Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon Fri Oct 9 with Jerry Gordon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Welcome to Serenade to a Cuckoo

Hi yo

Hey Ed M!

heh

Your buddy Rick won't be making it today!

Ah Hi Rick anyway

Hi everyone let’s get ready to party!

Haha! Thomas, you are back! Love it!

... in the party spirit!

Greetings to Jerry, all listeners and thank you for entering my Digiteria

Wish I could be back every week but I’m usually in my work truck when listening

I want a Digiteria

and it's Cold Duck Time. Haha, Patrick is TAKING OVER! That's what THAT was!

Thomas, you are welcome whenever, grateful to be floating around in your truck!

Patrick, you are taking no prisoners today!

Jerry and all listeners I need your assistance. Please contact station programming and help in my quest for a Sea Shanties program !

I'll get on the horn to Lupica

Wellerman must come to bring us sugar tea and rum!

I think they are working on it from your last request.

Thomas, what a sophisticated palette!

I actually play a lot of that stuff at local Irish sessions

Leinenkugel Shanties ?

aiffrig, they didn't say panties.

@ affront I’ll have to look that up

@affrig

where's my big brown bag

Thomas, very cool

aiffrig, to fit a barrel in it?

Lug that to the beach!

the good times roll

Laissez les bons temps rouler

🕰️🎷🎼

50 years ago a wide assortment of entertainment options . The Polish Prince Bobby Vinton,young Natalie Cole,Dion with Michael Franks,House of Assemlbly ,Rashied Ali,Jeff Beck,LaBelle,Opera singer and Sandy Of PRB fave Roberta Peters and David Amram still performing and celebrating his 96 th birthday next week.

Wow....96. Saw him a few times in the 70s

Thanks, Patrick!

Cold duck ---> cold gin. Way better. Morning after New Year's party = cold duck time. If someone did not finish the champagne and other wines

Yum! I know you throw a good party, Brian!

And Wild Irish Rose

Yes, Mike is not faint of heart. He gets to the whiskey straight off!

Or dirty martinis upon request

Mmmmmmm....my fav

It has forty five wines in it?! How did they fit forty five wines in one? Um... I think they said "fortified" Ms Litella.

Hahahahahahaha!!!

You might think you’re cool …..but you’ll never be as cool as David Amram on French horn accompanying Anita Ellis vocals on Pull My Daisy

Four Roses = WHISKEY. I think Wild Irish Rose was a forty fired wine-like product

Yep ...Wild Irish Rose was like 18% APV

Shout out to underrated performer Donnie Iris retiring at age 83 due to health issues

That applause just gave me a flashback to Nate Wiley & the Crowd Pleasers at Bob & Barbara's Lounge. Anyone remember that joint?

Ah Leah is a great song

Cmon Jerry the quintessential Philadelphia song is Phillies Fever by the Phillies in 1976

Hi Jimbooo! Please explain!

Patrick, I still have the picture sleeve single!

@ Patrick White how about “ here come the Sixers” ?we got LeBron now

Bob and Barbara’s still going strong . Unfortunately we lost Mr Wiley in 2006. Please to have met him in Hawthorne Park

Dive bar that had (has?) live jazz & cheap booze. Crowd Pleasers were sax, hammond, bass, drums. Patrick knows!

Thomas He’s 42. Last title in 2020 . Still a good player but this teams not winning a title . Atrocious fast break defense and poor under 2 minute decision making

Amazing shared memories by you Mike and Patrick. Glad to have them as Cuckoo listeners!

Happy Friday time!

Patrick still think it’s must see TV Jalen, Tyrese, VJ and not to mention former MVP Joel Embid. Let’s see where this goes

I wonder if I can get a case of Ripple on Amazon?

Roffle, just go to the side door of one of the refineries near the airport, they make Ripple, too!

You can run a weed whacker on straight Ripple

@ jimboooo I use it to clean engine parts

I don't believe they've sold Ripple in Pa in over 50 years

@jimboooo, when I lived in Seattle the first Red Hook brewery was in Ballard and they used to throw the half filled bottles in the dumpster outside and a friend taught me that trick. Priceless as a poor young person... :)

Mike Ripple never tasted better than North Broad Streets Bicentennial Lounge.

Those dark green empties were everywhere on Vine Street in the 70s

There's a bar I never visited....

Ripple unites the Cuckoo listener! Hi Roffle TM (trademark noted)

You can get a bottle of Ripple on Amazon, but it's soy! LOL

Not you dad's Ripple

I looked it up, Gallo stopped making Ripple in 1984

Fred Sanford and his buddies brought a strong ripple game!

Those Gallo bastards!

Hahahaha

You can always go with mad dog 20/20 or thunderbird

oooofa

Valid option at that price point thomas.

I got drunk on ripple and interrupted that Rashied Ali concert. The bouncer , a young Russ Woessner gave me a beatdown

I think you may have deserved it Patrick

In my teen years we drank Boones Farm....6 cents a bottle

86

And most of that 6 cents went to taxes!

Ha!

Speaking of calypso rhythm we mourn the loss of Trinidadian calypso giant The Mighty Sparrow

Sheila Jordan also wrote lyrics to Barbados: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=th2fodUzFfs&pp=0gcJCY8Co7VqN5tD&ra=m

Flemington NJ always a fun place to visit. Unless your name is Bruno Hauptmann

Aha Jerry sold the snow balls they threw at Santa Claus at Iggles game!!

No, I had brought old batteries

When did that happen, Patrick (Sparrow)? Amazing knowledge on your part

Hi Russ!

That's a great system Jerry. I knew someone that worked at Johnny Brenda's and he would get to see some great stuff.

It was great, Roffle, and got to play cards with the other vendors before the games and concerts

A whole subculture of gambling too! lol

I got to meet Olatunji! He played in W Philly in an auditorium w seats. Towards the end, the only white guy there (Me) had to stand up to dance. Half the crowd was instantly on their feet.

I used to sell bottles of Becks at the Spectrum before Grateful Dead concerts

We have all-star characters and drinkers listening to WPRB! And we have a new listener, JimBoTunji!!!

I worked at the Bucks County Drive In....you don't want to know what I saw

After the show, I talked to the band. Finally I asked where "Baba" was. they said right behind the curtain there. As soon as I pulled back the curtain, he threw his arms around me. Got to talk for about 20mns. He loved the idea of spreading literacy. Great Man!

OMG, what a story! Yes, he certainly spread the word of AFrican culture and its Joy to honkies in 1968!

Young Gordon quite the entrepreneur. He sold Joe Must Go ! Placards on the side

Haha, Patrick. Love it! I would have been honored to do so!

Long time listener. Me and the housemate agree that you've been taking your DJ vitamins. Your on-air presentation has just risen to the next level lately. Anyone else notice that??

Thanks, JimBo. I was overdue!

jerry what's a honkie anything like a jive turkey ?

Very much so, but a white one!

Lol!

I always enjoy the stories, observations and information Jerry provides. Top notch radio host

Thanks, Thomas

Shout out to the Late Philadelphia Daily News writer Tom Di Nardo . He did much to promote jazz music and performance locally. Also big classical guy. May he rest in peace

I'm sorry to hear that as well.Terrible! SAd news, thank you Patrick for letting us know!

Great, great person, deserving of recognition!

RIP Tom DiNardo. Just saw a headline that Coach Ditka just died. I don't know of connections to Ditka and Jazz. But if anyone knows, its Jerry... !

Don Ellis Great trumpet, penned and played the score for the movie "French Connection"

Too bad about Ditka his Bears are looking pretty good this year

My Kind Of Town, Chicago! Da Bears, Chess Records, the Windy City, the great entertainment and restaurant scence, all the same wonderful thing!

Tom, Nels Nelson,Jack Lloyd Gene Seymour,Al Hunter. Francis Davis did much to nourish and encourage local jazz scene

All-Stars! Thank you, Patrick!

I’d like to shout out my friend John Menzel who hosts Drive Time Jazz on WLFR 91.7fm. He plays all new jazz focusing on local musicians

Right on!

Mondays 4-6 so no conflict with the Cuckoo

KOOL!

Thanks Thomas . Will check him out. Used to tune in WBGO once in awhile but they keep ruining their fundraisers with Jazz music.

Yes BGO is great when I’m up that way in the car

hey Patrick- What do you do with a drunken sailor? its an open question.

Put him in bed with the Captains daughter!

Play Jenni Veronica again that was hot the other day

Hi ET, David

OK: Who would be a better band leader? Ditka w John Coltrane OR Muhammed Ali w Cannonball Adderlly??

Make the drunken sailor the Commander of the US Navy. So he can match the Secretary of Defense.

Veronica Jenny May 11, 2026 - We cannot provide a description for this page right now neither can AI.

BTW WLFR has a very weak signal. Better to tune in online

@Patrick: Hilarious!

Argh Matey’s let’s blow up another drug boat!

Jenni Veronica the witch I am

When I was in France with the army One day I looked into my kit I thought I would find me a sandwich But the darn thing was loaded with sh– –Shaving cream, be nice and clean Shave every day and you'll always look keen

Weak signal you say ..Hmmm. Maybe they will let me do a Sea Shantey program . Right near the Atlantic Ocean

She’s on Spotify and tidal and Apple Music.. her music has a pulse

I’ll join you with some live performance broadcasts

Burma Shave

Nice ET Benny Bell was a frequent guest of Uncle Floyd tv show.

So Pres. tRump + the ghost of Abraham Lincoln are standing by the Reflecting Pool. tRump says, "I don't know... all l see is scum.." To which Lincoln says; "Well, it is a Reflecting Pool"!!!

JBT! Hilarious!

Jbt hilarious

Imagine that, Lincoln taking a shot at someone

Mike please …. Too soon Too soon !!!!

MC. Too soon?

held without writ.

LOL

Youze' guyz R Funny!

Jimbo Jonez

OK: Ditka conducting Coltrane and McCoy Tyner vs. Muhammed Ali w a 10.000 saxophone section???

Da Bears!

I got Coltane on tight end. Alice is leading the cheerleaders. Linebackers include Mingus of course. Miles as quarterback. wide receiver might actually be Van Vliet.

What are we listening to

LMAO

Good shizzz

Who are these noisy hippies ?? Turn this off and play some Pat Boone

This is terrible

Hagar the Terrible.

OK: Ditka in a Mach 3.5 vs. Speed Racer in the Mach 6 + Racer X in a Mach 7

that you Chim-chim?

Think for Yourself is a solid Harrison track

Great Fuz ass by Paul

bass

When it comes to George Harrison it’s Isn’t It A Pity ….and everything else.

say it already.

All things must pass is full of gems

Hey Beavis this guy is singing about Wood..heh heh heh heh heh heh

Isn't it good?

I-V-I mostly. but thats cool.

the "(second version - take 2)" of norwegian wood is one of my favorite things on the box set so far!

Hey Chef! Thank you for your comment. Please offer more!

Agreed Chef

cool to hear them try out different arrangements and keys and instruments etc

'knowing she would?" Wood is good.

If my girlfriend was a Furry, I would say she has a great Fuzz (b)ass!

And in each case, the take they chose was always the best.

almost makes me think of it as a step towards the eventual "tomorrow never knows" in its "drone"-y ness

Excellent point

very true @jerry! as a musician who attempts recording sometimes, it's always encouraging to hear things like this to remind me that even the beatles had to workshop their songs heavily to get them to where they ended up

Yes this is the departure away from pop into the psychedelic

Makes sense, Tomorrow Never Knows was the first worked on for Revolver

Can a horse be a furry? They do sweat .

They can be in a hurry

The Epstein files are finally revealed? ;-)

Definitely too soon ET

I did get banned from the Horseshoe Curve chat. trains and sh*t

The Epstein files. Mike Epstein good fielding first baseman . Got a WS ring with Oakland Athletics. Members of the Jewish sports hall of fame

Blew my mind when I learned how early Tomorrow Never Knows was recorded - when they were still actively touring! Crazy that the guys still playing classic rock n roll covers on stage were simultaneously in the studio making crazy stuff

It was a game changer Chef.

Sandy Colfax was a lefty

is

Ringo was the first to puff and said “ feels like the ceiling is getting lower” LOL!

Beatles taught Dylan how to rock, Dylan taught the Beatles how to roll

Nice MC

lets remember- Just intonation was what the western classical music had to re tune. god bless Robin.

This song kinda loses it timing towards the end.

Saw someone write that "The Word" is kinda like a precursor to "All You Need is Love" and all their other love anthems. Songs about love the concept, not loving someone

@Mike I notice that in Michelle too

Indeed Chef

Excellent Mike, Chef. Loving these comments!

Nice Annie Murray cover of this song .

No click track back then. All recorded live

Jimi Hendrix recordings are all over the place timing wise

!!!

Mimi had his own cosmic metronome

Jimi

Brian Epstein was the Beatles' manager, not their producer. He discovered them in 1961, secured their recording contract with Parlophone, and managed their business affairs and image until his death in 1967. The Beatles' producer was George Martin, who oversaw their studio recordings. I did not know that.

Cosmic Standard Time

Pretty sure the Beatles were a shadow operation of deep state mind control- No where man? i guess.

Always got a kick out of the comedy duo of Brill and McCall telling their tale of invitation to appear on the Ed Sullivan show . Night of the show they were informed you’re opening for the Beatles.

Brian gets some stick on his managing but who could have predicted the outcome

Yeah Epstein cleaned them up put them in suits and got them on Ed Sullivan

Thanks for stuff today Jerry! Time for me to head across town for a while. Take care folks, you got the beat!

Good trip Roff

Who is your favorite Beatle? I only just learned grasshoppers are locusts, if there are enough of them.

Be safe, Roffle!

Cicadas are not Locusts

thanks thomas.

Praying Mantis’s are just religious beetles

Beetles are not Beatles

W I D E stereo

Eat the Beetles

This Rubber Soul remix uses Peter Jackson's MAL machine learning to seperate the vocals and instruments

Incredible. Thanks, Mike

hard to play if you don't have Pinky prestidigitation.

Double tracked guitars on the main riff are just a tiny hz or 2 out of tune gives it a cool waver effect. On Day Tripper that is

Sounds great

is this the beginning of head music ?

The ooohs n ahhs on the bridge back vox sounded great. And the outro back vox. Interesting version. Again Day Tripper this comment

Sonnny and Cher was

Those Brits took 1000 years to figure this out. a crime, in deed.

It rained a lot

can you play that last track again Jerry?

In my Life is my fav from the fab four

Lennon's birthday today

Glad I played it, I won't get to them all. Mike, is that the case?

What had happened- was the 'Fab Four' had been locked inside of the Tavistock institute- and their minds were bent . that is how they were able so sing the harmonies.

tremmblers

ET not so much bent as curved I think

Michelle, ma belle 米歇尔，我的美人 These are words that go together well 这些字组合在一起多么动听 My Michelle 我的米歇尔 I love you, I love you, I love you 我爱你，我爱你，我爱你 That's all I want to say 这是我唯一想说的话 Until I find a way 直到我找到方法 I will say the only words I know that you'll understand 我会说出我知道的你唯一能懂的话

Miles and Juliette: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_%26_Juliette

Great, thanks Russ!

Yep vocals souped up crisp on this box

Glad to hear, Brian. I always wonder is listeners can hear such differences on their radios

through their tuners

How were they able to sing the high harmonies? I think it was the trousers.

Thanks Jerry and co. Hope to see you all again soon. I will definitely be listening from the road until then!

Thanks, Thomas!

lol Brian

may your FM tuners be stalwart, , your capacitors charged and your transistors drained.

Oh my!

Banned from the Horseshoe Curve Chat? That's like George Burns. He used to say "I died in Altoona one night". Bad gig. Happens to the best.

Damn...we missed the ad words

bad

Guess nobody is going to listen to John's story... Sort of the reverse of Norwegian Wood. Maybe he had to work in the morning.

Back to that wood thing

Naturally Wood. Dennis Wilson and Robert Wagner's love

heh

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Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon

10.9.26