You Know Who... Goes with the Flo

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Who wouldn’t want to be Flo & Eddie? You have numerous smash hits with The Turtles, go on to record and tour with Frank Zappa, then make a bunch of records that are as welcome on the Dr. Demento show as the rock charts. In the meantime, you become radio personalities, as beloved for your wacky humor as your incredible harmonies. At the same time you’re featured vocalists on albums by the likes of Alice Cooper, T. Rex, and even the Psychedelic Furs.
Mark Volman, a.k.a. The Phlorescent Leech, or just Flo, passed away last Friday. I have been celebrating his life and catalog since, playing The Turtles, the 1970-71 iteration of The Mothers, and Flo & Eddie recordings constantly. Now it’s your turn to bask in the wonderful, warm, harmonic wackiness that is Flo & Eddie.
In addition here are several other great live recordings from the likes of The Stones, Humble Pie, and Prince. Also, you get to hear Björk talk about farts.
 
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LIC Radio 9/9/2025
 
 
Tangerine Dream
“Phaedra 88”
(Tangerine Dream)
Palace Theater, New Haven, CT, 9/9/88
Original “iteration” released on Phaedra  (Virgin, 1974)
 
 
The Who
“Baby Don't You Do It”
(Holland–Dozier–Holland)
From Live at the Oval 1971  (UMe Direct 2, 2025)
Recorded at Goodbye Summer: A Rock Convert in Aid of the Victims of Bangla Desh, The Oval, London, UK, 9/18/71
Originally recorded and released by Marvin Gaye (Tamla, 1964)
 
 
Flo & Eddie
“Keep It Warm”
(Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan)
From Moving Targets  (Columbia, 1976)
 
 
Supertramp
We also lost Rick Davies this week
(Photo by Fin Costello)

“Bloody Well Right”
(Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson)
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 2/5/77
Studio version released on Crime of the Century  (A&M, 1974)
 
 
The Turtles
“The Story of Rock and Roll”
(Harry Nilsson)
Single A-side (Blue Whale, 1968)
 
 
The Turtles
“Outside Chance”
(Warren Zevon, Glenn Crocker)
Single A-side (White Whale, 1966)
 
 
Frank Zappa
“Tell Me You Love Me”
(Frank Zappa)
From Chunga’s Revenge  (Bizarre/Reprise, 1970)
 
 
T. Rex
“Planet Queen”
(Marc Bolan)
From Electric Warrior  (Fly/Reprise, 1971)
 
 
Bruce Springsteen
“Hungry Heart”
(Bruce Springsteen)
From The River  (Columbia, 1980)
 
 
Blondie
“T Birds”
(Nigel Harrison, Debbie Harry)
From Autoamerican  (Chrysalis, 1980)
 
 
The Psychedelic Furs
(Love My Way)
(John Ashton, Tim Butler,Richard Butler, Vince Ely)
From Forever Now  (CBS, 1982)
 
 
Humble Pie
“Four Day Creep”
(Ida Cox)
Peel's Sunday Show, BBC Studios, London, UK, 9/9/70
Originally released as “’Fore Day Creep” by Ida Cox  (Paramount, 1927)
Released by Humble Pie on Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore  (A&M, 1971)
 
 
The Rolling Stones
“Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)”
(Jagger–Richards)
Empire Pool, Wembley, UK, 9/9/73
Studio version released on Goats Head Soup  (Rolling Stones, 1973)
 
 
Prince
“Delirious” > “Jack U Off” > “Sister”
 (Prince)
Westfalenhalle, Dortmund,DE, 9/9/88
Studio version of “Delirious” released on 1999  (Warner Bros., 1982)
Studio version of “Jack U Off” released on Controversy  (Warner Bros., 1981)
Studio version of “Sister” released on Dirty Mind  (Warner Bros., 1980)
 
 
Björk
“Army of Me”
(Björk, Graham Massey)
Kosmopolitan, Aarhus, DK, 9/9/93
Studio version released on Post  (One Little Indian, 1995)
 
 
“Blue Train”
(John Coltrane)
Banlieues Bleues Festival, L'Espace Lumière, Épinay-sur-Seine, FR, 4/13/96
Coltrane’s original recording released on Blue Train  (Blue Note, 1958)

Photo at top taken by Gijsbert Hanekroot, 1971

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