Ep. 101 Today's Peep on Cool Climate Reflections, Heartfelt Bluegrass Memories, Iconic Albums with Listener Reactions, and Nostalgic TV Ads as We Debut a Fresh Logo and Facebook Page

Ever wondered how unseasonably cool weather can spark an array of heartfelt memories and exciting updates? That's exactly what we're exploring in episode 101 of Pat's Peeps Podcast. I kick things off with reflections on the unusually chilly Northern California climate and segue into some thrilling news about our podcast's growth, including a dedicated Facebook page and a fresh new logo on the horizon. The episode takes a sentimental turn as I recount my serene Father's Day weekend at the Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley, a cherished annual tradition filled with music, dancing, and heartwarming memories of the late "Dancing John."

Travel back in time with me as I share the 20 albums that have shaped my musical tastes, from the iconic sounds of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" to the nostalgic vibes of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass's "Whipped Cream and Other Delights." You'll hear engaging listener reactions and fond recollections sparked by these timeless records. We’ll also revisit vintage TV shows and classic commercials like the beloved Hamm's Beer Bear. As we wrap up, I delve into my admiration for the song "Razor Face," its poignant lyrics, and promise you exciting future content. Tune in for an episode brimming with music, personal stories, and genuine listener interactions.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:14

Welcome back to the Pats Peeps podcast. We are back with episode 101. Pats Peeps 101. Thank you very much. 17th day of June 2024. Looking out my studio window here into the foothills, the beautiful foothills of Northern California. It's a sunny day, man, you know. I'm not sure what the temperature's like today, but it seems cooler, like yesterday, seemed very yesterday, seemed cooler the day before. That seemed cooler for a middle of June in this area. Take on global warming unbelievable. But it seems pretty nice out there. Anyhow, we are back with Pat's Peeps 101, and I will post this.

Speaker 1: 1:06

I have been doing this, posting these on Facebook, since I started. I did that because of the fact that you know, I just wanted to make sure that people knew it was out there and I'm hoping that after 100 of these, I'm just hoping that you know that it's out there and that you can find it on your streaming platforms everywhere. A couple of things will happen very soon. Number one I don't know that I will continue excuse me to post it on Facebook every day. I may create a Facebook page where I just do the Pat's Peeps on the Facebook page, but I don't know if I'm going to be posting this on my personal page anymore. I don't want to drive people crazy with that, although I've asked around and people don't seem to they love it. I mean, they just want to know that the new one's up there. But again, I'm hoping that you'll be able to just check in to see if the new one is posted, and I'm sure that if you're following the Pat's Peeps podcast, many of you probably have an alert or something like that that will tell you that a new one is posted, and I'm sure that we'll have a way that it will alert you to that, that there'll be a new podcast, a new peep, for the day. But so, anyhow, I don't want to inundate my page with that every day. And the other thing I'm very excited about is we're creating a new logo, so we'll unveil our new Pats Peeps logo here. I'm very excited about that. We're still working on it, though. See, we're still working on it, still trying to keep the right theme and everything, but we'll be unveiling that soon. By the way, just in case you don't know, or even if you do, I am Pat Walsh. I'm also the host of the Pat Walsh Show on KFBK in Sacramento and is heard nationally and internationally everywhere on your free iHeart app but we stream everywhere with the Pats Peeps.

Speaker 1: 3:05

Yesterday was Father's Day. I hope you had a wonderful Father's Day. I went out to the Bluegrass Festival for Father's Day weekend. I wanted to go out starting Thursday, but I ended up going Friday, saturday and then yesterday, which is a shortened day out there, but it's very peaceful. All the days out there are very peaceful.

Speaker 1: 3:29

When I say out there, I'm talking about the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley. I've mentioned that on previous podcasts and I've also mentioned that it's one of the things that I look forward to most during the year. I just love going out there because it's just one of the places where I can actually find myself relaxing. And I just love the music because this music takes me to somewhere that you know it's got that high, lonesome sound that I just can't describe and you know you either get it or you don't get it, and so I had a great time out there and it looked like I mean, it was just so pleasing to see what appeared to be a lot of fathers and their children out there in the meadow this beautiful meadow in Grass Valley dancing to this music. Really nice Moms and, you know, families out there just having a good time Moms and, you know, families out there just having a good time and I always have a good time I noticed out there it was very unfortunate.

Speaker 1: 4:36

One thing was unfortunate Because if you've ever been out there to the Strawberry Music Festival, which is also a great festival, to the sides of the stage are the areas where people dance. If people are into dancing out there, then those are the areas to dance and in the middle are the chairs. So this year, to the left of the stage, I see this sign and it's propped up in the middle of the dancing area and I thought, well, what the heck is this? And I walk up to it and I see, and I get up to it and it's a picture of this fella and it says and instantly my heart sunk, excuse me, over this sign because it says Dancing John, 1952 to 2022. So this fellow passed away two years ago and the reason I mention it, they put it out on that dancing the area where we dance, like I just mentioned, like where people dance, because he was Dancing John, and Dancing John was this guy. I'm telling you the truth here. I used to see him out at Strawberry Guy kind of tripped me out a little bit, but, boy, you know, everyone has their thing right, everyone has their thing. You know, everyone has their thing right, everyone has their thing.

Speaker 1: 6:07

Dancing John had his thing. First of all, this man had a beard. If you saw a picture of him, or maybe I'll even post it, but he had a very long gray beard like Rip Van Winkle. Long gray beard, long mustache, long gray hair Well, I don't know how long it was, but the hair's coming out of his hat. He had one of those kind of. He'd wear one of these kind of sun hats, kind of like I don't know like what, gilligan or something, you know, I don't even know what to call those hats like a sun hat, and he would wear I'm not kidding a tie-dyed for lack of a better description or word a tie-dyed muumuu. Now, can you picture this? Like a muumuu, I don't know what to tell you, but he was peaceful and he'd have this spot where he would be dancing and he would just dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, these little steps, dance, dance, like it was this thing. And I never knew he was called Dancing John, but he would literally wear the like in this place, in Nevada County Fairgrounds. He'd wear the little area where the grass was with his feet. After a while he would just wear the grass out and it would just be dirt. So I was really sad to see the fact that Dancing John had passed on and is dancing somewhere in the great heavens now. Dancing John God bless you, man Guy was always at peace, seemingly, and he just wanted to wear a muumuu and dance. So there you go.

Speaker 1: 7:52

Thought I'd bring you back to yesterday for a moment. I shot this little video. It's very quick. I'm in the meadow. I meant to post this. I never really posted it for a variety of reasons that I'm not going to get into here, but anyhow, this was yesterday or maybe this was actually. This was Saturday, no Friday, this was Friday out at the meadow. Just a little taste of bluegrass for you, patrick. I love being out here at the Bluegrass Festival, nevada County Fairgrounds and Grass Valley today. Now, if you can imagine, they're just seats out there and great places to eat, people dancing, beer and wine. Hope you can make it out. Yeah, that was on. I hope you can make it out Again. That was on Friday. Here's another little taste.

Speaker 1: 9:25

Talked about bluegrass. I want to say thank you to Teresa Gooding who came on my show. We talked about bluegrass, it was a pleasure to meet her and thanks for getting me into the show Because, again, I just always love to promote that show. It's all about family. All right, it's all about family. Other things going on. Let's see here. You know one of family Other things going on. Let's see here. Oh, do-do-do-do-do-do, you know one of the things I got going on here.

Speaker 1: 9:50

I was telling you that I was injured recently. All right, an update on my leg injury. Trying to push the guy in the flatbed truck didn't go well, hurt my leg, thought oh God, my hip, I'm done whatever. Oh my God, I'm done whatever. Oh my God, I'm gonna have to. Well, I realized I think I mentioned this that I realized it was a hip flexor, very, very painful. But during this Bluegrass Festival, I am so happy to say I was able to walk around this Bluegrass Festival for two days, three days, back and forth, back and forth parking lot, back out to the meadow, over to here, over to the restroom, over to all around the place, to the food courts, everywhere. And guess what? No pain. One little tiny, one time tiny little 10 minutes worth. So this is a great update for me on that.

Speaker 1: 10:41

All right. So so I end up. I get this. You know how they do. That these days with a doctor Drives me crazy. I've had my doctor for 20 some years. Now he's going somewhere else. Now he's going to go take another job, I don't know whatever. So now I'm on the waiting list for another doctor. It's going to be completely a new thing.

Speaker 1: 10:56

So they wanted to get me in when I was really super concerned about this injury. You know they wanted to get me into the doctor. Well, how are they going to get me into the doctor? A video call, like how are you going to look at my leg? What could possibly be this little hip injury or whatever I'm dealing with because of helping this dude push a truck? How are you going to help me through a video call? I mean, I just don't see that happening. So that was going to be tomorrow.

Speaker 1: 11:26

I ended up canceling that because I'll tell you why it's interesting. They tell you don't ever look up and don't diagnose yourself, which I agree with 99% of the time. All right, but in certain things it's. I think it's okay to look up and do a little research. Don't just go overboard, reach the worst conclusion, never do anything about it. I think that's what they're talking about.

Speaker 1: 11:50

But in this case, I wanted to see from a doctor a look online. What is it that I could be dealing with so long story short, I find this one surgeon. She's talking about it, she's given examples of every injury you could have and finally, it occurs to me, it's a hip flexor. I think I told you this already. So my point is I learned more in that video from what she had to say than I would have if I would have gone on a video conference call with this doctor. Because you have to look at that. You kind of have to look, press and you know prod and poke and you know ask questions. But anyhow, bottom line is I canceled the appointment and I'm doing way better, thank the Lord above, in my life. That's all that mattered for the last month, really for me, anyhow. Oh, what else? Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, oh.

Speaker 1: 12:47

We have some music coming up here on Pat's Peeps 101, I'll be back to my show tonight. I hope you'll listen, and we have music at the end, like I said. But speaking of music online, one of the things I've been doing on Facebook. Sean Jeske asked me not that long ago. He I guess it was presented as a challenge. Maybe I've mentioned this already, maybe I haven't, but he said that someone had asked him to present the 20 albums that really helped to influence his musical tastes the most To me, that, and then he's supposed to pass it on. Well, he passed it on to me. It says I challenge Pat Walsh to do the same thing.

Speaker 1: 13:35

Now, I love doing these things, but the rule is you can only post the album cover and not why you are posting it, just the album cover. So in doing so, I'm up to number 17, and I've been having fun doing it. I'll tell you what I put up there. I put up, if you've seen it, dark Side of the Moon, jay Giles, pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon, jay Giles, blow your Face Out, live. I've put. These are again.

Speaker 1: 14:07

These are not only my favorite albums. Those two, by the way, are some of my favorite albums. But the question was what is your favorite albums? It's the ones that influenced you the most, and some of your favorites are going to be the ones that influenced you the most, but there's other ones for other reasons, and so there was Johnny Cash Live from Folsom, prison, temptation, psychedelic Soul, all kinds of stuff. Deep Purple Machine had Frank Zappa Apostrophe. I'm all over the map, well, at number 17,.

Speaker 1: 14:39

And then everyone's putting up whether they like it or like the album, or they'll mention the album or talk about it a little bit. For me, at number 17, I put up this album and I said that every dad had this record. My dad, as I recall, had two records Elvis's Golden Hits and this one because every dad had it, because it had this gorgeous woman, spanish. She's on the album cover and it was supposed to be whipped cream, but I think it was actually shaving cream and she's licking their fingertip. That has, I would presume you would want to think well, okay, you'd want to think, okay, whipped cream, it's Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, whipped Cream and Other Delights. Every dad had it because of the album cover.

Speaker 1: 15:32

But the record was awesome too and it made me think when I started listening to this literally jogged a memory of mine that I haven't thought of for 40 years. They're used to. You know what? Because when Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass was popular, I also remember there was another group that was on, like Mike Douglas, you know Merv Griffin. Any of those shows, it was the Baja Marimba Band. Do you remember that, the Baja Marimba Band? Oh my God, I hadn't thought about them in forever, honestly.

Speaker 1: 16:04

But here's some of the Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass from Whipped Cream and Other Delights. See, if you remember these taste of honey, right ¶¶ man, this brings back memories If you were around. Doesn't this bring back AM radio in the station wagon? But there was other songs on here. They were just classics. I remember this one and this was like a theme song to a game show or something. And now, please welcome, remember this. And then, if you throw in the applause or whatever, please welcome. That's right from Canoga Park. He's the center fielder for his Little League baseball team, contestant number two. Wow, remember that. Yeah, good stuff, whipped cream and other delights. Zip, zip, zip Green peppers.

Speaker 2: 18:15

I mean, that's a cool vibe man.

Speaker 1: 18:33

Beautiful everybody. One of these other ones were a game show theme too. Which one was it? Which one was it? There was another one, Not this one. This whole album is good though. Oh, that's some good stuff. Yeah, man, this is Pops music right there. Peanuts, that almost has a more German sound to it. Yeah, yeah, that almost has a more German sound to it. Anyhow, Herb Alpert God, what a talented dude man, what a talented guy. That one out of the 17 I've posted I'm not kidding you has more by far than any other album, More than the Temptations or Johnny Cash or Pink Floyd or Frank Zappa or any of them. Herb Alpert, by far the number one that I posted that people liked Incredible, and, by the way, thank you if you did post that. I do appreciate that very much.

Speaker 1: 19:58

What else did someone post today that I really liked? What was it? There was, oh, I know I think it was. Oh, I posted. Oh. By the way, if you are a father, I hope you had a great Father's Day, like I said. I think I said that already, but I just want to make sure I said that. Oh, yeah, Eileen posted this on Facebook. I put on Facebook a little hams bear doing a water roll on the log there, she posted one of the greatest commercials ever. In my opinion, this may be the greatest ever.

Speaker 2: 20:32

From the land of sky blue waters, water.

Speaker 1: 20:36

A hams bear playing baseball on a sunny day From the land of pines, lofty blossoms, the beer refreshing, pour in ice cold hams and treat yourself to the premium beer. Can you hear that Beer from land of sky?

Speaker 2: 20:52

blue waters, great tasting hams, I don't know that's coming through. Beer refreshing, beer refreshing.

Speaker 1: 21:02

The beer refreshing. Thank you, eileen, for posting that. I do appreciate that very, very much. I love it. It's like one of my favorite. Like I say, I think it's the greatest commercial ever. My personal favorite.

Speaker 1: 21:15

What else do we have? What else do we have? Oh, yesterday, oh no, maybe this is not yesterday, I'm getting my days. A couple days ago I went to check my mail. I just have. I'm curious about this. I might talk about this a little bit more on my show tonight.

Speaker 1: 21:32

We all know that we are living in very inflationary times. Things are outrageously expensive at the grocery store, right, everything's expensive. We all know it. I'm just curious because, like when I went into mailbox or to the post office the other day, got stuff out of the mailbox, as I turn around I'd open the door for this gal, for this lady, as she's walking in being polite, open the door for her, and as I turn back around she's going through her mail. She's got her stuff out of the mailbox. Now she's at the little table, there's a little trash can there and as she's going through the mail she'll get to coupons, anything that she would, I guess, deem junk mail. I didn't ask her this because I didn't want to. None of my business, quite frankly.

Speaker 1: 22:18

But I am curious and I'm probably going to ask this on my show, since we don't do interactive yet here, but we're going to that's coming. But I'm wondering why she's throwing out all the coupons, like I saw Safeway and Save Mart. You know throwing out these coupons when we complain rightfully so about the price is being too high, but yet we don't want to bother using the coupons when they're sent to us. We just some people automatically throw them in the trash bin and I'm wondering do you do that? I mean, do you just throw them in the trash bin?

Speaker 1: 22:56

You know some of these other stores. Now they have these apps. So you got to get on an app and then you find yourself, you know, in the aisle. You're in the middle of the aisle and you try to find the least you know in the aisle. You're in the middle of the aisle and you try to find the least. You know the least busy aisle. What is? What? Would that be?

Speaker 1: 23:15

Um, you know Clorox or dog food aisle, or whatever light bulb aisle, cause you're trying to figure out your app, like, okay, I just know I had a password. Why am I having to use this app? Why do I have to use an app? They used to have old fashioned coupons and now I'm having to use an app and I'm standing in the store, I have to go online. I got to figure it out. What was the password, all this stuff, right?

Speaker 1: 23:37

So why are we throwing out the coupons? I don't, if it's so expensive, we don't want to do the app. Why are we throwing the coupons? I am curious. I mean, do you use the coupons? Because I kind of feel bad.

Speaker 1: 23:49

I also feel bad for some of these merchants, or some of these people not all of them, but some of them who are, you know, they're trying to sustain a business, get new customers, maintain customers, what have you? And so they're spending money on these things. Then they send them to you and you we take them. We just automatically throw them in the trash. I don't know how many of them actually make it through to people who they are intended to make it through to and how many people take advantage of them. I am curious about that because I just kind of felt bad. You know, like gee, she's throwing out the, she's throwing out her coupons and I kind of feel bad that they even printed them in the first place. Now she's going to have to spend all of this money.

Speaker 1: 24:34

Anyhow, I'm going to get to my spin of the day that I pulled from my record shelves today and this one is on Uni Records, which is pretty common Promotional copy, not for sale, and it's got a stamp from the radio station on it. It says February. It says Feb 25, 1972, and there's two of these records in here. Let me take a look at them. By the way, oh, my gosh, I mean hold on a second, oh yeah they are in just absolutely stunning condition.

Speaker 1: 25:15

I can assure you these have never been taken out of the sleeve, so these have been sitting in this record two copies of this Very rare DJ promo promotional copy. They've never even been played, so I'm going to pull one out, play this for you. One of them is a real classic, by the way, and this one does have a B-side. So I'm looking at and these are both stereo. Let me see this one's stereo Yep, all stereo. No monos in this. They did release some mono versions of this, so, anyhow, this is a song written by the artist performing it and by his co-lyricist. That's very popular, originally released on this artist's 1971 album, which I will tell you in a moment, and it was produced later, produced and released as a single in 1972. So this came out a year afterwards In the UK or in the United States, excuse me. This was certified gold May 19th of 05. It went platinum August 19th of 2011,. And three times platinum. So this thing kept selling better and better as years went on. Three times platinum on April 26th of 2018 by the Recording Industry Association of America, and the song was certified gold on the 17th of August 2018 by the British Phonographic Industry. It went platinum on the 2nd of August of 2019, two times platinum on Christmas Eve of 2021. So, again, this song is really very it's getting more and more popular, with the lyrics written by this great co-writer.

Speaker 1: 27:02

This song was first featured as the opening track to this artist's 1971 album, and the lyrics inspired by the co-writer's first visit to the United States in 1970. The lyrics intended to capture the spirit of California where I'm from, by the way, but it's where he found the woman that he met, highly contrasted with those who he had met in his home country of England. And this gentleman also stated in a 1973 interview in Rolling Stone that the song is about Maxine Fiebelman, his wife at the time. In 2019, fiebelman said quote I knew the song was about me. I'd been into ballet as a little girl, sewed patches on the back of the artist's jackets and jeans, referring to the song's description of a seamstress for the band. You know what it is Piano-based accompaniment, pedal steel guitar by British guitarist BJ Cole, light percussion, paul Buckmaster strings, quiet choir, backup vocals by Tony Burrows, among others. Tiny Dancer, written by and performed by Elton John. That's the song. We take a listen blue jean baby.

Speaker 2: 28:38

La lady. Sinstress for the band. Pretty eye Seen. Stress for the band. Pretty eyes, pirate smile. You marry a music man, ballerina. You must have seen her Dancing in the sand. Now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand. Jesus freaks out in the street handing tickets out for gone turning back. Tickets are for gone Turning back. She just left the boulevard is not that bad.

Speaker 1: 30:00

Piano man Due to the songs. By the way, the runtime six minutes and 12 seconds. Tiny Dancer initially was a non-starter as a single in the US. Reached number 41 on the US pop chart, not even released as a single in the UK. Matter of fact, some radio edits ended the song following the first chorus because the first verse repeats. So some radio stations banned the song due to the controversial opening lines of the second verse Jesus freaks out in the streets. The song fared better in Canada. Elton John had much of his early commercial breakthrough success there Peaked at number 19. Hit in Australia Peaked at 13. Song slowly became one of Elton John's most popular songs, even in the places that failed to embrace it initially. The entire six minutes and 12 seconds version of that, as we flip it over the other song this is also a madman across the water. It's the album, great album. This is a song on the flip side, also a very. It's also a great song. This is called Razor Face Oop. I put the wrong record on Hold on let me.

Speaker 1: 31:35

Flip it over, put the wrong side back, put the wrong record back on All right. Hold on a second. Flip it over, all right, all right. Razor Face, flip it over, all right, all right, raise your face. Here we go, here we go.

Speaker 2: 32:04

Has anybody here seen a razor face who hurt his back? Looking for a place to lay down? Must be getting on. Needs a man who's young to walk him around. Needs a man who's young to walk him around. Need the man who's young to walk him around. Oh, it must be hard for the likes of you to get by in a world that you just can't see through. And it looks so cold. How does it feel to know you can't go home?

Speaker 1: 32:56

I just think this is one of his best songs and never got any airplay. How?

Speaker 2: 33:00

does it feel to know you can't go home?

Speaker 1: 33:26

And, by the way, his co-writer, as I failed to mention Bernie Taupin. Of course, Bernie Taupin is, yeah, his co-writer and he was fantastic, as I was thinking of that song. So, yeah, my favorite song on that album, even though I think Razor Face Razor Face is certainly one of my favorites of his Leave On just off the record, since I don't have this record up here. Off the record is maybe my favorite on there, but I do like Razorface. But Levon is pretty awesome as well. So I'm going to leave it at Razorface and I want to say thank you so much for tuning in today to Pat's Peeps 101. Look for some really cool things in the very near future. I know I keep saying that, but keep listening. I promise, all right, more to come. We'll see you on the radio.