email Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “The Uncle Meat Variations” by The Mothers Of Invention Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Dvorak…the alphabet of classical composers goes on and on…and then you come to “Z.” May I offer “Zappa?” Yup, Frank Zappa…an artist whose music will be studied by serious composers for generations to come. […]
3D Radio Walks Again
email I’m Uncle Marty with The 3D RadioActivity number 399, and we’re going to Walk This Way, that way, and every which way as we put on our musical footwear, for another stroll through the music we haven’t played on the show yet. We have over 50 of them at hand, or underfoot as it […]
Song Of The Day – The Jukebox Series #5 – Ben E. King – “Spanish Harlem” b/w “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” – Atlantic Oldies 45 OS-13068 (I1/J1)
email Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – The Jukebox Series #5 – Ben E. King – “Spanish Harlem” b/w “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” – Atlantic Oldies 45 OS-13068 (I1/J1) “The Jukebox Series” focuses on the 80 records that inhabit my 1963 Seeburg LPC1 jukebox. I’ve had […]
Song Of The Day – The Jukebox Series #1 – Dale Hawkins: “Susie Q” b/w “Don’t Treat Me This Way” – Checker 45 #863 – 1957 (A1/B1)
email Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – The Jukebox Series #1 – Dale Hawkins: “Susie Q” b/w “Don’t Treat Me This Way” – Checker 45 #863 – 1957 (A1/B1) Today marks the beginning of a new semi-regular series for Song Of the Day by Eric Berman. “The Jukebox […]
3D I’LL Land
email This time your Uncle Marty is taking you on a cruise to the I’ll’s of music. Our feature could be about a small bit of land in a body of water, or the walkways between the shelves in a store, but it’s not. This will be another time on our 398th adventure of The […]
Song Of the Day – “Foolin’ Around” by Patsy Cline
email I wrote about this song no more than a month ago when Bakersfield, the Buck Owens tribute album by Vince Gill and Paul Franklin came out. However while barbecuing earlier this evening; I revisited the wonderful recordings of Patsy Cline. When her version of this Buck Owens classic came on, I knew I wanted […]
Song Of The Day – “At The Hop” from “Woodstock” by Sha Na Na
email They were the penultimate act at the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair, coming on right before Jimi Hendrix 44 years ago today. Sha Na Na was a 1950s revival group that hailed from Columbia University in New York City. By a stroke of luck, they were booked to perform at the Woodstock Music & […]
Song Of The Day – “The Worst Band In The World” by 10cc
email The premise of a super group is that all of the members are well known entities unto themselves. Everyone knew who Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were, and what bands they played with before they united. The group members behind today’s Song Of The Day were also a super group, however they were behind-the-scenes […]
RadioActive Re-Run
email I’m Uncle Marty, we have taken a second road rides the past couple of times on The 3D RadioActivity, so this time we’ll take the 394 exit, and although we won’t actually be “Running on Empty”, we have plenty of hits to our musical score… or should we call them Re – Runs? Click […]
Song Of The Day– “Lumpy Gravy” by The Persuasions
email From Gospel to The Grateful Dead, The Persuasions are an a capella group whose musical tastes know no boundaries. The group’s five original members, Jerry Lawson, Jesse “Sweet Joe” Russell, Jayotis Washington, Herbert “Toubo” Rhoad, and bass vocalist Jimmy “Bro” Hayes began singing on the street corners of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn during the early […]
