Speaker 1: 0:21

Well, here we are again for the Pats Peeps podcast. There you are again for my little podcast. I'm so grateful for that. I hope I mention that to you every single time. How are you? Hey, it's Tuesday and this is Pats Peeps podcast. This is 2.36. 2.36.

Speaker 1: 0:51

And I'm looking out the studio window today and it is pouring. It's like a monsoon, it's torrential rain. I mean it was hailing a little while ago. I mean it is really coming down. So, as I peer out my studio windows in the beautiful foothills of Northern California and I'll just set the scene for you I'm sitting by my nice wood stove. It's later in the day today.

Speaker 1: 1:18

I rarely do a podcast this late in the day, but the situation is I'm leaving for Italy, the Riviera, like I've been mentioning. I'm leaving in two days, two mornings, very early in the morning, to the Italian Riviera with conservative tours, and so today I just I don't really have to sweat doing a radio show today. It's kind of a, it's weird, but it's great, and Bruce Campbell's filling in, by the way, what am I talking about? Radio show. Maybe some people don't know. Uh, allow me to introduce myself. Uh, pat Walsh. I also host the Pat Walsh show, kfbk. Pat Walsh Show KFBK Radio in Sacramento and heard everywhere, nationally and internationally, on your free iHeart app.

Speaker 1: 2:11

Before I go any further, now that I mentioned to you that I have the day off, except for this, see, I'm going to do my podcast. I need to do this. My friends, I'm going to drink a beer. All right, let me, I'm parched. I mean, you know what I had? I had junk food. I don't eat a lot of junk food and I've been staying away from the chips. The taco-flavored tortilla chips. Remember those, man? Those are old school. Remember when they used to have was it Granny Goose or something like that, that had the barbecued tortilla chips? Does anyone remember that? That'd be red. That's old school, 70s stuff. They were very different. But anyhow, without further ado, I'm parched here. Cheers, cheers, cheers to Pats Peeps 236. Oh, I have something. I have great news, by the way, pats Peeps 236. And to Italy, to the Riviera, to the great group we have going with us. All right, cheers, I tell you. That hit the spot. Also, I am so happy to say this right now Of all of the podcasts I've done so far, this is the happiest news I can possibly report If you're listening to me, thank you is that we now are having, literally every day or every night, a business is calling to be a part of Pat's Peeps, please.

Speaker 1: 3:58

I mean, isn't that amazing? Because here's the thing. Yeah, I mean, I do my podcast and I can tell you all the time, you know, we support local businesses. Well, what does that mean? How do you? What do you mean? So, if you go to patchpeepscom, like I'm always telling you but here's the great thing, honest to God, we're now getting so many of you that are going, yeah, okay, I'm calling like 10 businesses a week with people who are wanting to be a part of this. Heck, I'm not even charging any money right now.

Speaker 1: 4:29

I say right now because I want to support you, as I've said, for a period of time and then, if it works out for you, then you can become a client, and I swear. Fact is, we don't break the bank. So, annie, I don't want to talk all day about that. The point is we have so many local businesses. So one more time, I'll explain this. I'll keep explaining it because it's really the big component. So, right there at patspeepscom I mean, you can find this podcast you're listening to anywhere, and thank you. But if you'll just click into your computer if you're in the Sacramento area or just that region, because we're, you know, we're looking at Lodi and places, yuba City, marysville, we're branching out, we want people from all those areas, woodland, anywhere around this area. We want to represent your business. No catch whatsoever.

Speaker 1: 5:20

And then those of you who are listening to the podcast right now, you're like what I had someone say yesterday. You know what I'm going to do. I'm going to go to your. I talked to Lisa at Tenero Olive Oil this is a beautiful place in in Newcastle and and they said I'm going to go in this weekend and do the olive tasting. They're giving a free olive tasting over there, olive oil tasting, excuse me, I love olive oil and they have me. I love olive oil and they have these beautiful varieties of olive oil. So if you go there and you just go, pat hey, I heard about you from Pat Walsh or Pat's Peeps that's all you have to do. No coupons, no clip in. No, you know, you don't have to put any app on your phone please. It's old school, it's word of mouth, and that's because, if we can get you a deal and we can support local businesses, that's what it's all about. And, gosh, when I Danielle's like Pat, we have more businesses. Dan told me that. Dan and Danielle both telling me yeah, we're getting businesses calling or reaching out to us. Thank you for that. If you go to the website you can find out all about how to become a Pat's Peeps. And boy is it super easy and free for the time being. I mean, at some point I'll have to sustain the business to keep it going. You know what I'm saying.

Speaker 1: 6:39

Anyhow, I wasn't on yesterday. I don't want to belabor the point. I wasn't on yesterday because Kitty O'Neill, my coworker, and I we were out at Sutter Health Park and it was the A's home opener. And I want to just say I know we've talked a lot of baseball and stuff and it's not a baseball show and I understand, I promise you, but it was a very special day yesterday that we were out there and we were supporting Sacramento's baseball team, at least for the next three years the A's playing the Cubs. It was surreal and I mean it was just. The place was packed and this was opening night. I mean it wasn't ideal for opening night, to be honest. I mean the wind was howling, it was chilly, and yet people in Sacramento show showed up. Way to go Sacramento. Imagine a lovely spring night when everyone's out there at the ballpark at Sutter Health Field and supporting the A's. So that was really fun and I'll tell you part of the the most, um, not. Not only was it great to be out there and to broadcast with Kitty and Mark Dembski and, you know, joe McNamara was that but anyhow, just a bunch of good folks.

Speaker 1: 7:53

But here's the beautiful thing about it Meeting the listeners to this podcast and to my show who showed up out there at our booth. I posted pictures on Facebook. Oh my gosh, you know, to hear someone tell you that. You know someone who saves lives for a living, a sweetheart who says and Pat, when I get off of work at 645, I tune in your show and I start to laugh and I have the best time. Her husband was there, jim. He's like I'll tell you, I'll call her, like you know, when she's off work, driving, and she'll tell me not now, not now, honey, I'm listening to Pat. How sweet is that. That was really nice, you know, thank you. And Gabe, and Gabe's mother and Gabe's grandfather I got to meet all of them. What a pleasure, I'll tell you. Meeting the listeners of the podcast or the show is just such a blessing Boy, that beer tastes good.

Speaker 1: 9:01

So, yeah, we're on a Tuesday, it's April 1st. April 1st, by the way, that's why I wasn't able to do my podcast yesterday. Sorry about that. I've been trying to do this every day but unfortunately. Yes, I had the best intentions. I thought I could fire up my phone, I could go out there maybe do some interviews, kind of catch some of the surrounding stuff that was going on. But, the truth be told, it was very hectic. And the same thing with Friday night, even though I was able to do a podcast during the day. Friday sometimes there's people talking to you and you're testing equipment and it's so distracting and chaotic that it makes it tough to do a podcast. So that's the only reason I wasn't able to do one yesterday. So, with that being said, um, and then the A's lost to the Cubs last night, but to meet the listeners it was. It was incredible what a blessing it was. But today, again April 1st, which means it's April Fool's Day, that's right. Happy April Fool's Day to you.

Speaker 1: 10:16

I have what I think you know. I have a couple of thoughts on April Fool's Day and a couple of very memorable April Fool's jokes. I'm not well, yeah, they were April Fool's jokes, pranks, whatever you want to call them and they were brilliant. I mean, I have to say I thought they were pretty, pretty amazing, and so I want to share some of those with you, and I also have some music here, as we always do, that I want to share.

Speaker 1: 10:55

Now I'll start with an April Fool's joke, but speaking of fools, okay, speaking of fools, I'll start with a little bit of news news and then I'll move off the news. But these fools who are out thinking that it's a great thing and civil thing to do to you know, like they're the righteous ones who are burning and vandalizing these Teslas and thinking somehow that's going to change the world, which it isn't. What it's going to do is get a lot of people in trouble who are doing it Anyhow. These are fools. So on April Fool's Day, I'll certainly mention them, the fools of the day, some of the fools of the day.

Speaker 1: 11:44

But having seen enough of this, the US Attorney General of course, the Trump administration and the US Attorney General announcing the federal charges against the Tesla attacker. Now, this is just the beginning of things. With this, I won't ride this too long, but I want to play this for you. Pam Bondi says she wants 20 years in prison for the Colorado man who was accused of firebombing a Tesla dealership. Yes, you probably have seen Tesla facilities and vehicles have been targeted, driven by, you know, anti-elon Musk stuff Anyhow. So Pam Bondi warned protesters, saying justice is coming. So look out.

Speaker 2: 12:32

I made it clear if you take part in the wave of domestic terrorism against tesla properties, we will find you, arrest you and put you behind bars. Today, I'm proud to announce that the department of justice has unsealed federal charges against another tesla attacker. We've charged Cooper Frederick in the firebombing of a Tesla dealership that occurred on March 7th in Loveland, colorado. All of these cases are a serious threat to public safety. Therefore, there will be no negotiating. We are seeking 20 years in prison. The crime was committed in Colorado and, thanks to the great investigative work by the FBI, the defendant was arrested in Plano, texas. Let this be a warning you can run, but you cannot hide. Justice is coming.

Speaker 1: 13:26

Attorney General Pam Bondi, serious, and you know what. I'm glad to see that. Van Bondy serious, and you know what? I'm glad to see that, glad to see these particular fools being dealt with Now. Moving away from that, how about some April Fool's stuff here on April Fool's Day, you know? And there's been some good ones Going back to 1957, okay, now, I wasn't born, but this is a classic that I've seen many times.

Speaker 1: 14:14

Have you seen the Spaghetti Tree Hoax? So the Spaghetti Tree hoax, this is a famous three-minute hoax. This is a report that was broadcast April Fool's Day 1957 by the BBC. The current affairs program Panorama tells the tale of a family in southern Switzerland that harvests spaghetti yes, spaghetti, from the fictitious spaghetti tree broadcast. This was broadcast at a time when the italian dish, spaghetti, was not really widely eaten in the uk. Some britains were unaware that spaghetti is a pasta made from wheat flour, wheat flour and water. Hundreds of viewers phoned into the bbc either to say that the story was not true or just wondering about the story. As a matter of fact, some people even were asking how to grow their own spaghetti trees. It's been called one of the greatest hoaxes, or I'd say, april Fool's jokes of all time. So the spaghetti tree 1957, the spaghetti tree harvest in Ticino, italy. Since I'm going to Italy, I love the music.

Speaker 3: 15:26

It isn't only in Britain that spring this year has taken everyone by surprise. Here in the Ticino, on the borders of Switzerland and Italy, the slopes overlooking Lake Lugano have already burst into flower at least a fortnight earlier than usual. But what, you may ask, has the early and welcome arrival of bees and blossom to do with food? Well, it's simply that the past winter, one of the mildest in living memory, has had its effect in other ways as well. Most important of all, it's resulted in an exceptionally heavy spaghetti crop. The last two weeks of March are an anxious time for the spaghetti farmer. There's always the chance of a late frost, which, while not entirely ruining the crop, generally impairs the flavour and makes it difficult for him to obtain top prices in world markets. But now these dangers are over and the spaghetti harvest goes forward.

Speaker 3: 16:22

Spaghetti cultivation here in Switzerland is not, of course, carried out on anything like the tremendous scale of the Italian industry. Many of you, I'm sure, will have seen pictures of the vast spaghetti plantations in the Po Valley. For the Swiss, however, it tends to be more of a family affair. Another reason why this may be a bumper year lies in the virtual disappearance of the spaghetti weevil, the tiny creature whose depredations have caused much concern in the past, spaghetti weevil. After picking the spaghetti, is laid out to dry in the warm alpine sun.

Speaker 3: 16:58

Many people are often puzzled by the fact that spaghetti is produced at such uniform length, but this is the result of many years of patient endeavour by plant breeders who've succeeded in producing the perfect spaghetti. And now the harvest is marked by a traditional meal. Toasts to the new crop are drunk in these pocolinos, and then the waiters enter bearing the ceremonial dish, and it is of course spaghetti Picked earlier in the day, dried in the sun and so brought fresh from garden to table at the very peak of condition. Wow, for those who love this dish, there's nothing like real homegrown spaghetti.

Speaker 1: 17:39

Looks delicious. Tim Ha, that is awesome. 1957, pat's Peeps 236. Here's one. I remember this story. Let me see, let me think about that for a second. Yep 2008, 2008.

Speaker 1: 18:04

My friend, gary dietrich and I. Gary's the the um, the kpk political analyst and and just a great guy and we would go to spring training together quite often. We will again in the future. It's just him being a political analyst. It's been a busy couple of years so we weren't able to get away, and plus these trips to Italy Anyhow, it doesn't matter.

Speaker 1: 18:29

So we're driving in Arizona one night through the desert. We're going to a place called Greasewood Flat, pinnacle Peaks. These restaurants were fabulous and now they're gone and they'd be out there by Pinnacle Peak, the actual peak out there in Arizona. So we're driving one night and we hear on the radio a story that Rolling Rock Beer. It has a new advertising campaign in which they are going to advertise on the moon. And we looked at each other as we're driving on this hot Arizona night in this convertible Mustang and we looked at each other like what did they just say? Essentially what they said they were going to shine some kind of a beam up at the moon and it was going to have the Rolling Rock logo up there and I thought we thought you got to be kidding me. There's no way. How can you do that? Everyone is going to be wanting to then put their logo on the moon. You can't look up in the sky and have a logo on the moon ruining the moon, the look of the moon. We were just blown away by this. Well, you know, we weren't the only ones who were blown away by a very similar story, or essentially the same story, sort of with some twists.

Speaker 1: 20:00

In 2012, thousands of Iranians stood outside on rooftops looking up at the moon. Why were they there looking at the moon, rooftops looking up at the moon. Why were they there looking at the moon? Because the rumor spread by email, by websites and social networks, promising that Pepsi was going to project its logo onto the surface of the moon. Some Iranians took their revenge by drinking Coke took their revenge by drinking Coke. Others created Pepsi Moon parody videos and images. However, of course, the rumor was false. That's right, by the way.

Speaker 1: 20:48

Just a little history on this idea, because there is a bit of history of ads projected onto the moon, even Rolling Rock. When we first heard it. They weren't the first one, coca-cola, back in 1999, actually considered the idea of using lasers to project a Coke logo onto the moon. I wouldn't put it past Coke or the band Kiss, by the way. Anyhow, the idea was dreamed up by one of their marketing execs. It's a brilliant idea. It can't happen, but it was a brilliant idea, at least I think so. The guy's name was Steve Koonin, and they hired scientists to put the plan into effect, spent quite a bit of money before abandoning this idea. But the problem, of course, it would have required incredibly powerful lasers to do it. The FAA, by the way, would not allow the use of these powerful lasers because of the possibility that they may interfere with aircraft.

Speaker 1: 21:41

Oh, here it is right here. See, I even had the year right. Oh, my gosh, I wasn't expecting to see this. Yes, then, well, I have a good memory. I have say then, according to this story, uh, in 2008, yes, right, rolling rock beer ran a hoax, a campaign. See, I'm proud of myself, I got that right. Uh, they ran a hoax campaign claiming that they were going to project the rolling rock logo onto the moon during a full moon, march 21st of 08. See, so, right there, march 21st, we're right in the middle of spring training. God, I can't believe it.

Speaker 1: 22:22

Anyhow, they promoted the idea on billboards and tv ads through the website moonvertisingcom, which they have since abandoned. That's not a bad idea, by the way, according to Jim Garvin, the chief uh, jim Garvin, fred Garvin, male prostitute. Remember Dan Aykroyd, saturday Night Live? Just say, hear that name, garvin. Hi there, I'm Fred Garvin, male prostitute. Anyhow, according to Jim Garvin, he was the chief scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Speaker 1: 23:02

Moonvertising is possible, if impractical, for a number of reasons. Scientists have bounced lasers off the moon. They eliminate. They eliminated an area only about the size of a tennis court. So in order for an advertisement to be seen by the moon, they eliminated an area only about the size of a tennis court. So in order for an advertisement to be seen by the people on Earth, garvin says quote the laser would need to cover an area about half the land size of Africa, which is a challenge because the moon's surface is dark and fairly non-reflective non-reflective Anyhow. There's more and more on and on about that.

Speaker 1: 23:42

Here's one that I personally remember as well, and this goes back to God. This has to be. Oh gosh, what year was this one? Let me look it up. I'm going to cheat on this one. Yeah, this was late 80s, early 90s, I'm going to guess. Let me see if I can find it here. Oh, 1985. Okay 1985. So you know again. I know, oh God, he's going to go back to baseball, but this is fun.

Speaker 1: 24:19

It's the curious case of Sid Finch. Pitchers at the highest velocity, I would say, is somewhere. You know, 100 is an incredible pitch. I mean, that's sort of the. You know, the 100 is kind of what people would consider, even high 90s, to be a very fast pitch. There are people like Nolan Ryan and Bob Feller and others without going too much into the baseball thing, randy Johnson, who could really throw over 100 miles an hour but not much past that 104, 105,. Maybe a Roldis Chapman maybe threw 105, I don't really know Anyhow, but they said that Sid Finch could throw a ball 168 miles an hour and they wouldn't let you see him. The news media, everyone fell for this and if people tried to go out and watch this guy in the pitching cage they'd have it all covered up, so you couldn't see and all you'd hear was someone playing catch in there.

Speaker 4: 25:18

The curious case of sid finch, 1985, aaron paul the curious case of sid finch was just an elaborate april fool's day hoax. The brainchild of Sports Illustrated writer George Plimpton.

Speaker 5: 25:31

He came up with the idea of Sid Finch, this mystic Buddhist monk character that, through the power of Zen, was able to develop this great fastball.

Speaker 4: 25:42

Burton's friend, lane Stewart was the photographer on the shoot and decided that Burton was the perfect Sid Finch.

Speaker 5: 25:48

So we had a printout from George on the characteristics of this guy, what he was all about. So it was essentially up to Lane and I to kind of work with that and go with it.

Speaker 4: 26:00

Were you involved in any of the details of the story? I mean, some of them were so far-fetched a 168-mph fastball.

Speaker 5: 26:08

I told George if he got it down to about 140 it'd probably be really believable, but he liked the whole idea of sticking with 168. The whole idea of then pitching with a barefoot I was walking around with only one boot on and the other big foot just bare that certainly caused a response. It seemed to have taken almost a day or two for word to get out that this was just a big April Fool's joke. It wasn't in the years of that sort of internet craze, where just would have that whole surprises story would have probably been dismissed in almost instantly.

Speaker 4: 26:49

Sid became an instant celebrity. No matter how many years would pass, he would still get recognized. You became a star because of the story I've been exposed to a lot of the sports scene.

Speaker 5: 27:02

I've met some wonderful people over the years, some good athletes and sports fans. I've had some great adventures. Because of it Add a little darker colour.

Speaker 4: 27:18

In reality, the sensation known as Sid Finch is actually a mild-mannered art teacher in a Chicago suburb. His students weren't even alive when his story broke, but every year around this time he teaches a little bit of history along with his art.

Speaker 5: 27:32

His only possessions were a Tibetan food bowl and a rug and a French horn.

Speaker 4: 27:40

Two weeks after the story came out, sports Illustrated acknowledged that in fact it was all a hoax, and while some readers were so angry they cancelled their subscriptions, the majority thought it was a great tale, even if it wasn't. For his part, the writer, george plimpton, said ah, thank you appreciate that very much.

Speaker 1: 27:58

But what I remember, that one real well. I mean that took up some imagination here. This was a cool one too, george Harrison, when he fooled Phil Collins before it became a household name. A teenager at the time, phil Collins got an exciting call to play congas on George Harrison's groundbreaking 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass, which was a three-record set. However, phil's contributions were not included in the final project. Shortly before he passed away, harrison sent over a new mix that he said included Collins' percussion parts.

Speaker 1: 28:42

Collins was very disappointed in his younger self when he listened to the track and has since revealed. I thought oh my God. He said this sounds terrible. Turns out the congas that he was hearing were coming from Ray Cooper, who Harrison instructed to play horribly, horribly, in order to prank Phil Collins, who also stated quote I couldn't believe that a Beatle had actually spent that much time on a practical joke. For me, that's pretty cool, pretty cool stuff there. Funny, wish I could hear that song. By the way, I would love to hear whatever song that was that you know would have the bad congas on it. Let's see how.

Speaker 1: 29:43

About some music here? You know, I thought I would get to the music. I had a couple. The music I, I had a couple. I don't ever do that, but I actually pulled two out today and I said you know what? Both of these are kind of cool. Let me do so. I'm gonna do both if you don't mind. And no, that's not an April Fool's joke.

Speaker 1: 30:06

One time is the sports guy, when I was the sports guy on KSTE before I went to KFPK, I had done an April Fool's broadcast and I had mentioned at the very end of my sports cast oh, one other note. I go oh, like you know piece of paper handed to you, oh, this just in. Apparently there's been an NFL trade. Oh, this is big. Looks like Steve Young of the 49ers has been traded to the Raiders for a second-round pick and a third-round pick in the next year's draft or something to that effect. And at the end of it I said also something to that effect of something like oh yeah, by the way, it's April 1st, happy April Fool's Day, sooning out a couple of days a week or whatever goes by, whatever it was, I can't really remember.

Speaker 1: 31:01

And I get a call at work. Hey, pat, you got a phone call. I go in there, I pick up the phone. Guy's on the phone hey, pat, yeah, oh, listen, I love what you do. I listen to you all the time. Oh, thank you. Didn't you say that Steve Young was going to the Raiders for a couple of draft picks and I cut a chocolate? I go well, yeah, I did say that and he goes well. I don't know. I had a friend of mine. He says that just isn't true and I bet him a thousand dollars because I trust you. Oh god, I said what I said, but I hope you heard right after I said that happy April Fool's Day. I can't really remember what his response was from there, whether it was anger or yeah, it must not have been anger, because I don't really remember him getting angry, but he must have been in disbelief or whatever. I mean, that's when you go to your friend and you go hey, all right, I know we bet, but I was listening to a reputable broadcaster who said that Anyhow, so let's see.

Speaker 1: 32:09

Oh, so today I pulled these two songs out here and I like both of these. I hadn't thought of this one song in a very well. Actually, to be honest with you in a long time. Either one I haven't heard in a long time. Let me see what did I do with it. Oh, here it is. Oh yeah, haven't heard in a long time. Let me see where did what I do with it? Oh, here it is. Uh, oh, yeah, yeah, I haven't heard either one of these in a long time and I thought, you know, I grabbed two. So, whatever, I'll do this. So I don't even know which one to start with. I'll just start with this one, so just for the heck of it. So this song, air, is a 1966 song and it is on.

Speaker 1: 32:56

Let me look at the record. It's a white label. Mca records, white promotion copy, not for sale. Mca was not a white label, but this is a promotion copy. It's mono one side and it is stereo on the other. I'm going to pull it out of the sleeve Again. Beautiful condition, oh yep, beautiful condition. Might be a little tiny, little tiny blemish on there, I can't tell. Might be a hair or something, some kind of debris, but anyhow, march 16th of 72,. It's stamped on the record March 16th of 72.

Speaker 1: 33:44

The song was recorded in March of 66, originally intended as a demo. It was arranged by Artie Butler, produced by Jeff Berry and Ellie Greenwich. It was issued on a 45 single. Where Greenwich became, he came up with a chorus. She came up with a chorus. It can be heard as the prominent background voice, accompanied by Jeff Barry, the artist, stating that the song was inspired by an early relationship with a significantly older woman. Session guitarist is Al Gorgoni, who later played on the Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel that great record and that great guitar. He also played on Brown Eyed Girl Boy. Talk about playing on some classics. He played on Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison, contributed to the song. Rolling Stone would later label this song as one of the greatest three-chord songs of all time. And now this guy played on a lot of great tunes.

Speaker 1: 34:55

Like I just said, billboard described the single as exciting production which features bass, piano backing and choral support. Of this artist's vocal work, cashbox said it was a lively, pulsating, chorus-backed romancer with an, an infectious repeating riff. That is a surefire blockbuster and record world called it groovy man, with that nifty piano and a guitar backing that will get the teeny hoppers dancing, not boppers, the teeny hoppers. It was this artist's first big hit when it went to number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and on Cashbox. Now when you hear the artist. You'll know. Wow, this artist had a lot of hits. This was the first one. Now the live version of this song hit number 24 on the Cashbox chart and went to number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Matter of fact, billboard said that the live sound and the bouncing arrangement makes it almost a different song from the original studio version.

Speaker 1: 36:09

Two versions of this song have been released the version familiar to most listeners, recorded in January 66, released by Bang Records mid-66, recorded as a demo, like I said, and then the other different lyrics originally intended to be released as the single released in 96. So well, there was a couple other different versions of it. I have the live version. This is the live version. I don't have the rights to this. I always have to say that I'm giving the background, exposing the music, critiquing. Am I critiquing? Yeah, it's good. Neil Diamond Cherry Cherry Hot. August night's album. Double live album by Neil Diamond. Neil Diamond concert, august 24th 1972.

Speaker 6: 37:16

One of 10 sold out concerts at the greek theater in la first album released on the newly formed ncaa records, guitar solo Baby, love me. Yes, yes, you're darling. My, my, my, my, my, my girl. I don't say yeah, she said she loved me. Yeah, she said she loved me, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my girl. I don't say yeah, she got the way to move me, jerry. She got the way to, and she got the white roof and she got the white roof and she got the white roof and she got the white roof and she got the white roof and she got the white roof and she got the white roof and she got the white roof and she got the white roof and she got the white roof and she got the white roof and she got the white roof and she got the white roof. And See, no one will want you to so well as gone too, girl, we do whatever we want to. Oh, and I love the way that you do me, Cherry.

Speaker 6: 38:47

Baby, really get to it. Ain't got no rhyme? No, no, you don't. Mama. Gonna, be so exciting Won't need bright lines. No, no, we won't. Mama, don't make her all lightning. She got the way to move me, jerry. Come on, jerry, baby, she got the way to move me.

Speaker 1: 39:27

Like I said I have, there you go. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's so cool yeah, he just has his own sound baby. I always like neil diamond know, let's try take it allen.

Speaker 1: 40:07

Nice, that's sweet. Like I said I've got, I should have just left it at this. All right, god, what a good record. Neil Diamond, hot August Night. Yeah, so I mentioned I've never done this before, but I have two, Two songs today Because I accidentally pulled two from my Rare 45 collection. So this other one here I will take it out of the record sleeve.

Speaker 1: 40:36

This is another white record, white label. It's on Warner Brothers. I see it has a radio sticker, not a sticker, but someone hit it with a stamper and it says they stamped it march of 1971. And boy, this is, this is such a beautiful record in absolutely pristine condition. Oh, produced by ted templeton, by the way. Wow, okay, um, edited version. This is a stereo side edited version. This is a mono side White record label, like I said, but boy, that is a beautiful, beautiful record. Again, I always say this, I know, but it's just amazing. These records have been sitting on the shelf for so long and no one's ever pulled them out and ever said yeah, you may throw this on a turntable until now. Yeah, you may throw this on the turntable until now. Very, very popular band, so two very popular artists today.

Speaker 1: 41:34

This song was written and recorded by an American rock band, released as a lead single from their fourth studio album. This was released March 13th. What did this say on here? It said March yeah, right there. March 72. March 13th, excuse me, 74. March 13th of 74. Peaked at number 32 of the Billboard Hot 100. Week of June 8th of 74. Song was later included on the compilation the Very Best of the this band in 2007. Now, despite reaching the top 40, this song fell short of the band's previous singles, both of which had cracked the top 20. And again, that's how I feel about this song. When I first read it, I'm like, oh, that's kind of a more obscure and the tune came right to my head of this song, but it was the only part of the tune that I could remember.

Speaker 1: 42:33

I don't know if that helps the singles B-side. This is really interesting to me. That's why I thought I would include this. So you know how we always talk about the A-side, the B-side. The A-side is the featured song and then the B-side is kind of the the featured song and then the B side is, you know, kind of the throwaway song that doesn't get any notoriety. Excuse me, well, in this case I'll play this side, this song, which was the A side. It was the featured song of this record, but was it Because it was the B side that received way more airplay? The song that wasn't supposed to be the hit song. So they went ahead and released that song as an A-side, which would have been the third single from this album, eventually became the band's first number one hit. I think that's very cool, that the song they thought was just kind of eh, whatever, that was the hit, let's see. Okay, so here's a couple of little interesting things.

Speaker 1: 43:48

The songwriter and vocalist blamed its relative lack of success on a reaction from FM radio stations due to a certain line the song was doing real well in single release. Then it got yanked off the radio for the line quote and the radio just seems to bring me down. Ha, how about that? And the radio played all of their songs prior to that. That songwriter and vocalist who said that is Tom Johnson. You probably know Tom Johnson as one of the founders and, of course, one of the main influencers of the band the Doobie Brothers. And the song is Another Park, another Sunday. Then we'll play the B-Side. I'm standing in the room staring out the window and wonder where you're gone, thinking back happy eyes just before the dawn.

Speaker 6: 45:03

Outside the window blowing, it seems to call your name again. Where have you gone? City streets and lonely highways I travel now. My car's empty and the radio Just seems to bring me down. I'm just trying to find me A pretty smile that I can get into. It's true, I'm lost without you. Another lonely parking of a Sunday. Why is it like it's not that way. It's just not that way. I've got a good thing it seems to slip away. It's warm outside, no clouds are in the sky, but I need myself a place to go and hide. I keep it to myself. I don't want nobody else to see me cry and all those tears in my eyes.

Speaker 1: 46:40

By the way, this is from the album what Were Once Vices Are Now Habits. Great song, great song. But if you flip it over, here's the Doobie Brothers, and this features Patrick Simmons on lead vocals for the Doobies. Mid-march 1975, it became the first of the Doobie Brothers' two number one hit singles. So, like I said, this was March 74, this record here, right 74. But again, it did better than the A-side, another park, another Sunday we just heard, and so, as I mentioned, they re-released it and this record was huge and this record really fits kind of the day, the kind of weather-wise the day we're having here in Northern California. Most of you, of course, are going to remember the great song Black Water by the Doobie Brothers, once a B-side, b-side.

Speaker 6: 48:04

Well, I built me a refuge. She's ready for flow For Mississippi, she's calling my name. She's ready for flow. Oh, mississippi, she's calling my name. Catfish are jumping. That paddle will bump and black water keep rolling All fast, just the same.

Speaker 7: 48:27

Oh black water, Keep on rolling Mississippi moon. Won't you keep on shining on me? Oh, black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me? Oh, black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon. Won't you keep on shinin' on me? Oh, black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?

Speaker 6: 48:46

Yeah, keep on shinin' your light. Gonna make everything great, mama gonna make everything, all right.

Speaker 1: 48:55

Everything I can do not to sing to this. Sorry, I won't. This is one of those records where you just want to sing along. I'll let you sing along and I'll let them do the music. I just want to take time to say thank you for listening.

Speaker 6: 49:17

Well, if it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me.

Speaker 1: 49:22

My philosophy for today. Right there, let's go. The rains I don't care, don't matter to me. Yeah, I'd like to hear some funky't matter to me, funky Dix Sorry.

Speaker 1: 49:42

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Speaker 6: 50:46

Pats Peeps 236. I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland. Pretty mama, come and take me by the hand. By the hand, take me by the hand.

Speaker 7: 50:56

Pretty mama, come and dance with your daddy all night long.

Speaker 6: 51:00

I'd like to hear some funky.

Speaker 7: 51:01

Dixieland, pretty mama, come and take me by the hand.