WFMU: Bob Brainen: Playlist from April 22, 2023

Listener comments!
	🥁 10:39am RobbieWhite: good morning
	11:00am Andrew in Toronto: Good morning Bob and all other listeners! Please don`t forget that today is Earth Day.
	11:00am Bob Brainen: Robbie White of WOWD!
	11:00am Irene Trudel: Hey Bob! Looking forward to your tribute to Donn.
	11:01am Bob Brainen: Andrew in Toronto! I won't! Also Charles Mingus' birthday.
	11:01am Bob Brainen: Irene, thanks!
	11:01am Jeff: Good Morning Bob + fellow listeners. R.I.P. Donn 😢
	11:01am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:01 Thanks for that.
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Jeff!
	11:02am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Jeff @11:01 What Jeff said.
	11:02am WR: Hello Bob, another great adventure with music!
	🥁 11:02am (Mr) Bill: April 23, 2023: “How terribly strange to be 70” ~~ Paul Simon, age 26
	11:02am PT: Good morning Bob and everyone…I’m looking forward to what I’m sure will be a fabulous, though quite sad, show.
	11:02am Sem: Hello, Bob, and Robbie W. AiT, Irene and Jeff. Along for the tribute.
	11:03am Bob Brainen: WR!
	11:03am adamdoesit: ↳ Song: "Next Stop Mars / Approach The Planet" by "NRBQ" Good morning, Bob and brains. That I knew it was NRBQ from the first note is due entirely to this show.
	🥁 11:03am wmfromD: Hey Bob and all!
	11:03am Bob Brainen: (Mr) Bill! Thanks, almost there...
	11:03am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Sem @11:02 Hi Sem!
	11:04am Bob Brainen: PT!
	11:04am Bob Brainen: Sem!
	11:04am SmokinJ: Good day bb & all! 8-)
	11:04am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ wmfromD @11:03 Hi wm from D.
	11:04am Bob Brainen: adamdoesit!
	11:04am Bob Brainen: wmfromD!
	11:04am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ adamdoesit @11:03 Hi adamdoesit!
	11:05am Sem: WR! (Mr.) Bill! Passaic Adam! and wmfromD!
	11:05am Ken S.: Out of the gate quick today, Bob. Thanks for doing this well deserved and much needed tribute to the great Donn Adams.
	11:05am sydnius: In honor or earth day, I’m parcookin pomme de terre
	🥁 11:05am Will thee Sound Guy: getting ready to go, but Good morning Bob Brainen and all!!!
	11:05am Bob Brainen: Ken S!
	11:06am Bob Brainen: sydnius!
	11:06am SecretSquirrel: Hello Bob ‘h’ all!
	11:06am Bob Brainen: Will thee Sound Guy!
	11:06am Zipperhead7: G'morning Bob and everybody! Nice to be able to catch at least the first hour in real time for a change
	11:07am Bob Brainen: SecretSquirrel!
	11:07am Bob Brainen: Zipperhead7!
	11:07am Ken S.: https://twitter.com/nippertown/status/1649558109528915968?s=46&t=M5FMK10vLb-hnd_CErmx-Q
	11:08am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Next Stop Mars / Approach The Planet" by "NRBQ" Hi folks! Loving this!
	11:09am Bob Brainen: Ken S, thanks for link!
	11:09am SecretSquirrel: Oh man, hadn’t heard abt Donn. 😢 RIP, Mr Adams
	11:09am adamdoesit: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:04 Morning, AiT! Hi Sem!
	11:09am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ doctorjazz @11:08 Hiya doc!
	11:10am sydnius: ↳ Song: "Next Stop Mars / Approach The Planet" by "NRBQ" I’m sorry the controls have been set for the heart of the sun
	11:10am Bob Brainen: doctorjazz! I'm not sure what the 16 or 17 year old me would have made of this music. I don't think I would have gotten it. Who knows?
	11:11am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Ken S. @11:07 Thanks for the link. I will listen.
	11:11am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Next Stop Mars / Approach The Planet" by "NRBQ" Reminds me a bit of Prime Time...
	11:13am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ PT @11:02 Good morning Pete!
	11:13am doctorjazz: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:10 Not sure what I would have thought of it st 16 either-I was a Deadhead, so open to different sounds, but there were limits, I'm sure...
	11:15am Dean: No question, I would have loved that 1970 NRBQ. I mean, "Revolution 9" was mesmerizing, overturning all of the norms of rock 'n' roll.
	🥁 11:15am wmfromD: ↳ Song: "Next Stop Mars / Approach The Planet" by "NRBQ" Integrating some John Cage radio knob twiddlin' into that piece. Cool.
	11:16am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ doctorjazz @11:13 Hi doc!
	11:16am Bob Brainen: Dean!
	11:17am doctorjazz: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:16 Hi Andrew!
	11:19am doctorjazz: ↳ Dean @11:15 I think I probably would hands gone for it too, especially the I Love Lucy part, the humor Would have grabbed me.
	11:22am Gerry from Miami: Sorry to hear about Donn Adams. RIP.
	11:22am Dean: Exactly. The humor mocks rock pretensions, or that's how I would have heard it. Reminds me of an early encore performed by the Kronos Quartet. After a program of a new work or two, a Bartok, they'd do a medley of television theme songs, including the Lucy theme.
	11:22am Bob Brainen: Gerry from Miami!
	11:23am doctorjazz: RIP Don Adams.
	11:23am doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @11:23 *Donn (damn spell correct..)
	11:25am adamdoesit: I'd have been turned off at first by the dissonance, but would have dug the space stuff. The I Love Lucy ending would've made me think of Weird Al. I think I'd have come around to it.
	🥁 11:27am (Mr) Bill: ↳ Dean @11:22 There’s something Spike Jones-y going on there, too.
	11:30am Mike Farmer: Some Donn Adams from Steve Furgeson's "Two Dollar No Holler" would be nice - RIP Donn Adams
	🥁 11:33am RobbieWhite: I attended that Wax Museum show and have a VHS board tape.
	11:34am Doug Schulkind: I loved how Terry and Donn crossed paths with Carla Bley. Kindred spirits all.
	11:35am Bob Brainen: Mike Farmer!
	11:36am Peter K.: "Next Stop Mars" and "Approach the Planet" PLUS (uncredited, but clearly there) the theme from "I Love Lucy." R.I.P., Donn.
	11:36am Bob Brainen: Robbie, you were lucky to be there!
	11:36am Bob Brainen: Doug Schulkind!
	11:37am Bob Brainen: Peter K!
	🥁 11:37am RobbieWhite: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:36 John Sebastian opened. After the NRBQ set, he came back & they played all Lovin Spoonful songs. I'll never forget it.
	11:38am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Doug Schulkind @11:34 Holy smokes! That`s a night!
	11:39am doctorjazz: (shhhh...it's Record Store Day, trying to pretend I don't know...)
	11:40am stuart boyer: THANKS for This Bob !!
	11:40am sydnius: ↳ doctorjazz @11:39 🙉
	11:41am adamdoesit: ↳ doctorjazz @11:39 Dammit doc, I gotta kill time in the city later. Jeez!
	11:41am Bob Brainen: stuart boyer! my pleaure.
	11:43am stuart boyer: Listening & Loving it from The Motor City !!
	11:44am Ken S.: Be sure to check out Michael Shelley’s archived interview with Donn from 2018 around the time of the Omnivore reissue of the 1969 first NRBQ.
	11:45am sydnius: ↳ doctorjazz @11:39 I saw Edgar Froese up there on the rack; wife wanted one rekkid, bought 1 rekkid sorry ed
	11:47am Gerry from Miami: @adamdoesit. Just heard Weird Al as a guest on NPR's "Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me" show this morning. Al has a new movie on ROKU called "Weird," starring Daniel Radcliffe(aka Harry Potter) as Al. Mr. Yankovic himself plays one of the Scotti brothers, the guys who signed him to his first record deal. BTW, the film is hilarious
	11:56am adamdoesit: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:47 It's really good! A buddy was trying to decide if his kids -- huge Al fans -- were old enough to watch it. If yes, I want to sit in.
	11:57am doctorjazz: ↳ adamdoesit @11:41 I don't even have to leave the house and stand for hours on line at a record store-Newvelle is having an online sale, sheesh (some stuff looks really good...a bit pricey, but what isn't these days?) www.newvelle-records.com...
	11:59am Gina Bacon: Hey, Bob & all!
	12:00pm Bob Brainen: Gina Bacon!
	12:02pm Alan Eastright: Rockin' show Bob, thanks!
	12:02pm Gerry from Miami: @adam. Today's kids have a higher threshold for "the adult stuff." Let 'em watch it!
	12:03pm Bob Brainen: Alan Eastright! Yr welcome.
	12:04pm doctorjazz: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:47 sounds fun (both Wait Wait and the movie), have to catch both!
	12:07pm Frank Zaatar: RIP.. Somebody give those guys a Smithsonian or MacArthur or something before it's too late.
	12:10pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:07 Why haven`t they?
	12:11pm stuart boyer: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:07 So True !
	12:13pm Bob Brainen: Frank Zaatar! Right on.
	12:13pm doctorjazz: Gotta run, thanks Bob! Laters, all!
	12:13pm Peter K.: The inspiration for the name was indeed the Modern Jazz Quartet, and Terry once told me that it was intended as a joke. He also said that, contrary to some reports, it was always "Rhythm and Blues," never "Rockabilly."
	12:14pm sydnius: true story: my college radio program director labelled titles Not Radio Broadcast Quality that had too many expletives for the FCC
	12:20pm stuart boyer: Hope The NRBQ Show in Spain Goes Off without a Hitch Tonight !
	12:21pm Kevin in Doomsville: Thanks for the tasty NRBQ tribute Bob
	12:24pm Bob Brainen: Kevin in Doomsville! My pleasure.
	12:32pm Peter K.: I'm loving this show (and hoping you will have time to include "Ain't Nice to Talk Like That," for obvious reasons). Irene reminded me to tell you and your listeners that, way back when I was still living with my parents, my mother once invited Terry and Donn over for dinner. Terry walked all the way from midtown Manhattan (I think) to the Upper West Side in his bare feet. Donn was a little more dressed up. They were both very happy to meet my father.
	12:33pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Peter K. @12:32 Good lord. That`s a great story. Thank you.
	12:34pm Dungaroos Kipawah: Thanks Bob, this has been a fitting & rollicking tribute to Donn.
	12:35pm Bob Brainen: Dungaroos Kipawah! Sure. Had to do it.
	12:37pm Bob Brainen: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:33 ditto!
	🥁 12:42pm Gina Bacon: So great.
	🥁 12:43pm Gina Bacon: ↳ Peter K. @12:32 Hahaha! Thanks, Peter...great story.
	12:44pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Gina Bacon @12:43 Hi Gina!
	12:44pm Ken S.: I’ve been fortunate enough to catch a few John Sebastian appearances with the Q, most recently 8/27/21 Bearsville Theater.
	12:45pm stuart boyer: That was some " Classic " Big Al vocals on People ! Never really noticed the Leon Thomas -esque Yodal in there Before !
	🥁 12:46pm Gina Bacon: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:44 Hey, Andrew!
	12:48pm SecretSquirrel: Seconding Frank Zataar! “National Treasure” might cover it
	🥁 12:50pm Brian in UK: Hello Bob. A labour of love?
	12:50pm SecretSquirrel: And hi to Irene and Peter! I would’ve been pretty honored to meet your dad too, Peter.
	12:51pm SecretSquirrel: And yes, that version of People always cracked me up
	12:52pm Ken S.: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:07 Frustrating for sure but probably not going to happen. Only thing we can do is attend the shows and buy whatever they release. Reissue of the fantastic Louisville Sluggers album coming May 12 on Omnivore with some new bonus tracks.
	12:56pm stuart boyer: Don't Forget the Ellery Eskellin NRBQ connection Via the old Song - Poem Genre That Ellery Eskellin Father was a Big Part of. They even did a show in Brooklyn years ago together to promote a Doc about it. Tommy A. of course was a big Fan of that stuff !
	12:57pm Andrew in Toronto: i wish NRBQ had a newsletter.
	1:00pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Ken S. @12:52 Maybe if we send some honey mustard to the MacArthur Foundation.
	1:00pm Ken S.: ↳ stuart boyer @12:56 Little Rug Bug from Dummy was a song poem.
	1:00pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ stuart boyer @12:56 Thanks stuart.
	1:01pm spodiodi: hello Bob and all!
	1:02pm SecretSquirrel: Wow! Who’s on drums for these Sun Ra tracks?
	1:03pm Bob Brainen: Tom Staley - original drummer.
	1:03pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ spodiodi @1:01 hiya spodi!
	1:10pm timinoak: Hello! Thank you for the show.
	1:11pm Bob Brainen: timinoak!
	1:11pm Peter K.: I just LOVE that country trombone!!
	🥁 1:13pm (Mr) Bill: This recording is a gem. It sure is nice to sing and play like that.
	🥁 1:13pm RobbieWhite: I saw the “She Sings They Play” tour in DC at the Warner Theater
	1:14pm Bob Brainen: Robbie, you caught some great shows! What was the station that your pal Weasel was on that NRBQ used to visit?
	1:20pm Gary Hobish: Donn was a great guy, great player and a force of nature.
	1:21pm Bob Brainen: Gary Hobish! Amen. And thank you for your stellar mastering jobs on so many NRBQ/related albums!
	1:24pm Gary Hobish: It’s my dream job!
	1:24pm Bob Brainen: I bet!
	1:28pm stuart boyer: ↳ Ken S. @1:00 I forgot about that ! I Love My Song Poem ( Rodd Keith ) releases from Tzadik Records ! ( John Zorn )
	1:31pm Andrew in Toronto: Here`s a Donn Adams remembrance: nippertown.com...
	1:35pm Pax: ↳ Song: "Tex" by "NRBQ" Isn't Tex actually 'buried me not on the lone prairie. Sounds like it ?, idk. Howdy Bob
	1:35pm Ken S.: Love Dry Up and Blow Away so much.
	1:36pm Bob Brainen: Pax! I do not know.
	1:45pm stuart boyer: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @1:31 Thanks Andrew ! Always thought Donn was the Older brother !
	1:47pm Frank Zaatar: It's interesting that Donn was featured on some of their most experimental tracks, as well as some of their silliest.
	1:49pm Andrew in Toronto: What a wonderful tribute! Thanks Bob!
	1:52pm Irene Trudel: Such a great tribute! Thanks for doing this, Bob.
	1:54pm stuart boyer: Roll Call !! Now I'm getting a Bit Weepy ! Very Fitting Bob ! Thanks !
	1:55pm spodiodi: great show, Bob! thank you hi Andrew!
	🥁 1:57pm listener 126464: Thanks Bob, been listening. Loved today's show.
	🥁 1:57pm wmfromD: A fine tribute Bob. Thanks!
	1:58pm Ken S.: Thank you Bob, Precious Memories indeed. NRBQ on tour this summer and fall, hope to see you out there.
	🥁 1:58pm (Mr) Bill: Bravo, Bob.
	1:58pm Jeff: Bob, thanks for keeping the music alive
	1:59pm bill hanke: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:14 NRBQ were regulars at WHFS 102.3 Bethesda MD. they played across the street at the PsycheDelly.
	2:00pm Peter K.: Lovely tribute to a lovely man.
	2:00pm Frank Zaatar: Bob, this was a show for the ages. From here on my reference point for NRBQ.
	2:03pm Ken S.: ↳ Frank Zaatar @2:00 And barely scratched the surface of their amazing catalog.
	2:11pm WR: Thank you! Bob! I didn't comment much but got lots of feels from the great tunes. Great selections.
	11:36am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ BobBrainen ~

Bob Brainen: Playlist from April 22, 2023

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April 22, 2023: This Show Is Dedicated To The Memory Of Donn Adams Of NRBQ & The Whole Wheat Horns,
The Dickens, etc.

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Artist	Track	Album	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary	Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience		1961 / 1966			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Next Stop Mars / Approach The Planet	Interstellar	1970 / 20 03	Recorded at Folly Farm, Clinton Hollow, N.Y.		0:02:25 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	I Like That Girl "I Like That Girl" by "NRBQ"	Park West 83	1983 / 2022	archival release		0:14:01 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Wacky Tobacky "Wacky Tobacky" by "NRBQ"	Tiddlywinks	1980 / 2023		*	0:16:28 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Down In My Heart "Down In My Heart" by "NRBQ"	High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective	1969 / 2016	originally a non lp single w/King Curtis - tenor sax		0:19:14 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Feel You Around Me "Feel You Around Me" by "NRBQ"	Tiddlywinks	1980 / 2023		*	0:21:47 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Get That Gasoline Blues "Get That Gasoline Blues" by "NRBQ"	Workshop	1973			0:25:13 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Java "Java" by "NRBQ"	Live At The Wax Museum	1982 / 2003			0:28:29 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"						0:30:29 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Four Million B.C. "Four Million B.C." by "NRBQ"	Workshop	1973			0:35:37 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Cecelia "Cecelia" by "NRBQ"	All Hopped Up	1977			0:38:12 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Daddy "O" "Daddy "O"" by "NRBQ"	Grooves In Orbit	1983			0:41:04 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	I Feel Good "I Feel Good" by "NRBQ"	Ludlow Garage 1970	1970 / 2006			0:43:43 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Tragic Magic "Tragic Magic" by "NRBQ"	Scraps	1972			0:46:26 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Louisville "Louisville" by "NRBQ"	RC Cola & A Moon Pie	1986			0:48:20 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Music Goes Round & Around "Music Goes Round & Around" by "NRBQ"	Park West 83	1983 / 2022			0:49:29 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Kentucky Slop Song "Kentucky Slop Song" by "NRBQ"	NRBQ	1969			0:52:20 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Things We Like To Do "Things We Like To Do" by "NRBQ"	Live At The Wax Museum	1982 / 2003			0:57:50 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Just To Hold Your Hand "Just To Hold Your Hand" by "NRBQ"	Workshop	1973			1:00:16 (Pop-up)
The Dickens	Sho Need Love "Sho Need Love" by "The Dickens"		1971	The Dickens Scepter label single by off-shoot of Donn, [Dill Spears] Keith Spring [Rodd Fudd] & Dom Placco [Sundance Clover]		1:02:45 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"						1:04:38 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Heartbreaker "Heartbreaker" by "NRBQ"	High Noon	1966 / 2016	Home recorded at the Adams Brothers' house in Louisville.		1:13:21 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	You Got It "You Got It" by "NRBQ"	Tapdancin' Bats: The Anniversary Edition	1975 / 1998			1:17:43 (Pop-up)
NRBQ w/ Captain Lou Albano	Boardin' House Pie	Lou & The Q	1986			1:20:38 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Misunderstanding "Misunderstanding" by "NRBQ"	Workshop	1973			1:23:37 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Rats In My Room "Rats In My Room" by "NRBQ"	Tapdancin' Bats: The Anniversary Edition	1977 / 1998			1:26:42 (Pop-up)
The Dickens	Don't Talk About My Music		1971	Scepter label single		1:29:13 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	A Girl Like That "A Girl Like That" by "NRBQ"	Park West 83	1983 / 2022			1:32:09 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Benellie "Benellie" by "NRBQ"	High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective	1969 / 2016			1:35:19 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Miss Moses "Miss Moses" by "NRBQ"	Workshop	1973			1:36:21 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	People "People" by "NRBQ"		1980	non-lp b-side of Me & The Boys		1:37:32 (Pop-up)
NRBQ w/John Sebastian	You Didn't Have To Be So Nice	Live At The Wax Museum	1982 / 2003	One of 5 Spoonful songs done at this show!		1:40:42 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Little Rootie Tootie "Little Rootie Tootie" by "NRBQ"	That's The Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk	1983	VAR		1:43:12 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"						1:47:20 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Rocket #9 / Venusian Sunset "Rocket #9 / Venusian Sunset" by "NRBQ"	Instellar	1970 / 2003	Rec. @ Ludlow Garage, Cinci, Ohio		1:56:02 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Queen Talk "Queen Talk" by "NRBQ"	All Hopped Up	1971			2:08:43 (Pop-up)
Skeeter Davis & NRBQ	Ain't Nice To Talk Like That	She Sings, They Play	1986			2:10:48 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Ratch-i-Tach "Ratch-i-Tach" by "NRBQ"	RC Cola & A Moon Pie	1986			2:13:18 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	It's Not Too Late "It's Not Too Late" by "NRBQ"	High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective	1972 / 2016			2:16:57 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive / Things Are Getting Better	Scraps	1972			2:20:41 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Well Oh Well "Well Oh Well" by "NRBQ"	Live At The Wax Museum	1983 / 2003			2:23:48 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	I Love Lucy "I Love Lucy" by "NRBQ"	The Scraps Companion	1972 / 2000	archival show recorded @ Ardent studios		2:26:28 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Tex "Tex" by "NRBQ"	Tapdancin' Bats: The Anniversary Edition	1979 / 1998			2:27:29 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"						2:28:59 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Dry Up & Blow Away "Dry Up & Blow Away" by "NRBQ"	Tapdancin' Bats: The Anniversary Edition	1972 / 1998			2:33:06 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Ain't No Horse "Ain't No Horse" by "NRBQ"	NRBQ	1999	co-written by Terry & Donn Adams [Donn doesn't play on this track]		2:36:03 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Bonanza "Bonanza" by "NRBQ"	All Hopped Up	1977			2:40:05 (Pop-up)
The Dickens	Pollution Revolution "Pollution Revolution" by "The Dickens"		1971	The Dickens You Say		2:40:39 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	On the Farm "On the Farm" by "NRBQ"	Carl Perkins & NRBQ - Boppin’ The Blues	1970			2:44:41 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	You Can't Hide "You Can't Hide" by "NRBQ"	NRBQ	1969			2:47:18 (Pop-up)
Al Anderson	Don't Hold The Line "Don't Hold The Line" by "Al Anderson"	Al Anderson	1972 / 1998			2:49:11 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Roll Call "Roll Call" by "NRBQ"	Tiddlywinks	1980 / 2023		*	2:52:12 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Precious Memories "Precious Memories" by "NRBQ"	Froggy's Favorites, Volume One: Live 1979-1999	? / 2006	written by Donn		2:56:12 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"						2:56:34 (Pop-up)
Thanks to Keith Spring, Ron Jett, Michael Shelley, Peter Becan & Pete Tomlinson

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Listener comments!
	🥁 10:39am RobbieWhite: good morning
	11:00am Andrew in Toronto: Good morning Bob and all other listeners! Please don`t forget that today is Earth Day.
	11:00am Bob Brainen: Robbie White of WOWD!
	11:00am Irene Trudel: Hey Bob! Looking forward to your tribute to Donn.
	11:01am Bob Brainen: Andrew in Toronto! I won't! Also Charles Mingus' birthday.
	11:01am Bob Brainen: Irene, thanks!
	11:01am Jeff: Good Morning Bob + fellow listeners. R.I.P. Donn 😢
	11:01am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:01 Thanks for that.
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Jeff!
	11:02am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Jeff @11:01 What Jeff said.
	11:02am WR: Hello Bob, another great adventure with music!
	🥁 11:02am (Mr) Bill: April 23, 2023: “How terribly strange to be 70” ~~ Paul Simon, age 26
	11:02am PT: Good morning Bob and everyone…I’m looking forward to what I’m sure will be a fabulous, though quite sad, show.
	11:02am Sem: Hello, Bob, and Robbie W. AiT, Irene and Jeff. Along for the tribute.
	11:03am Bob Brainen: WR!
	11:03am adamdoesit: ↳ Song: "Next Stop Mars / Approach The Planet" by "NRBQ" Good morning, Bob and brains. That I knew it was NRBQ from the first note is due entirely to this show.
	🥁 11:03am wmfromD: Hey Bob and all!
	11:03am Bob Brainen: (Mr) Bill! Thanks, almost there...
	11:03am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Sem @11:02 Hi Sem!
	11:04am Bob Brainen: PT!
	11:04am Bob Brainen: Sem!
	11:04am SmokinJ: Good day bb & all! 8-)
	11:04am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ wmfromD @11:03 Hi wm from D.
	11:04am Bob Brainen: adamdoesit!
	11:04am Bob Brainen: wmfromD!
	11:04am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ adamdoesit @11:03 Hi adamdoesit!
	11:05am Sem: WR! (Mr.) Bill! Passaic Adam! and wmfromD!
	11:05am Ken S.: Out of the gate quick today, Bob. Thanks for doing this well deserved and much needed tribute to the great Donn Adams.
	11:05am sydnius: In honor or earth day, I’m parcookin pomme de terre
	🥁 11:05am Will thee Sound Guy: getting ready to go, but Good morning Bob Brainen and all!!!
	11:05am Bob Brainen: Ken S!
	11:06am Bob Brainen: sydnius!
	11:06am SecretSquirrel: Hello Bob ‘h’ all!
	11:06am Bob Brainen: Will thee Sound Guy!
	11:06am Zipperhead7: G'morning Bob and everybody! Nice to be able to catch at least the first hour in real time for a change
	11:07am Bob Brainen: SecretSquirrel!
	11:07am Bob Brainen: Zipperhead7!
	11:07am Ken S.: https://twitter.com/nippertown/status/1649558109528915968?s=46&t=M5FMK10vLb-hnd_CErmx-Q
	11:08am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Next Stop Mars / Approach The Planet" by "NRBQ" Hi folks! Loving this!
	11:09am Bob Brainen: Ken S, thanks for link!
	11:09am SecretSquirrel: Oh man, hadn’t heard abt Donn. 😢 RIP, Mr Adams
	11:09am adamdoesit: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:04 Morning, AiT! Hi Sem!
	11:09am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ doctorjazz @11:08 Hiya doc!
	11:10am sydnius: ↳ Song: "Next Stop Mars / Approach The Planet" by "NRBQ" I’m sorry the controls have been set for the heart of the sun
	11:10am Bob Brainen: doctorjazz! I'm not sure what the 16 or 17 year old me would have made of this music. I don't think I would have gotten it. Who knows?
	11:11am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Ken S. @11:07 Thanks for the link. I will listen.
	11:11am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Next Stop Mars / Approach The Planet" by "NRBQ" Reminds me a bit of Prime Time...
	11:13am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ PT @11:02 Good morning Pete!
	11:13am doctorjazz: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:10 Not sure what I would have thought of it st 16 either-I was a Deadhead, so open to different sounds, but there were limits, I'm sure...
	11:15am Dean: No question, I would have loved that 1970 NRBQ. I mean, "Revolution 9" was mesmerizing, overturning all of the norms of rock 'n' roll.
	🥁 11:15am wmfromD: ↳ Song: "Next Stop Mars / Approach The Planet" by "NRBQ" Integrating some John Cage radio knob twiddlin' into that piece. Cool.
	11:16am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ doctorjazz @11:13 Hi doc!
	11:16am Bob Brainen: Dean!
	11:17am doctorjazz: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:16 Hi Andrew!
	11:19am doctorjazz: ↳ Dean @11:15 I think I probably would hands gone for it too, especially the I Love Lucy part, the humor Would have grabbed me.
	11:22am Gerry from Miami: Sorry to hear about Donn Adams. RIP.
	11:22am Dean: Exactly. The humor mocks rock pretensions, or that's how I would have heard it. Reminds me of an early encore performed by the Kronos Quartet. After a program of a new work or two, a Bartok, they'd do a medley of television theme songs, including the Lucy theme.
	11:22am Bob Brainen: Gerry from Miami!
	11:23am doctorjazz: RIP Don Adams.
	11:23am doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @11:23 *Donn (damn spell correct..)
	11:25am adamdoesit: I'd have been turned off at first by the dissonance, but would have dug the space stuff. The I Love Lucy ending would've made me think of Weird Al. I think I'd have come around to it.
	🥁 11:27am (Mr) Bill: ↳ Dean @11:22 There’s something Spike Jones-y going on there, too.
	11:30am Mike Farmer: Some Donn Adams from Steve Furgeson's "Two Dollar No Holler" would be nice - RIP Donn Adams
	🥁 11:33am RobbieWhite: I attended that Wax Museum show and have a VHS board tape.
	11:34am Doug Schulkind: I loved how Terry and Donn crossed paths with Carla Bley. Kindred spirits all.
	11:35am Bob Brainen: Mike Farmer!
	11:36am Peter K.: "Next Stop Mars" and "Approach the Planet" PLUS (uncredited, but clearly there) the theme from "I Love Lucy." R.I.P., Donn.
	11:36am Bob Brainen: Robbie, you were lucky to be there!
	11:36am Bob Brainen: Doug Schulkind!
	11:37am Bob Brainen: Peter K!
	🥁 11:37am RobbieWhite: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:36 John Sebastian opened. After the NRBQ set, he came back & they played all Lovin Spoonful songs. I'll never forget it.
	11:38am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Doug Schulkind @11:34 Holy smokes! That`s a night!
	11:39am doctorjazz: (shhhh...it's Record Store Day, trying to pretend I don't know...)
	11:40am stuart boyer: THANKS for This Bob !!
	11:40am sydnius: ↳ doctorjazz @11:39 🙉
	11:41am adamdoesit: ↳ doctorjazz @11:39 Dammit doc, I gotta kill time in the city later. Jeez!
	11:41am Bob Brainen: stuart boyer! my pleaure.
	11:43am stuart boyer: Listening & Loving it from The Motor City !!
	11:44am Ken S.: Be sure to check out Michael Shelley’s archived interview with Donn from 2018 around the time of the Omnivore reissue of the 1969 first NRBQ.
	11:45am sydnius: ↳ doctorjazz @11:39 I saw Edgar Froese up there on the rack; wife wanted one rekkid, bought 1 rekkid sorry ed
	11:47am Gerry from Miami: @adamdoesit. Just heard Weird Al as a guest on NPR's "Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me" show this morning. Al has a new movie on ROKU called "Weird," starring Daniel Radcliffe(aka Harry Potter) as Al. Mr. Yankovic himself plays one of the Scotti brothers, the guys who signed him to his first record deal. BTW, the film is hilarious
	11:56am adamdoesit: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:47 It's really good! A buddy was trying to decide if his kids -- huge Al fans -- were old enough to watch it. If yes, I want to sit in.
	11:57am doctorjazz: ↳ adamdoesit @11:41 I don't even have to leave the house and stand for hours on line at a record store-Newvelle is having an online sale, sheesh (some stuff looks really good...a bit pricey, but what isn't these days?) www.newvelle-records.com...
	11:59am Gina Bacon: Hey, Bob & all!
	12:00pm Bob Brainen: Gina Bacon!
	12:02pm Alan Eastright: Rockin' show Bob, thanks!
	12:02pm Gerry from Miami: @adam. Today's kids have a higher threshold for "the adult stuff." Let 'em watch it!
	12:03pm Bob Brainen: Alan Eastright! Yr welcome.
	12:04pm doctorjazz: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:47 sounds fun (both Wait Wait and the movie), have to catch both!
	12:07pm Frank Zaatar: RIP.. Somebody give those guys a Smithsonian or MacArthur or something before it's too late.
	12:10pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:07 Why haven`t they?
	12:11pm stuart boyer: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:07 So True !
	12:13pm Bob Brainen: Frank Zaatar! Right on.
	12:13pm doctorjazz: Gotta run, thanks Bob! Laters, all!
	12:13pm Peter K.: The inspiration for the name was indeed the Modern Jazz Quartet, and Terry once told me that it was intended as a joke. He also said that, contrary to some reports, it was always "Rhythm and Blues," never "Rockabilly."
	12:14pm sydnius: true story: my college radio program director labelled titles Not Radio Broadcast Quality that had too many expletives for the FCC
	12:20pm stuart boyer: Hope The NRBQ Show in Spain Goes Off without a Hitch Tonight !
	12:21pm Kevin in Doomsville: Thanks for the tasty NRBQ tribute Bob
	12:24pm Bob Brainen: Kevin in Doomsville! My pleasure.
	12:32pm Peter K.: I'm loving this show (and hoping you will have time to include "Ain't Nice to Talk Like That," for obvious reasons). Irene reminded me to tell you and your listeners that, way back when I was still living with my parents, my mother once invited Terry and Donn over for dinner. Terry walked all the way from midtown Manhattan (I think) to the Upper West Side in his bare feet. Donn was a little more dressed up. They were both very happy to meet my father.
	12:33pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Peter K. @12:32 Good lord. That`s a great story. Thank you.
	12:34pm Dungaroos Kipawah: Thanks Bob, this has been a fitting & rollicking tribute to Donn.
	12:35pm Bob Brainen: Dungaroos Kipawah! Sure. Had to do it.
	12:37pm Bob Brainen: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:33 ditto!
	🥁 12:42pm Gina Bacon: So great.
	🥁 12:43pm Gina Bacon: ↳ Peter K. @12:32 Hahaha! Thanks, Peter...great story.
	12:44pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Gina Bacon @12:43 Hi Gina!
	12:44pm Ken S.: I’ve been fortunate enough to catch a few John Sebastian appearances with the Q, most recently 8/27/21 Bearsville Theater.
	12:45pm stuart boyer: That was some " Classic " Big Al vocals on People ! Never really noticed the Leon Thomas -esque Yodal in there Before !
	🥁 12:46pm Gina Bacon: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:44 Hey, Andrew!
	12:48pm SecretSquirrel: Seconding Frank Zataar! “National Treasure” might cover it
	🥁 12:50pm Brian in UK: Hello Bob. A labour of love?
	12:50pm SecretSquirrel: And hi to Irene and Peter! I would’ve been pretty honored to meet your dad too, Peter.
	12:51pm SecretSquirrel: And yes, that version of People always cracked me up
	12:52pm Ken S.: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:07 Frustrating for sure but probably not going to happen. Only thing we can do is attend the shows and buy whatever they release. Reissue of the fantastic Louisville Sluggers album coming May 12 on Omnivore with some new bonus tracks.
	12:56pm stuart boyer: Don't Forget the Ellery Eskellin NRBQ connection Via the old Song - Poem Genre That Ellery Eskellin Father was a Big Part of. They even did a show in Brooklyn years ago together to promote a Doc about it. Tommy A. of course was a big Fan of that stuff !
	12:57pm Andrew in Toronto: i wish NRBQ had a newsletter.
	1:00pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Ken S. @12:52 Maybe if we send some honey mustard to the MacArthur Foundation.
	1:00pm Ken S.: ↳ stuart boyer @12:56 Little Rug Bug from Dummy was a song poem.
	1:00pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ stuart boyer @12:56 Thanks stuart.
	1:01pm spodiodi: hello Bob and all!
	1:02pm SecretSquirrel: Wow! Who’s on drums for these Sun Ra tracks?
	1:03pm Bob Brainen: Tom Staley - original drummer.
	1:03pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ spodiodi @1:01 hiya spodi!
	1:10pm timinoak: Hello! Thank you for the show.
	1:11pm Bob Brainen: timinoak!
	1:11pm Peter K.: I just LOVE that country trombone!!
	🥁 1:13pm (Mr) Bill: This recording is a gem. It sure is nice to sing and play like that.
	🥁 1:13pm RobbieWhite: I saw the “She Sings They Play” tour in DC at the Warner Theater
	1:14pm Bob Brainen: Robbie, you caught some great shows! What was the station that your pal Weasel was on that NRBQ used to visit?
	1:20pm Gary Hobish: Donn was a great guy, great player and a force of nature.
	1:21pm Bob Brainen: Gary Hobish! Amen. And thank you for your stellar mastering jobs on so many NRBQ/related albums!
	1:24pm Gary Hobish: It’s my dream job!
	1:24pm Bob Brainen: I bet!
	1:28pm stuart boyer: ↳ Ken S. @1:00 I forgot about that ! I Love My Song Poem ( Rodd Keith ) releases from Tzadik Records ! ( John Zorn )
	1:31pm Andrew in Toronto: Here`s a Donn Adams remembrance: nippertown.com...
	1:35pm Pax: ↳ Song: "Tex" by "NRBQ" Isn't Tex actually 'buried me not on the lone prairie. Sounds like it ?, idk. Howdy Bob
	1:35pm Ken S.: Love Dry Up and Blow Away so much.
	1:36pm Bob Brainen: Pax! I do not know.
	1:45pm stuart boyer: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @1:31 Thanks Andrew ! Always thought Donn was the Older brother !
	1:47pm Frank Zaatar: It's interesting that Donn was featured on some of their most experimental tracks, as well as some of their silliest.
	1:49pm Andrew in Toronto: What a wonderful tribute! Thanks Bob!
	1:52pm Irene Trudel: Such a great tribute! Thanks for doing this, Bob.
	1:54pm stuart boyer: Roll Call !! Now I'm getting a Bit Weepy ! Very Fitting Bob ! Thanks !
	1:55pm spodiodi: great show, Bob! thank you hi Andrew!
	🥁 1:57pm listener 126464: Thanks Bob, been listening. Loved today's show.
	🥁 1:57pm wmfromD: A fine tribute Bob. Thanks!
	1:58pm Ken S.: Thank you Bob, Precious Memories indeed. NRBQ on tour this summer and fall, hope to see you out there.
	🥁 1:58pm (Mr) Bill: Bravo, Bob.
	1:58pm Jeff: Bob, thanks for keeping the music alive
	1:59pm bill hanke: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:14 NRBQ were regulars at WHFS 102.3 Bethesda MD. they played across the street at the PsycheDelly.
	2:00pm Peter K.: Lovely tribute to a lovely man.
	2:00pm Frank Zaatar: Bob, this was a show for the ages. From here on my reference point for NRBQ.
	2:03pm Ken S.: ↳ Frank Zaatar @2:00 And barely scratched the surface of their amazing catalog.
	2:11pm WR: Thank you! Bob! I didn't comment much but got lots of feels from the great tunes. Great selections.
	11:36am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ BobBrainen ~

Bob Brainen: Playlist from April 22, 2023

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