You Know Who... Is Fried

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Peter Green, 2001
Photo by David Redfern
I’m gonna be completely candid here: I should not have done a show today. I’ve been feeling pretty under the weather for more than a week now, but that didn’t stop me from going up to Massachusetts for my cousin’s wedding on Saturday. I spend the entire weekend pounding martinis while chugging Robitussin. Using the trip up to Boston to justify spending an irresponsible amount of money of albums was probably a side-effect of the accompanying diminishment of better judgement. Also, carrying all that vinyl around with my luggage might also be a reason my body hates me so much right now.
 
Consequently, I feel completely fried right now. I was completely surprised, however, when I took to the mic and heard that my voice sounded like a cross between Tom Waits and RFK Jr. I should have stopped the show right there, or at the very least shut the hell up and the let the music do the talking.
 
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LIC Radio 5/11/2026
 
 
Peter Green Splinter Group
“Albatross”
(Peter Green)
Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA, 5/11/02
Originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac; released as single A-side (Blue Horizon, 1968)
 
 
Jefferson Airplane
“Have You Seen the Saucers?”
(Paul Kantner)
Released as single B-side (RCA, 1970)
 
 
Tom Waits
“Frank's Wild Years”
(Tom Waits)
From Swordfishtrombones  (Island, 1983)

New York Dolls, 1972
Photo by P. Felix

New York Dolls
“Looking for a Kiss”
(David Johanson)
From New York Dolls  (Mercury, 1973)
 
 
Bee Gees
“New York Mining Disaster 1941”
(Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb)
From Bee Gees' 1st  (Polydor/Atco, 1967)
 
 
Barclay James Harvest
“The Great 1974 Mining Disaster”
(John Lees)
From Everyone Is Everybody Else  (Polydor, 1974)
 
                       
Genesis
“Driving the Last Spike”
(Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford)
From We Can’t Dance  (Atlantic/Virgin, 1991)
 
 
King Crimson
“21st Century Schizoid Man”
(Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield)
Guild Hall, Plymouth, UK, 5/11/71
Studio version released on In the Court of the Crimson King  (Island/Atlantic, 1969)
 
 
Patti Smith  5/11/75
Photo by Charlie Steiner

Patti Smith
“Piss Factory”
(Patti Smith, Richard Sohl)
“War Is Over” Rally, Central Park, New York, NY, 5/11/75
Studio version released as single B-side (Mer, 1974)
 
 
Willie Nile
“Vagabond Moon”
(Willie Nile)
Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, 5/11/81
Studio version released on Willie Nile  (Arista, 1980)
 
 
Ozzy Osbourne
“Flying High Again”
(Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhodes, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake)
Music Hall, Cleveland, OH, 5/11/81
Studio version released on Diary of a Madman  (Jet, 1981)
 
 
Queen
“Radio Ga Ga”
(Roger Taylor)
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, JP, 5/11/85
Studio version released on The Works  (EMI, 1984)
 
 
Sonic Youth
Photo by Frans Schellekens

Sonic Youth
“The World Looks Red”
(Michael Gira, Sonic Youth)
Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL, 5/11/86
Studio version released on Confusion Is Sex  (Neutral, 1983)
 
 
The Mekons
“The Curse”
(The Mekons)
Rote Fabrik, Zürich, CH, 5/11/91
Studio version released on The Curse of the Mekons  (Blast First, 1991)
 
 
Pantera
“Walk”
(Phil Anselmo, Diamond Darrell, Rex Brown, Vinnie Paul)
Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Osaka, JP, 5/11/94
Studio version released on Vulgar Display of Power  (Atco, 1992)
 
 
My Morning Jacket
“One Big Holiday”
(Jim James)
The Showbox, Seattle, WA, 5/11/04
Studio version released on It Still Moves  (ATO, 2004)
 

Eric Burdon Band
“Boom Boom”
(John Lee Hooker)
Country Club, Los Angeles, CA, 7/22/81
Recorded by The Animals; released on The Animals  (Columbia, 1964)
Originally recorded by John Lee Hooker; released on Burnin’  (Vee-Jay, 1962)
 
"How I feel right about now"
Tom Waits, 1975
Photo by Richard E. Aaron

Tom Waits
“The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)”
(Tom Waits)
Post Aula, Bremen, DE, 4/26/77
Studio version released on Small Change  (Asylum, 1976)
 
 
John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner
“Timeless”
(John Abercrombie)
Audimax TU Wien, Vienna, AT, 5/11/84
Studio version released on Timeless  (ECM, 1975)

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