1 00:00:03,399 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: Hudson Riverradio dot com. 2 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 2: This is Jesse Carmicho from Room five. Hi, this is 3 00:00:16,199 --> 00:00:18,199 Phil Margol of the Tokens. Hello. 4 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,559 Speaker 3: It's Nicole Atkins on the Rock and Roll History Show. 5 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:28,079 Speaker 4: Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Rock and Roll History 6 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,000 Show on Hudson River Radio. I'm Brian Horowitz. It's fourth 7 00:00:32,079 --> 00:00:35,439 of July weekend and America's two hundred and fiftieth you've 8 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,439 probably heard, so hopefully I have a little downtime this weekend. 9 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:40,399 Hopefully you get to hang out and celebrate and do 10 00:00:40,439 --> 00:00:42,759 what you want to do, hang out by the pool. 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,640 Whether your pool is Flag blue or Incredible Hulk green, 12 00:00:46,759 --> 00:00:50,079 we hope you have a wonderful weekend. We thought we 13 00:00:50,119 --> 00:00:52,719 would buy you some drinks this weekend to help you celebrate. 14 00:00:53,079 --> 00:00:55,200 But before we hop into all that, allow me to 15 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,960 introduce all the cranbones joining us here tonight from the 16 00:00:59,079 --> 00:01:02,600 Richter Observatory. He recently found out that Elvis used to 17 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,799 be a phone operator at a famous theater. One for 18 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,760 the money, two for the show, three to get ready, 19 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,480 four for sales, buy for customer service. 20 00:01:13,599 --> 00:01:16,079 Speaker 2: I was waiting, where's this going off? 21 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 4: That meil Richtor is back? 22 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 2: Thank you very much, thank you from. 23 00:01:21,799 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 4: The silver screen. She saw a guy walk into a bar. 24 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,319 He's all banged up and bruised. His arm is in 25 00:01:27,359 --> 00:01:30,640 a cast. Bartender says, hey, what happened to you? He says, 26 00:01:30,879 --> 00:01:33,359 I tried to climb the tallest tower in France, but 27 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:34,519 I fell off. 28 00:01:36,519 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 5: Mercedes Kent is back out, Hey, everybody. 29 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 4: And the host of Shaving Cream. She says, pigs dressed 30 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:50,000 in black never get bullied because Batman protects Gotham. 31 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:57,959 Speaker 6: Barbara Deel, Oh wow, Wow, that regret my choice here? 32 00:01:58,359 --> 00:02:01,239 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, it's too late. I'm about to introduce you. 33 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,319 We have a special guest joining us tonight to fill 34 00:02:04,359 --> 00:02:07,640 the void of two missing Crambones. She is the host 35 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,520 of Murder in the Hudson Valley with Yours Truly. She's 36 00:02:10,599 --> 00:02:13,919 the host of UFO Headquarters with Mike Worden. You may 37 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,479 know her best here as the official hard ass judge 38 00:02:16,479 --> 00:02:20,159 of the annual Pop Crambone Quiz. She was recently in 39 00:02:20,159 --> 00:02:24,280 a documentary about bakeries. She got a small role. Linda 40 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:25,000 Zimmermann is. 41 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,479 Speaker 7: Back, but it was a good role. 42 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 4: Is there a bad one? 43 00:02:30,759 --> 00:02:33,879 Speaker 2: You're just trying to butther her up? Can I I am? 44 00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 1: I am? 45 00:02:34,719 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 4: She's taking the time out to join us tonight, and 46 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,919 I am very grateful. And actually you were filming something 47 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,680 recently I saw on your Facebook page. Are you allowed 48 00:02:42,719 --> 00:02:45,360 to talk about that or oh? 49 00:02:45,479 --> 00:02:51,759 Speaker 6: Yeah, I filmed an episode for let me see if 50 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,879 I can remember the Mysteries in the Heartland. It's looking 51 00:02:56,039 --> 00:03:00,280 at ancient Native American sites, which is one of the 52 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,039 things I do in the HUDs in the Hudson Valley 53 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:04,879 in this area. 54 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 7: So yeah, that was that was fun. So okay for me, 55 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:11,560 I do a variety. 56 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, do you know when that's coming out? 57 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,199 Speaker 7: Or probably September. 58 00:03:15,319 --> 00:03:20,599 Speaker 6: Okay, I'm all about the astronomical alignments of stone sites, 59 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,479 but I'm sure nobody listening tonight show wants to hear that, 60 00:03:23,719 --> 00:03:24,879 so I. 61 00:03:24,759 --> 00:03:32,039 Speaker 4: Think you would be surprised. Yes, all right, fine, we're 62 00:03:32,039 --> 00:03:34,680 going to get to the news and the celebratory weekend, 63 00:03:34,879 --> 00:03:37,960 and no one's better to lead us off than Neil. 64 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. It's something I'm not unfamiliar, not totally unfamiliar with 65 00:03:41,759 --> 00:03:48,039 the the pastime. But anyway, so yes, you know, I 66 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,560 know that I've chosen songs by the Ramones numerous times 67 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,319 here on the Rock and Roll History Show, covering a 68 00:03:55,439 --> 00:03:59,439 variety of topics well, and that's only because they really 69 00:03:59,479 --> 00:04:02,879 have a song for every occasion. But this time it's 70 00:04:02,879 --> 00:04:06,080 going to be a little different. Instead of talking about 71 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,400 the Ramones as a band, I'm going to focus on 72 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,879 one particular member, their third drummer, Richie Ramone, and a 73 00:04:13,919 --> 00:04:17,519 song he wrote for the band called Somebody Puts Something 74 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:23,399 in My Drink. Richard Reinhardt he was born in nineteen 75 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,800 fifty seven. Richie played drums for several early CBGB bands 76 00:04:27,879 --> 00:04:31,639 like Velveteen and The Shirts before becoming the drummer for 77 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:36,800 the Ramones. Between February nineteen eighty three and August nineteen 78 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,720 eighty seven, he took over for Marky Ramone, the band's 79 00:04:41,759 --> 00:04:47,839 second drummer, after Marky was fired ironically because of his alcoholism. 80 00:04:48,199 --> 00:04:52,519 Speaker 5: Talk about drinking here I remember it well, yeap. 81 00:04:55,399 --> 00:04:58,199 Speaker 2: Now. At first, Richie performed under the stage name of 82 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,600 Richie bo b Ea You, before adopting the Ramone surname 83 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,560 in time for the release of his first Ramones album, 84 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:10,920 the band's eighth studio LP called Too Tough to Die, 85 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,399 and it's the first of three studio albums that he 86 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,839 appears on. Richie is the only Ramones drummer to be 87 00:05:18,959 --> 00:05:23,160 the sole composer of a Ramone song. Now the other 88 00:05:23,199 --> 00:05:27,759 two drummers they collaborated, but Richie wrote these all on 89 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,920 his own. He wrote several actually, including Somebody puts Something 90 00:05:31,959 --> 00:05:34,800 in My Drink, which is found on their nineteen eighty 91 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:39,040 six album Animal Boy. Now. Rumor has it that the 92 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:43,000 song is based on an actual incident where he was 93 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:48,279 given a drink spiked with LSD and he was out 94 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:52,639 on a date with Frankie Valley's daughter. What could go wrong? 95 00:05:53,319 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 8: Oh? 96 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,759 Speaker 4: What a night? Get it? Get any? 97 00:05:58,639 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 2: Oh yeah? 98 00:05:59,639 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 4: Pause for laughter and continue now. 99 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,439 Speaker 2: Richie recorded his version of the song for his twenty 100 00:06:07,639 --> 00:06:13,399 thirteen solo album entitled entitled, which is the version we're 101 00:06:13,439 --> 00:06:18,000 about to hear. So grab a glass, drink up, but 102 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,120 just be careful. We never know what might be in there. 103 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:50,319 Speaker 9: Somebody, somebody putting somebody another nice add on a joy 104 00:06:50,759 --> 00:06:55,279 stuff it fun my usual set. 105 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 2: To please. 106 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 8: Spot with a joy. 107 00:06:59,439 --> 00:07:01,959 Speaker 9: I don't blacket it's a colored pig. 108 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,199 Speaker 8: I'm actual staying scene. 109 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 10: It's not a bier. Somebody or something. Somebody would something 110 00:07:13,519 --> 00:07:19,600 in the back trick somebody or something somebody Wood chopper. 111 00:07:21,839 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 9: Land fission, Janny thoughts film offenses many straw feel something. 112 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,079 Speaker 8: Come on, I can't put. 113 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 9: You back, swam the floor, drag sack drink. 114 00:07:34,879 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 8: Drink some more. I can't say. 115 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 7: By what's that drink. 116 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 10: Some fire or shopper, somebody WoT some sack and back trick, 117 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:53,279 samphire or something. Somebody wood chump say. 118 00:07:53,279 --> 00:07:56,959 Speaker 2: The back drink, chambre ort, somefer. 119 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,879 Speaker 10: Some by wood shop say the back drink. 120 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,839 Speaker 8: Somebody but supper. 121 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,399 Speaker 2: In that say. 122 00:08:07,959 --> 00:08:09,279 Speaker 10: In that tray. 123 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: In bat. 124 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 2: In my drug. 125 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 10: I can't fonder for college break going to say for 126 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:37,480 something and drug. 127 00:08:37,879 --> 00:08:39,159 Speaker 8: I feel a little dry. 128 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:43,759 Speaker 10: I don't care what your fucking for. 129 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,279 Speaker 7: Somebody put something in my drug. 130 00:08:46,919 --> 00:08:47,919 Speaker 11: I can't think. 131 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:50,159 Speaker 12: Why what's in that? 132 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,639 Speaker 10: Somebody but somewhere else some night it would some sa 133 00:08:57,919 --> 00:09:05,320 in Matre, Somebud Soper, somebody WoT Soffer, a major sub 134 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:13,360 cat Sper sun By, WoT Soler, Mantri sun By or Soper. 135 00:09:15,519 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 12: In mad. 136 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:19,159 Speaker 1: In back. 137 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 13: In Ma. 138 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 8: Ma Ma, magine. 139 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 4: The magic. 140 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 10: Some fat Soffer, some viney wood Soufer, major Sam butter 141 00:09:47,399 --> 00:09:54,080 boat Soffer, some Babo Solfer and Majory, some butter boat Sofer, 142 00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:57,320 somebody WoT Soffer Mado. 143 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,159 Speaker 2: I can't tell whether he's happy about it or mad 144 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:06,440 about it, but maybe a little of both now. Richie 145 00:10:06,519 --> 00:10:10,519 quit the Ramones abruptly in August of nineteen eighty seven 146 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:15,440 due to financial conflicts. Richie said he had asked for 147 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:20,200 a small percentage of the merchandise income that is, basically 148 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,759 you know, the T shirts, the T shirt money that 149 00:10:23,919 --> 00:10:27,759 bore his name and image. Now, while admitting he didn't 150 00:10:27,799 --> 00:10:30,159 feel entitled to an equal share as he was not 151 00:10:30,279 --> 00:10:34,039 a founding member of the band, he did feel cheated 152 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,320 when the other members would cash their merchandise checks while 153 00:10:37,759 --> 00:10:41,600 he sat there with nothing. Now. These conflicts were mostly 154 00:10:41,759 --> 00:10:45,840 with guitarist Johnny Ramone, as the other members apparently didn't 155 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:50,039 really object, and there were also issues over production credits 156 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:55,639 as well, again with Johnny. Ultimately, Richie was replaced by 157 00:10:55,759 --> 00:10:59,919 his predecessor, Markey. They brought him back after he got sober, 158 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,440 and he remained in the band Mark He did until 159 00:11:02,639 --> 00:11:08,759 the band retired in nineteen ninety six. After releasing Entitled, 160 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:14,279 Richie released two more solo LPs, one called Cellophane in 161 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:19,039 twenty sixteen and another Lived to Tell in twenty twenty three. 162 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,960 In twenty eighteen, he published his autobiography I Know Better 163 00:11:25,039 --> 00:11:29,000 Now my life before, during, and after the Ramones, and 164 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,360 I Know Better Now is another one of the songs 165 00:11:31,399 --> 00:11:35,200 he wrote for the band. Somebody Put Something in My 166 00:11:35,279 --> 00:11:37,559 Drink has since been covered by a number of other 167 00:11:37,639 --> 00:11:40,279 punk bands, and has also been featured in a couple 168 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,919 of movies as well. In two thousand and seven, this 169 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:48,720 is pretty interesting, Richie debuted a classical composition called Sweet 170 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:53,039 for drums and orchestra with the Pasadena Pops, and it 171 00:11:53,159 --> 00:11:56,440 was based on themes from the musical West Side Story. 172 00:11:56,639 --> 00:12:00,080 So not too shabby for a punk drubber No. 173 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 4: No elegant. 174 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 6: Now. 175 00:12:03,919 --> 00:12:07,279 Speaker 2: Along with the three Ramone studio albums, the third being 176 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:11,519 nineteen eighty seven's Halfway to Sanity. By the Way, Richie 177 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:15,840 also appears on numerous Ramone's Greatest Hits compilations, and he 178 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:21,799 also played on Joey Ramone's second posthumous solo LP and Yes, 179 00:12:21,919 --> 00:12:23,679 I know You're all wondering, and I know some of 180 00:12:23,759 --> 00:12:26,399 you know. Of course, I got to see Richie play 181 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,159 with the Ramones a few times, and once right here 182 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,000 in our own Rockland County in Mount Ivy, back in 183 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:38,240 nineteen eighty four, a place called the Expo and I 184 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,519 think they tore it down and built a diner anyway, 185 00:12:41,919 --> 00:12:44,519 And I know I've seen him perform with his own 186 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,440 band a few times, along with a couple of the 187 00:12:47,519 --> 00:12:51,639 Cranbones here many times with Mercedes, and we even dragged 188 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,360 Brian along one time too. I think he's almost gotten 189 00:12:55,399 --> 00:12:56,000 over the shock. 190 00:12:56,639 --> 00:12:58,639 Speaker 4: I had a great night. That was awesome. I got 191 00:12:58,759 --> 00:13:01,279 a sign drumstick to chat with him a little bit. 192 00:13:01,759 --> 00:13:02,480 That was a good night. 193 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 2: It was. It was really cool. 194 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 4: Now I will never reach the coolness factor of Neil 195 00:13:08,039 --> 00:13:11,799 and Mercedes. Obviously I was. I made the tricycle that 196 00:13:11,879 --> 00:13:14,720 was the third wheel. But that's okay. I'll take what 197 00:13:14,799 --> 00:13:15,200 I can get. 198 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 2: It all counts, it all counts, And finally, Richie continues 199 00:13:21,399 --> 00:13:24,240 to perform, and he's currently one of the three surviving 200 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,480 members of the band, the other two being Markeye and 201 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:32,279 bassist CJ. Ramone. So remember, don't drink and drive and 202 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:34,080 go to a concert. 203 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,159 Speaker 4: Thank you excellent. 204 00:13:36,919 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 5: I cannot listen to any version of that song without 205 00:13:41,159 --> 00:13:44,039 thinking of a friend of mine who used to go 206 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,399 to Ceegb's all the time. And I don't know what 207 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,679 band he was there to see, but he was there 208 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,879 one night with his girlfriend. Now he lived down the 209 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Jersey Shore somewhere, so when they left, they had to 210 00:13:55,120 --> 00:14:01,000 drive home and they actually woke up on the median 211 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:02,960 of the turnpike. 212 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 4: Oh my god. 213 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:12,759 Speaker 2: But they woke up intact, intact, I hope. Yeah, them 214 00:14:12,919 --> 00:14:14,399 and whatever vehicles. 215 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, insane. 216 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's that's a night of bad decisions. 217 00:14:21,639 --> 00:14:23,279 Speaker 7: Somebody put something in their drink. 218 00:14:23,799 --> 00:14:29,919 Speaker 5: Yes, absolutely, wow, alcohol alcohol for one, No, for real? 219 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 2: Something oh really really? 220 00:14:31,559 --> 00:14:35,519 Speaker 4: Oh yeah yeah yeah from the area. The Jersey Turnpike 221 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,480 at some places is like four or five six lanes wide. 222 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,720 And they're in the media in the Wow. Okay, yeah, 223 00:14:43,799 --> 00:14:44,519 that's well. 224 00:14:44,559 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 2: I remember they used to you know, they used to 225 00:14:46,279 --> 00:14:50,159 serve tap be you know in pictures. I would for 226 00:14:50,279 --> 00:14:53,360 many reasons, I never ordered that. I always had something, 227 00:14:54,159 --> 00:14:56,840 you know, that was like like a bottle can. Yeah, 228 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:02,000 for sure. It just it just didn't seem like a 229 00:15:02,039 --> 00:15:02,600 good idea. 230 00:15:03,039 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 4: And in college, one of the downtown bars used to 231 00:15:07,879 --> 00:15:11,679 do dollar beer nights, but you brought your own container, 232 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,159 and just that week, the hardware store at the other 233 00:15:15,279 --> 00:15:17,440 end of the street would sell bird baths on sale, 234 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,759 So you would actually have guys walking around this bar 235 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,000 carrying bird baths. 236 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 5: I think that's hilarious. 237 00:15:28,639 --> 00:15:34,159 Speaker 4: I was DJing. I was not a bird bath participant. 238 00:15:34,799 --> 00:15:37,799 Speaker 5: So how much does a bird bath hold I don't 239 00:15:37,879 --> 00:15:39,399 know in pictures. 240 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 2: It was a lot in bird bird bath. 241 00:15:42,919 --> 00:15:46,679 Speaker 1: Of beer bourbon. You could take it anywhere you want. 242 00:15:47,039 --> 00:15:48,879 Speaker 2: Well, I'm not going to brag, but that was the 243 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,320 sort of class I was in, you know, before retiring, 244 00:15:52,399 --> 00:15:55,159 of course. Yeah, but I never thought of using a 245 00:15:55,279 --> 00:15:55,879 bird bath. 246 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 4: But I don't know who came up with it, but 247 00:15:58,559 --> 00:15:59,480 they made the most of it. 248 00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:02,679 Speaker 2: All him that if it was new, not an old 249 00:16:02,759 --> 00:16:03,240 bird bath. 250 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 4: No, I mean not no, these were new bird baths from. 251 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 2: Swipe swipe one off of somebody's Oh god, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, well, 252 00:16:12,039 --> 00:16:17,799 you know maybe after enough never mind, never mind, you 253 00:16:17,879 --> 00:16:18,399 can use it. 254 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 4: After for whatever. But yes, when you're done drinking out of. 255 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,519 Speaker 5: It, that alcohol disinfects it. 256 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,759 Speaker 4: No no, still still no, no, it could be one 257 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,759 green alcohol and there's still not Yeah. 258 00:16:30,919 --> 00:16:33,519 Speaker 2: Well this was all before bird flew and all that stuff, 259 00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:35,559 so I might have been no never mind. 260 00:16:35,639 --> 00:16:38,039 Speaker 4: Yeah, birds have been since the dawn of time, so 261 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:39,360 there is no good way to. 262 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 2: Buy your bird baths. 263 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 7: Conversation South real fast, are you surprised. 264 00:16:45,159 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sure it's going to get worse we're talking about. 265 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 4: I'm sure, Actually, Barbara, you're up. So you get to 266 00:16:50,519 --> 00:16:53,200 decide high brow low brow? Which way are we going 267 00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:53,440 to go? 268 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 2: All right? 269 00:16:54,480 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: Well, all right, so yeah, the song about drinking that 270 00:17:01,559 --> 00:17:05,400 I have chosen, it's called the Scotsman. We're gonna hear 271 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,599 the rendition by Brian Bowers, and I'm going to talk 272 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,599 about him a little bit later, but for right now, 273 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,400 I want to talk about the guy that wrote the song, 274 00:17:15,279 --> 00:17:19,440 Mike Cross. He was born October twenty fifth, nineteen forty six, 275 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:24,200 in Maryville, Tennessee. He grew up in North Carolina, and 276 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:29,759 he's an American musician, singer, songwriter, fiddler, guitarist, and storyteller. 277 00:17:30,559 --> 00:17:34,680 His musical works are a blend of bluegrass, Celtic influences, 278 00:17:34,799 --> 00:17:37,839 country rock, folk, and pop, but he's best known for 279 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,079 his humorous songs. However, his diehard fans are quick to 280 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,960 point out that his serious songwriting is just as impressive 281 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:50,000 as his comedy. Cross was inducted into the Blue Ridge 282 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,680 Music Hall of Fame in two thousand and nine in 283 00:17:52,799 --> 00:17:57,880 recognition of his contributions to Appalachian and North Carolina music. 284 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:03,079 Although he never achieved mainstream success, and it's unknown exactly 285 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,359 when Cross wrote The Scotsman, but it's believed to be 286 00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:10,039 sometime during the nineteen seventies because the recording we will 287 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:14,880 now hear was released in nineteen eighty by Brian Bauers 288 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:19,279 on his album Home Home on the Road. So before 289 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:24,319 we continue with details about Bowers, let's hear its brief. 290 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 7: It's very short. 291 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,799 Speaker 1: Let's hear his version of the Scotsman. 292 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 2: Now well. 293 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 12: Scotsman planned and killed, left the bar wan even fair, 294 00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:35,920 and one could tell how he walked, and he drunk 295 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,680 more than his share. He fumbled around until he could 296 00:18:39,839 --> 00:18:43,279 no longer keep his feet, and he stumbled off to 297 00:18:43,559 --> 00:18:47,160 the grass to sleep beside this street, ringing it a 298 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:52,799 little lady ringed Lisle. He stumbled off to the grass 299 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,359 to sleep beside this tree. About that time to the 300 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,359 young and lovely girls. Just happened by one says to 301 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,440 the other, with the twinkle in her eye, see on 302 00:19:04,599 --> 00:19:09,720 sleeping Scotsman, so strong and handsome, Bill. I wonder rivage's true? 303 00:19:09,839 --> 00:19:11,519 What they don't wear beneath the. 304 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 11: Kilt, ringing it a little lady ring nordedly eye. 305 00:19:16,279 --> 00:19:20,200 Speaker 12: Oh wow, wonder rivage's true. What they don't wear beneath 306 00:19:20,279 --> 00:19:24,640 the kilt. They crept upon that sleeping Scotsman quiet as 307 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:28,559 could be lifted up as killed about and if so 308 00:19:28,839 --> 00:19:32,240 they could see and their all for them. Of you 309 00:19:32,519 --> 00:19:36,200 beneath this god is skirt was nothing more than God 310 00:19:36,279 --> 00:19:40,079 had graced him with upon his bird ringing, that a 311 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:44,880 little lad ring nordedly eye, oh, was nothing more than 312 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,960 God had graced him with upon his birth. They marveled 313 00:19:49,039 --> 00:19:52,000 for a moment. Then one said we must be gone. 314 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:56,359 Let's leave a present for our friend before we move along. 315 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,680 As a gift, they left their blue silk ribbon tied 316 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:04,200 into a bowl around the bunny star. The scots kilted 317 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:05,599 lyft dunshow. 318 00:20:06,079 --> 00:20:11,079 Speaker 11: Ringing did a little ladio ring nadii isle around the 319 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:11,920 bunny star. 320 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 12: The scots kilted lyft dun show. Now the Scotsman wolf 321 00:20:16,039 --> 00:20:20,000 to nature's call and stumble towards the trees behind the 322 00:20:20,079 --> 00:20:23,200 bushy lifts his kilt and cock said what he sees 323 00:20:23,759 --> 00:20:27,039 and there the startle boys, He says to what's before 324 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,160 his eyes off, lad, I don't know where you've in Budaseo. 325 00:20:31,319 --> 00:20:36,160 One first priss ringing did a little ladio ring nadali 326 00:20:36,279 --> 00:20:38,640 isle a lad I don't. 327 00:20:38,519 --> 00:20:44,559 Speaker 11: Know where you've embudasyo one first part, okay, the. 328 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,079 Speaker 1: Pews of would happen if you drink so much you 329 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,240 pass out? Let that be a lesson to all of us. 330 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,839 So the song is done in a classic folk storytelling format, 331 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:02,480 with a simple narration, a memorable chor a punchline. And 332 00:21:02,599 --> 00:21:06,319 it was frequently requested on the Doctor Demento Show and 333 00:21:06,559 --> 00:21:10,559 often made the show's top five, known as the Funny Five. 334 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,880 And just to put it out there, my next show 335 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,759 I'm working on for Shaving Cream will be a tribute 336 00:21:18,799 --> 00:21:24,000 to Doctor Demento's Funny Five. So Bowers is also known 337 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,319 as an auto harp player. You can find pictures of 338 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:35,559 it online, and the auto harp. He's actually credited with 339 00:21:35,799 --> 00:21:41,319 introducing the instrument to generations of musicians. And he's kind 340 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,240 of more famous for playing the auto harp than he 341 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,079 is for that song. And he was inducted into the 342 00:21:48,319 --> 00:21:51,640 Auto Harp Hall of Fame in nineteen ninety three. 343 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:56,319 Speaker 4: Oh he's the other guy, all right, gotcha? 344 00:21:57,319 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: Which I think is almost as funny as the song is. 345 00:22:00,759 --> 00:22:02,599 Speaker 6: So there you have it. 346 00:22:02,839 --> 00:22:05,079 Speaker 4: Where is the Auto hart Hall of Fame. 347 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,039 Speaker 1: The I don't know if there's a physical. 348 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,279 Speaker 4: Some spare bedroom in the back. 349 00:22:13,759 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: It's probably in some janitor's closet. 350 00:22:16,839 --> 00:22:19,599 Speaker 4: And some building somewhere. I never even heard of it. 351 00:22:20,319 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: I know, I know, I was trying to find more 352 00:22:22,839 --> 00:22:23,839 info on it, but I. 353 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 4: Mean, I'm not. I would definitely go. 354 00:22:26,039 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, you would go to the Auto Heart Hall of Fame, 355 00:22:28,799 --> 00:22:34,880 and you would marvel at this gentleman howers that he 356 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,200 actually has his name somewhere. 357 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, you can only imagine the gift shop. 358 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 2: Wow. 359 00:22:45,279 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, sorry, Okay, all right, thank you for. 360 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 7: You left me speechless with that. 361 00:22:53,319 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 1: When I'm sitting here trying to picture all the things 362 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:00,960 I could pross, possibly purchase and all, Yeah, gift shot. 363 00:23:00,799 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 4: Key chain, it would be very very difficult. 364 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 2: They have a whole, a whole section of Blue River. 365 00:23:07,039 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 14: I was gonna say that. 366 00:23:08,279 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 2: You just beat me to it. 367 00:23:10,519 --> 00:23:12,599 Speaker 4: Killed kilts and key chains. 368 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 2: And blue being being being of part, you know, part 369 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,640 Scottish descent. You know, I've got a whole trophy case 370 00:23:19,759 --> 00:23:20,079 of those. 371 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 14: Are they all blue? 372 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,839 Speaker 2: Neil, I'll never tell. 373 00:23:30,559 --> 00:23:31,519 Speaker 4: That's for another show. 374 00:23:34,319 --> 00:23:36,759 Speaker 2: One that was that was a loaded question. I justn't know. 375 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,400 It's a family show. I'm going to stop right there. 376 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:45,319 Speaker 4: Yep, And if we haven't scared Linda off yet, we're 377 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:45,839 gonna try. 378 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 6: The song reminded me of you know, the World Cup 379 00:23:49,039 --> 00:23:52,960 is going on now and the Scots keep drinking Boston dry. 380 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,559 Speaker 2: Yes you want to. 381 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 4: They came over on except for the bud light. Except 382 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,200 the bud light. They have bud light light, Yes they would. 383 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, so last week we did. 384 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,839 Speaker 1: Brian hates the bagpipes, and so I went to the 385 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,279 other side of the coin where we have scotsman but 386 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:17,680 no bagpipes, and there you go, say thank you, Brian, 387 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:18,240 thank you. 388 00:24:20,839 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 4: All Right, we're gonna take a real quick break and 389 00:24:23,279 --> 00:24:25,920 we're gonna be back with more. So go hit the 390 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,839 restroom while you can and get another round, then join 391 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,240 us in a few minutes. We'll be right back. Hudson 392 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,119 River Radio dot Com. Your dad likes us. 393 00:24:35,319 --> 00:24:37,599 Speaker 5: This concludes the first part of this cassette. 394 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 4: Please turn the cassette over and begin again on side 395 00:24:40,799 --> 00:24:51,319 to Hudson River Radio dot Com and welcome back. So uh, 396 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,200 I'm partial to old fashions myself. I have to admit, 397 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,519 you know, I. 398 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 14: Tried to. 399 00:25:00,039 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 4: Ever had never had heard about need to try, so 400 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:07,599 that that's kind of my default, that a nice porter 401 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,519 of stout, something along those lines. I'm not a big 402 00:25:09,559 --> 00:25:10,119 beer drinker. 403 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: I like the dark beer, the stouts. 404 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 9: I like those. 405 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:14,519 Speaker 4: I would rather go with those. 406 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:14,799 Speaker 2: You know. 407 00:25:14,799 --> 00:25:16,799 Speaker 4: I have a lot of friends that love the I 408 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,319 pas and all that, and they smell like paint thinner 409 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:20,400 to me. I can't even try. 410 00:25:21,319 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 2: I retired. I retired before all that I PA stuff 411 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:29,039 came out. Yeah it was. It was never you know, 412 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,160 it was it was imported beer, but not not, you know, 413 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,599 so I missed out on a whole Well. 414 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,279 Speaker 4: I like the crappier places, like checking out the breweries 415 00:25:38,279 --> 00:25:40,799 and all that, you know, just just checking out how 416 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,680 it's done and checking out the local business kind of 417 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,279 thing that I like. But yeah, I'm not big on 418 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,960 all the all the weird smelling stuff. I don't know. 419 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,759 All right, Linda, get me out of this hole. What 420 00:25:52,839 --> 00:25:53,400 do you drink? 421 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 13: Oh? 422 00:25:54,839 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 2: Sure? 423 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 14: Sure? 424 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 6: Well I had about two hours notice for this, Joe, 425 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,400 uh huh, And I was like, what do I know 426 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:04,640 about drinking songs? 427 00:26:04,759 --> 00:26:08,839 Speaker 7: Rocking about? What I do know is my wheelhouse is 428 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:10,200 the thirties and forties. 429 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,799 Speaker 6: So I said to Brian, look, I've got a really 430 00:26:15,079 --> 00:26:18,559 favorite drinking song if you don't mind something from the forties, 431 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,640 So he said, go with it. So I am cocktails 432 00:26:22,759 --> 00:26:26,640 for two, but not just any version. The song was 433 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:31,440 originally written by Arthur Johnson and Sam Coslow, and it 434 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:36,480 debuted in the nineteen thirty four movie Murder at the Vanities, 435 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,240 which was a pre code musical if. 436 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 7: You know what that means, yes, anything goes essentially. 437 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 6: It was performed by Danish actor singer Carl Brisson, who, 438 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:58,279 before he became an actor singer, was a European champion 439 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:03,119 prize fighter, so that was a nice transition. Stopped getting 440 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,160 punched in the face and got to do, you know, 441 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:13,000 musicals with attractive women. Also in this movie was a 442 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:17,799 song performed by Gertrude Michael called Sweet Marijuana. 443 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,559 Speaker 7: But that's probably for another show. 444 00:27:20,759 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 6: I'll be back when you do the Okay marijuana pace shows. 445 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,799 Also in nineteen thirty four, Duke Ellington did a wildly 446 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,440 popular version of it. It was the second biggest hit 447 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:41,000 of nineteen thirty four. Tommy Dorsey did a swing version 448 00:27:41,079 --> 00:27:44,640 in thirty eight. Bing Crosby had a very popular version 449 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:49,279 in nineteen fifty five, and in nineteen sixty one Ray 450 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,680 Charles and Betty Carter did a very nice version of it, 451 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,400 so it was kind of an old standard. But by 452 00:27:57,599 --> 00:28:01,799 far and away, my favorite version, because I'm a little twisted, 453 00:28:02,519 --> 00:28:04,400 is from nineteen forty four. 454 00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:08,799 Speaker 7: The Spike Jones and his City Slickers. 455 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 14: Version my favorite two all right. 456 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 6: Carl Grayson did the vocals. Spike Jones was born in 457 00:28:17,039 --> 00:28:23,000 nineteen eleven as Lindley Armstrong Jones, but he was as 458 00:28:23,279 --> 00:28:27,279 thin as a railroad spike, so that's how he got 459 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:32,519 his name. At a young age, a railroad chef taught 460 00:28:32,599 --> 00:28:35,599 him how to play music on pots and pens and. 461 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 7: Forks and spoons, so. 462 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,839 Speaker 6: He had an interesting ear for percussion instruments at a 463 00:28:43,079 --> 00:28:49,519 very early age. We all know about music appreciation. Well, 464 00:28:49,839 --> 00:28:53,599 he started touring the country with what he called his 465 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,480 musical depreciation review. 466 00:28:57,359 --> 00:29:03,559 Speaker 7: And spoof songs. He really, you know, weird. Al Yankovic 467 00:29:03,839 --> 00:29:08,079 is the modern day version of. 468 00:29:09,119 --> 00:29:12,079 Speaker 6: Spike Jones, but Spike Jones was really the one who 469 00:29:12,519 --> 00:29:13,559 I think pretty much. 470 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:14,279 Speaker 7: Started it all. 471 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:20,319 Speaker 6: His first big spoof hit was Defurro's Face, and he 472 00:29:20,519 --> 00:29:23,799 thought it's a flash in the pen, it will fade, 473 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,200 but people just kept asking for more and more. So 474 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:32,920 in forty four, they did their version of Cocktails for two. 475 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:37,559 It was number four on the charts and the writer 476 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:43,319 Sam Coslow he hated this version what Spike Jones did 477 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,920 to it, but he hated it all the way to 478 00:29:46,039 --> 00:29:50,720 the bank because he made a butt load of royalties 479 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,119 off of it. And believe it or not, in nineteen 480 00:29:54,279 --> 00:29:58,880 and excuse me, twenty twenty six, this song was selected 481 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:03,759 by the Library of Congress to enter the National Recording 482 00:30:04,119 --> 00:30:11,720 Registry as a cultural, historical or esthetic importance in the 483 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,640 nation's recording sound heritage. 484 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,839 Speaker 7: What why don't we play it? 485 00:30:20,039 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 3: Now? 486 00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 10: Be given the right once again, respectively, King like several 487 00:30:44,359 --> 00:30:45,599 days and then. 488 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:51,519 Speaker 2: No longer. 489 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 4: Charming scene line. 490 00:31:04,119 --> 00:31:12,559 Speaker 15: In some secluded run that overlooks the avenue with someone 491 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:18,559 sharing a delight chaplenge this bad cocktails batoon as we 492 00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:25,119 enjoy a cigarette to some exquisite chancel. No, two hands 493 00:31:25,119 --> 00:31:30,319 are sure too slyly me need the servian with cocktails platoon. 494 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,279 Speaker 4: My head made a gread. 495 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:37,359 Speaker 13: But my heart will be all The idiot. 496 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:45,039 Speaker 15: With intoxicated kiss is for the principle ingredients. Mosteady afternoon 497 00:31:45,119 --> 00:31:50,440 at five, we'll be so glad we're both alive. Then 498 00:31:50,519 --> 00:31:52,839 maybe fortune will complete plan. 499 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 7: That all began with cocktails, balloon. 500 00:32:01,079 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 2: Leto letop. 501 00:32:35,839 --> 00:32:43,799 Speaker 15: Most any afternoon at fin we'll be so glad we're 502 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:44,759 both alive. 503 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:56,039 Speaker 13: Then maybe fortune will complete her plan at all began 504 00:32:57,359 --> 00:32:59,519 with concass. 505 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,559 Speaker 7: Isn't that the ultimate drinking song? 506 00:33:10,279 --> 00:33:15,599 Speaker 14: Yeah, I had to tie in some rock and roll history. 507 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 2: I think somebody spiked their drinking. 508 00:33:19,119 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 7: Yes, definitely. 509 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 6: Spike was a huge influence on of course, Weird Out, 510 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:30,319 Frank Zappa, Elvis Costello, the band, The list goes on 511 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,960 and on a very heavy influence on Oingo Boingo. 512 00:33:34,559 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 14: So you know, rock and roll history is not didn't 513 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,519 didn't come out of uh nowhere. 514 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 4: It had precedence and absolutely absolutely to do something silly 515 00:33:51,559 --> 00:33:54,119 like that or funny is so much harder than it sounds. 516 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,519 It takes such skill to make it sound so informal 517 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,599 and loose, but it's tough to end. They were doing 518 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,079 that in the days of opera. Mozart wrote stuff that 519 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,839 was funny, you know, and to pull that off is 520 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:06,359 not easy. 521 00:34:07,119 --> 00:34:10,559 Speaker 2: Well, that particular recording too, that was done way before 522 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:14,239 you know, any kind of digital editing or sampling. They 523 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,800 had to do that pretty much on the fly live No, Yeah, 524 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,599 you're on yeah, luck, Yeah, so what I mean, Yeah, 525 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,440 it was a lot harder to create than you know 526 00:34:26,559 --> 00:34:28,639 now you think, oh yeah, you're just you know, cutt 527 00:34:28,679 --> 00:34:31,519 and paste and pro too. They didn't have that stuff. 528 00:34:31,559 --> 00:34:36,280 Speaker 1: Oh I missed up that hiccup too over yeah yeah yeah. 529 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 2: And if you screwed up the very last hiccup, you 530 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,960 had to do the whole thing. Yeah. 531 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 5: It was up on Cripple Creek by the band that 532 00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:50,159 refers to that song right in the lyrics. Yes, yeah, 533 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:51,960 where she says I I. 534 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:55,880 Speaker 2: Spike Jones on the box. 535 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, but she says I, I oh the way he plays, 536 00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:01,960 but I love the way I love to hear it. 537 00:35:02,039 --> 00:35:02,679 Speaker 10: Hear it talk. 538 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 7: Yeah yeah, yeah. 539 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:12,599 Speaker 6: So you know that's sorry rock and roll history fans, 540 00:35:12,679 --> 00:35:13,440 but that's my call. 541 00:35:13,639 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 4: It was perfect. 542 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,840 Speaker 2: That's awesome. That's one of my favorites. 543 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:19,679 Speaker 1: I was so happy when I saw that you were 544 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:20,119 doing this. 545 00:35:20,599 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 4: Excellent. All right, thank you, Linda Mercedes. Your turn. Oh boy, 546 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:29,480 you know it's going to be good. 547 00:35:31,079 --> 00:35:35,199 Speaker 5: Well, I am taking this in a whole different direction, 548 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:38,119 and I'm not going to apologize for it. By the way, 549 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:40,679 I really liked this song. 550 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:42,400 Speaker 4: Did anybody ask. 551 00:35:43,519 --> 00:35:46,800 Speaker 5: Well, I'm just defending myself before you start in all right, 552 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,559 fair enough. I heard the song in a step of 553 00:35:50,639 --> 00:35:54,079 Robi's class of all places, and insisted that the teacher 554 00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:56,440 play it all the time because the music he typically 555 00:35:56,559 --> 00:35:59,480 plays is super fast and sometimes I can't keep up, 556 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:06,920 So that became my song in the class. It is 557 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,320 not a genre that I would typically go for, but 558 00:36:10,159 --> 00:36:14,119 now I just really like it. Hibouzi, Who's the artist, 559 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:22,719 was born Collins Obina Chibueise in nineteen ninety five to 560 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:27,320 Nigerian parents. His stage name comes from a childhood nickname 561 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,079 that began when his high school football coach at Virginia 562 00:36:30,199 --> 00:36:34,719 mispronounced his Nigerian last name and wrote Shaboozi on his helmet. 563 00:36:35,519 --> 00:36:39,360 Chibwese is an Igboo word that means God is king. 564 00:36:40,639 --> 00:36:44,599 His music combines country, Americana and hip hop. The song 565 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,480 we are talking about today is a bar song, and 566 00:36:47,599 --> 00:36:52,960 then in parentheses Tipsy, which spent nineteen weeks on top 567 00:36:53,039 --> 00:36:57,800 of the Billboard Hot one hundred, tied with Little Nazex's 568 00:36:58,079 --> 00:37:00,920 Old Town Road. I know you all familiar with that 569 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:05,800 as then as the then longest running Hot one hundred 570 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:11,239 top Hot one hundred number one song of all Time. 571 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:16,440 Chibuz Chubwezi was born and raised in Why do I 572 00:37:16,559 --> 00:37:17,800 keep pronouncing that differently? 573 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:18,559 Speaker 2: Good? 574 00:37:18,679 --> 00:37:20,880 Speaker 4: That's what the coach did and just wrote it down 575 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:21,880 wrong and the helmet. 576 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,360 Speaker 5: He was born and raised in Woodbridge, Virginia r Junior 577 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,480 High School. He spent two years at a boarding school 578 00:37:28,559 --> 00:37:31,559 in Nigeria and then graduated high school in the US. 579 00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,840 Although he originally aspired to be a writer, in twenty fourteen, 580 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,960 Chaboozi founded V Picture Films, a film production company, with 581 00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:43,519 the goal of becoming a writer, director, and producer. In 582 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:48,480 twenty eighteen, Chaboozi was asked by Duckworth, an American rapper 583 00:37:48,639 --> 00:37:52,000 who I'm sure you're familiar with, to sing the hook 584 00:37:52,119 --> 00:37:54,880 for the song Start a Riot. It went so well 585 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,599 that Shaboozi was also asked to sing the second verse. 586 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:02,440 The song, released in December twenty eighteen, was included in 587 00:38:02,519 --> 00:38:05,880 the soundtrack to Spider Man Into the Spider Verse and 588 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:11,679 led to national recognition for Shaboozi. In January twenty twenty four, 589 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,360 he was asked to sing a bar song with Beyonce 590 00:38:14,599 --> 00:38:17,480 after she heard the then unreleased song, and it was 591 00:38:17,599 --> 00:38:22,360 released on her twenty twenty four album Cowboy Carter Chaboozi 592 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,119 has told reporters that he was exposed to country music 593 00:38:25,199 --> 00:38:30,280 by his Nigerian father, who quote unquote embodies Americana while 594 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,119 holding on to his roots. He also said that he 595 00:38:33,199 --> 00:38:36,360 was inspired by his father's cowboy style of dress and 596 00:38:36,519 --> 00:38:40,119 love of country music. There's something really endearing I find 597 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:44,800 about that. The opening line sets up the story, my 598 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,039 baby want a burken She's been telling me all night long. 599 00:38:48,199 --> 00:38:50,599 This of course refers to the Burken bag, which is 600 00:38:50,679 --> 00:38:54,639 a status symbol with prices ranging from ten thousand dollars 601 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:56,599 to five hundred thousand dollars. 602 00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:01,920 Speaker 4: That's ridiculous. It's a big ridiculous. That's ridiculous. 603 00:39:02,519 --> 00:39:04,760 Speaker 14: What's What's it made out of diamonds? 604 00:39:05,199 --> 00:39:06,039 Speaker 5: Now, it's just leather. 605 00:39:06,559 --> 00:39:10,239 Speaker 4: But it was partly, Uh, it was unicorn. 606 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:18,199 Speaker 5: It's Hermes, the designer and Jane Berkin, the actress, came 607 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,039 together to design this bag. 608 00:39:20,679 --> 00:39:22,679 Speaker 2: I don't know. It's a very big deal. 609 00:39:23,199 --> 00:39:23,880 Speaker 4: Ridiculous. 610 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,159 Speaker 5: So the character in the song decides, because he's never 611 00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:30,239 going to be able to afford one, to stop working 612 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,159 his butt off and go drinking with his friends. 613 00:39:32,559 --> 00:39:33,159 Speaker 4: Good for him. 614 00:39:34,599 --> 00:39:36,360 Speaker 14: Let's hear a bar song. 615 00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:47,280 Speaker 8: Baby found burkey. 616 00:39:48,079 --> 00:39:53,760 Speaker 16: She's been telling me all my lost. 617 00:39:52,760 --> 00:40:00,960 Speaker 8: Grouse lease go songs five, work moody, hell do our 618 00:40:01,079 --> 00:40:05,639 work so hard? I can't very bound my problem. I 619 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,400 can't tell you hey go when I'm gonna one. 620 00:40:09,519 --> 00:40:11,000 Speaker 4: Here, here comes two. 621 00:40:11,079 --> 00:40:14,239 Speaker 8: Set the three to the far, sell them bringing another rout. 622 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,880 We need to let anymore thro stepping on the table. 623 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,960 She don't need to dance for Oh mind, good lord, 624 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,760 say I'm gonna come here with a double shot of whiskey. 625 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:24,960 Speaker 1: They't what mean? 626 00:40:25,159 --> 00:40:26,840 Speaker 10: Jack Damn's gotta his street. 627 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:31,960 Speaker 16: There's a party downtown near Fifth Street. Everybody had the barget. 628 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:43,840 Everybody had the barkin. Everybody had the barget. 629 00:40:45,199 --> 00:40:47,880 Speaker 8: I've been bully since I left. I ain't changing fortune. 630 00:40:48,079 --> 00:40:52,280 Tell my mind, I forget wat trunk. At ten am, 631 00:40:52,519 --> 00:40:54,920 we gonna do this begin Tell your girl to bring 632 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,760 a friend. Oh lord, one here comes two, to the 633 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,679 three to the part. Tell them bring another round. 634 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:02,719 Speaker 1: We need to any more. 635 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,719 Speaker 8: Don't stepping on the table. She don't need a dance floor. 636 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,760 Oh my good lord, some I'm gonna put me up 637 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,000 a double shadow. 638 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,320 Speaker 10: His son say on me and Jack Dale's gotta his streets. 639 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:18,840 Speaker 16: There's a party downtown near fifth Streets. Everybody had the. 640 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,519 Speaker 10: Bar get test Street. 641 00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:25,719 Speaker 8: Everybody had to bargain tip. 642 00:41:29,679 --> 00:41:32,159 Speaker 16: Everybody had the bargain tips ships. 643 00:41:32,199 --> 00:41:35,360 Speaker 4: Fine, he comes the two to the three to the four. 644 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,039 Speaker 8: When this last call in, the chickens out of the 645 00:41:38,159 --> 00:41:40,960 dark skin kind of lay. But the ladies want some 646 00:41:41,119 --> 00:41:45,880 morn Oh my good lord, tell him drink something some 647 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,039 I'm gonna put me up a double shadow. 648 00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:51,199 Speaker 16: With shoe they on me and Jack Dale's got a history. 649 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,719 Speaker 8: There's a party downtown near Fifth Street. Everybody he had 650 00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:57,760 the barket test some. 651 00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,519 Speaker 16: I'm gonna come me up a double shadow. 652 00:41:59,639 --> 00:42:23,800 Speaker 5: Listen, So the line is everybody at the bar getting tipsy. 653 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,320 I really thought it was everybody at the bar can 654 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:33,679 kiss me? Visual to me, it's hilarious. I find this 655 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,760 song fascinating because the song has a cross has crossover 656 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,599 appeal obviously, and give me played for a wide demographic. 657 00:42:40,159 --> 00:42:42,280 It flows like a hip hop song and sounds like 658 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:45,760 a pop country song. Which which is which are the 659 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:50,800 two most popular genres of the US. Apparently, Yeah, apparently 660 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:55,920 he was influenced by again Little Naza's ex song Old 661 00:42:56,039 --> 00:42:58,320 Town Road and if you remember. 662 00:42:58,079 --> 00:43:00,679 Speaker 4: That one, I couldn't escape it. Whether you liked it 663 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:00,960 or not. 664 00:43:02,039 --> 00:43:04,159 Speaker 14: Yeah, I have no idea what it is actually. 665 00:43:05,519 --> 00:43:08,039 Speaker 4: There are so many versions of it out there, and 666 00:43:08,159 --> 00:43:12,519 it was just you try to avoid it. And I 667 00:43:12,639 --> 00:43:15,320 had not heard it until Yeah, once was enough. Writing 668 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:18,159 this up once or twice was enough, and then that 669 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:18,679 was enough. 670 00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:24,480 Speaker 5: That song, like I said, spent little Naza song spent 671 00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:28,280 seventeen sorry nineteen weeks on the Billboard Top one hundred, 672 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:31,039 and Billboard reports that a bar song is the first 673 00:43:31,079 --> 00:43:34,679 single to crack the top ten on the magazines. I 674 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:38,880 don't know any of these magazines pop airplay, Country airplay, 675 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:43,960 Adult pop airplay, and rhythmic airplay charts. In those last 676 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,400 two formats are stations that play current pop for adult 677 00:43:47,519 --> 00:43:50,599 audiences and those that play a mix of R and B, 678 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:55,280 rap and dance respectively. I don't know. There's a ton 679 00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,519 of YouTube videos demonstrating the dance for this song. So 680 00:43:58,599 --> 00:44:02,039 if anybody wants to go thine dancing with me sometime, 681 00:44:02,159 --> 00:44:03,840 let me know because I've been working on it. 682 00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:07,199 Speaker 4: Good to know, all right. 683 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:12,360 Speaker 5: If you I read somewhere that if you you know 684 00:44:12,519 --> 00:44:15,760 in song facts, I think it was if you google shaboozy, 685 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:21,639 that the screen will tilt because it's tipsy. It didn't 686 00:44:21,679 --> 00:44:25,519 work for me, but I think that's a very cool idea. Anyway, 687 00:44:25,639 --> 00:44:26,199 how do you like me? 688 00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:26,519 Speaker 10: Now? 689 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:31,639 Speaker 4: I like country. I'm probably more a country fan than 690 00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:34,639 any of the Cranbones. I know, Linda runs away when 691 00:44:34,679 --> 00:44:36,920 you say grand ol Opry, she goes no and goes 692 00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:41,039 running in the other directions. Same same, Yeah, it's a 693 00:44:41,119 --> 00:44:43,360 catchy song. What kills it for me is that it's 694 00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:47,159 auto tuned to perfection and it just robs it of 695 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,119 the musicality for me. You know, it's a catchy song, 696 00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,599 it's it's easy to learn. That's the kind of song 697 00:44:53,679 --> 00:44:55,840 that you can just jam on. Anybody could pick up 698 00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,920 a guitar, four chords and it's a lot of fun. 699 00:44:59,079 --> 00:45:04,000 But that production is just too perfected for me. That's 700 00:45:04,119 --> 00:45:06,280 That's kind of what the only negative thing I would 701 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:08,119 have to say about it fair. 702 00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:10,320 Speaker 5: It's it's good for a step class. 703 00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:14,199 Speaker 4: I'm telling you that is like, you know, Linda runs 704 00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:16,840 away from opry. Guess what I run away from? So 705 00:45:17,519 --> 00:45:18,559 we don't have to worry about that. 706 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:20,639 Speaker 2: Shouldn't it be for a twelve step. 707 00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:30,000 Speaker 5: So everybody in the bar can kiss me? That's all 708 00:45:30,039 --> 00:45:30,559 I had to say. 709 00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:34,440 Speaker 4: What you wish for Get Your Bird bathkeet in Line. 710 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:38,519 All right, that was a good one. 711 00:45:38,559 --> 00:45:39,400 Speaker 2: I do like that song. 712 00:45:39,559 --> 00:45:42,239 Speaker 4: So all right, thanks Mercedes. One more quick break and 713 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,679 we have one more selection to go, so stick around. 714 00:45:45,079 --> 00:45:47,199 Speaker 7: This is Hudson River Radio dot Com. 715 00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:58,199 Speaker 4: Hudson Riverradio dot Com. All right, I'm going back early, 716 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,400 not quite as early as Linda, but we're going to 717 00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:02,440 go back to the nineteen fifties. We're going to be 718 00:46:02,519 --> 00:46:06,679 talking about Joseph Amos Milburn, who was born in Houston, 719 00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:11,400 Texas in nineteen twenty seven. One of thirteen kids. That's 720 00:46:11,639 --> 00:46:15,840 more than two Brady Bunches, two Brady Bunches and an Oliver. 721 00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:20,000 He's from a black family. He started playing the piano 722 00:46:20,079 --> 00:46:23,880 at age five and enlisted in the US Navy at fifteen, 723 00:46:24,039 --> 00:46:27,039 back when they let you do that. He played music 724 00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:30,360 in the service during World War Two, and after being discharged, 725 00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,039 he went back to Houston and put together a sixteen 726 00:46:33,079 --> 00:46:36,440 piece band and played the clubs around the city. He 727 00:46:36,559 --> 00:46:39,000 was going by Amos Milburn at this point and he 728 00:46:39,079 --> 00:46:44,360 dropped to Joseph. Milburn's legacy and influence comes from those 729 00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:48,079 years right after World War Two. During the war, sophisticated 730 00:46:48,159 --> 00:46:52,320 jazz combos and the big bands. That's what was popular. 731 00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:57,360 The big band sounds Billie Holliday, Ben Crosby started getting popular, 732 00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:00,840 like the Andrews Sisters with the vocal harmonies. Know Boogie 733 00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:04,079 Woogee b Google Boy, that was a huge hit. Milburn 734 00:47:04,159 --> 00:47:06,519 went a step further into what is called the jump 735 00:47:06,599 --> 00:47:09,960 Blue style, which was louder, It was more energetic, It 736 00:47:10,079 --> 00:47:13,039 was focused more on rhythm, and the singer became the 737 00:47:13,079 --> 00:47:15,920 center of attention. Mostly in big bands, the singer was 738 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,679 just part of the group, kind of stood in line 739 00:47:18,719 --> 00:47:21,400 with everybody else. Now the singer was more out front, 740 00:47:21,559 --> 00:47:22,880 which is kind of what we see in rock and 741 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:28,000 roll as time goes forward. Milburn's style heavily influenced other musicians, 742 00:47:28,559 --> 00:47:31,239 the most famous of which would be Fats Domino. We've 743 00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:34,039 talked a lot about Fats Domino and how Fats Domino 744 00:47:34,159 --> 00:47:36,880 in turn influenced a lot of early rock and roll 745 00:47:37,039 --> 00:47:39,840 Jerry Lee Lewis and all that kind of stuff. So 746 00:47:40,039 --> 00:47:43,239 from playing in the Houston clubs Amos, Milburn got a 747 00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:47,199 record contract with Aladdin Records in Los Angeles. He recorded 748 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:50,920 around eighty songs with them. He was very popular playing 749 00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,639 around Los Angeles, and he did well on tour with 750 00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:56,840 his full band, and since the style of music was 751 00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:59,559 about energy, having a good time, having lots of fun, 752 00:48:00,039 --> 00:48:01,880 a lot of the songs he did were about drinking 753 00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:06,360 and partying. Because go with what you Know, right, one 754 00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:09,239 of his best songs and best known songs, I should say, 755 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:11,760 came out in nineteen fifty three. That is the one 756 00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:13,760 we're going to come back to in just a couple minutes. 757 00:48:14,599 --> 00:48:16,840 To be fair, he himself had a good time, but 758 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,559 he did not have a drinking problem. He just sang 759 00:48:19,679 --> 00:48:25,599 about them. He did not really participate, but he was performing. 760 00:48:25,199 --> 00:48:25,679 Speaker 2: So there you go. 761 00:48:26,599 --> 00:48:29,280 Speaker 4: Now, around that time, while touring, he decided to drop 762 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:32,559 the band and continue as a solo act. He did 763 00:48:32,639 --> 00:48:35,599 well on tour still, but after about three years of touring, 764 00:48:35,639 --> 00:48:38,239 around nineteen fifty eight, he decided to go back to 765 00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:42,639 Houston and reform the band. Unfortunately, now his style was 766 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,000 kind of falling out of favor because this is when 767 00:48:45,119 --> 00:48:47,800 early rock and roll was starting to really catch on. 768 00:48:48,559 --> 00:48:50,840 Nineteen fifty eight was when Johnny be Good by Chuck 769 00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:54,679 Berry came out Rumble by Link Ray, both of which 770 00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:58,719 put the electric guitar front and center and the piano 771 00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:00,559 was kind of going to the side. The piano and 772 00:49:00,599 --> 00:49:03,480 the saxophone. We're kind of going to the side. The 773 00:49:03,599 --> 00:49:07,199 Everly Brothers came out with new vocal harmonies. Some guy 774 00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:09,760 named Elvis was starting to get popular. I think he 775 00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,800 probably did okay for himself as time went on, but 776 00:49:13,039 --> 00:49:17,480 Milburn kept playing. His final recording happened in nineteen seventy seven, 777 00:49:18,159 --> 00:49:20,559 but by then he had suffered a stroke that affected 778 00:49:20,599 --> 00:49:22,800 his left side, so he could only play piano with 779 00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:25,920 his right hand. And what was cool when he was performing, 780 00:49:26,199 --> 00:49:28,440 other people in the band would actually come up and 781 00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:30,559 play the left hand part for him, which is the 782 00:49:30,599 --> 00:49:32,719 bass part and on the piano, So he would be 783 00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:34,800 playing the right hand, he'd be singing, and other people 784 00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:36,760 would walk up and just kind of fill in the 785 00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,199 left hand parts, which I think is awesome. That is 786 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,920 musicianship as far as I'm concerned right there. Later on, 787 00:49:43,039 --> 00:49:45,519 he would have a second stroke that resulted in a 788 00:49:45,599 --> 00:49:50,280 leg amputation because of circulation problems, and an unfortunate third 789 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:53,920 stroke was the fatal one for him. Amos Milburn died 790 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:57,320 in nineteen eighty at age fifty two and was buried 791 00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:01,679 in the Houston National cemetery now. The famous Milburn song 792 00:50:01,719 --> 00:50:03,239 that We're going to Hear was one that he did 793 00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:06,760 not write himself. It was written by Rudy Toomes, who 794 00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:09,440 wrote a number of songs, mostly in the nineteen fifties. 795 00:50:10,039 --> 00:50:13,360 Rudy himself was murdered in the hallway of his apartment 796 00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:16,599 building in Harlem, kind of cut down in his prime. 797 00:50:16,679 --> 00:50:19,400 Who knows what may have come after. But the name 798 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:23,440 of this song is one Scotch, one Bourbon, one beer. 799 00:50:24,199 --> 00:50:26,440 The singer is in a bar trying to forget his 800 00:50:26,559 --> 00:50:30,519 girlfriend who went off somewhere. Who knows. The bartender just 801 00:50:30,599 --> 00:50:32,920 wants to close up, but the singer just keeps going 802 00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:37,159 on and keeps ordering one Scotch, one bourbon, one beer. 803 00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,480 It was on the charts for fourteen weeks in nineteen 804 00:50:40,519 --> 00:50:44,159 fifty three, which is pretty good. In nineteen sixty six, 805 00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:47,519 John Lee Hooker remade the song his way, changing the 806 00:50:47,559 --> 00:50:51,599 style into a Southern boogie and simplifying the lyrics. He 807 00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:55,039 changed the title to one Bourbon, one Scotch, one beer, 808 00:50:55,519 --> 00:50:58,559 which is how you may recognize it. A little bit 809 00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:02,920 more you may come to mind. And in nineteen seventy seven, 810 00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:07,320 George Thorogood remade the John Lee Hooker version. He added 811 00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:10,480 the story from another Hooker song, House Rent Boogies to 812 00:51:10,679 --> 00:51:13,760 explain the story. He gets kicked out of his apartment 813 00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,360 for not paying rent, so out the door he went. 814 00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:20,119 You may recognize that line from the George thurgood YEP. 815 00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:23,840 So he actually put two songs together to John Lee 816 00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:26,679 Hooker songs to make what would be the most famous 817 00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:31,320 version of the song. But it's two steps removed from 818 00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:35,079 the original nineteen fifty three Amos Milburn song One Scotch, 819 00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:37,920 one bourbon, one euro. Let's go back to the original 820 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:38,719 and check it out. 821 00:51:49,719 --> 00:52:01,159 Speaker 17: One Scotch, one bourbon, one Scotch, one bourbon. 822 00:52:02,119 --> 00:52:03,280 Speaker 8: One bell. 823 00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:12,639 Speaker 3: Breaths the bard and listening here, I need give the trouble, 824 00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:23,159 so have no f one scotchip, one burbon one. Now 825 00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:26,480 I don't want soda, no bubble. 826 00:52:26,639 --> 00:52:26,880 Speaker 2: Come. 827 00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:31,000 Speaker 3: You got what I'm won't, so please serve me some. 828 00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:37,440 Since my business been everything's lost, I'm on this kick 829 00:52:37,639 --> 00:52:39,440 and I get it off. 830 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:44,679 Speaker 7: One Scotch, one burber, one b. 831 00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:52,920 Speaker 17: One Scotch, one bourbon, one. 832 00:52:55,639 --> 00:52:58,880 Speaker 11: Breezes the barden. 833 00:52:59,639 --> 00:53:03,960 Speaker 3: Listen. Yeah, I ain't dere for trouble, though I have 834 00:53:04,239 --> 00:53:09,880 no idea or one scotch, one burbery. 835 00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:17,400 Speaker 17: Now my woman, she's started me on the street. 836 00:53:18,079 --> 00:53:21,360 Speaker 3: I can't find her and she can't find me. 837 00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:25,679 Speaker 17: She left this morning, said she wouldn't stay. 838 00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:29,840 Speaker 3: She's been out all night and it's a break of day. 839 00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:39,960 Speaker 17: One Scotch, one burber onondy, one scotch. 840 00:53:40,679 --> 00:53:47,840 Speaker 4: One burber, one deer, being. 841 00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:54,039 Speaker 3: Mistabad and listening. I ain't here for trouble, though, I 842 00:53:54,119 --> 00:53:56,840 have noe or one scotching. 843 00:53:57,320 --> 00:53:59,840 Speaker 17: One burber, one. 844 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:07,440 Speaker 3: Oh well, one monvanda, make it strong. 845 00:54:07,639 --> 00:54:09,760 Speaker 2: I got to find my baby, for. 846 00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:11,719 Speaker 8: Tics are not long. 847 00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:24,800 Speaker 17: One scotch, one burbon on, one scotch, one bourbon, one. 848 00:54:24,840 --> 00:54:34,639 Speaker 3: Be as debard and listen here. I ain't here for trouble, 849 00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:36,599 so have no fear. 850 00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:49,599 Speaker 17: One scotch, one burbon, one one scotch, one burbe. 851 00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:56,440 Speaker 4: You can hear where Fats Domino got his influence from. 852 00:54:57,400 --> 00:54:58,239 Speaker 2: That was awesome. 853 00:54:58,679 --> 00:55:01,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, that was great. I love that kind I could 854 00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:03,679 sit back and listen to that all day. It's fun 855 00:55:03,719 --> 00:55:07,079 to play that kind of stuff too. So before the 856 00:55:07,159 --> 00:55:09,559 emails come in, we all know what beer is fermented 857 00:55:09,639 --> 00:55:12,840 grains and yeast. So what is the difference between scotch 858 00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:16,559 and bourbon? Someone should explain it, and I have it 859 00:55:16,679 --> 00:55:20,400 right here. The definition of bourbon. It's made in the US. 860 00:55:20,679 --> 00:55:23,719 It must contain fifty one percent corn in the mash 861 00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:28,079 and is aged in new charred oak barrels. There is 862 00:55:28,159 --> 00:55:33,199 no additional flavoring allowed. Scotch is made in Scotland from 863 00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:36,400 malted barley and it's aged at least three years in 864 00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:40,480 what is called mature oak caskets, meaning that the caskets 865 00:55:40,519 --> 00:55:44,440 were previously previously used to mature something else like wine 866 00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:47,159 or sherry or bourbon, and it gets some of the 867 00:55:47,199 --> 00:55:53,320 flavor from that. So Scott, did I say malted barley, Yes, 868 00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:55,840 malted barley. Malted means the grain is soaked in water 869 00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:58,840 and the grain is a lot to sprout, and then 870 00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:03,239 it's dried and then it's used to ferment. I didn't 871 00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:04,320 know that. I had to look that that. 872 00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:04,920 Speaker 5: I didn't know that. 873 00:56:05,039 --> 00:56:07,599 Speaker 4: I don't know what molten meant. So yeah, it's like 874 00:56:07,679 --> 00:56:10,320 the little grain is just trying and nope, you get 875 00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:13,599 dried out and then you get turned into something glorious 876 00:56:13,599 --> 00:56:16,280 as far as I am concerned, and ultimately you get 877 00:56:16,320 --> 00:56:18,599 made into an old fashion, which makes me very happy. 878 00:56:20,760 --> 00:56:21,559 So there you have it. 879 00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:25,760 Speaker 2: Well, I remember something called a boiler maker, which you 880 00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:29,760 take it a mug of beer and drop a shot 881 00:56:30,559 --> 00:56:33,559 I guess a bourbon in it, and then just like 882 00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:39,079 drink it really fast. Yeah, yeah, that's I did that 883 00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:43,199 maybe once or twice, and I was like, oh no, no, 884 00:56:44,199 --> 00:56:44,960 no more no. 885 00:56:45,719 --> 00:56:46,519 Speaker 5: And what's the other one? 886 00:56:46,559 --> 00:56:51,119 Speaker 4: A car bum There's a few like that that you know, 887 00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:53,960 designed to you know, guzzle it isn't it. There's like 888 00:56:54,039 --> 00:56:56,960 a doctor pepper something, but there's a combination of two 889 00:56:57,039 --> 00:56:58,840 things that make it taste like like a beer and 890 00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:01,920 something that make it tastes like a doctor pepper. But 891 00:57:02,320 --> 00:57:04,199 if it's about chugging, it's not for me. 892 00:57:05,719 --> 00:57:09,440 Speaker 2: It took me by surprise that I'll say, yeah, I wasn't. 893 00:57:10,239 --> 00:57:13,000 Oh how bad could it be? And oh boiler maker 894 00:57:13,199 --> 00:57:17,679 is that's right on the money that turns your stomach 895 00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:19,880 into a oh yeah no. 896 00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:23,079 Speaker 4: No, I am such a lightweight that no, no, no, no, 897 00:57:23,159 --> 00:57:23,519 no no no. 898 00:57:24,679 --> 00:57:28,760 Speaker 5: So my question about that is do you not get 899 00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:31,079 hit in the nose with the shotglass? 900 00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:36,480 Speaker 2: M I don't think you could feel it after that, 901 00:57:36,719 --> 00:57:42,079 but I don't remember that happening. But I was more like, 902 00:57:42,199 --> 00:57:43,719 all of a sudden, I thought my head was going 903 00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:48,079 to explode that. That was my pro got out, and I. 904 00:57:48,199 --> 00:57:53,079 Speaker 5: Was always afraid to try it because I don't want 905 00:57:53,119 --> 00:57:54,800 to get hit in the nose with that. 906 00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:55,719 Speaker 2: I can understand that. 907 00:57:56,039 --> 00:57:59,199 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, it wasn't a country song in that 908 00:58:00,039 --> 00:58:02,760 I got hit in the nose with a shocklass. 909 00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:03,400 Speaker 2: I'm writing this. 910 00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:05,480 Speaker 13: Down. 911 00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:09,280 Speaker 4: I got hit in the nose with a shockglass. 912 00:58:10,599 --> 00:58:14,760 Speaker 2: So I just stick to a Harvey wallbanger. So yeah, 913 00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:17,719 that was a while ago. 914 00:58:18,760 --> 00:58:21,360 Speaker 4: Is there a difference between dropping the shotglass in it 915 00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:25,239 or just pouring whatever's in the shotglas? No, well they 916 00:58:25,880 --> 00:58:28,320 I know, it's like I guess this is part of 917 00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:29,039 the experience. 918 00:58:29,519 --> 00:58:32,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it starts to actually churn it really, you 919 00:58:32,559 --> 00:58:38,280 know it it bubbles, you know, it doesn't. Yeah, it 920 00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:39,239 lives up to its. 921 00:58:39,239 --> 00:58:41,320 Speaker 4: U We should have found a bartender to join us 922 00:58:41,360 --> 00:58:43,719 for this one to answer all these questions. I didn't 923 00:58:43,760 --> 00:58:45,440 think of that. We may have to do that next 924 00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:50,159 time we do this topic, definitely, Yeah, all right, but 925 00:58:50,480 --> 00:58:52,159 for now I think it's a it's a good time 926 00:58:52,199 --> 00:58:53,400 to pull the plug and go out and have a 927 00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:54,559 good time, enjoy the weekend. 928 00:58:54,639 --> 00:58:56,239 Speaker 5: What do you think sounds good? 929 00:58:56,800 --> 00:58:57,199 Speaker 10: All right? 930 00:58:57,480 --> 00:58:59,559 Speaker 4: All right, excellent, So we are out of here. Thank 931 00:58:59,599 --> 00:59:02,920 your bones as always for excellent selections. Linda, thank you 932 00:59:03,039 --> 00:59:07,119 so much for joining us and adding your expertise. I 933 00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:09,920 like the early stuff too, I like the forties, so yeah, 934 00:59:10,559 --> 00:59:13,760 pah great. I'm glad you're here, and thank you all 935 00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:15,559 for joining us for the rock and roll history showed 936 00:59:15,599 --> 00:59:17,960 up to get to subscribe in your favorite podcast app 937 00:59:18,039 --> 00:59:19,480 and check out all the other shows we do at 938 00:59:19,519 --> 00:59:22,880 Hudson River Radio because there is something for everybody. We 939 00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:25,119 will see you next week with another brand new episode, 940 00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:28,480 the follow up two beverages. What happens next we will 941 00:59:28,519 --> 00:59:31,760 see so join us then. Until then, have a great weekend. 942 00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:34,239 Happy fourth of July for those in the US for 943 00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:37,480 those outside the US, Happy fourth of July anyway, it's 944 00:59:37,559 --> 00:59:39,119 just not a holiday for you. Look an I say, 945 00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:41,880 you still have July fourth. We'll see you then, every 946 00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:46,400 great weekend. Peace out, everybody, come a rock, cop. 947 00:59:46,280 --> 00:59:47,159 Speaker 14: Bottom and rum. 948 00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:55,760 Speaker 4: Okay, Bye bye. Hudson Riverradio dot com a subsidiary of 949 00:59:55,840 --> 01:00:01,000 Glacier Entertainment LLC, potentially successful the multi hundred dollar corporations