You Know Who... Bids Farewell to George Wendt

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George Wendt  1948–2025
Found out towards the end of the show that George Wendt (you know, Norm) passed away. I tried to sneak in the theme song to Cheers, but the first one that came up in my search was some cheap cover version and I canned that immediately. So much for my impromptu tribute.
Played some interesting rarities by the likes of Bill Nelson (formerly of Be Bop Deluxe) and The New Barbarians, and gave some love to Joe Cocker, whose birthday it was today. It was Jane Weidlin’s birthday today too. I should have played some Go-Go’s. Oh well. I can’t think of everything.
 
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LIC Radio 5/20/2025
 
 
Oregon
“June Bug”
(Ralph Towner)
Israel Festival. Binyenei Ha'uma, Jerusalem, IL, 5/20/89
Studio version released on Roots in the Sky  (Elektra, 1979)
 
 
The Zombies
“This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)”
(Holland–Dozier–Holland, Sylvia Moy)
BBC Radio, The David Symonds Show, Maida Vale Studio 4, 10/10/67
Released on The BBC Radio Sessions  (Varèse Vintage, 2015)
 
 
Alice Cooper
“Long Way to Go”
(Michael Bruce)
From Love It to Death  (Straight, 1971)
 
 
Bill Nelson's Red Noise
The incredibly underrated Bill Nelson
Photo by Gus Stewart

“A Better Home in the Phantom Zone”
(Bill Nelson)
Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, UK, 3/13/79
Studio version release on Sound-on-Sound  (Harvest/EMI, 1979)
 
 
The Rascals
“Groovin’”
(Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati)
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, 5/20/71
Studio version (as The Young Rascals) released on Groovin’  (Atlantic, 1967)
 
 
Steely Dan
“Pretzel Logic”
(Walter Becker, Donald Fagen)
Rainbow Theatre, London, UK, 5/20/74
Studio version released on Pretzel Logic  (ABC, 1974)
 
 
Chicago
"Mississippi Delta City Blues"
(Terry Kath)
One to One Benefit, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, 5/20/77
Studio version released on Chicago XI  (Columbia, 1977)
 
 
New Barbarians
“Infekshun”
(Ron Wood)
Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA, 5/20/79
Studio version released on Ron Wood’s Gimme Some Neck  (Columbia, 1979)
 
 
The Stranglers
“Who Wants the World?”
(Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Jet Black)
Sam's, Minneapolis, MN, 5/20/81
Studio version released as single A-side (United Artists, 1980)
 
 
The Jam
“Move On Up”
(Curtis Mayfield)
Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, 5/20/82
Originally recorded by Curtis Mayfield, released on Curtis  (Curtom, 1970)
 
 
Radiohead
“Bones”
(Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, Philip Selway)
Festival Balélec, Lausanne, CH, 5/20/94
Studio version released on The Bends  (Parlophone/Capitol, 1995)
 
 
Page and Plant
“Shake My Tree”
(David Coverdale, Jimmy Page)
San Jose Arena, San Jose, CA, 5/20/95
Originally recorded by David Coverdale and Jimmy Page and released on Coverdale-Page  (EMI/Geffen, 1993)
 
 
Mark Knopfler
“Wag the Dog”
(Mark Knopfler)
The Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 5/20/01
The great Joe Cocker

Studio version released on the soundtrack album Wag the Dog  (Vertigo, Mercury, 1998)
 
 
Joe Cocker
“Something’s Coming On”
(Joe Cocker, Christ Stainton)
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, 10/19/69
Studio version released as single B-side (Regal Zonophone/Polydor, 1968)
 
 
Joe Cocker
“The Weight”
(Robbie Robertson)
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, 4/26/70
Originally recorded and released by The Band on Music from Big Pink  (Capitol, 1968)
 
 
Strange bedfellows
Allman and Woman
"We're Gonna Make It"         
(Billy Davis, Carl Smith, Raynard Miner, Gene Barge)
From Two the Hard Way  (Warner Bros., 1977)
 
 
Cher
“Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”
(Sonny Bono)
From The Sonny Side of Chér  (Imperial, 1966)
 
 
Terry Reid
“Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”
(Sonny Bono)
From Bang Bang You’re Terry Reid  (Epic, 1968)
 
 
Terry Reid
“Dean”
(Terry Reid)
From Silver White Light - Live at The Isle of Wight 1970  (Water, 2004)
Recorded at the Isle of Wight Festival, Afton Farm, Isle of Wight, UK, 8/27/70
Studio version released on River  (Atlantic, 1973)
 
 
Chicago
“A Hit by Varèse”
(Robert Lamm)
One to One Benefit, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, 5/20/77
Studio version released on Chicago V  (Columbia, 1977)

Chicago was far more adventurous
than people remember


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