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G Is For Great Speckled Bird

8/4/2019

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*Originally released January 21st 2015*

This episode, Doug and Steve cover a Canadian classic formed by Ian and Sylvia Tyson: Great Speckled Bird. Two albums, a tv show, and a million line up changes - wow these guys were busy! The brothers also talk about moving to the US as a career choice, variety shows, and making it up as you go along.

Six Degrees From King Crimson:
Great Speckled Bird -> Todd Rundgren -> Hall & Oates -> Robert Fripp -> King Crimson
Great Speckled Bird -> David Briggs -> B. B. King -> U2 -> Brian Eno -> Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew -> King Crimson

Music featured this week: 
Long Long Time To Get Old - Great Speckled Bird
Some Kind Of Fool - Ol' Eon
Old Cheyenne - You Were On My Mind
Calgary - Great Speckled Bird
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5:21 - Check out the video for Maroon 5's "Sugar" here, where the band crash multiple weddings

9:00 - Big thanks to our friends Curtis and Silmara, who requested this ep. Check out The Orange Lamphouse, the homepage of their projects.

15:21 - Here's a great story, as told by Ian Tyson, about the chain of marijuana from him to Bob Dylan to The Beatles

19:20 - Here's the interview with Ian and Sylvia on Studio Q with that guy who beats women

29:40 - Do you agree with Steve, that New Pornographers owe a lot to Great Speckled Bird? Check out "The Bleeding Heart Show" from Twin Cinema.

34:39 - Here's that clip Steve was talking about, from the Johnny Cash show

38:41 - We talk about this more in depth with our episode N Is For No Doubt!

41:36 - This has somewhat been rectified in recent years, as their first album is now available on iTunes

Doug's Recommendations:
Love What You're Doing, Child - Great Speckled Bird

Steve's Recommendations:
Trucker's Café - Great Speckled Bird


Great Speckled Bird's Biography by The Cool Groove

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