OH, YA' DOITY LITTLE BUGGAH K. MICHELLE . . . LIGHTIN' CANDLES AND GOIN' DOWN LIKE THAT ! ! WHAT A HUGE CHOON ON WAGRadio ! ! "V.S.O.P." IS EVA'THIN' URBAN MUSIC SHOULD BE IN 2013. NOW . . . WHERE DOSE CANDLES AT . . .? ?

and . . . THIS IS THE OTHER FILM - POSSIBLY THE NUMBER ONE OF THE TWO FILMS THAT WILL BE PART OF THE VANCOUVER INTL. FILM FESTIVAL - "MUSCLE SHOALS"

DJZigZag TELLS US THAT THERE ARE TWO THINGS HE WISHED HE HADN'T TALKED SUNNY SWEET DADDY FONK OUTTA DOING ON THEIR WONDERFUL 2010 TRIP OF MUSIC REDISCOVERY TO THE SOUTHERN U.S. OF A.  THE FIRST "MISTAKE" WAS DENYING HIS LIFE-LONG PAL A BUCKET LIST VISIT TO A BISON FARM IN TENNESSEE.  THE ZAGSTER TELLS US HE CAN'T LOOK AT A PHOTO OF A BUFFALO WITHOUT FEELING THAT GUILT.  THE OTHER REMORSE-PLAGUED BURR IN ZIGZAG'S MIND IS NOT ACQUIESING TO SWEET DADDY'S NEED TO VISIT MUSCLE SHOALS, ALABAMA.  DJZigZag FEARS THIS 2010 REQUEST AND SUBSEQUENT DISAPPOINTMENT FOR MR. WONG WILL BE RE-KINDLED WITH THE RELEASE THIS COMING WEEK OF THE MAGICAL FILM "MUSCLE SHOALS" WHICH CHRONICLES THE MUSICAL LIFE OF THE HAMLET'S LEGENDARY STUDIOS AND MUSICIANS OF THIS DIXIE TOWN ON THE BANKS OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER.  THE TOWN HAS BEEN CALLED AN UNLIKELY BREEDING GROUND FOR SOME OF THE U.S.A.'s MOST CREATIVE AND DEFIANT MUSIC.  FAME RECORDS AND ITS OWNER RICK HALL FEATURE PROMINENTLY IN THE FILM "MUSCLE SHOALS" AS DOES THE  SEARCH BY NEW WORLD AFRICAN AND POPULAR ROCK ARTISTS WANTING TO CAPTURE AND INCORPORATE THE "MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND".  IT'S A FASCINATING STORY OF BLACK AND WHITE SOLIDARITY AMID THE CAULDRON OF SOUTHERN RACIAL HOSTILITY.
OH, AND A HINT.  THE FILM IS OFFERED AS A "FREEBIE" WHEN YOU PURCHASE YOUR $12.00 V.I.F.F. MEMBERSHIP.

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COME HERE POPCAAN AND LEMME GIVE YA' A SLAP ! ! CUZ YA' SO GOOD, DON' YA KNOW, YA' LITTLE CUTIE ! ! HERE IS THE HOT, HOT, HOT JAMROCK BRUVVA AND HIS LATEST "UNRULY RAVE" . . HA, HA - RITENOWMENAHGIVEAPHUCK ! !

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY IS WHAT PHARRELL WILLIAMS HAS GOT 'TA BE WITH HIS LATEST CHOON . . . AND THE NAME OF THAT PIECE OF HAPPINESS IS "HAPPY" . . . HUH? FANCY THAT - CUZ WE DO AND YOU WILL HEAR IT HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SOON-TO-BE-PODCASTED GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 11 ! !

"THE GREAT FLOOD" IS ONE OF TWO NOT-TO-BE-MISSED FILMS WHICH ARE BEING SHOWN AT THE 2013 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL . . . THE OTHER IS THE MAGICAL "MUSCLE SHOALS"

THIS 2012 DOCUMENTARY IS HAVING ITS CANADIAN PREMIERE AT THIS YEAR'S V.I.F.F.  THE FILM RELATES THE STORY OF THE 1927 MISSISSIPPI FLOOD.
1920'S BACK PORCH ACOUSTIC BLUES ARTISTS LIKE CHARLEY PATTON ("HIGH WATER EVERYWHERE") AND MEMPHIS MINNIE ("WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS") SANG OF THIS CRUSHING NATURAL DISASTER.  A DREADFUL, DEVASTATING EVENT THE FLOOD LED TO AN EXODUS OF DELTA SHARECROPPERS FROM THEIR RURAL HOMES TO THE INDUSTRIAL NORTHERN STATES.  THE DELTA MUSIC THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM MORPHED INTO RHYTHM 'N' BLUES, ROCK 'N' ROLL AND CHICAGO ELECTRIC BLUES.
DIRECTOR BILL MORRISON MELDS THE U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVE AND FOXTONE NEWS FOOTAGE OF 27,000 SQUARE MILES OF DROWNED DEVESTATION WITH THE MUSIC OF BILL FRISELL INTO THIS MUST-SEE EIGHTY MINUTES OF CINEMA FOR ALL NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC LOVERS AND SOUTHERN MUSIC FANS.

Showtimes:
Wednesday, Oct. 9th 2:00 pm - The Centre For The Perf. Arts 777 Homer at Robson
Friday, Oct. 11 7:00 pm - Van. Intl. Film Cent. 1118 Seymour at Davie- 

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* * * TONIGHT ! ! IN VANCOUVER. BC, CANADA . . . THE PRODIGAL SOUL SON RETURNS HOME . . . APPEARING AT THE RIVER ROCK CASINO IN NEAR-BY RICHMOND, BC . . . IT'S DONNY "MR. SOUL" GERRARD - TONIGHT ! !

THAT'S MR. D. GERRARD ON STAGE WITH MS. STAPLES IN THE NATTY BLUE SUIT, BLUE SHIRT AND POIPUL TIE PUTTIN' ON HIS CODGER GLASSES AT THE LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
DONNY HAS BEEN PART OF THE MAVIS STAPLES SHOW FOR (WE'RE GUESSING) TWELVE YEARS NOW AND HAS SEEN THE WORLD.
MAVIS STAPLES (AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE) IS A VERY LUCKY ARTIST.  SHE IS "A DRAW" AT HOOTENANNY FOLK FESTIVALS, BLUES VENUES, SOUL & R'N'B GET-TOGETHERS, BLACK PRIDE WEEKENDS AS WELL AS ROCK'N'ROLL NOSTALGIA SHOWS AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER CONCERTS ETC.  NOT MANY ARTISTS HAVE THE WIDE FAN BASE THAT MAVIS STAPLES DOES.  OUR PAL DONNY GERRARD A WONDERFUL ARTIST IN HIS OWN RIGHT HAS LUCKED OUT AND REGULARLY TRAVELS TO EUROPE, AFRICA, THE ORIENT AND EVERY PART OF THE WORLD WITH THE MUCH LOVED DAUGHTER OF ROEBUCK.

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HEY ! HEY ! ! HEY ! ! ! ALL NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 10 IS PHRIED, PHRESH, PHUNKY & QUITE TESTY . . . uh, TASTEE ! ! !

    Photo: "Sukyolunt Chick'n" by Morgan Tanner

OH YEAH, BABEE . . . FROM THE TEETH-SINKIN' VOICE OF JAHEIM TO THE FONKY-'NUFF ORGANS OF BILLY PRESTION and BOOKER T AND THEN 'ROUND THE CORNER TO TERENCE BLANCHARD, BOB JAMES, DAVID SANBORN and RAY BARRETTO and DOWN THE BLOCK TO THE SOUL-POUNDIN' SOUNDZ OF THE ISLEY BROTHERS, LINDA WILLIAMS, NAS, RORY HOY AND REY FONDER.
GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 10 HAS GOT IT ALL AND THEN SOME MO' ! !

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DID WE ALREADY SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO OF GUITARIST GRAHAM DECHTER and his QUARTET ? IF NOT . . . HERE HE IS AGAIN WITH THE TITLE TUNE FROM HIS CAPRI ALBUM "TAKIN' IT THERE". WHAT A GOODUN' !

Tamir Hendelman on piano
Jeff Hamilton on drums
John Clayton on bass
Graham Dechter on geetar

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WACKA DA WAH WAH . . THANK YA FA LETTIN' SLY STONE AND HIS STONED FAMILLE PERFORM FOR ALMOST EIGHT MINUTES ON LOS ANGELES' LEGENDARY SOUL TRAIN T.V. SHOW !

AND JUST WHEN YOU THINK NO BAWDY SEES . . . FROM THE UPCOMING WAGRadio FLAGSHIP N.W.A.M. SHOW - GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 10 IT''S KEZNAMDI feat. KABKA PYRAMID on ZINC FENCE RECORDS AND THE PARANODICAL "DARKNESS" . . . CAREFUL ! !

STEVIE RAY VAUGHN AND ALBERT COLLINS . . . TEXAS RULES THE GUITAR ROOST.

IT'S 1988 AND TWO TEXANS OF GUITAR FAME JOIN TALENTS IN THE INSTRUMENTAL "FROSTY".

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DJZigZag and SUNNY 'SWEET DADDY FONK' WONG WANTED US TO SHARE THIS PHOTO WITH ALL Y'ALL . . .

The City of New Orleans AMTRAK passenger train leaving Chicago for The Crescent City  via Memphis.


"Lower Mississippi Delta Region hosts historic small towns and farms.  The ever-present porch reflects not only the Delta climate's high temperatures and humidity but also the influences of Caribbean and African architecture."  
SO READS AMTRAK'S 'CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ROUTE GUIDE'.  NOW, IT MAY SEEM THAT DJZZ and S.D.F. Wong ARE GETTING AHEAD OF THEMSELVES BUT THE HOSTS OF THE MUCH-LISTENED-TO EIGHT-PART 2010 SERIES "EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN)", SO WELL RECEIVED ON WAGRadio, ARE TACTFULLY PLANNING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR (2014).  A MUCH-ANTICIPATED PART TWO EAST END MUSIC TOUR SERIES IS FORMING IN THEIR ROVING MINDS.   OUR TWO SOULFUL LADS TELL US Pt. 2 INVOLVES NOT ONLY A RENTED CAR AND THE STATES OF ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE & MISSISSIPPI VIA THE HIGHWAY OF THE BLUES (HWY 61) BUT ALSO A TOUR 'ROUND THE BON TON ROULANT STATE OF LOUISIANA.  
ALTHOUGH IN THE PLANNING STAGE, THE TRAIN RIDE FROM MEMPHIS TO NEW ORLEANS (OR THE OTHER WAY 'ROUND - NEW ORLEANS TO THE TENNESSEE HOME OF THE BLUES) SEEMS TO BE THESE TWO TRAIN-LOVER'S OPTION.  
WE HERE AT WAGRadio ARE LOOKIN' FORWARD TO THE BOYS DOIN' THIS AND GIVING US SOME MORE GREAT SHOWS FROM THEIR GROWIN' UP IN THE EAST END OF VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA PERSPECTIVE.  BRINGING THEIR FANS A LOOK-BACK AT THEIR YOUTH AND THEIR GIRLFRIEND'S AND PALS DIGGIN' AND DANCIN' TO NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC.
OH, AND THEY WANTED TO SAY TO ALL OUR DEAR LISTENERS THAT THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL 2010 SERIES IS ARCHIVED AND READY FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO.

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SHITMOTHAFUCKAGAWDAMNPUMPTUCKIN'MOODAH . . . . WHAT A GREAT FCKKIN' CHOON THIS IS ! ! ! "LET ME SEE YA' CLAP DOS' HANDS" . . . IT'S BUNJI GARLIN - PROBABLY THE HIT OF GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 09 . . . AND WATCH FOR G.B. 13 - 10 COMIN' REAL SOON ! !

TWENTY-THREE AND A QUARTER MILLION CHINESE CAN'T BE WRONG WITH . . . OH, WAIT A MO' . . . 23,500,000 JAM-ROCK MUSIC FANS CAN'T BE WRONG . . . THIS IS ONE NICE LOOKIN' VIDEO . . WONDERFUL SET DEC., SHARPEST OF COSTUMING AND A PIECE OF DANCEHALL THAT IS PASSABLE. WATCH THIS FOR THE GREAT VIDEO - A GEM BY ITSELF ! ALONE !

THIS HERE ONE FEATURE BUSY SIGNAL, THE FLEXICAN & FS GREEN and IS BY MAJOR LAZER - - - IT'S CALLED "WATCH OUT FOR THIS (BUMAYE)".

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ONE OF OUR FAVOURITES HERE AT WAGRadio . . . FROM FIVE YEARS AGO . . . BROTHA PREZIDENT BROWN and "JAH ONLY" . . HIS LATEST CHOON IS "FRIENDS" AND IS FEATURED ON THE GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 09.

IT'S TEN TO NINE IN THE A.M. IN CENTRAL PARK NYC AND THE DATE IS JUNE 21, 2013 . . . JOHN LEGEND sings "MADE TO LOVE"

WATCH FO' DIS HYAH CHOON ON THE ALL-NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 10 . . . COMIN' SOON TO WAGRadio . . . MAQUES HOUSTON and "ONLY YOU"

BRITISH NEW WORLD AFRICAN SINGER ESTELLE PERFORMS "WAIT A MINUTE (JUST A TOUCH)" LIVE ON THE JOOLS HOLLAND TV SHOW (2012)

YOU NOW ROCKIN' WIT' DA BEST . . . MR. R. KELLY feat. KERI HILSON AND A WONDOFULL PIECE O' FLUFF . . . "NUMBER ONE" . . . THE BROTHER DON'T MISS DO HE . . .

IT'S AUTUMN 48 YEARS AGO AT THE OLYMPIA IN PAREE. THE DIZ IS TIN TIN DEOING . . . GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 10 SOON TO BE PODCASTED . . .

SLIM AND THE SUPREME ANGELS . . . SHU' FYAH HIT CHOON . . FROM THE NEW WORLD AFRICAN GOSPEL MUSIC WORLD . . . . IT'S "BLIND MAN" and HE BE WALKIN' ON STREETS OF PURE GOLD! WHAT A GEM ! !