You Know Who... Is Going Stag

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Fare thee well, Marty DiBergi
I expected to be doing a show with Brett today, so I didn’t have as much planned. However, since the plague is going around, and Brett was bogged down at his job, I had to pull out a bunch of stuff on the fly. And that I did. Same old formula: Pay tribute to some dead folks (perhaps “Big Bottom” wasn’t the most dignified choice to acknowledge the passing of Rob Reiner, but I think he would have found it funny), some newly obtained vinyl, historical tracks, some love for the birthday boys, and by talking real fast, I was even able to make time for a few cuts from my leftovers folder. I even wedged in an old Bill Hicks routine (it was about drugs and rock music, so I think that it was pertinent).
One correction: The recording of Joe Jackson performing his song, “Beat Crazy,” was not from the Apollo Theatre in Manchester, UK, on October 15th, 1980, but in fact was recorded at the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, Netherlands on December 15th of that year. Oops.
Anyway, good tunes and lots of ‘em.
 
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LIC Radio 12/16/2025
 
 
Brand X
“A Duck Exploding”
(John Goodsall, Percy Jones)
China Club, Chicago, IL, 12/16/92
Studio version released on X-Communication  (Ozone, 1992)
 
 
Spinal Tap
“Big Bottom”
(Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner)
From This Is Spinal Tap  (Polydor, 1984)
 
 
The Slim Kings
The Slim Kings

“Togetherness”
(Andy Attanasio, Liberty DeVitto, Michael Sackler-Berner)
From Superlove  (Wax, 2025)
 
 
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
“Knife-Edge”
(Adapted from Janáček’s Sinfonietta by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and Richard Fraser)
From Emerson, Lake & Palmer  (Island/Cotillion, 1970)
 
 
Peter Gabriel
“Modern Love”
(Peter Gabriel)
From Peter Gabriel  (Charisma/ATCO, 1977)
 
 
Family
Roger Chapman, 1973
Photo by Ian Dickson

“Good News – Bad News”
(John "Charlie" Whitney, Roger Chapman)
BBC Playhouse Theatre, London, UK, 12/16/71
Studio version released on Anyway  (Reprise/United Artists, 1970)
 
 
Premiata Forneria Marconi
“Chocolate Kings”
(Franco Mussida, Mauro Pagani, Marva Jan Marrow)
From Chocolate Kings  (Manticore, 1975)
 
 
The Police
“Deathwish”
(Andy Summers, Sting, Stewart Copeland)
Gaumont Theatre, Southampton, UK, 12/16/79
Studio version released on Reggatta de Blanc  (A&M, 1979)
 
 
Jack Bruce and Friends
“Politician”
(Pete Brown, Jack Bruce)
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 12/16/81
Studio version released on Wheels of Fire by Cream (Polydor/Atco, 1968)
 
 
James
“Johnny Yen”
(Jim Glennie, Gavan Whelan, Tim Booth, Larry Gott)
Town & Country Club, London, UK, 12/16/92
Studio version released on Stutter  (Sire, 1986)
 
 
Nirvana
“The Man Who Sold the World”
Alejandro Escovedo

(David Bowie)
From MTV Unplugged in New York  (DGC, 1994)
Original version by David Bowie released on The Man Who Sold the World  (Mercury, 1970)
 
 
Alejandro Escovedo
“Everybody Loves Me”
(Alejandro Escovedo)
Sinkkasten, Frankfurt, DE, 12/16/02
Studio version released on Bourbonitis Blues  (Bloodshot, 1999)
 
 
ZZ Top
“Cheap Sunglasses”
(Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard)
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 5/4/80
Studio version released on Degüello  (Warner Bros., 1979)
 
 
ZZ Top
Billy Gibbons

“Gimme All Your Lovin’”
(Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard)
Monsters of Rock, Castle Donington, UK, 8/20/80
Studio version released on Eliminator  (Warner Bros., 1983)
 
 
Joni Mitchell
“Raised on Robbery”
(Joni Mitchell)
New Victoria Theater, London, UK, 4/22/74
Studio version released on Court and Spark  (Asylum, 1974)
 
 
Boz Scaggs
“Driving Wheel”
(Roosevelt Sykes)
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/90
Originally recorded by the “Honey Dripper” a.k.a. Roosevelt Sykes (Decca, 1936)
                         
 
John Abercrombie
“Red and Orange”
(Jan Hammer)
From Timeless  (ECM, 1975)
 
John Abercrombie, 1974
Photo by Fin Costello


 Loverboy
“The Kid Is Hot Tonite”
(Paul Dean, Bernie Aubin)
Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX, 11/18/81
Studio version released on Loverboy  (Columbia, 1980)
 
 
The Fixx
“One Thing Leads to Another”
(Alfie Agius, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods)
The Paradise, Boston, MA, 11/18/82
Studio version released on Reach for the Beach  (MCA, 1983)
 
 
Joe Jackson
“Beat Crazy”
(Joe Jackson)
From Live 1980/86  (A&M, 1988)
Recorded at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, NL, 12/15/80
Studio version released on Beat Crazy  (A&M, 1980)
 
Robben Ford
Photo by Will Ireland


Yellowjackets
“Imperial Strut”
(Russell Ferrante)
Bourbon Street, Los Altos, California, 2/21/82
Studio version released on Yellowjackets  (Warner, 1981)

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