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Speaker 1 (00:03):
The following program is brought to you in living color.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Calling through the borrow.
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It sounds.
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Please God, it's God.
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I see God.
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We will provide the grand desire.
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We didn't say it'd be good.
Speaker 6 (00:35):
It's one hour of radio anarchy broadcasting for the ACNE
Studios in Mayville, Wisconsin.
Speaker 5 (00:41):
Where the hell is Mayville? Then it rocked?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
It's been bottled up way too long.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
Welcome to Don's basement.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
I can see you in the mind.
Speaker 7 (01:37):
When you go to school, don't forget your books and
all your God along the gold.
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The teacher tells her.
Speaker 8 (01:48):
Starting playing and really work.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
And be like Johnny Toogood. Don't you know he never show.
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Hers he's coming along.
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Album.
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You're playing in the bar, told we have to late.
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Don't let it get to go.
Speaker 9 (02:44):
They tell you enough to hang around and what laughs about.
Speaker 12 (02:50):
Long?
Speaker 13 (02:51):
Just like that.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I'll let you work out. And you've heard of time.
Speaker 10 (03:25):
Spanking back.
Speaker 12 (03:38):
Stock blue.
Speaker 14 (03:42):
Stay schools sch scho school.
Speaker 10 (05:06):
Don't you don't.
Speaker 12 (05:16):
Don't do the.
Speaker 15 (05:36):
Baby expecting you to fight, Okay, as crazy, I.
Speaker 16 (05:44):
Don't just still say how you wanna be? Want to
see at once that.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
You're coming along.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
We found it on the shelves in October of nineteen
seventy four, the masterpiece from Super Tramp and the cut
that kicked off the album Crime of the Century in
Their School And Hello there, how are you welcome back in?
I'm Don Clark. Thanks so much for coming down and
hanging out with us once again. Down here in Don's basement,
we brought the wayback machine out of the closet. We've
dialed up the year nineteen seventy four, and thanks to
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your suggestions, we've got some songs from that year that
haven't seen the light of day in a long long time.
And a brand new album from Steely Dan in seventy
four titled Cut from Pretzel Logic. And I welcome you
to Don'spaceman.
Speaker 17 (07:00):
I would love to Tamasaclyn in that Traveling Myster Show. Yes,
I'd left the Tamasathlyn in that Traveling Mister Show.
Speaker 18 (07:20):
Yes, I'm dying to be a star and make damn
laugh sound just like a record holl phon nor Raph
those days of Dongle.
Speaker 10 (07:32):
River over a long color a bo.
Speaker 9 (07:37):
Olly.
Speaker 8 (07:42):
Heykay, I have never.
Speaker 17 (07:48):
Messed a Polia, but I've planned too far at a time.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
I have never messed Apolia, but.
Speaker 8 (08:01):
I planned to find the time.
Speaker 19 (08:05):
Yes, I do, because he looked so fine about that help.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
They tell me he was Holt. He's loneless now those days.
Speaker 12 (08:18):
A gong forver over.
Speaker 10 (08:21):
A long time ago.
Speaker 20 (08:24):
Oh yeah, stepped upon the platform.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
The man came me the news. He said, you must
be joking, son. Where did you get tho shoes?
Speaker 8 (09:39):
Where did you get tho shoes?
Speaker 18 (09:45):
The last cinemacy, the movie show, they said that change
in black.
Speaker 19 (09:54):
Just don't know these things are come the robot overall.
Oh oh yes, oh yes, dropping the needle on the artist.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
You remember SoRs you forgot. Welcome to Don's basement.
Speaker 21 (11:16):
You gotta pass down to Turkey.
Speaker 12 (11:19):
Riding down New High go.
Speaker 21 (11:22):
But you can watch a please his name for people
let up to watch its fla, I said, watching New Please,
I wish I was a one.
Speaker 22 (11:37):
I said, he.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
I'm thinking about my head. You dream of back a
bol and see.
Speaker 21 (11:42):
It and Lena, I got to get back of you.
Speaker 12 (12:10):
You can't drop me out of speech stream.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
I got to build that Georgian son and the Women's
now in Atlanta, they make it up.
Speaker 21 (12:21):
The gag come from I set a watching Bill planes.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Always I was on im said, thinking about my craziest
dream the doc a mon and Peter.
Speaker 12 (12:38):
Whoa Dana.
Speaker 21 (12:44):
I said, no, no, I got to get back of
you making that how mister you and me and the
music ways one they got to think about.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Oh it spout and.
Speaker 21 (13:02):
When I got to my style, I have to keep
playing the town feeds.
Speaker 12 (13:11):
Keep on staying down high.
Speaker 21 (13:41):
I wish I was, I said, now I'm thinking about
the Red has dream aback and see you n I hate.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Then, I said, one of the most enduring bands of rock,
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Little Feet, and Oh Atlanta, We've got the wayback machine.
Donald up for the year nineteen seventy four. It was
nineteen fifty six when this song was originally recorded by
the band The Jayhawks. The New York Dolls put it
on their third album Too Much, Too Soon. This is
stranded in the jungle in Down's base.
Speaker 23 (14:52):
But man, I'm standing in the jungle. I'm trying to
give a date. But nah, little girl, that was back
in a day. I'm standing in that jungle. I'm afraid
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of it all, wondering how I could get a message
back home. But hour was not of a that no
record of my play had been picked up and shot
it by the girl my mother's leg.
Speaker 24 (15:24):
I said, Meanwhile back in the Steaks's amain lay.
Speaker 12 (15:47):
Kid.
Speaker 23 (15:56):
I meanwhile back in the jungle. Well, the mood in
the jungle had me on a runs from the heap
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hit my lion idomic bomber. I went about kind of
sol and my hips doing upfair stage feeling I'm with cooking. Yeah,
I felt go to cook it. I looked around the city.
That's when I found out it was a cooking me.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
I mean, you can.
Speaker 12 (16:56):
Can't feel mean.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Meanwhile, back into jungle.
Speaker 23 (17:21):
Then I jumped down the body. I'm trying to get
away some panicking word. Now was my baby my day?
I jumped in the chre my daughter in a swim,
but my chances a Bible miy swim. I com down
a well that was passing my way, and I registered
to the line I every day when I tu the lover.
Speaker 9 (17:44):
Of day, my stl was dead, my art was gone.
Speaker 6 (17:49):
And here's what I said, the more you listen, the
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more we make shows.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
I mean we make more shows, not money. We're not
making anything for this. Actually, welcome to dance basement.
Speaker 25 (18:40):
Walcome down this rocky road worlding where my life is leaving,
rolling on.
Speaker 9 (18:49):
To the bidder, funning out along the way. What it
takes two.
Speaker 11 (19:00):
I know many you should know.
Speaker 9 (19:04):
How reuse my friend. I want you to stay. I
want you today.
Speaker 25 (19:23):
I'm ready Flow more baby, I'm ready for love.
Speaker 10 (19:31):
Ready flow, oh baby.
Speaker 5 (19:34):
I amn't ready flow.
Speaker 9 (19:37):
Yeah for y'all love.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Now I'm on my feet again.
Speaker 9 (19:58):
That all things are about won't to happen.
Speaker 8 (20:01):
All my jews.
Speaker 11 (20:04):
Surely must be made. Many miles and many years.
Speaker 9 (20:12):
Times be had, but now the changing.
Speaker 11 (20:16):
You should know.
Speaker 8 (20:18):
That I'm not afraid.
Speaker 12 (20:26):
I want you to stay.
Speaker 9 (20:34):
I want you today.
Speaker 25 (20:38):
I'm ready for loved oor baby, I'm ready for Ready
for loud, oor Baby.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
I'm ready for love.
Speaker 10 (20:56):
I'm ready for.
Speaker 26 (21:00):
By, allowed to dispay.
Speaker 9 (22:03):
I want you today.
Speaker 12 (22:08):
I'm ready for.
Speaker 25 (22:11):
Oh Baby, I'm ready for low Ready blow boor Baby,
I'm ready for Beta blow poor minute.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Comm better better to love Bobyam many Boo.
Speaker 9 (23:03):
I'm Ready.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
The debut album from one of the true supergroups of
the nineteen seventies, Bad Company, and Ready for Love got
the wayback machine dialed up for the year nineteen seventy four,
and as the seventies rolled along, more and more bands
were seeing the negative effects of hardcore drugs, and there
was one band that took it upon themselves to write
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a cautionary tale about that, and that's up next. I'm
Don Clark, Welcome to Don's basement.
Speaker 13 (23:34):
Hello, Hi'm mel Brooks. Hi, I'm Mars FISHBONDI Hi mel
Hi Mars. I'd like to tell you about Young Frankenstein,
a new feature we've completed here at twentieth century Fox.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
It'll scare the daylights.
Speaker 11 (23:47):
Hi.
Speaker 12 (23:48):
You thought I was.
Speaker 13 (23:48):
Gonna say shit, Gum Frankenstein.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
I saw it, I loved it. I made it.
Speaker 13 (23:55):
Gum Frankenstein and Black and White Elephants Rated PG. Parental
guidance suggested.
Speaker 5 (24:01):
This classic rock.
Speaker 11 (24:06):
What's a name?
Speaker 6 (24:07):
There's village rock song, then there's this place.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
This is John's basement.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
I'm gonna wait, take a line.
Speaker 12 (25:04):
Tell me Simon standing up, crying and listen.
Speaker 13 (25:07):
Nig n Us.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
Took me away.
Speaker 9 (25:19):
To me away.
Speaker 12 (25:25):
Feeling so sayond Son got get battles off of.
Speaker 8 (25:30):
The ld, some gods come in the hill man.
Speaker 10 (25:36):
Listen you Betta pray.
Speaker 27 (25:38):
Song the fyall day with an.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
Let us tell we don't take it away.
Speaker 10 (25:53):
It's gonna take it away.
Speaker 11 (26:01):
Wells leader and Stella.
Speaker 12 (27:09):
You have.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
It was a cautionary tale put together by Leonard Skinner
for the second Helping album and The Needle and the Spoon.
We've got the way Back Machine dialed up for the
year in nineteen seventy four, the year that mel Brooks
gave us a doubleheader with Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles.
How would you like to be the sales guy that's
got to go into a movie studio and try to
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sell that idea? Today they would throw your ass out
faster than you can say giddy up. Well, I'll say
a brand new album from Deep Purple in nineteen seventy four.
With a new album comes a new lead singer in
the form of David Coverdale. This is the title cut
from burn In Don Spaceman.
Speaker 11 (28:35):
Scott.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
She said, what's your way alone?
Speaker 12 (29:23):
When I need more? Now?
Speaker 2 (29:27):
She said bird.
Speaker 8 (29:33):
Woman dread More.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
Dread said, was Mo, you know.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Faver, you know has.
Speaker 10 (31:47):
As you.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Know starts lay? My mother is sad?
Speaker 10 (33:17):
I said, no, I'm still fail loud. We're gonna say
a woman in nag s that's away the way?
Speaker 12 (33:29):
What is day?
Speaker 3 (33:31):
The same thing was still snare?
Speaker 12 (33:33):
What is that?
Speaker 9 (33:34):
The wo was raised.
Speaker 6 (34:12):
Brian cuts a vintage Rocks and selected by the baseman
dwelt there.
Speaker 5 (34:17):
Why is it? This is John's basement, all the man
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the final stut.
Speaker 12 (34:39):
To get them.
Speaker 11 (34:44):
On the street sticks and a look could be completely
in command.
Speaker 2 (34:51):
I much say say shape millionaire boy bottoms because we
all are you aware?
Speaker 8 (35:03):
But the out.
Speaker 12 (35:07):
The house, I'm join the revelation.
Speaker 27 (35:09):
She gets us on the constitution. I'm joining the revolution.
Speaker 12 (35:13):
Now.
Speaker 18 (35:14):
Now recognize your age and the teenage flat bay, turning
our lads on the teenage land bays.
Speaker 10 (35:22):
Now, Son, you're.
Speaker 18 (35:26):
Age and Steena's lad to turn on the maids on
the teenage lays.
Speaker 28 (35:32):
Now we do and turn it on, and we're gonna
do it. It don't belong, They're gonna be heard. They
got the word of prey.
Speaker 9 (35:46):
Below and now I'll becoming home to wrong.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
You measure for streets to make your legislation for thirteen.
They were fulling the sixteen.
Speaker 10 (35:57):
Every worrying and the something in the else.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
It's we all are well, but they don't care.
Speaker 12 (36:04):
No not so you're trying the rebels.
Speaker 27 (36:08):
You get to sound the institution.
Speaker 18 (36:11):
I'm trying the revolution now and recognized you as its
teenais flam bait. Sign Another baits on the teenais flam
bait now so recognize your age. It's a teenage flat
base and sound another baits on the teenais flat base.
Speaker 10 (36:31):
Now something in the air.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
We all me away.
Speaker 10 (36:50):
Yeah, get okay. So you're trying the rebels, you.
Speaker 27 (36:54):
Get to sup the institution.
Speaker 10 (36:56):
I'm trying the rebolus and now.
Speaker 1 (37:35):
It was supposed to be on the Desolation Boulevard album,
but they ran out of room, so they released it
as a single, Sweet and teenage Rampage. She got the
way back machine dialed up for the year nineteen seventy four.
Of the year we had a brand new band out
of Birmingham, England, from their debut album titled Cut from
Rock and ROLLA. This is Judas Priest in Don's Basement.
Speaker 29 (38:05):
Fanny my must travel helm up sat Samanna from the Voice.
Speaker 8 (38:12):
Since nor mass all the wrestling.
Speaker 2 (38:16):
There's one of her brother Joys.
Speaker 8 (38:20):
She's a flashy, flashy lassie and.
Speaker 12 (38:24):
Mactations that shine.
Speaker 2 (38:28):
Since I slid the Fire.
Speaker 10 (38:31):
But I know that name.
Speaker 19 (38:33):
That's Money Rock Cromalla rock all Man.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
Can take her off your mona. I'll make your chance rock.
Speaker 10 (38:43):
Croolla rockermall Man, take her your own jam.
Speaker 30 (39:38):
The best show up The Small God Throat Side Out
was large.
Speaker 2 (39:46):
And not shoot it touch the stamp and showed.
Speaker 9 (39:51):
The bone.
Speaker 29 (39:53):
Morrow fight of stand by the night of Stamp and
at ninety nine.
Speaker 30 (40:02):
Stop stop stump stop rock rock Man, thank you, Jam
rock Man, knock Man, Jam rock.
Speaker 11 (40:38):
Rock.
Speaker 6 (40:41):
Deep within the walls of four fifteen North Clark Street,
you can still hear the music to this day vintage
rock from Don's basement.
Speaker 31 (41:30):
Yeah yourself cool, ut by yourself, no go insigain for
morn ow.
Speaker 5 (41:35):
I not into the show.
Speaker 32 (41:37):
When the judge of constipation and go to his head
and his wife's acclapade shopping you soon it up there.
Speaker 22 (41:44):
That's the same mold story, the same mold song. And Dane,
that'swer my friend. That's the same mold story, same mold song.
And Dane it's my family. Gods where cocaine to find.
Speaker 31 (42:01):
With your gut and no school with the face and
all your get your un gut see the name singing
more outside of town.
Speaker 32 (42:09):
You good look, but you ain't going to find it
up around. That's the same more starf.
Speaker 12 (42:15):
Same mold song.
Speaker 2 (42:16):
And that's not Fla.
Speaker 9 (42:20):
That's the same more.
Speaker 2 (42:21):
Starf, same more star same mold song.
Speaker 12 (42:25):
That's day.
Speaker 33 (42:44):
Comes and knocking Don start knocking your whole time connection
and change all direction of no changing of cane thing
pages can't stand the plain when it's.
Speaker 12 (42:57):
All the same.
Speaker 15 (43:00):
My friend, wait down in day Market District with your
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old hardy gird.
Speaker 2 (43:40):
No one can real sa the same on the.
Speaker 32 (43:44):
South side of town the kuddug watch it gonna find
it around. It's the same mold story, same mold song,
and Dan's.
Speaker 9 (43:54):
From my family.
Speaker 2 (43:55):
It's the same mold story, same mold stars.
Speaker 1 (44:00):
So get your wings. The album from Aerosmith in nineteen
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seventy four and same old song and dance. Let's see
it costs ten cents to mail a letter in nineteen
seventy four. You could pick up the new AMC. Gremblin
for just over twenty four hundred dollars. Or you could
take four ninety nine go down to eighteen twelve Overture
and pick up a new album for the Doobie Brothers.
What were once vices are now habits. This is eyes
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of Silver in Dance Basement.
Speaker 29 (45:00):
I'm of silver out, hungry hand Away has of stilver out.
You're fistic Lasha hungry baby, love you get away.
Speaker 9 (45:13):
You can got call that stupid ride and standing him
away so let it lie.
Speaker 2 (45:20):
Wow, there's a.
Speaker 4 (45:22):
S stil have life having some ela by lad your
hands of silver and shut the shadow land to steal
and len's a standing her home ms by the hundreds.
Speaker 2 (45:40):
More has of silver.
Speaker 7 (45:45):
You tell them what I mean. The thing that's going
along the man not to is kenny side ride silver.
Speaker 2 (45:58):
Sline shut off saddle.
Speaker 10 (46:08):
Say help me, don't.
Speaker 21 (46:43):
See the stand a homecoming bad under the door.
Speaker 9 (46:49):
But I s tell me what I need. Bring this
power on the mand that to isna.
Speaker 12 (47:00):
Love it?
Speaker 3 (47:18):
Never sign.
Speaker 2 (47:20):
Get a sat yeah, yeah, side smoop min a ConA basement.
Speaker 9 (47:32):
The situation must be right.
Speaker 5 (47:33):
Oh, if these walls could talk, it'd probably cough a lot.
Welcome to Don's basement.
Speaker 21 (47:40):
Never been a store a bit everythings.
Speaker 2 (47:42):
That's why it's all so about to say.
Speaker 8 (47:48):
Love it.
Speaker 2 (47:48):
Don't look out and set out a tea?
Speaker 9 (47:52):
Can ever please?
Speaker 34 (47:54):
That's undersigned based sometimes don't care. I take up the
mom silk and satin, though, start.
Speaker 2 (48:03):
Flashy, then shout.
Speaker 9 (48:06):
Figure, stop.
Speaker 2 (48:09):
Shouting and lashing sh I've never.
Speaker 34 (48:13):
Been buje in singing, but now a teasing mot me singing.
He shook up from the way that you do me.
These are it's on a started day sometime, can you
take your riding? Maybe I'll tell you what I'm thinking
about you coming to stop Babe.
Speaker 2 (48:36):
Lassy shouting.
Speaker 10 (48:39):
My favorite stop.
Speaker 34 (48:41):
Flashy then shouted and loved Ship.
Speaker 2 (49:12):
Well, I saw your last night had on a whole
show anal. It's easy, mom, you saying that only even
shook up.
Speaker 12 (49:21):
The wid You send it to me.
Speaker 9 (49:25):
And it's been freeze happen.
Speaker 2 (49:27):
I saw on Saturday sometime, can you take your driving?
Maybe kissing in your cattle that pass that Saturday seven?
Speaker 8 (49:42):
Ask you Ship, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (49:53):
Sh Nineteen seventy four turned out to be a great
year for imports from Canada for the guests Who and
star Baby and then these guys showed up and I,
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like most people, when we heard it on the radio
for the first time, it's like, Wow, led Zeppelin's got
a new album out. Then we went to the store
and started asking about it, and we were introduced to
the band Rush from their debut album This is Finding
My Way and don Spacement Team.
Speaker 2 (50:44):
You were so down. I skin Jesus well, I say, said,
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We'll ask some guess.
Speaker 12 (51:06):
We got to.
Speaker 9 (51:09):
Look at me?
Speaker 12 (51:11):
Who look at me? Who we are?
Speaker 10 (51:23):
My money?
Speaker 12 (51:25):
Where I go?
Speaker 2 (51:29):
Why, y, you'll shut up.
Speaker 9 (51:55):
I've gotten back his foot.
Speaker 27 (51:57):
We will see now I've gone.
Speaker 12 (51:59):
Back back.
Speaker 7 (52:03):
My life.
Speaker 2 (52:04):
You're down in the light. W down myself.
Speaker 8 (52:12):
Night?
Speaker 2 (52:14):
Why I say my saying so I'm coming?
Speaker 8 (52:20):
Whoa, whoa, You're gonna come me?
Speaker 12 (52:24):
Wow? You know.
Speaker 11 (52:32):
My mother?
Speaker 12 (52:34):
Bay?
Speaker 20 (52:38):
Oh?
Speaker 35 (52:39):
Godbody even my saying I'm running here.
Speaker 9 (52:44):
Why I gotta leave?
Speaker 12 (52:45):
My saying I'm going.
Speaker 2 (52:48):
Gets your mama said I'm not here?
Speaker 8 (52:51):
Whoa body even saying I'm man o dy saying I'm
running here?
Speaker 35 (52:57):
Why it's gonna He gave a saying I'm going there,
get something the sun, Love, Molly and Mony.
Speaker 8 (53:13):
Law living.
Speaker 2 (53:17):
Well the world?
Speaker 12 (53:30):
Any any standing up?
Speaker 8 (53:55):
Cha y, I'm leaving out, buying my way home.
Speaker 10 (54:20):
Laugh at it.
Speaker 36 (54:21):
But now we're leading on the broad who woll.
Speaker 2 (54:50):
Shay, I'm coming out to catch you.
Speaker 9 (54:53):
We'll see it.
Speaker 2 (54:54):
Now, I'm god not.
Speaker 1 (55:12):
It was the opening cut from the debut album, and
after that we never looked back. Finding my Way from Rush,
putting the wraps on the Way Back Machine nineteen seventy four.
We want to thank all the radio stations up and
down the dial that take the time to run our
show each week, including our flagship station ninety nine point
nine FM WYML ANDWYML dot us in Chicago. Thank you,
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Joe and Jeff the Great, ninety eight WMDC Maybel, Wisconsin,
Buddy Guy and everybody at Buddy Guy Radio in Chicago
and all the stations. Great big thanks to the iHeartRadio
Network and Amazon Music for getting the word out about
Down's Basement tapes. Thanks to mister Lee Peek, the voice
of Don's Basement, and thank you so much for coming
down here each week, Ben hanging out on the basement.
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We appreciate it. I'm Don Clark. Peace,