Returning guest Mick Hans brings us a lost 60s nugget this week, as we explore the music of singer/songwriter/guitarist Merrell Wayne Fankhauser and his 1968 release: Merrell Fankhauser & HMS Bounty 'Things'. It's as obscure a collection of...
Returning guest Mick Hans brings us a lost 60s nugget this week, as we explore the music of singer/songwriter/guitarist Merrell Wayne Fankhauser and his 1968 release: Merrell Fankhauser & HMS Bounty 'Things'. It's as obscure a collection of wonderfully executed psyche/pop/blues as you're likely to come across, and we're here for it!
Songs discussed in this episode: Wipe Out - Merrell Fankhauser (Live from The Tiki Lounge, 2013); Chicago Shuffle Blues - Julius H; Fort Lauderdale - The Impacts; Wipe Out - Surfaris; The Music Scene - Fapardokly; Ain't No Blues - Mu; Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band; Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond; Things (Goin' Round In My Mind) - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty; Wasn't Born To Follow - The Byrds; Girl (I'm Waiting For You) - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty; Frownland - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band; What Does She See In You - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty; I Can't Reach You - The Who; Lost In The City, Your Painted Lives - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty; Sweet Caroline (Fenway Park, Game 2 ALCS 10-14-2018) - Neil Diamond; Drivin' Sideways (On A One Way Street) - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty; Tomorrow's Girl - Merrell & The Xiles (Fapardokly); In A Minute Not Too Soon, A Visit With Ashiya - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty; Listen To The Flower People - Spinal Tap; The Big Gray Sky, Rich Man's Fable - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty; In A Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly; Ice Cube Island, Madame Silky, I'm Flying Home, Tampa Run, Everybody's Talkin' - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty
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Mick Hans lives in Chicago. He is not a musician, but he wrote for zines in the 80s and enthusiastically plugs projects he believes in - most recently the 30+ years late release of "Time Stands Still" by Chicago's Lorna Donley & The Veil. In 1982 he reviewed a Pete Shelley show for The Coolest Retard, a then-prominent Chicago zine with a now unfortunate name. Shelley was touring his "Homosapien" dance club hit with a large standup reel-to-reel on the stage as his backup band. The tape unspooled during the show.