Yesterday, I talked about me and Denro, years away from meeting, listening to “Evil Woman” by Crow on WRKO in January, 1970. Here’s a Dale Dorman aircheck with exactly what we heard, as it happened.
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Fiddle Dee Dee
Tara, the O’Hara family homestead!
With the plantation decimated by the war, Scarlett vows to never go hungry again!
The plantation’s soil must have been contaminated by Union soldiers during Sherman’s March, because Tara Flour is making people sick!
Consumer Reports’ food safety and policy experts recommend that consumers stop eating products that contain the additive called tara flour.
Never go hungry again? But wasn’t Scarlett refusing to eat to keep her tiny waist?
Checking All the Matchboxes
To what 60’s music category does the superb “Pictures of Matchstick Men” belong?
- Pop
- Psychedelic
- Bubblegum
- All of the Above
The answer is, of course, 4. What does Music Mike have to say about it?
Not so fast, Music Mike! There is an official stereo mix.
Horn-y and Single
A recent installment of 88 Rewound had Denro and I exchanging messages in stunned disbelief. We both remembered a certain single, as heard on WRKO, where it reached #2 in early 1970. Like most boys, we were into the sound of the record and didn’t pay attention to the lyrics, but how did we fail to catch onto this tragic tale??
You will bear someone else’s fertile seed
Evil woman don’t play your games with me…
… Now I know just what you’re looking for
You want me to claim this child you bore
But I know that it was he, not me
Take it away Music Mike, who’s as wide in this video as the stereo separation of the recording!
Crow was a heavy metal band that was given a Blood, Sweat & Tears sound by the producer. I can both understand why professionally arranged horns were added, and why the group disliked them.
Over the Rainbow “of Color”
This is as bizarre as it is shocking. Taking uppers to keep her weight down wasn’t the only terrible thing that MGM made Judy Garland do early in her career. A year later, only the gingham dress was the same when she appeared in The Wizard of OZ.
Tony Dow, 1945-2022
The updates on Tony Dow’s condition have been worrisome for a while. So today’s news isn’t unexpected, but that makes it no less sad.
UPDATE: This message was posted on Tony Dow’s Facebook page one hour ago.
This morning Tony’s wife Lauren, who was very distraught, had notified us that Tony had passed and asked that we notify all his fans. As we are sure you can understand, this has been a very trying time for her. We have since received a call from Tony’s daughter-in-law saying that while Tony is not doing well, he has not yet passed. Tony’s son Christopher and his daughter-in-law Melissa have also been by his side comforting him, and we will keep you posted on any future updates.
Update: It’s been confirmed, by way of Jon Provost, that Tony is now gone.