Tom Ardolino Special #1

On January 6, 2012, Radio Free Americana paid tribute to the late, great Tom Ardolino, drummer for NRBQ, record collector extraordinaire, and cat lover.  To honor Tommy's legacy on the first anniversary of his death, RFA featured 2 hours of selections that showcased his unique talents, along with song poems he uncovered and executive produced, a good stack of records he guested on, and some other odds and ends.  Meow!

On January 12, 2012, RFA celebrated Tom's birthday with an hour long tribute featuring a similar collection of musical gems, none of which were featured on the January 6th show or prior episodes of Pure Bop for Q People.  Double meow!!

No audio archives exist for either show; however, you can view the playlist for the January 6, 2012 tribute below and look forward to future broadcast tributes to Tom on RFA.

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January 6, 2012 Playlist (approx. 2 hours):
 

Artist	Title	Recording
Calamity J and the Giants	Come On (Diggin the Q)	Calamity J and the Giants
Tom Ardolino	First Record I Remember	YouTube
Hollywood Flames	Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
NRBQ	Green Lights	At Yankee Stadium
Hot Shots	Gee Baby	Teen Street
Tom Ardolino	Round One	Unknown Brain
Steve Ferguson	Hey Little Brother	Mama U Seapa
NRBQ	Travelin' Man	Froggy's Favorites Vol 1
Rod Rogers & The Swinging Strings	Go Daddy Go	Tom Ardolino Presents: Beat of The Traps, MSR Madness Vol 1
Jim Stephanson	How About Now	Say Go
NRBQ	The Music Lesson	You're Nice People You Are
Pete Donnelly	When You Come Home	When You Come Home
Tom Ardolino	Big City Shoes	Unknown Brain
Marshall Crenshaw	Yvonne	Downtown
NRBQ	Ue O Muite Arukou	Froggy's Favorites
Neanderthals	Flintstone Flop	The Modern Stone-Age Family
Terry Adams	A Girl Who Loves the Stooges	Rhythm Spell
NRBQ	Start It Over	Ridin' in my Car
PJ O' Connell	The Dough Got Low	Happy Go Lucky
Sonny Marshall	Twist Little Twister, Twist	The Makers of Smooth Music
Johnnie Johnson	Can You Stand It	Johnnie B Bad
Kenji Oyama	The Pussycat Song	Kenji Got Rhythm
Gary Windo	Guard Duty	Dogface
The Music Musicians	Convertibles and Headbands	Beat of the Traps
Harper	60 Seconds to Nowhere, Part 1	Heard it through the Bovine
Terry Adams & Steve Ferguson	Ichabod	Louisville Sluggers
NRBQ	This Old House	Kick Me Hard
Tom Ardolino	I'll Take Manhattan	Unknown Brain
Al Anderson	If You Get Your Wish	Party Favors
Jake and the Rest of the Jewels	Just a Stone's Throw	A Lick and a Promise
Teri & The MSR Singers	More on Ode to Billy Jo	The Human Breakdown of Absurdity
NRBQ	Get Down Grandpa	U.S. Rock - Back on Track
Tom Ardolino	The Great Airplane Strike of 1966	Unknown Brain
Heatersons	Varsity Blue	The Heatersons
Rod Rogers	The Watusi Whing Ding Girl	The Makers of Smooth Music
Pete Donnelly	Tommy's Piano	When You Come Home