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Saturday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with CHUCK BERRY!

Tonight is all about songs that would sound tip top on any gorgeous Saturday night. Pretty simple.

Rock music and country music crossovers have been popular for a long time. Johnny's got a pretty good idea which area code to trace it to. Chuck Berry and 'Maybellene' getting us going tonight.

Saturday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with JIM CROCE!

Johnny is pretty certain this checks the Saturday night quality music box in ink. Johnny does have a story (Ohhhhhh, goddammit Johnny you promised no more stories) about this song. When Johnny was a young shaver he was downtown in Ortonville and Johnny's dad wanted to stop into the old downtown bar and hotel (It's the shame of Ortonville, it burned down one Christmas Eve directly across the street from the fire station) and his dad bumped into a friend of his from some civic work and she was the mother of a girl Johnny was friends with in school. They chatted and had a couple drinks and the nice lady gave Johnny money to put money in the jukebox. Remember the halo that appeared over John Belushi's head in The Blues Brothers in church? That moment came to Johnny when he realized he could pick the music for the whole bar. "Thank you Fran's mom, "Thank you Fran's mom,"Thank you Fran's mom..." Hey Jenny Slater, Hey Jenny Slater.

The first song he picked, oh hellz yeah, 'Bad Bad Leroy Brown' and Johnny got side-eye from his dad but Fran's mom sure tapped her nails and sang along. And here we are, and it's a beautiful day. With another Music Series.

Saturday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE KINGBEES!

Everyone loves this song on a gorgeous northeastern Michigan summer night. Everyone.

It is known.

The Kingbees and 'My Mistake' getting us out the door this week.

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“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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Just an FYI dear readers; The Music Series will be Saturday this week

Johnny is downstate tomorrow at his Godson's wedding so it's be near-impossible to put up one remotely. Johnny promises, if you tune in Saturday night, it'll be alright for fighting...

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Dueling is legal is Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Keep this in mind next time you're in Paraguay.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with MARVIN GAYE!

Long time fans of the Music Series here and back in New Jersey and before that Ypsilanti know Johnny loves him some Marvin Gaye. So many many songs by him in the iTunes vault. Always hard to choose just one but here goes. 'Ain't That Peculiar' stepping us off tonight.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS!

Always one of Johnny's favorites from the Chili Peppers catalog. That percussion break about 3/4 of the way through the song is a treat for the ears even more so ears with headphones on them.

'Breaking the Girl' batting second tonight.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with PUBLIC ENEMY!

Johnny was just coming back into town a while ago from East Tawas and had this one blaring out the car windows along the US-23 strip through old Oscoda town.

It sounded soooo very good. 'Fight the Power' sending up and out into this good night.

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It's becoming very apparent in his six months here in Oscoda. This has to be THE friendliest town in Michigan. Have we tried that on billboards?

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE J. GEILS BAND!

Nothing better than a 70's throwback night on the Music Series. We can't promise no giant handle combs or GASS shoes, pet rocks, or mood rings were hurt in the making of tonight's show. Let's begin with Pine Knob's fave-o-rite party band, The J. Geils Band and 'One Last Kiss'

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with RAINBOW!

Johnny is willing to bet when you woke up this morning you never thought you'd hear 'Since You Been Gone' all up in your ears before bed. You're welcome.

Also, maybe his life would be better with the introduction of some socks.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with STEELY DAN!

So many many magnificent Steely Dan songs to choose from. Here's an underrated gem in Johnny's eyes, 'The Royal Scam from 1976.

Sometimes this band is just sublime. This is one of those times.

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Johnny's got company coming in this weekend and with this weather what better way to sell Oscoda. He'll have a lot of fun showing them around.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with ETTA JAMES!

Everything goes better with Etta James music. It's such a fantastic night out there let's get big and brassy shall we? 'I Just Want to Make Love to You' has everything necessary to get things started right tonight.

That sax is nassssssssty baby. Johnny would remind you Foghat does a version of this song but he can't keep a straight face typing it.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with GERRY RAFFERTY!

Stealers Wheels was an ok band. They had a couple songs but sometimes you gotta let the band go if you're gonna make all the money with all the solo hits and writing credits. Which of course brings us to Gerry Rafferty and the amazing album, City to City. This is one of the tracks that got a lot of play and Johnny's best friend growing up loved it so here we are with 'Baker Street' up next on tonight's Music Series.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with HARVEY DANGER!

On such a perfect night out there in northeast Michigan tonight Johnny thought for a while about which song he was sending you all on your way with. How about something a little anthemic and fun to sing to.

Ok sure, the air drumming is fun on this one too. Harvey Danger and the 90's classic, 'Flagpole Sitta'

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It's June 1st, oh boy it's June 1st!!

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