Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon Wed Feb 4 with Jerry Gordon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

This is Jerry Gordon of Serenade to a Cuckoo. I will be sitting in for DJ Hog for the next

Happy Wednesday night to Jerry and everybody!

Back atcha, Rick. Thank you!

Hello Jerry

Whoa....what day is it

Hi Jerry Is that You!

Hi Rob, great. I didn't know how to contact you.

Greetings to Gordski and listeners. Gordon After Dark. I can work in some blue material

Hey Lance! Love it!

Hey Rob and Mike and Lance and Patrick!

Mike, I don't know?

Hi Rick

Yeah! Hi everyone

My Peeps!

Why is it dark, it's supposed to be noon?

Where am I?

What is this strange music?

Still mourning the loss of Uncle Floyd and Three Dog Night Singer Chuck Lebron

Where's Barbi Benton?

Yeah! Was she expected?

Iff this is Gordo After Dark...

Welcome to Playboy after Dark

Mike, you beat me to it!

Good one, Mike!

Uncle Floyd!! RIP. What a guy Loved his show He always had great musical guests.

Mikes referencing Hefs so hip but somnolent show

Lov "somnolent". Probably could be called "counter-revolutionary"

I didn't invite Cosby

I watched that show also.... on a barely working TV in Lance's room just like Jerry and his room

I think it was on 17 in Philly

I have watched on YouTube the B&W episode where he hosted Lambert, Hendrick & Ross with Joe Williams.

Sorry Chuck NEGRON

Other than watching Bewitched, Lance was plugged in to the radio.

Yes Had a weird UHF antenna

Circular

I have episodes with Deep Purple and the Dead

The only blue material I have is a story about getting Vida Blues autograph

Hi everyone

Rob, welcome and glad you're here!

I have something about a man from Nantucket

Seeing jazz on regular TV was great

There's the story of you and waitress from the Latin Casino, Patrick

Table for two

Patrick first adventure at the age of 15.

The liver is good tonight

You made liver tonight, or your liver is functioning properly?

Your boy Benny here working late tonight. There's that song

Bummer about Chuck Negron. Three Dog Night was one of my favorite bands when I was in middle and high school

Neither

Benny, I remember when you were a Vildachaya! Now you're a corporate influencer!

Jerry Jerome, you show up at the oddest of times. I have been clicked in all day. Happy to have you in my digiteria. I hope you have a great show.

Rob, yes Three Dog Night, so great!

I missed out on Latin Casino Jerry . I was more of an emerald city guy

Never Been To Spain was the one that I loved. I worked for SAP for a short time and 3 Dog night played the company Picnic just outside Philly- it was pretty awesome. You forget how many hits they had

LOVED Emerald City

No, the waitress worked at one time at the Latin Casino. In the 50s

Chuck Negron was a hoops star at Taft High in the Bronx. Could have played college.

The stuff that went on upstairs at Emerald City.....

Good lookin' dude. Everyone was great. The drummer was great, remember?

Jerry it was 50 years ago day Philadelphia closed its last Skid Row flop house. The denizen they interviewed clutching a bottle of Tokay told the writer Life Is A Hollow Bubble,,Don’t You Know,,Just A Painted Poem Of Trouble. A man that down still quoting poetry . How we have fallen as a society.

Profound, Patrick

Good evening Jerry. Sorry I'm late

Hey there!!!

When Patrick's class was studying Haikus in Junior High School, Patrick insisted on repeating that one and sequed into Allen Ginsburg

How are you, Lester?

Black And White and Never Been To Spain were/are my favorite Three Dog Night songs

Got my headphones on.

Good!

Hey Rob.

You guys know Russ Woessner from the chat. I told him I saw 3 dog Night when their first album came out but didn't know where or when. He found me the newspaper ad. 1969 Electric Factory with the Flying Burrito Brothers.

There's a double bill

Benny V, he also found an ad for a Vildachaya's appearance! I have it somewhere.

'Man Full of Trouble' tavern was located not far from the society hill Towers.

Hello Lester

I've been to many a tavern in that vicinity.

Jerry- this guy? Russell R. Woessner, Psy.D.

I think (iirc) that when Three Dog Night's version of Black And White was riding the charts in 1972, WKBW 1520 AM in Buffalo was playing their version of Old Kentucky Home which was the next song on the album

and I ended up buying the album

Rick, do you know this version?

I have drums and bells ringing in my head right here. But thats nothing new

When I think of WKBW, I think of Joey Reynolds. Man, I must be old as dirt. Jerry, I never heard this version before, but it absolutely cooks!

But the lyrics to that song don't really hold up

Reynolds was on WIBG also

Yes!

Wibbage Rhymes with Cabbage.

And rhymes with average

@rick hallahan, did you listen to WKBW when Jackson Armstrong was a weeknight dj? I used to love his show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Jack_Armstrong)

Funny this came up. Three Dog Night. Its mostly a one dog night anymore.

Thanks to inflation

Jerry on a Wednesday

Jerry 43 years ago a cornucopia of entertainment options. Tenor Buddy Tate,Marshall Tucker Band,John Hall Band ,Robert Goulet,Black Flag ,Peggie Lee and Sarah Vaughn ,Quentin Keynes great grandson of Charles Darwin,Billy Paul with McFadden and Whitehead , the Tannahill Weavers and in a true bit of irony America’s favorite necrophiliac Bill Cosby with Piece of a DREAM .

Rob, I did not.

rick, bummer

Some young people have reopened Man Full of Trouble . I walk buy it seems reasonably busy when I walk by.

Adam, YESSS!

If he handed you Mr Acker Bilk your life may have been different

eyesight to the blind.

OMG. Would I be playing The Alley Cat still?

Great reference, Mike!

Probably Stranger on the Shore

With this good music, I'm really diggin' being on that desert island right now. "Forest Flower", indeed!

Dock Street brewery makes this: DOCK STREET MAN FULL OF TROUBLE PORTER 5.2% ABV 30 IBUs - A liquid nod to the only pre-revolutionary tavern still standing in The City of Brotherly Love. “Man Full of Trouble” was one of Colonial Philadelphia’s first watering holes. This Brown Porter was brewed with the “Old-World” in mind. Black and chocolate malts create its deep mahogany appearance and creamy espresso-like flavor. A blend of English hops lends a delicate earthy presence.

So beautiful, the song and the beer.

Jerry, I can't believe you hung out with HIPPIES!!! Holy Moly

Jerry used to toss the frisbee in Rittenhouse Square on his lunch break

Front and Market they started to drink cofeefee. This stimulated thought patterns. I will see you beyond the Moons of Saturn. Marshall Allen and Sun Ra himself will guide you though these difficult times.

Yeah Lance, I wanted in!

I think you were found loitering with such types around the same time.

PBS will be featuring Sun Ra later this month on AMERICAN MASTERS series

Yes but keep it on the down low

Did you say hippie? My claim to fame is that I went streaking with 2 other people down Baltimore Avenue until we saw a cop car stopped at the next corner. I never ran so fast in my life!

What a pleasant surprise, heya Jerry!

I'm surprised you weren't arrested for possessing a battering ram

I would spend more time naked in public than I normally do. But the Dog keeps biting my a**

I should be so lucky.

My claim to fame is having a beer with Abbie Hoffman

Nice story about how you got turned onto Jazz.

TAndy at Night! I can't tell if you are coming or going

rick, so that was you streaking past the hoagie shop that I worked at on Baltimore Avenue near 47th Street!

Russ, not quite. I i streaked from 40th St. down to almost 38th st.

1967... and I haven't really quite reentered polite society. OK My claim to fame was meeting Timothy Leary after a lecture in college.

My e wife complained too

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No Russell. We were robbing the Jamaican drug gangs. Southwest Philly?

yep

Hey Jerry I repeat so many stories people call me Abe Simpson.

I do love a naked Penn Student.

There are 6 million stories in The Naked City . These are some of them

Impressive, Mike! Thanks, Benj, Revolution of the mind.

The best thing about Penn was that Geno's Empty Foxhole was right on campus.

So lets say you want to rob a drug house. OTOH, I want to hear a great trumpet. But rob a drug house? My peeps got your back trombone.

Lance, you still wear your Velvet Underground t-shirt from 1967

my boi roobed the 40th street movie theater. heres how it works. Watch. Look. Make a plan Wait for the guy

holding the bag- which he will take to the bank. Full of cash. Punch him and take the bag and run?

I wish I had one! My Ramones shirt will have to do.

Great to catch a little extra Jerry this week - Off to watch TV with the lovely Mrs. Vildachaya. Have mucho fun and see some of y'all on Friday.

Enjoy V

See you on Friday Vildachaya.

My WPRB radio dial tshirt was worn out many moons ago,too. I'm ordering a new one from the store.

Just getting ready for work, I appreciate the sleepy jazz to really set the mood.

Jerry, did you ever see the video of Miles with 'TRane doing "So What" on the CBS Robert Herridge Theater? For twenty years I had a friend who was an assistant producer on the TV show and that broadcast. He had never seen the video. I owned it, so I made him a copy.

Richard: Here you go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diHFEapOr_E

Thanks, Jerry, the modern world.

Jerry, you are spoiling us with this stellar array of tunes! This is just too good! Stolen Moments- hot damn!

Richard, I did... but not the original run! Watched it on YouTube many times. Great reference, Richard!

Tomorrow at Penn: Sun Ra/Afro-Futurism/Jazz: A Music of the Spirit. Ahmed Abdullah, jazz trumpeter, adjunct professor at The New School, and former member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, leads a workshop on Sun Ra and the history of jazz. https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/sun-ra-afro-futurism-jazz

Have fun, Benj. You two are just a pair of Vildachayas!

A happy pair of Vildachayas!

Followed by Ahmed Abdullah: A Strange Celestial Road Ahmed Abdullah — jazz trumpeter and adjunct professor at The New School — will give a talk about his 2023 memoir reflecting on over two decades as a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra. His book, A Strange Celestial Road, is named after a 1979 album by Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in New York. https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/ahmed-abdullah-strange

Russ, because of all your reminders of Ra related activity, we are going to do a Ra show on the 20th of this month which I believe will precede the NPR Ra feature.

Then on Friday, also at Penn. Tyshawn Sorey pays tribute to jazz pioneer Max Roach and his 1968 album, Members, Don't Git Weary with Adam O'Farrill (trumpet), Mark Shim (tenor saxophone), Lex Korten (piano), Tyrone Allen II (bass) and Fay Victor (vocals). https://pennlivearts.org/event/TyshawnSorey

That bari sax just cuts right through - sweet.

Nice, Rick

Cool, Jerry. I still can't believe that Sun Ra is going to be featured on American Masters on PBS! https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/sun-ra-do-the-impossible-documentary/37455/

See everyone later. White Widow is sending me to the couch for the evening.

What a set list Jerry. See you Friday.

See ya

Chick Corea got a posthumous Grammy this year: https://www.grammy.com/artists/chick-corea/9341

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Nice beginner's jazz library, Jerry!

Agree with Lance Jerry. Even baby Josephine was diggin it! We've been listening since Jon was on.

Which reminds me The Mouse keeps Eating my avocados Fat mouse. Old Cat.

Thanks, Lance! Couch time! Enjoy!

Thanks, Russ!

Kenn, great hearing from you! How is Val feeling? Love the fact that Baby Josephine was digging it with, yes, Grandpa!!!

Lester, that Mouse has fancy taste!

Jerry, I'm leaving the chat on a real high note: Phil Woods always pleases! Speaking of pleasing, you pleasured us with a mid-week killer surprise! Kudos to you! I'll see y'all on Friday.

If- and I say If- there was a human radio station, would that supposed human radio- and now this is only theoretical - If we suppose that there does exist a human radio station. What kind of music would the imaginarium play? -

Thanks, Rick

Val is doing better thanks. She's talking to Sheila now. We're staying at our daughter's house for the next week. Thanks for the great night of music!

We enjoyed the show tonight Jerry, I'm glad I found out that you were subbing!

baby please don't go Hendrix cover. wowsie

And goodnight everyone

Good night Rob.. I hope you find rare birds in your dreams. But not just Crows. Although Crows are pretty cool

Thanks, Kenn. How nice, have fun over there. Glad Val is recovering, she wants to play with Baby Josephine at full strength!

Goodnight, Rob. Thanks for listening and it is always pleasant when you are around.

I have no memory of this song being played on the radio

Which one, Mike?

Yes, Baby Josephine is really amazing! As all of us grandparents know of our grandkids 😄

Ha!.....love this song

Haha, our grandkids are the most special and beautiful. The smartest. After all, look at the grandparents!

Mike, were you talking about the Bee Gees?

Yes!

I cannot NOT think of the Big Lebowski!

I think it first showed up on "Underground" radio. Remember the psychedelic album cover? But then I think it got mainstream radio play, maybe wfil

NOT not..

Remember the First Edition on The Hollywood Palace

@ Jerry you are blessed. Get one of those kids on the mike.

Russ, one of many BRILLIANT scenes in the movie.

LW, I need to take a nap after playing with them. Each one a wild child, full of energy

you playing 'old man river soon' ?

Hahahaha

The Paul Robeson version!

keeps on rolling.

Are they a vildachaya

Yes, hyperactive vildachayas which already means overactive

Peter Tork at his best

You are so right

Its the Golden Age of Jerry's Room!

I pay attention

Hahaha, Lester, you are right!

Prunes man....

The dirty water of the

Damn...Jr. high dances

1967. You were dancing to this?

What a year. The Hippies won!

Yep...JR high was 66 to 68

Russ had already been arrested twice

1969

The Mets Won. I was in 3rd grade.

Wow

Mike, 8th grade. How were you grokking the Electric Prunes?

Loved those damn JR High dances

Loved that garage rock shit!

Neil is OOTATG's Actually saw him in Atlantic City. 90% sure Bruce Springsteen was in the audience. They bowed down to each other.

Mother.....

That's cool, but Neil wins!

I saw a fake album cover that was for an imaginary album of all the Beatles tracks released in 1967, allegedly the year they released the most tracks. Is that true?

What had happened is that Neil went to stage right, and did a little bow down thing. whatever. both great songwriters. I had Nebraska on the tape deck all the way to Boulder Colorado in 1982

67 for the Beatles was a big year. The double side of SFF and Penny Lane, Pepper and them Magical Mystery Tour

Ride the snake

Yes, Russ, from your JD days

Another member of the 27 club. Tragedy follows in our footsteps.

srg pepper flip side was always a fav of mine.

Mother I want to.....

Hahaha. I see you mouthing the lyrics

Right!

srry Yolo Sub flip side. The great Sir George Martin.

I have to look and see what tracks were on the B side

brings up the visuals of Apocalypse Now.

George Martin's Orchestrations

The Swingin' Medalions

You can watch the monkees for free on one of those free services---tubi or whatever. I tried recently...didnt make it very far. I forgot how "zany" it is. Sort of like a bad cartoon. Sad, because i loved it as a kid.

great show btw.

Haha, uno clay. I love your comment. You pulled "zany" out of your Batman years.

Dirty filthy broadway

I have a copy of 'Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon ' next to me. Tells the story of Laurel Canyon. there was a CIA movie/recording studio there. 'TheLookout'

What brought out Double Shot of My Baby's Love?

Mr. Bob Dobbalina Bob Dobbalina?

Interesting LW

Funky as I want to be!

Double Shot was a fav JR High dance song

They sounded like "Frat-Rock" like the Kingsmen. Were they 1967?

Think so

Looked it up.....1966

So JR high for me

Smash Records, I still have the single. Wait...scuse me while I do the boogaloo

I do also

How about a Chess Records show Jerry?

Thanks for the show, Jerry! It was nice to hear you on after sunset for the first time in a while. Cheers!

hit it! come on! Unh!

Those JR High dances were the beginning

This is truly organic music. Perfection

There's always room for a chess records show!

Mr. James Brown Died Christmas Day. Perfection indeed.

The Harding working man

TAndy, thanks! Thank you everybody, so greatly appreciated! Fun! Nice! Sharing memories is cool, too

See you merf's Friday

James Brown, the. John Coltrane of R&B and Funk!

Till then

OK Mr. Merf

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8:14 PM		Roland Kirk Quartet & Rahsaan Roland Kirk Quartet Serenade to a Cuckoo I Talk with the Spirits Verve 1963
8:34 PM		Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers A Night In Tunisia (Remastered) [Take 3] Art Blakey: The Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Albums Collectiion Columbia/Legacy 2015
8:45 PM		Chico Hamilton Forest Flower Man From Two Worlds Verve Reissues 1962
9:27 PM		Miles Davis Surrey With the Fringe On Top (feat. John Coltrane) Steamin' Prestige
9:28 PM		Thelonious Monk Quintet Locomotive The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection Craft Recordings 2017
9:31 PM		Oliver Nelson Stolen Moments (feat. Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Eric Dolphy, George Barrow, Freddie Hubbard & Roy Haynes) [Remastered] The Blues and the Abstract Truth (feat. Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Eric Dolphy, George Barrow, Freddie Hubbard & Roy Haynes) [Remastered 2014] J. Joes J. Edizioni Musicali 2014
9:32 PM		Chick Corea & Return to Forever 500 Miles High Light As a Feather GRP 2011
10:06 PM		Sonny Rollins I'm an Old Cowhand (Alternate Take) Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums Craft Recordings 2023
10:11 PM		Phil Woods & Gene Quill Doxie Doxy? Altology. Complete Quintet and Sextet Sessions 1956-1957 Fresh Sound Records 2013
10:13 PM		The Amboy Dukes Baby Please Don't Go Amboy Dukes Mainstream Records 1967
10:14 PM		The Animals When I Was Young Animalism 1967
10:23 PM		Bee Gees New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Mono) Bee Gees 1st (Deluxe Version) Bee Gees Catalog 1967
10:26 PM		Kenny Rogers & The First Edition Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In) The Big Lebowski (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Island Mercury 1998
10:28 PM		The Cryan' Shames It Could Be We're In Love (Mono Version) A Scratch in the Sky (Deluxe Expanded Mono Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1967
10:28 PM		The Monkees Your Auntie Grizelda More of the Monkees Rhino 1967
10:33 PM		The Electric Prunes I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era V/A Sire 1976
10:35 PM		Buffalo Springfield Expecting To Fly (Remastered) Buffalo Springfield Again
10:36 PM		The Doors The End The Doors Rhino/Elektra 1967
10:51 PM		Dyke & The Blazers Funky Broadway (Part One) Down On Funky Broadway: Phoenix (1966-1967) Craft Recordings 2021
10:53 PM		James Brown Cold Sweat (1967 Version) Foundations of Funk: A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969 Universal Records 1996

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