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Pat's Peeps Podcast
Ep. 333 Today's Peep Takes an Afternoon Stroll with Pat Walsh through the Foothills of Northern California, Train Trestles, Free Speech, Johnny Carson's Approach to Late Night Entertainment vs Today's Hosts, and Overlooked Guitar Heroes
Pat takes listeners on a morning walk through the Northern California foothills, reflecting on community, media, music, and finding balance during challenging times.
• Local business spotlight on Roc & Sol Diner's two-for-one meal promotion through September 30th
• Thoughts on creating community gatherings at local businesses
• The importance of physical activity and nature for mental health
• Reflections on Johnny Carson's approach to entertainment versus today's late-night hosts
• Personal stories about becoming a Dodgers and Rams fan through family connections
• Music appreciation segment featuring Link Wray's pioneering guitar techniques
• Discussion about how cigarette advertising and smoking habits have changed over time
• Meeting broadcasting legends Vin Scully and Lon Simmons
Support local businesses mentioned in this episode and check out Pat's Peeps merchandise at Patspeeps.com. Join Pat on his radio show on KFBK Sacramento, Monday through Friday, 7-10 PM.
Well, howdy there, pat's Peeps 333, on the road again. Thank you for being here. Road again. Thank you for being here. It is a Thursday, it's a gorgeous day. I am loving the weather. I woke up this morning as we woke up this morning, I guess, depending on where you are, with these clouds, which is so nice Still a little sun peeking through. So I can't say I'm staring out my studio window into the beautiful foothills, because I'm out here walking in the beautiful foothills of Northern California. As heck, we're up to our 333rd podcast.
Speaker 1:You know, I'm hoping some of you take advantage. I do these every day. Plus, I do a show. By the way, I'm the host of the Pat Wall Show, as heard on KFPK Radio in Sacramento, 93.1 FM, 1530 AM. Monday through Friday, 7 to 10 PM. So you know, I do this show and then I do my three-hour show on the radio.
Speaker 1:I don't know what I can do to encourage you guys. I keep trying to encourage you guys to try these businesses. You know, heck, we're giving away a two-for-one dinner at Rock and Soul Diner in Sacramento and I know some of you are listening. It would be so big if you could go there and just tell them Pat's Peeps and then you get that free meal. Now here's the thing. Matt is the owner. He owns several very nice restaurants in town. I hope to have them all as Pat's Peeps restaurants. But we have to show support. I'm even thinking about having a gathering there, maybe. Maybe we could have a lunch gathering, because here's the update on that it was two-for-one dinners. Now it's two-for-one, anytime up until September 30th Two-for-one. Just go to Rock and Soul Diner and say Pat's Peeps Two-for-one, that's all you have to do. And say Pat's Peeps Two for one, that's all you have to do. It would mean so much to me, as I need this to be successful for my businesses and I'm counting on you. Heck, we're giving away free stuff. Everyone says they want to save money, including me. But I might set something up when we do like the old flash mob right, where we just go hey, on this day we're just going to go there mass force. We, like 50 of us, blow them away. We should do that with a few businesses. What do you guys think of that idea? That way we can have some gatherings, pats peeps, gatherings at businesses. I'd love to meet you. We get more businesses.
Speaker 1:Alright, I've got to hold up, I've got to go to the train trestle. There's a big truck coming through. Feels good to get the heart pumping. All kinds of vehicles coming through the train trestle. This morning, here, this train trestle if you saw my new? I just put up a new profile picture on facebook. Howdy, that's me standing in the train trestle. So, anyhow, guys, guys and gals, please go visit rocket soul diner or any of the businesses if you're getting ready to buy a house. Okay, now I'm going through the train Trestle. Here comes another car. He's waiting for me here. There's not a lot of room in here. Hold on a second, thank you.
Speaker 1:So if you guys, now that you saw yesterday the interest rates went down, if you are looking to buy a house, if you trust me, if you I asked that you would trust my brother there goes the motorcycle, tim Wall. She has AI lending the first 100 people that say you know what? Hey, I got to. I have to. You know, I have to get a lender. Anyhow, my brother, tim, my youngest brother, ai Lending. That's his business. We're going to drop the first 100 names into a hat. We're going to pull a lucky winner and that lucky winner is going to get a trip for two with conservative tours with us somewhere in Europe, could be Italy, could be Sicily, could be Germany, austria, could be France. But please, I'm asking you, it's so important that if you are looking now to get a lender, please I'm encouraging those of you who are listening to me right now to spread the word AI lending. You can see on the Pat's Peeps page his business, and that's my brother, tim. Okay, thank you, lord. You know, this feels I'm going to stop up here real quick. Take a little pause. Oh, I'm going uphill. Oh, this feels good. I'm going to stop up here real quick. Take a little pause. Oh, I'm going uphill. Oh, this feels good. Listen to the rooster in the background, see if we can hear him again. What's that so funny?
Speaker 1:The other day, lynna called my radio show and she was you hear it back there. Maybe it's a chicken, I don't know, but there's a rooster over there too. It's a chicken coop. Lynette called my radio show. She was so excited because she said Pat, I'm really excited, we got chickens. We got a bunch of chickens. I've always wanted chickens. I said, oh, that's fantastic. I'm assuming her and her husband or whomever, oh yeah, and we got a rooster. I said oh well, there you go, a rooster, good for you. And she goes. You know, we called it. I said what's that? We call them the amazing walls. I started laughing. I said, well, okay, I am truly honored. In fact, let me crow about that, I am truly honored and definitely this is the first that someone named a critter after me and the fact that it's a rooster although a ram would be pretty cool too. I said, but excuse me to say to name your rooster Pat Walsh. She goes no, no, no, no. It's the amazing Pat Walsh. Oh God bless you. I said it before, I'll say it again. I said it before, I'll say it again you have the best radio audience and peeps audience, podcast audience there is, and ever growing. So I'm getting a workout in Two birds, one stone podcast workout Plus.
Speaker 1:Earlier, thanks to the weather howdy, thanks to the weather, I was able to go outside and do some yard work. I mowed a couple of big lawns. It sounds like someone else is working outside. I love that sound from a distance like that, can you hear that? I've always loved that sound. You hear that Ever since I was a kid. I loved the sound of guys working out there on a property, whether it's with circular saws or whatever. It's just the sound of very, I don't know. It's Americana to me Hard-working people waiting for the right temperature to get out and start doing some things. So I got to do that Mowing my lawns.
Speaker 1:Oh, here's a guy out here. He's mowing the baseball field where I live. I mean, I don't live at the baseball field, but right up the street. I was going to do some laps. He's out there keeping this beautiful baseball field nice and groomed. Oh, I see they put a new net up on the basketball court. You know, for a while I was shooting hoops and doing a podcast, but the net was so raggedy I said, man, I can't shoot on this. Someone came out and put a new one up. There's a guy mowing the lawn, two guys out there. So you know, I'll come out and shoot some hoops again.
Speaker 1:Oh, you know what this is great for, not only for my health, but for my mind and my soul and my heart. As you know, we continue to mourn the loss of Charlie Kirk and I don't want to hear anyone who's going to give me any negative stuff about that. I don't even. I won't even listen to that, but I won't even go down that avenue. I'm just saying that right now, this is a good respite from that. You know you need to get your mind off of that for a minute, do things that are healthy for you, and healthy for your mind is how I feel. And so this is really good, not just again for the physical aspect, but for my mind and my soul, my spirit and everything you know.
Speaker 1:Speaking of being a respite, you know that to me has sort of been. I don't want this to sound wrong, but I mean this from the bottom of my heart. You know I'm a talk show host. Like I said, I'm a podcast host. I wanted to be the respite at the end of the day and people tell me that all the time they go. You know I'm going to start walking again here. I guess I can the guy's over there now so I can walk, do some laps, okay. But they'll say you know, pat, the thing I like about your show. I appreciate you guys saying this. You know funny and all that which. Thank you for saying that.
Speaker 1:It's hard to make people laugh, but it's not only that, but it's informative and you bring up things that need to be discussed in a way that is, you know, civil. I do try to practice what Charlie Kirk tried to practice and did practice, which is civil discourse, listening to opinions, not yelling at anyone. But I take it very seriously when someone says you know, you're like a cold beer at the end of a long, chaotic, hard day. I take that to heart and you know. But you have to address the issues when they come up, the things that people are concerned about and the world's talking about. But it's actually a great niche to have to have that, to be that respite and do some other things to try to take people away from that mindset for a moment and provide some laughter and some levity and some other angles at looking at things. You know, and I get that and I've said this before.
Speaker 1:But I always talk about the fact that I go back to people like Johnny Carson, leno too. Jay Leno rarely did I think I mentioned this yesterday he rarely did political jokes. Carson, I mentioned yesterday, did a couple, and then I let you know that Jimmy Kimmel went on for seven plus minutes with his Trump rhetoric, just like Seth Meyers. It's probably worse Stephen Colbert, all these guys. Like Seth Meyers is probably worse Stephen Colbert, all these guys. Well, I think Johnny Carson sums it up beautifully right here when asked on 60 Minutes by Mike Wallace about tackling big issues during his show.
Speaker 2:Do you get sensitive about the fact that people say he'll never take a serious controversy? Well, I have an answer to that. I said now tell me the last time that Jack Benny, red Skelton, any comedian, used his show to do serious issues. That's not what I'm there for, can't they see that? But you're not. Do they think that just because you have a tonight show, that you must deal in serious issues? That's a danger. It's a real danger. Once you start that, you start to get that self-important feeling. That's what you say has great import and you know, strangely enough, you could use that show as a forum, you could sway people, and I don't think you should as an entertainer.
Speaker 1:Yep, just another reason why I appreciate it. Johnny, it's okay to have that niche, it's okay to be that person. Yes, you're going to recognize it, even the day after September 11th. Well, not the day after, but the first broadcast After September 11th. I well, not the day after, but the first broadcast after September 11th. I watched Leno's first broadcast after September 11th.
Speaker 1:Everything very subdued. Obviously you're a comic, you want to come out and do a funny monologue and then you're walking that fine line of how do we recover and mourn and cry for people who we have lost, people we didn't even know, and cry and mourn for this country. How do we do that and then somehow bridge that gap back to some type of a normalcy? And that takes some doing, that takes some skill, it takes some time. It's like walking that fine line, because you never want to seem insensitive. So you show that you care, that you have compassion for people and humanity.
Speaker 1:You know, when you go on a show and then I'm going to drop this Kimmel thing, there's a big difference. Yes, free speech. I'm doing it right now. We all practice it. It's our fundamental rights to free speech. Yeah, jimmy Kimmel's entitled to that. He is Just like Carson, just like all these other people. Seth Meyers, who's a bum, a no-talent bum. Seth Meyers has never made me laugh. I refuse to watch that trash. I didn't know he was like that the first few times I watched it. Then I realized pretty quickly what I was seeing. But there's a fine line between criticizing, using satire which I love how you doing, man. Good morning Looks good. Brother Guys, work hard out here.
Speaker 1:There's a big difference between that exercising your right to free speech and literally encouraging and glorifying murder of innocent people who are doing what? Practicing their free speech. You know who? When you call people fascists and Nazis, then you murder a man who's expressing his free speech and his freedom. That's truly what a fascist is. That's what a Nazi was. If you played a violin true story in Nazi Germany and the Führer did not appreciate your music, you too would be shot in the head or neck. If you wrote a poem he didn't agree with, you were dead.
Speaker 1:You cannot yell fire in a crowded movie theater. Because you have freedom of expression, freedom of speech. You can't do that. You cannot yell fire in a crowded movie theater and you cannot encourage Maxine Waters, riots, brutality, karen Bass, you know brutality and lawlessness against law enforcement officers. And now these asses yesterday want to come up with this bulls**t about wanting ICE to pull their masks off. It's okay if you let the freaking criminals run around with masks on, but, by God, how are you going to target law enforcement if you can't tell who they are? Those scummy kind of despicable policies is what is going to backfire on them more and more and more. So I appreciate Johnny and what he had to say there.
Speaker 1:All these late night shows are so self-righteous and you know what. Let me just add this too If you're thinking well, aren't you doing that right now, pat, on your podcast? There's a big difference in my estimation, between being a talk show host on the radio and being a late night talk host my job. I have three hours to talk. I don't think I'm that self-righteous and I don't think I'm all that important. To be completely honest with you, I'm really not trying to influence anyone to do anything. Well, I take that back. Here's one thing I am trying to influence people to do Again civil discourse. You know, if you want to call me and you want to talk and you disagree with me, we are good with that. I do not reject your calls, we talk about it and we always have great discussions.
Speaker 1:For the most part, if something happens in this country, you know the magnitude of shooting a man like Charlie Kirk, or this woman, this Ukrainian woman who was butchered that the media refuses to talk about because apparently the victim was black. I'm sorry, but it's the truth. You're not even hearing about it. You're not even hearing about this scumbag. What was it? 14, 11, 17, whatever times the guy was arrested and let go? We talked to Topol about that. You're not going to hear about that. No one cares, apparently. Jeez, anyhow, thank you, johnny.
Speaker 1:One thing I see on Johnny Carson sometimes is I see either Johnny or someone on the show smoking, or both. I got to thinking about that too, just to change the topic here, on Pat's Peeps 333. As we continue to walk and talk, you'd see people smoke on that show. I honestly started thinking like I don't remember the last time that I saw someone smoking, and when I do see someone smoking, it always catches my attention for some reason, I don't know why. Like I'm not even. I mean, if you want to smoke, that's up to you. Who am I? I'm not, hey, that's your business. I smoke an occasional cigar I'm on day. Hey, that's your business. I smoke an occasional cigar. I'm on day five of that one I go about. You know you don't inhale a cigar. I smoke one about every five or six days, no big deal, I'm not puffing in cigarettes all the time, and in those five or six days I'm actually trying to get out here and clean my lungs too like this. But it's always I don't see anyone smoke anymore and it catches me off guard when I see it.
Speaker 1:It's funny too, because, man, I think it was 1972, if I'm not mistaken that they started putting, like the Surgeon General, warnings on the packs of cigarettes. I might be off a year or two if you do your research. Warnings on the packs of cigarettes. I might be off a year or two if you do your research In about that time. It was also about that time that Hold on a second. It's about that time that they stopped being able to show cigarette commercials on television. And yet, if you're of a certain age, it is remarkable to me how many cigarette commercials we can remember. I'd rather fight than switch. I'd walk a mile for a camel.
Speaker 1:Da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da, come to Marlboro country. Remember that. What about Salem? Remember the menthol cigarettes. Does anyone remember the jingle for that? You can take Salem out of the country, but and they go, you can't take the country out of Salem. Remember that. Remember Lark with a patented charcoal filter.
Speaker 1:I remember my grandfather, the same grandfather that taught me to be a Dodger fan. He and my grandma, lorna step-grandma, I guess you might call her. They lived in Huntington Park and Lorna would smoke Bel Airs and my grandpa would smoke Raleigh's or Viceroy's. Either Raleigh's or Viceroy, it's either Raleigh's or Viceroy. And oh, there's another one. I remember You've come a long way, baby right, virginia Slims for women, ooh Lord, they got the Slim cigarettes for the ladies Much healthier. But yeah, my grandpa, I think he smoked Raleigh.
Speaker 1:And then my grandma, step-grandma, smoked Bel Air and they'd have these coupons in the back of the cigarette packs. So if you saved up the coupons you could get something from a catalog like the old blue chip or green stamps. And I remember I was 14, and I saw them doing that They'd smoke and smoke and smoke. I said, bill, I saved another coupon. I'd be like, hey, actually, I said this to them. I go hey, grandpa and grandma, what do you save these coupons for Iron lungs? They were smoking so much they'd be in an iron lung. I think my grandpa got a kick out of that. By the way, me that all the time. How did you become a dodger fan, a ram fan?
Speaker 1:I've told that story, those stories, so many times, but since we are in baseball and football season right now to me the best time of year for sports I'll just say that one more time. As a kid, my dad told us to take a nap. I was probably five, maybe six, maybe, he told me, and my two I only had two brothers at that time ended up being six of us. He told us to take a nap. Well, I've never liked taking a nap and, uh, there must have been three of us. I guess my brother, tim, must have been very I was just telling you about with AI lending. He must have been just a little baby. Anyhow, here comes the car as I'm going back through the train trestle. So, uh, when he told us to take a nap, I'm going to head through the train trestle, listen.
Speaker 2:Oh, hello Hello.
Speaker 1:Hello, hello, go Rams, go Dodgers. I hope you get that echo. So when he told us to take a nap, I didn't want to. So I snuck under his table right next to his recliner where he would sit and smoke those cigarettes, watch sports. And he didn't see me and I hid under the table and he's't see me. And I hid under the table and he's watching football and it was the Rams and the Niners and I was only into baseball at that time. But then I saw the team with the horns on the helmet and Roman Gabriel, who I had no idea who that was yet and I saw them score a touchdown and I got so excited that I kind of cheered and bumped my head on the table. And my dad leans over and looks under the table at me and goes Son, what are you doing under there? I don't want to take a nap, I don't want to watch football. So he laughed and he let me sit up in his lap and inhale that secondhand smoke and watch football. You know, hell, he didn't. They didn't know any better back then. They didn't even think about that stuff. Every house had an ashtray. All parents mostly did that back then. And from that point on. Then I realized oh, the team with the horn on their helmet, which is the team that I love, which is the first team to ever put a logo on their helmet. And then Roman Gabriel, number 18, who recently passed, god bless him. That's my team, that's it, no. Looking back, 49ers, or the Raiders, well, I don't live in Oakland or San Francisco. Why do I have to like them? I don't live there, I don't live in LA. I can like the Rams, and that was my reasoning, and still is.
Speaker 1:In terms of the Dodgers, my grandfather, who I was just talking about, bill Walsh Sr, he'd come home from Reliant Steel running that pinhead truck. He drove a pinhead for Reliant Steel in LA and he's a big, tough Irishman man. You didn't want to flip him off on the road back then, when road rage was a thing. I'm sure he'd get out and dot you before everyone had a gun. I don't know that he really did that, but I don't know. That could be folklore. Maybe I'm making that up, but it just seemed like he could do it Because he didn't put up with no nonsense. Man, he didn't put up with any nonsense. So he'd come home from work, he'd sit on that front porch. He'd change into his jeans and his white t-shirt Big old, freckly arms. He'd put that AM radio right next to him, he'd play solitaire on the porch and we'd listen to Vin Scully and the Dodgers. And Vin would be doing commercials for Union 76, dodger Stadium, chavez Ravine, and for Farmer John link sausage ham. And my grandfather man. His refrigerator was loaded with Farmer John Wink sausage ham and my grandfather man. His refrigerator was loaded with Farmer John's Patrick. Yes, grandpa, you want some breakfast. You betcha, grandpa, it's Farmer John's Sausage. It's good enough for Vince Scully, it's good enough for the horses. Darn right, grandpa. So those are the.
Speaker 1:That's how I became fans of both of those teams. Now, my two favorites on each one of those teams. I'll finish it with this, at least this part of it, this part of the segment, my favorite part. My favorite Dodgers are Tommy Lasorda and Vince Scully, who has never actually played for the Dodgers they're an outzer and I always wanted to meet Vince Scully may have told this story before I did meet him. I met him at the same game that I was telling you about where I met Lon Simmons. I met, met him at the same game that I was telling you about where I met Lon Simmons. I met them both at the same game After I met. Well, I didn't even tell you about Lon Simmons. I told someone else about that, but I'll tell you right now.
Speaker 1:First I meet Lon Simmons, I get in the elevator. It's opening day, at&t Park or Pac Bell or whatever they called it back then Pac Bell and Dodgers Giants. So everyone's there. All the sports networks are covering this because it's the first day of Pac Bell Park and I'm the last one to get in the elevator. It starts to close. They open it again. Squeeze me in.
Speaker 1:I'm in front front, staring at the inside of the front door of the elevator. Behind me the man says something and when he said that I went without turning around, I went. Oh my god, vin Scully. I mean, uh, lon Simmons. He says how you doing, young man. Oh great, mr Snow, don't call me Mr Lawn, okay. Anyhow, a little bit out of breath here. Just went up a hill. So I'm back from my walk.
Speaker 1:So, uh, we get off the elevator and I got to tell him my favorite Lon Simmons story. And he goes what's that? And I said I was 15 years old, shooting hoops in my driveway in Elk Grove, and I said I'm listening to the radio, the Dodgers and the Giants. All I remember is John the Count Montefusco was pitching for the Giants. I don't know who was pitching for the Dodgers, but during a promo, during the game, he says you know they would do these little promos during baseball games. He was like there's ball one, excuse me. He says, by the way, there's ball one, excuse me. He says, by the way, western airlines now with non-stop flights to Hawaii. And then there's a short pause. Then you hear his paper and you hear him at the desk. He goes. Well, hell, I hope so, and to this day I have gotten such a good laugh out of that. And I told that and he said I don't remember that, but that's something I would say. Oh, you said that because obviously, if I'm headed from California to Hawaii, I don't want any stops between here and there. I just do not want any stops between now and there.
Speaker 1:And then later in the day, during a break, during and between innings, I go in to use the press bathroom. They got the press room, they got food and all of our stuff where we sit there and plug in our computers, and then they have the restrooms for the press. So I go in between innings into the bathroom and as I'm standing there at the urinal door opens and inside walks right next to me to the next urinal, none other than Vin Scully. Now I cannot believe this. So I'm trying not to chuckle, so I wait till I'm done and I go over to the sink and I'm washing and then I chuckle because I can tell he's finishing up doing his business and I said Mr Scully, it's always been a dream of mine to say hi to you, shake your hand and meet you, because I just washed my hand. So he washed his hand and I said but little did I ever realize it was going to be inside the men's room, standing beside my side, and I made him chuckle, which made me very happy and still does to this day.
Speaker 1:So I I'm back home, I'm going to go in now and pluck a record from my rare record shelves and see what record I come up with, and we'll do that here on Pat's Peeps 333. That was a good workout. I feel good. Thank you, pat, for that fine coverage. We appreciate that back here at the home base. You, pat, for that fine coverage. We appreciate that back here at the home base seems like you were feeling pretty good. Well, I am all right. Pat's peeps 333 as we continue here on this thursday. That was exhilarating.
Speaker 1:Before I hop in the show, let me share music with you and I, you know, yesterday I told you the way I had the anonymous listener, a loyal listener to my radio show, send me a record Well, several records, and I shared one with you yesterday. I thought I would share another one of her records with you, as she was kind enough to share them with me and, by the way you know, she took very good care of these records. Share them with me and, by the way you know, she took very good care of these records. Uh, one side a little bit more, perhaps a little more worn than the other. The other side's pretty nice anyhow.
Speaker 1:Um, now these I I'm not sure about the one song, but it just seems like it's going to be cool and I don't know. I I think it might be a cover, but the, but the first side I want to play. I'm so happy that she sent this to me because, in my estimation, this dude is one of the coolest guitarists and does not get mentioned enough when it comes to the important guitarist. I'll tell you another one Dwayne Eddy would be one that I would throw in that mix as extremely important guitarists the 10, Dick Dale, dwayne Eddy. There's one period of time at which I would include this artist. Now this is on a 45, and again, this says Randy. I know you want to be anonymous, but it says Randy. So maybe that's still anonymous, randy with an I. But this is on Cadence Gold Records. So that tells me right away this is not an original release, this is a gold series of records. They said, well, let us take a couple of songs that had some popularity and we'll re-release these many years later and we'll put, uh, one of these songs on each side. So there's not necessarily a b-side or not necessarily an a side on this, but I will tell you again I think that this artist is just a badass, if I may say that. If I may, this guy, you know, if I were putting soundtracks together for really gritty movies, this guy and he has been used, there's no doubt, in many movies.
Speaker 1:This is an instrumental. It's an American group released in the United States. Excuse me, pardon me, let me you know, after a long workout I need a drink. Cheers. By the way, happy Thursday to you. It's almost a weekend. Released in the United States March 31st of 1958.
Speaker 1:It was a single. And how cool is the name of the B-side? I got to hear that the Swag. That's awesome, man. I got to pull that up. The Swag was the B-side. Okay, I don't know. That just sounds cool to me. This guy is cool. Utilize the techniques of distortion, tremolo, which at this time, was largely unexplored in rock and roll. That's why it is another reason, not only his talent, but because of that. So when we talk about pioneers when it comes to guitars, I want to hear this guy's name in there.
Speaker 1:Matter of fact, in 2018, this song was inducted into the lame rock and roll hall of fame, but at least even they recognized how great this was. It was a new category for singles. Oh, that's a good one. Let me write that down for my show Singles. That should be, should be. I'm writing. You can never lose an idea in rock and roll. I hate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I wish they had a real one. Anyhow, just a thought. 2008,. It was inducted into the National Registry by the Library of Congress.
Speaker 1:Link Wray and the Ray man are just so cool, it's called Rumble. Thank you, man. I just imagine someone smoking, you know, wearing a leather jacket, old school, get your hair all greased back. Pack of cigs in your shirt, sleeve rolled up Pat's Peeps 333. Happy Thursday, let's hear it, lord. All right, rumble link ray and the rayman. I don't own the rights to that. Leave me alone. Already trying to, I'm trying to critique and educate people on the virtues of link, whatever. I always got to say that stuff, you know.
Speaker 1:Now this one, I'm I'm not sure if this is a remake. Before I, before I look, I pulled it up, I didn't read it, but it might be a remake. Is it a remake of, like a James Brown song? Let me see here. I could be wrong on this one, but just seems like it was a remake of someone, so it oh okay. So the artist did not write the song, I thought so. He recorded a version of it in 55. Another instrumental. Well, that makes sense for this record.
Speaker 1:Blues tune Long and complex history dating back to the 40s. Most famous version recorded by Jimmy Forrest, the opening riff of the song recorded in 1940, that's the Blues Old man, by a small group led by Johnny Hodges, sideman for Duke Ellington, and then Duke himself used the same riff in 46 in a composition Happy Go, lucky Local. Yeah, it wasn't James Brown. I'm trying to think of the name Lucky Local. Yeah, it wasn't James Brown. What's I'm trying to think of the name of that James Brown song? I was just guessing. Anyhow, let's listen to it. This is Ernie England Night Train. That's cool, man. Definitely get that Duke Ellington feel Ah, I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.
Speaker 1:1961, james Brown recorded his own take on the song. I knew it Replaced the saxophone break with a spoken, shouted list of cities on his tour route. I knew it. I am so proud of myself I can't believe it. That version became a hit. Remains one of his most famous. Hey now, yeah, pats, peeps Three, 33.
Speaker 1:Also the great Night Train Lane. Nickname of the legendary NFL Hall of Fame defensive back Night Train Lane. Nickname of the legendary NFL Hall of Fame defensive back Night Train Lane. You remember Night Train Lane? Oh, let's take a listen real quick. That's cool. That's cool Night train lane. Baby, los Angeles Ram. That's right, la Rams. Then he had to go finish things off with the Cardinals and the Lions, whatever, whatever, whatever, awesome stuff.
Speaker 1:Okay, I said I wanted to hear because I can't remember for sure off the top of my head. But when I read the Swag by Link Wray and his Rayman, I have to listen to this. This is not off of a 45. I'm just going to pull this one up because I need to hear it and I don't have that record right in front of me. I hope this is as cool as it seems like it would be. Here we go. Oh yeah, woo, instant love. So simple, so simple, so mean. This is so cool, I sure. Thank you for listening. I want to wish you a very, very happy Thursday. Support your local business, patspeepscom. Oh, by the way, we have our merchandise. Oh, please check out our merchandise at Patspeepscom. Oh, by the way, we have our merchandise. Oh, please check out our merchandise at Patspeepscom. You'll see it right there, lots of people looking cool in the merch. Thank you guys. See you on the radio. We'll see you next time.
