PCL LinkDump (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Mambo, twist, and the roadhouse R & B hit “Honky Tonk” from one time Louis Jordan keyboard man Bill Doggett, who really knew how to rock a Hammond organ. Get it here .
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
On Saturday, July 12th, 2008 Drummer, Mike Clark will be bringing his group Prescription Renewal to the Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver, Colorado. Mike will have his legendary rhythm partner Paul Jackson on Bass and the amazing Donald Harrison on saxophone. WHO: Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal: Mike Clark - Drums Paul Jackson - Bass Donald Harrison - Sax...
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
This week saw the passing of the great Earle Hagen . His name may not be a household word, but his music is burned into your brain. He was a TV theme writer extraordinaire, whose credits include catchy ditties for The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl, and The Mod Squad to name a few. A bunch of his themes are available at AM Then FM's Hagen tribute post. Hagen is also...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
James H. "Jimmy" McGriff Jr., 72, a master of the Hammond B-3 organ who scored gospel-powered 1960s instrumental hits with Ray Charles' "I've Got a Woman" and his own "All About My Girl," died of complications from multiple sclerosis on Saturday at Voorhees Center Genesis.
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
Me, apparently giving my selection a lot of thought… “Listen - Soul Brothers Six - Some Kind of Wonderful - MP3″ Funk16Corners Set List 5/23 Asbury Park 45 Sessions Roger & the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B) Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham – Lover and a Friend (Capitol) James Brown – Talking Loud and Saying Nothing [...]
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 02/16/2008
Your birthday today: You are a born leader ; conscientious, and careful in all you do. You are fond of art and the finer things of life and cherish integrity and honor. Your love is whole-hearted and enduring for which you will be rewarded. The book is blank for companions on this day, though, so perhaps you should cherish the good company of these birthday notables: Nichiren Daishonin , Henry Wilson...
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Jesse “Tex” Powell (Baritone Sax) “Blow Man Blow” Jubilee Records. Powell had an amazing career from the little research I’ve done. Like his more famous contemporary, saxophonist King Curtis, he straddled the worlds of Jazz (he played with Coltrane in the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra and again in the Johnny Hodges Orchestra in the late forties/early [...]
Bagatellen (Free subscription) | 01/29/2008
Smalls Smalls CEO Luke Kaven has talent for artist discovery and recovery that many in the jazz industry could use as a yardstick. His modest label is home to a stable of sterling musicians, the latest unveiling being altoist...
liveDaily News Blog (Free subscription) | 01/02/2008
(LiveDaily.com) Psychobilly rockers The Reverend Horton Heat have added nearly two dozen dates to their 2008 North American tour, which now stretches through July.
The Aristocrats (Free subscription) | 11/04/2007
Brian Setzer does the Bill Doggett classic, Honky Tonk . Lotsa fire and brimstone, good showpiece, but I think the key to this piece, like Joe Zawinal's Mercy, Mercy, Mercy , is restraint It's a steam engine and the needle is just below the red zone. That's how the musical tension is created, you keep waiting for it to blow up but it doesn't quite. Listen to Bill Doggett play Honky Tonk and you'll...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 10/30/2007
At the age of 55, Johnny Yard Dog Jones finally had the opportunity to lead his first record date in 1996. Originally a gospel guitarist, Jones gradually made the transition to becoming a blues singer who also played harmonica and just a bit of guitar. His singing is likable and full of emotion as he explores a set of music that emphasizes 1950s-style Chicago blues, along with occasional soul ballads,...
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 10/29/2007
We Now Return to Blacula Meets Black Dracula! Funky16Corners Radio Halloween Spooktacular!?! Playlist 1. Lou Rawls – Season of the Witch (Capitol) 2. Souls Unlimited – The Raving Vampire Pt1 (Wig Wam) 3. Bill Doggett – The Worm (Columbia) 4. Clea Bradford – My Love’s a Monster (Cadet) 5. Fred Wesley & the JB’s – Doin’ It To Death (People) 6. King Coleman [...]
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 10/09/2007
Howard Tate [Atlantic, 1972] This has a great soulful cover of Dylan's “Girl From the North Country”. Howard Tate is an American soul music singer and songwriter. He was born August 14, 1939, in Macon, Georgia, and moved with his family to Philadelphia in the early 1940s. In his teens, he joined a gospel music group [...]
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 10/01/2007
Mr. Charles Earland at the organ… Funky16Corners Radio v.35- Soul Organs Vol. 2 Playlist Charlie Earland Erector Set – Yes-Suh! (Eldorado) Brown Brothers of Soul – Cholo (Specialty) Hank Marr – The Out Crowd (Wingate) Merl Saunders Quintet – Soul Groovin’ (Galaxy) Jesse Butler – Messy Jesse (Philips) Jimmy Brown – Chain of Fools (Abet) Truman Thomas – Funky Broadway (Veep) Georgie Fame – El [...]
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 08/24/2007
Greetings all. In honor of the passing of the great Louis Chachere, I decided to re-up one of the old editions of Funky16Corners Radio that had yet to be added to the archives. Funky16Corners Radio v.12 - Hammond Funk #1 was originally posted in September of 2006. It opens with ‘The Hen Pt1′ and then goes on to tear [...]
