The Greatest Non Hits
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The Greatest Non Hits
Keller Williams: Laugh
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Stepping into the musical world of Keller Williams feels like discovering a secret society where genres blend effortlessly and musical innovation takes center stage. His 2002 album "Laugh" captures the essence of this jam band pioneer at a pivotal moment in his career—six albums deep and confidently expressing his unique musical voice.
Williams stands apart as a true musical architect, crafting intricate sonic landscapes through his revolutionary looping techniques. Long before looping became mainstream, he was creating full-band sounds as a solo performer, layering bass lines, percussion, and harmonies with impressive precision. "Laugh" showcases this technical prowess while never losing sight of the soulful, funky heart that makes his music so engaging.
What makes Williams truly special is his refusal to be boxed into any single genre. Throughout "Laugh," he weaves together threads of folk, jazz, bluegrass, reggae, and rock with playful lyrics that range from the absurdly funny to the surprisingly poignant. Songs like "Freaker by the Speaker" demonstrate his funk sensibilities, while "Bob Rules" reveals his bluegrass influences with references to game show culture. The instrumental pieces, including "Hunting Charlie" and "Mental Instra," highlight his considerable chops as a musician without becoming self-indulgent.
The album perfectly captures Williams' quirky personality and storytelling gifts. Whether he's commenting on the music industry itself in "One Hit Wonder" or spinning bizarre tales in "Kidney in a Cooler," his distinctive voice shines through. This authenticity has earned him a dedicated following that appreciates musicianship and creativity over commercial success.
Ready to discover why Keller Williams has maintained such a devoted fan base for decades? Dive into "Laugh" and experience the work of a musician who follows no path but his own. Once you've experienced his unique blend of technical brilliance and playful experimentation, you might just find yourself joining the ranks of his appreciative fans. Share your favorite tracks with fellow music lovers who value artistic integrity and musical innovation!
I have some sad news to report. A small puppy, not unlike Lassie, was just run over in the parking lot.
Speaker 2And now it's time for the comedy stylings of Homer Simpson.
Speaker 3Are you ready to laugh? Poor dog I said are you ready to laugh? Quiet, you awful man.
Speaker 4All right, thank you for listening to the Greatest Non-Hits. I'm Chris and playing the song Vabiace from Keller Williams' album. Laugh is my co-host. Tim Laugh is the sixth studio album by Keller Williams, which was released in 2002. And that's going to be the album that we're going to listen to today. It's got 15 tracks, really 14.
Speaker 4The last one is like a reprise of the first song, which is Freaker, by the Speaker, and Keller Williams is a jam bandrise of the first song, which is freaker by the speaker, and, uh, keller williams is a jam band kind of a guy, um, that I wouldn't say. You know no hits. You know there's no hits on this album. You know he's more of a, he's kind of got a, he's got a following within the jam band scene which is a kind of a culture in itself. And, uh, he's um really unique and talented musician, um, but he's, you know, for people who aren't familiar with him, he's really known for like an innovative style. Um, he's got impressive skills, multi-instrumentalists, um, a lot of genre blending. You know they're rock jam. There's folk. There's alternative rock. There's rock jam, there's folk, there's alternative rock. There's all kinds of stuff in his music Bluegrass, some electronic music, some rock. You know references, you know in pop culture all over the place, but this is back in 2002. So you know we're going to like we do on every album, you know, we'll listen to all the songs. Tim and I are going to give you our three favorite non-hits from this one. A lot of Bob Barker in this one References to Palm Pilots. Again, that was a big thing back then. Old Lady from Carlsbad is the name of the song Alligator Alley. We're going to have a lot of fun. We've recorded some funny sound clips, got a little Ryan Lochte in there for a song called Alligator Alley. Freak Show, good stuff.
Speaker 4One other interesting thing about Keller Williams is he's kind of like a looping pioneer. He does a lot of loopy like with his multiple instruments. He'll play like a riff and then hit a loop, play another instrument while the other uh, the looping from the bass, guitar, drums, whatever continues to play. He's uh, he did a lot of that. But I mean, I mean I guess we all do that to an extent. I mean we even do it on the show from time to time, but he was a real pioneer of it. So he's credited for being very creative in that way.
Speaker 4Apparently, I guess he's a self-taught musician, learned to play guitar, other instruments, by ear, very individualistic approach to music, I'd say, um, and interesting, like for a guy who's, you know, not a household name. He's got a lot of albums and a really good musician, you know, and, granted, popularity doesn't necessarily always equate to credibility, and this guy's got a lot of chops, he's got a lot of credibility with me. I'm not a big fan. Tim is a huge fan and he's seen him, I think, multiple times. He was in town recently. I didn't go, but Tim went. Maybe he can give his take on that. So, yeah, this is the sixth album he still has. He's got a bunch of albums. I think he came out with an album just a couple of years ago, so, but he's still out there, he's still touring and, uh, a lot of good musicians um play on this album. One person or one, you know, the, the bass player on this. I think his name the guy who plays bass on this is Ty North, I think is what it was.
Speaker 4Anyway, yeah, there's some instrumental pieces on this album and, yeah, the bass, I think it was. I hear a fretless bass on a couple of the solos, I think at least. So he also collaborates on a couple of the solos. I think at least he also collaborates with a lot of other well-known artists String Cheese Incident, bob Weir, plays a lot of festivals, that kind of thing. He's done a tribute to Tom Petty. I guess they call it Petty Grass, so I guess it's a bluegrass and a Tom Petty kind of a thing. It's part of his tribute to his music. So really innovative stuff, a lot of it that I haven't gotten into much but I'm sure after this I'll listen to this.
Speaker 4I listened to this whole album a few times this week and it grows on you. It's not too heavy. He seems like a really laid back down to earth kind of a guy. I think Tim was telling me a story about in his early days just living out of a van. But you know, I guess you know I think the guys from String Cheese Incident, I guess I think, like the guys from String Cheese Incident, I guess, have really elevated him. I guess they've really resonated with his music and really helped him grow and build a following of his own. So I can completely see both sides of this where he's not a household name but at the same time really well respected and liked by a dedicated, small but dedicated fan base.
Speaker 4So and again, like those elements, there's bluegrass, there's folk, reggae. I guess jazz I do. I hear a lot of jazz in this album. Fredericksburg, virginia is where he's originally from. Reggae, I guess. Jazz I do.
Keller's Musical Style and Looping Techniques
Speaker 4I hear a lot of jazz in this album. Fredericksburg, virginia is where he's originally from. Went to Wesleyan College, virginia, wesleyan in Virginia Beach. I'm just reading from Wikipedia. He's toured with a bunch of other bands besides those. Umphreys McGee Probably knows Mike, my nephew George Shout out to George. He's probably a big fan. I guess he moved out to Colorado after college. I think he's played gigs just for ski passes. I think that was another thing Tim told me about. I don't know. There's a lot to dissect here. There's a lot to. There's a lot to dissect here. There's a lot to listen to. We're gonna have fun. This is gonna be a good episode. Like I said, we've got some funny sound clips. We're gonna listen to all the songs rank our top three. At the end. Tim's putting his guitar away. He's gonna get. He's getting adjusted. His dog is over here. We're at my house. He's like I don't know he's going off the rails already.
Speaker 5You can kind of hear him panting in the background. He's like all right.
Speaker 4Yeah, it's like so he's got the mixing board in front of him. He's adjusting his mic.
Speaker 1Exactly right, there we mic. Exactly right.
Speaker 4There we go. All right, A little Bob Barker there. Tim, how are you doing?
Speaker 2bud.
Speaker 1Exactly right.
Speaker 4Putting his headphones on turning his mic up.
Speaker 5Exactly right here. All right, how are you doing man? Doing good, doing good. That was challenging to play Doing good Doing good. That was challenging to play, you know. Just to summarize, get the minor riff of that one was there's really no resources to learn Keller Williams because he's flying by the seat of his bucket shorts. Sure, you know, maybe the shorts have uh extra pockets. I think he's a he's a cargo shorts man, but uh well, he's a funny guy, he's hilarious.
Speaker 4Yeah, I mean, is he like on stage? On stage Very quirky.
Speaker 5Okay.
Speaker 4Uh, he Improvises, yeah, he he goes.
Speaker 5At set break, somebody came up behind me, scared the shit out of me. He was all playing while he's doing this and he's like you gotta play some cold play, man. And then. So we had a half the audience go. Uh and then, and then the other it was that was for the females, and then the males were doing watermelon avocado, watermelon avocado, and then when he's bringing everybody together. So we basically helped him cover his kooky version of Coldplay whatever song that was.
Speaker 5I got you. You know what song that is, but he's hilarious. I mean, he forgot a verse and he's like ah, you know, he shook it off. Well, he's been doing this for a long time songs.
Speaker 4Well, he's still out there. I mean think about the longevity you know in order to keep doing this for so many years. His discography goes all the way back to like the mid 90s and he's still putting out albums and he's still, he's still touring and so I'm sure he makes a fairly decent living I think so you would think, but uh, it's about he's totally a freak.
Speaker 5I mean he's just, he's crazy, what a freak. I mean yeah he likes his early days. He's always talking about his pack of camel, like sure you know what a freak and living out of the blaze of bago, which is, you know, his Winnebago. The blaze of bago. The blaze of bago.
Speaker 4Okay, so he's a pothead, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 5Excellent guitar player. Yeah, and he had a 10-string guild, that's just sort of crafted for his sort of playing bass and rhythm and lead all at the same time.
Speaker 4Right.
Speaker 5With his sort of pull-offs and up and down the fretboard, the sliding. I mean he's very animated, Gotcha.
Speaker 4Okay. Well, let's get into it, man, because we've got a lot of songs to cover. I'm freaking out. I'm freaking out, man. So let's get into it, man, because we got a lot of songs to cover. I'm freaking out, I'm freaking out man. So well, here you go. Here's like the big bass. Wait, is this Ty North, or do you?
Speaker 5think that this is Keller. This is all Keller. Others fill in the gaps, okay, but if he's playing it live the studio I don't know about, I was just reading from the Wikipedia page of the album.
Speaker 4It said Tye North on bass, but it's probably. He plays all the instruments. Like you said, they're all fill-ins. He composes every day.
Speaker 6Oh, shout out to Cameo Word up, Then right into a backspin. Freaker Never seem to get enough Priceless expression when space is possession, like yeah, that's the stuff. Classic chip, I like it that way. You're just freaking out here. What a freak.
Speaker 2Are you some kind of freak?
Speaker 4There's always that one guy by the speaker going nuts. He's probably had memories of being up on stage watching someone in a purse and going nuts. Oh yeah, Festival crowds are kind of like that. Yeah, you see that one purse, kind of drunk but really into the music.
Speaker 6Rave girl with a lollipop binky and a face full of metal.
Speaker 5Keller has a rave song where he on later albums.
Speaker 6check it out. I guess Just floored the pedal. Her mental clearance is high Are you mental? But the overpass is low. She ducks her head and holds on tight. When she gets through, she lets go, let's go. Let's go, let's go. That's the stuff.
Speaker 3You got good stuff here. Classic chip I thought you were going out there with a loaded gun.
Speaker 5Alright, just watching him play, it's like.
Speaker 4My fingers hurt Watching him play.
Speaker 6It's like my fingers hurt. Yellow shirt bouncers gather in the corner. I feel like the room just got a little warmer.
Speaker 4Yep, the bouncers are converging on him.
Speaker 6What up with that? But don't worry, yo, I got your back.
Speaker 5It tells a story too.
Speaker 6It's like this is big as the both of us, Big all the arms. Big as a school bus Everybody on the bus. It tells a story too. It's like it's cool Everybody on the bus Good.
Speaker 3That's like going out there with a loaded gun.
Speaker 6Shout out to something about Mary, ah, about Mary Ah. That's what happens when you feel the sound. But if that was me, I would be on the ground. I would not get up. I would dance on my back, throw my legs up in the air like I don't care.
Speaker 5Who did the windmill in basketball?
Speaker 6Who did that? I bust into a windmill. The windmill dunk and right into a backspin. Yeah, I don't know. Jordan, I'm in here with firearms. Never seem to get enough Priceless expression when space is possession, like yeah, that's the stuff I just burned. They try to steal me. I'm fine, hold me for my life and I'll die. It's good in the day, these babies can go off, but it's perfectly normal at night. It's good in the day.
Speaker 1I like it that way.
Speaker 6But it's perfectly normal at night.
Speaker 5You think it's going to end there, but he does the sort of ambient, sort of solo at the end. I love this song, oh yeah.
Speaker 2Not familiar with fire huh, classic chip, that's like going out there with a loaded gun.
Speaker 5Is that like?
Speaker 4Chris Elliott. Is that what his name was? I'm not sure. Yeah, he was hilarious in Son About Mary.
Speaker 5Yeah, the guy with the the face was breaking out. He's got the boils Exactly. All right, this next song.
Speaker 6Why can't I?
Speaker 3One hit wonder.
Speaker 4Gotta give it a shout-outs to wonder wonders.
Speaker 6Oh that you steal from a block away. What is the deal? I heard this song four times today, real to real, back by heavies in LA. No, he's been keen. Overplay is the only way. Iron Butterfly Iron Butterfly is the only way. Oh, devita, oh yeah.
Speaker 4And the guy with DeVita Shout out to AHA. Oh so superb. Take Davida.
Speaker 6Shout out to A-Ha Take on me. Shout out to Dexy's Midnight Runners 15 minutes, it's all me. You're hurt.
Speaker 3You're hurt, real fucking bad. You're hurt. Shout out to.
Speaker 6Nate and Cherry For Buffalo Stains. Modern English Shout out to Tainted Love by Soft Slick.
Speaker 4Shout out to I Want Candy. Shout out to Vanilla Ice.
Speaker 6Can't forget him, is that just I don't want to blow it.
Speaker 5He's kind of making fun of himself, right he's.
Speaker 6Shot to David Letterman's life. Yeah, shout out to David Letterman's laugh. Yeah, shout out to.
Speaker 4Dexy's Midnight Runners.
Speaker 6Come on, eileen, come on.
Speaker 5Eileen yeah.
Speaker 4That's so, brandy, you're a fine girl. Come on, eileen. Yeah, that's a brandy, you're a fine girl. Shout out to Looking Glass.
Speaker 6What a good wife, you would be In and out All right, you can't feel, you can't, you can't feel, you can't feel, macarena, macarena what't?
Speaker 5Simple little ditty, simple little ditty. Get Macarena, macarena with a simple little ditty.
Speaker 6Los Del Rio.
Speaker 5We have a power cleanser after this song too. Okay, I'll stop the hands and the Thin air. Yeah, thin air.
Speaker 6Oh, why can't I Latch onto your brain and be that one song that drives everyone insane? Yeah, in thin air, this could be a hit From a black away. What is?
Speaker 5the deal.
Speaker 6I heard this song five times today.
Speaker 5This could be a hit. We should make this a hit just out of irony.
Speaker 4I don't know if we have that power to do that. I know you're right. I wish we did.
Speaker 5Overplay is the only way. Overplay is the only way Overplay is the only way.
Speaker 6Overplay is the only way. Overplay is the only way. Overplay is the only way. Overplay is the only way. Overplay is the only way. What the fuck is he talking about?
Speaker 4No, we know what he's talking about. You overplay the song, and that's what gets it popular. That's how you get a one-hit one.
Speaker 6Ice Ice Baby was just played all the time, 15 minutes or so In and out. Nobody gets hurt In and out. This baby was just played all the time You're hurting real fucking bad.
Speaker 2But you ain't dying.
Speaker 6You ain't dying.
Speaker 5Are you a doctor?
Speaker 6Oh, yes, all right, let's do the palate cleanser.
Speaker 1All right, you freakers doctor oh yes, all right, let's do the palate cleanser? All right, he's, you know, he's a, that's a one hit wonder, two hit wonder all right, shout out to cameo.
Speaker 4Didn't he have like a cod piece? I'm not going to go there.
Speaker 5I'm a salmon guy. He had a salmon piece.
Speaker 4This is baby making music. Shout out to Jacko Pistorius yeah, Jacko.
Speaker 5All I need is some. Yeah, Jacko, All I need is some tasty waves, cool buzz and I'm fine.
Speaker 4This song is called Hunting Charm this is excellent.
Speaker 5Shout out to the runners. Oh yeah, really good running or exercise. It's got that continuous sort of jazzy yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2It's got that continuous sort of jazzy. Yeah, yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 5This might be where Ty plays. Based on this, I don't know.
Speaker 4I hope so. Yeah, he's good, ty North.
Speaker 3It's just tight, yeah, drums, check it, check it, check it, check it. Is it tight north? It's just tight, yeah, drums, check it, check it, check it check it.
Speaker 5Mmm, you know where it's going. It's going mouth trumpet. That's another thing. He's got up his sleeve Mouth trumpet.
Speaker 4Oh, okay. Yeah, I was just going to say you'll hear it. I mean, all trumpets are mouth trumpets, aren't they?
Speaker 5Well, he doesn't actually have a trumpet. Maybe these are actual trumpets actually. Let's see, Are these actual?
Speaker 4trumpets. This is Wikipedia. Let's go to laugh. Are these actual trumpets? Yeah, this is Wikipedia. Let's go to laugh. Are you ready to laugh?
Speaker 5Because he does do the mouth trumpet. It's a trombone.
Speaker 4Oh, wolf Quinn Shout out. He's probably doing the mouth trumpet with the real trumpet, yeah.
Speaker 3That's what's going on. It's loaded.
Alligator Alley and Instrumental Prowess
Speaker 5It's loaded. I'm all thumbs tonight. Yeah, it's alright.
Speaker 4Yeah, the bass is super low.
Speaker 2I like how they low it, oh God.
Speaker 4It's getting crazy. Yeah, shout out to Wisconsin Infomaniac and Mike Crotty Shout out to Crotty on the flute, on the jazz flute.
Speaker 2There's no flute on this one, though.
Speaker 5I bet.
Speaker 1This is Taylor.
Speaker 2Probably it's a great song. Yeah.
Speaker 4Hunting Charlie. All right, this is going to be a tough vote. Yeah, I have no idea. I think you always like, whenever you do your song, it's always like a hint as to where you're going to go with your vote.
Speaker 5I really do like the instrumentals on this, but we'll see Kidney in a Cooler at the end would be the hit to Keller Williams fans.
Speaker 4Mm-hmm, cooler at the end would be the hit to Keller Williams fans.
Speaker 2Okay, that was good.
Speaker 4And the next one. This is Alligator Alley. Shout out to Ryan Lochte, Florida Gator.
Speaker 6Oh man, it feels so weird to be dry. Yeah, you don't want to swim in an alligator alley, that's so cool.
Speaker 4Shout out to the swimmers out there, Sure Shout out to the backstrokers the breaststrokers.
Speaker 5All the uh, All the other strokers.
Speaker 4Yeah to all the strokers out there, keep on stroking.
Speaker 6Wait, just a minute.
Speaker 4Shout out to the air boaters. I'm on the search for excitement.
Speaker 5The imaginary boaters.
Speaker 6And I set Willie free Willie.
Speaker 5Yeah, that was me. You just said all the alligators free killer.
Speaker 6What the hell man? I'm stroked down Alligator Alley Flipping to the freestyle. Try to pick up some speed. I would never swim an alligator.
Speaker 4I wonder, if people do that, I guess you ain't dying.
Speaker 5I always thought it was more of a survival thing for me. I would never be a competitive swimmer, I would just be a survival swimmer. I swam in high school. Now that my legs are breaking down You're a soccer player I'd be willing to swim some strokes.
Speaker 4I mean later on in life. It doesn't break your joints down.
Speaker 6Yeah, now we're going into something. No, now we're going into something. Now he's chained up.
Speaker 4I don't know, yeah, I don't know where this is going. I think.
Speaker 2Where'd you get this jacket?
Speaker 3I got this in the network Let me Shout to Spicoli.
Speaker 5Oh the network. Let me Shout out to Spicoli oh the racket. Good, open chords here. Subtle lines in between Subtle. I bet Jonathan would like this song, oh yeah.
Speaker 6Rollerball Jonathan. Oh yeah, rollerball Chattin' with the fan, so I don't die Doin' the backstroke down. Alligator Alley, flip it to the freestyle. Try to pick up some speed. Ain't no time for breaststroke. I gotta get my ass to the other side nice, uh, simple chord Swim for your life.
Speaker 4It's a nice, simple chord, simple chords there, swim for your life. It changes up the speeds, naturally. This is really good. This is a good song. I always thought I'd be a good Florida hood. All right, yeah, that's a great way to end that one.
Speaker 2All right, that was all too good.
Speaker 4Good job.
Speaker 3Hey, bud, let's party, Okay, so yeah, hey bud, let's party.
Speaker 4Okay, so, yeah. So this is because this song is called Spring Buds, tasty waves, cool buds and he's fine. But this is very it's a tender ballad.
Speaker 5Yeah, we have a tender Tender one here, yeah, so On the last naked day of winter.
Speaker 4On the eve of a fateful thaw. Every good album's gotta have a power balance.
Speaker 6I wasn't imprisoned in frozen tears.
Speaker 4It's not even a power, it's just a balance. It's not a power balance. Of heartbroken love, I think power is just a balance, not a power balance. Heartbroken laws.
Speaker 3L-A-W-S. Not loss, not heartbroken loss.
Speaker 6That was a nice play on words. This guy's a poet.
Speaker 4Shout out to Scarface this really is Class A shit.
Speaker 2Class A shit.
Speaker 3It's beautiful, it's beautiful.
Speaker 6Yeah.
Speaker 4People have their lighters on. Oh yeah, I don't think he plays this live. Maybe he have you heard any of these songs on this album live? Any shows you've been to Kidney in the?
Speaker 5Cooler, okay, maybe Bobby Hachet.
Speaker 6Okay.
Speaker 4One of those crowd favorites in the Keller Williams community.
Speaker 2For sure.
Speaker 4Freaker by the Speaker. Yeah, it's a big one, it's a hit. I could see that. I don't know.
Speaker 5Good drum on this, our altered states.
Speaker 6Oh, mm Good drum on this, and sweet lightning struck.
Speaker 4And the earth opened up. The earth opened us, not opened up Like spring.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 5Shout out to the gardeners out there.
Speaker 4Shout out to the poets Digging that last simile.
Speaker 5They're digging it. Huh, the poet gardeners are digging their last in Sinaloa, yeah.
Speaker 6Oh man In the sacred heart, share everything We'll blossom through. The spring spring star of the morning shines now on her own two wings then sweet light does it.
Speaker 3Then sweet lightning struck, there's a slap, mm-hmm, did you hear that? Yeah, it does. Like a, can the earth overcome A?
Speaker 4slap rhythm. Yeah Well, that means employing a lot of different bass techniques, like spring.
Speaker 5Does it on all. Like the whole, it's pretty cool. Then, sweet Lightning's Drum, I'll give you a topic Getting a little verklempt.
Speaker 6Like spring.
Speaker 4The song Spring Buds by Keller Williams. Discuss.
Speaker 5Amazing, okay. Buds by Keller Williams. Discuss Amazing, oh God, okay.
Speaker 1God, that chokes me up.
Spring Buds and Musical Emotions
Speaker 5We're on to Mental Instra.
Speaker 4It's called Mental Instra.
Speaker 5Are you mental?
Speaker 3Exactly.
Speaker 5It's going to get wild here. This is more than half minutes, more than half a minute.
Speaker 4Prowess on this.
Speaker 5This is Keller.
Speaker 4This isn't tied, it's all. Keller, I got in a knickerbatch. It's tolerable, officer and harmonics. We'll have an axe coming at you. Some people will be getting riddles.
Speaker 5This is wild. This is good. He does the tune and back Right, it's so he's employing heavy metal techniques.
Speaker 6Sure and acoustic Ah.
Speaker 5His googly ass flute.
Speaker 4Sounds like Joni Mitchell.
Speaker 6Help me.
Speaker 4I think I'm falling in love with you. Are you mental?
Speaker 3What the fuck is he talking about? What the fuck?
Speaker 4Shout out to Mike Crotty on that flute thing, crotty.
Speaker 5Cry, crotty, crotty, crotty. I'm going to cry karate, karate, karate.
Speaker 4Not to be confused with Ryan Lochte, you're the next contestant on the Price is Right. So it changed the tempo up because up and down, up and downs. I like this change. You know where this is going.
Speaker 5Bangers, bangers only. Yeah, it's kind of headbanging.
Speaker 3Acoustic. Mom, I am going to rip off your head and shit down your neck perfectly placed all right, yeah exactly right it's gonna be a little laugh.
Speaker 4Don't let this play out yeah we're streaking All right Now. This is the next song. It's Babiace. This is the one that Tim was playing earlier.
Speaker 2It's a little.
Speaker 4Letterman background there. Letterman Leno Oprah on there letter letterman leno oprah this is the song for the runners and the walkers just walking, make sure you have your walking shoes.
Speaker 5If you're walking, you're running shoes.
Speaker 4If you're running, okay adjust your head buds a little bit, a little loose ah, let's party with those head buds.
Speaker 5Wild card hey.
Speaker 6Why is everybody so tense? It's a party disregard for the uptight runner uptight runners.
Speaker 4No, not our audience, not our it's gonna reference the movie Rollerball 1975 about the future, which is 2018. Dystopian corporate takeover kind of thing, James Caan.
Speaker 6Shout out to the.
Speaker 4Jonathans out there From that movie.
Mental Instra and Sonic Experimentation
Speaker 6Jonathan, jonathan, precision. My mind is clear. As a race car driver's, I cannot afford a poor decision. I like this place. I don't want to leave much better than reality.
Speaker 3This wasn't meant to be a game.
Speaker 4A little clip from the 75. John and Ben. John and Ben.
Speaker 5John and Ben. Lots of pull-offs and hammer-ons. Slides Endless, endless slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs. Slides, endless, endless slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs. All day, all day.
Speaker 6I mean Keller's arms are it's are just very big.
Speaker 5He's got some ham hocks no no, yeah, he can play.
Speaker 4He's got to be strong to do that. This is your kind of a song. This is your deal. This is good.
Speaker 6Yeah, for you.
Speaker 4Some of the little too. There's a little bit too much of that. It's a little too noodley to each his own. There's gotta be a little pushback. You can't just like love everything yeah, it's supposed to be.
Speaker 5It's almost playing off of like heavy metal. Well, yeah, in a tongue in cheek, kindcheek kind of way, is that?
Speaker 6what the intention was. I think it is Okay.
Speaker 5It was all about how good he was, how fast he was. Exactly, yes, when he plays. There was one song that he covered. It was a classic rock song and then he got to the solo and he just went. He stopped the whole song, did like one, two, three, four notes, and then and then he went, and then he went back to the song because the solo was just too insane for him to actually cover it I got you he kind of just we know he can play, so it's not about I gotcha okay.
Speaker 4So this one's called Bob Rules this is about Price is Right.
Speaker 6There's all kinds of references.
Speaker 1Price is Wrong Bitch, exactly right.
Speaker 6Shout out to Bob this is the bluegrass tune. This is one of the Good mandolin playing.
Speaker 4It's the bluegrass tune.
Speaker 6There's one mandolin playing there. Shudder Danny nicely, the mandolin Fools. It's the Mitsubishi Mirage four-door sedan with a clutch. Call my name and sit. Come on down. You're the next contestant. Oh my God, I was hyperventilating.
Speaker 1We've all been there, you're just fucking out here.
Speaker 6I hope I do not wake up from this dream. It was what it was.
Speaker 1After all, we have been on for 35 years. 35 years, yes, and it has never happened?
Speaker 4Yeah, that was a reference to a guy who bid. One guy bid $1,000, and then the last guy to bid he bid $9.99.
Speaker 5It's a dumb thing because you can't go over.
Speaker 4But he guessed it right, like right on the nose. It wasn't the only time that it happened. Stairmaster machine yeah stairmaster machine, our beloved.
Speaker 5Put me down, son, and feast your eyes over there.
Speaker 6The sliding doors were a brand new car. I was as happy as I could get, for it was a brand new car, a Chevrolet Chevette. All because the voice of an angel that belong to right Call my name and say you're the next contestant. Oh my god.
Speaker 3Oh my god, I was hyperventilating.
Speaker 6I hope I do not make a promise. The price is wrong. Bitch the price is wrong, bitch what Hi.
Speaker 5That's what I would do. Hi Mom, my mom, price is right, ma, ma Ma.
Speaker 6Ma Ma.
Speaker 1Hi, hi, mom Rod leapt from the stage into the audience.
Speaker 4The best swing. You have two high prices. The third one says $1. And then the fourth guy says $2. I've seen that before, that's sad, you can't guess $1 too early. You have to be the last person. The person that's been up there the longest gets to pick last because he gets the favor of knowing what everybody else picked. It's gotta be embarrassing when you're picked right in the beginning and you go the whole way without making it up on stage.
Speaker 5This is a reference to.
Speaker 4Gunsmoke? I think yeah, something like that.
Speaker 6Westerns, so it's bluegrass and western at the same time. There it is they have a different games.
Speaker 4I like Quanko, that was good. The rock climber.
Speaker 6The yodeler.
Speaker 2The wheel.
Speaker 6Showcase show. The wheel, who did not like the showcase and passed it on over to me, crunching the numbers. I tried to remain calm how much is an all-expenses-paid trip to Guam Guam? Before I could answer a banging game to my door, the housekeeper said you must leave now or pay more. You have no good. I guess that I fell back asleep and slept right through that show. But the next time I'm in LA, you know where I'm gonna go.
Speaker 1Exactly right.
Speaker 6And hope for the voice of an angel that belongs to Rod Roddy. Come on down. I've called my name and since come on down, you're the next contestant. Hey, this wasn't meant to be a game. I hope I don't hyperventilate. I hope I do not wake up from this dream.
Speaker 1You're just freaking out here.
Speaker 5Which is what it will be.
Speaker 3Oh God, oh God Okay.
Speaker 4Alright, this one's called Freak Show.
Speaker 6Look at you some kind of freak With the people on the outside, don't?
Speaker 6know, I think the bond goes here, the tent goes up Is that what this is? And the tent comes down and all that they see is the show. The ladies on the horses look so pretty and the lions are all looking real mad and some of the clowns are happy, you know, some of them are sad. But underneath there's an expression how am I funny like I'm a clown? How am I funny like I'm a clown? I am you, you, how I mean? Funny like I'm a clown. It's about freedom. It's about faking. There's an art to the laughter, there is a science. You need a lot of love and compliance. You need a lot of love and compliance. Welcome to the freak show. Here we go. It's just another freak show. Welcome to the freak show. Here we go. It's just another freak show. Here we go. Welcome to the freak show. Here we go. It's just another freak show. Here we go. Welcome to the freak show. Here we go. It's kind of Hawaiian. Here we go.
Speaker 5Welcome to the freak show. A little too repetitive. Another freak show, here we go. This is one of his big encore songs that he plays usually okay what a freak we live to hear the slack jaw gasping.
Speaker 6We live under a halo of held breath, and when the children raise up a giant shield of laughter, it's just like they're fending off death and we can see how they do.
Bob Rules and Price is Right References
Speaker 6At the end it's like you're spent the clowns will all take off their makeup and all the people will all go home life on the outside funny. No elephants, no sequence, no parading around. Yeah, the circus comes and the circus goes and they're stuck in this fucking town. Yeah, this piece is called Don't Lick my Love, pump Hi and compliance. You need a lot of. Welcome to the Freak Show. Here we go. It's just another Freak Show here we go. Welcome to the Freak Show, here we go. It's just another Freak Show here we go.
Speaker 4Welcome to the Freak Show. Here we go. It's just another Freak Show, here we go.
Speaker 6Welcome to the Freak Show here, we go, it's just another Freak Show. Here we go. Welcome to the freak show.
Speaker 5Here we go. It's just another freak show.
Speaker 4Here we go. Welcome to the freak show. Here we go. It's just another freak show. Here we go.
Speaker 6Welcome to the freak show. Here we go. It's just another freak show. Here we go. Welcome to the freak show. It's just another freak show. It's mandatory Welcome to. I love applesauce.
Speaker 4Getting back to the jazz, here we go. It's called Galavance. A lot of songs on this he's really good.
Speaker 6Yeah, he's really good, yeah, driving and a-diving, dreaming and denying.
Speaker 2Dream the diffusion Of the dying disillusion.
Speaker 3Very poetic, yeah, thank you.
Speaker 4Yeah, he's original. Put a lot of thought, craft into the words, the lyrics. It's a lost art.
Speaker 5He's not afraid to not have it fit perfectly.
Speaker 6Right.
Speaker 4That's an art in and of itself. You don't have to rhyme exactly, it goes for it. Eminem does that too Flabbergasting.
Speaker 5Yeah, eminem, in comparison to Keller Williams, love that well, I mean two different genres, but that's what makes them good, is that they they can fit.
Speaker 4Words in Neil Peart rushed it yeah, words that don't normally fit and they don't necessarily rhyme. The way you can make them rhyme and have it all fit together, that's the that's the art, that's the genius part.
Speaker 6Fit into a theme. People don't do that. Yeah, I know, flabbergasting Galavantine.
Speaker 4It's probably one of the least. Filler songs Listened to song, but not bad.
Speaker 2I kind of liked it.
Speaker 4Yeah, it was a filler, you're right. What is that? What's that? In the background, not bad, I kind of liked it. Yeah, it was a filler, you're right. What is that? What's that tobacco? It sounds like he's swishing his mouth with water or something I'm sure he is Like gargling. Definitely this one is called. God is my Palm Pile. There you go, see. It's like oh God, oh crap.
Speaker 5Yeah, I was playing this song and my dog started barking about barking In a disturbed way. Yeah, this part, the sort of throat singing, oh, this part Disturbed. So if you have animals and they're sensitive to this one, my dog seemed to this one yeah, my dog seemed to not like.
Speaker 4Well, that's him kind of talking into the computer frame thing Keep forgetting what that thing is called Auto.
Speaker 5Yeah, auto Tune, no Well.
Speaker 4It's not the Vibra Slap. That's the Wi-Fi, though, okay.
Speaker 5This is like a modern version of Pun Her Too the Mongolian throat singers Throat singers.
Speaker 4I just wish he didn't have that part in it.
Speaker 2It was such a cool transition, but that was a little too much.
Speaker 3Ha ha ha, it's getting louder.
Speaker 4That's not us. That's not us. That's not us fucking around Boxing.
Speaker 3Yeah, exactly right.
Speaker 4This would be very radio friendly. This is an egg. No, I know why it's not an egg. But I mean it's a good.
Speaker 3It's a little harsh, but it's a good.
Speaker 4It's a little, it's a little harsh, but it's got some good stuff. Almost tolerable, yeah, it's almost tolerable.
Speaker 1Much soft money Can I expect to collect in exchange for my core values?
Speaker 5We've got crooked here, this is called crooked.
Speaker 6I ain't crooked, although I follow the path of least resistance. No, I ain't crooked, although I follow the path of least resistance. I just try and do my thing and maintain my existence, maintain, maintain.
Speaker 5I ain't stupid.
Speaker 6Although I did not complete all of my schooling. No, I ain't stupid.
Speaker 4He does a lot of accents.
Speaker 6Although I did not complete all of my schooling. I ain't crooked, I ain't stupid.
Speaker 4I thought he graduated from Weston Virginia Wilson. Maybe he dropped out.
Speaker 3They had so much fucking money in there, you could build a house out of stacks with a hundred dollar bills.
Speaker 2I got to cry.
Speaker 3Let me have a few minutes. Let me stop this.
Speaker 4Eh, no one wants to hear it. Richard makes it.
Speaker 2I don't want to mess with you.
Speaker 6Richard Nixon, Although I may appear to be shaking, I ain't waking to the faking baking partaking and the headache and corn flaking. I ain't faking baking. What the fuck is he talking about? But my mama tell me that it's true. What, Hi?
Speaker 3And right now, which one of you is mom One thing is for sure I'm lucky, I got you.
Speaker 4Mom, I'm going to rip off your head and shit down it, I'm having a right.
Speaker 3You can take a penny from the tray From the crippled children.
Speaker 6No, that's the job. I'm talking about the tray, the pennies are for everybody, oh, for everybody. Yeah.
Speaker 3Well, those are whole pennies, All right. I'm just talking about fractions of a penny, okay, but we do it from a much bigger tray. We do it a couple of million times.
Speaker 4Shout out to the Office Space fans.
Speaker 1Hey buddy, how you doing this is Chickahop. That's. Fred Collins Just wondered if the monthly policy.
Speaker 4What are the chances?
Speaker 1that.
Speaker 4Jennifer Aniston's Keller Boys fans.
Speaker 5Name is Laurel Trappin' and his name is Chickmunk Trappin'. What?
Speaker 1are the chances that Jennifer Aniston's Keller?
Speaker 3Boyd's family. You take a pen from the tray, from the crippled children.
Speaker 4No, that's the jar I'm talking about the tray.
Speaker 6What the fuck is he talking about? You know, give me a call back sometime when you've got some chance and we'll talk about some tramps.
Speaker 5That's probably an actual call that I didn't quite pick it up.
Speaker 4What's going on in there?
Speaker 5I have no idea.
Speaker 4Why don't you give me a call back.
Speaker 6Let's talk about it.
Speaker 4Fraction of a penny From the crippled children no no that's the jar.
Speaker 6I'm talking about the tray.
Speaker 4We've all been there at the gas station, don't touch those pennies.
Speaker 6Yeah, I get squeamish. I just try and do my thing and maintain my existence. You just try and do your thing and maintain your existence.
Speaker 4Right by those horoscope roll-up things by the counter.
Kidney in a Cooler and Top Three Picks
Speaker 6What else is up there there's?
Speaker 4like dirty pennies, the jar the horoscopes Some ho-hos. Yeah, the cigarillos.
Speaker 5I always thought I'd be a good Florida whore, all right.
Speaker 6This is called Old Lady from Carl's Garden. It's only a minute long. It's kind of cool, very charming, talking with an old lady down at the corner bus stop Talking about Jesus and how her heart he won. Talking with an old lady down at the corner bus stop. She said expect you a miracle, for today you done All right, and now we're going to a kidney and a cooler.
Speaker 4This is a Of all the plays aside from Freaker by the Speaker. This one's got the most listens. So far, so good, Good bass playing.
Speaker 5He's getting a little picky on this. A little picky, a little pick up and down Perpendicular.
Speaker 6A break in the schedule. Sufficient cool, think. Well, we thought we were doing the right thing. Now can I be too picky and shy on a Sunday? Then I'd walk the mechanic with the perpendicular teeth, perpendicular teeth, perpendicular teeth, perpendicular teeth. Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 3Perpendicular teeth. Perpendicular teeth.
Speaker 6Oh yeah, oh yeah, perpendicular teeth, perpendicular teeth, perpendicular teeth oh yeah, about 17th hour they pulled us up in the bay and foggy, too, started taking down the hood. Sailing now, yes.
Speaker 4They're waiting for their car. That's what's going on.
Speaker 6We're going to sail.
Speaker 4There's got to be a story behind this, I guess.
Speaker 6Only two days later, on the way down to Deep Ellum, we broke down in Oklahoma, where a wind come behind the rain. We got towed to Calgary where a woman's car took priority. She had a kidney in a cooler, so two nights we had to stay so she could deliver the kidney.
Speaker 3Deliver the kidney.
Speaker 5That sounds awful. Deliver the kidney. I think it's just a song out of some mixed up travel plans. Things are going wrong. There's a lien of cooler. I'm sure it happened.
Speaker 6Oh yeah, oh yeah. Well, if you go down to Deep Ellum to the gypsy tea room, tell them I'm broke down in Perry and I'll try to make it back soon. Well, if you go down to Deep Ellum to the Gypsy Tea Room, tell them I broke down in Perry and I'll try to make it back soon. Oh sweet mama, your daddy got them.
Speaker 5Deep Ellum blues. Now he's going right into a completely different song.
Speaker 6Oh sweet mama, your daddy got them deep. Villain bleeds. Now I know I will be paying on the concept after it's through.
Speaker 5He puts the nod right in there, right but there's something I got to do.
Speaker 6It's pretty rare A big-ass bus with a satellite dish, A double-decker, double-wide. What I wish I a dream-opened eye.
Speaker 5That this be true. Oh, get ready for some raps, yeah.
Speaker 6My double-decker double-wide, my double-decker double-wide, my double-decker double-wide, oh yeah, my double-decker double-wide, my double-decker double-wide, my double-decker double-wide. Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, my double-decker double-wide, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. Yeah, it's gonna have two ice makers and both refrigerators, a silent but violent generator To run the subwoofers and the disco ball, the escalator up to the dance hall On the second floor with a giant skylight, a driving range and a cool jet light For skinny dipping right after the show. Oh damn. Perpendicular teeth Double-decker.
Speaker 4Little America.
Speaker 6I will work for my double-decker double-wide Perpendicular teeth in Little America. Deliver the kidney in my double-decker double-wide Perpendicular teeth in Little America. Deliver the kidney in my double-dagger double-wide Perpendicular teeth in Little America. Deliver the kidney in my double-dagger double-wide Perpendicular teeth in Little America. Deliver the kidney in my double-dagger double-wide. Deliver the kidney In my double-decker A double-wide Perpendicular teeth Little America. Deliver the kidney In my double-decker Double-wide Perpendicular teeth.
Speaker 4Little America, little America.
Speaker 5Double-decker, double-wide, the traditional Freaker reprise. Yes, but the traditional, amazing.
Speaker 4All right. So the reprise is going to play in the background. We're going to turn it down a little bit. We'll give our top three. We need to speak, all right. So what are you thinking, man? Let's get into the top three and we always start with you. So do you know what your top three?
Speaker 5is. I think my top three has got to be One Hit Wonder. Just because you know what are we doing here? We're doing greatest non-hits. How can it not be on my top three, one-hit wonder?
Speaker 4Of course, yeah, it's a great song, I agree, that's your three Catchy, you know sort of drones on and overplay is the only way.
Speaker 5I kind of like just the composition of that one Really good song.
Speaker 4You know some of these songs. He's really, really talented. Don't get me wrong. I just it's like sometimes less is more, sometimes more is more I like. One of the things I liked about this is the the instrumentals, and so, like my number three is going to be one of the instrumentals. It's going to be mental in straw oh, amazing, that'll be nice.
Speaker 5This is great. I knew you would like that one I did.
Speaker 4I liked it a lot. You know, there was like a lot of tempo changes and it was like it was just cool, it was just like very easy to listen to and, uh, just kind of cut through all the noise. And so that's my number three. Okay, yeah, what about your number two? What do you think?
Speaker 5I mean I love Freak Show because I mean I love Freak Show because excellent lyrics it really does. Keller is that guy that will make a song about the roadies. You know the carnival behind the show. Yeah, he really is a working man's musician and I think, yeah, there's a lot of freaks in the jam jam world and he also pays homage to them and, okay, they kind of make his career.
Speaker 4So no, that's a good one, that's a. You're going deep with that. Um well, first of all, before I get my number two is freaker by the speaker again. Are these all non-hits? Yeah okay, I'm gonna go number two. Fre the Speaker.
Speaker 5Nice, it had to be on there yeah.
Speaker 4It had to be on there, and so it's a little bit newer to me than it is for you, and so that's going to be my number two.
Speaker 5Okay yeah, really catchy yeah, and obviously a lot of these songs on a different day could be in the top three, my top three For the listener's point of view.
Speaker 4I mean.
Speaker 6It's hard I want.
Speaker 5Yeah, I'm going to go Hunting Charlie just because I like the jazzy weirdness. Yes, yeah, I've always loved that song so much on this album as sort of a sleeper. It deserves to be on there. It's sort of jazzy. Obviously, kidney In Cooler is a great sing-along. If you've got kids and you need a good sing-along song, that's a good one. And obviously Bob Yatche Galavanting was great, crooked, great song. I'm going Hunting Charlie for that.
Speaker 4Okay, one spot Right on. I'm going to go with One Hit Wonder. Nice, I liked it. Yeah, it was just I don't know. I just think the way it's constructed and it's not too much, it's not overbearing, oh, and it's not too much, it's not overbearing, and it's smooth, and it's really good listening.
Speaker 5Well, maybe I want to make Alligator Alley my number one, I don't even know.
Speaker 4Well, what are you going to change that Alligator?
Speaker 5Alley, I'm striking it off.
Speaker 4Well, I mean, are you backing out the other two? Are you backing out One Hit Wonder out of it, or are you going to go? No, are you backing out one hit wonder out of it. Or are you going to go, or are you just going to take your number one out of it all completely.
Speaker 5Yes taking number one out of it completely Hunting Charlie is out. Okay, you wanted that to be a spoiler. Alligator Alley, it's a beautiful song.
Speaker 4It is. It was a great song.
Speaker 5See how hard this is for us. It is hard, yeah, all right.
Speaker 4All right, we got some good songs in there. Great album, great artist.
Speaker 5Hope you enjoyed the show. Put it in the jar, put it in the tray.
Speaker 4We're talking about the tray. That's the jar. We're talking about the tray. Kellett Williams is the tray. String Cheese is the jar. He's the tray. Hope you enjoyed it. Keep listening, take care.