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Nothing But The Best: The Very Best of Theme Weavers LLC

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The Best Show! The Best Show! The Best Show! The Best Show! Don't settle for good 'Cuz nothing's lamer than great When you're reaching for the top shelf There isn't any debate (Not when you're listening to the) BEST SHOW! THE BEST SHOW!
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RODDY’S DADDY DENNY SAVED EVERY PENNY TO BUY A GUITAR FOR ROD THREE JOBS A DAY HE TOOK ALL HIS PAY & WENT DOWN TO DAWN’S PAWN SHOP DAWN SAID “DENNY, IF YOU BUY THIS GUITAR, YOUR SON WILL BE A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR” RODDY TRIED HIS BEST, HE COULDN’T PASS THE TEST BUT HE KNEW THAT HE WOULD SOMEDAY RODDY’S BABY BETTY, SHE’S GOT A BABY, THAT SHE HAD WITH ROD’S FRIEND ROG SUCKIN’ ON A JELLY DONUT AT THE DELI, BETTY’S BABY CRIES FOR ROD DENNY CALLED BETTY, SAID, “BETTER GET READY TO STAY AWAY FROM MY SON” BETTY SAID, “DENNY, ROG AND I ARE FINISHED AND ROD IS MY #1” BETTY’S DAD KENNY TALKED TO BETTY’S MOM JENNY AND SAID, “WHAT CAN WE DO?” BETTY’S DADDY KENNY HE CALLED BACK DENNY AND SAID, “BETTY AND ROD ARE TRUE” [pre-chorus] BETTY TOO KNOWS THAT IT’S TRUE THAT IT’S GONNA COME TRUE THAT ROCK ‘N’ DREAMS’LL COME THROUGH THAT IT WILL BE TRUE THAT ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DREAMS’LL COME THROUGH [chorus] LISTEN EVERYBODY, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DREAMS’LL COME THROUGH THE MUSIC IS THE MASTER, CAN’T YOU HEAR IT CALLING YOU? THE ROCK WILL BATHE YOU, THE ROLL COULD SAVE YOU, IF YOU’RE ONE OF THE CHOSEN FEW THEN THE DREAM COMES TRUE THAT ROCK ‘N ROLL DREAMS’LL COME THROUGH [re-intro] RODDY’S BROTHER BUDDY, HE’S GOT A BUDDY WHO WORKS AT THE FIVE AND DIME WHOSE UNCLE RON RUNS A RECORDING STUDIO RODDY SHOWS UP WITH A 6-STRING FRIEND AND A HEADFUL OF TUNES LAID DOWN SOME TRACKS AND THE TAPE BURNED WITH ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FIRE RON TOOK THE TAPE TO RADIO ROB, THE BIGGEST DEEJAY IN THE LAND ROB TOLD RON THAT IT ROCKS, RON TOLD ROB, “GET IN ON THE AIR!” RECORD STORE BEN SAID, “I’LL TAKE TEN, NO, FIFTY-FIVE 45’s” THE VERY NEXT DAY, THE SONG HIT THE CHARTS, STRAIGHT IN AT NUMBER ONE IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK, BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS AND RODDY’S NOW A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR HE’LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU THAT ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DREAMS’LL COME THROUGH [double chorus] LISTEN EVERYBODY, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DREAMS’LL COME THROUGH THE MUSIC IS THE MASTER, CAN’T YOU HEAR IT CALLING YOU? THE ROCK WILL BATHE YOU, THE ROLL COULD SAVE YOU, IF YOU’RE ONE OF THE CHOSEN FEW THEN THE DREAM COMES TRUE THAT ROCK ‘N ROLL DREAMS’LL COME THROUGH
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The Mike Show is on the air! You say you wanna compete? You're matching wits with the master And he's playing for keeps You got Mike on the mic He's got his very own show You got Mike on the mic Stand back we're telling you so (you got) Mike on the mic on The Mike Show YEAH (you got) Mike on the mic on The Mike Show YEAH (you got) Mike on the mic on The Mike Show YEAH (you got) Mike on the mic on The Mike Show YEAH! The Mike Show is on the air Another fait accompli Yeah even movie directors Are bowing down at his feet You got Mike on the mic You lived to see the day You got Mike on the mic Fate is funny that way (you got) Mike on the mic on The Mike Show YEAH (you got) Mike on the mic on The Mike Show YEAH (you got) Mike on the mic on The Mike Show YEAH (you got) Mike on the mic on the mic on the mic on the mic on The Mike Show YEAH!
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Tom's Lament 02:29
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about

The debut EP from San Francisco's Theme Weavers LLC, "Nothing But The Best: The Very Best of Theme Weavers LLC" (Talent Moat), features top-shelf tracks emanating from the comedy universe of "The Best Show with Tom Scharpling" and "Scharpling & Wurster Live!"

Includes newly recorded versions of the band's biggest hit, "The Best Theme for The Best Show" (heard weekly on The Best Show since 2006); a new version of The Best Show cult classic, "Rock 'n' Roll Dreams'll Come Through", featuring The Gas Station Dogs' vocalist Barry Dworkin (aka comedian/drummer Jon Wurster) and baritone saxophonist Ward Abronski (of Flipper's "Sex Bomb" infamy); "The Mike Show Theme" (theme for AP Mike's 'show within the show'); the recent Best Show contribution, "Green Room Blues", featuring a horn section led by Marc Capelle of American Music Club; and the cathartic grand piano fugue for The Best Show host poignantly titled, "Tom's Lament".

Their Best Show theme song a staple of the program for over a decade, the band made its live debut in January 2015 at the SF Sketchfest "Tribute to Scharpling & Wurster". In March 2015, they performed as the house band for the first-ever Scharpling & Wurster Live! shows at the Bell House in Brooklyn and then, in Aug/Sept 2015, as the live house band for Scharpling & Wurster's smash hit west coast tour.

Fronted by guitarist/vocalist Anthony Bedard (Hank IV, Icky Boyfriends), the band features the lead guitar work of Andy Oglesby (Hank IV, The Roofies) and a crack assemblage of SF/Oakland music scene veterans including bassist Ajax Green (The Wrong Words), drummer Russ Blackmar (Tropical Sleep), and keyboardist Alison Levy (The Loud Family).

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released November 8, 2016

"Rock 'n' Roll Dreams'll Come Through" —
Barry Dworkin (Jon Wurster) - lead vocals, hand claps, percussion
Ward Abronski - baritone saxophone

"Green Room Blues"
Marc Capelle - trumpet
Tom Griesser - tenor sax, clarinet
Carroll Ashby - trombone

All songs written by Anthony Bedard (BMI) except "Rock 'n' Roll Dreams'll Come Through" written by Ted Leo, Jon Wurster, Tom Scharpling, Phil Morrison.

Engineered and mixed by Donny Newenhouse at El Studio, San Francisco, 24-tracks direct to 2" analog tape, summer 2016.

Mastered by Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering Services.

Band photo collage: Geoffrey Ellis

THANKS: Tom Scharpling, Jon Wurster, Mike Lisk, Michael Slaboch, Andrew Nicolau, Ted Leo, Kevin Jones, Mindy Tucker, Cynic Cave, SF Sketchfest, WFMU, and all FOTs the world over!

www.talentmoat.com

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