Martin Mull, along with The Gong Show, Monty Python, and Steve Martin, made the 1970s rather zany — a word I would not use to describe the present day. “Licks Off of Records” is a classic Martin Mull lyric:
LP Musician & Production Credits
Ray Brown – Bass
Harvey Mason – Drums
David Duke – French Horn
David Grisman – Mandolin
Bill Elliott – Piano, Clarinet & Accordion
“Sneaky” Pete Kleinow – Steel Guitar
Keith Spring – Tenor Saxophone, Kalimba & Keyboards
“Red” Calendar – Tuba
Dan Moore & Matt Moore – Backing Vocals
Performance Coordinator – Chuck Easler
Arranged By [The Lone Arranger] – Keith Spring
Mixed By [Mixmaster] – Mic Lietz
Producer – Martin Mull & Robert Regehr
Recordist – Lee Herschberg
“Licks Off Of Records” – recorded before a live audience – was originally released on 1973’s Martin Mull and His Fabulous Furniture in Your Living Room album on Capricorn Records. Just before the song’s closing, Mull extracts one last laugh by quoting “Day Tripper” (Beatles), “Sunshine Of Your Love” (Cream), and “Satisfaction” (Rolling Stones).
Arranged by Keith Spring of NRBQ‘s Whole Wheat Horns
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Tommy Tedesco –
Ex-Con?
Wacky clip of Martin Mull from the Fernwood Tonight television show singing a song about noses — with sublime support from master session musician, Tommy Tedesco, [celebrated here in 2015] who Mull jokingly asserts, learned his guitar chops while incarcerated:
“Noses Run In My Family“
Martin Mull & Tommy Tedesco (1977)
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