You Know Who... Hates Technology

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Ah, February 3rd, as they call it: “The Day the Music Died.” At a pivotal time in the emergence of rock n’ roll three major voices were silenced that helped shape the new genre, and who knows what would have happened had they not been taken away on that day in 1959. (Okay, let’s make that two major voices. Sorry Big Bopper, but you were not of the creative caliber of your tour-mates.) It was such an important day that you’d think we would have discussed it more. So it goes.

Sorry, not today
We actually gave more airtime to Chuck Negron, but to be fair, he passed only yesterday, and we’re still processing that.

Just to give fair warning, as much as I feel like I dwell on it far too much, today was a day when technical issues really marred the show. I always like having Brett as a co-host, but our connection was today was really frazzled. I’m not even sure on whose end the problem came, but we really need to figure that out before next time. However, if you can handle Brett’s signal constantly breaking up, we had a pretty great playlist today. It was pretty diverse with some real nice rare gems in there.

Wanna hear David Bowie covering The Modern Lovers’ “Pablo Picasso?” Wanna hear Phoebe Snow put her spin on Steely Dan’s “Dirty Work?” Wanna hear a rare live recording of Johnny “Guitar” Watson getting his funk on at a watershed moment in his career?
 
Click here to check it out:
LIC Radio 2/3/2026
 
 
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
“Ship Ahoy”
(Frank Zappa)
From Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More  (Barking Pumpkin, 1981)
Recorded at Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Osaka, JP, 2/3/76
 
 
George Harrison
“Dream Away”
(George Harrison)
From Gone Troppo  (Dark Horse, 1982)
 
 
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
(Chuck Negron in front)

“Eli's Coming” (Single mono mix)
(Laura Nyro)
From Suitable for Framing  (Dunhill, 1969)
 
 
Three Dog Night
“One”
(Harry Nilsson)
From Three Dog Night  (Dunhill, 1968)
 
 
Jonathan Richman
“The Lonely Little Thrift Store”
(Jonathan Richman)
From I'm So Confused  (Vapor, 1998)
 
 
Harry Chapin
“W.O.L.D.”
(Harry Chapin)
From Short Stories  (Elektra, 1973)
 
 
Frank Black
“Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day”
(Doug Sahm)
From Honeycomb  (Back Porch, 2005)
Originally recorded by The Sir Douglas Quintet in 1969; first released on The Best of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975  (Mercury, 1990)
 
 
Phil Ochs
We need more Phil Ochs today

“Cops of the World”
(Phil Ochs)
From Phil Ochs in Concert  (Elektra, 1966)
 
 
Martin Mull
“They Never Met”
(Martin Mull)
From I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved  (ABC, 1977)
 
 
Little Feat
“China White”
(Lowell George)
Sugar Hill Studios, Houston, TX, 2/3/74
Studio version* released on Hoy-Hoy!  (Warner Bros., 1981)
 
*This song was never properly recorded in the studio by Little Feat. The version featured on the compilation, Hoy-Hoy!,  was a demo recording made in 1978 with Lowell accompanied by session musicians including Chuck Rainey, Jim Keltner, Dean Parks, David Foster (nauseating prick), and Fred Tackett, the last of whom would join Little Feat when they reformed in 1988.
 
 
Cheap Trick
“Ain’t That a Shame”
(Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew)
Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK, 2/3/79
Originally recorded by Fats Domino; released on Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino  (Imperial, 1956)
 
 
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon, 1992

“Mr. Bad Example”
(Jorge Calderón, Warren Zevon)
Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO, 2/3/92
Studio version released on Mr. Bad Example  (Giant, 1991)
 
 
The Cure
“Fascination Street”
(Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Roger O'Donnell, Boris Williams)
Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, BE, 3/2/00
Studio version released on Disintegration  (Fiction, 1989)
 
 
David Bowie
“Pablo Picasso”
(Jonathan Richman)
Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 2/3/04
Originally recorded by The Modern Lovers; released on The Modern Lovers  (Beserkley, 1976)
 
 
Donald Fagen & Pheobe Snow with Ollabelle
“Dirty Work”
(Walter Becker, Donald Fagen)
Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY, 2/3/07
Originally recorded by Steely Dan; released on Can’t Buy a Thrill  (ABC, 1972)
 
 
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson, circa 1980

“Ain’t That a Bitch”
(Johnny "Guitar" Watson)
Le Bataclan, Paris, FR, 12/8/76
Studio version released on Ain’t That a Bitch  (DJM, 1976)
 
 
The Kinks
“Come on Now”
(Ray Davies)
Rockpalast, Grugahalle, Essen, DE, 4/4/82
Studio version released on Kinda Kinks  (Pye, 1965)
 
 
Return to Forever
“No Mystery”
(Chick Corea)
Wighalle, Vienna, AT, 2/3/75
Studio version released on No Mystery  (Polydor, 1975) 

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