Tuesday, February 23, 2010

GROOVIN' BLUE 10 - 03 IS NOW UP AND PODCASTED ! ! ENJOY ! ENJOY ! ENJOY !

OH YES ! ! ! YUM YUM ! ! GROOVIN' BLUE 10-03 IS A SCRUMPDIDDLEYLICIOUSDILUCUCIOUS GROOVICIOUSNESS OF SOULFUL NEW WORLD MEATY GOODNESS ! ! ! AND . . . IT IS READY FOR ALL Y'ALL . . .
FOR THE ELDER STATESWOMEN AND STATESMEN WE GOT THE MANHATTANS, THE EBONYS and BROOK BENTON and O'JAYS . . .
FOR THE YOUNG'UNS WE GOT THE KNUX and USHER along with JOELL ORTIZ. JOINING IT ALL TOGETHER IN A 2010 NEW WORLD AFRICAN MIX ARE THE SOUNDS OF DANA HALL, AIDONIA, GIL SCOTT-HERON and VYBZ KARTEL.

Oh, and a note - we are still working on updating the blog [it is taking a little longer than we thought it would].
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

ROGER G - NYC STREET PERFORMANCE GURU



DJZigZag saw this amazing man's performance on a PBS special the other night - "Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix Of Race And Identity" and asked us to share it with WAGRadio's listeners.
"I wanna go to NYC now!", sez DJZZ.

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Saturday, February 13, 2010

SWITCHIN' IN THE KITCHEN WITH SWEET DADDY FONK - YES AND DJZIGZAG TOO ! ! ALL HELL'S A BREAKIN' LOOSE THIS VALENTINES - OLYMPIC PROPORTIONS 2010 !!


Oooooo Weeeeeee SWEET DADDY FONK and DJZigZag HAVE LINED UP A VALENTINE MUSIC LIST THAT WILL HAVE YOU PANTING FOR MORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
YOUR TWO ROMANTIC SOUL-BROTHERS HAVE DUG INTO THEIR PAST AND COME UP WITH SOME LOVE GEMS FROM JOE SIMON, REGINA BELLE, THE MANHATTANS, ALTON McCLAIN & JOHNNY BRISTOL as well as SOME POSSIBLY NEW OLDIES BY ETTA JAMES, THE T.N.J.'s, SIDNEY JOE QUALLS and so many more . . . WITH A SPECIAL SALUTE TO TEDDY PENDERGRASS.
So get comfy, get ready, get loose and get it on . . . .
IT'S A WAGRadio GROOVIN' BLUE FUNK SHUI VALENTINE 2010 SPECIAL OF OLYMPIC PROPORTIONS . . . .










Note: She be switchin' in the kitchen and I know she'll get a lickin' from doin' the hoochie koochie koo.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

NEW BOOK TO READ: THE STORY OF SYD NATHAN'S KING RECORDS OUT OF CINCINNATI - "KING OF THE QUEEN CITY"


We knew this was gonna be a winning read when we first heard about
"KING OF THE QUEEN CITY: THE STORY OF KING RECORDS".

Not only did two of WAGRadio's favourite 1960's musical acts record for the King and Federal labels, namely Hank Ballard and The Midnighters and James Brown and The Famous Flames but also Freddie King, Bill Doggett, The 5 Royales, Little Willie John and so many others gave the familiar look of the 45's immediate appeal.
We are three-quarters-way-through this 234 page book and can't put it down.


Here is an excerpt;
"(King record owner Syd) Nathan got on the phone and said, "What are you on? What kind of shit are you on? See, everybody in those days thought I (Sam Bass) was smoking pot because of the crazy things I did. Henry Glover said to me once, 'I'm black, but I won't go to some of the joints you do. 'So, I had to be on some shit, right?
"Anyway, Nathan says, 'You gotta be on something, because how could anybody in his right mind record the worst piece of shit I ever heard in my life? Sounds like someone stuttering on a record, all he says is one word.' I said, 'Oh, you must mean the Flames and "Please, Please, Please".

This is another wonderful book about the history of New World African American Music and also how King records influenced the world of Country and Western.

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Monday, February 8, 2010

WHEN THE EAST END ROCKED AND ROLLED - BO DIDDLEY, LaVERN BAKER, THE FIVE KEYS and WILLIS JACKSON ! !

To be truthful - ya had to go over to the South Side of VanCity to see the Ed Sullivan Show in the early 1950's (this segment was broadcast - January, 28th, 1956). If your family was rich enuff to have a TV - it only received two channels.

Here we see a segment of WWRL New York's Tommy "Dr. Jive" Smalls presenting his "Dr. Jive's Rhythm and Blues Revue" featuring Bo Diddley (no, that ain't a young 'Sweet Daddy Fonk'), LaVern Baker, The Five Keys (who go to Chinatown to get some Egg Foo Yong) and Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson.

Thanks to "Blues In The Dark" Co-Op Radio Host & Producer Ron Simmonds for turning us on to another gem . . .

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Friday, February 5, 2010

COMING SOON ! ! SWEET DADDY FONK & DJZigZag PRESENT A FUNK SHUI GROOVIN' BLUE VALENTINES SPECIAL FOR 2010 ! ! !










THE FIRST FUNK SHUI VALENTINES SPECIAL IS STILLTHE MOST LISTENED TO GROOVIN' BLUE PODCASTED SHOW OF ALL TIME ! ! !

WELL . . . SUNNY 'SWEET DADDY FONK' WONG & DJZIGZAG WANNA KEEP THE HEARTS A FLUTTERIN' AND THE SWEAT A POURIN' . . . Sorry, WE MEAN THE LADIES A GLOWIN' . . . WITH THE SOON TO BE PODCASTED
2010 FUNK SHUI VALENTINES SPECIAL FEATURING TEDDY PENDERGRASS, AL GREEN, GEORGE DUKE, MAXWELL, HIL ST SOUL, CURTIS MAYFIELD, BOBBY 'BLUE' BLAND and a whole lot more . . .
So look for that - very soon!

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