KRLX mix #29 (2/27/2019)

No one in their right mind follows The Godfather of Soul.

That’s what (eventual) consummate showman Mick Jagger learned one day in Santa Monica, California, when he and his fellow Stones appeared on the T.A.M.I. Show broadcast after James Brown and the Fantastic Flames’ blistering performance of — among other selections — “Please, Please, Please”:

(Luckily the Stones seem to have recovered from what Keith Richards later called “the biggest mistake of [their] career.”)

In addition to its T.A.M.I. Show segment, this paternal birthday tribute episode of WTAW encompasses Motown, surf rock, bossa nova, a certain Minnesota-born folkie before he goes electric, and a healthy dose of Beatlemania. Join all the cool kids and get The ’64 Look!