Archive for February, 2009

New Orlean and Daptone

Since it was Fat Tuesday this week I decided to do a show with a bunch of New Orleans music. I also got a load of records in the mail from Daptone Records so I played a bunch of their music in the second set. If you haven’t heard Daptone’s stuff you need to.

Professor Longhair, Al Johnson, Olympia Brass Band, Dixie Cup, The Meters, Gentleman June Gardner, Harry “Piano” Smith, Alan Toussaint, Danny White, Betty Harris and Lee Dorsey, Robert Parker, Dr. John, The Wild Magnolia, The Meters, Eddie Bo, Cyril Neville, Explosions, Mary June Hooper, Chuck Carbo, Ernie K Doe, Eddie Bo

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The Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Dr John, Clifton Chenier, Queen Ida, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Poets Of Rhythm, Sugarman 3 and Company, The Mighty Imperials featuring Joseph Henry, Menahan Street Band, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Ebony Rhythm Band, (Ingfried Hoffmann) Memphis Blue, Larry Young’s Fuel, Gary Burton

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Various New

I have been playing so much old shcool recently I decided to do a whole show on new music mostly from the last 6 months or so. The music is varying in styles…

Lemonade, The Emergency, Michna, Muto, Monareta, Lotus, Belleruche, Lone, Howie B vs. Casino Royale, Grampall Jookabox, Deerhunter, DZ and XI

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The Ritz, Kenny Galactic of Walmart, Nudge, Skew, Benoit Pioulard, Grouper, White Rainbow, AU, Radioactive Man, Daedelus, Math Head, Munk, Truckasauras, Studio, Sao Paulo Underground

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Rare Funk

This was a prerequisite Twisted Groove radio set to my Valentines gig at Second Street Brewery. A look into rare funk goodness.

Willie and the Magnificents, Illinois Connection, Perfect Circle, Wylie Trass, Marvin Holmes and the Uptights, The Unforgettables, The Proposition, Betty Davis, Warm Excursion, Tommy Stewart, Dolemite

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Lew Jiggs Kirton, Jacko Peake, Lee fields, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Arthur Young, Sharpshooter, Jimmy Graham, Bobby Byrd, Roy Ayers, George Freeman, Mongo Santamaria, Prince Lasha and Sonny Simmons

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The Funky President Show

Was meant to air on January 24th but because of confusion at the station aired February 7th 2009

James Brown, Smoggs, Smokey Brooks, The Overlaps, Sign of the Vibration, Ironing Board Sam, Aretha Franklin

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Stevie Wonder, War, Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown and Afrika Bambaataa, Sly and the Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, The Propositions, Appollis, Billy Joe Holloman, Funkadelic

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