Episode #46

The No Show | Mar 30, 2010
Playlist

THEME: "How Long Blues" (Album: Chicago Piano, Vol. 1)
Jimmy Yancey, piano

"First Girl I Loved" (Album: The 5000 Spirits....)
The Incredible String Band

"A Case of You" (Album: Blue)
Joni Mitchell

"Milk Cow Blues" (Album: Louie Bluie)
Sleepy John Estes

"Ax Sweet Mama" (Album: Boomer's Story)
Ry Cooder

"Fine Fat Daddy" (Album: Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith) Dinah Washington

"Long Lean Lanky Mama" (Album: Am I Blue?)
Ethel Waters

"The Weight" (Album: Music from Big Pink)
The Band

Steve Post remembers his days of greatness as measured by girth and recounts his success as convener of the Central Park "Fat-In," with its revolutionary call for Fat Power. Hear Steve at Sheep's' Meadow as he bleats, "TWO-HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR POUNDS. OH, NO!!!" Musical selections are pretty much as you would expect.

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