Showing posts with label JD McPherson. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 29, 2019

The Minstral Show – (Episode 080)



Welcome to the Minstral Show, the podcast that spotlights the very best music from around the world, made exclusively in the 21st century.

Another decade of Rock n Roll has come and gone as 2019 gives way to the evolving artistic freedoms of the 2020’s.

Although, once thought dead, Rock has flourished in the shadows over the last decade as millions of artists who once had the doors of opportunity closed to them, suddenly found a spotlight via the internet…The result of which has breathed new life into artistic freedom, collaboration, independence and the re-emergence of the small record Label.

Rock n Roll will never die…and what better way to prove it than to feature great new music by JD McPherson, Jeff Lynne, The Hanging Stars, The Who, ASA, and Alain Whyte…Also included are fantastic songs by United Ghosts, Peacefield, Alan Reed, Potter’s Daughter, Colin Devlin and Sonic Divide.

The new age of Rock n Roll is in full swing and you get that here, on the Minstral Show.

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The Minstral Show Episode 80



SONGS:

SET 01
JD McPherson – Red Bows (for a Blue Girl)
Jeff Lynne’s ELO – Time of Our Life
United Ghosts – Ever Closer
The Hanging Stars – Tom Petty

SET 02
The WHO – Ball and Chain
Peacefield – Daylight’s Coming Fast
ASA – Good Thing
Alain Whyte – A Higher Power

SET 03
Alan Reed – Turning Away
Potter’s Daughter – Movement IV
Colin Devlin – High Point
Sonic Divide – Horizon


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Special thanks to: Southbound Snake Charmers & John Palmer for their music contribution to this program.

Program Intro Song:

3rd set Intro


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…and of course, here, on the World United Music Blog. 😊

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Monday, June 3, 2019

The Minstral Show – (Episode 073)



Welcome to the Minstral Show, the podcast that spotlights the very best music from around the world, made exclusively in the 21st century.

On today’s spotlight we have 11 great tunes in a variety of genres, from retro pop to progressive rock and everything in between.

A showcase that is very much like a time machine that takes your spirit back to the sounds of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s by songs that were made today, including new music by Alan Parsons, Ian Alexander, Where We Sleep, JC Roy, Calexico, Farfisa, P.P. Arnold, and Marty Willson Piper…also included are dynomite songs by Some Velvet Morning, Broken Anchor and JD McPherson.

A variety of great music by eleven excellent and creative artists of the 21st century, a wave and echo of time not to miss, on the Minstral Show.

The Minstral Show Episode 73

SONGS:

SET 01
Some Velvet Morning – Let the Good Times Come My Way
Broken Anchor – Never Leave Me Alone
Where We Sleep – Into the Light
Calexico – Another Space

SET 02
Ian Alexander – The Planet Fountain / Birdsong
J.C. Roy - Le Pâle Écho De La Création Des Mondes
Farfisa – Seven Suns

SET 03
P.P. Arnold – Baby Blue
JD McPherson – Hunting for Sugar
Marty Wilson Piper – Sanctuary
Alan Parsons – As Lights Fall


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Special thanks to: Southbound Snake Charmers & John Palmer for their music contribution to this program.

Program Intro Song:

3rd set Intro


The World United Music Podcast was carried on 11 different platforms including Anchor FM, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public, Castbox, Breaker, Google Podcasts, Overcast, PodBean and of course on our World United Music Blog. You can still find the show on Breaker & PodBean linked below. Hey, “Catch the Wave!”


...and of course here on the World United Music Blog. :) 

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Sunday, April 21, 2019

The Minstral Show – (Episode 070)


Welcome to the Minstral Show, the podcast that spotlights the very best music from around the world, made exclusively in the 21st century.

Another stellar line up of artists and songs to feed your soul, featuring new music by, Mavis Staples, Dragon Welding, and FTR… and also including great tunes by Air Traffic Controller, Summer Fiction, The Rembrandts, JD McPherson, The Rusty Wright Band, Peter Case, Southbound Snake Charmers, The Cynics and Diamond Incarnation.

Rock n Roll, Retro Pop, Blues, and alternative rock served as an emotional shot of medicine for your soul…coming at you, on the Minstral show
  
The Minstral Show Episode 70

SET 01
Air Traffic Controller – Pick Me Up
Summer Fiction – She’s Bound to Get Hurt
The Rembrandts – Some Other World
JD McPherson – Let the Good Times Roll

SET 02
The Rusty Wright Band – World Upside Down
Mavis Staples – Change
Peter Case – Dig What You’re Putting Down
Southbound Snake Charmers – Nothin to Lose (Live)

SET03
Dragon Welding – These are Dangerous Times
FTR – Collision
The Cynics - Gehenna
Diamond Incarnation – Leaking of Our Hourglass



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Special thanks to: Southbound Snake Charmers & John Palmer for their music contribution to this program.

Program Intro Song:

2nd & 3rd set Intro
John Palmer - Nyx


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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

The Minstral Show – (Episode 057)




An awesome lineup of music today that sails the seas of deep personal thoughts and experience featuring; Phoebe Bridgers, Kane Miller, Peter Case, JD McPherson, David Bowie, Roger Waters, Marqui Adora, David Crosby, John Lodge, Joe Bonamassa, and Great Lake Swimmers.

More than just a podcast, World United Music has emerged to bring you the best music being made in the 21st century by signed, unsigned and Independent artists.

To all the Artists, be sure to share the podcast episode with your network as it helps bring attention not only to your work but to the work of others as well. That's what the “World United Music” project is all about, bringing attention to all the artists who make great music.

SET: 01


Phoebe Bridgers opens the first set with “Funeral” taken from her 2017 album “Stranger in the Alps”. 

Funeral is a very emotive and powerful song about a teen having to deal with the reality of death while also dealing with her own depression. The lyrics are real and connect on a level that most of can identify with…Truly, A very hard hitting song of life that breaks down the emotional defenses due to its realism and shared experience.

Kane Miller from Lakefield, Ontario, Canada follows with his Aug 31st 2018 single “All We Need”. A light acoustic song with harmonic vocal blends that express the deep feelings of trying to hold onto a relationship that is drifting in a different direction. A song that would have no problem fitting in with Jim Croce and James Taylor. Big thumbs up to Kane Miller.

Peter Case follows with “Ain’t Gonna Worry No More” taken from his 2007 album “Let Us All Praise Sleepy John”. “Ain’t Gonna Worry No More” brings visualization and understanding to a time in history seen through the eyes of the artist as life and events are conveyed through exceptional lyrics and a comforting acoustic safety blanket…a truth tellers tune that engages the listener from the first note…one can almost see the engaged audience silently reflecting around a camp fire…

JD McPherson closes the set with “Precious” taken from his 2015 Album “Let the Good Times Roll”. A song about love and the overwhelming grace of its healing powers. The Magic of “The Platters”, “Sam Cooke” and “The Drifters” come racing back, when I hear this amazing retro 50’s song. It is powerful tune that’s soulfully engaging…it’s hard not to sing along to a song as good as this.


And so, a set of very real and emotionally impacting music coming at you, on the Minstral show.

SET: 02


David Bowie opens the second set with “Lazarus” taken from his January 2016 album “Black Star”. I have to admit, I grieved for 3 days after David Bowie passed away and like all his fans, I never knew the pain that he went through as a Star which he revealed through the videos he made for the album…”Lazarus” in particular shows us what was going through David Bowie’s mind before he died. He was a creative genius right up to his death as the Video for the song attests. Simply brilliant and sobering at the same time.

Roger Waters follows with three songs from his 2017 album “Is this the Life We Really Want”. I believe the songs are meant to be played together starting with “Wait for Her”, then “Oceans Apart” and ending with “Part of Me Died” The songs are poetically expressive and telling of a persons respect for life and then the grief and anger one feels at a world gone insane forgetting its commitment to morality where one cannot go back to sleep once awake to the lies that were sold by evil beings. Roger Waters is a true artist and poet with a voice for the voiceless…

Marqui Adora closes the set with “Away” taken from their 2006 album “White Buildings”.

“Away” Seeks to find an answer or a way to end the dark clouds that hang over us when facing difficult times…we call out to consciousness to help us.


And so, David Bowie, Roger Waters and Marqui Adora help us to connect the dots in what really matters, on the Minstral show.

SET: 03


Continuing on the theme from the last set, David Crosby opens the final set with “Dangerous Night” taken from his 2014 album “Croz”. We truly live in dangerous times with a world turned upside down for profit and so “Dangerous Night” expresses our collective thoughts, anguish and worries on the issues we face when seeing the nightmares we have awakened to.

John Lodge follows with “Get Me Out of Here” taken from his 2017 live album “The 10,000 light years Tour”. The song is about being aware of loosing love while facing ones fears in an uncertain future. An excellent solo effort by the Moody Blues icon John Lodge. Incidentally, John is touring North America in October 2018 so be sure to check out his website for more details.

The king of rockin blues, Joe Bonamassa follows with the title track to his Sept 2018 album “Redemption”. Joe’s new album is truly one of his finest to date and that’s, saying a lot. If you subscribe to his website and youtube channel, you’ll be privy to lot’s of great music in what is a good solid active music channel.

About the song, well, Many of us have been there, Down and out and looking for redemption. An excellent rockin blues tune by the master, Joe Bonamassa.

Great Lake swimmers close the set with “Visions of a Different World” taken from their Sept. 03rd 2018 album “The Waves, The Wake”. Anthony Dekker creates a harmonic vocal masterpiece to express his vision and hope for a different world”. A very soothing song done without instruments…when we listen to the universe, empathic melodic thoughts form in harmony to gently touch the soul…and bring peace of mind…that is “Visions of a Different World”.

Be sure to support the artists by going to their official websites, buying their music and joining their email platforms. Details are in the episode description.

And So, As we pass through Dangerous Nights, get me out of here to find Redemption and Visions of a Different World, on the Minstral Show. See you next week everybody.

The Minstral Show – (Episode 057)


SONGS:

SET 01
Phoebe Bridgers – Funeral
Kane Miller – All We Need
Peter Case – Ain’t Gonna Worry No More
JD McPherson – Precious (Live)

SET 02
David Bowie – Lazarus
Roger Waters – Wait for Her, Oceans Apart, Part of Me Died
Marqui Adora – Away

SET 03
David Crosby – Dangerous Nights
John Lodge – Get Me Out of Here
Joe Bonamassa – Redemption
Great Lake Swimmers – Visions of a Different World

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Sunday, July 8, 2018

The Minstral Show – (Episode 051)




Today’s show spotlights a good variety of rock, folk and progressive rock sounds from this the new age of music, Featuring: Middle Distance Runner, Two Wounded Birds, JD McPherson, Rick Parfitt, Tom Keifer, Neil Young, The Hanging Stars, The Greek Theater, Agnes Obel, and Lunatic Soul.

More than just a podcast, World United Music has emerged to bring you the best music being made in the 21st century by signed, unsigned and Independent artists.

To all the Artists, be sure to share the podcast episode with your network as it helps bring attention not only to your work but to the work of others as well. That's what the “World United Music” project is all about, bringing attention to all the artists who make great music.

SET: 01

Today’s first set brings the positive energy of Pop Rock and Rock n Roll to the forefront; to help us battle the negative forces we all have to deal with on a daily basis.

Middle Distance Runner starts us off with the title track to their 2015 album “Secret Things”. This is good driving music that easily turns your steering wheel into a drum kit…just be careful of that base petal however, as you could find your self speeding down the road a little too fast. A very likeable song filled with hooks and energy to drive your spirit in a positive direction.

And, Just when the energy level peaks, Two Wounded Birds follows with a great Pop Rock tune called “To Be Young” taken from their self titled 2012 album “Two Wounded Birds”. This song really takes off as it creates a euphoric experience I can’t seem to get enough of…the song has it all, as it comes in waves with an infectious blend of sound and a melancholy lyric that creates an atmosphere of memories, good feelings, and the urge to sing…that’s the magic of real pop music…

JD McPherson follows with his smash hit “North Side Gal” taken from his debut 2010 album “Sign and Signifiers”… “North Side Gal” is a time warp back to the 50’s like no other…when I first heard this song, my jaw dropped and when it finished, I had to put the song on repeat. It was an instant favourite for this old free lance DJ…as you can imagine, dance floors all over time, will be up and rockin as this song plays…an instant classic in the positive sphere of music.

Closing the set is Status Quo guitarist, Rick Parfitt with “Lock Myself Away” taken from his solo album “Over and Out”. The album was postumously released by earMusic on March 23rd, 2018 after the sudden passing of Rick Parfitt on December 24th, 2017. Rick had finished the vocal and guitar tracks but didn’t have the opportunity to complete it and so a number of great musicians helped to complete the album including, Brian May of Queen, Chris Wolstenholme of Muse, former Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster and current bassist John "Rhino" Edwards which was also co-produced by Parfitt's son Rick Parfitt Jnr. A great job done by all to give music fans a great album by an artist that is dearly missed.


So, get ready for an up-beat Pop and Rock n Roll set of music to power the positive vibes of your day, on the Minstral Show.

SET: 02

Our second set turns the page to a 70’s style of Rock with Tom Keifer, Neil Young and The Hanging Stars.

Cinderella vocalist, Tom Keifer opens the set with “Solid Ground” taken from his 2016 debut album “The Way Life Goes”.

“Solid Ground” reminds me of the great Rod Stewart and Faces song “Every Picture Tells a Story” the song however, is purely Tom Keifer and clearly a classic on its own. This is a Really, really good solid rock tune by Tom Keifer and band.

Neil Young Follows with “No Hidden Path” taken from his 2007 album “Chrome Dreams II” - “No Hidden Path” is a 15 minute song of spiritual consciousness by Neil Young…a good trip and a classic tune in every way. Love this song.

The Hanging Stars close the set with “Floodbound” taken from their March 2016 album “Over the Silvery Lake”. If you enjoy Crosby Stills Nash and Young, there’s a very good chance you will really enjoy UK band The Hanging Stars. The entire album is an excellent tour through soft Americana country psychedelic music…I mean, what’s not to like? “Floodbound” is my personal favourite from this excellent 2016 album.


And so we sit on solid ground with no hidden path as we are floodbound with great music, on the Minstral show.

SET: 03

“The Greek Theater” open the final set with “Kings of Old” taken from their Feb 2017 album “Broken Circle”. This was a must have album for me in 2017 as I found the album to be filled with a variety of great retro 60’s and 70’s sounds that resonated with me as I’m sure it will resonate with others as well.

Following the Greek Theater is Agnes Obel with “Trojan Horses” taken from her October 2016 album “Citizen of Glass”. ”Trojan Horses” is a shadow of deeply poetic words and sounds of reflection. What more can I say about this brilliant artist and album that I haven’t already said in earlier episodes…”Citizen of Glass” is a must have album by an awesome artist…

“Lunatic Soul” the solo project of Mariusz Duda of “Riverside” follows with “The Art of Repairing” taken from his May 2018 Album “Under the Fragmented Sky”.

“The Art of Repairing” is an electro progressive masterpiece that repairs the fractured soul through a music stasis that builds to a cathedral of sound. a very unique song by the creative genius of Mariusz Duda…in a way, the music reminds me of Alan Parsons with a touch of Pink Floyd’s “Shine on You Crazy Diamond”. An excellent song to end today’s episode.

Be sure to support the artists by going to their official websites, buying their music and joining their email platforms. Details are in the episode description.

And now, Kings of Old, Trojan Horses and the Art of Repairing on the Minstral show. See you next week everybody.

The Minstral Show – (Episode 051)


SONGS:

SET 01
Middle Distance Runner – Secret Things
Two Wounded Birds – To Be Young
JD McPherson – North Side Gal
Rick Parfitt – Lock Myself Away

SET 02
Tom Keifer – Solid Ground
Neil Young - No Hidden Path
The Hanging Stars – Floodbound

SET 03
The Greek Theater – Kings of Old
Agnes Obel – Trojan Horses
Lunatic Soul - The Art of Repairing

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Friday, June 5, 2015

JD McPherson


About: JD McPherson

As a visual artist, Broken Arrow, Okla., native JD McPherson is well versed in the process of working within clearly defined formal parameters, and he employs a similarly rigorous discipline with his music. On Signs & Signifiers (Rounder, April 17), McPherson’s seductively kickass debut album, produced by JD’s musical partner, Jimmy Sutton, this renaissance man/hepcat seamlessly meshes the old and the new, the primal and the sophisticated, on a work that will satisfy traditional American rock ’n’ roll and R&B purists while also exhibiting McPherson’s rarefied gift for mixing and matching disparate stylistic shapes and textures.

“There are little subcultures within the roots scene, where people are really into rockabilly, traditional hillbilly stuff or old-timey music,” JD points out, “but there aren’t a whole lot of folks making hard-core rhythm & blues hearkening back to Specialty, Vee-Jay or labels like that. That’s what Jimmy and I really like, and our only intention going in was just to make a solid rhythm & blues/rock ’n’ roll record. But I didn’t want to make a time-machine record, so we tried to make something relevant but with all the things we love about rock ’n’ roll and rhythm & blues and mesh it all together. We both have eclectic tastes; Jimmy likes the Clash as much as he likes Little Richard, and I like the Pixies, T.Rex, hip-hop and all kinds of stuff. So we came up with a couple of weird songs and put them on the record, hoping that it wouldn’t scare off any of our ultra-selective fanbase.”

JD needn’t have worried. It’s highly unlikely that even the most discerning listeners would guess that the arrangement on his cover of Tiny Kennedy’s R&B chestnut “Country Boy” incorporates not only the tambourine beat of Ruth Brown’s 1955 Atlantic single “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean,” but also Raekwon and RZA’s “abstract, out-of-tune piano loops” on Wu-Tang Clan’s innovative ’93 LP Enter the Wu-Tang; or that the mesmerizing churner “Signs & Signifiers” is powered by an unchanging tremolo guitar figure modeled on Johnny Marr’s part on the Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now.” Then there’s “Firebug,” which JD “wanted to sound as if Stiff Little Fingers had recorded at Del-Fi Records.” And while it may not have been specifically what McPherson and Sutton were going for, the haunting dreamscape “A Gentle Awakening” seems to chart a course from “Heartbreak Hotel” through Terence Trent D’Arby to Amy Winehouse.

Never has an album of so-called “retro” music been laced with such a rich payload of post modern nuance. But that was precisely the intent of what JD describes, only half-facetiously, as “an art project disguised as an R&B record.”

“It’s weird,” says Sutton, “when you grow up being a fan of ‘older’ music and all of a sudden you’re making a record, you’re thinking, are we just recreating something—a museum piece—or are we actually bringing it forward? It’s interesting, because if you make something today and it moves you today, in that sense it’s contemporary. I like that juxtaposition of classic and fresh, something old yet new that can actually take you somewhere now.”

Of course, pushing the genre envelope doesn’t work unless the artist has the chops and feel to capture the form in its pure state to begin with. Check out, for example, “Dimes for Nickels,” McPherson’s vital evocation of the very moment when R&B and hillbilly music had a baby and they called it rock ’n’ roll, or the Jackie Wilson-meets-Elvis exuberance of “Scratching Circles,” or the lascivious ecstasy of the Little Richard doppelganger “Scandalous,” (although the “gold-capped tooth” reference in the first line is lifted from the Leiber-Stoller Coasters classic “Love Potion #9”). But for all we know, these tracks, too, may have been secretly embedded with elements from far a field, their stylistic twists hiding in plain sight. This cat is wicked-clever—and man, can he ever deliver this righteous shit.

McPherson took a circuitous path to get to this point. Broken Arrow butts up against Tulsa, a cultural oasis in the Heartland that has long been not only a musical hotbed but also a bustling center of the contemporary arts. “Tulsa’s got a lot of resources for people who are into weirdo art,” JD points out. And he gravitated toward it. “I did my undergraduate studies at the University of Oklahoma in experimental film,” he says. “I wanted to paint, do installation, make video art, performance stuff, sculpture. I’ll bet I’m the only person to have received graduate credit hours in card magic.” He wound up with an M.F.A. from the University of Tulsa in open media, a discipline designed specifically for his interests and ambitions.

But all along the way, music was an integral part of McPherson’s life. His dad introduced him to Delta blues and jazz as a kid, and after getting into Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and punk rock during high school, he picked up a Buddy Holly box set. “Something about that scratched an itch,” he says. “Then I started getting into the black side of rock ’n’ roll: Larry Williams, Little Richard, Art Neville’s stuff on Specialty, then soul and Jamaican rocksteady.” While studying visual arts, he also played in bands, doing everything from punk to western swing. JD was still scratching that itch when he recorded some originals with his previous band and took a shot in the dark. Well aware of Sutton’s status as a heavy hitter on the roots scene and the leader of R&B group the Four Charms, he fired off a MySpace friend request and asked if the producer/bassist would listen to his demos.

“I get sent stuff all the time, and it’s always the same,” says Sutton, “but I checked JD out and there was definitely something there. He wowed me—his voice, his songwriting. So we started talking, and we were always on the same page about the music we dig and where we wanted to take it. He had great ideas but he was still an open book. I was just trying to push him to stay true to himself. So the idea became to create a record that was honest and live.”

Six months into their budding partnership, JD arrived at Sutton’s newly completed home studio in Chicago—a sort of working shrine to all-tube recording as it was practiced a half-century ago, right down to Jimmy’s collection of vintage mics and his early-’60s Berlant/Concertone quarter-inch tape machine. Also on hand was Sutton’s go-to guy Alex Hall, “a Brian Eno type” according to JD, who multitasks as engineer, drummer and keyboard player.

“I showed up and I said, ‘I got this song ‘Dimes for Nickels,’ and I want it to be like a Chess Chuck Berry thing, slowed down, with a flat-tire beat,’” JD remembers. “Jimmy and Alex are from Chicago—they know that stuff backwards and forwards—and we nailed it in two takes.” Within a week, they’d banged out a dozen tracks, recording during the day and writing at night with a guitar and a laptop.

In order to make sure the album got heard by JD’s potential core audience, Sutton threw some chum in the water, pressing up a limited run on his brand-new Hi-Style label and directing it at the roots community. JD and Jimmy, who’s also a visual artist, then applied those skills to the making of a striking video for opening track “North Side Girl,” which has now registered well over 350,000 YouTube views.

“When the album came out, we immediately got a really strong response from that crowd,” JD recalls. “Then we put that video out, and it went all over the place within a week. Not too long after that, we started getting calls from managers, prospective booking agents, and it turned into this weird journey. By early last year, we were talking to some major labels and the folks at Rounder, who found out about us from the video. What made it the perfect storm was, as all that was happening, I lost my job—I was a middle school art teacher. I loved that job but, sign of the times, they started laying off the art department and I was part of the fallout. So I collected my paycheck through the summer and toured.” After which he signed with Rounder.

Having finally decided on his artistic direction, JD isn’t looking back. “Although I grew up wanting to be a visual artist, I’ll tell you what: the most satisfaction I’ve ever had as an artist is right now,” he says. “Because as much as I love artists like Joseph Beuys, I love David Bowie and Little Richard more. I was doin’ OK, I had some things going, but I’d rather do this, make music the priority. There’s more instant gratification—you play a show and right away you feel like it’s something worthwhile, and a lot of people are in on it. So I’m definitely into continuing to explore all this stuff. It’s really exciting—knock on wood.”

JD has no doubts about the viability of the choice he’s made. “Working within a genre has been done in all kinds of mediums—look at Alfred Hitchcock,” he points out. “It’s been established that rock ’n’ roll is a viable form—it’s hard-wired into American brains to understand swinging blues stuff. So it’s not surprising to me that kids are into the Black Keys and Adele. It just had to be presented to them.”

So now it’s JD McPherson’s turn to step up to the plate and give it a good whack. Go get ’em, tiger






















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