WEBVTT 00:00:03.106 --> 00:00:14.382 - Back Porch Bloomington is underwritten in part by a grant from Cook Incorporated. Tired of living the 00:00:14.382 --> 00:00:25.548 - way I've been, gotta get back to my roots again. Blackboard house ain't a good use car, take me back 00:00:25.548 --> 00:00:27.870 - with a plainote saw. 00:00:37.026 --> 00:00:42.990 - and Jones and Johnson and Brown, a couple long moves that you can't pronounce. Welcome me back to the 00:00:42.990 --> 00:00:48.895 - neighborhood with a casserole dish and a neighbor cook. Folks next door, the kids grown up, inviting 00:00:48.895 --> 00:00:55.035 - me down to the Polish club. Drink a little beer, maybe play a little cards. Take me back where the plain 00:00:55.035 --> 00:00:55.678 - folks are. 00:01:04.962 --> 00:01:12.218 - 12 on Friday night, Saturday morning head outside, paint the shutters, say mow the lawn, I say watch 00:01:12.218 --> 00:01:19.618 - a car with the radio on, any outside round 6 also for a home-cooked dinner then a TV show, back on the 00:01:19.618 --> 00:01:24.862 - front porch, stare at the stars, take me back where the plane folks are. 00:01:37.442 --> 00:01:44.470 - My eyes think what I've learned. Open them up and the calendar turn. Folks grow older, they move away. 00:01:44.470 --> 00:01:51.430 - Thinking about facts from day to day. So when I'm tired of the life I've lived. Sick of living inside 00:01:51.430 --> 00:01:58.390 - my head. You find me talking about a brand new start. Take me back where the plain folks are. Take me 00:01:58.390 --> 00:02:00.574 - back where the plain folks are. 00:02:13.122 --> 00:02:24.368 - Thank you. Raise this mic a bit so my posture is good. Sister Mary Evangelist would appreciate that. 00:02:24.368 --> 00:02:35.615 - I thought so. We don't play this tune very often because there are not many places we play that have 00:02:35.615 --> 00:02:41.182 - a nice, slightly out of tune piano like this one. 00:02:41.890 --> 00:02:53.070 - slightly out of tune being an absolute necessity if you're playing with us. And you're a piano. Yeah. 00:02:53.070 --> 00:03:04.030 - Nones taught me on one of these too. Ready. Dial that saxophone. One, two, a one, two, three, yeah. 00:03:13.218 --> 00:03:21.268 - to the deep light sequence. Whatever the good lights thirst. You know what sounds the right to dance. 00:03:21.268 --> 00:03:29.160 - It's here you determine they're worth. They got their ears on blue to the broadcast. They groove to 00:03:29.160 --> 00:03:37.763 - the static tones. They got a cause and a recognition as they're running to the telephone. Hear the footsteps 00:03:37.763 --> 00:03:40.446 - coming from the back of the room. 00:03:42.082 --> 00:03:53.159 - A dial that saxophone A dial that saxophone Now you've heard them blow slow on the radio A dial that 00:03:53.159 --> 00:04:04.236 - saxophone A dial that saxophone A dial that saxophone Now you've heard them blow slow on the radio A 00:04:04.236 --> 00:04:06.430 - dial that saxophone 00:04:13.698 --> 00:04:22.023 - light in an airless room from a building south of the bank town. It's a blinking light from a thousand 00:04:22.023 --> 00:04:30.186 - feet. A big song passing around. Their heads all shaking to the broadcast. They groove to the static 00:04:30.186 --> 00:04:38.592 - tone. They had a cold sweat of recognition as they're running to the telephone. They hear the boys keep 00:04:38.592 --> 00:04:41.502 - singing as the phones keep ringing. 00:04:42.722 --> 00:04:52.344 - A dial that's saxophone. A dial that's saxophone. I have heard him roll slow on the radio. Dial, dial, 00:04:52.344 --> 00:05:01.872 - dial, dial, dial, dial, dial. A dial that's saxophone. A dial that's saxophone. I have heard him roll 00:05:01.872 --> 00:05:05.982 - slow on the radio. A dial that's saxophone. 00:06:27.810 --> 00:06:31.902 - They are the cause for the recognition. 00:07:26.626 --> 00:07:33.659 - that was in one of the newspapers hidden on page three or four. Whenever it's sort of bad news about 00:07:33.659 --> 00:07:40.693 - the country, they put it in three and four. This particular piece of news was about what they expect 00:07:40.693 --> 00:07:47.656 - the workforce to be like. In the year 2000, not very good news, especially if you like benefits and 00:07:47.656 --> 00:07:55.038 - working full-time and working for more than four bucks an hour. Oh, by 2000, we'll probably be up to 550. 00:07:56.578 --> 00:08:10.150 - Anyway, I don't think it will affect your paper route, no. Well, this tune is entitled, I Need a Job, 00:08:10.150 --> 00:08:19.198 - and it's about crossing the strike line. One, two, one, two, three. 00:08:26.818 --> 00:08:39.515 - I left home to job last Friday night Where houses built for us ain't last Work 16 hours, get paid in 00:08:39.515 --> 00:08:53.470 - cash Work 24 hours, go home and strive Picking line was stretching long outside I need a job, but not that bad 00:08:55.010 --> 00:09:08.632 - People strike and they got no work. Poor families are the first ones hurt. Maybe better hours, or better 00:09:08.632 --> 00:09:21.606 - pay. Maybe it's the worse of any work. Now do I lose the only friends I have? I need a job, but not 00:09:21.606 --> 00:09:23.422 - time to time. 00:09:23.810 --> 00:09:36.122 - A job but not that bad, pal. Jump a vine and cop a gun to make me mad. So I stopped the car and I turned 00:09:36.122 --> 00:09:47.262 - around. I've gone to the engine, went back to town. It's another week without something, sure. 00:09:53.186 --> 00:10:10.622 - I don't want to work for no firm like that. I need a job and I've had it bad. Mark Robinson. 00:10:31.426 --> 00:10:44.574 - So I stopped the car and I turned around. 00:11:00.258 --> 00:11:23.075 - I want to work for no crime I'd like I need a job, but not bad, bad I need a job, but not bad, bad I 00:11:23.075 --> 00:11:30.078 - need a job, I need a job Yeah. 00:11:30.562 --> 00:11:35.390 - dedicated to Shirley Temple Black entitled Curly Little Shirley. 00:12:13.794 --> 00:12:23.704 - I've seen her in the movies, I've seen her in the magazine. I remember love eternal even when I work 00:12:23.704 --> 00:12:33.810 - a handheld dream. Well, she looks so good in lipstick and a strona pose. I was helpless as a baby when 00:12:33.810 --> 00:12:35.870 - she starts her pose. 00:12:57.890 --> 00:13:07.568 - She was frozen on a pussy, we'd grown up as a child, couldn't be. Well, I must have been a pal when 00:13:07.568 --> 00:13:17.923 - I was younger than this. The only thing I'm looking for is one little kiss. Sometimes she acts precocious, 00:13:17.923 --> 00:13:21.310 - I know she's just an average girl. 00:13:56.610 --> 00:14:05.926 - She might be six years out of diverse, but to me, she's still a bride to me. Well, I know that in the 00:14:05.926 --> 00:14:15.151 - 40s, she'll mean nothing at all. By then, I'll probably graduate to law and book hall. Got cars born 00:14:15.151 --> 00:14:18.622 - in the spring and know my taste good. 00:15:05.506 --> 00:15:18.590 - I wish you were mine. I know she's just an average girl. 00:15:36.770 --> 00:15:57.598 - Thank you. Our guest for tonight, Mr. Art Heckman. 00:16:30.050 --> 00:16:31.454 - This is a song called Real. 00:17:44.194 --> 00:18:08.693 - doesn't care how you feel. It just stacks the deck. It doesn't deal. No, but it's real life. Real. I 00:18:08.693 --> 00:18:12.574 - was just a boy. 00:18:18.530 --> 00:18:33.909 - a bunch of other boys underneath the palm trees. We used to sit in the sand and speculate about the 00:18:33.909 --> 00:18:46.366 - real world waiting back in the states. And then we all went home to no applause. 00:18:50.018 --> 00:19:02.581 - Nobody cheers for a soldier in the lost cause. So welcome to the real world, but it ain't pretty, but 00:19:02.581 --> 00:19:15.021 - it's real. It may not be in your best interest, but it doesn't care how you feel. It just stacks the 00:19:15.021 --> 00:19:17.854 - deck, it doesn't feel. 00:19:21.090 --> 00:19:21.406 - free. 00:19:58.626 --> 00:20:12.879 - the Lord I found her. My day is not right if I can't put my arms around her. Still I lie awake at night, 00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:26.590 - trying to comprehend the worst dream I ever had. I'll never fall in love again. And I stay out late. 00:20:28.386 --> 00:20:41.091 - just to be alone. When the music stops, there's no place to go but home. Now that's real love. Well, 00:20:41.091 --> 00:20:53.797 - it ain't pretty, but it's real. May not be in your best interest. It doesn't care how you feel. It's 00:20:53.797 --> 00:20:57.822 - just actually there because you 00:20:57.922 --> 00:20:59.006 - as is he. 00:22:16.258 --> 00:22:25.664 - This next tune is definitely a song for this season. It took me a year, most of the year to write it, 00:22:25.664 --> 00:22:35.071 - through a wet spell, into a dry spell. It seemed like the completion was the essence of the song, and 00:22:35.071 --> 00:22:38.206 - it's called I Wish It Would Rain. 00:22:58.594 --> 00:23:18.084 - I wish it would rain just to wash the air I hate to complain but what else can I say When the blue sky 00:23:18.084 --> 00:23:22.814 - reminds me of blue wings 00:23:25.378 --> 00:23:41.085 - I wish the clouds would cover the skies And I wish it would rain I wish it would rain Just to wash away 00:23:41.085 --> 00:23:53.470 - my tears They're all that remain Of this sadness that appears When the sun shines 00:23:56.770 --> 00:24:13.389 - And all I can see is her face As I stare into space I wish it would rain With the sun bearing down A 00:24:13.389 --> 00:24:26.718 - shadow keeps following me But it would surely fade If a little rain could remain 00:24:28.034 --> 00:24:42.968 - I wish it would rain just to clear the air. They're set on the dust, stirred up by this last affair. 00:24:42.968 --> 00:24:57.310 - But it's so dry, sometimes it binds me with a catch in my throat. And I can't sing another note. 00:24:57.730 --> 00:24:59.006 - And I wish it 00:25:26.306 --> 00:25:42.320 - it would rain just to clear the air and settle the dust stirred up by this last affair cause it's so 00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:54.846 - dry sometimes it binds me with the catch in my throat and I can't sing another 00:25:58.274 --> 00:26:15.071 - I can't sing another note and I wish it would rain I can't sing another note and I wish it would rain 00:26:15.071 --> 00:26:27.422 - This next tune, it's one of my attempts at writing a Hoagy Carmichael tune 00:26:36.802 --> 00:26:45.343 - You can't do that anymore, of course, but you can't kill a man for trying. So this tune is called The 00:26:45.343 --> 00:26:47.102 - Street Sweeper Song. 00:27:10.146 --> 00:27:29.266 - Here come that old street sweeper Sweeping down the street He got a smile upon his face For all he means 00:27:29.266 --> 00:27:37.278 - People merely passing by He don't even know 00:27:39.906 --> 00:27:56.702 - always look them in the eye and smile and say hello. Sometimes he'd do a little dance, shuffling his 00:27:56.702 --> 00:28:06.014 - feet. And you can see the people, they're all laughing. 00:28:09.026 --> 00:28:23.262 - As the way he makes his living the whole day long Sang in that street sweeper's zone 00:29:06.178 --> 00:29:26.165 - little dance shuffling his feet and you can see the people they're all laughing as the way he makes 00:29:26.165 --> 00:29:36.158 - his living the whole day long singing that street 00:29:37.698 --> 00:29:38.814 - song. 00:30:15.618 --> 00:30:27.818 - It's called Will's King. Milton Brown and the Brownies. That's right. The tune's called Fanning, and 00:30:27.818 --> 00:30:33.374 - it's not inappropriate for this time of year. 00:30:54.914 --> 00:31:04.471 - If this song's too hot, cool it if you can. You better run out and get yourself a five cent. Fan it, 00:31:04.471 --> 00:31:13.934 - fan it. Fan it, fan it and cool it, honey, till the cows come home. I got myself a new gal, and her 00:31:13.934 --> 00:31:23.870 - name is Sue. She said to make me love you, honey, tell you what you do. You just fan it, fan it, fan it. 00:31:26.082 --> 00:31:45.877 - the cows come home. My mama's in the kitchen, just heard that back door slam. I'm out of that kitchen, 00:31:45.877 --> 00:31:54.526 - honey, quit your scorching that ham and just 00:31:57.922 --> 00:32:26.270 - I spent six months in jail, my back turned to the wall 00:32:26.402 --> 00:32:35.582 - What's the cause of it all? So just ban it, ban it, ban it and cool it, honey, till the cows come home. 00:33:08.994 --> 00:33:17.873 - I'm going to do a little hometown music. This is a tune I wrote with my good buddy Eric Rosser, sort 00:33:17.873 --> 00:33:26.928 - of over the telephone. It's the only song I ever collaborated with anybody with. I guess it takes that 00:33:26.928 --> 00:33:29.214 - much distance to do that. 00:33:50.242 --> 00:34:08.481 - This is the Bloomington song. Traveling on a bum or on a Queen Mary You're so very precariously far 00:34:08.481 --> 00:34:18.878 - from home Sleeping on the ground or in a Waldorf Astoria 00:34:19.650 --> 00:34:33.062 - You wonder what's in it for you when you're all alone You long for the glories, the stories, the quarries 00:34:33.062 --> 00:34:45.715 - Of a certain fair city Named in this little detail Oh, Bloomington, Bloomington Rocking chair and a 00:34:45.715 --> 00:34:47.486 - bottle of gin 00:34:47.714 --> 00:35:01.250 - Singing the blues in the moonlight on an old stone porch Taking a swim with your sweetie in the reservoir 00:35:01.250 --> 00:35:14.020 - And if you ever chance to roam Well you can ride to the place that you call home 47401 Indiana, USA 00:35:14.020 --> 00:35:16.446 - Lounging by a pool 00:35:16.802 --> 00:35:29.356 - Looking out on the ocean at the palm trees in motion from a tropic breeze. Eating papaya, drinking piña 00:35:29.356 --> 00:35:41.671 - colada, a resounding zanada puts your guests at ease. But your satisfaction with this action is merely 00:35:41.671 --> 00:35:46.334 - fractional compared to your best turn. 00:35:46.658 --> 00:35:57.508 - In a city midwestern, oh Bloomington, Bloomington Rocking chair and a bottle of gin Singing the blues 00:35:57.508 --> 00:36:08.252 - in the moonlight on that old stone porch Taking a swim with your sweetie in the reservoir And if you 00:36:08.252 --> 00:36:15.486 - ever chance to roam Then you can ride to the place we all call home 00:36:15.618 --> 00:36:30.238 - 47401 Indiana 47401 Indiana USA 00:36:46.946 --> 00:37:06.033 - Thank you. Thank you. You're very kind. So if Kathy Norton and Yadio are around here, they could help 00:37:06.033 --> 00:37:09.214 - me do this next. 00:38:09.218 --> 00:38:26.588 - though I may try and try no one can satisfy this longing in me I'll never be free from your smile so 00:38:26.588 --> 00:38:38.110 - tender sweet surrender of your eyes how can I be free when I still 00:38:38.434 --> 00:38:53.288 - remember how you thrilled me with a sigh just like a chain bound to my heart. Your love remains when 00:38:53.288 --> 00:39:04.318 - we're apart. Each kiss I gave to you made me a slave to you. I'll never be 00:39:31.074 --> 00:39:45.661 - never be free from your smile so tender sweet surrender of your eyes how can I be free when I still 00:39:45.661 --> 00:39:59.518 - remember how you thrilled me with a sigh just like a chain bound to my heart your love remains 00:40:01.410 --> 00:40:16.752 - Each kiss I gave to you Made me a slave to you I'll never be free Each kiss I gave to you Made me a 00:40:16.752 --> 00:40:21.662 - slave to you I'll never be free 00:40:52.706 --> 00:40:53.086 - done with. 00:45:52.962 --> 00:46:02.033 - That was one of the questions. Will we be able to tell when I take Cathy's cord and plug it into mine? 00:46:02.033 --> 00:46:08.286 - You didn't notice, did you? This is a tune called Take It or Leave It. 00:46:39.650 --> 00:46:49.587 - Did you leave it be the way it was? You're taking my love with all your tongues I'm giving it up with 00:46:49.587 --> 00:46:59.330 - open arms Don't you mess with my love, did you leave it? Don't start what you can't finish, says my 00:46:59.330 --> 00:47:07.806 - mama Leave well enough alone, don't be a fool While you're making eyes at me, remember 00:47:09.154 --> 00:47:17.953 - My love is no exception to the rules. Well, now take it or leave it, just the way you found it. Take 00:47:17.953 --> 00:47:26.664 - it or leave it, be the way it was. Well, you've taken my love with all your charm. I'm giving it up 00:47:26.664 --> 00:47:32.414 - with open arms. Don't you mess with my love, take it or leave it. 00:48:12.738 --> 00:48:25.337 - Is it all a dream or am I falling? Head over heels in love with you Tell me I don't need to worry darling 00:48:25.337 --> 00:48:37.342 - Tell me that your love for me is true Take it or leave it just the way you found it Take it or leave 00:48:37.342 --> 00:48:39.838 - it be the way it was 00:48:41.794 --> 00:48:49.840 - my love with all you've done. You're giving it up with open arms. Don't you miss my love? If you're 00:48:49.840 --> 00:48:52.254 - gonna leave it, take it more. 00:49:24.898 --> 00:49:33.447 - Take it or leave it just the way you found it Take it or leave it be the way it was You've taken my 00:49:33.447 --> 00:49:42.252 - love with all your charms I've given it up with open arms Don't you mess with my love Take it or leave 00:49:42.252 --> 00:49:50.972 - it I said don't you mess with my love Take it or leave it Don't mess, don't mess with my love Take it 00:49:50.972 --> 00:49:51.998 - or leave it 00:50:05.442 --> 00:50:15.328 - Thank you. Thank you. This next tune, I wrote for some good friends of mine who were getting married 00:50:15.328 --> 00:50:25.508 - for both of them for the second time around. And you know, it's good to know when you get to be my age, 00:50:25.508 --> 00:50:33.534 - which isn't real old, you understand. Thanks, Lenny. I knew I could count on you. 00:50:34.498 --> 00:50:43.296 - I kept quiet, you notice that. It's just a little bit younger than you are, Lenny. Not much. That you 00:50:43.296 --> 00:50:52.093 - can still fall in love and still get swept off your feet. And this is what this is about. It's called 00:50:52.093 --> 00:50:55.198 - Never Have I Known a Love Like You. 00:51:22.850 --> 00:51:41.291 - Other times and other places have I lived before Other looks and other faces linger here no more But 00:51:41.291 --> 00:51:47.134 - there's no need for explanation 00:52:06.178 --> 00:52:23.935 - I managed to survive Playing parts and guessing answers Never knowing why You took the time to understand 00:52:23.935 --> 00:52:35.326 - me Your gentle love came through Never have I known a love like you 00:52:38.626 --> 00:52:51.902 - Your smile begins a melody Your touch completes so lovingly Your eyes reflect a part of me 00:54:10.466 --> 00:54:27.865 - playing parts and guessing answers never knowing why you took the time to understand me your gentle 00:54:27.865 --> 00:54:37.086 - love came through never have I known a love like you 00:54:45.282 --> 00:54:54.206 - like you. No, never have I known a friend 01:00:35.938 --> 01:00:43.831 - We've got one more tune for you. This is a tune that I co-wrote with a good friend of mine, David Frauman. 01:00:43.831 --> 01:00:51.134 - I have to give him half credit for this. It's a rock and roll tune called I'm Not in Love Anymore. 01:04:54.082 --> 01:05:21.758 - Thank you. Very pretty and talented, too. Kathy Spiaggia, Kathy Norton. We had a... 01:05:21.954 --> 01:05:30.617 - explain this little piece of hardware here on the piano. It's a bowling trophy, the American Legion 01:05:30.617 --> 01:05:39.453 - President's Award in 1985. And I'm ashamed to say I bought it at the Salvation Army for 75 cents. But 01:05:39.453 --> 01:05:48.376 - my bowling game ain't bad. It's genetic to Polish people that they can bowl halfway decently. I've got 01:05:48.376 --> 01:05:49.502 - a good hook. 01:05:51.714 --> 01:06:02.590 - put it up here for inspiration alright this tune is I bowl these games for you 01:06:24.226 --> 01:06:51.070 - You must know it's true. I love you, baby. You must know it's true. For over 15 years, I've only saved for you. 01:06:55.906 --> 01:07:11.395 - The TV set that matched the crystal set I want them all for you You spend those nights alone But ain't 01:07:11.395 --> 01:07:22.974 - it nice to know You helped to win them too I get scared when I told that lie 01:07:25.890 --> 01:07:45.022 - Think back on your sweet face. I feel fine. I love you, baby. You must know it's true. 01:10:47.778 --> 01:11:12.030 - I know this one. You know I can't be found I'm sitting here all alone 01:11:16.258 --> 01:11:31.646 - If you can't come around, at least on the telephone, now don't be cruel. 01:11:46.338 --> 01:12:06.287 - made you mad. A little something that I might have said. Oh, please let's forget the past. Because the 01:12:06.287 --> 01:12:15.390 - future looks bright ahead. Now don't be cruel. 01:12:20.002 --> 01:12:24.926 - way hard it's true 01:15:48.418 --> 01:15:57.601 - Oh, honeybunch. Yeah, honeybunch. Why don't you sell that joint and come away with me? Today you got 01:15:57.601 --> 01:16:07.056 - a phone call from that man downtown. He wrote that letter you threw away. It's Monday, 9 o'clock. He'll 01:16:07.056 --> 01:16:16.603 - tell you what they found. On it that his office made a year of taxes you haven't paid. Honeybunch. Yeah, 01:16:16.603 --> 01:16:17.694 - honeybunch. 01:16:17.986 --> 01:16:30.593 - Why do you do those things you do now the government's hounding you? Oh, honey bunch, yeah, oh, 01:16:30.593 --> 01:16:44.383 - honey bunch, why don't you sell that joint and come away with me? Back Porch Bloomington is underwritten 01:16:44.383 --> 01:16:46.878 - in part by a grant 01:16:47.010 --> 01:16:48.254 - from Cook Incorporated.