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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting December 14, 2023: Testify! - In a Sentimental Mood

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Van Dykes  No Man Is An Island   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Mala  1965  45  0:01:37 (Pop-up)
OV Wright  I Want Everyone To Know   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Back Beat  1968  45  0:04:14 (Pop-up)
Candi Staton  That's How Strong My Love Is   Favoriting I'm Just a Prisoner  Fame  1970  LP  0:06:57 (Pop-up)
Otis Redding  For Your Precious Love   Favoriting The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads  Volt  1965  LP  0:10:20 (Pop-up)
Eldridge Holmes  A Love Problem   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Decca  1969  45  0:13:14 (Pop-up)
Irma Thomas  I Wish Someone Would Care   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Imperial  1964  45  0:16:16 (Pop-up)
Little Buster  I'm So Lonely   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Jubilee  1965  45  0:18:34 (Pop-up)
 
Bee Gees  To Love Somebody   Favoriting Bee Gees First  Atco  1967  LP  0:24:35 (Pop-up)
Esther Phillips  Do Right Woman, Do Right Man   Favoriting Alone Again Naturally  Kudu  1972  LP  0:27:29 (Pop-up)
John Williams and the Tick Tocks  Blues, Tears and Sorrow   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Sansu  1967  45  0:30:50 (Pop-up)
Sylvester and the Hot Band  She   Favoriting Bazaar  Blue Thumb  1973  LP  0:33:48 (Pop-up)
Barbara and Ernie  For You   Favoriting Prelude To  Cotillion  1971  LP  0:38:06 (Pop-up)
Neil Diamond  If You Go Away   Favoriting Stones  Uni  1971  LP  0:41:42 (Pop-up)
Bobby Darin  Misty Roses   Favoriting If I Were a Carpenter  Atlantic  1966  LP  0:45:25 (Pop-up)
Buffalo Springfield  Kind Woman   Favoriting Last Time Around  Atco  1968  LP  0:47:38 (Pop-up)
Doug Randle  Isn't It a Pity   Favoriting Songs For The New Industrial State  Kanata  1971  LP  0:51:47 (Pop-up)
Harry Nilsson  The Moonbeam Song   Favoriting Nilsson Schmilsson  RCA  1971  LP  0:55:02 (Pop-up)
Scott Walker  It's Raining Today   Favoriting Scott 3  Philips  1968  LP  0:58:23 (Pop-up)
Crowded House  Whispers and Moans   Favoriting Woodface  Capitol  1991  CD  1:02:17 (Pop-up)
 
Django Reinjardt  La Mer   Favoriting 78RPM Single  Victor  1949  78  1:11:18 (Pop-up)
Peggy Lee  Watch What Happens   Favoriting Big Spender  Capitol  1966  LP  1:15:31 (Pop-up)
King Cole Trio  What'll I Do   Favoriting 78RPM Single  Capitol  1947  78  1:18:41 (Pop-up)
Charles Brown with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers  When Your Lover Has Gone   Favoriting 78RPM Single  Modern  1949  78  1:21:39 (Pop-up)
Bill Henderson w/Oscar Peterson Trio  I Wish You Love   Favoriting Bill Henderson w/The Oscar Peterson Trio  Verve  1963  LP  1:24:39 (Pop-up)
The Ink Spots  I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire   Favoriting 78RPM Single  Decca  1941  78  1:28:09 (Pop-up)
Mel Torme  Round Midnight   Favoriting Torme  Verve  1959  LP  1:31:14 (Pop-up)
Andy Bey  In a Sentimental Mood   Favoriting Blues, Ballads and Bey  Evidence  1996  CD  1:34:23 (Pop-up)
Bob Dorough  Baltimore Oriole   Favoriting Devil May Care  Bethlehem  1956  CD  1:41:20 (Pop-up)
Gene Austin  The Lonesome Road   Favoriting 78RPM Single  Victor  1928  78  1:44:18 (Pop-up)
Anita O'Day  Time After Time   Favoriting Anita  Verve  1956  LP  1:47:55 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  1:58:36 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

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Erica:

Hi Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:01
Hi Erica!
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Yvang:

Hi Larry, Erica and all the Testifyers!
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Mxter Baba:

hello, Larry, Erica, Yvang! Hello, all!
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Yvang:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:02
Hi Mxter Baba!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @3:01
Yvang!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:02
Hey Baba!
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WLSClark:

Hi Larry, Erica, Yvang, Baba and wherever Andrew is!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @3:05
Hi Clark!
Avatar 3:07pm
still b/p:

↳ Song: "No Man Is An Island" by "Van Dykes"
There's a fella wrote a story that appeared in Readers Digest long ago, in which he described hearing the line "No man is an island," as "There's no mayonnaise in Ireland."
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Funky16Corners:

↳ still b/p @3:07
Hey SBP! I can vouch for the fact that there is (or was circa 2000)
  3:10pm
iko:

Peace and greetings everyone
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Funky16Corners:

↳ iko @3:10
Hey iko!
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Sem:

Hello, Reverend Larry, and adherents of the Testify Church.
Sentimental journey suits my mood today, thx!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Sem @3:13
Hiya Sem!
Avatar 3:21pm
still b/p:

↳ Sem @3:13
I quickly read "sentimental journey suits" as a particular thing, like you could go get one when the menswear store has a sale on sentimental journey suits.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:25pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ still b/p @3:21
They sound very comfortable.
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still b/p:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:25
And personal. Not for the red carpet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ still b/p @3:26
I'd like to think they'd be like footsie pajamas.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Yvang:

↳ Song: "To Love Somebody" by "Bee Gees"
I can totally imagine Otis Redding singing this song... which unfortunately never happened.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @3:28
The James Carr version is quite good.
  3:29pm
CupcakeJenny:

Hello from bus duty! Stop running!
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dutchtheo:

Hey Larry and sentiment cravers
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Yvang:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:28
I amcurious bout the Nina Simone version as well.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ dutchtheo @3:29
Hi Theo!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ CupcakeJenny @3:29
Hey Jenny!
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Funky16Corners:

This is the show with all the Little Buster stuff: wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there, larry, and all other listeners!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:31
Hi Andrew!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ WLSClark @3:05
Hi, Clark. I was out walking dogs.
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Sem @3:13
hola, Sem!
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Sem:

↳ still b/p @3:21
Just saw your comment. I think as an idea for "occasion" dressers, it has legs...encased in zoot suit adjacent style.
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doctorjazz:

Hi Larry, folks!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:34
Hey Doc!
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Sem:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:33
Why, it's good to see you today, Andrew!
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doctorjazz:

Hi Andrew!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Sem @3:35
You too, Sem!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ doctorjazz @3:36
Hi, doc!
  3:44pm
CupcakeJenny:

Jeez Neil Diamond is bumming me OUT
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:45pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ CupcakeJenny @3:44
Aww, I love this song
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Erica:

That was a dark Neil Diamond song.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:45
That was a Jacques Brel song!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:45
English lyrics by Rod McKuen
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Erica:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:45
A cover then.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:46
Yes, Nina Simone and Scott Walker also do great versions
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
Candy-O'67:

Hey Larry and all! Been here most of the show. Just getting a chance to say hi
Avatar 3:49pm
Erica:

The stream is gurgly today.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Candy-O'67 @3:49
Hey Candy-O!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Kind Woman" by "Buffalo Springfield"
Always loved this (Poco did a nice version as well)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:52pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:51
Yes. Buffalo Springfield are my fave US 60s band, and that's one of my faves by them.
Avatar 3:53pm
still b/p:

Wish Rod hadn't made quite so many tweaks and changes to the lyrics, and had kept a line like this original: "Let me become the shadow of your shadow, the shadow of your hand, the shadow of your dog."
...though no person should express this in this way in a real world situation. Don't!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ still b/p @3:53
I know there are versions out there that are straight translations.
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Mxter Baba:

Nilsson! Now I'm gonna cry! xoxox
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Brian in UK:

Hello Larry & those in a sentient mood.
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WLSClark:

Larry, having all kinds of unknown computer issues this week. I have no idea what is going on, but loved what I heard. I give up trying.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @3:55
Sorry, Clark. I hope they get resolved.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @3:55
Hey Brian!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:55
Me too, Baba...
  3:56pm
CupcakeJenny:

Nilsson’s daughter is great to follow on TikTok. She tells a lot of stories about her dad.
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:56
He's the only artist that can make me laugh and cry at the same time. <3
Avatar 3:58pm
still b/p:

Sentient mood suits ("for men who are A-wear") are one aisle over from sentimental journey suits.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:59pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ still b/p @3:58
Do mood suits change color?
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Sem:

There's a sweet transition, Harry to Scott.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Sem @3:59
Two of the finest voices ever
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Sem:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:59
As the mood strikes.
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Mxter Baba:

↳ CupcakeJenny @3:56
aw, dang, I'm not on Tik Tok! I'm not usually a "completist," however I do grab onto just about anything by or about Harry!
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Sem:

↳ Brian in UK @3:55
Hello, Brian. Card arrived today. Bokbokbok.
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love2laf:

↳ Mxter Baba @4:01
Most TikTok people also put on YouTube www.youtube.com...

Loving the music thank you Larry :)
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Erica:

↳ Song: "Whispers and Moans" by "Crowded House"
Really good CH song here.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ love2laf @4:04
Hey love2laf! Thanks!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @4:04
This is such an amazing album.
  4:06pm
CupcakeJenny:

If you ever get on there it’s https://www.tiktok.com/@theofficialnilsson?_t=8iBb6mxVM8k&_r=1
  4:07pm
CupcakeJenny:

It’s not that YouTuber. This daughter doesn’t do makeup tutorials.
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love2laf:

↳ CupcakeJenny @4:07
Glad you caught that it's the wrong person, thank you!
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Erica:

↳ CupcakeJenny @4:07
Lol
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Brian in UK:

Like to have Scott do A Little Touch of Walker in the Night.
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Erica:

This must be the "sentimental mood" part of the show.
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Brian in UK:

↳ Sem @4:01
Sem. Chooks send their best.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "La Mer" by "Django Reinjardt"
Those Django ringing chords...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
Yvang:

↳ Song: "La Mer" by "Django Reinjardt"
A Charles Trenet song. Trenet was an eary influence on Jacques Brel.
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Woo:

Hello there
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Mxter Baba:

@love2laf and @ CupcakeJenny: thanks so much! and LOL on the missssstaken Nilsssson!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @4:12
The birth of chanson...
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Yvang:

*early
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Woo @4:12
Hi Woo!
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Yvang:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:13
"Chanson à texte" as they said.
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Brian in UK:

↳ Song: "La Mer" by "Django Reinjardt"
Guessing this is with Stéphane Grappelli on the fiddle.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @4:14
You are correct!
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Brian in UK:

Larry you might like this article.
www.theneweuropean.co.uk...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @4:16
Thanks! Saving that!
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still b/p:

↳ Sem @4:00
Ah, expecting Peggy cuz pic.
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Brian in UK:

Oooh, I have just gone all Monica!!
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still b/p:

↳ still b/p @4:17
Not for you, Sem. Ill-linked.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @4:18
What now?
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Brian in UK:

Oh yeah.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Brian in UK @4:18
Not a bad way to go...
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Sem:

↳ still b/p @4:19
No worries, still b/p. Thoughtful to let me off the puzzlement hook.
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Erica:

This is such a relaxing set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
Brian in UK:

The quality of the songwriting pre & post war over your way is astounding. For me peaked with Sinatra's mid Fifties albums.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
Sem:

Now I'm sentimental for Johnny Moore's Three Blazers.
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Funky16Corners:

Another song written by Charles Trenet
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:27pm
Sem:

...because of "Merry Christmas, Baby", and the role the Three Blazers played in the, ah, befuddled origins of the song. www.smithsonianmag.com...
Avatar 4:28pm
Erica:

Fallout!
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Erica:

I had to say that. But seriously I like this song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29pm
doctorjazz:

You are making me teary eyed, getting all over my phone...
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Sem:

Saw these guys in the mid-70s. The sets were polished to a lustrous sheen...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @4:29
I LOVE the Ink Spots. My Pop loved them, too.
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Mxter Baba:

↳ doctorjazz @4:29
yes, this set does pluck at the ol' heartstrings…
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still b/p:

This set deserves a prize.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ still b/p @4:32
Thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
Funky16Corners:

This one's for Cupcake Jenny, if she's still listening...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:36pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Round Midnight" by "Mel Torme"
Like that he sang the coda..
(Like Torme-Jonathan Schwartz used to play him regularly
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:36pm
Brian in UK:

Larry, great selections given the time of year when those nights are filling up the days.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
Mxter Baba:

↳ still b/p @4:32
The nostalgia weeper set. what's funny to me is I was into all this sentimental stuff when I was 17 ("and life and love were newwwww…")
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @4:36
I was just noticing how short the days were getting the other morning. Late sunup, early sundown...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:38pm
Mxter Baba:

↳ Mxter Baba @4:37
and now I GET it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:38pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Mxter Baba @4:38
Right? You kind of age into understanding these songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:40pm
Sem:

↳ doctorjazz @4:36
Listened to Schwartz, late nights, in New Brunswick (the province in Canada) on a little transistor radio. Pulled in the WNEW signal easily.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:41pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Sem @4:40
He had a true appreciation for great songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
Discotech Underground:

Hey Larry and fellow Testifiers! Be sure to keep it right here to GTDR for "Discotech Underground" right after Larry!

wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:47
Hey Kip!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Sem @4:40
He was on weekends on WNYC FM aftet that, for many years, got canned for some bad behavior, from what I heard...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
love2laf:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:47
Wouldn't miss it :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:47
What an awesome show!
Thanks, Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:52pm
doctorjazz:

Thanks, sob, Larry, *blows nose*, g:night...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:53pm
love2laf:

Thank you Larry, healing music indeed. Cheers all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:53pm
Brian in UK:

Tissues are available in the foyer on your way out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
dutchtheo:

Thanks, Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
Mxter Baba:

↳ Brian in UK @4:53
omx indeed!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56pm
Woo:

Thank you Larry. Wonderful wonderful (Johnny Mathis is actually doing a show in the Chicago burbs this month!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56pm
Sem:

The sediment of sentiment remains. Thank you for this show today, Larry.
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Erica:

Thank you Larry. This was a peaceful show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
Mxter Baba:

↳ Sem @4:56
feeling Semtimental? :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Woo:

↳ Woo @4:56
Whoops Johnny Mathis was last week here. Catch hm in 2024 when he turns 89.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks everyone!
Avatar 4:59pm
still b/p:

Heart says thank you for the musical squeeeeze.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:00pm
Mxter Baba:

Boundless gratitude, Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:00pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Mxter Baba @5:00
Thanks Baba!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:01pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ still b/p @4:59
Thanks SBP!
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