maybe I finally made it! lol Anyway, there's a pic of the two of us up there on Facebook now.
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Steve Baione - 1.4.2009
The top album of 2008 for me is Tom Petty’s “Mudcrutch” album. I know it’s an obvious choice, but it reminds me of home. I like the references to Florida in the songs “The Wrong Thing To Do” & “Crystal River”. I guess it’s a way of staying warm (mentally)in single digit temperatures. Lee, I’m sure you’re with me on this one. Another album I was drawn to last year was “Raising Sand” by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. (Actually came out in Oct of 2007). I wouldn’t have even given it a listen if not for 1995’s “Encomium: A tribute to Led Zeppelin” on which Robert Plant and Tori Amos did a great version of “Down By The Seaside”. I bought “Raising Sand” as a Christmas gift for my sister and of course ripped a copy for myself. It took a while, but I found myself putting it in my daily play list more and more often. This is music that I don’t normally listen to, so musically speaking it’s like a breath of fresh air. I especially liked the song Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On). On a side note, and this is too weird, but it was produced by none other than.....T-Bone Burnett. Other music I have been listening to that I normally don’t is an album called “Trio” with Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris. They do a great cover of Neil Young’s “After The Gold Rush”. I have also been listening to Lucinda Williams, Tom Waits, Alan Parsons, Bob Seger System (not silver bullet band). Anything and everything by Delbert McClinton, Koko Taylor or Robert Cray. Usually when I look for NEW MUSIC I look to the past and just re-discover stuff I missed the first time round. Every once in a while I find something by new artists I like. For instance bands like The Be Good Tanyas or The Waifs. Has anyone else heard them? Let me know what you think. I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday. Peace. P.S. Craig, could it be a song by The Bonzo Dog Doo Da Band???
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Craig Michaels - 1.4.2009
From the Useless Trivia Department: know where Death Cab For Cutie pilfered their name?
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Roger Brown - 1.4.2009
I was digging around the net & found a high quality recording of my favorite Grateful Dead concert: 12/18/73 at Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa. That was the day before Dick's Picks Volume 1 was recorded. I like this one better - over 177 minutes of good/great classic dead. http://www.archive.org/details/gd73-12-18.sbd.hamilton.12214.sbeok.shnf
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Jim McPherson - 1.3.2009
I'm really digging that song Lee's been playing lately by Death Cab For Cutie " I Will Posess Your Heart " ... one of those songs with a great hypnotic groove of a bass line ! Thanks Lee, for continuing to feed our collective music jones !
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Jim McPherson - 1.3.2009
Craig, I was trying to think of what albums I really liked from 2008 and it made me realize how little I listen to full albums lately ... guess it's a byproduct of the computer age but with so much music available at my digital fingertips, I find I've developed a tendency to skim albums and cherry pick the songs I like without taking the time to dig deeper into the record like back in the album days. Always tell myself I'm going to go back and listen but you know how it is ... so much music, not enough hours in the day ! : - ) That being said, a couple that I did like were ... John Mellencamps " Life, Death, Love and Freedom " ( another album T-Bone Burnett lent his magic touch to ). Who would have thought that little Johnny Cougar would still be around and putting out some of the best music of his career ? I also liked Lindsey Buckinghams " The Gift Of Screws " ... a real return to form of his Fleetwood Mac glory days, with the song " Did You Miss Me ? " being his best slice of pure pop heaven since " Trouble ", from his first solo album.
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Craig Michaels - 1.3.2009
Ah, so Christmas DID pass. THAT explains why that box of Christmas cards I bought was so darned cheap...
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Lee Arnold - 1.3.2009
Hey Nick. Nice Facebook picture.
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Nick Ramey - 1.3.2009
Happy New Year!
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Don Gilliland - 1.3.2009
It's passed, but here in Bangkok you wouldn't think so; restaurants, shopping malls, and even the subway system are still bombarding us with a wretched menu of Christmas music. Makes me want to scream and start grabbing people by the throat ... ah, joy to the world indeed. At any rate, happy new year to youse guys and gals. I hope this year is better than last, but I ain't getting my hopes up. Meanwhile, I take solace tonight in vintage tunes by Wishbone Ash, Neil Diamond, Elton John, Parliament, Marvin Gaye, and Chicago. Peace.
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Craig Michaels - 1.2.2009
Did Christmas already pass?
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Mike Zarek - 1.1.2009
Happy New Year everyone!
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John Aseff - 1.1.2009
Happy New Year to you too Lee! And to the rest of the WORJ.com gang!!!
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Lee Arnold - 12.31.2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
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Wayne Mereck - 12.31.2008
I would have to say making it to 2009. HAPPY NEW YEAR to y'all! Cheers!!!
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Craig Michaels - 12.31.2008
Shew! The whacked out weather here has decided that yesterday's mid 60s temps wasn't suitable for New Year's Eve; a literally howling wind most of the night brought cold cold cold, and tonight it's supposed to be in the low 30s or upper 20s. That kills off Plan A - walk down to Beale Street and see what's cookin'. Nobody will be playing outside (gee, dunno why...). Hmmm... But, it IS the time of year, of course, when we can post some suggestions for the "Favorite Album of 2008" title! Memphis resident or not, I'll nominate the release from BB King, "One Kind Favor." BB is one of those cornerstone artists I hold to a much higher standard; I've always loved his playing, his sense of soul, his production... and even by the lofty King standards, this album is one of the gems of a glorious career. Produced by T-Bone Burnette, who reportedly also helped in choosing some of the material, and the two worked together flawlessly. These are songs that mean a lot to King and it shows in their presentation. As always, his playing is what I think great blues guitar should be - not necessarily whizzbang 256th notes screaming at me, but the right notes in the right place - if a blues guitarist can be tasteful and elegant, than BB King is the torchbearer for that. His vocals are surprisingly strong here, and of course the engineering and production treatments of the songs are first class all the way. A jewel in the crown of the King, this one is. What did the rest of you like this year?
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Craig Michaels - 12.30.2008
Got my copy of Blues Revue magazine in the mail today, and saw an obituary for Florida based musician Pat Ramsey. I didn't see it mentioned anywhere else... a shame. He might not have had the name that others had, but he was a GREAT blues harp player and singer. He played with Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer, Butch Trucks and a lot of others; he was more than good enough to hold his own with the "big guys." He was also a really nice fella. When I worked with Jam Magazine, he helped out with one or two of our "Jammy Awards" ceremonies. Always had some good stories, and as I recall, had a REAL soft spot in his heart for kids. His most recent work was with The Blues Disciples, who put out a couple of well-reviewed (and deservedly so) albums. The magazine said he died on November 17 after a battle with Hepatitus C.If you're a blues fan at all, it's worth the effort to check out his work. RIP, Pat.
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Jim McPherson - 12.30.2008
John, I lost contact with Robin Ward after graduation, not sure whatever became of him. By the way, I finished reading that book I was telling you about by ex-Eagles guitarist Don Felder " Heaven And Hell: My Life In The Eagles 1974 - 2001 ". For those who haven't read it, it's a very entertaining read about the behind the scenes workings of one of the biggest bands of the 70s. It's easy to see why Don Henley and Glenn Frey ( or " The Gods ", as they came to be known ) filed a lawsuit to keep it from being published; they don't come off particularly well in the book ... greedy, ego-maniacal control freaks pretty much sums it up ! But for me, the most interesting part was reading about Felders childhood ... growing up as a dirt poor Southern cracker in Gainesville FL, he came of age on the burgeoning N. Fla. music scene of the Sixties and crossed paths with quite a few up and coming rock stars ... teaching guitar to Bernie Leadon and Tom Petty, playing in a teen band with a 15 year old Stephen Stills, hanging out and smoking pot with the Allman Brothers at their mom's house in Daytona Beach, meeting BB King when he was still playing the " chitlin' circuit ", driving to New York to see Miles Davis on his " Bitches Brew " tour. His joining the Eagles almost didn't happen ... it took Bernie Leadon 10 years of cajoling to get him to make the move to CA. As Felder said of his time in the Eagles, it wasn't just sex, drugs and rock-n-roll ... it was sex, sex, sex, drugs, drugs, drugs and some rock-n-roll thrown in for good measure ! Whether you're an Eagles fan or not ( I'm sure not gonna pay $300 to see them at the Amway Arena next month! )it's still a good telling of "life in the fast lane " from someone who lived it on the frontlines.
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Lee Arnold - 12.30.2008
Roger, Don Cooper makes Kids music now.
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John Aseff - 12.30.2008
Jim - that must have been a strange time. I don't remember hearing that story. I know where Bobby is (Beverly Hills the last time I checked) but have you heard whatever happened to Robin Ward? I lost track of him many years ago and the few attempts to track him down have been unsuccessful.
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Roger Brown - 12.29.2008
Question #58944127 from out of the blue: What ever became of Don Cooper? His album "What you feel is how you grow" was played & promoted quite a bit on orj at the time.
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Jim McPherson - 12.29.2008
Just heard Skynyrd's " Tuesdays Gone " playing ... reminded me of back in 1976 when a couple of high school buds and I drove to Lakeland to see them at the Civic Center. We got there early in the afternoon and drove around back to see what was going on and we could hear the band inside rehearsing " Tuesdays Gone " for soundcheck. One of my friends saw fit to whip out a little sumpthin'-sumpthin' he'd rolled to get us in the mood ! What we didn't see was the unmarked cop off to the side watching us. Soon as we sparked up, a couple of cruisers blocked us in and got us out of the car. They found the stash and took my friends, who were 18, off to booking downtown. Not quite sure why they let me go ... either because I was still 17 ( 2 weeks shy of my 18th birthday ) and technically a minor or because it was my car and they didn't actually find anything on me. That might have gone differently if they'd bothered to look under the drivers seat and found the big homemade water pipe, made from pilfered chem lab parts, I had stashed. I felt bad for my friends but wasn't much I could do, so I went on to the show. Much to my surprise, they both showed up halfway thru the show ... their folks had to drive over from Orlando and bail them out ( John and Don, in case you're wondering, it was Bobby Hall and Robin Ward ). My friends weren't mad, they were happy they didn't have to endure the ride back to Orlando with pissed off parents, but I never quite felt comfortable around their folks after that, always felt like I was getting major stink-eye from them, LOL ! Good times : - )
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Jim McPherson - 12.29.2008
Closing out the year on another sad note ... Delaney Bramlett, of Delaney ans Bonnie, passed away early Saturday morning at the age of 69 in L.A. Cause of death was complications from gall bladder surgery, according to his wife Susan Lanier-Bramlett ( he and Bonnie divorced in 1972 ). Known for his song writing, he was also a member of the house band on the TV show " Shindig " and is credited with teaching George Harrison to play slide guitar, which resulted in a gospel jam that eventually became " My Sweet Lord ". He's also the father of Bekka Bramlett, a formidable singer in her own right and a former member of Fleetwood Mac and Mick Fleetwoods Zoo. His career spanned 4 decades and the list of musicians he was involved with reads like a Who's Who of rock-n-roll ... JJ Cale, Leon Russell, Clapton, Hendrix, Joplin, Duane Allman, Etta James, Elvin Bishop, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, John Hammond, Billy Burnette, Dave Mason, Steve Cropper ... and the list goes on ! R.I.P. Delaney.
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Lee Arnold - 12.27.2008
Thank you so much, Wayne. Much appreciated. All my best to you and Cali.
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John Aseff - 12.25.2008
I just spent the best Christmas in years here at home with my family. I am on call for work so I can't stray too far from my computer should a problems arise so we spent a wonderful, relaxing day listening to all types of Christmas music from Brian Setzer to Bing Crosby and everything in between. We had a wonderful ham dinner with all the trimmings. My mom came for dinner as well. We had cherry cheesecake and pumpkin pie. Now it's time for egg nog with a shot of Gentleman Jack in it. Much better than with rum. I hope each and every one of you had (and are having) a wonderful Christmas as well!
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Mike Zarek - 12.25.2008
Happy Holidays to Everyone!
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Jim McPherson - 12.24.2008
Merry Christmas to Lee and family and to all the folks who take the time to put down their thoughts on this board. Always makes my day a little better and I enjoy reading each and every one of your posts ! Peace to all ! : - )
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Craig Michaels - 12.24.2008
memphis.michaels@comcast.net
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Mike Zarek - 12.24.2008
Craig, Email address?
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Craig Michaels - 12.23.2008
Just saw where Springsteen is releasing a "Greatest Hits" album via WalMart only... of ALL the people who I never thought would do something like that, Springsteen was WAY high on the list. The independent stores supported him a long, long time before he was selling billions and playing at the Super Bowl halftime...
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Lee Arnold - 12.23.2008
Merry Christmas to all my WORJ family.
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Roger Brown - 12.21.2008
Merry Christmas to all. If you are not christian or an americana traditionalist, may you have a wonderful holiday season, as well! I know this is a little outside the worj genre, but still think it can be appreciated. From the Deland folk group, New River Bluegrass: http://www.newriverbluegrass.com/media/audio/2007christmas.mp3
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Wayne Mereck - 12.19.2008
I gave myself a Christmas gift of Faces' "Five Guys Walk Into A Bar..." and I am really enjoying it.
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Wayne Mereck - 12.19.2008
Craig, I feel your thermo challenged environment. Same deal here in the DFW area. A lot of crazy winds here also. They say its because Oklahoma blows. I guess this is what we get for changing our latitude.I got into work on Tuesday and it was 48 degreees and left that afternoon and the temperature was 34 degrees. I can handle the temperatures, but it would be nice if they changed over the course of weeks instead of hours. I refuse to let it change my attitude. Cheers
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Craig Michaels - 12.19.2008
Okay, this here Memphis place has its little quirks... Monday, high was 32, low was in the mid teens, wind chill like 5. Tues Wed Thurs, highs in the mid 30s, lows in the high 20s. Today... 70. Tomorrow... high 45. Sunday night? Low 15, freezing rain and snow. I get an entire year's worth of seasons in a week!
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John Aseff - 12.19.2008
THANKS JIM! - here's the link in case anyone cares to check it out. There are a couple of different videos but i like this tune. I wish they played the whole thing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTDN0_gB9H4
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Wayne Mereck - 12.18.2008
Happy Holidays to all. Steve I agree with you that "Those Shoes" definitely is Eagles at their finest. Lee, many thanks again for helping us keep it all alive. Cheers!
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Jim McPherson - 12.18.2008
John, Mike Campbell has his own band called The Dirty Knobs, where he handles guitar AND vocals. From what I can tell, they haven't done any recording yet but they do play the occasional club gig around L.A. Next month they'll be playing at Cozy's Bar in Sherman Oaks, CA... betcha Bobby Hall will be there ! There's a video of The Dirty Knobs playing the 2008 NAMM Convention on YouTube. I agree with you, he is absolutely one of the most underrated guitar players around !
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John Aseff - 12.18.2008
Steve - Thanks for the heads up on the Petty video. I had never seen that before. It sure reinforces my opinion that Mike Campbell is one of the most underated guitarists alive. I sure do miss Stan Lynch!
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Steve Baione - 12.15.2008
I was just looking for "Psychotic Reaction " by "Count Five" on You Tube and stumbled onto the Tom Petty version. It looked to be from the "Pack up the Plantation" tour with Stan Lynch on lead vocals. Not a bad version, but there's nothing like the original. Peace...
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Steve Baione - 12.15.2008
Craig, I'm with ya on The Eagles thing. There are only a few songs that I really don't mind hearing. "Those Shoes" and "The Disco Strangler". They are a great band (Thanks to Joe Walsh) I don't think they would have done "The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks" on their own without him.
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Craig Michaels - 12.15.2008
I'm trying to think of the most expensive show I ever went to... I think, all things considered, it was probably seeing Dead Can Dance in Atlanta. Tickets weren't all that outrageous, maybe $25... but even though I had asked for the day off WELL in advance and gotten permission, I still got docked a day's pay, plus the travel expense from Orlando to Atlanta and back. All in all, I guess a couple hundred bucks for the ticket... and still worth it! Most expensive ticket I ever bought... hmmmm... I was pretty fortunate to have been in radio and working for a music magazine, so I got comped a lot. I think the last time I saw King Crimson at House of Blues might have been the most I paid for a single ticket. Hope I don't get beaten to death for this, but I've never been a fan of the Eagles, and I was never more glad than when I found out my sister paid $300 to see them in Orlando; tickets were sold out, and she (obviously) REALLY wanted to go, so she paid scalper's price!
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Eric - 12.15.2008
In all the concerts I have ever attended, Neil Young was probably the best. Definitely the most expensive, but it was worth every penney, seeing him close up in an intimate old theater with nothing to distract you from him and his accoustic guitar (except maybe his harmonica).
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JIm McPherson - 12.14.2008
Listened to some of Neil Youngs " Live at Canterbury House 1968 " yesterday ... damn, it's a toss up between that and the Massey Hall '71 show ! They're both great but I'm leaning a little more towards the Canterbury House show because it has more material from his Buffalo Springfield period ... it's cool to hear those songs in their stripped down acoustic versions ! This is also the show that the version of " Sugar Mountain " that appears on the greatest hits " Decade " album comes from.
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Jim McPherson - 12.12.2008
Haven't heard " Live At Canterbury House " yet but I got " Live At Massey Hall 1971 " recently and loved it ! Just Neil and his acoustic guitar, with some piano for good measure. He was definitely at the top of his game during that time period. Of all his live recordings, " Live Rust " has been my favorite up until now. I remember going to see the concert movie at The Great Southern Music Hall when it came out. Neil is one of those artists I never get tired of hearing, it'll be interesting to see what does eventually come out of his archives !
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Craig Michaels - 12.12.2008
With all the attention that was given to the Guns 'n Roses album, it's easy to forget that the Neil Young career anthology that Neil has purportedly been working on and giving his blessing to has now been promised for what? Two decades now? Neil remains so prolific... by the time it comes to pass that it's released, it may have to be something like a 32 CD set...
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Lee Arnold - 12.12.2008
Eric, the whole Neil Young Album is great. As a fan, I give it 5 stars.
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Eric - 12.12.2008
Is the rest of "Live at Canterbury House" as good as "The Loner"? I somehow find it hard to imagine Neil Young as a kid.
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Eric - 12.12.2008
That was a sad time indeed. I remember gathering with friends, some of whom I hadn't seen in years, for the memorial at Lake Eola. I remember blowing soap bubbles there while we grieved together.
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John Aseff - 12.9.2008
Unfortunately I wasn't able to post my memories and thoughts of John on the 28th anniversary of our losing him. Now after reading McKee's post I realize there is nothing I could have written that would have held a candle to McKee's eloquence. Suffice it to say that his words express my feelings better than I could have expressed them myself. Thanks McKee. And thanks John!
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McKee - 12.8.2008
Monday night, December 8, 1980. I was in Orlando, my dad heard the news down 95 a couple hundred miles in South Palm Beach. Knowing how much John meant to me, he called, just to ask, "are you okay?" "It hurts, Pop, but I'll be fine." It would have been impossible to assess the impact that the murder of John Lennon would have on me, who had just turned 13 when the Beatles landed at the newly christened Kennedy Airport in 1964. I'm not being overly melodramatic when I say that a part of me died that night too. John and the Beatles lit a flame within me that was thrilled to be living a life that promised seemingly endless positive possibilities. The sudden announcement that John had been murdered; that this man who brought me and so many others so much joy could be taken away so abruptly - that a stranger in the shadows could rob him of the chance to grow old with the woman he loved - that he would never get to see his beautiful boy become a man.... too many sad truths to comprehend overtook those happy possibilities and I was a different person. John's death told me that I had been living a life on the most fragile of surfaces, that, in fact, the world could be so infinitely cold, dark, heartbreaking and senseless; that the ice could crack at any time; that the light could be so swiftly extinguished; that all and everything could go from bright with that promise of endless positive possibilities to nothing more than a forever silent black and frozen suspension; that nothing, nothing is fair; that it would take a very, very long time before I could listen to my beloved Beatles again... Perhaps I didn't want to grow up then and there. By the time that thought could be thought, it was too late. I have learned that time tempers even the most intense pain. It was my privilege to share some time in a world with John Lennon. He changed my life in so many profound ways and today, 28 years since that sad and sorry night, the pain of his sudden departure is balanced by all that he left behind that still brings me such joy. And I miss him.
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Mike Zarek - 12.8.2008
Amen
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Lee Arnold - 12.8.2008
So sad. Still missing John. More than ever.
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Craig Michaels - 12.8.2008
Imagine no possessions... I wonder if you can... No need for greed or hunger... A brotherhood of man... Imagine all the people... Sharing all the world...
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Mike Zarek - 12.7.2008
GO GATORS!
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Lee Arnold - 12.7.2008
Eric, Child is Father to the Man, is still one of my 10 Desert Island Records. Others would include Abandoned Luncheonette, Forever Changes and C,S and Nash (the first album). PS-Glad you're listening.
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Eric - 12.7.2008
Al Kooper's "Blood, Sweat and Tears" - "I can't Quit Her". Thanks soo much for that one! I have often wondered what direction Al Kooper would have taken had the band not hijacked the album name for their own.
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John Aseff - 12.5.2008
Jim - I remember Dunderbach's very well. I used to frequent the one in Fashion Square. That was before the food court days when you might have a restaurant next to a shoe store or something. Was there another Dunderbach's other than the one you mentioned in Daytona?
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Eric - 12.5.2008
"And now we're two hangmen hanging from a tree. That don't bother me at all." Wow, it's been about thirty years since I last thought of that song, and it immediately started playing in my head! Just goes to show that not all of my synapses have been fried.
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Jim McPherson - 12.1.2008
And yes, Flea World is still going strong ! Been a few years since I last visited but I always manage to find something good music-wise while I'm there. And usually not in the booths that specialize in music ... it's always in the booths that look kind of junky but you'll spot a stack of LPs or tapes and start going thru them and find some hidden gem. Friday days are the best time to go ... it's not near the circus that the weekends are and you can browse at your leisure.
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Jim McPherson - 12.1.2008
Craig, no trip to the mall was complete without a stop at Dunderbachs ... good sandwiches and beer ! I understand one still exists at the Volusia Mall in Daytona. Thanks also for that info on cut outs !
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Craig Michaels - 12.1.2008
If you took Barry to lunch at that German sort of place in the mall and fed him a pint or two, you got some even better stories!!
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Gordon Beville - 12.1.2008
The store in question at the Altamonte Mall was the ABC Wide World of Music, on the second floor. It opened in 1974 as the retail chain for American Broadcasting, and had a great selection of LPs, a limited selection of stereo gear and musical instruments. A lot of vinyl in my collection came from that store and I bought a new Gibson Les Paul Standard from there in 1975. Also, Barry always had loads of interesting stories and advice for us fresh-faced young upstarts.
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Craig Michaels - 12.1.2008
Cutouts and overstocks - for the most part, a specific album had to sell a certain number of units per quarter or year or whatever criteria the record company used. If an album didn't meet the minimum, it was usually deleted from catalog. Chain and independent record stores would get notifications from the record companies as to which titles were being deleted, and you had until such-and-such a date to return them to the company for credit to your account... after that date, the company wouldn't accept returns on those titles any more. Once a title was deleted from catalog, most companies would sell off their inventory of the deleted titles to companies who specialized in buying and reselling deleted stock... the "cutout" term, I think, came both from the fact that the title had been "cut out" of the catalog, and also from the practice of cutting a notch in the spine of the album, which identified it as sold-for-cheap inventory. The companies would also sometimes sell overstock of an item to the clearance companies; the notching of the spine (or drilling a hole in a cassette or a CD) was essential then, as the item might still be in catalog, but some or a lot of them had been sold off as overstock, and the companies obviously didn't want them returned for full credit. As I remember, the bigger companies (Warner, Capitol, etc) usually issued their deletion notices about once a year. Sometimes they would delete an item from catalog in one format and keep it in another - stop making the cassette but continue to sell the title on vinyl. There were a couple of companies out there that made a good business for themselves selling nothing but cutout and overstock product.
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Jim McPherson - 11.30.2008
Craig, question for you ... what exactly was the purpose of " cut out " albums and later, CDs ? I never quite understood what that was about. I sure bought my share of them though.
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Jim McPherson - 11.30.2008
And though they didn't come on the scene till later on, can't forget Peaches Records & Tapes, one of the better chain stores. They always had a good inventory ( especially in their Blues section ) and a good " if we don't have it, we'll get it for you " policy, which was nice in the pre - digital age. I couldn't believe though that they insisted on charging full list price for CDs, especially once the Circuit Citys and Best Buys opened shop, selling CDs for way less. I remember reading an article where a Peaches spokesperson said they felt that their selection and customer service would offset the higher prices in customers eyes. Guess the customers didn't see it that way however ! Like so many before them ... gone but not forgotten !
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Craig Michaels - 11.30.2008
At one point in the Altamonte Mall, a store called (I think... talk about lost brain cells!) Music City was the big competition for Camelot Music. Kind of notable in retrospect because, at one point, myself, Jim Boylston and Tall Steve all worked there at the same time, and we all went on to have our own stores in Orlando. Also, Barry Dean, the excellent bass player for Brian Auger's Oblivion Express worked there (he was responsible for ordering the classical music), and Phil, who went on to be a well-known rep for RCA Records was, I think, the general manager of the store. Talk about being surrounded by people you could learn from! And no overview of looking for unexpected musical finds would be complete without mentioning Flea World, out there between Longwood and Sanford... last I knew, that beast was still breathing...
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Steve Baione - 11.30.2008
Just had to mention Adolfs Aardvark. Don't recall if they sold music in any form, but the place allways smelled great.
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Mike Zarek - 11.30.2008
I seem to remember buying the Tommy Soundtrack at Bill Baer's in Colonial Plaza..... At least, I think.... geez, where is *that* brain cell?
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Gordon Beville - 11.30.2008
Craig and Lee, sorry about digressing from the main point, I'll go back to what we were originally talking about. The Orlando area during the 1970s did have a vast array of record retailers, where we could find selections covering every genre, taste and price level. One constant from those days was WORJ's programming being the indispensible guide for seeking out music that was a lot more intriguing and imaginative than the then-current popular radio fare. After hearing one interesting band on WORJ I would buy their album, then that would lead me to research similar bands and locate their LPs as well. That's how I got turned on to bands like Tin House and Strange.
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Craig Michaels - 11.30.2008
I'm almost sure I'm bumfuzzled...
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Gordon Beville - 11.30.2008
Gentlemen, to be truthful, the guy who ran Armadillo in Fern Park, on 17-92, was extremely knowledgible on music and the music industry, and was always a pleasure to talk with while searching the bins for rarities. I don't remember his name (this was 25+ years ago), but he did have a collection displayed in the store of Robert Clary LPs and promo material that had nothing to do with the Hogan's Heroes TV series.
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Craig Michaels - 11.29.2008
That wasn't Robert Clary memorabilia... those were just Armadillos. That's what everyone said who gave them to me. Honest.
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Lee Arnold - 11.29.2008
In the late '60s, those of us who lived on the coast had one great source for records: B & K Music in Cocoa Beach. Great folks.
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Gordon Beville - 11.29.2008
One of those would have to have been Armadillo Records, whose proprietor had a Robert Clary memorabilia obsession.
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Craig Michaels - 11.29.2008
Indeed, Gordon, those were days when going to Zayre and Fields and all those places on a cutout buying expedition was sort of like a treasure hunt! Even Camelot Music in the Altamonte Mall had great cutout bins from time to time... and then came the beginning of the used record store era, which was a whole 'nother level of treasure hunts.
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Gordon Beville - 11.29.2008
Bill Baer's record department in the Winter Park Mall had listening booths in the mid-1960s, which I noticed when I was a little kid, going along with my parents shopping. At the time, I had neither the musical knowledge nor the money to appreciate the significance, but the images of the glass booths and turntables are still clear. Beginning in late 1970, that store was one of my main sources for LPs and cassettes, whenever I could scrounge up enough lawn-mowing and allowance cash. When I was around 14 and 15, it was a big deal to go to the Winter Park Mall to check out Bill Baer and the anchor store record departments: I picked up a cassette copy of Bloodrock "USA" from Bill Baer and Bang's first LP at Penney's. When the Altamonte Mall opened in 1974, the Bill Baer store there had an unusually eclectic selection of new rock, blues, imports, cutouts and obscurities. During the 1970s, the places in the Orlando area to look were department stores such as JM Fields, Gold Triangle, Zayre, Woolco, Montgomery Ward and Penney's for mark-downs and cutouts. Then there were the independent record stores like East West and Record Mart, in addition, some music stores like Music Shack had record bins and even the audio store Wolfman Mason had cutouts.
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Craig Michaels - 11.28.2008
Or Shu-Baert, maybe?
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Jim McPherson - 11.28.2008
Haha ... yeah, good ole " Baer - thoven ", with a silver conductors baton attached to one paw ! The store by my house had a similar big stuffed brown bear in the window but I can't recall what they named him ... " Rem - Baer - randt " ... or something along those lines. That would make a great Orlando edition trivia question !
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Jim McPherson - 11.28.2008
Strange how one little remark can trigger off such a sudden flood of memories ! I recall walking thru the Fashion Square Mall one day and one of the 2 big department stores there ... not sure if it was Burdines or Robinson's ... had a turntable on display and the album they had playing on it stopped me in my tracks. I'd never heard it before but it was an instant " ... that's freakin' awesome, I gotta find out who this is " moment ! I actually jumped into the display case to get a better look, turned out to be the debut album by Heart. One of the store employees gave me some shit about being in the display case but relented after I went in and bought the album. It still holds up, along with the first Boston and Foreigner records, as one of the great debut albums of the mid - 70s.
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Craig Michaels - 11.28.2008
In my "teen but pre-driving" days, I lived in Casselberry, and there just wasn't muchg of anything as far as buying albums was concerned... and I found "the back way" to bike over to the Winter Park Mall, so I spent way too much time and money at Bill Baer's... bought my first copies of "Ziggy Stardust" and "Who's Next" there... And, of course, the huge stuffed polar bear in the display window, who if I remember right was named "Baer-thoven."
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Jim McPherson - 11.28.2008
Yeah, Bill Baers came to mind after my last post, though I don't think I went there much for records. Seems like they focused more on selling stereo equipment and TV's. I usually went to the one on 17-92, between Marks St. and Virginia Dr...it was only 2 blocks from my house. After Bill Baers closed, that building housed Abneys Music for quite awhile, now it's a personal fitness gym or something. A friends sister worked at the Bill Baers in W.P. mall, I remember she turned me on to Steve Martin's " A Wild And Crazy Guy " album. Trying to remember if Infinite Mushroom sold records, I seem to remember them having a small but decent selection. It's funny; though technically Infinite Mushroom could've been considered a head shop, it never seemed to have that stigma attached to it, maybe because it was part of Colonial Plaza. My mom was fine with me going in there, though she warned me about going into those " other " places run by them long hair hippie types ! That just made those " other " places all the more enticing for an impressionable teenage long hair hippie wannabe like myself ! : - )
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Craig Michaels - 11.27.2008
As far as historic old Orlando record stores is concerned, anybody else remember Bill Baer's in the Winter Park mall?
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Jim McPherson - 11.27.2008
Steve, that's funny about your mention of buying that ZZ Top album at Jordan Marsh. I remember scouring the bins at all the major department stores before I got turned on to East West Records and Record Mart. I bought some of my first albums at the old Belk-Lindsey store at Colonial Plaza, when it was up front on Colonial Dr. ( it later got moved to the back of the mall ). I recall they had a listening booth with headphones so you could try it before you buy it. Another good spot was a chain called Gold ( or Golden ? ) Triangle @ Bennett Rd and 50, where Target now sits. They had a pretty decent selection, at least most of the more popular releases but for the more obscure stuff, then you had to hit the REAL record shops. Gold Triangle is also where I first encountered a cool new invention ... the video game " Pong ", LOL !!! I remember there were a lot of little head shops around back in the early 70s that carried albums too but their selections were usually spotty at best. Once I found East West Records though, that was it ... record store nirvana ! Record Mart was right up there too ( John A. and Don G. would throw rocks at me if I did't say that, haha ! ). And as you mentioned, you couldn't go to Colonial Plaza without stopping at Ronnies ... their bakery was the best !
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Jim McPherson - 11.27.2008
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all ! Hope it's full of good friends and family, good food and good music ( I believe Lee has that part covered ) : - )
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Mike Zarek - 11.26.2008
hmm.... maybe while I'm in O'town this weekend for turkey day, I'll stop by an old friend's and see what I can get WLOF-wise.....
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Lee Arnold - 11.26.2008
Please have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.
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Craig Michaels - 11.26.2008
The WLOF one I most remember was The Grass Roots, "Sooner Or Later" - the version they played had sort of a female chorus singing during the intro to the song (and like good AM radio, the chorus sang RIGHT up to the vocals...)... They sang, "DOUBLE-YOU ELLLLLLL.. OOOOOH... EFFFFFF. Sooner Or Later!" and then boom, right into the first verse of the song. Before I worked in radio, that was one of the wonderful and WAY cool mysteries of radio to me!!
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Mike Zarek - 11.26.2008
Arrrgg... The message board mangled that one... doesn't like less than/greater than symbols i guess.. It was supposed to be the WLOF jingle followed by Three Dog Night-Joy To The World...
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Mike Zarek - 11.26.2008
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Try not to get too stuffed.... The main 'heard together' memory stuck in my head is not a WORJ one either... it's a WLOF one... DOUBLE-UUUUUUU LLLLLLLLL OOOOOOOO FFFFFF Orlando ...
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Steve Baione - 11.26.2008
Hi All. Hey Craig, I kind of know what you mean about expecting to hear something at the end of a song or in my case the middle of a song. It was 1973 and I had just picked up ZZ Top’s “Tres Hombres” at the Jordan Marsh in the Colonial Plaza Mall. I stopped by Ronnie’s deli for an Éclair and was headed home to give it a listen. I was almost home, that’s when I hit the pot hole. Now, being it was 1973 and I was only 16 with no license or car, me, my ZZ Top album and my 10 speed took a little tumble. As luck would have it I landed on top of the album which saved me from getting road rash on my arm. (I really hate road rash, so it seemed like a good trade off) I picked myself up off the pavement, gathered up the bike and album and pedaled myself the rest of the way home. When I got home I checked the album for damage. There where a few scratches on the cover, but looked undamaged for the most part, except for that one pebble still stuck just under the plastic wrap. I pulled the disc from the cover to find a seemingly undamaged LP. Cool, maybe it didn’t sustain any damage. Now for the real test! I headed to my room, shut my door, put a towel under the door and lit some incense (Just in case) and put on my headphones. I had to use my headphones because my Dad was home and he hates Rock ’n’ Roll… My Dad yelling at me to “Turn Off That Damn Noise” is still etched into my memory. (This happens mostly when I’m listening to WORJ) So, I’m lying on my bed, black light on, posters glowing, buzz, fresh. Here comes side one. “Waiting for the Bus”, OK “Jesus just left Chicago”, No skips yet. “Beer drinkers and Hell raisers”. No problem. Then came Master of Sparks. (one of my favorites) “High-Class Slim came floatin’ in, down from the county line. Just gettin' right on Saturday night, ridin' with some friends of mine. They invited me to come and see just what was on their minds -- And then I took my first long look at the Master of Sparks on high. In the back of Jimmy's Mack stood a round steel cage welded into shape by Slim, made out of seven-gauge. "How fine," they cried, "now with you inside, strapped in there safe and sound." I thought, "My oh my, how the sparks would fly if that thing ever hit the ground." Slim was so pleased when I had eased into his trap of death. He had slammed the door, but he said no more and I thought I'd breathed my last breath. We was out in the sticks down Highway Six and the crowd was just about right. The speed was too, so out I flew, so out I flew, so out I flew, so out I flew, so out I flew, so out I flew… I guess this went on for a couple of hours cause when my brother came in and woke me up it was after 11:00. The next day when I got home from school I tried to fix the skip by heating one of Mom’s sewing needles and dragging it across the suspected flaw in the record. It stopped the skip, but only after I put a nickel on the stylus part of the tone arm to keep it from hopping out of the groove. Of course it still had a loud pop every time I played it, but it took me 3 hours in the hot sun mowing people’s lawns to come up with the coins to buy it, so I had to make due with what I had. Craig, I have from time to time thought about your move to Memphis and wondered how you where doing. I’m so happy things are going well for you. I read your post about Thanksgiving. I think it is my favorite holiday also. It just edged out National Show your Hooters day. LOL. Well, You all have a safe & peaceful Thanksgiving, Share the Love…
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Craig Michaels - 11.25.2008
Jim, I like it from a "flat out rockin'" point of view, but there's two things about the album that just don't get it for me... you mentioned one. The chemistry between the original guys was always there, and the guitarists complemented one another and Axl. This one sounds like hired guns; the playing is good enough, but nothing passionate. The other thing is a lack of memorable tunes... nothing stuck with me like "Sweet Child" or "Mr Brownstone" did on first listen. I agree with you that it's better than a lot of what's out there, radio-rock wise, but I guess it's the bane of artists with any longevity that they'll be compared to their own body of work... and I just don't (yet?) hear this as one of the better G 'n R albums.
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Lee Arnold - 11.25.2008
WORJ.COM LISTENERSHIP DURING THE LAST 30 DAYS------ US CITIES--Milwaukee WI / Cleveland OH /Los Angeles CA / Washington DC (Hagerstown) DC, MD, PA, VA, WV / Atlanta AL, GA, NC / Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne FL / San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose CA / Buffalo NY, PA / Wilkes Barre - Scranton PA /Boston (Manchester) MA, NH, VT / Austin, TX / Lafayette, IN / Seattle - Tacoma WA /Chicago IL, / Omaha IA, MO, / Colorado Springs - Pueblo CO / Memphis AR, MS, MO, TN / Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa) AL / Saint Louis IL, / Louisville IN, KY / Spokane ID, MT, OR, / Youngstown OH, PA / New York CT, NJ, NY, PA / Honolulu COUNTRIES--Canada / United Kingdom / Japan / Korea, Republic of / Switzerland/ Croatia/Hrvatska / Latvia / Poland / Brazil / Norway / Italy / Hungary / Saudi Arabia / Slovak Republic / Mexico / Spain / France / Ireland / Czech /Netherlands / New Zealand / Slovenia / Bulgaria / Greece /
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JIm McPherson - 11.25.2008
So Craig, whaddya think of the final finished product for Guns N' Roses " Chinese Democracy " ? From what I've heard so far, it sounds pretty good ... probably not worth the decade and a half wait but not as bad as I'd feared. Axl's voice is still in fine form and it sounds pretty close to the old G-N'-R sound but while the 5 different guitarists Axl used try hard to recreate Slash & Izzys sound, it ain't quite the same ... Slash's bluesy guitar wail is definitely missed ! All in all though, in these days of tweenybopper rock and pre-packaged American Idol " stars ", it's good to hear some honest to God rock-n-roll blasting out of the speakers again ! : - )
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Craig Michaels - 11.25.2008
Ok, here's a goofy remembrance... Even before I worked at WORJ, I of course listened all the time. Steve Mack was on the air and announced that Bob Seger's "Lookin' Back" was coming up. It's still one of my favorite Seger songs... I wanted to hear it more often back then, and real quick grabbed one of those little mono cassette recorders and held it up to the speaker of the radio and taped the song off ORJ (please don't tell the RIAA). It was the last song of the set... So today, I was listening to a little custom "Best of Bob Seger" on the iPod and "Lookin' Back" played. To this day, after the dead cold ending of the song, I STILL expect to hear Steve Mack's voice saying, "That was Bob Seger..." which was all that got through before I shut the recorder off. I tried saying it myself after the song ended today, but try as I might (for all those years, even) I just don't have Steve's voice. Still a great tune, but it was better with the announcement at the end!!
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RONN E - 11.24.2008
HAPPY SEASONS TO ALL/JOHN A,DON MISS YA.WE'LL BE EATING AT JOHN CASH'S AND WE'LL HAVE YA'LL IN THOUGHT HERE IN ORLANDO
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Craig Michaels - 11.24.2008
Thursday is my favorite holiday of the year... any day that glorifies spending time with folks you like so you can feast and nap just can't be bad!! But I also honest to goodness try to spend some time giving thanks, not that that sort of thing ought to be confined to just the one day. Made a lot of huge changes in my life since the last Thanksgiving... and I'm grateful for the life I'm living now as opposed to a year ago. I'm happy and thankful for music and for people like my Mom and Lee and all the folks on this board - people who share a love of music and see the value in sharing and passing it on, of discussing and helping others to find more good stuff. Serious and sincere hopes that everyone has grand plans for the holiday and for all days... Hope everyone stays safe and has a chance to share smiles and hugs with people they care about.
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Lee Arnold - 11.14.2008
Well said
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Jay Tarlor - 11.13.2008
Wow, Charles, that was a beautifully written piece on Mitch Mitchell. It made me cry, but more than that, it perfectly summed up my Experience experience, and described exactly how Jimi, Mitch and Noel brought down the walls of what was and lead us into the land of what could be. Charles, I enjoy your flights of whimsy, but if you can write like this, why not be all you can be?
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Charles Mipheetstinc - 11.13.2008
Oh Mitch. Sad, sad, sad day, now that the Experience is gone. Jimi, Noel, Mitch; tossed together by fate and reunited by death too soon. It seems as if it were yesterday. I was simply not prepared for my first encounter with "The Experience." As the music began to fill my room, I picked up the album cover and gazed at the image of three alien creatures staring back at me from behind a fisheye lens. The sound, the look; that initial " experience" produced equal feelings of shock and thrilling realization that anything was possible. Regardless of the Beatles promise that there was such a thing as limitless creativity; that there was a universe of sounds, thoughts and images to be explored, this composite experience of the Jimi Hendrix Experience was a stunning slap in the face that left me giddy; the very definitions of words such as "limitless" and expressions such as "uncharted creative territory" shattered in unreal time before my very ears. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Are You Experienced?" delivered a message that shook my comfortable little rock and roll world. It said, "do not assume you know what's next." Instead of operating under the then current assumption that "anything was imaginable," a much more frightening certainty became clear; in short order, the "unimaginable was inevitable." All of this became known to me, and the album's first song, "Purple Haze," wasn't half over. Rest in Peace Mitch, "Yeah, sing on brother, play on drummer"
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Craig Michaels - 11.13.2008
Yeah, The Easybeats and AC/DC recorded a single together, "On Friday It Was On My Mind That We Should Take The Highway To Hell," but it didn't do all that well.
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Jim McPherson - 11.13.2008
Just heard the Easybeats classic " Friday On My MInd " playing. Never knew until recently that one of the Easybeats members, George Young, is the older brother of AC/DC's Angus & Malcom Young.
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Jim McPherson - 11.13.2008
Sad to hear about Mitch Mitchell. I always wanted to play drums when I was younger and Mitch Mitchell, along with Keith Moon, were 2 of my favorites. His drumming was as important to the Jimi Hendrix Experience sound as Jimi's guitar was.
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Lee Arnold - 11.12.2008
DAMN...Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.
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Jim McPherson - 11.9.2008
Yeah, I seriously hope not ... talk about " rock out with your cock out ! " ( or " jam out with your clam out " as the case may be ). I saw a tv story on the Cypress Cove Nudist Colony awhile back, don't recall seeing anybody on there that I'd really want to see naked in the first place !
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Craig Michaels - 11.9.2008
Y'know... those guys, they're not kids any more... PLEASE tell me they're not playing butt naked???
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Jim McPherson - 11.9.2008
The other ad I saw in Orlando Weekly that really made me laugh was for " Nude-A-Palooza " at the Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Kissimmee. The featured band was Ghost Riders,featuring members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws, Pure Prairie League and several other old Southern rock bands. Imagine being in THAT mosh pit !!!
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Jim McPherson - 11.9.2008
You & me both buddy, LOL ! I'll bet that's the song they're looking for, sounds obscure enough to be right up their alley. Thanks, I never would have gotten that one. Shades Of Gray ... man, that name brings back some good memories ! : - )
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Craig Michaels - 11.9.2008
Okay, I thought I remembered this as well, and I admit to cheating and checking, but before he was a solo act, Preston was in a band called The Shades... only reason I mention it is that I think Freddie, one of the guys who owns Rock 'n Roll Heaven, was in a band a long time ago called The Shades (not the same band as Shades Of Gray, sometimes called The Shades). How long ago? They played at my 25th birthday party. I haven't been 25 for a while now.
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Craig Michaels - 11.9.2008
There's a Christmas song by a guy named Johnny Preston with that lyric in it... I'm only guessing at early 60s. Preston was a big rockabilly figure. His biggest hit was a song called "Running Bear," which was written by The Big Bopper, a close friend of his; that was 1959, I believe. It hit #1 on the Billboard charts. I don't think he ever had as big a hit single again after that, but he was a very respected figure in rockabilly.
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Jim McPherson - 11.8.2008
Saw an ad in the Orlando Weekly for local fave Rock 'N Roll Heaven that had this trivia question ... can you name that tune , year and artist ? The lyric is "... I want a rock n' roll guitar with a big bass string ". Doesn't ring a bell with me, any of you guys ( or girls ) recognize it ? Craig, you're usually the go-to guy for this kind of stuff, any ideas ?
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Craig Michaels - 11.8.2008
Lee... does that mean you ARE running for president in 2012??
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Lee Arnold - 11.8.2008
To one and all: THANK YOU for the feedback and your continued support. I will try my best to rise to the occasion.
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Mike Zarek - 11.7.2008
Lee, I listen mostly at work and that depends on if I manage to get WORJ started before something else distracts me. I have a shortcut for it right on the dekstop. I love the mix. I'm hearing lots of old favorites and getting an eductaion in stuff I've never heard at the same time. As usual, let me know if there's anything I can do.....Zeek
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Roger Brown - 11.6.2008
I had the chance to listen in this afternoon. Until today, I haven't heard Mason Proffit's "Two Hangmen" in decades, among a slew of other great no-longer-played-anywhere-else tunes. Just wish I could reach the station at work or in my car. You've still got the ORJ mystical magic, Lee!
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Jim McPherson - 11.6.2008
Excellent ... " Mister Ten Percent " from Triumvirats " Illusions On A Double Dimple ". Tell me, where else ya gonna here that these days ??? Thanx Lee !
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Jim McPherson - 11.6.2008
Read today that AC/DCs new album " Black Ice " has topped the sales charts in 29 countries, including the US. They haven't changed their style a bit since the " Back In Black " days but there's something oddly comforting about that. Hey, hey, my, my, rock and roll will never die !
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Jim McPherson - 11.6.2008
Sittin' here doing my part right now, listening to some WORJ.com in L.A. ( Lower Apopka ), Chicagos " Dialogue Pt. 1 & 2 " currently playing. Definitely nothing wrong with the mix. I have to agree with Rogers assessment that there are a lot of Central Fla. expatriates scattered around the country and the globe since the original WORJ heydays. Another problem is just getting the word out that WORJ is back. Whenever I run into someone from back in the day, I always try and work something into the conversation about WORJ being back and the response is usually along the lines of " ...no way man, that's great ! ". Whether they actually go and seek it out is another matter. I'm sure there is still a large untapped fan base of Central Fla. long-timers who haven't made the discovery yet. Maybe we could put up a billboard along I-4 ! It doesn't help either that not many people are aware of Live365 radio yet. I took an informal poll at work and while everyone has at least heard of Sirius/XM, not one person had heard of Live365. So for right now I guess it's still a grassroots movement but fear not ... Obamas campaign started at the grassroots level and look where it got him ! Lee Arnold for President in 2012 ! : - )
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Lee Arnold - 11.5.2008
As Orlando goes, so does the Nation.
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Charles Mipheetstinc - 11.5.2008
Two quick points; first, it's hard to read all of my rambling screed with the current layout. Could you fix it please. For the price we pay for this site, you think you'd make it easier for my doctors and probation officer to read my posts. Oh... and the other thing. I saw Tatum O'Neal naked, and she's Bad News Bare.
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Charles Mipheetstinc - 11.5.2008
Greetings my fellow orj-ee-ites. I have been put on permanent hiatus at the Bithlo Vivian Alexander Faberge Collectible Ornaments & Bejeweled Egg Purses-a-torium. Every day for the past 4 months (Monday and Tuesdays we're closed, so I would go down to Park Avenue and try and convince Rollins Co-eds that Girls Gone Winter Park Wild would stand a better chance of getting off the ground if they would cooperate with me -- not one of them believed that there was a hidden camera in the clasp of my bolo -- the girls are smart there at Rollins) Anywho, the rest of the week I sat behind a "Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice - 5 Bux" plank of ratty wood posing as a sign with a couple of quarts of Tropicana and some Dixiecups in a cooler. I got to keep half of the proceeds, which usually didn't come to my nut - which was the cost of the OJ over at Publix. Last Sunday afternoon I to to wondering what all of this had to do with the Bithlo Vivian Alexander Faberge Collectible Ornaments & Bejeweled Egg Purses-a-torium, where I was told that one damn purse could be sold for as much as 100 thousand clams, of which I would be getting me a slice. 99.99999% of the time I was the only human anywhere in sight. The armadillos and the cows and the mean one eyed snakes who seemed to live in the neighborhood came closer to me than all but a few human juice customers (the majority of whom I met after they responded to my 911 call for snake-bite help - spiked my juice sales but hurt like a summabich.) So I asked the person who set me up with this cushy gig "Mom, what gives?" She said,"be patient," and "thank god you're out of this house most of the week sittin at that fancy-Dan jeweled egg purse palace, exceptin' for Monday and Tuesday, which I call the "Sucky Days." I asked my dad for advice, which was easy, cause he was working at the Antique Tiffany Lamp and Fine Art Brokers Jerky exchange across the road from me. He said he'd see what he could do, cause he was tight with my boss. Next morning he told me either I was hiatus, or that he had a hiatal hernia. Well, I've known since my first week at day care that the symptoms of a strangulated hiatal hernia include sudden severe chest pain and difficulty breathing, espeically when a hiatal hernia is associated with reflux (maybe some of you attended the same day care facility, It was called ER. It was located right there in that room with all those chairs, and the desk, and all the bleeding, crying, coughing, ralphing people at that nice Florida Hospital. mom left me there in the morning, and dad picked me up later that day, or week or month. It was great, not strick at all like school would be - nobody keepin me on a schedule, nobody sayin' "hey little boy, you really shouldn't insert that catheter into your....") Listen to me, gettin off the subject. Sorry 'bout that, sometimes I get off the subject and I forget what I was talking about. So anyways here's the poem; "While strolling down lovers lane/the morning dew had wet it/I whispered words of love/when she picked her nose and et it." Well, let me tell you, Sheila hated, I mean hated that poem. And that's how I got this George Forman Grill branding on my forehead. But I wasn't worried, cause I know how to treat what I quickly diagnosed as a second degree burn. You don't want scarring or an infection, so after submersing my moderate burns in cool water to relieve both the pain and the swelling I --- well listen to me, going off the subject again. I swear, sometimes I forget what the heck the original subject was. So, anywho, many critics consider Jose Ferrer as the finest Iago of the 20th century, but I've always been partial to Christopher Plummer's interpretation. Far meatier. Also loved him as Baron Dave Van Ronk in The Sound Of Music. My favorite song from Sound of Music? That's a no-brainer; The Lonely Goatherd. My favorite verse, sing along,"Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo What a duet for a girl and goatherd Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo." Anyway, that's how I was cured of bedwetting. Gotta go, I got laid off from my job and I have to find a new one. Next time I'll tell you all about it. Okay?
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Roger Brown - 11.4.2008
Lee, I listen sporatically & always enjoy the mix. My work computer blocks most non-work sites (defaults set at corporate - 900 miles away). Otherwise, I'd be a regular listener. Whenever I'm in front of my own pc for a while, I log WORJ on. With Orlando being such a transient community, a majority of former WORJheads have scattered across the country & beyond. It's still great to find good folks from the past discovering the station & posting here.
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Mimi - 11.4.2008
Hi everybody just to let you know George Clark had one hell of a send off Saturday November 1 at Spatz in Winter Park.Lots of music lots , lots of memories and lots of people I had not seen 36 years or so Lord I feel old .So many memories.George we love and miss you.Peace there's a chance it will come !!!!!
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Lee Arnold - 11.2.2008
WORJ.com continues to pull strong listenership from around the globe. Japan, Canada, England, Germany, Russia, etc. In the U.S., the leading cities are Cleveland, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. The listenership in Florida is sporadic at best. When I first launched the station over a year ago, the idea was to fill the WORJ void for our old listeners. Did I miss the mark? Is the music too obscure or not obscure enough? Feedback would really be appreciated. Thanks.
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Buckets - 10.31.2008
My families prayers to the Clark family
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Buckets - 10.31.2008
is anyone else's teenagers suddenly discovering Classic Rock on their Guitar Hero's and Rock Band X boxes? my kids cannot believe that 'ME" has this band and that bands old records and 45's..all of a sudden we can connect together with quote" old music " now...and I love it, finally they get it and is loving it too...I even had to break out my old packed away concert t's from storage and my daughters thought they had found gold with all my stuff...I knew it wasn't junk like my wife said...all I can say brothers that this was truely a beautiful time in my life..
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Rick - 10.22.2008
That sucks. I knew George Clarke since Winter Park High. I loaned him my Fender Precision Bass to join the Go-Mads. I didn't keep up with him, just ran into him at Publix and Dexter's from time to time. I hate losing old friends. It's getting to be too many.
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Lee Arnold - 10.22.2008
Just received this email. Sad to report: It is with extreme sadness that I bring you the shocking news that Orlando bassist George Clark was found dead today in his home. I have no other details but will send them when I learn more. George was a pioneer in the Orlando music scene, having in played in some of our favorite bands since the 60's-both locally and nationally. Below is a bio taken off of the internet as I am in hurry to get out this sad message to everyone that loved George so much. George will be missed by everyone as he was loved by everyone. Z George Clark Veteran rocker George Clark is associated with the Southern rock scene and the fringes of the Allman Brothers' clique, both musically and geographically. In the former department, he backed up the legendary Duane Allman on some sessions and was in a group that was signed to the Capricorn label, an Allman-mighty label imprint. As for the road map, Clark hailed from Orlando, FL -- a bit of a drive from the Allman Brothers' Georgia hub, but just one state line to be crossed. Clark is best-known as a member of the band Cowboy, active for several lengthy spurts in the '70s. Between 1971-1973, Clark performed on bass as well as handling some vocals and guitar with this group, whose front-line pairing of Scott Boyer and Tommy Talton represented a direct connection to Clark's early years on the Orlando psychedelic rock scene. Talton and Clark were both members of the band Plant Life, a Florida garage band that came up with only one single during its career. "Flower Girl" received some local airplay at the time of its 1967 release on Date Records, no doubt providing promotional oomph for the group's own dates at local venues such as Orlando's Winter ParkYouthCenter. "Flower Girl" has also sparked interest among later collectors of psychedelic nuggets, and even led to a false rumor that the record was actually the creation of Archies maestro Ron Dante. But the song is nothing more than a totally expected creation from the lively Florida hippie music scene of the late '60s, also known for bands such as Noah's Ark, the Go-Mads, Duckbutter, and We the People.
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Jim McPherson - 10.19.2008
By the way Lee, congratulations on hitting the 5000 song mark ! Here's to the next 5000 ! : - )
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JIm McPherson - 10.19.2008
A bit of late input on Paul Carrack; apparently Timothy B. Schmidt of the Eagles is a big fan, he covered two of Carracks compositions ... " Love Will Keep Us Alive " on Hell Freezes Over and " I Don't Want To Hear Anymore " on Long Road Out Of Eden. I thought both those cuts were among the stronger tracks on those respective albums. Funny how some musicians can be such great songwriters yet it's always someone else scoring a hit with their songs !
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Don Gilliland - 10.18.2008
...and I second the motion! "Pamela Brown" was/is indeed a great tune. And Leo Kottke remains a true jewel himself. Thanks to Lee and WORJ for turning me onto him so many years ago. Keep on keeping on!
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Craig Michaels - 10.18.2008
A fine, fine song! "I guess I owe it all to Pamela Brown... All of my good times, all my roamin' around..."
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Lee Arnold - 10.18.2008
Leo Kottke-Pamela Brown
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Craig Michaels - 10.17.2008
Lee, What was #5000?
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Lee Arnold - 10.17.2008
WORJ.COM Radio is at 5000 songs and growing. More Music-Less Repetition!! :-)
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Craig Michaels - 10.16.2008
Jim, If the "leaked" MP3s floating around really do comprise the album, I felt it fell far, far short of brilliant... It's always interesting to see how stuff like that compares to the legitimate release, but the songs sounded lifeless and without the great hooks G'n'R used to be so full of. I certainly hope it's better than what I heard!!!
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Jim McPherson - 10.16.2008
According to a recent article,Best Buy stores have started pre-orders for Guns N Roses' " Chinese Democracy " release,tentative release date 11/25/08. Apparently, there will be a choice of covers in both CD and LP format. As always, I'll be taking an " ... I'll believe it when I see it " attitude ". Boy, I hope for Axls' sake, the long delayed album is nothing short of brilliant, otherwise the backlash is goona be swift and brutal !
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Don Gilliland - 10.15.2008
Craig: thanks for reminding me of Paul Carrack and Ace; some great stuff indeed. "How Long" is one of my favorite songs, but there are other great Ace tunes as well. And John is also right about Carrack's stuff with Squeeze. More excellent songs. Plus, his first solo album is a gem. All in all, a very underrated vocalist.
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Buckets - 10.14.2008
hey Craig..those days were great...you had a full bill of all headliners at that time...and the evening allways started out with a local band which we loved...and it was all most every weekend too!!were you in the fence during the Zepplin show or the tear gas from OPD during John Sebastian, I stuck it out and sat with about 40 or 50 people in the circle while he sang for us as the OPD pushed other concert goers out the door..anyone else there or remember?
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Craig Michaels - 10.11.2008
John, good stuff, no doubt. Every phase of Carrack's career has been pretty amazing, at least from a quality point of view. A few years back, he did an album called "Groovin'," which was 14 covers of some classic soul and pop stuff, and he just knocked every one of those songs down. Still a real good listen!
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John Aseff - 10.11.2008
I think some of Paul Carrack's best stuff was with Squeeze. Tempted (vocals by Paul) remains one of my all time favorite songs.
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Craig Michaels - 10.11.2008
Charles, dear Charles, it's a little known fact that Bob See-Gaar is in fact the bastard son of Pete Seeger (and, in what HAS to be nothing but coincidence, the mom is reported to be a hot waitress who has two hot waitress daughters, both of whom recently complained to their Mom about a next door neighbor who often wore socks and sandals and pees into his petunias...). When Robert was a young man, he of course HAD to be a rock and roll rebel, and so renounced his association with his well respected father, changing his last name. Those were lean times for Mr. SilverBullet, so when he changed his name, he could only afford the economy package, and therefore was only granted to "right" to drop one letter from his name. He didn't have a lot of time to think about it, and it was probably intimidating, standing in front of a judge like that (he claimed he couldn't find his sneaks), and he felt that "Bob Eeger" gave the wrong impression... so from that day on, he was known as Bob Seger. Me? Call me a purist. I go to the roots of things, except for when I'm having fantasies about hot waitresses wearing thigh highs rolled down to their ankles - I ALWAYS ignore the brown roots that are just never dyed blonde. It's okay, who really ever looks at the part in the hair anyways? Hey, for the record, MY five letters to get here were U S T U D. I typed L A W A E just out of modesty and it worked, but they really were U S T U D.
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Charles Mipheetstinc - 10.11.2008
#1. You know that thing up above that says "Please enter the letters in the image below?" Well mine was "U S U C K." My self esteem has been in the toilet since the night I swear I heard my dog mutter "oh my god, you're such a tool," simply because she saw me wearing white socks and sandals. It was late at night and I had to drag my garbage cans out to the curb and I couldn't find my sneaks. Okay, maybe I should have worn some pants, but I think they were with my sneaks, and as I said, I couldn't find them. Besides, it was the middle of a pitch black night - okay, so a really hot pair of waitresses just moved into the home next to mine, but it's not like I want them to see my pantless. Well, actually I do want them to see me pantless, but this is not the time nor place to discuss that issue - we were discussing my low self esteem vis a vis my cynical dog and the obviously offensive message that appeared in the "enter the letters" thing up above. BTW, those are just the latest in a long string of incidents that make me think the world is taking a meeting behind my back and the agenda of that meeting is "Try and do something that will disturb Charles Mipheetstinc." Like the other night when I got up to go #1 in my own bathroom. There was a sign on the door and a yellow cone on the floor in front of it telling me "Restroom Closed while our attendant cleans it. Please use another facility, we apologize for this inconvenience, sincerely, the Management." How did that get there? I live alone and there is no management - I own my home! I was standing there in the dark, holding it in when I heard my dog snicker....so I said, "Okay, you win this time, let's both go pee in the yard." That was a helluva time to meet my hot new neighbors....at least I wasn't wearing white socks and sandals. Actually, I wish I was wearing something other than an extra large, "I'm with stupid" T-Shirt. Since I was by myself and peeing into my petunias... well, I felt like a complete shmuck. #2. Craig, I love ya Babe, I respect your devotion to music - hell, years ago I even bought some very cool vinyl from you when you needed a few bucks. But bubalah, Bob Seger spells his last name, S E G E R, no double E. That would be Pete Seeger and think how weird Pete Seeger and the Silver Bullet band would sound doing the Horizontal Bop. Another variation of that last name is Segar, but that's the cartoonist who invented Popeye. Think how weird it would be if it was Popeye and the Silver Bullet Band doing Knee Deep in the Big Muddy! Well blow me down, it's time to end this treatise. Until next time, please don't hate me because I'm beautiful, hate me because I'd probably like to see your 1.wife 2. sister 3.daughter 4.mother naked.
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Craig Michaels - 10.9.2008
Rooting around through more stuff today, found my copy of "The Best Of Ace." I had forgotten that Paul Carrack was the lead singer, and had forgotten what a good band they were. Gave me the impetus to go dig out more of my Paul Carrack stuff - I truly think he's one of the best vocalists there is. I saw Ace in concert at the Orlando Sports Stadium, and while memory gets fuzzier and fuzzier, I think the bill was Ace, then Bob Seeger, then Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes... Had to be JUST before Seger broke big, since I can't imagine him second on that bill, or actually even playing the Orlando Sports Stadium. I also remember walking out in the middle of Nugent's set... I never have been a huge fan of his. Still, I remember being very impressed with Ace (and Seeger, of course - always a live treat).
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Steve Baione - 10.2.2008
Don't crush that dwarf, Hand me the pliers. Why! that's nothing but a two bit ring from a crackerjack box...And this ones especially for you Monsiuer Stinky feet, How can you be two places at once when you're really no place at all????
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Charles Mipheetstinc - 10.1.2008
Excuse me, is this where the comedy auditions are taking place? I guess I'm the first one here. That's plenty jake with me, I really don't like lots of people looking at me. Truth be told, I really don't like people. Men, women, they all sort of get my goat, ya know? Anyhoo, I'd like to audition now, 'cause there's a Gunther Toody look-alike contest over at the Wasted Flummox at 9, and nickel beer from 9:00 to 9:03, so lemme get this damn thing over with. What? Me, hell now I don't look like Gunther Toody. You crazy? The contest is for chicks - chicks that look like Gunther Toody. Should I stand up there? O.K. I'm going to start my act now. Good evening. I just flew in from Altamonte Springs, and boy, are my wings sweaty. Actually, I travel between Longwood and Altamonte a lot and boy, it's hard to believe those places are in the same country. For instance, people in Longwood do this a lot, but I haven't seen anyone in Altamonte do that. Thank you. And Longwood women! Don't ask. Anyone here from Elizabeth, New Jersey? You're from Elizabeth, sir? Me too. What street? No kidding, me too. What street address? 87? You've got to be kidding? Did you know a Dickie Withers at 72? Well it does. Thank you, don't forget to tip the cigarette girl. I'm Charles Mipheetstinc, good night. Excuse me, is anyone thinking of driving over to the Wasted Flummox? I need a ride. If we can get there by 9, I'll buy you a beer.
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Buckets - 10.1.2008
its been a while since Ive been on, I am glad to be back... Jim, the concert I regret missing at the Sport Stadium was the GFR show..I was torn between playing Football for the High School or going to the show..I played and we won,but the people I hung with told me about the show and it was just like you said...sure Ihave seen Mark Farner later, and the new GFR shows several times even the one at Universal, but you know yourself the shows we saw then never were better than the shows we see today for whatever reason...age, we aren't young any more, new crouds, differant crouds and people...but your right...the shows in the late 60's and 70's will never be replaced in our hearts and memory and we have to pass that off to our kids...mine love when I tell them my stories of the old concerts and shows, big venues or small clubs and guess what..they are getting it too for as young as they are... and Jimmy C, who could forget Friar Tucks, there were great shows there... thanks for remembering bro
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jimmy c. - 9.30.2008
For Denise Allen re: 7.13.2008 post Thanks for unfogging my brain! I was stationed at Orlando Naval Base in 1977 and went to almost every concert you listed at the Tangerine Bowl. I bring this up now because after the 7/03/77 Andrew Gold , Hall and Oates , Jimmy Buffet , The Eagles concert I met Jimmy Buffet at Friar Tucks. Anybody have a memory of that place?
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Craig Michaels - 9.24.2008
Don, If she wants me to yodel, I'm good with it... If you see her, please tell her I'd be VERY easy to get along with. Yeah, I had one of those cheesy "interview" picture discs in the store way back when. It was a good photo... I think I priced it at some absurd price so nobody would buy it. Looked good up there.
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Don Gilliland - 9.24.2008
Craig; are you sure it's singing you want to do with Ann Margaret ... or a bit of rolling around in a large vat of baked beans! Didn't you have a copy of one of her albums at your store that was on colored vinyl of some sort? And to John: happy to surprise you with that music tip. What amazes me is that I'm still discovering new "old" music and sounds that I missed during my retail days. So much good stuff out there that was neglected by mainstream press and radio.
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Jim McPherson - 9.18.2008
Hmmm, this is interesting ... I was going thru some Grand Funk RR albums online and discovered that the 2002 reissue of " Closer To Home " contains 3 live bonus tracks recorded 06/25/70 @ the Orlando Sports Stadium ...way cool ! The tracks are " In Need "," Heartbreaker " and " Mean Mistreater " ... 3 of the same songs that appeared on " Grand Funk Live " but those versions were recorded 2 days earlier @ Jacksonville Coliseum. I remember a friends older brother telling me about going to the OSS show; said it was a totally insane scene, one of the most high energy concerts he had ever been to. The tracks sound pretty good considering OSS was never known for great acoustics. It sounds like they were taped inside a big ol' barn LOL !
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Jim McPherson - 9.18.2008
Hey John, another good version of " Bohdisattva " is by Toto ( yeah, they're still around ! ). It's on their 2003 release " Live In Amsterdam ", recorded on their 25th annv. tour as a tribute to original Toto / Steely Dan drummer, the late Jeff Porcaro. Pretty faithful to the original, features some blistering fretwork by Steve Lukather ( a criminally underrated guitarist ! ). Probably a song that ranks high on a lot of musicians favorites lists ... it's a great song for showing off your chops.
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John Aseff - 9.16.2008
Don - I never knew Brian Setzer did a version of "Bodihsattva". Leave it to you to surprise me yet again. You've been doing that since you opened Murmur. Well, actually, pretty much since our Record Mart days. Now I'm off to find Setzer's version.
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JIm McPherson - 9.15.2008
Yet another great loss in the world of rock-n-roll ... R.I.P. Richard Wright ! By the way, which one of them WAS Pink ? : - )
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Wayne Mereck - 9.15.2008
R.I.P. Richard Wright, may it be a great gig in the sky! Cheers
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Craig Michaels - 9.15.2008
Don, Setzer's version of that is great, you're right! With the season approaching, your post reminded me of another classic in a different genre that he absolutely knocks dead... his version of the sort-of-Christmas-song "Baby It's Cold Outside" is great... and Ann Margaret does the female vocals on the version! I don't really care how old she is... I'd like to do some singing with Ann Margaret...
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Don Gilliland - 9.14.2008
Did any of you ORJ-ers ever hear Brian Setzer's version of "Bodihsattva"? Really, really good. Setzer and his band (the newer Orchestra, not the Stray Cats) rip it up.
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Mike Zarek - 9.13.2008
Oh, re: Rock Band 2, see this link: http://www.destructoid.com/fear-it-bodhisattva-on-expert-guitar-in-rock-band-2-101113.phtml
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Mike Zarek - 9.13.2008
Bodhisattva is being included in the latest version of Rock Band 2. Apparently there was alot of complaining that in the first version of the game many of the note charts were "too easy". So far, at least regarding Bodhisattva in "expert mode", most of the commentary on the web is: "HOLY SHIT!!!! Is that even possible??"
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Charles Mipheetstinc - 9.13.2008
Does this look infected to you?
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Jim McPherson - 9.12.2008
I remember going into a bar across the street from UCF ( or was it still FTU back then ) in the late 70s and the band they had playing covered " Bohdisattva ". I thought that was pretty cool, it'd not the kind of song your average bar band would try and tackle and they wailed on it too ! I also heard a pianist at the Peabody Hotel playing it one time, sounded a little strange on solo piano but you had to give him points for trying !
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Mike Zarek - 9.12.2008
Somehow, with all the nonsense we've been spewing lately, that Dan intro just really fit right in....
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John Aseff - 9.12.2008
Steve - You now My Name was definitely one of my favorite Beatles songs. When I was a kid they had that 45 on the free jukebox in the clubhouse of our apartments. Along with Spirit in the Sky and a Simon & Garfunkel song or two. I used to play You Know My Name and bet people that they couldn't guess who it was. I think it's on the Rarities album. One bit of interest. Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones plays sax on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Know_My_Name_(Look_Up_The_Number)
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Wayne Mereck - 9.11.2008
Mike, you gotta love the Dan. And Steve I heard a interview with Paul M. and he said that was his favorite Beatle song, because they had so much fun producing it. Cheers
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Don Gilliland - 9.11.2008
Mike: thanks for bringing a smile to my face tonight with that musical memory! That live version of Steely Dan's "Bodhissavata" is one of my all-time favorites; great drunken intro and a sizzling live version of that song. Those were memorable days for great music!
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Lee Arnold - 9.11.2008
New York City took my love away...
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Steve Baione - 9.11.2008
Bodhisattva, won't you take me by the hand. Can you show me. The shine of your Japan. The sparkle of your China. Bodhisattva.
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Mike Zarek - 9.10.2008
Testing... one, two... testing Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen We're glad you made it here tonite Becau' you gonna miss a... you can tell yo friend tomorro' that they gonna miss out on a (bleep)damn good thang we gonna give you tonite. (drum roll) Yeah! Right on! What we gonna give you tonight, it'll be down to the nitty gritty. Yeah! You can tell all yo friends... Way home in uh... Hell... Hell! I don't care, you can tell 'em, in anyway you want (bleep)! Hahahahahaha... You can tell 'em that, you can tell 'em tonite That Santa Monica had been definee' set on fire. And they make, and they make out on uh... them good thang. The best thing ever happened to Santa Monica is gonna be here tonite. (drum roll) Yeah! And you can also... Aw, you little ol' purty... purty, little purty one, Uh! If he ain't here tonite, Uh! You can tell him, forget it too, you know. Because, Mister... Whatevah, is here tonite He gonna get down tonight, Brother He gonna get with it He gonna give you something that Santa Monica that never had. If it good to ya, it got to be good for ya! Right on! Yeah! And one thing I can tell ya, Brother. He's here tonight. Mr. Magnificent one is here... The Beautiful one is here... Hahaha, you little 'ol purty one, you here two You know... Whatevah. Here is the Magnificent one The one and only one Mr... Steely... Dan... Whatever!
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Mike Zarek - 9.10.2008
No announcement on yesworld.com yet, but a Yes fan discussion board seems to confirm it. Supposedly an east coast arena tour is in the works... we'll see!
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Jim McPherson - 9.9.2008
Extra points to Craig for that ID ! I'd forgotten all about that Pink Floyd cut ... and I used to own the Ummagumma album back in the day. " Grantchester Meadows " was always my favorite track. Hey Mike Z ... speaking of Yes, I read today they've gone the Judas Preist / Journey route and tapped a singer from a Canadian Yes tribute band to fill in for an ailing Jon Anderson on their upcoming tour. Seems Anderson suffered acute respiratory failure during an asthma attack, to the point that he was " dead " for two minutes before being revived, according to his daughter. The new singer is one Benoit David, who fronts the prog-rock band Mystery, in addition to the tribute band Close To The Edge, who perform music from the '71 - '74 era of Yes. Also joining the tour will be Oliver Wakeman, Ricks' oldest son, on keyboards. A clip of Benoit performing with his tribute band can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?=c3BFuxBayxg
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Craig Michaels - 9.9.2008
Pink Floyd, "Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict" from the Ummagumma album... monologue rumored to have been delivered by Moondog...
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Steve Baione - 9.9.2008
Sorry, But I couldn't resist: Aye an' a bit of Mackeral settler rack and ruin ran it doon by the haim, 'ma place well I slapped me and I slapped it doon in the side and I cried, cried, cried. The fear a fallen down taken never back the raize and then Craig Marion, get out wi' ye Claymore out mi pocket a' ran doon, doon the middin stain picking the fiery horde that was fallen around ma feet. Never he cried, never shall it ye get me alive ye rotten hound of the burnie crew. Well I snatched fer the blade O my Claymore cut and thrust and I fell doon before him round his feet. Aye! A roar he cried frae the bottom of his heart that I would nay fall but as dead, dead as 'a can be by his feet; de ya ken? ...and the wind cried Mary. If you can guess this one you are a bigger fan than I.....How Obscure.
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Mike Zarek - 9.9.2008
Isn't it amazing how in the middle of all this nonsense some lyrics from Yes just seem to fit right in?
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No - 9.9.2008
Sing, bird of prey; Beauty begins at the foot of you. Do you believe the manner? Gold stainless nail, Torn through the distance of man As they regard the summit. Even Siberia goes through the motions. Hold out and hold up; Hold down the window. Outbound, river, Hold out the morning that comes into view. Bluetail, tailfly. River running right on over my head.
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Phillip MaBong - 9.8.2008
Backside melts into the sofa. My world, my TV, and my food Besides listening to my belly gurgle Ain't much else to do Yeah, I sweat a lot num grumble annngh shit Pants fall down every time I bend over And my feet itch Yeah-I married a scarecrow I hate you Talking to myself Everybody's starin' at me I'm only bleedin' Someone taps me on the shoulder every 5 minutes Nobody speaks English anymore Would anybody tell me I was gettin' stupider? I hate you Talking to myself You don't feel it after awhile You take the beating I'm a swingin' guy Throw a belt over the shower curtain rod And swing - - - Toss me inside a Hefty And put me in the ground. A drink needs me I don't I ain't about to guzzle no tears so kiss my ass newscasters, cockroaches, and desserts I hate you Talkin' to myself Everybody's starin' at me I'm only bleedin' Where are the kids? I don’t know. maybepregnantorondrugs oronwelfareontopoftheworld thehonorrolonparoleontheDodgers onthebackofmilkcartonsonstakes inthemiddleofcornfields oncoversoffuturehistorybooks onoldlady'smantleswalkin'onwaternailedoncrosses I think it's time I had a talk with my kids I'll just tell 'em what my daddy told me YOU AIN'T NEVER GONNA AMOUNT NOTHIN'
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Mike Zarek - 9.8.2008
Whatever it is, it CAN'T be smokeable.... and if it is, send me some seeds.....
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Charles Mipheetstinc - 9.7.2008
For quality assurance, this message may be recorded. If you'd like to continue in Spanish, press 2. Your call is very important to us so please, stay on the line and one of our operators will be with you shortly. While you're waiting, we invite you to think about bunions. Ever have one? Oh my lordy, they hurt like heck. I've got one on the 3 of my toes. Last Thursday they started arguing with one another. It kept me up all night. It's one thing to have feet that hurt, it's another to have 3 bunions on your feel keep you up all night arguing. And what are they arguing about? Last night it was " Why do Americans drop the ‘h’ on the word herbs?" A few nights ago it was "Why can't bunions grow sideburns?" Actually, sometimes they get into very interesting conversations, and I listen all night because I want to. For instance, a week ago last Monday, one bunion asked," Why did George Lucas redub Aunt Beru’s response to Uncle Owen’s question, “Did he take those droids with him?” from “I think so” to “I think so”?" I had my own opinions about this, but I didn't want my wife (who could sleep thru anything)to hear me talking to my feet about Star Wars, so I just listened. Okay, I've got to go now, I've volunteered to see if it's possible to drink Lake Eola dry with a paper straw. Actually, a waxed paper straw, not just paper, that would be nuts, right? Okay, it's been pleasant spending this time with you, stay vibrant and never forget that while there are many great Christmas songs, there really very few good songs about tongues.
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Steve Baione - 9.6.2008
R.I.P. Jerry Reed. The first record I ever purchased was a 45 of "Amos Moses". I remember playing it for my brother-in-law, who I guess was not impressed. He came back a week later with a 45 of "Let It Be". That kind of changed things for me. The flip side was a song named "You know my name". Not your typical Beatles song. Anybody remember that song?
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Roger Brown - 9.6.2008
Interesting coincidence - I was searching the net for info on central FL rock bands of the '60's & came upon a youtube cover of We The People's My Brother The Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtwB6Wy-8zU&feature=related. In the comments, original member David Duff mentioned that Tommy Talton is now in Georgia & touring with his band. I checked out Tommy's myspace & found out his keyboardist, Tony G, has often times played with my nephew's band, Big City Sunrise & also played keyboards on their just released CD. Tommy Talton Band & Big City Sunrise will be at the Sautee Jamboree on Sept. 27, along with Blueground Undergrass & others. http://www.snca.org/news/jamboree08.html Music is a never-ending circle!
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Uncle Salty - 9.5.2008
Love the Bob Seger and Poco shows. Anymore shows going to be posted?
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Craig Michaels - 9.4.2008
Looking through some old discs today, and came across one I had forgotten about... Potliquor's "Levee Blues," with the song "Cheer" on it. Hadn't heard THAT album in a while! Sounded good...
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John Aseff - 9.1.2008
R.I.P. Paul Cole. He was on the Abbey Road album cover. He wasn't one of the four guys who are crossing the street. He's the guy on the right standing on the sidewalk watching history. http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/feb/15/30gtpaul-cole-man-on-beatles-abbey-road-cover/
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John Aseff - 8.31.2008
Charles - Very entertaining read. Thank you for that. When you get a chance please forward some of what you're smoking. I haven't been blotto in a while :-) Sincerely, John Outbackadahouse
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Shirley Thoujest - 8.28.2008
Wanted: Female respondents for a spooning survey. Apply within
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Lee Arnold - 8.28.2008
SOUP SPOONS UNITE!!!!
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Charles Mipheetstinc - 8.28.2008
Dear Sirs, I encourage everyone to take one brief moment to say hello to the soup spoons in their silverware drawer. In a new study it has been learned that of those who do speak to their utensils, 45 % greet their butter knives, 59% wish a pleasant good day and god bless to their forks ( 16% of those people offer a friendly "hi, how's the family?" to each individual fork tyne) 39 % not only give a sunny "howdy," to their shrimp deveining tool used to make shrimp more palatable for the customary shrimp cocktail served in 98% of all American homes as a surprise midnight treat for their Malamute puppies. I has saddened to learn that not one person of the 2 questioned in this extensive survey said one darn thing to their soup spoons. A survey conducted shortly after this survey has concluded that one of the two people survey thought the slight of the soup spoon to the the greatest tragedy of the 21st century. The other person involved in this survey responded with the customary, "I have issued a retraining order against your constant harrassment of me, my family, and for some strange reason, my kitchen utensils, I regret the day mom begged me to allow you to stay in our spare bedroom when your insurance benefits ran out." Interestingly enough, 50% of those surveyed responded that my brother Ronnie should never have been born and that he colors his hair with shoe polish. Thank you for your time. Don't forget to say hello to your soup spoon and "go Bears," (not the football team, but you, know bears, who might be constipated. This is a shout out to our ursine friends who most likely had too much cheese and are now blocked up. Also, don't forget to floss your deveined shrimp. Just because they may be part of a midnight snack for your malamute. Sincerely, Charles Mipheetstinc. Apopka, Florida
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Mike Zarek - 8.24.2008
More info: this collection is known as "Soul Mates", and there is also a "Soul Mates 2" and "Live at Tampa". "2" and "Live" are from the same source tape, made by someone who must have been closer to the stage than the person who recorded "Soul Mates" so the volume is said to be somewhat better. However, the closer person apparently had inferior equipment (lots of tape noise/hiss) and turned the tape off in between songs so there is no chatter from the stage or tuning. While "Soul Mates" is more complete, there are times when the crowd noise overpowers the music a bit. Personally, if this *is* a live recording of Derek and the Dominoes with Duane Allman, I would want the more complete recording. Anyway, more as I discover it.
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Mike Zarek - 8.24.2008
I have obtained what is purported to be a recording of Derek And The Dominoes at the Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa on 12/1/70. Wikipedia lists a show on this date at this venue as one of only two live shows that Duane Allman played with the band. Wikipedia also mentions that a boot of this show is available. I have not listened to all of it yet, so I don't know if there's any references recorded that will help authenticate it. The collection also includes some material from the band's appearance on the Johnny Cash Show, and two tracks attributed to a Lyceum Theatre (London) performance in 10/70. It is all recorded in .flac (lossless) format and is pretty big. I will be converting it to .mp3. I'll let y'all know what I find out and when it's converted.
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Micheal Vee - 8.24.2008
I see there was some interest a bit back about my Uncle Jocko, aka: Rusty Day. he was the former frontman for Cactus/Detroit/Amboy Dukes. I was touched that peple down there still cared about Rusty and his legacy. We are working to release some old basement tracks with him and Steve Gaines(pre-Skynrd recordings as 'Detroit'. Thanks to you for showing Rusty a little bit of love here. Long live Rusty Day. May Ron Sanders rot in hell. He is a piece of shit who killed my uncle and my cousin, who was my best buddy when I was younger. His son and I were the same age. He was supposed to be coming that very morning to spend the summer with his mother in Detroit. They were to leave for the airport at like 6 in the a.m but never had that chance. Jocko Sr. & Jocko Jr., nor Garth will ever be forgotten. We always called Rusty and Jr., both Jocko. Cuz Rusty wasa big fella if ya all didn't know. Anyways, thanks for the love of Rusty Day.
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Don Gilliland - 8.23.2008
Lee: sounds like a good show. Charlie Pickett ... the Cichlids ... those South Florida acts bring back memories of the late 70s and early 80s. I recall another good Miami band: the Mavericks! Yesterday & Today Records put out their first album. Good stuff, but I never thought the band would end up being as big as they did. Raul Malo is a great singer.
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Lee Arnold - 8.22.2008
The Second Annual Sheila Witkin Memorial Reunion Concert will be held on Friday, August 29th and Saturday, August 30th at Club Cinema, 3251 North Federal Highway in Pompano Beach beginning at 8PM. Doors open at 7PM. The first Sheila Witkin Memorial Reunion Concert was held on January 28th, 2007, and was included in the critically acclaimed documentary film Rock and a Hard Place:Another Night at the Agora that teamed veteran filmmakers Diane Jacques and Aaron Wells who chronicled the explosive original South Florida rock music scene of the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Last year’s concert lineup included the talents of Blank Tape, Charlie Pickett, Critical Mass, Z-Cars, Slyder, Tight Squeeze , The Kids featuring Johnny Depp, and a surprise performance by members of The Romantics. The film will be screened in conjunction with the Sheila Witkin Memorial Reunion Concert at the historic Cinema Paradiso at 503 SE 6th Street in Fort Lauderdale at 6PM on Friday and 5:30PM on Saturday, and will include exclusive interview and performance footage not seen previously. The 2008 concert lineup includes Charlie Pickett, Mad as Birds (with Debbie and Susan of The Cichlids ), Critical Mass, Z-Cars, The Reactions with members of Circus of Power, Slyder, Tight Squeeze , The Romantics and The Kids (Yes, Johnny Depp will be playing guitar with his old bandmates). The concert is being hosted by Mel T of Rock on Entertainment Management (ROEM) and Neal Mirsky, former programming director of legendary South Florida rock station WSHE (She’s Only Rock and Roll). Advance general admission tickets for the “all ages” concert event are currently on sale at ticketmaster for $32.50 for a single night, or $55 for both Friday and Saturday. Tickets to the film range from $9 for general admission to $5 for members of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. The concert and film events are being sponsored by The Las Olas Company, The Riverside Hotel on Las Olas Boulevard, Club Cinema, DM Records and Mako Vodka. For information on the concert, logon to www.sheilawitkin.org, or for more on the film visit www.anothernightattheagora.com. Proceeds from the concert benefit the Dan Marino and Sheila Witkin Foundations.
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Lee Arnold - 8.22.2008
HUBBA,HUBBA!!
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Craig Michaels - 8.16.2008
Anybody else heard the "leaked" songs from the maybe-this-time-we-mean-it forthcoming "Chinese Democracy" album from Guns 'n Roses?
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Steve Baione - 8.10.2008
Hi All. I recently purchased a USB ready turntable and have been transfering my LP's to MP3's. Just kicking back listening to Mother's Finest. RIP Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac. Peace...
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Lee Arnold - 8.3.2008
Doug, It's great to see you're still at it. ROBERT SCHEER was a great guest this morning. I'm glad to see you still carry the WORJ POV .
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John Aseff - 8.2.2008
Doug - Thanks for the info. I'll tune in Sunday morning and have a listen.
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Mike Zarek - 8.1.2008
Wow... now this is strange... a WORJ alum at the Ocala/G'ville home of Flush Bimbo and Neil Bore... Doug, get in touch with me; I work for Chip and PC (@ Mr. PC)... zeek@671mrpc.com (to the outside world: My bosses, Chip & Mr. PC, do a 3 hour afternoon talk show on Doug's station, WSKY.. It's called "The Drive Time Happy Hour"... I will leave the politics out of this)
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DOUG CLIFFORD - 8.1.2008
I'M GLAD TO SEE/HEAR THAT WORJ STILL LIVES. WHERE ELSE COULD I HAVE PLAYED EVERYTHING FROM EMMYLOU HARRIS TO MILES DAVIS WHEN I WORKED AS A WEEKENDER FROM 1973-1975 ? I REMEMBER SEEING THE OUTLAWS NEW YEAR'S EVE AT THE BACK DOOR AND TIM WEISBERG, RANDY NEWMAN AND HUDSON AND FORD AT BJ'S (?) RECORDING STUDIO . I'VE BEEN DOING RADIO NEWS FULL TIME IN GAINESVILLE/OCALA FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS. I'M ALSO THE 'TOKEN PROGRESSIVE' AT WSKY-FM. YOU CAN LISTEN ON THE WEB TO MY FACEITOUSLY TITLED PROGRAM 'ONE HOUR OF HOPE' FROM 9 TO 10 SUNDAY MORNINGS VIA THESKY973.COM
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Lee Arnold - 7.30.2008
Bon Jour Phil. So glad you like it.
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Phil - 7.30.2008
Hi all Big feeling hearing your music…. "my" music too ! Congratulations for your radio !!!! Thanks Phil of Marseilles in the south of France !!
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Lee Arnold - 7.26.2008
Remember the April Fools Day Commercials we ran? They are running on WORJ.com Radio. I will try and get them permanently posted in the "Air Checks" section of this site soon. Until then you can hear them on our little streamer.
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Craig Michaels - 7.23.2008
Um... say, Don! Can I... uh... can I take you to lunch? Have I mentioned how GOOD you look lately? Um.. shew... you don't think that maybe I could take a quick look at that DVD before it gets released, do you?? No reason... just... um... curiosity...
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Don Gilliland - 7.23.2008
Craig; not only were those parties tapes, we've unearthed boxes of "candid" phototgraphs. The whole thing will be packaged together and sold as a deluxe DVD box set!
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Craig Michaels - 7.22.2008
I'm going to take a wild guess that Lee's "oh well" was a comment on the ongoing "pledge drive" for the station, and if I'm right, it might mean Lee is having a difficult time scaring up a few bucks here and there. While I haven't had the honor of Lee's company for quite some time, I can say with confidence that it's not an easy thing for him to ask for donations to keep things running. That's NOT because he's such a vain or a proud man... it's simply because he's a good person with a huge heart, and if he could keep things running out of his own pocket forever, he'd do so. I can't imagine the time and effort it takes for him to keep this little eChild of his breathing, and I've certainly been witness to the joy it's brought to a lot of people over the course of a long, long time now... Times are tough in a lot of places, but I doubt Lee is asking anyone to kick in anything with five or six zeroes involved. On his behalf, I'll stump a little bit, and just mention that even little bits are a big help. And NO, I will NOT send any of those exclusive party photos as a gift for your donation!!! Good gawd, I'm blushing...
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Mike Zarek - 7.22.2008
??
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Lee Arnold - 7.22.2008
Oh well.
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Craig Michaels - 7.20.2008
Hey, Don... thinking a bit about it... um... none of the Dogfood parties were taped are anything, were they??
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John Aseff - 7.20.2008
Don - ditto on Steve Perry. Nails on a chalkboard? More like vise grips on the nads. Michael McDonald isn't nearly as horrible as Perry. I, too, hated it when he became the lead singer for The Doobies. Nobody could replace Tom Johnston. He was the sound of the Doobies. I thought McDonald was pretty darn good, though, singing backup for Steely Dan. I believe it's his backup voice that is the most prominent on Peg (Aja album). Peg wouldn't be the same without that sound. He's no lead singer. You are correct about that.
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The Reverend Liketo Sniffpanties - 7.18.2008
SHOCKED!! Shocked I am at the assertion that there was ever anything but good, wholesome, God-fearing, all-American activities at WORJ!!
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Craig Michaels - 7.17.2008
Lee, if they had the control room bugged, I'm betting you could raise a LOT of money from the on air people to keep those little gifties from being given...
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Lee Arnold - 7.17.2008
Ron and Big, Did you have the WORJ studios bugged? :-)
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Ron Jeremy - 7.17.2008
....and for a donation of $150, we'll send you the "Inside the WORJ Studio" DVD; Adults only, age 18+ verification required. All DJ's and their "guests" age 18 or over (or at least *claimed* to be), see 18 USC 2257.
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Big Bambu - 7.17.2008
...and if you donate at the $50 level, we'll send you this exclusive CD, "Sounds of the WORJ Studio", with all those classic "behind the mic" moments you love.... who can forget that 3:00 AM classic, "aaaawwwww shit... no more rolling papers...."
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Lee Arnold - 7.16.2008
Pledge Drive. All Donations, large or small, will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. You guys are the best. Thanks for sharing my passion.
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Denise Allen - 7.13.2008
It has been quite awhile since I've visited this message board. Last time I was on there was a discussion about the Rock Super Bowl Concerts at the T-Bowl and who played. Today while cleaning out the garage a box of old ticket stubs revealed themselves and gave up the following info .... Rock Superbowl 1- 5/29/77 Kenny Loggins , Bob Seger , Chcik Correa and Stanley Clark, Fleetwood Mac. 2 - 7/03/77 Andrew Gold , Hall and Oates , Jimmy Buffet , The Eagles 3 - 9/04/77 Rick Derringer, Kansas, Peter Frampton 4 - 07/78 Southpaw , Foreigner , Pablo Cruise , Bob Seger 5 - 08/05/78 Little River Band, Steve Miller Band , Jimmy Buffett What a way to spend those hot Florida summers. On another note, Don Thanks for all your charitable efforts. I was happy to have a reliable source to make a contribution to and hope I can send morte soon.
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Don Gilliland - 7.11.2008
Just back from my latest trip to Myanmar (doing lots more charity work there this time around; due to both the cyclone damage and general poverty over there) and saw Craig's post about most annoying singers. My own "nails on the chalkboard" dislikes: Steve Perry of Journey and Michael McDonald (loved the Doobie Brothers ... until he joined the band).
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Jim McPherson - 7.9.2008
Interesting item ... next Tuesday, July 15, Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Bands " Magic Tour Highlights " to all digital download stores. The package consists of 4 audio tracks with accompanying videos, all recorded during the recent " Magic " tour. One of the tracks is a performance of " Turn, Turn, Turn " with special guest Roger McGuinn, recorded here in Orlando,FL on 4/23/08. Also included is a 3/20/08 recording of " 4th Of July, Asbury Park ( Sandy ) in Indianapolis,IN; keyboardist Danny Ferdericis final performance with the band. On sales of these downloads, all the artists, songwriters and music publishers are waiving all of their royalties, and Columbia Records is donating all of its net profits to the Danny Federici Melanoma Fund. In addition, the ITunes store is donating their first years net profits as well. Tune in to www.brucespringsteen.net on July 15 for download information!
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Lee Arnold - 7.4.2008
HAPPY JULY FOURTH!!!!! http://leearnoldsblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/star-spangled-banner.html
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Billy Walker - 6.30.2008
Wow sorry to hear about Rusty of Cactus, saw them at Orlando Sports Stadium too!
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Jim McPherson - 6.28.2008
Hey Steve, thanks for that info ! It pretty much confirms what someone who knew some of the players involved told me awhile back. Apparently, Sanders was a singer for a band that played the Central Fla. club cicuit back in the day. He was considered the main suspect in the murders but because of his suicide I don't think they were ever able to prove it conclusively.
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Steve Baione - 6.28.2008
Hello All. Hey Jim, I found some info on the death of Rusty Day of Cactus. I did a search and ended up looking in Wikipedia. Here’s what I found. In 1982, Day was working on an album with Uncle Acid & The Permanent Damage Band, as well as dealing cocaine. Day owed money to Ron Sanders, one of the guitar players in his band, after a minor cocaine deal. Monte "Mondo" Thomas, Day's lead guitarist and close friend, explained Sanders as: "...a madman, he was a millionaire and a real bad coke fiend." Thomas and Day both lived in Day's house in Longwood, Florida, along with Day's 11-year old son Russell. Thomas had agreed to drive a friend out of town, and was therefore not present when Sanders opened fire with a machine gun shooting through the windows in Day's house, killing Day, his son Russell, and a house guest, Garth McCrae. Ron Sanders shot himself six weeks later, after police had surrounded his house due to entirely different charges than the triple murder weeks before. Cactus was initially conceived in late 1969 as a super group of the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section, bassist Tim Bogart and drummer Carmine Appice with guitarist Jeff Beck and singer Rod Stewart. However, Beck had an automobile accident and Stewart joined Ronnie Wood in the Faces. Out of frustration, Bogert and Appice formed what we now know as Cactus in 1969. The cast was complete when Day joined them on vocals and Jim McCarty joined on lead guitar. Had Beck’s accident not happened Both Cactus and The Faces might not have had their signature sound. Peace…
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Lee Arnold - 6.26.2008
Thanks. Seems fine now.
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Mike Zarek - 6.25.2008
Working fine here, 7:30pm 6/25 ... tick...tick...tick...tick... ;-)
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Lee Arnold - 6.25.2008
Eastern Time> :-) On a different note, is anyone having trouble today listening to the WORJ.com stream? I have reports from some folk saying that when they try to listen, that the Live365 voice says that we've reached our maximum amount of listeners. I would appreciate if you would try and listen and see if you get the same message. Thanks
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Mike Zarek - 6.25.2008
tick...tick...tick...tick.....
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Craig Michaels - 6.24.2008
Lee, need to know... 10pm eastern? Central? Help help!
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Lee Arnold - 6.24.2008
Please move this content to after 10 PM
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Mike Zarek - 6.24.2008
....yes, you can prick your finger... but don't finger your prick!!
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Craig Michaels - 6.23.2008
And how come the baseball announcer can say, "The batter has two balls on him," but he can't say, "Oh, I wonder if he hurt his balls? Well... he's holding them... he must have hurt them!"
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Craig Michaels - 6.23.2008
Tater tits! Cheese tits! Betcha can't eat just one!
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Mike Zarek - 6.23.2008
....and tits doesn't even belong on the list!! I mean, it's such a *friendly* sounding word.....Kinda like a nickname!.....
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Lee Arnold - 6.23.2008
Jim, I'm impressed!! Been playing with theme sets for a while now. I was wondering if any one was picking up on it.
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Jim McPherson - 6.23.2008
If it's Monday, it must be theme day ... so far, groups of songs featuring the words " free ", " heart " and " old ". It's turning into a game of trying to guess what the next song might be, sort of a version of " Stump The Chump ". I haven't guessed right once but I'm enjoying the playlist anyways ! : - )
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Lee Arnold - 6.23.2008
Mike, a fitting tribute to George. Well said!!
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Mike Zarek - 6.23.2008
RIP George Carlin..... there will never be another...and.. simply because I can... SHIT PISS FUCK CUNT COCKSUCKER MOTHERFUCKER TITS!
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John Aseff - 6.22.2008
Billy - good one! :-)
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Billy Walker - 6.22.2008
Reply to John Aseff.. I think your right there was a pretty decent band from Athens, I just can't seem to REMember their name...
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John Aseff - 6.21.2008
I just acquired Brighter Than Creation's Dark. Good stuff so far. I was reading on Wikipedia that they hail from Athens. Actually 3 of the members of DBT hail from the Shoals region of Northern Alabama. Wasn't there another decent band from Athens? :-)
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John Aseff - 6.21.2008
Don - Thanks for the suggestion. I've been looking for new things to listen to since I now have a 50 minute commute each way. I hope you have a safe trip to Myanmar on Monday. Let us know how it goes.
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John Aseff - 6.21.2008
Milli Vanilli. Now THERE'S an act that deserves Honorable Mention on Steve's list.
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Craig Michaels - 6.21.2008
I guess technically Milli Vanilli could NEVER go on a "Most Annoying Singers" list, since they didn't sing...
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Don Gilliland - 6.21.2008
Any of y'all listen to the Drive-By Truckers? Great band with several very fine albums. They remind me of some of the great southern rock bands of the 70s, but with better lyrics. Their newest album, "Brighter Than Creation's Dark" is one of their best yet. This band rocks!
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John Aseff - 6.21.2008
I don't know Steve. After that little lip-sync, hillbilly dance thing she did on Saturday Night Live, I think Ashlee deserves more than Honorable Mention. She deserves to be in the top 5 at least.
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Steve Baione - 6.19.2008
Hello All. I was checking my mail on Yahoo the other day and found a forum on “The Most Annoying Singers Ever” I jotted down a few names and here’s what I came up with. #1. Trace Adkins, The Honkytonk Badonk-a-Donk Guy. #2. Celine Dion, Because I’m Diabetic. #3. Axel Rose, Because he’s such a Whiney-Ass Crybaby. #4. Bjork, Avant-garde, Yes. Annoying, Even more so. #5. Michael Bolton, Why Not?. #6. Yoko Ono, What to hell was John thinking giving her a microphone??? #7.Wesley Willis, “I Whupped Batmans Ass” was funny as hell, but the worlds worst vocalist. #8. Scott Stapp, Too many reasons to list. #9. Tiny Tim. God bless him #10. David Haselhoff, The Germans love him, Go figure… Honorable mention goes to Ashlee Simpson.
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John Aseff - 6.19.2008
I recently picked up the new CD Warpaint by The Black Crowes. I had not listened to any of their stuff for a while. I guess I got tired of it. This one is a breath of fresh air. If you ever liked The Black Crowes it's definitely worth a listen.
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Jim McPherson - 6.13.2008
While surfing the web recently, I came across an album by a '70s also-ran band named Blackjack. I actually saw them at the Lakeland Civic Center as an opening act, though I can't for the life of me remember who the headliner was now. Their 1st album was getting some local airplay but the crowd at this show was not much into them at all. They were trying their hardest to get the audience fired up, finally resorting to covering " Rocky Mountain Way ", but by then the crowd was like "...NEXT!". Anyways, when I looked to see who was in the band, I about fell out of my chair laffing ... the guitarist was Bruce Kulick, who went on to play for KISS in the '80s and the singer was Michael Bolotin, who later shortened his last name to Bolton ... yeah, THAT Michael Bolton... EEK ! Maybe that crowd was onto him already. It would make a good episode of one of those " Before They Were Famous " shows. OK, I admit I bought his CD " The Hunger " back when it came out, probably the last decent thing he did before heading off into the easy listening wastelands, never to return. His cover of " Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay " sure beat Sammy Hagars version at least !
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Jimk McPherson - 6.12.2008
Talk about a blast from the past ... Return To Forever with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola and Lenny White, Aug. 1 @ the House of Blues ! : - )
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Billy Walker - 6.12.2008
I really remember those far-out posters advertising Together Productions Concerts, especially hanging at "The Infinite Mushroom" old site behind the old Colonial Plaza!
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Billy Walker - 6.6.2008
Thanks Lee, so great to hear Morrie is doing well. He was "The Man" in my day and Together Productions put on the best concerts I've ever seen (Orlando Sports Stadium).
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Lee Arnold - 6.6.2008
The Message Board is back. Please post away. :-)
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Lee Arnold - 6.5.2008
Morrie is a successful Movie Producer in Hollywood. He was the main Concert promoter in Orlando in the early '70s. First with Together Productions (his own company), than with L & S Productions which merged into HBS Productions(Paul Block, Peter Shanaberg, Richard Herre and Joe Lambusta). The "S" in L&S and HBS, was Pete Shanaberg, who brought Morrie to the West Coast to work in the Movie business with him. Other WORJ alumni who worked with Morrie and Pete in Hollywood were Paul Yeskel and Paul Weiss. Morrie was on WORJ often announcing his shows. He was a friend of the station. We worked closely together. Morrie is still a dear friend. I spoke to him last week.
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Billy Walker - 6.5.2008
Gee I feel young until I try to remember something. I mentioned a "Barrie Eisenman", I think it was "Morey Eisenman" and again spelling is all my fault! Anyone recall this Bro?
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John Aseff - 6.3.2008
My pleasure Lee. More to follow.
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Mike Zarek - 6.3.2008
Billy, 107.7 FM was WORJ-FM .. it later changed to Zeta7, and then to Joy 108...
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Billy Walker - 6.2.2008
I'm just getting up to speed here, but memories are pouring back. Wasn't 107.7 the "progressive" station of the late 60's early 70's and do I remember a Barrie Eisenman (spelling my fault) or something close to that?
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Mike Zarek - 6.2.2008
Here's a 107.7 FM tie in to Bo ... In the early 80's, Joy 108 hit #1 12+ in the Orlando market for a while... A party was thrown during which much booze was poured down advertiser and agency throats ... and much stuff went up noses, tho not bought by the station... Bo Diddley was hired to play... It was at the Radisson near Lake Ivanhoe as I recall....
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Mike Zarek - 6.2.2008
Yeah, just saw that about Bo. He was living in Archer, FL, not too far from here (Ocala).
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Jim McPherson - 6.2.2008
R.I.P. Bo Diddely ! :-(
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Billy Walker - 6.1.2008
oops that was WLOF Channel 95 (WOLF)
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Mike Zarek - 6.1.2008
If it was instrumental, my guess would be "El Becko", from Jeff Beck's "There and Back".
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Wayne Mereck - 6.1.2008
"Grand Larceny" by Sea Level sounds like what you are looking for.
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Mike - 6.1.2008
What eas that song that was used as an intro in the 1980 time frame? It started off kinda space age with a systhesizer and ended up with a catchy guitar riff.....
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Mike Zarek - 6.1.2008
Rick Namey: email me... zeek@671mrpc.com. Thanks
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Billy Walker - 5.31.2008
Thanks Lee, board's a really nice trip down "Memory (or is it Penny) Lane)! The "Werd Beard eh, I remember him was he at WOLF- channel 95?
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Lee Arnold - 5.31.2008
Welcome aboard, Billy.
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Lee Arnold - 5.31.2008
John. Thanks, much appreciated
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Wayne Mereck - 5.31.2008
Very sad news about "The Wierd Beard". I found his site in early 2007 and wrote him about how he had influenced me and my friends. I also told him about this site and invited him to post. I am glad that he did and we had a last chance to hear from him. Very sad news indeed.
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Billy Walker - 5.30.2008
So many memories from Steve Miller, Bob Seger System, Cactus, Black Sabbath, Poco, Elephant's Memory, Ruth Copeland, John Sebastian, Allman Bros Band, psychedelic backdrops, free entry for late comers (riot started when they ended that tradition"), main floor unreserved lay on your blanket and mingle type seating, wow, those were the days
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Billy Walker - 5.30.2008
Never forget the most surrealistic moment of my life as I stood in the middle of a pepper-gas filled stadium with crowds running over each other fleeing outside to waiting mass police cars and helicopters as a riot went on, while at the same time John Sebastian sat alone on a stool on stage , singing "I had a dream last night, what a lovely dream it was..."
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Billy Walker - 5.30.2008
Cut my teeth on Rock n Roll at the Orlando Sports Stadium, late 60's - early 70's!
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Billy Walker - 5.30.2008
Cut my teeth on Rock n Roll at the Orlando Sports Stadium late 60's - early 70's!
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Lee Arnold - 5.30.2008
Ladies and Gentlemen---Let's welcome my cousin, Jimmy Silverman to the Board. Jimmy was an integral part of the WORJ Sales Team and served as Sales Manager. He also is featured in many pictures in the pictures section. A Rocker forever and a music freak. He was born to work at WORJ. Hey cuz, welcome home.
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jim silverman - 5.29.2008
Lee, it's good to be back in your life cuz....only 32 years...well some folks never come back. I vividly remember dudes driving over 150 miles roundtrip to secure a WORJ license plate or t-shirt! We had lots of fun in the 70's and the ORJ was the community...not like now where everyone walks around in their own world...now everyone thinks they're a dj. Too bad. J
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Mike Zarek - 5.29.2008
I remember listening to Bill on WLOF "back in the day" and had the pleasure of meeting him in later years as our paths crossed in the computer/tech biz. Bill was always on the cutting edge, be it music or tech. Way back before the internet was a household appliance, and when most of us were dialing in to "BBS" systems, Bill was providing full Unix shell access to the internet via dialup phone line, all from his home. The good news is that his spirit will never leave us, and WORJ.COM is proof. (My apologies for being a little tardy.. I was on vacation and I was only able to check my email via cell phone).
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Chal Martina - 5.28.2008
"Channel 95...5...5...5. You ain't heard nothin yet." And we never will again. Thank you Bill for so much.
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Rick - 5.27.2008
He had a lot to do with my getting into radio, whether or not that was a good thing. Haha! He was so accessible. I took him some turkey and fixins at Thanksgiving one year when he was complaining over the air about having to work. I think that was 1965 or 66. I played this prank on him one time in 64 or 65. I had just started working there and they were doing a Mustang giveaway. Vermillion was riding in the Channel 95 Mustang from Heintzelman Ford with one of those old fashioned car phones, and he'd call in a description of the car he was following and then he was supposed to give out their license number, then they'd have 95 minutes to call and claim a prize and a chance to win the car. I followed him out of the station parking lot and every time he'd do a phone in, I'd pass him and get in front of him. He couldn't give out my license number, so he'd just make up some excuse. I was laughing my ass off. Anyway, as much shit as happened over the years, that was his favorite story about me. He told it again at the reunion show. You'd think it would have pissed him off, but he thought it was funny. We remained friends even when I was the competition and I always heard he had nothing but good things to say. But that was true of everybody - he didn't bad-rap people. I remember at LOF he was always proud of his engineer's license (he had what we used to call a first phone - a first class FCC license). More so than the music or the killer ratings, he thought of himself as an engineer first. I was in the studio the first time he got a letter addressed to Dover Million. He thought it was funny as shit. I miss that place. I miss that time. But I feel truly honored and blessed that I was there. Mike, it was the bonus bell boing buzzer beep beep, just thought I'd clear that up. Oh, Hi There. Let's take a moment to remember Melvin Dejokomo, T. Wilson Messy, Herman Kabibble, Akbar Carr, Natalie Attired and Shirley Schechtenloostengarten - I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly.
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bobby - 5.27.2008
Love Mr. Bill. Just heard the news. What's the plans? Please let me know more. 407-951-7831. Bobby Church
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Wayne Osley - 5.27.2008
Bill V will always be a legend in these parts!! Thanks for the memories...
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Craig Michaels - 5.26.2008
Lyons and Cooper... Orlando's REAL Mike and Mike!
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Roger Brown - 5.26.2008
Just posted of Bill's passing on Orlando craigslist in the local news section. Anyone that greew up in central FL in the '60's will always have fond memories of "The Wierd Beard". God bless you, Bill!
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Jim McPherson - 5.26.2008
Though I only knew him as a listener, Bill Vermillion made an impression that lasts to this day. Listening to WLOF back then, you just knew it wasn't your average Top 40 station. He actually wrote a couple of posts on this site on 10/25/2007, for those who might have missed it ! I was hoping to read some more stories I'm sure he must have had from the golden age of Central Fla. radio. Sadly now, it's not to be. R.I.P. Bill ... you touched more lives than you'll ever know. At least we know heaven will have cool radio stations now when we get there.
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Mike Lyons - 5.26.2008
So sad to hear that Bill has passed. First DJ that I ever called and talked to back in the Fall of 1968 when I first moved to Orlando. I was just a junior at Edgewater but we talked for ten minutes about Spirit. I worked with him two years later when I was hired to do interviews at WLOF on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Bill would let me share time with him listening to new 45's that piled up on the desk. I couldn't believe it. When I left to return fulltime at WORJ under Pat O'Day (Jerry Thompson, supposedly still alive and well in Seattle)I had to give two weeks notice for the first time in my life. Bill was so supportive and encouraging although he knew I would be working at the competition. Lee came in three months later and the heavens opened:) Through the years I ended up working with Bill again as he was our "sound" foundation, mixing at BeeJay for our SPRN shows. We could always be completely confident he would get it perfect for Randy Newman or James Burton and Glen Hardin from Presley's band when Emmylou came through. A dependable beast. I communicated a lot with Bill since I returned to Orlando in 2000. His eyesight was failing but he was still enjoying the tech field he had moved into YEARS before we all knew about NASDAQ. Always happy and always curious and always incredible ears that I aspired to match since that summer of '68. I'll never forget the mail he told me he still recieved addressed to "Dover Million" which was how he sounded when he pronounced his name on LOF boing-buzzer-beep-beep. I know he was pronouncing that correctly. Mike Lyons
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Don Gilliland - 5.26.2008
Very sad news, but thanks to Mike Cooper for passing it on. I own both a debt to Bill Vermillion and Mike Cooper; to Bill Vermillion for helping to hone my musical tastes via the programming on WLOF. Before the advent of WORJ, WLOF was Orlando's coolest radio station. And Mike Cooper, shame on you for staying in the background for so long. But I know you're a busy man --- still --- these days. Mike kindly sold me a "bunch" of records (yes, good old vinyl!) on consignment back in 1983, which helped me have enough inventory to open my Murmur Records shop in College Park. Of course I had to haul all those records in my aging Toyota from Mike's house in Atlanto back to Orlando, but it was worth it. Without Mike's vinyl, there would have been slim pickings in my record shop. And by coincidence, one of my regular customers at the shop on Edgewater Drive was none other than Bill Vermillion's son: Bill Jr.
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Craig Michaels - 5.26.2008
I only had the pleasure of meeting Bill briefly on a few occasions, but even those quick moments were enough for him to convey his passion for music and radio and innovation, and his track record always proved he was a man unafraid to put all three together. Whether you shook the man's hand or not, if you ever listened to Orlando radio "back in the day," you certainly owe a nod of thanks to Bill. More than once, before I knew very much about how all of this works, I'd take a trip "back home" (to Rochester, NY) with my folks, and spend the entire ride there and back wondering why none of the radio stations sounded anywhere near as good as WLOF... Obnviously, Bill Vermillion was the reason why.
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Lee Arnold - 5.25.2008
Bill was responsible for breaking more bands than anyone I know. He ran BeeJay Recording Studios after he left WLOF. We worked together when I programmed WORJ. He was our consulting Sound Engineer. He helped us build state-of-the-art studios and engineered all of our Southern Progressive Radio Network Concerts at BeeJay Studios.. WLOF opened the door for the success of WORJ, because of Bill's musical stance. WLOF was the most musically advanced Top 40 station in America under Bill's watchful eye and great ears and they dominated Orlando radio during the '60s. Bill was a great guy. A true friend. A consummate pro.I'm tired of saying these words lately. Bill will be missed.
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Lee Arnold - 5.25.2008
Bill was a great man and a true friend. He will be missed. Too sad to write more now.
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Mike Cooper - 5.25.2008
Sorry to make my debut on this board with an off-topic and sad posting, but I just received an e-mail from Ken Van Durand indicating that Bill Vermillion died yesterday. As a kid growing up in Orlando, WLOF aka Channel 95, was the coolest radio station musically and creatively -- until WORJ's beginnings as an evening-only FM broadcast (its sister AM middle-of-the-road station was broadcast during the day, before WORJ-FM went full-time). WLOF had creative presentation and alternative music not heard on typical top 40 stations. I never met Bill (the "Weird Beard" was a bit of a mystery to the average listener), but he clearly was the main creative influence at WLOF in those days, stirring a passion for radio and music among those of us who later listened to or worked for WORJ.
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Craig Michaels - 5.24.2008
Watched the film "Into The Wild" a couple of weeks ago (excellent, by the way), and was very struck by the music. Come to find out, the soundtrack was an Eddie Vedder project... I'm not the biggest Vedder fan in the world, but this is a really fine piece of work. Mainly solo guitar with minimal other instrumentation, it's a top notch album from start to finish; emotional, introspective, and a very nice compliment to an excellent film. Warning in advance, it's only about a half hour long... but it's a really impressive half hour!
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John Aseff - 5.24.2008
I just pre-ordered Walter Becker's new CD and they blessed me with a free download. Pretty decent stuff. Here it is for all to download and enjoy: http://www.acefstop.com/music/DoorNumberTwo.mp3
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Lee Arnold - 5.22.2008
Roger, Thanks for the kind words. I'll try to get the April Fools stuff up as soon as possible.
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Roger Brown - 5.19.2008
Kudo's on the station & the website, Lee! How's the work on the April Fools Aircheck coming. I don't think I've ever laughed so much as that day! What ever happened to the Worjets?
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Lee Arnold - 5.19.2008
Welcome aboard, David
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DAVID CONOVER - 5.18.2008
I CAN BELIEVE MY SEARCH FOUND WORJ. I STILL HAVE AN ORGINAL WORJ LICENSE PLATE IN ALMOST PERFECT CONDITION. THIS CERTIANLY BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES.
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Lee Arnold - 5.14.2008
WORJ.com can be listened to on many mobile phones now. Currently testing Radio365 Mobile on the following devices (more to be added with your help!) * AT&T 7525, Tilt * Audiovox 6700 * Blackjack * Cingular 8125, 8525 * Dell Axim X51V * Dopod 810, 595, 838 Pro * HP IPAQ 2750, hx4700, 510, 514 * HTC Orange SPV3100, Wizard, Mogul, 3300, 6800, Touch 6900, Touch P3450 * I-mate JAQ * Motorola Q, Q9 * PPC-6700 * Samsung i760 * Sony Ericcson K700I * Sprint PPC-6700 * Starcom 6700 * T-Mobile Dash, Wing, MDA * Treo 700w, 700wx, 750 * Verizon VX6700 Radio365-Mobile should operate on most mobile phones running Windows Mobile 5 or 6. May not run on the Windows 2003 or CE operating systems. Not available for Palm 650, 655 handsets. Go to http://www.live365.com/downloads/radio365-mobile-win/index.live and give it a try.
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Lee Arnold - 5.13.2008
Time and options are running out for Internet Radio. In the last 12 months, deals have been struck between SoundExchange and Internet radio's closest competitors that set their royalty rates at less than half of what webcasters pay, yet Internet radio is still in the same position - on the brink of extinction. We need your help to remind Congress that though Internet radio is still on the air and artists are still being paid for their work by webcasters, nothing has been resolved and we need them to act. CALL YOUR SENATORS and ask them to support the Brownback amendment to the Orphan Works Bill, S. 2913.
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Lee Arnold - 5.13.2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM!!!
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Jim McPherson - 5.12.2008
P.S... Don G., glad to hear you're OK over there, I was wondering if that cyclone affected where you're at. What a sad situation ... I read that the very first supply boat to reach the area sank on it's way in, those poor people can't catch a break ! And now the junta won't let any relief workers in, they want to hand out all the supplies themselves ... yeah, you can imagine how that's gonna go ! : - (
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Jim McPherson - 5.12.2008
Happy Birthday to Steve Winwood, who turns 60 today ... oh yeah, and to me, who turns 50 today ! Yikes ... you try and pretend it isn't coming but when you get that AARP card in the mail reality rears it's ugly head LOL ! Oh well, watcha gonna do ? Once upon a time The Rolling Stones sang " what a drag it is getting old ... " but they're now in their mid 60s and still rockin' so getting old ain't what it used to be. Haven't seen the film yet but I recently listened to the soundtrack from the Martin Scorsese Rolling Stones documentary " Shine A Light ". Sir Mick and Co. have definitely still got it ! Amazing that they can still find the fire to play old warhorses like " Jumping Jack Flash ", a hit FORTY years ago, and make it sound fresh. Their cover of "Champagne and Reefer ", with Buddy Guy, is a standout as is the Let It Bleed nugget " Live With Me " with Christina Aguilera ( ! ) on guest vocals... she brings an extra sass & verve to Jaggers down-n-dirty lyrics. I'd like to hear her sing " Gimme Shelter " with them ! After listening to " Shine A Light " I feel I may have to take back all those cracks I made in earlier posts about " The Strolling Bones ". : - )
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Don Gilliland - 5.11.2008
hey all you WORJ guys and gals; just a note to divert your attention to the current humanitarian crisis in Myanmar (Burma). That nasty cyclone last week has left many without food, water, medicine, shelter and even clothing. As some of you are aware, I travel to that country often and have friends in the Yangon (Rangoon) area. The Burmese (the evil Junta rulers aside) are incredibly kind people with resilient spirit. I'm trying to collect and distribute funds to give to the locals (I know 2 people who have their visas and are going over next week) over there this month. If you would like to, or are able to (I know times are tough for many of us these days) do anything to help, please check my blog (www.bangkokdazed.com) for details. Thanks!
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Craig Michaels - 5.8.2008
The Beale Street Festival last weekend was pretty amazing... I stayed away from the more mainstream aspects of it and concentrated on the blues stuff for the weekend, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I ran off at the wrist and wrote a pretty lengthy observation of the whole thing... I'd crash the board if I posted it here, but more than happy to send it along if anyone's interested... just drop me a line. Hope everyone is well! International Barbecue Competition coming up a week from tomorrow. Darn...
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John Aseff - 5.6.2008
Rick - go hereL http://www.amazon.com/Mudcrutch/dp/B0015FHDS6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1210116333&sr=8-1
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Lee Arnold - 5.6.2008
Steve-o, I do save it on multiple hard drives every 30 days. It's now at 201 pages in WORD. It would be horrible to lose the discourse that has happened here.
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Steve Mack - 5.6.2008
Lee: If you haven't thought of it already (and you probably have), this board should be archived. In ways, it reminds me a bit of those PSA cards we used to chortle over...
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Rick - 5.5.2008
What's all this about a Mudcrutch album? Where do I get it? How do I hear it? What am I missing?
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John Aseff - 5.5.2008
By the way - many thanks to Lee for the NIN download!
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John - 5.5.2008
Don - Yes it was Mark Eastman. I couldn't think of his name. I didn't know him all that well anyway.
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Craig Michaels - 5.5.2008
Wow... and the NIN album is being presented in a variety of formats, all high quality, and with full graphics. A very nice gesture on Trent's part... it will be interesting to see, considering his loyal fans and long-standing status in the music community, what kind of records this sets for web traffic and downloading from a single site!
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Lee Arnold - 5.5.2008
Nine Inch Nails are giving away their new album, The Slip, as a free download at www.nin.com. Trent Reznor is presenting the album as a token of his appreciation for his fans: “Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years. This one’s on me.” The download is available now.
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laketowner - 5.4.2008
fyi.... Danny Roberts and his wife were in a serious automobile accident on May 2nd, around noon, in Jacksonville, FL. Details will be posted here as soon as they are availible. We ask that everyone please keep Danny and his family in their thoughts and prayers. http://lakelandmusicandfriends.squarespace.com
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Don Gilliland - 5.3.2008
John, I think the buyer after I left Record Mart was Mark Eastman. Or it could have been Brian Martin. Both guys could have had the Mudcrutch tapes. Looking forward to hearing that on CD!
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John Aseff - 5.1.2008
I third the motion on Mudcrutch. Just heard it. Real nice stuff. Like smooth whiskey. At least it's how I imagine smooth whiskey to taste. I'm not much of a drinker. Don - there was a guy who worked at the Record Mart Warehouse who used do the ordering. At east when you weren't doing it. He had a tape of Mudcrutch recorded at that club in Winter Park behind Beefy King. Do you know who I'm talking about? Anyway, this new Mudcrutch effort doesn't sound much like I remember that old recording sounding. This new one is definitely good though.
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Jim McPherson - 4.29.2008
Copy that Lee ! I listened to it this afternoon ... it's Petty but not quite like you've never heard him before. It's kind of like when he was in the Traveling Wilburys, he seems to relish the role of just being one of the guys in the band rather than the out front leader. If one of the record companies had signed them back then, rather than just being interested in Petty as a solo act ... well, who knows what might have been ?!?!? Better late than never I guess !
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Lee Arnold - 4.29.2008
The Mudcrutch album is awesome!!
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John Aseff - 4.26.2008
I'm listening to The Motorcycle Song on WORJ. Life is good. Has anyone heard Alice's Restaurant Revisited? Arlo redid and sort of updated the whole album. Real nice.
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Mike Zarek - 4.25.2008
Congrats on 5 years of the site Lee! It's great to see WORJ lives on.
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Don Gilliland - 4.24.2008
Happy Anniversary Lee ... and all the rest of you cool and crazy WORJ listeners. What a strange, long trip it's been. Thinking back to those magical days of the early and mid 1970s, and listening to great radio and shopping in great record stores (Hanna's East-West remains the standard of cool!), and being turned on to so much great music in the process. And it's passed the test: I STILL listen to many of the albums I loved back then. I'm not stuck in a time warp by any means, I still love discovering new bands and artists, but I have a special place in my heart for the WORJ years. Give the spirit alive my friends!
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Jim McPherson - 4.23.2008
Man, 5 years of posts ... what a long, strange trip it's been. And a good one too. I know I've enjoyed it ! Thanks again Lee for all you do !
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Wayne Mereck - 4.23.2008
AND MANY MORE!!!!! Cheers
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Lee Arnold - 4.22.2008
Tomorrow (4/23) marks the 5 year anniversary of the FIRST posting on this board. That came mere days after the WORJ site came alive. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to us all!!
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John Aseff - 4.22.2008
I remember sitting in my car behind Colonial Plaza waiting for somebody and listening to the Nat'l Lampoon Comedy Hour. It was a skit about cowboys hanging an outlaw and they were talking about how he was well hung. That's all I remember. I always looked forward to the Nat'l Lampoon Comedy Hour.
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Mike - 4.22.2008
Cool....unfortunately all we get now is a very awful show called "against the grain " that airs on Sunday nights on WJRR. It sounds like a bunch of high school kids hangin' out in their bedrooms playing a bunch of really HORRIBLE metal bands that only they know about. Their is a Saturday night 80's hair metal show also on WJRR that is not that bad, but I quit listening when one of the jocks said that he did not know who originally did "Can't Find My Way Home"....I know damn well that WORJ NEVER had jocks that were that clueless... Anyways, thanks for the great site and all of the great info...
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Lee Arnold - 4.22.2008
Regularly scheduled specialty programs included:KBFH/Dr.D/Flo & Eddie/Nat'l Lampoon Comedy Hour/Weekly Farm Report/BBC Concert Hour/News Blimps/Of course WORJ's locally produced Focus on Film/Living Off the Land/Southern Progressive Radio Network Concerts/Blues Hour/Jazz Hour/Flash News/That Was the Week That Was with Tom Webb/ and others.
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Mike - 4.22.2008
I have noticed from reading a few of these posts that King Biscut was on WORJ..... Was Dr. Demento ever on during his mid-70's heyday????
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Jim McPherson - 4.21.2008
Best thing I remember about WDIZ was in the early 80s ... every Sunday morning a group of us would pile in the car for the weekly surfari to Cocoa Beach. DIZ would play their " Sunday Morning Classics " show, lots of great 60s and early 70s rock that even then was already getting less and less radio play. Probably the closest WDIZ ever came to matching WORJs playlists on any given day.
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Mike - 4.21.2008
Thanks for that info...Another thing that I have always been curious about is that I know there were a lot of songs played on rock radio during the late 70's/early 80's that NEVER get played nowwaddays on classic rock radio. I recall hearing a hell of alot of REO Speedwagon when I was a kid on DIZ, you know, good stuff like "Golden Country", and I also recall hearing a lot of Blue Oyster Cult. I might be wrong on this one, but I recall a lot of NEW WAVE being played and even hearing an occasional Billy Joel tune, like "Pressure" here and there.. I wish rock radio was like that now...I was listening to the Buckethead show the other day and that uninformed jock actually had the nerve to bash Radiohead...anyways, somebody drop me a line on here and let me know about some other lost gems that used to get a lot of airplay...
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John Aseff - 4.19.2008
I'll try and answer the best that my faulty memory will allow. Feel free to correct me. I remember listening to WORJ in high school from about 1973 on. I graduated in '76. I moved to New York for about a year from '77 to '78. It seems to me that it turned into Zeta7 in '78 or '79 shortly after I returned from New York. I also seem to remember WDIZ always being the competition that just wasn't as cool until 'ORJ went away and Zeta7 took over. Then it seems that 'DIZ got much better. Now back to my nap :-)
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Mike - 4.18.2008
Hey guys, maybe somebody can finally clear this up for me. I am only 33, but I absoulutely LOVE radio. I have fond memories of hearing WDIZ when I was a child in the early 80's , and I knew that these "rock" stations were a hell of a lot cooler than the top 40 stations. Anyways, I know the history of Orlando radio pretty good, but, when exactly DID worj go to Zeta 7, and , when exactly did DIZ appear?????
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Mike Zarek - 4.17.2008
This is strange... If I login to my live365 account, the stream is completely chopped up. If I don't login, it works.... very very strange....
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Dave Westphal - 4.16.2008
Got it working and WOW,.. what a flashback. Thank you for putting this all together. Had to twist one up sit back and just git into it. It's like therapy. fyi though,... the unedited of Mike Lyans and Doug didn't link right
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Lee Arnold - 4.16.2008
Mike, Live365 working at my house.
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Mike Zarek - 4.16.2008
I think Live365 is having some problems today... at least, I hope they are, cuz if they aren't, then *I* am!
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Lee Arnold - 4.16.2008
Dave, they are all in Real Audio. Also try out our Live Streaming WORJ Internet station. You might just like what you hear. Click the "Listen Live" button to the left.
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Dave westphal - 4.16.2008
I can't get the sound stuff to work,.. what program should I use to listen to them? I see you have some commercials,... I remember the Ralph Kazarian Insurence spots
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Dave - 4.16.2008
Now I'll be tearing the house apart looking for that box of 8-tracks and hoping like hell I can find where I recorded the last night.
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Dave - 4.16.2008
Thanks Lee,.. Was on The Outlaws (the early years) website and found the link. I was a huge WORJ fan,.. when you guys went off the air it was the end of an era. Radio wasn't the same before, and hasn't been the same since.
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Lee Arnold - 4.16.2008
Welcome Dave, Barbarella and Hannah(So good that you checked in).
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Dave Westphal - 4.16.2008
Wow,... WORJ! Truely a blast from the past. Loved going to the live remotes from "The Joint in the Woods". Hitch-Hiked a couple times from Winter Haven when I was not old enough to drive but had won albums by calling in. I still have much of the last night recorded on 8-track tape somewhere. Beatles,.. "and in the end,.. the Love you make,... is equal to the Love,... you take. 'WORJ Mount Dora, orlando,.. Now leaves the air'" Wow,.. just gave me chills, and lump in my throat, and watery eyes just typing that,..
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Hannah - 4.16.2008
My message was for a certain party who once worked for me. This person loved music so much that he simply had to have albums that he might not have paid for. I was simply saying that now that it appears he is working, he might make things right. Hey, we've all faced temptation and lost. That's what growing up is all about. Love the site but prefer to lurk. hs
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Jim McPherson - 4.15.2008
Interesting reunion item ... classic prog - rock band Curved Air is reuniting in England this year for a series of concerts that also includes the Isle Of Wight festival. No word yet on a tour of the States. Also planned is a new CD featuring new material and new versions of classic songs as well. Check it out @ www.CurvedAir.com
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Barbarella - 4.15.2008
i can't believe i found this site...you guys made the music flow back in the day... been 30+ years since i was in central fla and i am sure not many remember me..but i just wanted to say thanks ...then and now... i have been looking up central fla band for about the past year... and have found more memories than i thought i had... i hope it is all right Lee i would like to post this other site...a get together on April 26...in Lakeland...home of many of great central fla musicians (some they are still searching for..hint hannah)and site for their 30th reunion... the image on the space, like your here will send you back...blast from the past... http://lakelandmusicandfriends.squarespace.com/home/ thanks , peace
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Barbarella - 4.14.2008
b.grier@yahoo.com oops....please contact
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Barbarella - 4.14.2008
hANNAH .... DUMPTRUCK??? ??? Laketown?
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Rick - 4.14.2008
BITEBOY KICKED ASS AT THE HOB! What a night! I wish you all could have been there, because the ghost of WORJ sure haunted the room! Did anybody remember that the Outlaws were discovered by Arista (Mike Bone?) opening for Skynyrd at the Sports Stadium at an ORJ co-pro? Henry Paul came into our dressing room and told my kid's band the story! Wow! Chills and goose bumps. He asked about you Lee, and Lyons. He wanted to know how to get in touch and gave me his cell phone number. What a night! Did I say that already? Biteboy took the stage with his own guitar army and kicked ass from first chord to last. I'm in the process of posting the whole show to Youtube. I'll post the link as soon as I get it. Devon Allman, the second billed act, is the 20 something love child of Gregg, who grew up in St. Louis. Poor kid never met the old man until after he was signed and touring. God, he looks and sounds just like him! We swapped old stories. He was as nice as can be. Monty Yoho is still the Outlaws drummer after 45 or so years. They interviewed him on WHTQ 96.5, the oldies station here and he prominently mentioned WORJ and Lee and myself personally. I'll try to get a tape. Anyway, Rick Jr. had a chance to bask in the glory of rock history, then took the stage in front of a lot of people opening for a national act and earned his own place in it. He rose to the occasion!
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David Schulz - 4.13.2008
PS: Lee - Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! What a great job you have done! I wish I would have found this site years ago. For the first time in almost 30 years I feel like I have a place to go where there are folks who understand. From the overnight guy, Dave
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David Schulz - 4.13.2008
WOW!! A friend just emailed this website link to me and I can't believe what I am seeing! As I go through the pages I feel very happy and very sad at the same time. I will eventually read ALL of the posts, but I scanned through some of them and have seen posts from Randy Molnar and others! This website is great! Yes, the last song was "The End" which followed "American Pie". I was on the air that night. I sure would like to hear from Randy Molnar, if he gets a chance to post again... it has been almost 30 years.... I was at ORJ for the last six months before Zeta, then for two months after Zeta. The only person I have been able to stay in contact with is Chris Wolf who was the production director after Randy Molnar & Lisa. Losing that radio station left a hole in my heart that will never be filled. I'll be back to check in from time to time..... Love to all, David Schulz.
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Lee Arnold - 4.13.2008
Craigs email reminded me. When my old computer died, it took everyones email addresses with it to the great computer graveyard in the sky. Please email me at worj@execpc.com with your current email address, so I can put you back in my address book, Thanks.
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Craig Michaels - 4.13.2008
In case anybody needs to update records for whatever reason... my new email is craig_michaels@comcast.net
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Craig Michaels - 4.13.2008
Wayne, I'm not a big believer in omens and the like, but the last Saturday I was in Orlando was pretty funny in its own way. It was pretty much the last day of the CM Farewell Tour; met a friend of mine for an early dinner. We went to a Chinese place we had gone to often... so we walk in, and the CHINESE restaurant has playing on the muzak system none other than "Tennessee Waltz." We had dinner... fortune cookies come, and mine says, "Don't be afraid to take this big step." Yipes! So we end the evening with a few drinks at Dubsdread; walk in, and what is playing on TV? The Civil Rights baseball game on ESPN, live from... you guessed it, Memphis (the ballpark I now walk to to see baseball). Okay, okay, I get it, I'll go, I'll go...
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Craig Michaels - 4.13.2008
Had to share this... Sunday is a good day to call home and check in with Mom, of course. I may have mentioned before that my mom was a great mom to have. She played lots of music for me as a kid, everything from Sinatra to James Brown, Mahalia Jackson to Wes Montgomery... lots of R&B and jazz, and even a touch of rock and roll tossed in. However, for whatever reason, she was never fond of my working in the music industry in any way, shape or form... even when I was making decent money at it. Guess Mom is from the old school where a job is clocking in for eight hours a day and doing something "respectable." Still... when you get kinds words from the likes of Lee Arnold and Steve Mack, I'm not ashamed to say that I consider that worth bragging about, just a little. So I'm passing all this along to Mom during our nice Sunday conversation, and she gets real quiet. I asked if she was okay and all, and she said in her "stern mom voice," (keeping in mind my mother just turned 75, so the stern mom voice no longer invokes fear... but it sure as heck STILL gets my attention), "Craig... you didn't run all the way to Memphis just to do THAT for a living again, did you?" I dunno, Ma... maybe...
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Wayne "Dixie Chicken" Mereck - 4.13.2008
Craig, if you see my Tennessee Lamb at the Commadore Hotel, please raise a toast.
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Hannah - 4.13.2008
so now that you're working, how about paying me back for all those albums?
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Wayne Mereck - 4.11.2008
Sorry guys, thet REBBE message was for me. Oy vey (sp). Just a cross I bear for trying to help someone. And Steve sorry for assuming the worst from your statement to Craig. Here in Fort Worth we had the news about the unwarrented attacks. Craig best of luck in Memphis, it must be cool for a Music Lover. Cheers
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Steve Mack - 4.10.2008
Craig: I'm with Lee in thanking you and reminding you that you were well worth the effort; WORJ was repaid many times over by your devotion to radio. Certainly we "full-timers" all had our specific talents and felt it was better for everyone all around to share those talents with people who really wanted to learn. You were excellent fodder for our mill! Here's what you DON'T know: I have mentored several people in broadcasting since WORJ (I later concentrated on logical programming, creative production and talk radio) and every one of them has had you held out to them as an example. Yeah, you were a real screwball... but you were OUR kind of screwball and we all loved you for it!
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Lee Arnold - 4.10.2008
Craig, you are making me tear up. Thanks for your kind words. You were worth it. I hope Memphis is a truly great experience for you. As another pointy eared person said, "Be well and prosper".
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Craig Michaels - 4.10.2008
First impressions of Memphis have been really strong. Been here for a little over a week now, and I'm keeping my promise to myself to give me a couple of months of discovering my new home before I worry about getting back to the grind. I've spent a good amount of time driving the main roads, finding what I can and just admiring the scenery - stunning. Dogwood trees in full bloom, gardens filled with the most amazing colors... And then there's the music. There's plenty of it to be had here, and you don't have to go very far to find somebody willing to chat about blues or old R&B, some pretty well-versed folks, too. Spent most of my music time on Beale so far just because I don't know many other places to go, but I'm talking to people and learning more, and the scope of my travels is broadening day by day. Good overview of the city's music attitude? Check memphisinmay.org to see the lineup of talent for the three day Beale Street Music Festival first weekend in May... and then know that all the local ads for the fest list Aretha as the main attraction for the whole deal! Way cool. I'm loving this a lot so far...
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Craig Michaels - 4.10.2008
Steve and all... while in retrospect it was a humorous night all those years ago, it's still among my fondest memories of being on the air. I worked with so many amazing individuals in regards to the radio, but admittedly, Steve Mack was my favorite DJ. Lee and Mike and Chal and Bill and Doug were all very gracious in sharing from their store of knowledge and experience, of course, and Steve showing up (in the middle of an orange grove, by the way, far far away from ANYTHING!) to give me the benefit of his highly skilled approach to radio is a very proper microcosm of the spirit that carried WORJ then and now. I was grateful then and now that Steve heard something worth schooling; I learned twice as much about voice control and pacing and delivery in that evening as I had in all my previous on-air hours combined. Steve wasn't alone, by any means, in giving freely of his experience. We had a hotline in the control room, and Lee would frequently call and just casually discuss delivery or presentation; he was always full of great ideas as far as ways to present new music to people effectively without losing our audience. All the rest of the on-air people all had very solid knowledge about the history of the music, the history of radio, fun ways to present music... and all of it was passed on not in the spirit of criticism, but rather in the spirit of all of us growing together as a community of people with a pretty solitary purpose... to share music. Said it before and I'll hopefully say it again... Steve, Lee et al, thank you for all you gave me!
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Steve Mack - 4.10.2008
I should strive to remember that we now live in an age where everything you say is parsed and only the worst is deemed worth retrieving. Craig caught my meaning instantly and understood the reference to a humorous night many years ago at our old studio in the orange groves of Winter Garden. For the rest, you can research in the earlier posts here and you will also know the story. Just for the record, Craig is probably the LAST person on the planet I'd like to cap. Florida will miss you, Craig, and I wish you all the best in Memphis, my friend.
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Lee Arnold - 4.10.2008
Well Rebbe, that sure shut everyone up. Now back to to Channel 36 Auction...
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Rebbe Nachman - 4.8.2008
"God of understanding, guide me,for my words sometimes baffle me. When I relate to those around me insensitively; when I hurt, embarrass or insult them; when I speak with a callousness that causes pain; when I lose myself in my own ego---God, pullme back to reality. Help others understand that I too am in pain, and let them be forgiving."
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Craig Michaels - 4.7.2008
Quelling fears, btw... check this - http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/doorknock.asp www.snopes.com is a great site for debunkiong the crap that crosses our email boxes... they actually do the research and quote proper sources, as opposed to, "a friend of my sister's pal who knows a guy who bags groceries who dates a woman who once knew a man who knew a guy that had a brother in a gang..."
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Craig Michaels - 4.7.2008
Steve... one of the last times I answered a knock on the door in the middle of the night, I was on the air, and you had showed up, kind enough to make the effort to try and teach me to do it right!
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Wayne Mereck - 4.7.2008
Lee, although I have never had the pleasure of meeting you in person, I know I have in spirit. Thanks Brother!
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Wayne Mereck - 4.7.2008
Craig, I don't know about Memphis, but here in the DFW area as part of gang initiations, the bangers knock on a door and as it is answered the shoot the resident. Luckily in one case the resident reacted quick enough to snatch the banger's gun and shot him in the ass. The kid finally ended up at an ER and was busted. Not sure if he made it into the gang.
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Steve Mack - 4.7.2008
Pssst! Craig!! ..If you hear a knock on the door while you're working in the middle of the night... answer it carefully!
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Lee Arnold - 4.7.2008
Craig, your early contributions to WORJ.com Radio were instrumental in it's sound and finances. Thank you so much. Enjoy your Memphis adventure and be safe, my friend.
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Craig Michaels - 4.7.2008
Dayam! Finally got relocated... when you're single and you move, it means touching EVERY single thing you own... twice. But I'm nicely situated in downtown Memphis; I'm a five minute walk from the Mississippi River or Beale Street, and about ten minutes from the baseball park (home opener Friday!). Busy as I've had to be, I somehow have managed to "struggle" down to Beale most days to hear some music and catch the human parade. There's obviously a lot of touristy stuff, and you have to sort of learn to filter out the homogenized blooze from the real deal, but there's plenty of real deal to be had here, and I'm truly loving it. Also, with the Memphis Tigers in the NCAA Finals tonight, the whole town is on fire - Orlando really isn't a sports town. I'm finding that what happens tonight is WAY more than a basketball game... watched the UCLA game at a bar on Beale, and darn the luck, got stuck at a table with a bunch of Memphis students, including several amazingly beautiful young ladies. Please don't worry, though... I suffered through it. Lee, no doubt the check I sent a long time ago is long spent; will do more as I can, promise. Amazing that you've been able to keep all this going for as long as you have with rather limited help... you're an amazingly dedicated human!
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Wayne Mereck - 4.6.2008
Rick, I get the Wayne's World all the time. I usually reply "and welcome to it" after the TV show My World and Welcome To It. It is just nice being a part of the group. Cheers
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Rick - 4.6.2008
Hope my cheap sarcasm wasn't misconstrued. My hat is off to Wayne and the others who are helping to keep this going, and especially to Lee for doing it. I just couldn't resist the "Wayne's World" crack! Pun intended.
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Wayne Mereck - 4.6.2008
Thanks Lee, It is an honor to be included in something that was and is a great joy to me. Cheers
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Lee Arnold - 4.5.2008
Wayne, Jim, John and Mike: Thank you all again. If anyone else wants to help under write the expense of keeping WORJ.com Radio going, Please click on the DONATE button on the left. This will take you to my PAYPAL account. Credit cards and PayPal accepted there. To those four who have already jumped in, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. When I started this Streaming Internet Radio Station, a year ago, I really didn't realize the time and expenses involved. After paying all the expenses for the last year, it became obvious to me that I needed help. Wayne, John, Jim and Mike were the first to commit. I am blown away by their support. All of you who enjoy the station, Thanks for listening. As for Rick and his son's band, Biteboy, Congratulations on the Outlaw's gig. Say Hi to Charlie for me. This band is really good. Check them out. Long Live the Outlaws and Rock N Roll.
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Rick Namey - 4.5.2008
Hi, everyone here in Wayne's World! Well, I am happy to report that thanks to our old friend Charlie Brusco, it's starting to happen for Biteboy! This Thursday, April 10th at the House of Blues, my son Rick and his band - Biteboy - are opening for the Outlaws, founding fathers all of Southern Rock, and a big act from the 70's when we were all going to the WORJ concerts at the Orlando Sports Stadium and the T-Bowl, including, of course, the WORJ birthday bash at the Sports Stadium, which I am still proud to say I produced. I know for a fact that there are many big fans of the Outlaws out there, and I'm sure many of you would like to see them and the next generation up on stage under the spotlights. I reported on Hughey Thomasson's funeral which was on the day the tour was supposed to start. After all these years, the other half of the original duo, Henry Paul has returned, so it's the authentic Outlaws, with founding member Monte Yoho on drums and a full band of authentic Southern rockers, most of whom have been on the road for decades. You can see the full lineup at Outlawsmusic.com You can hear Rick's band at www.myspace.com/biteboy Rick Namey Jr. is the front man, lead singer and lead guitar in the triple lead guitar army. This is a big deal for us. It's major recognition and our first time working for Charlie and The Outlaws' management, Alliance Artists, which is one of the biggest companies in the business with huge acts like The Eagles and Skynyrd (btw, they also produce the CSI shows). Don Hall, class of '67 Boone High, and a member of 70s local OTown band "Covington Tower" will be there because he has a daughter who plays drums for Biteboy and he'll be on stage covering the keys on his Hammond B3! Yep, hitting 60 and still rockin! BTW, the band's name comes from the fact that Ricky used to bite people as a baby and the name stuck. Also on the stage with us is the second generation of Gregg Allman - his son Devon and his band Honey Tribe. Some people will probably remember along with me when Devon's dad's band, The Allman Joys, played the Orlando Youth Center before they became the Allman Brothers' Band or at least remember one of their earliest shows at the Sports Stadium or when they played Winter's End in Bithlo while Duane had a 103 degree temperature. Devon's band really conjures the feel of early Allmans, and it's worth feeling. The show starts at 7, and you can't be late because we go on first - promptly at 7:30. I'd love to see any old friends and music fans, introduce you to the bands and hang out after our set. If anybody wants to reach me personally about this, send me an email at the myspace site or at RickNamey at aol.com I hope to see some of you there!
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Wayne Mereck - 4.4.2008
I'm not confused Debra!!! Sparky would never thank me for a photo of myself. Ex's don't do that. Sorry to the rest of you all with this episode of "How The Stomach Turns".
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Deltona Dawn - 4.4.2008
Wayne: Thought you would remember me. Never been to Texas other than passing through. Sounds like you have me confused with someone else. So long. You guys have fun living on memories. Sparky.
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Lee Arnold - 4.4.2008
John, I'm afraid Jim beat you to the J. Thanks Jim, truly appreciated. John, we'll find another letter for you. It stands now at:Wayne-O-R-Jim Radio. :-)
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Jim McPherson - 4.4.2008
Lee, checks in the (e)mail !
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Wayne Mereck - 4.4.2008
Guys, you make me blush. I appreciate the attention, but that was not my goal. The community needed help and I just stood up to do what I could. John, best of luck on the new opportunity, hopefully it is a position you will look forward to going to everyday. Cheers!!
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Lee Arnold - 4.4.2008
Good luck on that job opportunity, John. I look forward to the new IDs: Wayne-O-R-John: Atlanta, Dallas, Orlando, Mt. Dora and the World!!!
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John Aseff - 4.4.2008
So I assume that with Wayne's generous donation the W in WORJ now stands for Wayne :-) If I get the job I interviewed for on Tuesday I'll make a donation that will make the J in WORJ stand for John. Now we just need donations from Orville and Roy.
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Lee Arnold - 4.3.2008
Wayne, Thanks. That really helps. Long Live Rock and Wayne!!!!
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Wayne Mereck - 4.3.2008
Lee, I said I wanted to help out when I could and now I can. Namaste
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Lee Arnold - 4.3.2008
WAYNE, Are you out of your mind? I bow to you, my friend!! THANKS.
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Wayne Mereck - 4.3.2008
WORJfan aka Debra, this venue is for true fans and I doubt where you grew up in Texas you ever heard it or of it.
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WORJ fan - 4.2.2008
Wayne, I watched 1941 a few months ago and thought of you and laughed when they talked about "they should make them smaller" because I thought you would have laughed about it. I got it and I'm not even an engineer. My favorite war movie with a similar title is Summer of 42. I guess it was actually a war movie/love story movie.
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Lee Arnold - 4.2.2008
John and Mike: Thanks!!
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can't say - 4.2.2008
THIS IS NOT MY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, THIS IS NOT MY BIG AUTOMOBILE... well duh, I broke into this beautiful house, took the silverware, the plasma tv, and an interesting book i saw on the coffee table about the Hapsburg Empire. On the way out I saw keys for the big automobile. I'm off to the Hamptons for a whirlwind weekend with the rich and famous. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. If there's any cash left after I see these hot wheels up there, Lee, it's yours.
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Betty Rebel - 4.2.2008
Hey Man, Britney ain't no kin to us'ns. What do you think we is, some illiterate inbred toothless redneck scum? Hello, I got a tooth. Uh, anybody if you see Barney, ask him where he left his wallet.
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Mike Zarek - 4.2.2008
Barney and Betty: Please contact your cousin Britney out in Los Angeles. While you've been looking for the wallet, she's lost her marbles.
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Mike Zarek - 4.2.2008
Lee: Done
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John Aseff - 4.2.2008
Lee - My donation is in. Not too much this first time but more will follow.
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Betty Rebel - 4.1.2008
hey man, if any of you see my old man, barney hanging in the joint parking lot, tell him that i forgot where he told me he left his wallet. hey, i'm not gonna b.s. you, i got home, pulled out our round pearl beer tray, cleaned a number or two..... oh, a number or two of babies.... see i forgot where he told me he put his wallet, probably cause i pulled out the pearl beer tray and you know.... man i'm hungry, only one sammich left, but a girl's gotta eat. but don't worry, i floss my tooth after each meal anybody see barney see where he left his wallet, solid
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Lee Arnold - 4.1.2008
Well, the folks at LIVE365 have raised my rates for streaming WORJ.com. The new Fees for streaming music on the internet are the cause. So LIVE365 had no choice but to pass the expense on to me and other Internet Broadcasters that they host. Based on this, my choice is to either sign it off or beg for support. I'm going to trying begging first and see if their are enough listeners who think WORJ.com has enough value to them to help out by under-writing some of the cost. I have added a DONATE button to the left. This will take you to my PAYPAL account where you can donate using a Credit Card or your PayPal account. No amount is too small or too large. If you have come to enjoy my little commercial free love child, please help. Thanks!!
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Barney Rebel - 4.1.2008
Hey man, I've been waiting in the joint in the woods parking lot since, uh, March. 1980. My old lady was going to go back to our pad and get me a pair of long pants cause Lizard said I couldn't get in wearing my cut-offs with the hole on the ass. If you see my old lady, tell her I'm hungry. A sandwich would be bitchin'. And a bag of chips. Tell her to stop at Scagg's and pick up a bottle of lice killer too, I got a bad itch problem. Oh, and my wallet is on the Pearl Beer tray - you know the round one that the waitresses carry stuff on. the one we clean our you know what with. i don't want to say stash, cause you never know who reads these things. i'm not like a idoit or anything. so if you see my old lady, oh, her name is ..... uh, what the hell is her name, you know her, the one with the tooth, tell her to bring me a sandwich, i'm hungry. and a bag of chips. and my wallet, it's on the pearl beer tray, the round one that the waitresses carry stuff on. we use it to clean our, hey, i'm not gonna tell you what we clean on that tray. okay, it's our truck, we clean our truck on the tray we clean our stash on... hey, I wasn't born yesterday, but I can't remember when i was born, tell her to make sure my i.d. is in my wallet and bring it too. it's on the round pearl beer tray that we clean our stash with.... damn, i said it. can't wait to see the danny joe ronny van winters brotherswitch collins hatchet band, i hear they got the guy who used to play marimba with mariam makeeba - man, I used to love that Pata Pata... Oh, and tell my old lady to bring a sandwich, i'm hungry. you know her, she walks the pit bull that wears the red bandana sticking out of his left back pocket... that means he's gay... or not gay... i forget. i forget his name too... is it getting cold? and dark? mama mama where's the doctor, i need my meds... or at least a sponge bath okay, later.... bring the boy back from nam or is it korea? and don't forget my wallet - it's on the round pearl beer........................................................
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Wayne Mereck - 3.29.2008
And who could forget "howrywoood"
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John Aseff - 3.28.2008
Wayne - I also laughed out loud at the "we need to make these smaller" line. That whole movie was better than it was given credit for. I, too, as a Drafthouse freak. Great place.
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Wayne Mereck - 3.27.2008
Mike, I'm with you, I believe the Aloma Draft Housw was the first. I really enjoyed the place. It was nice getting sandwiches, pizza and beer delivered to the table while watching the movie. They had a deal with the Pizza place, so it was real. I'm not sure if it was still Crusty's. I remember seeing 1941 there. When the Japs were trying to get a tube radio into the submarine, one sailor says to the other " we need to make these smaller. I was the only one in the theater that laughed. Cheers!
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John Aseff - 3.26.2008
WOW! I just heard the new R.E.M. CD Accelerate in it's entirety on www.ilike.com. IT ROCKS! It's good to hear the boys not be quite so melancholy again. The songs are energetic and fun. Can't wait until April 1 so I can buy it and listen in my car.
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Mike Zarek - 3.26.2008
I always thought that the Aloma Cinema Drafthouse was the original.... There was also another one that came about the same time as the Aloma, but I think the Aloma was first... But then again, I could be wrong about it all....
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Jim McPherson - 3.26.2008
Yeah Mike, that JJ Whispers on Kirkman has actually been there for several years now. I've never been but I remember they were trying to bill it as the grand return of the legendary JJ Whispers. Times and tastes had changed of course and it never quite caught on again, I believe it caters to a mostly Latin crowd now. Not sure if it's in the old JBs location but that would be my guess. Remember when that was a cinema drafthouse ? ... I believe the first one of its kind in the country !
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Jim McPherson - 3.26.2008
So they finally tore Fern Park Station down,huh ? ... another piece of local rock-n-roll history bites the dust ! Ronnie Montrose actually did a show there once back in the late 80s / early 90s, Neal Schon also. Guess the days of seeing nationally known acts at your local rock bar are pretty much gone, they all go to House Of Blues or Hard Rock Live now. Both great places to see a show but getting to and from them seems such a hassle now ... LOL, guess I really am getting old ! Has anyone checked out BB Kings new club at Pointe Orlando ?
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Mike Zarek - 3.25.2008
GOT IT!! JJ Whispers turned into "Embassy" ... among others, i think....
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Mike Zarek - 3.25.2008
Hmmm.... Still can't remember what JJ Whispers turned into, but from a google search it appears that JJ Whispers is back!! And from it's address, it looks like it's where JB's on Kirkman used to be...
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Mike Zarek - 3.25.2008
Lady: No offense was meant at all to local bands... There have been many great local bands in the Orlando area for many many years... I even ran sound for one of 'em! ... I was just being a smartass and referring to bands that Orlando is "known" for... lol
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lady in waiting - 3.25.2008
I wish there was an edit button No insult intended I did not mean for Fat Chance to be after the smile.OOPS
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lady in waiting - 3.25.2008
To Mike Z Did you forget about "Cowboy" What a great Band.We had our share of excellent local bands. Tight Shoes. U S Males,Fat Chance ,Skin and Bone oops my bad are we only talking major recording bands.Well I think Orlando Winter Park had there share of exdellent local bands and we could never forget Tin House Take care :0) Fat Chance
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Mike Zarek - 3.25.2008
Why is it that everytime I think of or hear about Fern Park/The Station, all I can ever remember is the effort required to peel one's feet off of the sticky yucky messy carpet they had in that place when one tried to walk?
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Mike Zarek - 3.25.2008
Craig: Good luck! And look at it this way.... altho Florida was home to Skynyrd and others, Orlando itself was only home to the Backstreet Homosexuals (ok.. yeah, I cleaned *that* one up! ;-) ) and N'Stink... You're headin' to the home of the MG's baby! Say hello to the blues for me!
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John Aseff - 3.25.2008
Craig - much luck in your move and future endeavors!
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Craig Michaels - 3.24.2008
These are odd days for me... I've been in Orlando for the last 37 of my 52 years, and I'm less than a week away from loading my life into a truck and relocating to Memphis. I'm excited and nervous, of course... and also thinking that this was the place where I got to be on the radio because of Lee. Orlando is the place where I got to interview and write about so many of my musical heroes because of Max at Free Bird and Don at Dogfood and a lot of people at Jam Magazine. Orlando is where I got to have my record store for almost 12 years... and I drive around and wonder if there's little bits and pieces of me in the trees and buildings and wind. No less than four of the places where I worked during all the years here aren't even buildings anymore... and I look at places, and see the guitar shop in there now and know that a few years back it was a bar where I drank frequently, and even before that, the whole plaza was a putt putt course. The Station just got torn down... they finally took the sign down for FairBanks Inn... and I keep looking with a curious eye for those little bits and pieces of me. But it's time for me to go someplace else and chase the music in a different way, which is exactly what I'll be doing...
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Craig Michaels - 3.24.2008
I'm old... like Monty Python once said, "When he says JJ Whispers, what he MEANS is Cheek to Cheek!" Honest. They said it. Look it up...
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Mike Zarek - 3.24.2008
Yeah, Cheek to Cheek was at the Villa Nova ... On the 17-92 side of the parking lot for the Park Theatres. I have some kind of recollection of going to a show there (OMG, did I fry *that* many brain cells back then?) but I can't recall who it was. JJ Whispers was on the west side of I-4 on the corner of Adanson. It was owned (at least partially) by a guy named John Brown (JB, of later years "JB's Sports Bar" on Curry Ford Rd. and on Kirkman Rd.) It was originally billed as an "upscale" entertainment complex... you had to buy a membership to get in, and it was like $50 or $100 a year. I think the membership routine only lasted a year or two, then it went to straight cover charge, and soon thereafter it went out.. It was reopened under another name (that I can't remember) but by then it was a typical drunkanalia club on the "way past their prime" circuit. I saw once saw Quiet Riot there, and later Foghat. The QR show was unimpressive, but Foghat still rocked, tho Lonesome Dave was the only original left and his health was catching up to him. I'll probably wake up in the middle of the night remembering what name it changed to... I'll let ya know....
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Don Gilliland - 3.23.2008
Yeah, it was Cheek to Cheek. The name of the Italian restaurant was, I think, the Villa Nova? That Lee Road area always seemed to cough up an interesting club every few years. Another restaurant-cum-club was Sleepout Louie's (used to be a Sweden House back in the 70s, and later was a steak house). I saw John Cale there (he was so messed up he kept falling off his stool!), and also Husker Du, and the Meatpuppets. Fine shows!
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Wayne Mereck - 3.23.2008
If memory serves, Cheek to Cheek was an Italian Restaurant that one of the son,s of the owner tried to turn into a night club. It didn't seem to last long. I think they should have stayed in the food business. I
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John Aseff - 3.23.2008
I finally remember one :-) I believe that club in Winter Park was Cheek to Cheek where The Band played right before Richard Manuel hung himself. If memory serves I saw Bonnie Raitt there in the 90s. Don - Unfortunately I never got around to attending a show at Rock World so I missed Derringer there.
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Don Gilliland - 3.23.2008
hey Craig! I know that club you are talking about, but it wasn't JJ Whispers. That was in that other mall just off Lee Road. The place that the Band played was at 17-92 & Lee Road --- but hell, I can't remember the name of it either! But I also saw some of those great shows: Arlo Guthrie, Steel Pulse, Warren Zevon, Shadowfax, etc. I could kick myself for missing Bonnie Raitt and the Band. On a Jackson Browne note; I just notice the second volume of his "Live Acoustic" album is coming out this month. I like the first one.
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Jim McPherson - 3.22.2008
Steve, that Jackson Browne song would be " Ready Or Not " from the " For Everyman " album. Interesting trivia tidbit ... Jackson wrote the title song as a rebuttal to David Crosbys " Wooden Ships ". Crosby wrote " Wooden Ships " as kind of a science fiction song, where he imagined he and a few other survivors escaping on a boat to create a new civilization ( " Silver people on the shoreline " are guys in radiation suits according to Crosby ). Later on Browne asked ... " what about all the people who got left behind ? " and wrote " For Everyman " in response.
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Steve Baione - 3.22.2008
A friend dragged me to see Tesla at Whispers. Not being big fan of theirs I was suprised by their live show. File that one under Ho Hum Studio/Great Live band. Hey, I have a question about a Jackson Browne song??? At least I think it was one of his songs. "Babies havin'trouble getting into her jeans" are some of the lyrics (I Think). My sister asked me about it the other day and now I can't get it out of my head. ( Don't worry, It happens to me a lot) Can any one help me figure out what song it is? Thanx :)
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Craig Michaels - 3.21.2008
JJ Whispers had a great music history... I saw Bonnie Raitt there in her early, blusier days; great show in front of maybe 40 people. Saw Arlo Guthrie there (with his son on either keyboards or drums, I don't remember which); Shadowfax played a show I saw. Numerous others, including a somewhat tragic event - The Band played there, and then that night, Richard Manuel hung himself in his hotel room after an apparent long, long struggle with alcoholism. Still, the club was amazing for the quality of acts they brought in, especially considering the size of the venue.
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Jim McPherson - 3.21.2008
Hey Don, I saw both those shows at Rock World ... I know you, me and Bobby Hall rode together to one of them, maybe both. You guys usually got some kind of promo tickets from working at Record Mart. I recall Rick Derringer looked like he had a bad sunburn ... maybe he was taking his song " Sittin' By The Pool " too literally !
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Don Gilliland - 3.21.2008
Hey John; did you see Derringer play that tiny club on the South Trail called Rock World? Not very far from the I-4 overpass. Good show! The club itself didn't last too long, but I also saw Pat Benatar play a show there when her first album came out. Also a good performance.
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Jim McPherson - 3.19.2008
Steve, thanks for the fact check on the Johnny Winter show ... I knew it was 1980 SOMEthing ! : - ) I was never one for saving ticket stubs but looking back now, I wish I had. Some of them had pretty cool designs, almost like mini-posters.
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Steve Baione - 3.18.2008
Jim. I did see him at Whispers, but it was May of 89'. I still have the ticket stub. Jimmy and I hung around after the show and got Johnny to autograph them for us. We also caught him at Brassy's in Cocoa around that same time. There couldn't have been more than 60 or 70 people there that night. Everyone had great seats. I didn't drink Becks Dark for a long time after that show.
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John Aseff - 3.18.2008
Rick Derringer has always been one of my favorites (thanks for the email link Jim). When I worked for Record Mart an LP called Eye to Eye came out that Rick played on. Kind of jazzy as I remember. I couldn't think of the name of it so I Googled Rick Derringer Discography and found this: http://www.rickderringer.com/discography/page7.htm I was surprised to see how many of my favorite albums he played on. Steely Dan's Gaucho for instance. It's good to see him back in the saddle with his old bandmates.
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Jim McPherson - 3.17.2008
Hey Steve B ... did you happen to catch Johhny Winter when he played at the old JJ Whispers club back around 86/87 ? That was a good show, it was cool to see him in a smaller venue like that. I figured I might run into Jimmy Mann at that show and sure enough, he was there. I think he lived right behind JJ Whispers at the time. Jimmy says he was in the audience when Johnny recorded his classic " Johnny Winter And - Live " in Dania,FL. ... considered by many to be one of his best recordings ever, though his two recent CD releases " Live Bootleg Series, Vols. 1 & 2 " are pretty smokin' too ! And on a related note, Rick Derringer has reformed his classic Derringer lineup with Danny Johnson, Kenny Aaronson & Vinnie Appice. Check it out @ www.myspace.com/derringerrock
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Jim McPherson - 3.17.2008
I was kind of surprised to read that venerable classic rock band Boston will be going out on tour this summer. I kinda wondered what would happen to them after the untimely death of singer Brad Delp last year. Rather than take the Journey route of scouring YouTube videos for a replacement lead singer, they've recruited former Stryper frontman Michael Sweet to step in. I vaguely recall seeing some of Strypers videos on MTV back when they came out as one of the first Christian rock bands. If I remember right, Sweet has the right kind of voice to pull off those signature Boston high notes. Bostons website is pretty cool, kind of what you would expect from a tech savvy band like them ... www.bandboston.com
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Steve Baione - 3.13.2008
Howdy Y'all. My brother in law called me the other day and told me he just picked us up tickets to see Johnny Winter on the 28th of this month. I went to Johnnys website and found he is going to be playing at the Space Coast Convention Center in Cocoa on the 11th of April 2008 with Robben Ford. Ford, for those of you who don't know is an excellent blues guitarist and well worth seeing. I saw Johnny on the tube not too long ago at some kind of all star blues jam with Clapton, Buddy Guy and other blues artists. When it was time for Johnny to come on he had to be helped and sat on the edge of the stage and played. Why is he not in the rock'n'roll Hall of Fame??? I know he will be at some point. I would rather he be around to see it. My sisters ex-husband, Jeff Cole of Tin House had told me stories from when they where on tour together. There was one tale where they where getting ready to go to a gig and couldn't find Johnny anywhere. After searching for an hour or so, found him passed out up an apple tree. I wonder if that's where he came up with the song "Out on a limb"? All I'm saying is if you get a chance to see him, Do it!
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John Aseff - 3.12.2008
Jim - Somewhere I have a photo of Bobby Hall on stage with Todd playing tambourine while Todd tickles the ivories. It was taken several years ago in Boston when Bobby lived there. If I ever locate it I'll scan it and email it to you.
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Jim McPherson - 3.12.2008
Todd Rundgren, April 14 @ Hard Rock Live Orlando. Can't remember the last time he played around these parts !
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John Aseff - 3.10.2008
Don - maybe I remember her from Edgewater. Was she there when we were there?
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Don Gilliland - 3.8.2008
John; good to hear that you liked what you heard by Reina. She's a College Park girl and also went to Edgewater High. She sang for a band in St. Pete for a few years, and then moved to Boston (in the wake of Bobby Hall and Keith Chagnon), and then to Idaho (where she ran her own CD shop) and now she's in Oregon.
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Wayne Mereck - 3.8.2008
Congratulations Lee! It is nice to know that those great call letters are safe in your care. I really can't think of a better place. Cheers!!!
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John Aseff - 3.7.2008
Don - I went on CD Baby and listened to short versions of the songs on Austin to Boston by Reina Collins. Great stuff. I ordered my copy immediately. Thanks for the heads up. By the way, she looks very familiar.
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Lee Arnold - 3.6.2008
Thank you guys for the kind words.
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Jim McPherson - 3.6.2008
After all these years I figured you just could've claimed squatters rights or something ... cuz everyone knows WORJ and Lee Arnold are synonymous ! : - ) Glad to hear it's all documented and legal now. Congratulations and long live WORJ !!!
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Mike Zarek - 3.6.2008
Woohoo! Congrats Lee! And thank you for your hard work and dedication to keeping WORJ® alive in body and spirit for listeners all over the world.
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Lee Arnold - 3.6.2008
WORJ®
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Don Gilliland - 3.5.2008
I also congratulate Lee. Thanks for the hard work and dedication ... and inspiration. My musical roots run deep into the WORJ foundation. On a semi-related note: former Orlando resident and WORJ listener Reina Collins (she was Reina Gutman back in those days) has a new album out called "Austin to Boston." Excellent stuff. Really. Most the songs are originals but she also does a very cool cover of "Woodstock" and songs by Richard Thompson and World Party. Check out her site at: www.reinagcollins.com
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Lee Arnold - 3.5.2008
Thanks, John.
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John Aseff - 3.5.2008
CONGRATULATIONS LEE!!!
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Lee Arnold - 3.5.2008
After 7 months, my pending service mark for WORJ is no longer pending. I was granted the service mark for WORJ on March 4, 2008. The process was actually shorter than I thought it would be and was accomplished with no outside help. I simply applied for it, paid my application fee, waited, checked back now and then to watch the progress, waited out the 30 day publishing window and was then granted my service mark. I am pleased to say the least. That fact that I have been using the WORJ name for years, both here at the WORJ Tribute website and for the WORJ internet radio station, helped speed the process along. When the folks at the Patent office Googled and Lexis-Nexised the name WORJ, there I was with a long history of usage. Nice to know the system works.
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Mike Zarek - 3.4.2008
Incedent At Neshabur .. Ya know, I still think Santana's Abraxas is one of the greatest albums ever cut......
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Jim McPherson - 3.4.2008
Heard Lee play a track by Chris Stills, Stephen Stills son, the other day. For further proof that the musical apple doesn't fall far from the tree check out the new CD from TAB The Band " Pulling Out Just Enough To Win ". Fronted by Joe Perrys' sons Tony & Adrian, it sounds like Joe has schooled them well in the art of blues rock. The Stones / Faces influence is obvious, just like in the Aerosmiths early records, with a nod to the Joe Perry Projects early 80s LPs. Some may complain that they're just re-treading old ground and that it's all been done before, just like when the Black Crowes first came out but what the hell ... I'll never get tired of that style of rock-n-roll ! Not sure what's up with that band name but the album smokes from beginning to end !
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John Aseff - 3.3.2008
I just heard that the Van Halen concert has been rescheduled for March 19. This link is unrelated but it's good for a laugh on a Monday afternoon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y7u_NXTQGc
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Jim McPherson - 3.3.2008
Bummer, John ! ... I understand all the remaining Van Halen tour dates have been cancelled, no word yet as to whether they will be rescheduled. Rumor has it that Diamond Dave is not to blame this time ... there've been reports that Eddie started drinking again, due to his frustration with an ongoing hearing problem that caused him to make numerous playing mistakes while onstage. Hopefully they can pull it together and get back on the road.
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Jim McPherson - 3.3.2008
And in yet more sad news, guitarist extraordinaire Jeff Healey has passed away at the age of 41 after a lifelong batttle with cancer. Blind since the age of 1 from a rare form of retinal cancer, he taught himself to play guitar in his signature style of holding the instrument across his lap. Like most people, I first saw him in the 1989 film " Roadhouse " with Patrick Swayze and was blown away by his sound and unique style. In recent years he hosted a radio show in his native Canada where he focused on his love of jazz music, spinning tunes from his personal 30,000+ vinyl LP collection. R.I.P. Jeff, your music and talent will be greatly missed !
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Don Gilliland - 3.1.2008
Sorry to hear about Buddy Miles. Another one of my favorite drummers from the 70s was Mick Waller, who played on classic Rod Stewart albums such as "Never a Dull Moment" and "Every Picture Tells a Story." Anybody know whatever happened to him?
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Lee Arnold - 3.1.2008
One year ago this past Thursday, WORJ.com Radio signed on. This year went by really fast. A BIG hello to all who tune in and enjoy.
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John Aseff - 2.29.2008
R.I.P. Buddy Miles. He was the drummer on one of my all time favorite albums. Band of Gypsies with Jimi Hendrix and Billy Cox. I guess I'll be listening to it all weekend.
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Lee Arnold - 2.28.2008
So Sad...(AP) - Singer Mike Smith of The Dave Clark Five has died, less than two weeks before the band was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band's publicist says Smith died of pneumonia today outside London. Smith was 64. The Dave Clark Five's hits include "Glad All Over," "Catch Us If You Can" and "Over and Over." Smith's illness was a complication from a spinal cord injury he sustained in September 2003 that left him paralyzed below the ribs. Smith had been in the hospital since the accident and was just released this past December. He had intended to attend The Dave Clark Five's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York on March 10th.
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John Aseff - 2.28.2008
Cool story. My brother-in-law and his grandson went to a fairly recent show here in Atlanta where Clutch opened for another band. When they got there they found that the show was sold out. They thought maybe they could hang out near the side entrance and at least hear a song or two (small venue). They struck up a conversation with a guy who turned out to be a Clutch roadie. They mentioned how they were there to see Clutch and couldn't care less about the headliner. The guy disappeared into the building and came out with two backstage passes courtesy of Clutch.
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John Aseff - 2.28.2008
Steve - good to hear from you. My brother-in-law is a huge Clutch fan and turned me on to them about a year ago. I have Elephant Riders and Pure Rock Fury. Your description is exactly how I would describe them as well. Pretty good stuff.
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Steve Baione - 2.27.2008
Hello Everyone, I hope Ya'll are doing well. Me, well, I'm just trying to get through this winter. There is about a foot of snow outside and the temp is around 6 degrees and falling. Such is life in the shadow of the Great Lakes. What's the words to that old Buffett song "I think I got cabin fever. I just shot six holes in my freezer". It's not that bad yet, But if it doesn't warm up soon, well, I can't pull my hair out cause I just shaved my head after letting it grow for the past 10 years. I think it was time for a new look. Probably way past time. But i digress. What I really wanted to talk about is the band "Clutch". I was driving in my truck the other day, listening to the local collage radio station (Alfred State) and the song "10001110101" came on. I was thinking to myself, I know this band. Who are they? After the song was over the DJ gave the song I.D. Clutch, Man, I haven't heard these guys in years. When I got home I went to their web site and listened to some songs and looked at their bio. I ordered a couple their CD's. It's hard to put a finger on their sound. They sound a little like Zappa without the jazz influence, especially the vocals. With song titles like "A Shogun Named Marcus" and "What Would A Wookie Do?" I would think they have a slightly twisted sense of humor like Franks also. All in all, a pretty cool band if you ask me. Anyway, that's about it for now. I just wanted to check in. It's been a while since I've posted anything. Peace....
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Mike Zarek - 2.26.2008
TITTIES AND BEER!! TITTIES AND BEER!! TITTIES AND BEER!! TIITIES AND BEER!! TITTIES AND BEER!! TITTIES AND BEER!! TITTIES AND BEER!! TITTIES AND BEER!! ........ woooooooooo!!!!!! Thanks Lee!!!!!
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Ronn B - 2.22.2008
Don , good to see ya alive and well.Got hooked on your store in C Park and we have truly missed you since the closing.I know shop at Ray And Fredd's store.I will tell them hello from you with your approval
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John Aseff - 2.22.2008
BUMMER! I just heard that the Van Halen show my son bought my wife and me tickets for has been postponed. So was tonight's show in Charlottesville.
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John Aseff - 2.21.2008
"Jeez, I wonder what else is wrong with her ... ?" LOL!!! Been there, done that.
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Jim McPherson - 2.21.2008
Yeah, that's why I had to dump that girl John ... I knew you would never approve, LOL ! Seriously, after she made that comment I remember thinking to myself " Jeez, I wonder what else is wrong with her ... ? " Turned out she was a serious cokehead ... a road I've been down and don't care to re-visit ... so it was all for the best !
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John Aseff - 2.21.2008
Even my 12 (soon to be 13) year old daughter loves The Beatles. As we watched the movie Across the Universe together it was wonderful to see that she knew, or was familiar with, all the songs. If you haven't seen it it's worth a watch.
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Jim McPherson - 2.21.2008
I've absolutely had relationships that came to a screeching halt because of music incompatability ! Several years ago I had the chance to date this drop dead gorgeous girl and things were going along well until she mentioned that she couldn't stand the Beatles. After that, it was game over for me ! Granted, she was somewhat younger and wasn't lucky enough to enjoy the kind of musical upbringing we did but c'mon ... to not like the Beatles ?!?!?!? I agree with the Top 40 thing too or people who are into one style and one style only of music, whether it's country, 80's headbanging, etc. While I've got my likes and dislikes, I try and be open minded to all kinds of music ( something WORJ taught me ) and would feel more comfortable with someone who felt the same.
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Don Gilliland - 2.20.2008
I agree with Lee about the music thing; how could you date a woman that listened to Top 40 radio?! Another friend of mine said it well: "I could never understand people who say they aren't into music." In my opinion, if you don't have music in your bones --- whether you are a musician or just an avid listener --- you indeed have no soul. On a Led Zeppelin note: Jimmy Page was in Thailand last month. I just heard this report from a friend who has a friend that hung out with Page when he was here. Cool! And how about that Robert Plant and Alison Krauss album that came out last year? Great stuff!
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Lee Arnold - 2.20.2008
Back in 1975 when I met the woman who would become my wife and soulmate, I was immediately attracted to her for her incredible beauty and sense of humor. She was beauty contest gorgeous. I wouldn't normally have approached a woman like her. I hated rejection. (Who doesn't?) I was the Program Director of WORJ and she worked in sales there. It was more than the music back then. The station was the "center" of the counter-culture community. We lived the music and the life style. I would never even think about dating a woman who listened to Top 40 radio. What would I have in common with her? Music taste and the station you listened to, were a part of the "do I ask you out" litmus test. As it turned out, my future wife, Gay, turned out to be a giant Led Zeppelin fan. The rest is history. Now comes a website that helps match you up with your music soulmate. It's called RocknRollDating.com. Check it out if you're looking for someone who shares your love of Goth, Classic Rock, Jazz, Folk or whatever it is that makes you throw your arm in the air, lighters ablaze. This site addresses the question: Have you ever thought it a little odd that with all the dating sites out there, none of them seem to recognize the relevance of music compatibility in relationships? Ever gone out with someone only to find that their tastes in music are so far off the mark, that you couldn’t imagine being in a long-term relationship with them? Many of us have, and it is for that reason that RocknRollDating.com was created. Long may their "Freak Flag" fly!!!
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Lee Arnold - 2.19.2008
Wayne, it is so good to hear from you. I am so happy to hear that Cali is winning the battle. Please send her my best.
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Wayne Mereck - 2.19.2008
Lee, you are right it is crazy these days. I have been working at a defense electronics company here in Ft. Worth since August. I do a fair amount of travel. When I get home I have a lot of catch up to do. Cali is progressing nicely and the cancer is in remission. Now she would like some more energy, wouldn't we all? Thanks for asking and everyone take care. Cheers!
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Mike Zarek - 2.18.2008
Speaking of Jewish mothers, I have to go to Orlando tomorrow.
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John Aseff - 2.18.2008
Jim - C'mon up! I'll get another ticket for you! I've heard good things about this tour. I don't expect DLR to engage in the acrobatics he engaged in in the 70's but I do expect a halfway healthy scream now and then. I've heard Eddie is in top foem and that Wolfgang does a pretty damn good job. I would still have liked to have seen the original lineup. It's been 20 years. Wonder why they didn't ask Michael Anthony to do this tour?
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Jim McPherson - 2.18.2008
Hey John, Van Halen just played O-Town last week. Didn't get to go but from what I hear, they still put on a hell of a show ! Orlando Sentinel music critic Jim Abbot remarked that watching DLR onstage now is kind of like watching your dad do his best Diamond Dave imitation ... ouch !!! But he also noted that Eddie & Alexs' playing is spectacular as ever. Wish I could be there to go with you !
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Lee Arnold - 2.18.2008
John, Craig, Eric and Don-Thanks for checking in. In this crazy world we find ourselves living in, I get worried when I don't see you on the board. I'm starting to remind myself of my Jewish mother. OY VEY!!
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John Aseff - 2.18.2008
Eric - You're right. Atlanta's music is(was) awesome. It's slipped quite a bit since you were here. Atlanta radio is abysmal now. I've had to resort to XM to get anything decent. 99X just closed up shop. That was the last good station. Now it's all generic corporate crap. As for getting out. Now that the kids are fairly self-sufficient we will be doing much more of that!
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Don Gilliland - 2.17.2008
Been busy working at my bookshop and travelling (Cambodia and Burma). I'm still walking the streets of Bangkok: dodging stray elephants, dogs, and motorcycles that drive on the sidewalks. Never a dull moment. Enjoying lots of new ablums by old favorites lately: Springsteen, Neil Young, Joan Armatrading, Ian Hunter, Linda Thompson, Steve Earle, Solomon Burke. I also finally found a copy (Japanese pressing) of the Tom Jans album "Eyes of an Only Child." Still sounds great after all these years!
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Eric - 2.17.2008
I think I got that backwards... "Hard Times Paraphanalia... Upstairs, Misers Mall."
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Eric - 2.17.2008
Anybody remember this promo? "Upstairs... Miser Mall. Hard Times Paraphanalia." Sticks in my head much like those Eric Adams and Don Mealy commercials (though I don't remember ORJ playing those).
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Lee Arnold - 2.17.2008
Thanks for dropping by, Eric. Good to have you on board.
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Eric - 2.17.2008
John! I heard some of the best live music of my life during the couple of years I lived in Atlanta ('95-'97).Garbage opening for the Pumpkins (VERY impressive live), REM (twice), Pearl Jam, Todd Rundgren... not to mention the Atlanta Music Festival! One of my favorite musical moments in Atlanta was seeing Jorma K (how do you spell that?) playing Embryonic Journey during the Further Festival. I realize that this may not seem very impressive to most folks, but it was a trip in the way-back machine for me. Actually brought tears to my eyes. Great radio, too. Closest thing to a modern ORJ that I've heard over the airwaves. You gotta get out more, John! Lee, thanks for that hit of Arthur Brown! Another one I need on the ipod.
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Eric - 2.17.2008
Hey Lee! I still pop in from time to time. Try to listen in from work on the weekends (significant other controls the home pc). So glad that your still here. Life seems to keep trying to overwhelm, and it is nice to be able to come here to reminisce and catch up. Have you heard anything about the new REM release? I sure hope they pick up the tempo some. As much as I enjoy Micheal Stipes music, the last few releases just seemed to show them resting on their laurels.
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Craig Michaels - 2.16.2008
Lee and all... I'm in the midst of relocating, moving to Memphis, Tennessee. Things are a little on the hectic side just now, but I'm hoping/guessing things will calm down soon, then I'll be able to settle back into things again. Good to see folks alive and well here!
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John Aseff - 2.16.2008
In passing I mentioned to my son that it might be nice to see the current Van Halen tour now that Diamond Dave is back. It's not something I would scramble for tickets to. Well he surprised my wife and me with tickets for the Feb 25 show here in Atlanta. My first thought was "Oh crap. It's on a Monday". The more I thought about it the more excited I got. Now I can't wait for the show. Sadly it will be only our second concert since moving to Atlanta 12 years ago. The first was last year's Steely Dan show. I remember the days when it was almost a concert a week.
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Lee Arnold - 2.15.2008
Where is the WORJ Board Gang? Wayne & Cali (Are you doing all right?)-Craig-Dave-Don-Gail-Mimi(How are you doing?)-Bobby-bird-Hugh-Steve B.-Eric. Check in guys. Missing you. Shout out to Jim-Mike-John-Steve M.-Randy-Neal.
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Mike Zarek - 2.12.2008
Tonight on "Life's Most Embarassing Moments"...... Hidden camera of the Overnite DJ!! OMG, could you imagine?? and not the .. um.. "recreational" stuff... I mean just the air guitar!!
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Mike Zarek - 2.12.2008
hee hee... yeah, air guitar... being within 10 feet of me when Jeff Beck's "Going Down" comes on usually will result in injury.... lol....And definitely watch out when the opening of Rush's 2112 is on, cuz that turns into a total air guitar/drums mix!
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Lee Arnold - 2.12.2008
Mine too!!!
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Jim McPherson - 2.12.2008
Ahhh ... just enjoyed four minutes of air guitar bliss, rockin' out at my desk to the sound of Blue Oyster Cults " Cities On Flame With Rock & Roll " ! Not their biggest hit but probably my favorite song by them. Thanks Lee ! :-)
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Lee Arnold - 2.12.2008
Mike, as I rebuild the WORJ Radio database, please do continue to pick those nits. I'm sure that I will make some errors and your "fact" checking is appreciated.
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Dave Merrill (Merrill Bros. Band) - 2.9.2008
Been in the Keys the past 2 decades..Glad to see not much has changed (Just not as many of us)..Live up in Lake County now..Still Rock 'n Rollin'. Saw mike Logan (Tin House) at the Art Festival...Caught up a little... I'm at www.Dangerzone55.com... R.I.P. to those fallen and happy to see some of us still rockin'...Peace,D2
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Jim McPherson - 2.9.2008
Interesting item on MSNBC.com today about how Neil Young feels that music has lost the power to change the world today. While promoting his new movie " CSNY Deja Vu " at the Berlin Film Festival yesterday, Young commented " ... I think that the time when music could change the world is past. I think it would be very naive to think that in this day and age ". Young added: " I think the world today is a different place,and that it's time for science and physics and spirituality to make a difference in this world and to try and save the planet." I suppose he's got a point ... even his recent " Living With War " album, which stirred up a fair bit of controversy upon its release, is all but forgotten about now in this day of instant information overload. But for those of us who remember the days when the right song could galvanize a generation of people, there's always the hope that the right song ( or music festival ), at the right time, will come along again ...
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Mike Zarek - 2.7.2008
sorry, another nit to pick: Yes's "And You And I" is from Close To The Edge, not Fragile. (he said as he crawled back under his rock)
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Mike Zarek - 2.7.2008
Gil Scott Heron's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised".. Love it!! ... But I won't mention the segue into Melssa Manchester's "Midnight Blue" ;-) Ah, the joys of a multi-genre playlist.
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Mike Zarek - 2.6.2008
Lemme rephrase part of that... Couldn't find any reference to property owned by a "Mitch Mitchell", "Mitchell, M", or any of the usual formations of that name.....
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Mike Zarek - 2.6.2008
Not in his name, or not actually in Orange County, according to a search of the Orange Co. Property Appraiser's site.
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Rick Namey - 2.5.2008
Ok, rock stars in town game... A reliable source says that Mitch Mitchell has a little spread in Apopka.
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Jim McPherson - 2.2.2008
Members of both Foghat and Rare Earth have also called Central Fla. home. Awhile back, there was a red Porsche 911 Targa with Fla. plates that read FOGHAT at the car detailing buisness next to where I work. Wish I'd had time to hang around and chat up the owner when he came to pick it up !
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Lee Arnold - 2.2.2008
While looking at a political contribution web site, I came across the fact that: Stephen Stills-Musician, lives in Winter Park, Florida. I didn't know that. How cool!!
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RON AND REX BROWN - 2.1.2008
JOHN ITS STILL PRETTY CLEAR PAT TRAV.. LIVES IN THE ROSEMONT AREA/WHICH IS NOW ALL AFRICAN AMERICANS AND CRIME RIDDEN/WE HAVE ALSO SEEN ED VAN HALEN IN TOWN AND MEMBERS OF DEEP PURPLE UP AT SABAL POINT NEAR THE SPRINGS/SANLANDO....RONN B
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Mike Zarek - 2.1.2008
But does anyone there have an Arbitron survey?
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Mike Zarek - 2.1.2008
NASA to Broadcast Beatles Song Across the Universe Friday, February 01, 2008 WASHINGTON — The Beatles are about to become radio stars in a whole new way. NASA on Monday will broadcast the Beatles' song "Across the Universe" across the galaxy to Polaris, the North Star. This first-ever beaming of a radio song by the space agency directly into deep space is nostalgia-driven. It celebrates the 40th anniversary of the song, the 45th anniversary of NASA's Deep Space Network, which communicates with its distant probes, and the 50th anniversary of NASA. "Send my love to the aliens," Paul McCartney told NASA through a Beatles historian. "All the best, Paul." The song, written by McCartney and John Lennon, may have a ticket to ride and will be flying at the speed of light. But it will take 431 years along a long and winding road to reach its final destination. That's because Polaris is 2.5 quadrillion miles away. The idea came from Martin Lewis, a Los Angeles-based Beatles historian, who then got permission from McCartney, Yoko Ono and the two companies that own the rights to Beatles' music. One of those companies, Apple, was happy to approve the idea because is "always looking for new markets," Lewis said.
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Lee Arnold - 1.28.2008
I'm about 25% done on the WORJ.com Radio fix. I have switched back to LIVE programming from my own computer. No longer streaming from the Live365 servers. Should be 100% within the week.
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Rick - 1.24.2008
I saw Mike commenting on Green Grass and High Tide, so I thought I'd throw this out. Some of you out there, and especially here in the Orlando area know about Rick Namey Jr and his band Biteboy. When I went to Hughie's funeral last fall, we concocted a plan to bring the song a new life. If you know the biz at all, you know that all the money in recording is in songwriting, so it would really be a great thing for Hughie's family if we had a hit with this. Anyway, we've posted a version of our cover to a site we keep on myspace for our annual summer festival in Kansas (the long story of that is there on the site) - we'd really love it if you go check it out. It's www.myspace.com/phestival Also, if you are here in the area, we're playing at The Haven at Aloma and Forsyth in Winter Park on Saturday February 2. It's our own gig with 3 other bands, the night before the super bowl. We call it our "Stupid Bowl" party - because we have some hot drink specials so you can get stupid a day early. But the main reason to come is to see Biteboy. This is all my son has ever wanted to do, ever since he was a baby and it shows. Maybe it's in his blood. Rick plays guitar, sings lead, writes all the songs except covers, and arranges those. This was always my dream, but I didn't have the talent, which is how I ended up mainly backstage instead of on stage. He does. You should come and check it out. I'd like to see you too. Maybe we could make it like a reunion.
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WT - 1.23.2008
Eric was our booking agent back in the day as well.
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Jim McPherson - 1.22.2008
Here's an interesting web page I came across recently ... http://www.winterwoodstudios.com/erictschabacker.html. Eric T. Schabacker was the founder of Bee Jay Recording Studios here in Orlando, where WORJ did some of its great live concert simulcasts from ! Today he runs a recording studio / bed and breakfast inn in the Arkansas mountains. Also, click on the link for Dana Cornock, Guest Engineer for some related interesting reading.
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Jim McPherson - 1.21.2008
Ha ! Good one John ... I didn't even make that connection ! Maybe that'll be the name of the Strolling Bones next tour ... :-)
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John Aseff - 1.21.2008
I know Tom is getting older but Antiques Roadshow? Damn Jim! Just kidding :-) Yes Stevie was looking fine. I never thought 60 would looks so good but when you're 50, what the hell!
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Jim McPherson - 1.21.2008
Hey John, I saw that listing for the Tom Petty special this past weekend, I almost called you to tell you to checck it out ! I taped the early a.m. showing but when I went to play it back I got an episode of Antiques Roadshow. Oh well, I'm sure they'll show it again ! Mike Z ... I finally got a chance to check out that segment of Jeff Beck at the Crossroads Guitar Festival you mentioned a while back. Man, what a performance ! You never know what kind of sounds he's going to pull out of his guitar next. And the girl he had playing bass was equally talented, she had no trouble keeping up with him at all. A lot of people are saying she could be the next Charlie Mingus or Jaco Pastorius. I read that Jeff performed a version of the Beatles " A Day In The Life " during his set but I don't think it made it to the DVD, I would have liked to have heard that !
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Mike Zarek - 1.20.2008
That was Petty's 2006 concert at the O'Connell Center on the UF campus. It was his first G'ville concert in 13 years. It's a "2 parter" on Soun |
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