The Songs Vin Played for 10/01/2000

SCHEDULE UP UPCOMING GUESTS:

There are three essential Commandments:

     Respect The Elders.
     Embrace The New.
     Encourage The Impractical and Improbable,
     Without Bias.
                                                       — David Fricke

These are the songs I played on
Vin Scelsa's IDIOT'S DELIGHT®

on 102.7 WNEW-FM New York on 10/1/00

“Once in a while you will fall
But it’s all ... in the game ....”

– Carl Sigman, “It’s All In The Game” (1958)

I opened the show by noting the death of Tin Pan Alley songwriter/lyricist Carl Sigman who died on 9/26/00 at the age of 91. One of his most well known songs is “Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think” – I searched high and low for the famous Guy Lombardo recording of it, but came up empty. I’ll get one by next week. (He also wrote “Where Do I Begin” – the theme for the film “Love Story” – a song which must be in millions of music boxes around the world!) I played several of the diverse songs he had a hand in creating.

JACK McDUFF Walking The Dog (opening theme)

“THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD”   Television Theme Song   (singer not credited)
TOMMY EDWARDS   It’s All In The Game
BILLIE HOLIDAY   Crazy He Calls Me
TONY BENNETT   Crazy He Calls Me
THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS   Ebb Tide
LOUIS PRIMA   Civilization (Bong, Bongo, Bongo)
GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA   Pennsylvania 6-5000

RADIOHEAD   Everything In Its Place
RADIOHEAD   Kid A
RADIOHEAD   The National Anthem
RADIOHEAD   How To Disappear Completely

RYAN ADAMS – guest – solo performance and conversation

http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/newreleases.php3

Ryan was in the great band Whiskeytown, (which is no longer together....) He has just released his first solo album entitled Heartbreaker – a real beauty! We had a long and rewarding visit together.

WHISKEYTOWN Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight

RYAN ADAMS (CD) Breakdown on 9th Street
BO DIDDLEY Who Do You Love

RYAN ADAMS   (live)   AMY
RYAN ADAMS   (CD)   AMY
ELLIOTT SMITH   Son Of Sam

RYAN ADAMS (live) To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high)
RYAN ADAMS (CD) To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high)

RYAN ADAMS   (live)   Winding Wheel
STACEY EARLE   Dancin’ With Them That Brung Me
RYAN ADAMS   (CD)   Damn, Sam (I’m in love with a woman that rains)

RYAN ADAMS (live) From Pilot To Passenger (incomplete)
(he just started writing this song today, putting words to the music for the first time tonight; he had no idea what he had sung!)
RYAN ADAMS (live) Abigail (new song)

RYAN ADAMS    (CD)   Bartering Lines
RYAN ADAMS   (CD)   Oh My Sweet Carolina   (with Emmylou Harris)
WHISKEYTOWN   Midway Park

At this point in Ryan’s visit I invited his manager into the studio. Frank Callari was a guy who used to hang out with me and Thom Morrera back in the late 70s - early 80s, late at night, on the old musical WNEW-FM. We would have these long rambling esoteric conversations as part of “The Butch and The Brick Affair” for which we each had alter egos – Morrera was Monsieur LeBrique, Frank was Andre Faux Pas, and I was Nino Nesci (which means “know nothing” in Italian). (Morrera also was known as Father Thom; I was Bayonne Butch!) Frank and I haven’t seen or talked to each other since 1982! He’s been living in Nashville for years. It was a wonderful reunion! In addition to Ryan he also manages Lucinda Williams, Terry Radigan and others ... and managed both The Mavericks and Marilyn Manson at the same time!

RYAN ADAMS   (live)   Just Like A Whore   (new song)
RYAN ADAMS   (live)   Why Do They Leave
RYAN ADAMS   (live)   Gimme Sunshine   (new song)

RYAN ADAMS   (CD)   Call Me On Your Way Back Home
JOHN COLTRANE   Blues To Bechet
HANK WILLIAMS   Blue Love   (solo demo version)
LAURA CANTRELL   Do You Ever Think Of Me

RADIOHEAD   Treefingers
RADIOHEAD   Optimistic
RADIOHEAD   In Limbo
RADIOHEAD   Idioteque
RADIOHEAD   Morning Bell
RADIOHEAD   Motion Picture Soundtrack
RADIOHEAD   silence — hidden track — more silence

B.B. KING & ERIC CLAPTON   Riding With The King   (John Hiatt)
JOHN HIATT   Only The Song Survives   (from new album)
LOS LOBOS   Cumbia Raza   (Spanish version)
RUBÉN GONZALÉZ   La Luvia
JOE JACKSON   Hell Of A Town   (pre-release)

MARK KNOPFLER   Prairie Wedding
LYLE LOVETT   North Dakota
RICKIE LEE JONES   For No One
GILLIAN WELCH   Barroom Girls
MARK KNOPFLER   Baloney Again
MOBY   Natural Blues
WOODY GUTHRIE   Talking Dust Bowl Blues

COLIN HAY   Waiting For My Real Life To Begin   (new import)
SIMON & GARFUNKEL   Dangling Conversation
JOSÉ CARRERAS   Celebration   (Paul McCartney composition)
THE BEATLES   The Long And Winding Road

RICHARD “GROOVE” HOLMES Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me

Show ended at 2:05 AM.

NOTE: I'm not able to write the extensive notes I used to. Instead I've put web links to certain artist sites.

There is finally an Idiot's Delight t-shirt!
I designed it myself. It's simple, low key and to the point. It's short-sleeved, in heather gray, with very dark blue (almost black) lettering. The "3 essential commandments" are on the front and the show name is on the back, all quite unobtrusive, with no corporate or commercial logos anywhere. The shirt is only available through World Hunger Year (it was a Hungerthon '99 premium), for a $50 donation to that fine organization. For further information, call WHY at (212) 629-8850 or visit <http://www.hungerthon.org> or <http://www.worldhungeryear.org>.

NEW FEATURE: Check out the Idiot's Delight Audio Archives, where we'll be storing current guest
appearances as well as dipping into the past for guest segments from some of my favorite shows. We’re
limited as to space, so each guest segment will only remain up for a few weeks; and space limitations also mean that the segments are available in mono, not stereo. Please alert your friends in other parts of the world that there's now a way to listen to some portion of Idiot's Delight!!
The link is: <http://www.wnew.com/audio/scelsa>

I now have a new Internet-only free form show! “Vin Scelsa's Live At Lunch”!! http://www.liveatlunch.com is heard live from my home studio Tuesday thru Thursday from noon to 3 PM ET (and repeated immediately from 3 PM to 6 PM ET so that it is on at noon for the West Coast). In addition, each show is archived for several months and is available to listen to on demand.

VIN SCELSA's IDIOT's DELIGHT ® is produced by KARA MANNING.
The engineers for all guest performances are DAVID VANDERHEYDEN
and PAUL ALTEMUS.
Very often they use they employ the services of my most Earnest Personal Assistant , SEAN "Shoe Hand" CLEARY.
Vin can be reached via e-mail at <idvin@tellurian.com>.

Engineer Paul has his own personal web page <http://www.engineerpaul.com>, which also contains "The Songs I Played" every week, as well as some of the digital photos he takes of our guests.

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