Back in the day when I was doing Wake Up And Smell The Coffee on KPFT I discovered a band called Bongos, Bass and Bob which featured magician Penn Jillette on bass, and his friends Dean Seal on bongos and Rob Elk on guitar.
The album was called Never Mind The Sex Pistols and featured a song called The Thorazine Shuffle.
It was requested often and even to this day I still get the occasional e-mail from someone who tells me how they remember that song and how much they enjoyed hearing it on my program, all those years ago…
Jay:
I have the complete BB&B album in mp3 form if you can use it. Did you know that Teller designed the cover AND provided keyboards and (gasp!) backing vocals?
I’ve said it before, but you DO need to do a Smell the Coffee revival set on Sound Awake one of these Tuesdays. The time is ripe.
Cheers,
Jeffrey
I’ve been searching for a copy of BB&B’s Thorazine Shuffle for years!!!!!! This morning I finally found a copy, and wouldn’t you know it, I got it from Jay Lee from Technology Bytes!
This is Christopher of the Famous Earthbus that visited you guys a few years ago…. its a small world damnit.
Keep up the Geek.
Christopher
I heard this song on KGRG in Puyallup WA back in 99 or 2000. I taped it but my tape ran out before the song was over. It has driven me absolutely nuts ever since (only having the first verse of the song). I didn’t find out what it was or who sang it until about 2006, and have been unable to purchase or download the song until I stumbled upon this page 02/28/08.
All I can say, is thank you for finally helping me catch my musical white whale.
I miss Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, we always listened to that on Friday mornings when driving into school. I still remember the time you called the kids out for being closed minded and not taking into account the fact that some fans of the same music have jobs and so can’t dress/look as them . . .
Brian
Forza Roma!
Dale Dale Dale Dynamo!
Dude
I had not heard that song for many a year,yes I heard it allso on K.G.R.G. Right on!
so that is the name of em,thanks for the info(& downloadable song)
I jammed to that station when I was the Biker baker doughnut maker(winchels doughnuts & drove a motorcycle)
Peace
been doing the shuffle the last few weeks knew me before I knew it/like the cha
I have passively sought this song for years.
The college radio station in Lubbock, Texas, played this song A LOT during the mid-1990s. I remember hearing it at night when I was driving home from work.
Excellent find. This really is the best Christmas ever.
Same situation Miguel, my dad and I have been looking for this song since my 6th-7th grade years (late 90’s). Shame KTXT looks gone for good.
So, I have been searching for this song for months and months. Thank you!
OMG!!! I haven’t heard this in years!!! And like Rob and Frank I too first heard it on KGRG waaaay back, even had most of it recorded on the end of a cassette tape! Somehow over the years it was lost, along with my memory, and I couldn’t remember who the heck did it! Now I’ve caught my musical white whale too..well..one of them anyway…
Hey, on the off chance Rob and Frank, another KGRG listener, or anybody that knows sees this, I’m also tryin to find out who did a Hard rock or Metal (if I remember right) version of Jefferson Airplanes White Rabbit. If my memory serves me right it woulda been mid to late 80s or 90s. I checked the box to be notified of followup comments and will be checkin back here periodically…
In the meantime I’m gonna shuffle on outta here and continue on my next search
Thanks so much. I was told that I would be “worshipped forever” if I could find this in MP3 format.