You Know Who... Returns!

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Georg Wadenius
Photo by David Warner Ellis
Did ya miss me? Yes, it’s been over a month since I did a show. A lot has happened in the last month such as changing jobs, family issues, some sad events, stressful stuff, as well as some hope for positive change. I was well into preparing a couple of shows in the last weeks that were skuttled at the last minute, so that was definitely a pain. That being said, I wasn’t even sure if today was going to happen, so even today was thrown together at the last minute. In any event, one good thing to come out of the upheaval of the past month is that I can now say that I will be able to return to doing the show on Mondays with some degree of consistency.
 
Now that I’m back in the saddle, I can continue to wade through all the vinyl that I accrued when ReMix Market in LIC closed down (only to reopen around the corner) and they were selling records by volume instead of by piece. It certainly allowed me to grab things out of passing curiosity that I would not have normally bought. I think I’m really starting to like the band Kansas.
 
 
Click here to check it out:
LIC Radio 5/4/2026
 
 
Wayne Horvitz and Zony Mash
“Meet The Zony Mash”
(Wayne Horvitz)
Sing Out, KPFA Performance Studio, Berkeley, CA, 5/4/98
Studio version released on Brand Spankin' New  (Knitting Factory, 1998)

Jonathan Richman
Photo by Angelina Castillo

Jonathan Richman
“I Was Just a Piece of Frozen Sky Anyway”
(Jonathan Richman)
From Only Frozen Sky Anyway  (Blue Arrow, 2025)
 
 
Rickie Lee Jones
“We Belong Together”
(Rickie Lee Jones)
From Pirates  (Warner Bros., 1981)
 
 
The Guess Who
“No Time”
(Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings)
From Canned Wheat  (RCA Victor, 1969)
 
 
Kansas
“Down the Road”
(Steve Walsh, Kerry Livgren)
From Song for America  (Kirshner, 1975)
 
Kent State University  5/4/70

On this day in 1970, four students at Kent State University were killed and eleven wounded by National Guard troops at a campus demonstration protesting the escalation of the Vietnam War. The incident, of course, inspired Neil Young to compose “Ohio” which became a landmark recording for Crosby Stills Nash & Young. On this day in 1997, Crosby, Stills & Nash (minus Young) performed the song at the Kent State University Memorial.
 

Crosby, Stills & Nash
“Ohio”
(Neil Young)
Kent State University Memorial, Kent, OH, 5/4/97
Originally recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; released as single A-side (Atlantic, 1970)
 
 
Jefferson Airplane
“She Has Funny Cars”
(Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin)
Released on Live at the Fillmore East  (RCA/BMG, 1998)
Recorded at the Fillmore East, New York, NY, 5/4/68
Studio version released on Surrealistic Pillow  (RCA Victor, 1967)
 
 
Big Brother and the Holding Company
“Combination of the Two”
(Sam Andrew)
Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 5/4/68
Studio version released on Cheap Thrills  (Columbia, 1968)
 
 
Howlin’ Wolf
“Rockin’ Daddy”
(Chester Burnett)
From The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions  (Chess, 1971)
Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, UK, 5/4/70
 
 
Peter Frampton
Photo by Jim Marshall

Peter Frampton
“Do You Feel Like We Do?”
(Peter Frampton, Mick Gallagher, Rick Wills, John Siomos)
Academy of Music, New York, NY, 5/4/73
Studio version released on Frampton’s Camel  (A&M, 1973)
 
 
The Police
“No Time This Time”
(Sting)
Fat Cat’s, Miami, FL, 5/4/79
Studio version released on Reggatta de Blanc  (A&M, 1979)
 
 
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)
 
 
Die Toten Hosen
Photo by Bernd Müller

Die Toten Hosen
“Mehr davon”
(Andreas von Holst, Andreas Frege)
Tempodrom, Berlin, DB, 5/4/89
Studio version released on Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau*  (Totenkopf, Virgin, 1988)
 
* Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau was a concept album based on Clockwork Orange. A breakthrough album for the band, it was mainly written for a theatrical adaptation of the book.
 
 
Ween
“Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)”
(Gene Ween, Dean Ween)
The Kennel Club, San Francisco, CA, 5/4/92
Studio version released on Pure Guava  (Elektra, 1992)
 
 
Oysterhead
“Mr. Oysterhead”
(Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool, Stewart Copeland)
Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA, 5/4/00
Studio version released on The Grand Pecking Order  (Elektra/Asylum, 2001)
 
From Oysterhead’s first performance.
 
 
Today we were supposed to be sending some birthday love to Swedish jazz/fusion guitarist, Georg Wadenius on his birthday. Sadly, he passed away just days ago (April 30th), so we are paying tribute to his memory as well by playing recordings from his stints in Blood, Sweat & Tears and Steely Dan. (Interestingly, today is also the birthday of jazz saxophonist, Bob Sheppard, who also played on Steely Dan’s ‘94 tour.)
 
Blood Sweat & Tears
“Alone”
(Lou Marini)
Konzerthaus, Vienna, AT, 7/14/72
Studio version released on New Blood  (Columbia, 1972)
 
 
Steely Dan
“Black Friday”
(Walter Becker, Donald Fagen)
Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX, 9/2/94
Studio version released on Katy Lied  (ABC, 1975)
 
Yes, this is for real


Ron Carter
“The Asteroid Field”
(John Williams)
From Empire Jazz  (RSO, 1980)

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