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Favoriting June 12, 2021: Guest: Steve Cropper

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Booker T. & The MGs  Green Onions   Favoriting
Otis Redding  Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (Take 1)   Favoriting
Eddie Floyd  Raise Your Hand   Favoriting
Johnny Daye  What'll I Do For Satisfaction   Favoriting
Sam And Dave  Shoo Rah, Shoo Rah   Favoriting
Sam And Dave  Goodnight Baby   Favoriting
Mighty Hannibal, The  In The Midnight Hour   Favoriting
Staple Singers, The  When Will We Be Paid   Favoriting
Wilson Pickett  634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A)   Favoriting
Dorothy Williams  Watchdog   Favoriting
Otis Redding  Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)   Favoriting
Steve Cropper  Bush Hog (Part 1)   Favoriting
Steve Cropper  Interview   Favoriting
Steve Cropper  Fire It up   Favoriting
Booker T. & The MGs  McLemore Avenue Lp Promo 1970   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:28am
Listener Baby:

Good morning! It’s amazing to witness the legend of The Michael Shelley Show grow and grow as the years flow by. Today is certainly no exception. Viva Baby, and viva WFMU. Both are amazing.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:58am
Frank In Queens:

HEY NOW!! YEAH!!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:58am
Frank In Queens:

SHOT OUT OF A CANNON!!!
  11:01am
clarke:

HN
EO
YW
Avatar 11:02am
DJ Guin:

::yawns:: morning all. hey there, Michael. looking forward to the Steve Cropper interview.
Avatar 11:02am
Mister Dobalina:

Is it the Michael miracle hour already? Oh BOY!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02am
Pauly from Clifton:

Good morning, Michael, folks!
  11:02am
clarke:

i too have a salami hanging in my closet
  11:02am
SeanG:

Memphis!
  11:03am
clarke:

GROUP!!
  11:03am
Matt Clarke:

Alright Michael!
Avatar 11:03am
Mailman Tom:

I saw Steve Cropper and Booker T. & the MGs at the Atlantic City Pop Festival in August 1969
  11:05am
egould310:

Steve Cropper aw hell yeah! The sound, and smell of Memphis, TN.
  11:05am
Corey:

Morning Michael and listeners! Almost sounded like Otis was saying pow pow pow!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05am
Pauly from Clifton:

@Mailman Tom, that is SO cool! Who else was on the bill?
  11:06am
clarke:

okay Frank - time to gloat. take it!!
Avatar 11:06am
Mailman Tom:

It was a 3 day festival. Dozens of top acts performed there!
  11:07am
SWK:

10000 miles I … aw {groan}
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07am
Sully510:

Ah Sitting on the dock on the bay. Singing about my home town here in the Bay Area
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:07am
Frank In Queens:

Hell of a series, clarke!
  11:08am
clarke:

i guess so - only from the scores playing across the runner
  11:08am
clarke:

what are the chances like in the semi's?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:08am
Frank In Queens:

Take my word for it, it was!
  11:09am
phat in Lincoln:

Giddy about this interview.
Avatar 11:09am
Mister Dobalina:

✋✋✋✋✋
  11:09am
clarke:

has the edge of your seat been worn to a blunt side??
  11:09am
Mr C:

A staple of Warren Lee and ESC!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:09am
Frank In Queens:

Isles are the underdogs; again. But that's ok, we like it that way. But Tampa is the defending champions with a machine-like power play. It won't be easy, but it's not impossible!
  11:10am
clarke:

we always stay cool
we like it that way
  11:11am
clarke:

have you played them during the regular season? and the outcome??
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:12am
Frank In Queens:

Not this year as teams only played other teams within the same division. The last time these two teams met was the semi-finals last year!
  11:12am
clarke:

ah. best to ya!! bass solo!!
  11:13am
clarke:

BABY - u already out in the 'yard??
  11:15am
clarke:

somehow my college baseball team got into the super-regionals?? they play tonight, so i will save some of the luck i wished Frank for myself.
  11:15am
Jonathan Quinn (guy that went to Moscow):

Memphis! Where else could Issac Hayes and Aretha Franklin be next door neighbors?
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Frank In Queens:

Nice, clarke!
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Hoboken Jack:

What I do for satisfaction is listen to the Michael Shelley show! Hi Michael, Baby, Frank, MVP Matt, everybody!
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Pauly from Clifton:

@Mailman Tom, sounds like Woodstock at the Shore! Must have been a great time!
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Frank In Queens:

Hiya Jack!
  11:18am
clarke:

Frank - any thoughts on Earth Man Blues (that are for public consumption)?
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Frank In Queens:

Earth Man Blues is very very good. It was a bit of a grower for me, but I like it very much. Much better than the last 2.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Wow ! Wouldn't know where to start - like so SteveCropper I heard you were one of the 1st in the USA with a Marshall amp? You knew JimiHendrix? The Beatles literally bowed to you when the MGs came to England? So Otis Redding - pretty kewl guy huh ? He was just a driver or something & y'all et him sing one day? Greatest Singer Ever er whut ?!?... Stax not too bad a label & stuff amiright ??...
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Moammar:

Steve Cropper has been the soundtrack of my life since middle school.
  11:21am
clarke:

the latest three, i have had trouble getting into - not that i don't like them. we could have an offline discussion that would go on too long, ha ha, but i like EMB
  11:21am
clarke:

Howard Grimes --- UN-F'ING-REAL!!
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Frank In Queens:

I think I like Aztec Mirror a bit better, but EMB is the best since that one.
  11:22am
clarke:

dunno what it is - or it is too long for here to try to explain
  11:23am
clarke:

miming puts me waaaay off!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...so - GreenOnions - riffs just happen yeah ??...
Like - you're somebody who has defined what Music even is...
  11:25am
clarke:

frank - i think i like Styles a lot more than you, ha ha, but still not the strongest.
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Frank In Queens:

Most people do, clarke! ;)
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Moammar:

This Midnight Hour makes me actually want to listen to the song again. Great find.
  11:28am
clarke:

555555
  11:31am
clarke:

al's hi-hat was in the shop that week.
  11:32am
clarke:

(been there).
  11:33am
Dennis Diken:

Hey Mikey & everyone! I think there are 2 drum performances on “634-5789”. Krazy that both WP & The Marvelettes used this title?!
  11:35am
Christina Low:

Clarke- Frank played the song for me (spousal privileges and all) and I think it’s a gem.
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K8:

Hello Michael and wonderful folx! Handy is at a meeting so I'll be representing our household today...hope y'all are doing well! Loving this Dorothy Williams! And Bagpipe appreciates any songs with the word "dog" in them...
  11:36am
clarke:

ha ha ha - the full explanation is that we had some gig where half the guys in the back of the club were facing away from the stage. instant song ensued!!
  11:37am
clarke:

was wondering where Handy was...
  11:38am
egould310:

The Stax museum is cool. Definitely worth the time. Tina Turner is tiny.
  11:39am
Jonathan Quinn (guy that went to Moscow):

The museum is spectacular. Converted movie theatre helped with that signature sound… Videos play throughout of interviews… including Steve.
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greg g:

Morming Michael and All! Supersyched for the interview with Steve Cropper
  11:42am
clarke:

that is the only jimmy buffet song i can really like!
  11:42am
Christina Low:

Stax is definitely worth the trip! I loved every minute of it.
  11:43am
pp:

what a wonderful attitude
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Michael Shelley:

CHECK OUT "THE !!! BEAT" www.youtube.com...
  11:46am
Lorraine:

Amazing tribute to Steve Cropper what a great way to celebrate my Saturday ❤️
  11:46am
clarke:

unfortunately, Christina - they had to REBUILD the whole thing!! the city had torn down the original theater that was there. sad.
  11:47am
clarke:

(there was really nothing structurally 'wrong' with Stax, it was just in dis-repair).
  11:48am
phat in Lincoln:

This is a blast.
  11:48am
Christina Low:

Yeah, I went not long after it reopened after being rebuilt. I know it’s not ‘original’ but it is a great re-creation and museum
  11:50am
clarke:

i think memphis has learned its lesson - unlike some other cities (i live in)!!
  11:54am
phat in Lincoln:

Cropper likes to talk! Love it.
  11:56am
paul:

The Stax museum is worth the trip just for Isaac Hayes' car!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yeah - not burnt out on the old stories apparently ! Such a friendly voice too...
  11:58am
clarke:

not to say cropper is not great, because he IS, but he is a typical southerner! friendly and conversational.
  12:00pm
clarke:

a raconteur fo'sure!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

A little startling to hear so much of the voice of a backing band musician / instrumental band icon !...
  12:01pm
pp:

"hit after hit after hit" -- there's your soundbite
  12:01pm
clarke:

Club Manhatten is now a 'bottle club' - after hours where they serve mixers and beer. under a different name, same building.
  12:02pm
clarke:

on Parkway
  12:07pm
Jeff B Cali:

This is great!
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Mike Sin:

I'd guess in 2021, that's about $400 for the three songs
  12:08pm
Jeff B Cali:

The Stax museum is also great if you get a special guide that points out Bobby Blue Bland’s shoes with a coke spoon built in 🤪
  12:11pm
dano59:

Putting the Stax Museum on my travel itinerary.
Have we gotten to The Blues Brothers yet?
  12:12pm
clarke:

if you go to stax you have to go to sun - they didn't tear that one down!
  12:13pm
phat in Lincoln:

Holy crap, that Green Onions story!
  12:13pm
P-90:

“Somethings goin’ on and I bet you’re responsible!”
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greg g:

yes, stax and sun are amazing and its more crowded but gracleand is worth a visit too
  12:15pm
phat in Lincoln:

This interview is so damned good.
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greg g:

second that phat!
  12:16pm
clarke:

i think there are tours of Sam Phillips Studio (Memphis Recording), as well, these days??
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Moammar:

This interview is worth it just for the "call my mom" story.
  12:17pm
clarke:

(which is almost around the corner from Sun)
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Hoboken Jack:

I think this is my favorite interview ever
  12:19pm
phat in Lincoln:

OMG. He tells a story. That knock on wood story also kills me. Inspiring.
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Joe B:

great job as usual Michael!
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yerfriendpaul:

Steve Cropper is a national treasure! So great to hear him!!
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CTEmpress:

ALL HAIL STEVE!!!!
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CTEmpress:

Johnny Daye! WENDY!
  12:25pm
GeorgeSimian:

Love this interview
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Moammar:

That DVD of the Stax-Volt revue in Sweden ... "Raise Your Hand" raises the damn roof.
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Corey:

Really terrific stuff! Thanks, Michael!
  12:31pm
clarke:

MG - mixed group
  12:34pm
Matt Clarke:

This has been fantastic. Nice one, Michael!
  12:34pm
clarke:

winnah, mate!!
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Frank In Queens:

amazing
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Moammar:

I will never hear "Hold On" the same way.
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Listener Baby:

Baby!!!~
  12:38pm
clarke:

BABY!!!!
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Listener Baby:

Clarke!!
  12:39pm
clarke:

HOW THEM VINES?????
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CTEmpress:

I already had SO many of these in my play box for tonight: what a wonderful WONDERFUL Saturday! Bless Steve and Michael
  12:43pm
davefromtoronto:

this isn't news to anyone but michael shelley is one of the best interviewers around. great work.
  12:43pm
clarke:

we'd better go ahead with MovieTime, here.
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Listener Baby:

Hopefully safe for today, Clarke. They just got a mineral oil bath, so to speak.
  12:44pm
clarke:

this is bug protection? i assume??
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Frank Verplanck:

This interview is great, I could listen to this guy all day.
  12:45pm
SeanG:

i call em double stops
  12:46pm
sufferwords:

so great Michael- thanks
  12:46pm
phat in Lincoln:

Oh dear
  12:46pm
clarke:

this week i saw Party Girl (1958) - which i never saw because i thought it to be a musical (cyd charrise), but it is robert taylor's performance that makes this must-see! it ain't no musical!
  12:47pm
Officer Pupp:

This is great. I’d like to know about his experiences with the Blues Brothers... maybe next time.
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Moammar:

Change that mind, Steve!
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Joe B:

lame
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CTEmpress:

Dayum Steve jab it up!
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Hoboken Jack:

Stax Vax
  12:48pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

Too old to fish and travel and healthy enough to bug out and live in the woods.
  12:49pm
P-90:

Not surprising that those are his favorite three channels on Sirius.
  12:49pm
Bud:

Ask him if Trump will be reinstated
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greg g:

@ Bud. Please dont
  12:51pm
kevlicki:

Glad I tuned in today. Great anecdotes!
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jmd:

TERRIFIC! Thanks, Michael.
  12:53pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

Plasmatics did a song recorded with each musician isolated and independent.
  12:54pm
John in Phoenixville:

Fantastic interview. Thanks so much, Michael!
  12:55pm
Drumpf:

it'll just disappear
  12:56pm
clarke:

CAN U DIG IT????!!!!!!!
  12:56pm
Will C:

What a great interview. Thanks Michael!
  12:57pm
Lorraine:

Cropper is fired up! New songs are classics ❤️
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Hoboken Jack:

Thank you Michael!
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greg g:

So affable and such a gifted musician, Steve Cropper. Thanks Michael !
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radioronan:

Great interview
Thanks Michael!
  12:57pm
P-90:

@Michael Shelley: I happen to be exactly the kind of music fan (and amateur guitar player) who reads/listens to/watches any and every interview Steve Cropper does. And honestly: there was a lot of Steve Cropper in your interview that I haven’t heard anywhere else. Thanks.
  12:57pm
Lorraine:

What a signature sound
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Hoboken Jack:

(FYI, this entire show was broadcast through a Samsung Galaxy.)
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greg g:

& I hope Cropper gets those shots!
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Moammar:

Gotta keep that guy alive.
  12:59pm
John in Phoenixville:

I like how almost every question Michael asked, Steve would say “Well …”
  12:59pm
clarke:

nice one, mate!! good nite.
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Pauly from Clifton:

Thanks, Michael! Great interview and a great show!
  12:59pm
David in ATL from NJ:

What a treat! That guy is LEGENDARY!
Another great interview, Michael!
Thanks.
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Frank In Queens:

Beauty, Michael! See everyone next week!
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CTEmpress:

I got The Mumps...on my calendar. Back when it was the 3M shows: Mumps, Marbles, Miamis
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McGroovey:

Great interview with Steve Cropper (too busy to connect during the show).

I'm not going to hang out with him until he gets his shots, though.
  1:37pm
egould310:

I served under Captain Biffko in Vietnam. He was a good man. And maybe it makes me a raisin person, but I’d take bullet for that man.
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