Happy New Year to all our listeners 🙂
Our first show of 2020 began just as the cavern was recovering from a problem, and people had trouble getting in and staying in once there. Nevertheless, we had a larger audience than expected, 25 for much of the time.
2019 ended up as a very crowded year, with a lot of people we wanted to pay tribute to. One, surf guitarist Dick Dale, appeared only in the pre-show. In contrast, Hal Blaine, the drummer who was part of the Wrecking Crew, appeared in five tracks all three sections, befitting his extensive career.
I seem to have mangled the Brazilian Portuguese pronunciations of João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim’s names. Apologies to our Portuguese and South American listeners, I’ve been away and looked them up.
João Gilberto should be jzohao(n) DZheel-BAER-to. The J is soft, close to the French J in Jean, and the ão should end with a faint nasal (n). The G in Gilberto is soft, and the emphasis is on the second syllable.
Jobim – Jzo-BEEM also has the softer J and emphasis on the second syllable. I bet I’ll forget this the next time I have to pronounce their names…
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year | Commemorating |
| Muskrat Love | Captain & Tennille | A Song Of Joy | 1976 | Daryl Dragon |
| Catching the Sun | Spyro Gyra | Catching the Sun | 1980 | Dave Samuels |
| Be My Baby | The Ronettes | Be My Baby | 1963 | Hal Blaine |
| Cuddle Up | The Beach Boys | Carl and the Passions – “So Tough” | 1972 | Daryl Dragon |
| The Girl From Ipanema | Stan Getz & João Gilberto | Getz/Gilberto (Verve Master Edition) | 1989 | João Gilberto |
| Miserlou | Dick Dale & The Del-Tones | Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture | 1994 | Dick Dale |
| Nuclear Attack | Greg Lake | Greg Lake | 1981 | Ted McKenna |
| What A Bringdown | Cream | Those Were The Days | 1969 | Ginger Baker |
The Show
| Love Will Keep Us Together | Captain & Tennille | Love Will Keep Us Together | 1975 | Daryl Dragon /Hal Blaine |
| Quadrophenia | The Who | Quadrophenia | 1973 | Alan Pearlman |
| I Can’t Let Go | The Hollies | Would You Believe? | 1966 | Eric Haydock |
| Pick It Up And Kick It | SAHB (Without Alex) | Fourplay [Remastered] | 1977 | Ted McKenna |
| Dancer | The Michael Schenker Group | Assault Attack | 1982 | Ted McKenna |
| What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life | Scott Walker | ‘Til The Band Comes In | 1970 | Michel Legrand /Scott Walker |
| You’re Gonna Hear From Me | Scott Walker | Scott | 1967 | André Previn /Scott Walker |
| Long Title: Do I Have to Do ThIs All Over Again? | Monkees | Head | 1968 | Peter Tork |
| For Pete’s Sake | Monkees | Headquarters | 1967 | Peter Tork |
| A Hazy Shade Of Winter | Simon & Garfunkel | Bookends | 1968 | Hal Blaine |
| Ventura Highway | America | Homecoming | 1972 | Hal Blaine |
| Morning Dance | Spyro Gyra | Morning Dance | 1979 | Dave Samuels |
| Lessons In Love | Level 42 | Running In The Family | 1987 | Boon Gould |
| Move Over Darling | Doris Day | Single | 1964 | Doris Day |
| Ain’t Misbehavin’ | Leon Redbone | On The Track | 1975 | Leon Redbone |
| Right Place Wrong Time | Dr. John | In the Right Place | 1973 | Dr. John |
| Desafinado (Off Key) | Stan Getz & João Gilberto | Getz/Gilberto (Verve Master Edition) | 1964 | João Gilberto |
| Tears In Rain | Vangelis | Blade Runner | 1994 | Rutger Hauer |
| To the Bone | The Kinks | To the Bone Disc 2 | 1994 | Iain Gibbons |
| My Best Friend’s Girl | The Cars | Greatest Hits | 1985 | Ric Ocasek |
| White room | Cream | Wheels of Fire – In The Studio | 1968 | Ginger Baker |
| Pick Up The Pieces | Average White Band | AWB | 1974 | Malcolm Duncan |
| It Must Have Been Love | Roxette | Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 1990 | Marie Fredriksson |
| Stir It Up (From “Beverly Hills Cop” Soundtrack) | Patti LaBelle | The Best Of Patti LaBelle | 1999 | Allee Willis |
| Hello, Dolly | Duke Ellington | Ellington ’65 – Hits Of The 60’s | 1964 | Jerry Herman |
| Get Up and Go | The Rutles | The Rutles | 1978 | Neil Innes |
| I’m The Urban Spaceman | The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band | Cornology Vol. 2 – The Outro | 1992 | Neil Innes |
Postshow
| Kiss Me Baby | The Beach Boys | Today! | 1965 | Hal Blaine |
| Dreams Of Glass And Sand | Mogul Thrash | Mogul Thrash | 1970 | Malcolm Duncan |
| Midnight Moses | The Sensational Alex Harvey Band | BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert | 1973 | Ted McKenna |
| Living for the City | Ian Gillan with the Michael Schenker Group | Live | 1990 | Ted McKenna |
| Absolute Beginners [Live] | David Bowie | Glastonbury 2000 | 2000 | Nik Powell |
| Moving In Stereo | The Cars | Complete Greatest Hits | 2002 | Ric Ocasek |
| The Intro And The Outro | The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band | Cornology Vol. 1 – The Intro | 1992 | Neil Innes |