Fat Boy
The No Show | Mar 30, 2010
Playlist:
THEME: “How Long Blues” – Jimmy Yancey, piano
“Candy Man” – Hot Tuna
“Candy Man” – Mississippi John Hurt
“Salty Dog” – Mississippi John Hurt
"The Weight" - The Band
“I Like Candy” – Bow Wow Wow
"Fine Fat Daddy" – Dinah Washington
“I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl” – Nina Simone
“Honey Man Blues” – Bessie Smith
“Sugar Mama Blues” – Sonny Boy Williamson
“Jelly Roll Blues” – Louis Armstrong (inst.)
“Malted Milk Blues” – Robert Johnson
“Porky’s Revenge” – Dave Edmunds
Inside every thin man, there is a fat man trying to get out. This is all the more true of Steve Post, who though thin now, spent his childhood and youth as a junior blimp. Steve relates his efforts, first to avoid confronting his weight, then his doomed efforts to diet. All in all, a tale of adversity and the nobility of the human spirit. The music is sweet to the ear.
THEME: “How Long Blues” – Jimmy Yancey, piano
“Candy Man” – Hot Tuna
“Candy Man” – Mississippi John Hurt
“Salty Dog” – Mississippi John Hurt
"The Weight" - The Band
“I Like Candy” – Bow Wow Wow
"Fine Fat Daddy" – Dinah Washington
“I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl” – Nina Simone
“Honey Man Blues” – Bessie Smith
“Sugar Mama Blues” – Sonny Boy Williamson
“Jelly Roll Blues” – Louis Armstrong (inst.)
“Malted Milk Blues” – Robert Johnson
“Porky’s Revenge” – Dave Edmunds
Inside every thin man, there is a fat man trying to get out. This is all the more true of Steve Post, who though thin now, spent his childhood and youth as a junior blimp. Steve relates his efforts, first to avoid confronting his weight, then his doomed efforts to diet. All in all, a tale of adversity and the nobility of the human spirit. The music is sweet to the ear.
