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Welcome to Where Fans Belong!
Find the amazing shows from the Pantheon Network in our main feed here: Rock N Roll Archaeology, Growin' Up Rock, The Struts Life, The Metallica Report, History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Decibel Geek, My Rock Moment with Amanda Morck, Tunes & Tumblers, Mistress Carrie Podcast, The Hook Rocks!, Performance Anxiety, JBTV, Into the Banjoverse, Rock's Backpages, Goldmine, Pamela Des Barres' Pajama Party, Who Cares About the Rock Hall?, You're Not Listening, the C.L.I.M.B., The Career Musician, Cobras & Fire, Rock and/or Roll, The Band: A History, No Filler, Shout it Out Loudcast, My Weekly Mixtape, Side Jams, I'm in Love with That Song, The Ugly American Werewolf in London Rock Podcast, See Hear, Ditty TV, Strange Phenomena, The Devil's Music with Pleasant Gehman, Metal Mayhem Roc, Colorado Music Experience, Audio Judo, ImmaLetYouFinish, What Difference Does It Make?, Songfacts, Story Song Podcast, The Age Old Question, There Can Be Only One, VRP Rocks, The Punk Tree, Long May You Young, Music Buzzz, Play That Rock N Roll, Ugly Things, Rock is Lit, Throughline, Banned Biographies, Only Three Lads, Glass Houses - A Billy Joel Podcast, Something for Nothing- A Rush Fancast, Waterproof Records, Make Me Smile with Miist, Rock Camp: The Podcast, Basic!, Into the Void, Kicked in the Teeth- an AC/DC Podcast, Set Lusting Bruce, The Jeremiah Show and more!
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VINYL RELICS/MU (1971): Cosmic Rock & the Lost Continent Groove
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1 hour 12 minutes
4 days ago
VINYL RELICS/MU (1971): Cosmic Rock & the Lost Continent Groove
EPYSODE 61: "MU" by MU.
Guest: Merrell Fankhauser.
Additional commentary by Uncle Herff.
This week we journey into the cosmic unknown with "MU" , the cult 1971 debut album from Merrell Fankhauser’s post-H.M.S. Bounty band, formed with ex-Captain Beefheart guitarist Jeff Cotton (aka Antennae Jimmy Semens).
With exclusive commentary from Merrell himself, we uncover the origins of the band’s name (a nod to the mythical lost continent of MU), the spiritual inspiration behind the tracks, and the band’s eventual migration to Maui in search of metaphysical truth and better vibes.
Blending desert blues, psychedelic folk, and exploratory jam-rock, "MU" is a hidden gem of the early ’70s underground, one that has quietly influenced generations of psych-heads, crate-diggers, and cosmic seekers.
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when acoustic blues, psychedelia, and esoteric mysticism collide, this epysode is your portal.
I hope you dig "MU" as much as I do.
- Farmer John
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===THE MUSIC===
Songs used in this Epysode, in order of appearance. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist for all the tracks featured.
( *denotes track is not available on Spotify):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7zoCf4Tjkj8zhV9vprdg6R?si=31718efdba754015
MERRELL FANKHAUSER AND H.M.S. BOUNTY “Things (Goin’ Round In My Mind)”
MERRELL & THE EXILES “Tomorrow’s Girl”
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND “Son Of A Mirror Man - Mere Man”
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND “Moonlight On Vermont”
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND “My Human Gets Me Blues”
MU "Ain't No Blues"
MU "Ballad Of Brother Lew"
MU "Blue Form"
MU "Interlude"
MU "Nobody Wants To Shine"
MU "Eternal Thirst"
MU "Too Naked For Demetrius"
MU "Mumbella Baye Tu La"
MU "The Clouds Went That Way"
*MU “Land Of Mu”
*MU “Make A Joyful Noise”
MERRELL FANKHAUSER “The Wind Cries Maui”
MERRELL FANKHAUSER “Dharmic Connection”
MERRELL FANKHAUSER “On Our Way To Hana”
HARRY NILSSON “Joy”
*MERRELL FANKHAUSER & WILLIE NELSON “Wipe Out” (Live)
*MERRELL FANKHAUSER “California Cosmic Jam”
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NEWPORT ELECTRIC "So It Goes"
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