WFMU RADIO: Give The Drummer Some 03/01/16

Listener comments!

Ain't that a beautiful photograph, Doug. Happy memories are a fine thing.

Just returned from Hugoland. How odd that Paul and I were there within a week of each other. We were mob-handed, eight in all and a wonderful time was had by all.

Archivetimeliness.

11:46am Jeff Golick:

I recognize that smile. It lives on in you, Doug.

12:18pm Flash Strap:

I thought the exact same thing, Jeff (though I've only seen something like 3 photos to go by). See you at 6:00, Doug!

2:18pm Carmichael:

My thoughts go out to you and your family, Doug. I hope she had a long and wonderful life.

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3:45pm Brian in UK:

Back again briefly, that smile draws me in. Captivating.

5:35pm annie:

it's the hair, doug's hair!

5:46pm hyde:

that photo is great. and no doubt this will be a great tribute, but i'm gonna miss it. just stopping by to say i hope you're doing ok. probably some music will help.

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5:56pm listener james from westwood:

Excellent picture, Doug! I know this can't have been the easiest show to put together, but I know if anything's gonna help, music will.

5:58pm Doug Schulkind:

Good evening everyone and thanks for coming.

5:58pm annie:

6:01pm Uncle Michael:

Good evening Doug. Baruch dayan ha-emet.

6:01pm ndbob:

evening Doug and everyone!

6:02pm ndbob:

@UM indeed

6:02pm annie:

that's a double whammy

6:05pm Doug Schulkind:

I don't think I need a translation, Uncle Michael. Thank you, Sir.

ndbob, annie, Listener James, hyde, Brian in UK, Carmichael, Flash Strap, Jeff Golick, I am so glad you're here.

6:05pm Flash Strap:

hey Doug. All my everythings are with you, brother

6:06pm annie:

i've got my hankie...

6:07pm Doug Schulkind:

Your everythings mean everything to me, Flash Strap.

6:09pm Flash Strap:

well they ain't much but they're all I got

6:09pm Tony Coulter:

I'm here too, in the back row, listening in. Much love.

6:10pm annie:

nothing more to say from me..

6:11pm Doug Schulkind:

Pass me a cookie, Tony.

6:13pm holland oats:

condolences doug - momma raised a good boy

6:13pm Charlie:

Listening in too, from the kitchen.

6:14pm Doug Schulkind:

Takes one to know one, holland oats.

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6:14pm listener james from westwood:

Doug: Macaroons and oatmeal cookies for all.

6:14pm Doug Schulkind:

My Brother Charlie.

6:15pm Doug Schulkind:

My mother as a young tot once sat on FDR's lap.

6:15pm thelma blitz:

Doug,welcome to the orphan's club. there are lots of us. We get by. Odetta did a great Motherless Child too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXg9UFUXFXU

6:17pm Doug Schulkind:

So nice to see you, Thelma. Your presence is honored.

6:17pm ndbob:

wow Doug

6:19pm Doug Schulkind:

Wow backwards, ndbob.

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6:21pm listener james from westwood:

Speaking of Emerys, or Emorys, and this song: Dave Emory of all people did a surprisingly good version of this, over the phone, for a Hoof 'n' Mouth one year. And deep, too! Not Robeson deep, but still.

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6:21pm listener james from westwood:

(Or maybe it was during a pledge show. Either way, not something one would have expected.)

6:22pm Doug Schulkind:

Not sure I could handle Robeson on this show, Listener James. My tears would wreck the equipment.

6:23pm Doug Schulkind:

I remember the Dave Emory call-in well.

6:23pm Tony Coulter:

Odd. This Bobby Brown LP on now is in a pile of records right in front of me.

6:24pm Tony Coulter:

(er, not on now)

6:24pm Mayuko:

Good evening, Doug and everyone.

6:24pm Doug Schulkind:

What a enigmatic and wonderful record, eh Tony?

6:25pm glenn:

hello drummer. my sincere condolences.

6:26pm Diane:

My heart goes out to you, Doug. I know how hard it is to lose your mother. My condolences to you and your family.

6:26pm Doug Schulkind:

Thank you, Glenn. Hello dear Mayuko.

6:27pm Tony Coulter:

@ Doug: Indeed.

6:27pm Doug Schulkind:

I know you know, Diane. Thanks.

6:27pm Charlie:

Dave Emory also once sang House of the Rising Sun with the Hoof and Mouth, possibly also over the phone.

6:27pm glenn:

and also general condolences to all re: super tuesday.

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6:27pm listener james from westwood:

Just hearing Robeson's version in my head was enough to start the waterworks. I hear ya on that.

6:28pm Charlie:

Love hearing all these versions. I'm partial to a version by Fats Waller.

6:28pm ndbob:

All the best Doug - been eight years for me

6:28pm Doug Schulkind:

I have always said, Listener James, that Paul Robeson gets my vote for "Greatest Human Ever."

6:29pm Diane:

amen

6:29pm Doug Schulkind:

Like the great DJ you are, Charlie, you sensed that Fats Waller is on next.

6:31pm Tony Coulter:

The tomatoes in our backyard are Paul Robesons (for real) www.fedcoseeds.com...

6:31pm Flash Strap:

god damn i love Jimmy Scott's voice

6:32pm Doug Schulkind:

That is some exotica right there, Flash.

6:34pm Charlie:

I was just picking up on your wavelength, oh mighty one.

6:34pm Flash Strap:

wow what a version this is

6:34pm Doug Schulkind:

Deelicious, Tony.

6:35pm Doug Schulkind:

Next week, I will hit you all with an hour of the blues weeper, "Motherless Children Have a Hard Time."

6:36pm Diane:

Wow. That was something. Never heard that Fats Waller version before.

6:37pm Doug Schulkind:

Fats on the pipe organ. He does a spellbinding version of "Go Down Moses."

6:39pm Uncle Michael:

Sorry about burning one version of Motherless Children last Friday, Doug.

6:40pm Doug Schulkind:

I was unblissfully unaware, Uncle Michael.

6:41pm annie:

lovely, just lovely.. this

6:45pm Doug Schulkind:

From Benin, West Africa. Roger Damawuzan channeling his inner Louis Armstrong.

6:45pm Mr C:

Just wanted to add my thoughts Doug.

6:45pm Diane:

wonderful!

6:46pm Doug Schulkind:

Embracing your thoughts now, Mr C.

6:53pm annie:

raising a glass in commemoration of those near our hearts that have passed to the light this past week..

6:53pm annie:

thanks for this doug. heart you

6:54pm annie:

( i dunked a cookie in it, first)

6:54pm Doug Schulkind:

This one is for us children.

6:54pm Charlie:

Thank you Doug. I hope this show has been a balm for your soul. It was 'da balm for me.

6:54pm ndbob:

thank you Doug - a wonderful tribute

6:56pm Diane:

Thanks so much, Doug. Wonderfully soulful program and tribute to your mother - and all mothers who are gone from us.

6:58pm Doug Schulkind:

Thank you all for always being there. It means more than can could ever express.

6:58pm Uncle Michael:

My hope is that for you, it may be something like it's been for me, Doug. With time, the grief abated and the heart healed. The raw sadness of loss has eased. As its balm; the memory of how special my mother was to me...all she meant to me, and the myriad ways she's always with me makes me happy, even as each time I feel that happiness, I once again taste the sadness of her absence.

6:58pm Flash Strap:

damn. damn doug you must have the biggest heart in the world. i'm sobbin like a stormy day

6:59pm Mayuko:

Thank you for the beautiful show.

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6:59pm listener james from westwood:

Many thanks, Doug, and again, deepest sympathies to you and the family.
UM, a note-perfect description of that experience.

7:00pm geezerette:

I'm so sorry Doug. What an exceptionally beautiful tribute.

7:01pm Jeff g.:

Thank you

7:01pm Flash Strap:

thanks doug. what a show. what a guy

7:02pm Uncle Michael:

Love you, Doug.

7:02pm Señor Andy:

A beautiful tribute

7:02pm David:

Thanks Doug for the touching tribute. All the best to you and your family.

7:02pm Doug Schulkind:

That was... fun.

Big hearted adoration for all of you

7:02pm Tony Coulter:

Thanks for sharing the love and sadness with us, Doug.

7:03pm thelma blitz:

Really nice show. I never heard these versions. Thanks, Doug and condolences.

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7:04pm sinner:

To moved to write.

7:15pm Artie:

Lovely tribute, Doug. So sorry.

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10:15am Brian in UK:

AMEN

10:15am Van in DC:

Best wishes, sincere condolences.

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10:18am doctorjazz:

Wasn't near internet yesterday (trouble with the stream), playing the show now, getting me teary, so sorry for your loss (did it 2 years ago), beautiful tribute. Hoping you can heal soon, the loss is never really gone, but gets better...

1:19pm Matt from Springfield:

I send kind thoughts and best wishes to Doug and the whole family.
Your mom's love will shine on always.

10:52am Parq:

Hi, Doug. Listening on the archive while waiting for Charlie's show to start. Sorry I couldn't listen live. I had to be out and about Tuesday evening. If it makes it any better, I was at an event sponsored by a left-leaning (well, at least somewhat so) Jewish organization, New York's Jewish Lawyer's Guild. I toasted your mom with a good friend who was also in attendance. Best regards. -KJ

4:08pm oemer:

What a beautiful tribute. Thank you this is for all the sons their beloved mothers

6:15pm Doug Schulkind:

To Artie, Brian in UK, Van in DC, doctorjazz, Matt from Springfield, Parq, oemer and all who have stopped by since the airing of this broadcast, your condolences and kind words mean the world to me. Thank you.

Reverend Cleophus Robinson	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Someone to Care
Rufus Harley	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Bagpipe Blues (Atlantic 1966)
Mildred Bailey w/Paul Baron & His Orchestra	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	b/w Frank Sinatra: Lamplighter's Serenade / The Sunshine of Your Smile (V-Disc 1945)
Kathleen Emery	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	b/w Evil Ways (Love 1971)
Bobby Brown	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Live (Destiny 1978)
Blind Boys of Alabama	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Spirit of the Century (Real World )
Jimmy Scott	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	The Source (Atlantic 1969)
Fats Waller	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	(V-Disc 1938)
Rev. Johnny L. Jones	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta
Roger Damawuzan & Les As du Benin	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wait for Me (Hot Casa )
Maki Asakawa	Toki Ni Wa Haha No Nai Ko No You Ni	Asakawa Maki no Sekai
Lorez Alexandria	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Sing No Sad Songs for Me
O.V. Wright	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	(If It Is) Only for Tonight (Back Beat 1965)
Yusef Lateef	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Roots Run Deep (Rogue Art 2012)

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