SHO' AS SUNNY & ZIGZAG IS SITTIN' IN JAMES BROWN'S BOOTH IN HIS FAVOURITE AUGUSTA , GA RESTAURANT - THERE'S A NEW ** EAST END SOUTHERN TOUR # 7 !

OUR BOYS ARE SITTIN' IN THE GODFATHA'S BOOTH AT T-BONZ STEAKHOUSE AND THEY ASKED HIM IF IT'D BE ALRIGHT IF THEY DID, BEFORE THEY SAT DOWN ! ! !

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA's T-BONZ STEAKHOUSE RESTAURANT, 2856 Washington Road, WAS MR. BROWN's FAVOURITE PLACE TO GO WHEN HE WAS HOME FOR A LIL' REST AND RECOOPRA'TION.

THE HARDEST WORKIN' HUMAN BEING IN ALL OF SHOW BIZ WOULD SIT WITH BAND MEMBERS AND THE FAMOUS FLAMES ENJOYING THE GREAT FOOD THIS EATERY HAS TO OFFER.

IF YOU ARE IN AUGUSTA - GIVE THEM A CALL BEFORE YOU GO AND THEY WILL RESERVE THE BOOTH FOR YOU.

BUT LET US NOT FORGET WHY THE WAGRadio LADS ARE SMILIN' AT CH'ALL ! !

THE LATEST EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) 2010 HAS BEEN POSTED.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT - IT IS NUMBER SEVEN ! !

THIS ONE FINDS SWEET DADDY AND DJZigZag HEADIN' DOWN THE ROAD THAT LEADS TO CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE (CUZ SDF "just loves trains").

One of the featured artists is LARRY WILLIAMS who DJZigZag considers to be the finest Rock'N'Rollers of all time! And he is seeing the face of the great LITTLE RICHARD in the rear view when he declares it!

DJZZ also wants you, dear listener, to give special attention to "EARLY IN THE MORNING" by The Genius - RAY CHARLES. "RAY CHARLES WAS AT HIS PEAK AS AN ARTIST IN 1959", sez ZigZag, "AND THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE HORN SECTION AT THE END OF THE RECORD IS... WELL, YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR EARS INTO THE VINYL TO HEAR THE INTRICACIES OF THE WRITING'S SIMPLICITY".

Somebody get ZZ some water ! !

Enjoy ! EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) 2010 # 7

WAGRadio Management

NEW SOUTHERN MUSIC PODCAST COMIN' YALL'S WAY ! ! - EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) NUMBER SEVEN SOON TO BE PODCASTED ! ! FROM WAGRadio ! ! !

When Sunny "Sweet Daddy Fonk" Wong and DJZigZag travelled from the wilds of Southern Canada to the unknowns of the Southern U.S.ofA. they knew they were in for a wonderful adventure.

And yes, their dreams came true.

But little did the management of WAGRadio know that six radio shows would be born from the journey.

Well, believe it or not, soon to reach your ears, dear listeners and lovers of New World African Music -

SHOW #SEVEN of the EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) 2010 Collection ! !

Should be podcasted by this weekend ! ! !

WAGRadio Management

BIG ON WAGRadio - RIGHT NOW . . . IS PANCHO SANCHEZ & his "WILLIE BOBO MEDLEY" - here he is with "BAILA MI GENTE"

Oh OH OHHHHhhhh THIS IS A BIGGGGIIEEE - IT'S DIDDY and DIRTY MONEY WITH "SOMEONE TO LOVE ME" - HUGE ON WAGRadio sez DJZIGZAG ! ! ! Love Me

IS IT DIDDY, OR PUFF DADDY OR DIRTY MONEY?
WHATEVA' - IT'S A GREAT RECORD !!

WAGRadio Management

WAGRadio's GOT ITSELF A HIT WITH ALEXANDER "A-TRAIN" BOYNTON's "SOUL SISTA" and "MOVIE BASS SONG" from HIS NEW "DOO BEE DOO BOP" RELEASE

VAN-CITY's OWN "A-TRAIN" BOYNTON HAS A HIT ALBUM ON HIS HANDS AND WAGRadio MAY BE THE FIRST RADIO STATION TO CHART TWO CUTS FROM "DOO BEE DOO BOP".

"SOUL SISTA" and "MOVIE BASS SONG" are the first two choices made by the WAGRadio staff BUT THERE WILL BE MORE.

FEATURING THE BASS PLAYING OF ALEXANDER B. THIS CD ALSO SHOWS OFF THE ALREADY FAMOUSLY HERALDED TALENT OF JEFF LORBER, PAUL JACKSON JR., DAVID MANN, LENNY CASTRO, JEFF GOLUB and so many more of the best of L.A. STUDIO MUSICIANS. IT ALSO FEATURES CANUCK JAZZ GIANTS - DAVE PICKELL & BILL RUNGE.

TO PICK UP THE CD go to CDBABY - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/aboyntonjr

CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THIS POST TO GO DIRECTLY TO CD BABY's ALEXANDER BOYNTON JR.'s "DOO BEE DOO BOP" page ! !

or visit his website at http://www.atrainbass.com/

WAGRadio Management

FIRST GROOVIN' BLUE FOR 2011 * * * * NOW POSTED * * * * GROOVIN' BLUE 11 - 01 * * *

Yum Yum fo' yo' all's ear drums ! ! ! Wait a mo' -

I think I may have used that line before.

But it really applies to the first

GROOVIN' BLUE for 2011 !

THIS NEW GROOVIN' BLUE has a lot of unexpected deelites !

From goodies like the Bulgarian, YES, BULGARIAN group on USB Digital records [CLEAR, ANGELOVA & KORKORSKA] singing "Believe" to the Canadian Funk/Jazz/Soul outfit from back east - FOUR80EAST . . .

to our pal ALEXANDER "A-TRAIN" BOYNTON and two things from his new CD.

So, get ta' lissenin'.

DJZigZag

WILL THIS BE THE BIG HIT ON THE NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 11-01 IT'S THE NEW WAYNE WONDER(FUL) CHOON "IF I EVER" ! ! OH WHAT A SONG !!

WAYNE DONE DONE IT AGAIN ! !
HE GOT HIMSELF A HUGE HIT ON HIS OWN SINGSO/NYAMCASH LABEL.
THIS MAY BE THE BIG HIT ON THE BRAND NEW GROOVIN' BLUE ! !
GROOVIN' BLUE 11 - 01 ! !
FIRST GROOVIN' BLUE FOR 2011 !

WAGRadio Management

SHO' ENUFF - CAN'T GET TOO MUCH A' DAT FONK-LADEN STUFF !

THIS TIME (1976) IT'S GORDON EDWARDS ON BASS AND MASTER ERIC GALE ON GUITAR with CORNELL DUPREE, STEVE GADD AND RICHARD TEE. and "Groovin'"

DJZigZag

AH YESS THE GOOD OL' DAYS WITH STUFF ! LIVE IN JAPAN ! OH, YEAH 1987* THIS IS A GOOD OL' GOOD ONE INDEEDY DOO!!

AH YES, THE GOOD OL' DAYS WHEN BROTHER ALAN "SHIMO" SHIMOKURA WOULD SEND ME CHAMBARA (JAPANESE SWORD FIGHTING MOVIES) AND STUFF LIKE STUFF LIVE ! AT LIVE UNDER THE SKY '87 FROM JAPAN . . .
I'VE GOT IT ALL ON BETA VIDEO TAPE !
I SHOULD GET OFF MY PROVERBIAL AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO ALL Y'ALL.

"Watching The River Flow" with

STEVE GADD (dm), RON CUBER (br sx), EDDIE GOMEZ (bs), CORNEL DUPREE (gtr), RICHARD TEE (kybd)

DJZIGZAG

A NEW MOON ON THE MIGHTY FRASER RIVER EASIN' BY WAGRadio TELLS US THAT SOMETHIN'S COOKIN' - LIKE 2011's FIRST GROOVIN' BLUE 11-01 ! !

OH YES ! ! A BRAND NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 11-01

THE FIRST GROOVIN' BLUE FOR 2011 SHOULD BE COMIN' YOUR WAY IN A COUPLA' DAYS ! !

THIS GROOVIN' BLUE 11-01 WILL FEATURE;

SOMETHIN' OLD - JIMMY SMITH, RONALD ISLEY & LEW KIRTON

SOMETHIN' BLUE - SIDNEY JOE QUALLS

AND A WHOLE LOT NEW - FOUR80EAST, ALEXANDER BOYNTON JR., ANTHONY B and PUFF DADDY just to name a few . . .

WAGRadio MANAGEMENT

THE YEAR IS 1968 - GROOVIN' BLUE IS A YEAR OLD ON CKLG-FM AND ARETHA IS WITH ATLANTIC RECORDS - HERE SHE IS 'LIVE' SINGING "NIGHT LIFE"

THE YEAR IS 1964 & MS. ARETHA FRANKLIN'S ON THE T.V. SHOW SHINDIG! THAT COULDN'T BE SEEN IN THE EAST END BECAUSE OF BAD T.V. RECEPTION . . .

If we wanted to see our New World African Music heroes after school on SHINDIG! we had to go over to Buddy and Harry Chow's (plus four more kids, Frank had left home already) on 49th Avenue near Oakridge in VanCity cuz we couldn't pick the signal up in the East End with rabbit ears (those double pronged antennas).
Aretha was still with Columbia records at this time and hadn't made the jump to Atlantic records yet.

DJZigZag

HOW SWEET DADDY AND DJZigZag DECIDED TO TAKE ON THE EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR 2010 - IT ALL STARTED IN LAS VEGAS with BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND ! !

DJZigZag and Sweet Daddy Fonk were in the city of sin - Lost Wages, Nevada. It was probably 1982 or '83. They were in a rental car along with long-time sports car aficionado and ex-taxi cab driver Shepherd "White Bucks" Wong. Shepherd was driving.

Now, DJZigZag isn't a gambler. Sweet Daddy Fonk had dabble-gambled but at that time even SDF didn't really know Vegas that well - not as well as their craps-loving pal Shepherd. They were both thinking that it seemed like they'd been driving around the downtown core aimlessly when a sudden turn revealed what the boys knew to be "The Golden Mile" - that stretch now known as Old Las Vegas - that shimmering, blinding smash-your-eyes-out-with-neon light area that ZigZag had only seen in movies. A thrill in itself, but there was a life-changing addition to the moment. At precisely the time a film director would have said to his editor, "start the music here", the radio began honking out Bobby "Blue" Bland's #1 Rhythm & Blues hit from 1957 - "Farther Up The Road"!

It was a moment Sunny Sweet Daddy Fonk and DJZigZag would mention to each other for years to come until one day one of them added - "Y'know, we got such a thrill outta that, we should visit the land that gave birth to the music we love - The Southern U.S. of A." (or words to that effect).

In October, 2010 the grown and dusty lads headed to Seattle, WA. and then to Atlanta, GA. where they began a thirteen day cultural driving visit to Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina and Alabama.

At least a couple of times during the 2010 trip they laughed, as they'd done in the past, remembering how, on that fateful day in Las Vegas, NV, they had looked up from the scene brightly blaring into their eyes with Mr. Bland's music scoring the moment, turned to each other, made the "Oh, my Gawd!" connection and then looked at their pal Shepherd who was driving into the light totally unencumbered by their epiphany.

WAGRadio Management

EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) 2010 SHOW # SIX - IS NOW PODCASTED ! ! ! AND IT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MR. RUSSELL MAR

One of the things that

Sunny 'Sweet Daddy Fonk' Wong and DJZigZag

missed the most while they were away on there

EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR 2010

was the taste of Cantonese Cuisine.

They did go to a Chinese restaurant in Chattanooga TN. but it just wasn't the same.

Oh sure, the Chilean and Nicaraguan waiters passing themselves off as Guangdong originals were friendly enough but somehow they just didn't bring food to the table that met the high standards the boys were used to on the Left Coast of the Continent.

We know the plate of Lop Cheung (sausage) pictured here was a favourite of our pal Russell Mar, the founder of The Heart & Soul Record Shop on Commercial at 1st Ave. in VanCity. The shop was always a destination when Sunny & DJZZ were high school chums. The love of music and food was shared by Sunny, ZZ and Russ and his pals so we thought it fitting to feature this favourite as the dish of choice for this the

SIXTH EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) 2010 SPECIAL . . .

Note: There is something significant about the first and last songs played on the latest E.E. South. Music Tour #6 and DJZZ will explain that in the future.

WAGRadio Management

WINTER RIVER but WARM & COZY WAGRadio's STUDIO "B" with A NEW EAST END SOUTH. MUSIC TOUR SHOW 'BOUT TO PODCAST - DEDICATED TO EAST END's RUSSELL MAR

Thinking about it the other day, DJZigZag realized that some of the 45's that are being heard on the EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) programs were probably bought at

Russell Mar's HEART AND SOUL Record Shop

on Commercial Drive at 1st Avenue in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

It was so easy to walk up to the store from Britannia High School during lunch and ask Gloria, Russell's right hand, and who some would call the 'boss of the boss', what the latest Rhythm 'n' Blues or Soul '45' was.

Heart and Soul Record Shop was the first New World African Music record store in British Columbia. It could have been the first in Western Canada.

I'll have to ask Alberta's Tommy Chong if he thinks that's true.

For all we know, Heart & Soul could have been the first record store in our country to dedicate itself to selling Black Music exclusively.

I, and you, dear reader, will have to set ourselves the task of finding out if that is the case.

Russell Mar was a pioneer. He quietly gave we who love 'our music' - our music !

Russell Mar . 6/21/1940 - 12/19/2010

The new EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) # SIX, dedicated to Russ, will be comin' your way in the next coupla' days.

DJZigZag

aka

Bill Reiter

photo: Ms. Marnie Coulter