A NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 02 PLUS THE FIRST IN A BRAND NEW SERIES - "East End Talkin' (Is Fun) Tour - 2012" w/ MIKE CVETKOVICH soon to be podcast.

WE HERE AT WAGRadio HAVE BIN' LOOKIN' FORWARD TO DJZigZag SITTIN DOWN WITH HIS OLD PAL MIKE 'King'A'DaBlues" CVETKOVICH AND GETTIN' THE EAST END ENCYCLOPEDIA of NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC to TELL US 'BOUT THE DAYS - Back, back, back, back BEFORE BACK IN THE DAY

and HE HAS DONE JUST THAT . . .

And those new Retro-Groovin' Blue shows will begin right after

THE LATEST GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 02

Which WILL SOON MAKIN' AN APPEARANCE !

Right now, DJZigZag is EDITING THE FIRST SHOW WITH HIS LIFE-LONG MUSIC-LOVIN' PAL (like he did with CHUBBY HAYES).

THE KING OF DJZigZag MENTORS (Mike C.) will be featured IN A NEW RETRO SERIES ENTITLED "EAST END TALKIN' (Is Fun) TOUR - 2012".

THESE SHOWS WILL KNOCK YO' SOCKS OFF

AND

BRING (For the Grand MaMas & Grand PaPas)

TAKE YOU BACK TO THE POST WAR YEARS IN THE OL' EAST END.

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JUST ONE (But a great one!) OF JOHNNY OTIS' DISCOVERIES - Ms. "LITTLE" ESTHER PHILIPS sings "MISERY" w/ Johnny on piano

*Click* on "JUST ONE" in the post's title to find yourself taken to

JOHNNY OTIS' WORLD website.

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BLACK MUSIC GIANT PASSES - ALEXANDRES VELIOTES - R.I.P.

DJZigZag sez he often finds himself saying to those who raise the question;

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE BLACK

TO BE A NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSICIAN"

and then he sites; MOSE ALLISON, HENRY YOUNG, PANCHO SANCHEZ, JOHNNY RAY, STEVE CROPPER, ART PEPPER, DAVID SANBORN, MICHAEL FRANKS and a brother who passed away this Tuesday past (January 17th, 2012) -

JOHNNY OTIS was a king of RHYTHM 'N' BLUES ! !

JOHNNY OTIS was a man who will not be replaced.

JOHNNY OTIS WAS BLACK MUSIC ! !

LONG LIVE A WAGRadio HERO . . .

ALEXANDRES "JOHNNY OTIS" VELIOTIS ! !

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BLUE AND SWEET, JAZZY AND AN IRIE TREAT - THE FIRST GROOVIN' BLUE FOR 2012 IS READY FOR YOU TO SAMPLE - - GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 01 IS ON THE AIR ! ! !

OH YEAH. IT IS A SUCCULENT TREAT - THIS NEWEST AND FIRST FOR 2012 . . .

GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 01

FEATURING THE IRIE SOUNDS OF GYPTIAN and TADDY P . . .

THE JAZZ-TAZZTIC MOANING OF JOEY DEFRANCESCO and HIROMI UEHARA

PLUS THE SOULED-OUT WARBLING of ANTHONY HAMILTON, MELANIE FIONA, GREGORY PORTER, TYRESE, TREY SONGZ and more.

GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 01 HAS JUST BEEN POSTED.

* For an interesting look at the importance of blogs and their impact on the music industry . . .

SIMPLY *click* on "BLUE AND SWEET..." in this post's title.

Thanks for the heads-up on that JasMan!

DJZigZag

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HERE's THAT NEW MAN AGAIN - GREGORY PORTER sings "ILLUSION" - WoW ! ! THIS BROTHER IS GONNA ROCK OUR WORLD ! !

THIS WONDERFUL PIECE OF MUSIC IS FEATURED ON THE UPCOMING

GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 01 . . .

The first G.B. in 2012 ! !

* click on "HERE's THAT NEW MAN AGAIN . . ."

in the post's title

to be taken to the Gregory Porter website.

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PLEASE REMEMBER: GROOVIN' BLUE IS NOT FOR CHILDREN ! ! and with that in mind MAY WE PRESENT Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party - ANTIDOTE (Explicit)

OH BOY, OH BOY IS THIS A KRAZY KAT WINNER ! !

SO DESU NAY ! !

YOU ARE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS VIDEO

and

THE CHOON IS ON GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 01 ! ! !

YOU KRAZEE KATS ! ! !

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TANYA STEPHENS and DA BASS of Mr. TADDY P - YES, IT'S THAT HUGE WAGRadio HIT FROM 2 YEARS AGO "HEART of STONE"

THE INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THE CHOON IS ON THE SOON-TO-BE-POSTED

GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 01 ! ! !

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DON'T EVEH TOUCH A NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC LOVER'S RADIO - NOT WHEN WE LISSENIN' TO DRU HILL and "HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE" ! !

Strange combo of a many-years-old film and a brand nu choon by DRU HILL . . .

And isn't that SISCO with the lads ? ?

WHAT THE HELL IS GOIN' ON OUT CHERE ? ?

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OH MY DEAR LORD GAWD ! ! IT'S AN 11-Year-Old BILLY PRESTON & NAT KING COLE in 1957 ! !

ISN'T THIS A FANTASTIC VIDEO CLIP FROM THE

ground-breaking NAT KING COLE T.V. SHOW IN 1957.

HARD TO BELIEVE WE'D BE WATCHIN' THIS GEM IN 2012 ! !

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LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A NEW VOCAL HERO COMIN' OUR WAY in Mr. GREGORY PORTER - THIS IS A GOODIE ! "1960 WHAT?" ! !

FROM GREGORY PORTER's Cd "Water"

#233170 on MOTEMA Records . . .

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IT'S A 'LIVE' PERFORMANCE of "EVERYDAY WOMAN" on SIRIUS RADIO by CHRIS WALKER - A HUGE GROOVIN' BLUE 11-11 HIT ! !

CHRIS LOOKS A LITTLE WORRIED WHEN THE MUSIC DOESN'T START RIGHT AWAY . . .

BUT THEN THE SMILE AND THE VOICE.

OH, and DJZigZag THINKS THE a-little-too-late LAFF from the Sirius DJ derives FROM said DJ's NERVOUSNESS at seeing ALL THE SERIOUS SUITS

who have come DOWN FROM ABOVE to LOOK & LISSEN to

Mr. CHRIS WALKER's LIVE PERFORMANCE.

"EVERYDAY WOMAN" is a HUGE HIT from GROOVIN' BLUE 11 - 11 .

AND REMEMBER, GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 01 (the first for 2012)

WILL BE PODCASTED SOON ! !

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IT'S LIKE BATMAN, SPIDERMAN, SUPERMAN, X-MAN . . . HA HA HA - YES, IT'S ADERO NEELY WITH ONE OF DJZIGZAG'S FAVOURITES FROM LAST YEAR "ANIMATED" . . .

DJZigZag LUVS THIS CHOON. HE sez HE CANNOT GET THE Batman, Spiderman etc. part of the song OUTTA HIS HEAD ! !

AND WE HERE AT WAGRadio AGREE . . .

IT IS A FAIRLY CATCHY AND YOUTHFUL HOOK ! ! ! TO BE SURE !

AND this piece of music will make another GROOVIN' BLUE appearance on

the soon to be podcasted . . .

GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 01

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ONE OF THE SUPERB ORGANISTS PLAYING TODAY - Mr. JOEY DEFRANCESCO - and 'BILLIE JEAN'

LARRY GOLDING, LONNIE SMITH and JOEY DEFRANCESCO.
SO, COME ON . . . ADD TO THAT LIST dear listeners ! !
THESE ARE THREE OF THE TOP (if not the TOP 3) ORGANISTS PLAYING IN 2012.
and THIS DEFRANCESCO VERSION OF 'BILLIE JEAN' IS FEATURED ON THE UPCOMING
GROOVIN' BLUE 12-01 - - THE FIRST GROOVIN' BLUE OF 2012. COMING SOON ! !

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IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU GET TO BE IN ON A REHEARSAL BEFORE A PERFORMANCE . . . but here is MAVIS STAPLES LEADING WILCO & NICK LOWE in JUST THAT IN CHI-TOWN

DONNY 'Mr. Soul' GERRARD was probably on an airplane flying to this gig when MAVIS STAPLES and WILCO and NICK LOWE rehearsed "THE WEIGHT" together at the
CIVIC OPERA HOUSE in CHICAGO, IL.
Our favourite singer, Mr. GERRARD has been singing with Ms. STAPLES
for OVER FIVE YEARS NOW.

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