OH THAT DJZigZag . . . WE CAUGHT HIM HARD AT WORK IN STUDIO "B" OF WAGRadio THE OTHER MORNING . . . LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY . . . HE'D WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND MOTHER SUN WAS PEAKING HER FOREHEAD OVER MAJESTIC ACTIVE VOLCANO MT. BAKER WHEN HE FINALLY CALLED IT A NIGHT. ZZ's WORKIN' ON THE WAGRadio TOP 100 FOR WINTER 2014 AND A BRAND SPANKIN' NU GROOVIN' BLUE 2014 - 01 SHOW FOR THE NEW YEAR. LOOK FOR BOTH PROJECTS IN A COUPLA' WEEKS IF NOT EARLIER.

       Photo:  "Winter Sunrise over Baker" - Ebba Reiter

* * * AND, LO, THE GROOVIN' BLUE SHOW #3 CAME UPON THEM, AND THE SOULFULNESS OF THE GROOVE SHONE 'ROUND ABOUT THEM: AND THEY WERE AFRAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE 'NUFF TIME LEFT IN 2013 TO DIG IT ALL . . . AND SOMEHOW THAT WAS ALL GOOD - AND NOW YA' KNOW ! ! * * *

     Photo: "Christmas dinner!" by Billy Barraclough

OH YES INDEEDY DO ! !  YOU'RE GONNA HEAR SOME NEW-TO-YOUR-EAR NEW WORLD AFRICAN PIECES OF MUSIC ON THE ALL-NEW AND SO, SO, SOULFUL  GROOVIN' BLUE XMAS SHOW #THREE ! !
THERE'S A GREAT JOEY DeFRANCESCO B3 SINGLE . . . AND A CHOICE GOSPEL 45 rpm BY MARIAN WILLIAMS ON THE CLASSIC 1940's AND '50's LABEL - SAVOY !  ADD SOME GREAT NOT-OFT-HEARD CHOONS BY THE FIVE KEYS, THE TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, PEABO BRYSON, TRINA BROUSSARD, VIBRAPHONIC . . . WELL, DON'T IT JUS' GO ON AND ON.  DJZigZag SEZ THAT THIS IS THE BEST OF THE THREE PODCASTED 2013 CHRISTMAS SHOWS.  AND THA'S THE WAY IT S'POSED TA BE ! ! !

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OH YES! OH YES! IT'S CHRISTMAS GROOVIN' BLUE 2013 SHOW NUMBER TWO ! ! AND IT'S JUICY AND TASTY AND IT'S PODCASTED . . . RIGHT NOW !

        Photo:"Baked Ham" by TagDragon

2013 Christmas Groovin' Blue Show Number Two is now up and podcasted.  

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WAGRadio MUSICOLOGIST/LIBRARIAN Mr. MORGAN TANNER AND DJZigZag HEAD TO WASHINGTON STATE TODAY DEC. 11th, 2013 FOR THE 55th ANNUAL XMAS VINYL AND COMPACT DISC FORAY. WISH THEM LUCK.

THE VAST WAGRadio LIBRARY  COMPRISED OF 20, 000 LONG PLAYING 33 1/3 rpm VINYL ALBUMS, 8,000 45 rpm SINGLES AND 8,000 COMPACT DISCS HAVE, FOR THE LAST FIFTY-FIVE YEARS, BEEN AUGMENTED BY A DECEMBER INPUT OF CHRISTMAS PRODUCT.  THIS YEAR, WAGRadio MUSICOLOGIST/LIBRARIAN MORGAN REESE TANNER AND THE ZIGSTER ARE HOPING TO FIND AT LEAST A COUPLA' PIECES IN THE GOSPEL, URBAN OR JAZZ FIELD.  A YULE CD BY THE WONDERFUL TWINKIE CLARK AND  JOEY DEFRANCESCO'S XMAS CD ARE FRONT-OF-MIND.  WISH THEM LUCK - CUZ IF ENOUGH GOOD CHRISTMAS SOUNDS ARE FOUND . . . GROOVIN' BLUE XMAS SHOW THREE WON'T BE FAR BEHIND.  

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DJZigZag IS MIXING A LITTLE SCHMALTZ INTO THE FLOW THIS CHRISTMAS AND HE'S DOIN' IT WITH AN ENSEMBLE CALLED FRED WARING AND THE PENNSYLVANIANS. CHRISTMAS SOUNDS FROM THE EARLY NINETEEN SIXTIES.

     Photos: Discogs

SURE.  IT'S A SCHMALTZY BIT OF XMAS MUSIC FROM THE EARLY SIXTIES BUT IT SEGUES INTO R. KELLY AND JIMMY SMITH AND BOYS II MEN REAL NICE!  CAPITOL RECORDS FRED WARING WITH HIS MUSICIANS AND CHOIR KNOWN AS THE PENNSYLVANIANS WERE A TOP-NOTCH POP AGGREGATION BACK IN THE DAY AND AS PROFESSIONAL AS CAN BE.  DJZigZag SEZ HE'D LOVE TO HAVE HAD A CHAIR AT THE BACK OF THE RECORDING BOOTH IN 1963 WHEN THIS ALBUM WAS PRODUCED BY ANDY WISWELL.  DJZZ KNOWS IT WOULD BE A MARVELOUS LEARNING EXPERIENCE BEING A FLY-ON-THE-WALL BACK IN THOSE DAYS.

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IT'S THEM AGAIN . . . THE MUCH-LOVED CLARK SISTERS IN 2005 WITH THEIR SOULFUL VERSION OF "O COME EMMANUEL".

WHEN YA' GOT STARBUCKS SELLIN' YOUR XMAS CD - YOU GOT A HIT! DESERVEDLY SO TOO MS. MARY J. BLIGE! HERE'S MS. B. ON THE U.S. TV SHOW "THIS MORNING" WITH "HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS". MARY AND THE CLARK SISTERS WILL BE FEATURED ON THE SOON-TO-BE-PODCAST "GROOVIN' BLUE XMAS 2013 SHOW TWO ! !

FROM THE 2007 HOLLYWOOD FILM "THIS CHRISTMAS" A VERY YOUNG CHRIS BROWN SINGS THE DONNY HATHAWAY XMAS CLASIC AND THE FILM'S TITLE CHOON.

IT'S JUST A 78 rpm RECORD REVOLVING ON A TURNTABLE BUT DJZigZag SEZ IT BRINGS BACK MEMEORIES OF FALLIN' IN LOVE WITH "RHYTHM 'N' BLUES" CHRISTMAS RECORDS WHEN HE WAS A MERE LAD . . . THIS IS ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT SINGERS SINGING ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT XMAS CHOONS - CHARLES BROWN and "MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY" ON SWINGTIME RECORDS.

THE WONDERFUL YULE GOSPEL SOUND OF THE SISTERS CLARK JOINED BY KIERRA SHEARD . . . SOON TO BE HEARD ON THE 2nd CHRISTMAS GROOVIN' BLUE SPECIAL on WAGRadio ! !

Ho Ho HO HO HO ! ! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OUR LOYAL WAGRadio LISTENERS. HERE IT IS ! XMAS GROOVIN' BLUE 2013 SHOW #1 ! ! A LITTLE DIFFERENT G.B. HOLIDAY OFFERING THIS YEAR. CAN YOU HEAR THE DIFFERENCE?

        Photo: One plate of Christmas Dinner by Munchmaedchen

THIS YEAR DJZigZag HAS CHANGED THE SOUND OF WAGRadio's HOLIDAY GROOVIN' BLUE SHOWS RIGHT FROM THE OPENING BARS OF THIS THE FIRST OF TWO PRESENTATIONS.  FOR INSTANCE . . . LEADING OFF G.B. SHOW ONE IS THAT GREAT NEW WORLD AFRICAN ARTIST FRED WARING AND HIS PENNSYLVANIANS.  THIS TALENTED SYMPHONIC AND VOCAL GROUP ARE MORE THAN WELL REPRESENTED.  OLDER LISTENERS WHO REMEMBER THIS GIANT OF SO-CALLED GOOD LISTENING MUSIC (THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES) WILL CHUCKLE AT THE MENTION OF MR. WARING'S NAME IN CONJUNCTION WITH WAGRadio - HOME OF HIP HOP, REGGAE AND THE MORE FUNKY FORMS OF TIN PAN ALLEY.  IT IS A PROGRAMMING DECISION THAT DJZigZag TOOK ON WITH GUSTO.  HE'S USING THE TECHNIQUE OF BORROWING VARIOUS AUDIO SOURCES THAT IS SO FAMILIAR TO OUR ACID JAZZ, RAP AND CONTEMPORARY NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSICAL STARS.  ALSO, WITH THESE TWO NEW SHOWS (# 2 SHOULD BE UPLOADED IN TWELVE DAYS) THE VERBOSE ONE . . . THE RAPPIN' MAD RADIO RECLUSE . . . THE LAD WITH THE MADNESS IN HIM . . . YOUR GROOVIN' BLUE HOST - DJZigZag - HAS TAKEN DECEMBER OFF.  THESE SHOWS HAVE NO HOST.  DJZZ TOLD US THAT "(he wants) to give the listeners a sense of radio drama which is best served by allowing the borrowed voices and music to paint a large-scoped picture".  RIGHT . . . WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL HE'S TALKIN' 'BOUT ??  BUT WE DID ENJOY, AS WE KNOW Y'ALL WILL, THE TWO BRAND NEW XMAS GROOVIN' BLUE SHOWS.
ENJOY. ENJOY. WASSAIL!!

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FOR ALL THE WAGRadio STAFF AND ON-AIR PEEPS THE MAGAZINE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR (GREAT FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING) IS THE 'OXFORD AMERICAN' (OXFORD, ARKANSAS). THIS YEAR THE ANNUAL NOVEMBER SOUTHERN MUSIC ISSUE FROM THE UNIVERSITY IS DEVOTED TO THE MAGICALLY MUSICAL STATE OF TENNESSEE !

To find out more about this great magazine and its content go to their website:
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/issues/latest_issue/

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THE CMA "COUNTRY MUSIC CHRISTMAS" TV SPECIAL THIS YEAR ALSO FEATURED DARIUS RUCKER AND "HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)".

THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION CHRISTMAS SHOW FEATURED MS. MARY J. BLIGE. SHE'S GOT A WONDERFUL NEW ALBUM THAT WILL BE FEATURED ON TWO OF THE UP-COMING GROOVIN' BLUE XMAS PODCASTS. HERE IS MS. MARY SINGING "HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS".

AS WAGRadio FAN IAN CORLETT SEZ, "YOUR WAGRadio LISTENERS WILL LOVE THIS - SHARON JONES! SHE'S ALMOST SIXTY YEARS OLD - SINGING IN PARIS AND THEN THERE'S PRINCE !!" [Paris, France / June 30, 2011]

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Ms. Jones and her Dap-Kings were the opening act for the mystic one.  Then.  There he was.  In all his hoodie glory - Prince hisseff ! !

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