1) Today's thread o' stuff is inspired by news of the death of music producer Hal Willner. Among the TV series he worked on was Sunday Night/Night Music (1988-90). My father taped many of its episodes when it was rerun on...I want to say CBC?.

2) I dug through his tapes around the time my musical horizons expanded in high school/early university. My mind was kinda blown. So, today's thread is a few samples of the series that I enjoyed or influenced future listening.

First up, a little Sun Ra.

3) Next, a short retrospective on Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

4) Richard Thompson and Jo-El Sonnier, "Tear Stained Letter"

5) Conway Twitty and the Residents. End-of-show jams of most of the guests were a regular feature.

6) John Cale and Lou Reed with two songs from their "Songs for Drella" album

7) A full episode, ranging from vintage footage of Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved a Man" to a wild version of the Stooges "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by...well, see for yourself (thanks to @mmmbarclay for reminding me of that one...)

8) Willner's obit from Variety. https://variety.com/2020/music/obituaries-people-news/hal-willner-dead-dies-music-producer-saturday-night-live-1234573202/