If you’re a fan of The Family Guy, you’ve likely already seen this. If you’ve not seen the show before, or are not familiar with the adult cartoon, then this phone sax scene might come as a bit of a shock to you.
Sometimes there are no words… 
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Interesting I have never heard of the earlier version you mentioned if you can tell me the name I will see if I can find a version and give it a listen. as for the second song I am not really a Paul Simon fan My first reaction was I have that CD and I have played it recently unfortunately I can’t name the artist or CD when I figure it out I will report back and then we can decide if I was right or somewhere out in left field 😈 :bang: :bang:
Hi Mark,
Perhaps I wasn’t clear. You can hear Larry Coryell’s version at this link: “Half a Heart” is the name of the song, and it appears on several compilations of his catalog for “Vanguard Records and Tapes” as he used to style it back in the day. The Steve Marcus version of “Half a Heart”, which appeared on his 1968 release for Vortex Records Tomorrow Never Knows (yes, he did a rather avant-garde cover of the Beatles’ tune featuring a blistering solo by Larry Coryell, not so coincidentally), is no longer in print, and has never appeared on CD, AFAIK, although it attracted quite a bit of interest at the time.
Your answer concerning Lois’s “performance” is spot on. The tune “You Can Call Me Al” appeared on the CD Graceland by Paul Simon, released on the Warner Bros. label in 1986. That recording won a Grammy for “Album of the Year”.
Peace,
paul
The first one is easy It is the sax solo from Baker street by Gerry Rafferty.
the second is according to available info. is You can call me Al by Paul Simon.
This was a trick question.
Although the melody Peter plays was used on Baker Street, it originally was written by Larry Coryell, recorded in 1968, covered several years later as an instrumental by Steve Marcus, and has lyrics of its own that are remarkably apropos.
Half a Heart
And you thought the Paul Simon reference (playing the bass sax part on an alto) was obscure!
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Edited to add, I messed that up, so let me untangle it. Coryell had recorded a version with the lyrics but it was not released until 1975 as part of compilation of tracks he had done for the Vanguard label. It’s first release was on Steve Marcus’s album in 1968. In other words, I accidentally switched the release dates above.
I be dog,
“It’s first release…” should have been written as “Its first release…”
Such a basic error, so sorry that I missed it.
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Bonus question:
The “Phone Sax” excerpt involves two melodies: where did they originally come from?
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