Pat's Peeps Podcast

Ep. 110 Today's Peep Celebrates our 110th Episode, Anxiety Calling a Radio Show, Greatest American Rock Band Debate, Mel Blanc Tribute, "Pucker Up" with Junior Walker and the All Stars, and Community Partnerships Unveiled

July 10, 2024 Pat Walsh
Ep. 110 Today's Peep Celebrates our 110th Episode, Anxiety Calling a Radio Show, Greatest American Rock Band Debate, Mel Blanc Tribute, "Pucker Up" with Junior Walker and the All Stars, and Community Partnerships Unveiled
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Ep. 110 Today's Peep Celebrates our 110th Episode, Anxiety Calling a Radio Show, Greatest American Rock Band Debate, Mel Blanc Tribute, "Pucker Up" with Junior Walker and the All Stars, and Community Partnerships Unveiled
Jul 10, 2024
Pat Walsh

Celebrate with us as we mark the milestone of our 110th episode of Pat's Peeps podcast! We're kicking things off with a heartfelt reflection on our recent chat with Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees. Despite the brief interview, Mickey's charisma and stories left us craving more, and we're thrilled to announce that part two is on the horizon. But that's not all—we're excited to share our vision of transforming Pat's Peeps into a vibrant, community-driven platform. With the support of local businesses already rolling in, we're eager to offer exclusive perks to our devoted listeners.

Are you ready to pick the greatest American rock band of all time? We dive into the heated debate, exploring the legacy of Southern rock titans like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers, and the timeless influence of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Our discussion spans the Bay Area greats like the Grateful Dead and Creedence Clearwater Revival, as well as legendary acts such as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bob Seger, the Eagles, and Van Halen. We even venture overseas to recognize the monumental impact of bands like Deep Purple, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and Pink Floyd. This is a conversation guaranteed to stir the passions of rock aficionados everywhere.

We also take a nostalgic journey through some unforgettable cultural moments. We touch on Donald Trump's latest controversial remarks, pay tribute to the legendary voice actor Mel Blanc, and reminisce about the golden era of Saturday morning cartoons. We then celebrate the electrifying music of Junior Walker and the All-Stars, whose hits like "Buckle Up, Buttercup" and "Come See About Me" continue to light up the airwaves. Join us for a trip down memory lane, filled with laughter, music, and heartfelt moments as we look forward to the next chapter in the Pat's Peeps saga.

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Celebrate with us as we mark the milestone of our 110th episode of Pat's Peeps podcast! We're kicking things off with a heartfelt reflection on our recent chat with Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees. Despite the brief interview, Mickey's charisma and stories left us craving more, and we're thrilled to announce that part two is on the horizon. But that's not all—we're excited to share our vision of transforming Pat's Peeps into a vibrant, community-driven platform. With the support of local businesses already rolling in, we're eager to offer exclusive perks to our devoted listeners.

Are you ready to pick the greatest American rock band of all time? We dive into the heated debate, exploring the legacy of Southern rock titans like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers, and the timeless influence of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Our discussion spans the Bay Area greats like the Grateful Dead and Creedence Clearwater Revival, as well as legendary acts such as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bob Seger, the Eagles, and Van Halen. We even venture overseas to recognize the monumental impact of bands like Deep Purple, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and Pink Floyd. This is a conversation guaranteed to stir the passions of rock aficionados everywhere.

We also take a nostalgic journey through some unforgettable cultural moments. We touch on Donald Trump's latest controversial remarks, pay tribute to the legendary voice actor Mel Blanc, and reminisce about the golden era of Saturday morning cartoons. We then celebrate the electrifying music of Junior Walker and the All-Stars, whose hits like "Buckle Up, Buttercup" and "Come See About Me" continue to light up the airwaves. Join us for a trip down memory lane, filled with laughter, music, and heartfelt moments as we look forward to the next chapter in the Pat's Peeps saga.

Speaker 1:

Hey now, hey, hey, how you doing here. Oh, fantastic, thank you so much. No, no, howdy, so good to be with you. Yeah, that's Creeps 110. Zippity-doo-dah-day. Thank you for tuning into my podcast. It's the Pats Peeps podcast. As we come to 110 podcasts Again, I'm not sure, but again that might once again coincide with the temperature outside. I don't know. I think it's supposed to be 111 today or tomorrow. I think I was checking ahead, maybe it's, I don't know. Tell you what it feels like 111 right now. If it's not, it's close to it, maybe 110. There were well, I'm looking out the studio windows of the beautiful foothills of Northern California Golden country, I tell you and there's just the tiniest of a breeze. But here we are and I'm just so happy that you are listening to the podcast Now.

Speaker 1:

Yesterday was a big day here on the Pats Peeps podcast as we had a special guest, mickey Dolenz from the Monkees. Thank you so much, mickey, for coming on. I had set this up and if you were listening at about 20 minutes into the podcast yesterday, I asked Mickey a question. I was going to ask him a question and he says hey, you know, pat, just to let you know, we had only 20 minutes. Today I don't know if you were aware of that my manager and I said oh no, I did not. I had no idea that we only had 20 minutes. I had enough questions. I was going to go deep with Mickey Dolenz yesterday. I mean, I had so many questions I could have had him on for an hour and a half but alas, he had 20 minutes. I respect that. I know how the business works. I said no problem, mickey, no problem. So if you missed yesterday the podcast number 109, I encourage you to go back and check out Mickey Dolan's the Last of the Surviving Monkeys. I'll tell you, to be honest with you, though, I barely felt like I was even getting into any of my questions. He said some very interesting things and then that was that he was expecting a call, but in a very complimentary manner. At the end I was just delighted when he said you know, pat, I will say this though I'm enjoying talking to you and you know your stuff and I would be happy to come on again if you want to do a part two. And I said, yeah, absolutely, that's so. I will let you know when we're going to do that. I will, I'll find out soon and then we'll schedule that for a part two, but I appreciated his time yesterday and if you listen to the podcast, very grateful for that, and maybe you'll give it a chance Pat's Peeps 109 and all your streaming platforms.

Speaker 1:

I want to say, as we get into the peeps and I generally don't focus on this part, but for a minute I just want to say how excited I am right now and how proud I am, quite frankly, that I have heard, just today alone Let me share this with you Just today alone, I have had meetings with three local businesses, and you know I keep saying that Pat's Peeps is going to be more than just a podcast. This is more than a podcast. What you're about to see is a lot of local businesses that I'm personally vetting. I'm talking to them, interviewing them, seeing what they're all about, really looking at local businesses who are trying to grow and to gain customers and, on the flip side, those of you who listen, who are going to be, hopefully, pat's peeps. You're going to be able to go into these local businesses and get great deals. You'll be able to walk in, you'll show them a coupon, pat's Peeps, and they're going to give you a great deal. That's the way it'll work and I'm going to. I'll expand more on that part of it very soon, but here's what I want to say Today alone, without advertising anywhere. We have not put any advertising out. The only place is right here, me speaking about it, and if you listen to my show, I'm also the host of the Pat Walsh Show. It's heard everywhere, on the iHeartRadio app nationally, internationally, locally, at KFPK, monday through Friday, 7 to 10 pm.

Speaker 1:

We havea huge following and I'll tell you what I represent a lot of businesses and those businesses that I represent and this is in no way bragging, it's nothing about ego, but it makes me very proud these businesses are flourishing and they have been. Most of the most of the ones I'm representing were I've been representing since 2020, during a pandemic, when a lot of people were very nervous with their business, and I can tell you and I can show you that these businesses are flourishing and they get so many customers. And it says a couple of things. Number one you guys are great, I appreciate it and I, you guys are great, I appreciate it and I appreciate you giving them a chance, and I appreciate. Number two, the businesses for doing such a good job, and I would never tell you otherwise, and I also appreciate the fact I can tell you about them. Be honest with you.

Speaker 1:

I go on these trips to Italy. I'm going to go to Ireland with Conservative Tours which has nothing to do with politics, by the way. We're going there in September. We'll sell it out. All the people there will say you know what, pat, I'm going. Not only do we want to go here, but when we heard you talking about it, we trust you, and that means a lot to me is your trust. So you're going to hear more about how, if you are interested in us giving your business attention, I will give your business some attention. We're going to tell you how to do that. Apparently, I barely even have to tell you, though, because not only did I have three meetings today alone with people, all of whom are going to be Pat's Peebs, I have another meeting tomorrow and then another one on Friday. My goodness, you guys, thank you for giving me a shot, thank you for giving me the opportunity. It is so appreciated, and we're going to pass everything on to all of you who are listening. We're going to save you some money. I'll tell you that as well, so that's a really super positive thing.

Speaker 1:

What else is on my mind today? Oh, you know what I called a show today. You know people call my show all the time, man. Last night we were talking about TV, old time TV. I had so many calls, so many comments. It was really a great time Because, based off of the Mickey Dolan's interview I was talking about I think that maybe was one of the first TV shows I remember seeing in living color was the Monkees.

Speaker 1:

And so when I mentioned that, I mentioned some others, like the FBI in Color, a Quinn Barton production starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr. They were literally featured, the fact that it was in color. And so we started talking about it and the phones just, I mean exploded, banked the entire night, soon, as someone would call in with a thought, you know, a comment, and I'd let them go. When they were finished, bam, someone else on the line, just like that. So that was all based off of that Mickey Dolan's interview, and so I and I know my point of bringing that up is because I know there's a lot of people who listen and they'll tell me all the time Pat, you know I listen but I don't call.

Speaker 1:

I just I'm so nervous and I think, gosh, you know why be nervous. You don't have to be nervous, it's literally as easy as you and me right now talking. But I understand that little mini phobia because even when I call now, it didn't happen today and I've kind of managed it now. But there have been times, excuse me, where I need to get a drink of water here and I thought I brought a drink of water. Overall, that's all right, no big deal, but nonetheless I'll call a radio station.

Speaker 1:

Whether it's about music or a show, I should say on the radio whether it's about music. You know me'll call a radio station, whether it's about music or a show. I should say on the radio whether it's about music. You know me. Music or sports or whatever, and to give my opinion. And there is a little anxiety that you suffer when you're on hold, I mean because, okay, they could be coming to me next. I want to make sure I have everything right that I was going to say. I don't want to, you know, have a brain fart when I go in there like oh, what was I going to say?

Speaker 1:

oh, no, and then just flame out. You want to kind of sound like you're ready to go, and humor goes a long ways. I'll just give you that hint. Humor is a big thing, even if you made a mistake. If you're using humor, people are going to forgive you, but anyhow.

Speaker 1:

So I called Eddie Trunk, trunk Nation. He always talks about rock and roll and he was talking about the other night he was talking about I was listening on my way home from work. They'll replay his show I was listening to. His topic was the top five American rock bands. Now, two words being key rock and American. All right, so, and then I'm and that gets me to thinking, and everyone loves chiming in on that stuff and I started thinking oh gee, who would that be? Who would be the top five, which, to me, then it has to morph into the top 10, because I can't. It's so hard to choose, and I'm sitting there trying to force. Think about that for a minute. If you had to choose top five American rock bands, I just want to say for me personally, if you're talking about American rock, for my equation I took the king out of it because he's the king.

Speaker 1:

I mean, there's the king, there's Elvis Presley. And then there's everyone else. Not because necessarily it's my taste. It isn't my taste. I do like Elvis. I'm not a fanatic, but I do like Elvis. I mean I think he went. There was no one cooler than Elvis in the 50s man, no one cooler Wearing that plaid jacket. He was all greased down on his hair. You know, he had those slacks on, those pleated slacks, those shiny shoes. He'd be doing that old hip thing dancing. He looked cool. Man, got the shirt all unbuttoned under there, looking slick the king, just like when? When? Excuse me, I don't know why my throat is so raspy, I need a drink of water, but just like. So I just took Elvis out of the equation because it's Elvis and then everyone else. So let's, just for the sake for me, I'm going to take him out of the equation, leaving everyone else to fight for kind of second. Besides, elvis is a solo act.

Speaker 1:

I'm talking about a rock band, and Eddie did the same thing. Eddie Trunk Trunk Nation did the same thing on Sirius Radio the night before, with or no, the night after, last night, I should say no today, today, today. So it was the American bands last night. Today it was Grand Funk, by the way American band. Today it was international bands. Bam started thinking about those.

Speaker 1:

So in my mind, as I started reeling them off, I'm thinking well, all right, where do I go with the American bands? Think about it. Who would you say? If someone asked you and maybe you know I have brought this up on my radio show before, I don't know if I'll bring it up again, but it's always a topic that people love If you were going to say, all right, what is the greatest American rock band, who would you say?

Speaker 1:

I almost gave the radio phone number 916-921-1530. I'm asking you a question but I can't get your answer Because it's a podcast. But I mean just for thought, until maybe we can get a way to interact with one another. I mean, there's so many to think of. Some of the ones that came to mind for me right off the bat American. Do you agree or disagree? And in no particular order, by the way. All right, I'm going to say that. Is it Aerosmith? Could it be Aerosmith? I mean Aerosmith, you're talking about it and you know great being. You know there's a lot of determining factors, but you know it could be the greatest albums. I mean Led Zeppelin didn't have nearly as long of a duration of time. Nor did the Beatles than, let's say, the Rolling Stones. But in that body of work, I mean, hey, it's hard to beat them. So, whatever your criteria, is what would be your top five or ten? Here's some of the ones I thought of. Could it be Leonard Skinner? Would you have to put Leonard Skinner in there? I think so. I would argue. Leonard Skinner definitely belongs in the top five or ten rock bands of all time.

Speaker 1:

Now someone might jump up and say, well, what about the Allman Brothers? Well, that could be. It's whoever you think, right If you're talking about Southern rock, right? Another, I mean, maybe it's, and I don't even know. I don't even know if you could say Simon and Garfunkel, if that's even a, if you would consider that a group or if you would consider it rock. So I'm going to kind of, for the sake of this, I'm going to go ahead and leave out Simon and Garfunkel because A, I don't really consider them rock and I don't really consider them a group, I consider them a duo. What about Bruce Springsteen, the boss? He's the boss, right? I mean, could you say, or would that be a solo artist? Or would you say well, now wait a minute, pat, because that's Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, which is the epitome of band.

Speaker 1:

Hmm, maybe it's a band that came from the Bay Area? Hey, maybe it's the Grateful Dead, right, robin. Maybe it's another band that came from the Bay Area who never had a number one hit. Well, how could that be? How could it be the greatest rock band if they never even had a number one hit? Well, lots of great bands have never had a number one hit. Well, how could that be? How could it be the greatest rock band if they never even had a number one hit? Well, lots of great bands have never had a number one hit, but they were the king of the number two hits. I'll tell you that much. Some folks are born Made to wave the flag Ooh, they're red, white and blue. And when the bandwagon Hail to the chief, ooh, they point the cannon At you. Lord, it ain't me, it ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no.

Speaker 1:

Senator Sons, could it be Creedence, creedence, clearwater? I ain't no fortunate one. I'll tell you what. Here's the good news and the bad news. While you're thinking about that, at least I found out where my glass of water was, as I just kicked it into my equipment, thank you, thank you so much. I got so excited to listen to Creed's, I just kicked it into my equipment. Kick it now. It ain't me, it ain't me. I ain't no millionaire song, no, no. Are they the greatest American rock and roll band? They had so many hits, number two hits. What about Tom Petty? Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers? Maybe Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are the greatest American band. There's so many when you think about it. Here's one you might consider.

Speaker 1:

I was a little too tall, could have used a few pounds. Tough choice, right, tough choice. By the way, I have no license to play these. I'm just educating and whatever, trying to earn anything off of it. Argument could be made, bob Seger, right, tom Petty, some people would go Pat.

Speaker 1:

You're leaving out the most obvious. If you're talking about American bands, there's one choice right. I think they have the biggest, if not the biggest selling album of all times, the Eagles' greatest hits forever. It was the biggest selling of all time, I think. Perhaps maybe it has been eclipsed. I can't remember who eclipsed it, but man, that record was absolutely huge. So some people go yeah, come on, now you know it's the Eagles. And then, as soon as someone says that they go, really the Eagles. Well, there was this other band that came out in 78. A band called Van Halen, a little band called Van Halen, whatever you think it's a good question. So I called Eddie.

Speaker 1:

Today was international top five, and when I went to the international top five, I did sort of like I did with the American top five. And when I went to the international top five, I did sort of like I did with the American top five. I left out Elvis, because he's just, you know, he just reigns supreme. Too many people think that he's the king. So on the international side, I just left out, even though I love both of them. I said, all right, I'm going to remove the Beatles and the Stones. It's the most obvious, the Beatles and the Stones, because Eddie's show is more of a hard rock show. But it's okay if you want to call up and say, look, I mean, these are the top five. It doesn't have to be you know hard heavy metal rock, you know hard heavy metal rock. So I started thinking about that and I might talk about that on my show sometime. I don't want a copy from Ed, but Edward, I probably will.

Speaker 1:

So I call him up and I said, all right, here's, even though there's a lot more, here's my top five, and in no order. And I'm leaving out great bands and I get it, but these are the ones. I just said I'm going to go with these. So I says, alright, again in no order Deep Purple, acdc, black Sabbath, pink Floyd and one, two, three and that's five. And I said honorable mention UFO and Bad Company. He allowed me the honorable mentions. So, anyhow, when I said the list, he goes repeat those for me. So I repeated it when I started off with Deep Purple and he goes. So when he hung up on me when he let me go on the phone, he just went off on a tangent of Deep Purple and I appreciated it so much.

Speaker 1:

I love when I can get the conversation going about a certain topic. When you call the show, and he did he went off on it and he did. He went off on it and he was talking about and he's so right how Deep Purple you know in England, overseas, internationally, like Deep Purple is like the king of rock. They are the biggest deal In America, not as much Led Zeppelin is sort of looked at in that realm, that elite status, but he says overseas Deep Purple they reign supreme in terms of rock and roll and to me it's hard to beat Deep Purple Richie Blackmore, john Lord, Ian Page Blackmore, ian Gillen. So it made me very happy to get that conversation going. He started talking about Lars Ulrich from Metallica and his love for Deep Purple and how Purple, like I say, reigns supreme in Europe. It's such a great tune.

Speaker 1:

I saw this tour 1984. I think it. It was the Deep Purple Perfect Strangers tour. It was one of the best live shows I've ever seen. In terms of rock, I would also argue that that is one of the greatest comeback albums of all time this Back in Black and Heaven and Hell, black Sabbath. Speaking of hard heavy metal, rock. Not heavy metal so much, but hard rock. So that made me feel pretty good to get that conversation going.

Speaker 1:

But I will admit and you call this there's just a wee bit of the anxiety on hold. Let's see, who else did I think of on that list? I thought, oh, you know, I don't know Boston. I'll tell you one to me, when you're talking about the greatest American bands, I can't leave this off. I just cannot leave it off because, honestly, in my honest opinion and this is just based on what I just believe, not so much whether or not, whether or not it's my favorite, you know I just believe this has to be this band in the top five American bands of all time.

Speaker 1:

There's a world where I can go and tell my secrets to you in my room. In my room, from the Surfer Girl album, we have the Beach Boys. Come on now. That's so cool. In this world, I lock out all my worries and my fears In my room. No one else had that sound and if they did, they were copying the Beach Boys In my room. So in that song, right there, there's a place where I can go and tell my feelings to her, whatever he says in that song.

Speaker 1:

Switching focus momentarily, I'm going to dip in, if you don't mind, into politics because I heard something. Donald Trump has a place to focus his Tell his, his place, his room, to tell his thoughts to. You know and this happened to be in Florida and maybe he's doing this elsewhere, but I do, ha, I do have to laugh at this. I, you know, I get Donald's bravado. I get that I'm as good and appreciate as much as anybody. Good sarcasm, satire, making analogies, you know, I love it. You hear me do it all the time. I'm always a smart aleck when it comes to that.

Speaker 1:

It's just my sense of humor. I'm listening to Trump today and I'm like, what, what did you say? Like, sometimes you got to kind of know. Again, just my opinion. Again, I'm not a Trump zealot, I mean. I actually think we've all been bamboozled all the trials and the 34 felonies and all that crap. Well, that's just my opinion. But sometimes you just want to go. Hey, here's the thing. Don hey, hey, hey, hey, you know you, you gotta be quiet, don't say these things. So he's in Florida. Have you heard this? The Hannibal Lecter thing? Anyone heard this? Alright, here we go here we go here.

Speaker 1:

He is Trump. It's fair game when you're talking like this. Here we go.

Speaker 2:

I think they have some good leadership. I think a lot of unions are coming our way, but these millions and millions of people that are coming from prisons, coming from prisons and jails, you know there is a slight difference. Ok, they're coming from prisons and jails, mental institutions and insane asylums like Silence of the Lamb. The press always says why does he ramble about silence? Silence of the Lamb? The late, great Hannibal Lecter, he'd like to have you over for dinner. Did you ever? Don't do it. If he suggests I'd like to have you for dinner, don't go. But these are the people. These are the people that are coming into our country and they're coming in at numbers that nobody can believe. Venezuela has its lowest crime rate in 30 years.

Speaker 1:

Look. So these are the people letting into the country as Hannibal Lecter, golly man. I hope that they're really Golly man. I hope that they're really. I mean, I am against the Biden policies more vehemently than many and equal to many of you. Stop it. We are not going to accept this. Turn around, go home. Those of you who are here illegally. You got to go and do it legally. That's the way I feel, like it or not, but honestly I can't go. Gee, they're all a bunch of Hannibal Lecters. I can't say that Now, you know. Maybe you can or think that. And I'm also not saying that they're not sending criminals, because we've seen it. Criminals from Venezuela, not Valenzuela, venezuela. Criminals from Mexico. We've seen at the beating of the police officers, murdering young women, we've seen it. Yes, the policy, the current policy, is wrong. I agree with Donald Trump, but I'm not sure I get the Hannibal Lecter reference.

Speaker 2:

It's all I'm saying, because they're taking their gang members and they're dropping them into Virginia, but you have a governor that's not letting them stay very long.

Speaker 1:

I mean right now the gang members are like hey, man, hey, don't call me Hannibal Lecter, I'm just a gang member. What you call me Hannibal Lecter, what's up now? I'm just a lonely gang member. Come, amber. What you call me a Hannibal Lecter, what's up now? I'm just a lonely gang member. Come on now, bro. Anyhow, there you go, but I think they have some good luck. Thank you, donald.

Speaker 1:

Ladies and gentlemen, donald Trump, one thing I'm going to talk about on my show tonight is this is the anniversary of the passing of one of the great voices in our lifetime, one of the great, iconic voices of our lifetime, someone that I grew up watching, loving lifetime. Someone that I grew up watching, loving, and someone who I still admire, still watch, still love, part of my childhood. Some of the greatest voices ever in American entertainment. Might I inquire to ask him what's up, doc? The great Mel Blanc died on this date, the 10th of July 1989. We'll probably talk about Mel Blanc tonight on the show because I mean, again, he was one of a kind and created so many others. What's up, doc? What's up, doc? What's up, doc? In again, he was one of a kind and created so many others.

Speaker 1:

My Saturday mornings were not the same without Bugs and a Roadrunner. Anyone remember when you were watching Saturday what's up Doc, what's up Doc? Anyone remember when you were watching Saturday morning cartoons? Does anyone else remember this? On CBS there would be. You'd be watching, and I hope I haven't talked about this before, I don't think I have. I hope I haven't talked about this before, I don't think I have.

Speaker 1:

But she'd be watching cartoons and a thing would come on during the cartoons, called In the News. Does anyone remember that? And it would be for kids. You know it would make this little sound and go Next In the news Trying to find. See if I can find that somewhere. But that is a great memory for me as well. I was just thinking about that when that Bugs Bunny came on. That just really made me think about that. Maybe it's this right here. Hold on, here you go In the news. Yeah, remember that. Just remember that. It'd come on during the commercials, during cartoons. October of 76. In the news an ice skating superstar At the Winter Olympics this year, diane DeLue, won a silver medal. Today Diane is working hard on a new kind of skating career In the News. Remember that. Oh, my God, jeez, that was a flashback Brought to you by Nabisco.

Speaker 2:

In the News is sponsored by Nabisco. You'll find quality in our corner.

Speaker 1:

Wow, wow. That just had a flashback Based off of Mel Blanc Bugs Bunny into the news. In the news Talk about Mel Blanc tonight on my show again, the Pat Walsh Show. Well, let's get to my record of the day. Today I found another American artist. I'm going to pull it out of the sleeve here. Let me see. Is this the sleeve? Let's see what the condition of the record is in. This one looked like it got played a little bit. It looks pretty good condition. But yeah, this does not have that pristine that shine to it. The label is white. It is on oh boy, the sticker's covering it. Anyhow, it's a Motown affiliate Soul or something like that. So anyhow, dj copy not for sale. There's writing on the label in red ink that says from the radio station that says 126.67. I think that this even though the trademark of the Motown record corp is 66, 67, and I think this came out actually eight days earlier, on January 18th of 67, if I am correct.

Speaker 1:

Now, in terms of the artist, the artist, one of the all-time great musicians. This guy played on scores of Motown records. Almost none of them got the label credit and no chance in the spotlight, and the lone exception to that was this artist, born Oscar G Mixon, later changed to Autry DeWalt Walker in Blytheville, arkansas. He was inspired on the alto and tenor sax by George Mason, gene Ammons, louie Jordan, earl Bostic one of my favorites Reminds me of my pops man, earl Bostic, and he also had a special respect for Charlie Parker and Nashville Session man Boots, randolph, homer Randolph. But Walker should be on the top, at least close to the top of that list, at least in my and other people's opinions, in terms of rock and roll and the greatest tenor saxophone.

Speaker 1:

Saxophones Grew up in South Bend, indiana. Took up saxophone in high school. First band was the Jumpin' Jacks, a combo Consisted of this person, joe Neal, and then later Fred Patton on piano, paul Smith on the drums. He joins another band. This artist did and played in a trio local jazz and R&B clubs in Niles, michigan, and the group was called Billy Sticks, nicks and the Rhythm Rockers run by Billy Nicks.

Speaker 1:

But I'm going to play this song for you. This song first recorded April 27th of 66. Yep, the album was recorded July 18th of 66. Yep, the album was recorded July 18th of 66 and released on this date. Well, july 17th or January 6th 17th of 67. The record says January 26th of 67.

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So, without further ado, love this dude's music. Let's pucker up buttercup. Junior Walker and the All-Stars. Buckle up, buttercup. I wanna kiss you one time. Buckle up, buttercup. I wanna kiss you one time. I wanna hug you. I love their sound Standing at the door and when they try to kiss you you just egg them out. You always tell them no and never tell them why. Buckle up, buddy come. I wanna kiss you one time. Buckle up, buddy come. I wanna kiss you one time. I wanna kiss you one time. I wanna hug you. Black cup. I wanna show you how this went to number three on the pop charts, number 11 on the R&B charts. He had other hits. Come See About Me went to number 24, hip City, part II, number seven. It's Junior Walker and the All-Stars. Thank you for listening. Buckle up buddy cup. The Pat's Peeps 110. I look forward to 111. We'll see you. Before I'm through, I'll be having these same words from you Buckle up for the pub.

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