WFMU: Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from June 11, 2024

Listener comments!
	12:58pm Mr Fab: Hi Miss Mei! have no idea who this character is, but sounds good.
	1:03pm Mr Fab: "Richard Peterson's First Album" - were there others?
	1:04pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @12:58 Richard Peterson is a musical savant. He likely has some form of autism or other disorder, and he is proficient in more than a dozen instruments. Influenced by the production music of the TV show "Sea Hunt" that he loved growing up, he begann to write his own compositions. He started out playing on the street, trumpet in one hand and bucket in the other, which read "no canadian coins" on it. He could often be seen playing outside of sports games. His song "Second Album" was included as a bonus track on the Stone Temple Pilots' album "Purple", which gave him further recognition. He is a big fan of Johnny Mathis and has seen Mathis live more than 100 times. He is also a friend of Jeff Bridges (who he calls "The Sun Of Sea Hunt", after his father Lloyd Bridges who starred in that show) and has opened for Bridges' band before. He has a trick he does where he plays piano and trumpet at the same time.
	1:05pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:03 Peterson was the subject of a documentary called "Big City Dick" a number of years back, which you can see on Youtube. Richard recently finished recording the tracks for a Christmas album, which will be coming out later this year.
	1:06pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:03 Richard has 10 releases on his Bandcamp page.
	1:08pm Miss Mei: In his spare time, Richard enjoys collecting "lost" balls and has amassed quite a collection. He finds them anywhere a stray ball may go, and he names each one of them.
	1:09pm Miss Mei: Richard is not just a composer, but a lyricist as well. He has a speech impediment and doesn't consider himself a singer, so friends and session musicians will sing his lyrics.
	1:09pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:06 Wow! So he's playing all the instruments?
	1:10pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:09 Yep! Aside from a couple exceptions, he plays basically every instrument on his albums.
	1:10pm Miss Mei: richardpeterson.bandcamp.com... Please support Richard here! I have, and I don't regret it.
	1:13pm Miss Mei: Richard's love for production music is something I have in common with him - the first music I ever actively archived were German production music LPs, back when I was a teenager!
	1:14pm Miss Mei: I am hoping to fit in at least his first three LPs on the show today.
	1:16pm Miss Mei: We are currently on track 7, "After The Gold Rush" of his debut album.
	1:18pm Mr Fab: yeah wasn't expecting any Neil Young in my production music, but this is great.
	1:19pm Miss Mei: Richard's favourite production music composer is the late William Loose, who he had the pleasure of meeting in the 1990s.
	1:23pm Miss Mei: As you can see, Richard has "The Knack" for performing!
	1:33pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Richard Peterson's First Album" by "Richard Peter... The final track of Richard's debut LP, "Death Valley Disco Days!"
	1:34pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:23 Awesome.
	1:35pm wenzo: Howdeee
	1:39pm Miss Mei: ↳ wenzo @1:35 Ello!
	1:41pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "The Second Album" by "Richard Peterson" On The Second Album, we are introduced to Richard as a lyricist! Featuring an array of guest vocalists.
	1:43pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "The Second Album" by "Richard Peterson" (Most of the album is instrumental though)
	1:52pm Hugo (NL): Hi there!
	1:53pm Miss Mei: ↳ Hugo (NL) @1:52 ello'
	1:54pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "The Second Album" by "Richard Peterson" Please consider supporting the artist: richardpeterson.bandcamp.com...
	2:21pm Mr Fab: Was away from the radio for a bit. Did I miss the breakdance song?
	2:22pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:21 Yep, complete with a rap!
	2:23pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "The Second Album" by "Richard Peterson" The final track of the second album, "Wonderful Wonderful"! Next up we travel to 1990 for a little "Love On The Golf Course", inspired by Richard seeing Johnny Mathis playing golf at a course in California.
	2:24pm Mr Fab: “inspired by Richard seeing Johnny Mathis playing golf at a course in California“ - is this guy a stalker?!
	2:25pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:24 He's quite the passionate fan. He and Mathis have since became friends!
	2:27pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:24 Richard would go the extra mile just to see Johnny, say hi and get a handshake. Richard spoke on whether this was "stalking" or not in the documentary, but I forget what he said.
	2:29pm Miss Mei: You can read further about Peterson here: www.lewistalk.com...
	2:34pm Miss Mei: Another Richard fact I forgot to mention - he is very skilled at drawing buildings/architecture and can tell you the number of floors a building has/the year it was built in an instant.
	2:35pm Miss Mei: You'll have to watch the documentary to see his art, I don't think much of it is online. But he's very good.
	👻 2:38pm Herb: Hi - have you played that Love on a Golf Course track before? It sounded very familiar.
	2:41pm Miss Mei: ↳ Herb @2:38 Yes, this is its second play. We don't have enough time to hear the whole album today, but you can listen to the whole thing here: richardpeterson.bandcamp.com...
	2:52pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Love On The Golf Course (Full Album)" by "Richard... Mathisization!!!!
	👻 2:52pm Herb: ↳ Miss Mei @2:41 It made an impression!
	2:52pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Love On The Golf Course (Full Album)" by "Richard... Feat. The Young Fresh Fellows!
	2:53pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Love On The Golf Course (Full Album)" by "Richard... I have tried to cover Richard's songs before, but the chords are too complicated for me!
	2:56pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @2:52 ha, those guys are cool. Good for them.
	2:58pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Love On The Golf Course (Full Album)" by "Richard... Time is up, so we must stop here, at track 7 "Misty"! Feel free to listen to the rest of the album on bandcamp!
	2:59pm Mr Fab: Thanks so much for introducing me to this amazing talent, Miss Mei.
	👻 3:00pm Herb: 🤙🏻
	3:03pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:59 Go listen to more some time!
	10:17am Christina in Canada: Far too late, but relevant: I not only watched the documentary but I passed by Richard Peterson once when I lived in Seattle.

Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from June 11, 2024

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June 11, 2024: Big City Dick
Richard Peterson is a Pacific NW institution, a well-known savant Seattle trumpet player/piano player/composer. His music is heavily influenced by the 1950’s and 60’s television soundtrack work of the Columbia and Ziv music production companies. Richard released his first 45rpm single in 1976. He advanced his career by playing trumpet outside the football and baseball games.

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Artist	Track	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Richard Peterson	Richard Peterson's First Album		1982	LP	https://richardpeterson.bandcamp.com/album/richard-petersons-first-album
Richard Peterson	The Second Album	Tan Records	1985	LP	https://richardpeterson.bandcamp.com/album/the-second-album	0:42:28 (Pop-up)
Richard Peterson	Love On The Golf Course (Full Album)	Popllama Records	1990	CD	https://richardpeterson.bandcamp.com/album/love-on-the-golf-course	1:28:56 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:58pm Mr Fab: Hi Miss Mei! have no idea who this character is, but sounds good.
	1:03pm Mr Fab: "Richard Peterson's First Album" - were there others?
	1:04pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @12:58 Richard Peterson is a musical savant. He likely has some form of autism or other disorder, and he is proficient in more than a dozen instruments. Influenced by the production music of the TV show "Sea Hunt" that he loved growing up, he begann to write his own compositions. He started out playing on the street, trumpet in one hand and bucket in the other, which read "no canadian coins" on it. He could often be seen playing outside of sports games. His song "Second Album" was included as a bonus track on the Stone Temple Pilots' album "Purple", which gave him further recognition. He is a big fan of Johnny Mathis and has seen Mathis live more than 100 times. He is also a friend of Jeff Bridges (who he calls "The Sun Of Sea Hunt", after his father Lloyd Bridges who starred in that show) and has opened for Bridges' band before. He has a trick he does where he plays piano and trumpet at the same time.
	1:05pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:03 Peterson was the subject of a documentary called "Big City Dick" a number of years back, which you can see on Youtube. Richard recently finished recording the tracks for a Christmas album, which will be coming out later this year.
	1:06pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:03 Richard has 10 releases on his Bandcamp page.
	1:08pm Miss Mei: In his spare time, Richard enjoys collecting "lost" balls and has amassed quite a collection. He finds them anywhere a stray ball may go, and he names each one of them.
	1:09pm Miss Mei: Richard is not just a composer, but a lyricist as well. He has a speech impediment and doesn't consider himself a singer, so friends and session musicians will sing his lyrics.
	1:09pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:06 Wow! So he's playing all the instruments?
	1:10pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:09 Yep! Aside from a couple exceptions, he plays basically every instrument on his albums.
	1:10pm Miss Mei: richardpeterson.bandcamp.com... Please support Richard here! I have, and I don't regret it.
	1:13pm Miss Mei: Richard's love for production music is something I have in common with him - the first music I ever actively archived were German production music LPs, back when I was a teenager!
	1:14pm Miss Mei: I am hoping to fit in at least his first three LPs on the show today.
	1:16pm Miss Mei: We are currently on track 7, "After The Gold Rush" of his debut album.
	1:18pm Mr Fab: yeah wasn't expecting any Neil Young in my production music, but this is great.
	1:19pm Miss Mei: Richard's favourite production music composer is the late William Loose, who he had the pleasure of meeting in the 1990s.
	1:23pm Miss Mei: As you can see, Richard has "The Knack" for performing!
	1:33pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Richard Peterson's First Album" by "Richard Peter... The final track of Richard's debut LP, "Death Valley Disco Days!"
	1:34pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:23 Awesome.
	1:35pm wenzo: Howdeee
	1:39pm Miss Mei: ↳ wenzo @1:35 Ello!
	1:41pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "The Second Album" by "Richard Peterson" On The Second Album, we are introduced to Richard as a lyricist! Featuring an array of guest vocalists.
	1:43pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "The Second Album" by "Richard Peterson" (Most of the album is instrumental though)
	1:52pm Hugo (NL): Hi there!
	1:53pm Miss Mei: ↳ Hugo (NL) @1:52 ello'
	1:54pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "The Second Album" by "Richard Peterson" Please consider supporting the artist: richardpeterson.bandcamp.com...
	2:21pm Mr Fab: Was away from the radio for a bit. Did I miss the breakdance song?
	2:22pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:21 Yep, complete with a rap!
	2:23pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "The Second Album" by "Richard Peterson" The final track of the second album, "Wonderful Wonderful"! Next up we travel to 1990 for a little "Love On The Golf Course", inspired by Richard seeing Johnny Mathis playing golf at a course in California.
	2:24pm Mr Fab: “inspired by Richard seeing Johnny Mathis playing golf at a course in California“ - is this guy a stalker?!
	2:25pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:24 He's quite the passionate fan. He and Mathis have since became friends!
	2:27pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:24 Richard would go the extra mile just to see Johnny, say hi and get a handshake. Richard spoke on whether this was "stalking" or not in the documentary, but I forget what he said.
	2:29pm Miss Mei: You can read further about Peterson here: www.lewistalk.com...
	2:34pm Miss Mei: Another Richard fact I forgot to mention - he is very skilled at drawing buildings/architecture and can tell you the number of floors a building has/the year it was built in an instant.
	2:35pm Miss Mei: You'll have to watch the documentary to see his art, I don't think much of it is online. But he's very good.
	👻 2:38pm Herb: Hi - have you played that Love on a Golf Course track before? It sounded very familiar.
	2:41pm Miss Mei: ↳ Herb @2:38 Yes, this is its second play. We don't have enough time to hear the whole album today, but you can listen to the whole thing here: richardpeterson.bandcamp.com...
	2:52pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Love On The Golf Course (Full Album)" by "Richard... Mathisization!!!!
	👻 2:52pm Herb: ↳ Miss Mei @2:41 It made an impression!
	2:52pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Love On The Golf Course (Full Album)" by "Richard... Feat. The Young Fresh Fellows!
	2:53pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Love On The Golf Course (Full Album)" by "Richard... I have tried to cover Richard's songs before, but the chords are too complicated for me!
	2:56pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @2:52 ha, those guys are cool. Good for them.
	2:58pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Love On The Golf Course (Full Album)" by "Richard... Time is up, so we must stop here, at track 7 "Misty"! Feel free to listen to the rest of the album on bandcamp!
	2:59pm Mr Fab: Thanks so much for introducing me to this amazing talent, Miss Mei.
	👻 3:00pm Herb: 🤙🏻
	3:03pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:59 Go listen to more some time!
	10:17am Christina in Canada: Far too late, but relevant: I not only watched the documentary but I passed by Richard Peterson once when I lived in Seattle.

Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from June 11, 2024

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