WAGRadio TAKES YOU BACK TO NOVEMBER 1965 - LOS ANGELES 'THE BIG TNT SHOW' STARRING THE IKE AND TINA TURNER REVUE ! !

WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG ? ?
YOU'RE JUST A FOOL - - - YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH TINA AND THE IKETTES ! !

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YUM YUM - - FOR YOUR EAR DRUM ! ! GROOVIN' BLUE 09-15 HAS BEEN POSTED AND IS READY TO BE SAVOURED ! ! ! !

GROOVIN' BLUE 09 - 15 RUNS THE NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSICAL GAMUT FROM CHICAGO BLUES TO CONTEMPORARY JAZZ TO HIP-HOP AND BACK AGAIN ! !

Y'KNOW, WE WERE WRONG WHEN WE MULLED OVER WHETHER GB 09 - 14 WAS THE BEST SHOW EVER POD-CASTED ON WAGRadio CUZ WE THINK THIS ONE IS ! ! ! !

FEATURED ARTISTS ARE BILL WITHERS, LIL' WAYNE, RAHEEM DeVAUGHN, ANDRE WILLIAMS, ZIGGI, BUSY SIGNAL, NAPPY ROOTS, TREY SONGZ

and SO MANY, MANY MORE . . . .

Then again Groovin' Blue 09 - 12 is still always a good re-listen . .

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GOTTA BE THE STRANGEST VIDEOS feat. ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN CHUNES "SILLY" by TARAL HICKS

The ultimate version of this tune is of course by DENEICE WILLIAMS but Ms. T. Hicks does a masterful job of it.
But what's with all the body-builders??
Anyway - dig the tune. Dig the boyz! Dig whatever turns y'all on! ! !

OH YEAH, and GROOVIN' BLUE 09-15 is just around the corner...

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AIN'T NO FAKIN' - - IT BE ZIGGI - THE EURO-MAICAN & his video -"NEED TO TELL YOU THIS" which is LIT & BLAZIN' ! ! !

This brother with the gritty vocal abilities (he has that Marley brothers soulfulness) is blessed with great songs with great hooks that have an inherent joy permeating the proceedings.

OH, and at 1:14 of these particular proceedings, for all you heavy-libidoed males, there is a bit of a bouncy treat. WAGRadio can say no more. . .
Whew! !
DJZigZag

"CAN'T GET OVER YOU" by JOE from the MAZE feat. FRANKIE BEVERLY TRIBUTE ALBUM ON Brantera Music out of Antioch California . . .

THIS IS A MUST-HAVE CD FOR ALL CONTEMPORARY SOUL FANS.

"Joy and Pain" by AVANT / "We Are One" by RAHEEM DeVAUGHN and "Happy Feelin's" by LEDISI are just a few of the other wonderful covers featured on this great indie tribute Cd.

Watch for them to show up for WAGRadio fans soon on

GROOVIN' BLUE 09-15 ! ! !

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HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS TO ROCK 'N' ROLL DISC JOCKEY LEGEND - RED ROBINSON - CELEBRATING FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF BRINGING MUSIC TO THE PEEPS ! ROCK ON !!

Fifty-five years of Rockin' and Rollin' on the radio ! !

No mean feat that ! ! !

Add all the other things that the once-red-locked one has done and the mind boggles.

We raise a filled-to-the-brim glass of West Coast Canadian bubbly

to this tireless individual and wish him well

in all endeavours planned and on all of the paths that lay ahead for him, his family and his beautiful wife Carol.

From DJZigZag and all the Management and staff of WAGRadio

Photo provided by: Phil Mackesy

Photo: Red and Clarence Dixon of the Four Knights circa 1955

DOWNTAEARTH BILL WITHERS TALKS ABOUT THANGS - - AS PART OF THE PROMOTION FOR THE RECENTLY RELEASED FILM "SOUL POWER" - WHADDA GREAT BROTHER.

A TUNE FROM 1974 AND THEN SOME PRAGMATIC TALK FROM MR. WITHERS ABOUT THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF "SOUL POWER".

NUFF SAID ! !
LISTEN AND LEARN YOUNGUNS ! ! !

DJZIGZAG

"DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY" - VOICEMAIL feat. BUSY SIGNAL - Get Up And Dance ! ! !

A WAGRadio Favourite - Featured on GROOVIN' BLUE 09 - 12 in September and could be a reason why that show is still getting so many hits.

What a great dance tune!

DJZigZag

FROM 1966 - A REITER RECORD RELIC - "VOICE YOUR CHOICE" by THE RADIANTS

Released in 1964, this 45 was an EAST END VANCOUVER house party favourite. The record wasn't played on any of the city's radio stations at the time of its release. It did get airplay when CKLG-FM's "Groovin' Blue" went on the air (Oct. 1967).

THE RADIANTS were originally a five man group formed in 1960 out of The Greater Harvest Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois but only recorded as a trio.

This video sees them on The!!!! Beat T.V. show out of Nashville, Tennessee with discjockey Bill "Hoss" Allen. Featured: Leonard Caston Jr. [tnr], Wallace Sampson [bar] and the wonderful Maurice McAlister on lead.

DJZigZag

WE WORKIN' ON GROOVIN' BLUE 09 - 15 WITH THE ULTIMATE LIVE VERSION OF MR. BILL WITHERS "USE ME" - - 'Keep Usin' Me, Til . .'

GROOVIN' BLUE IS THE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM ON WAGRadio.
NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC IS THE MODE OF ENJOYMENT.

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THE DEATH OF A LOTTA MUSIC - "CRIPS AND BLOODS - MADE IN AMERICA"

I KNOW it sounds a little 'out there' but this film about two rival CALI 'gangs' by director Stacy Peralta can be deftly quoted during conversations about the seemingly impending death of Jazz [and to a lesser degree black Pop and Soul].

Maybe it provided that insight to WAGRadio because our first concern is Black music. The stark understanding that New World African classical music [Jazz] no longer has the once-prolific venues [ghetto clubs, bars, show lounges] to promote itself to working-class Black Americans was, possibly, an unintended bit of enlightenment delivered by "Crips & Bloods: Made In America". An old story. Last to get a job. First to lose it. No work. No spending cash. No income for musicians, record labels, promoters etc.

Please try and see this documentary. I can't stress how evocative its message is. Initially it seems to be a heart-wrenching dissertation on gang violence in L.A., and it is, but then the film's other truer messages begin to appear - told through the clear eyes and voices of the young to middle-aged Crips and Bloods who share their profound knowledge through the camera lens.

DJZigZag and WAGRadio Management