Saturday, December 7, 2024

IT'S A MERRY, MERRY - WE AIN'T CONTRARY - WE AIN'T TRYIN' TA' "GOT-NO-CARES" AS WE SLIPP SLIDE ALONG IN OUR SWANK SNAZZY SLEIGHS . . . SLIGHTLY PHANTASTIK ! ! IN OUR FREE UNDERGROUND MINDS, ANYWAYS . . . (BUT) IF YA' STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT . . . THAT IS WHAT'S IN THE REAL UNDERGROUND - - IN THE MINDS OF THE PREPARED LISSENERS AT THIS WINTERY TIME OF THE YEAR . . . GROOVIN' BLUE CHRISTMAS . . . THERE AIN'T NO OTHER "YOU'LL TIME" LIKE IT . . . SO PUT ANOTHER PHAT LOG ON YO' MAMA'S FYAH AND TAKE A LISSEN TO THE ORIGINAL WAGRadio CAST 'N' CRU - - DJZigZag, SUNNY 'SWEET DADDY FONK' WONG and MELLO MELLO "BLU MAN" BLU MANKUMA - - AS THEY AND SUM OF OUR MUSIC LOVING PALS TAKE US TO THE LAND OF DIDDY-BOP GRITS ON A RITZ HEAVEN . . . IT'S A JIVE JUMPIN' 2024 GROOV-BLU XMAS JUS' FO' U ! ! !

RIGHT OFF THE TOP.   DJZigZag TELLS ME HE AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' BUT TA REAR-BACK AND LOUDLY SAY  . . . "(HE) JUST CAN'T GET AWAY FROM LUVVIN' CARMEN McCRAE" . . . AND HE SEZ HE'S NOT JUS' MOUTHIN' THAT TO CREATE A RHYMIN' START . . . HE BLISSFULLY CONTINUES, "HER WAY-OUT WARBLIN' OF THE CHOON "SNOWBOUND" HAS LODGED ITSELF IN MY BRAIN" AND WOULDN'T YA' KNOW . . IT MAKES YET ANOTHER CHRISTMAS APPEARANCE - - RIGHT HERE ON THE UP-NOW  2024 G.B. XMAS SHOW.   ALONG WITH DOGGED DITTIES BY JIMMY McGRIFF, BILLY ECKSTINE, NANCY WILSON, ELLA FITZGERALD and OSCAR PETERSON.  COLD-YULE-GOLD "BLASTS FROM THE PROVERBIAL PAST"   -   BUT . . .  THERE'S NO DENYING  YOU'LL  ALSO  HEAR THE SAME  EXCITEMENT IN THE "CHORDS DE VOCALE" OF DJZigZag WHEN HE EMOTIONALLY EMOTES ABOUT HIS LATEST "FINDS" OF THE LAST COUPLA' YEARS . . .  PIANIST AND ARRANGER JOHN BEASLEY LEADS THAT WAY FOLLOWED BY THE WONDERFUL ENSEMBLE LOVE RENAISSANCE (LVRN)  CLOSE BEHIND.    ! ! OH AND HEY HEY HEY ! ! THE IMPRESSIONS, CEE LO GREEN, 6BLACK, VIBRAPHONIC plus STEVIE WONDER ARE HERE AS ARE (FAIRLY-NOUVEAU-TO-MOST-PEEPS-EARS)  SUMMER WALKER, DOGAN ft. LESLIE CARRON and AYANNA.

IT'S A 2024 GRUVE-BLU XMAS.    SO MANY CHOKLATES ARE STRUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE.  STUDIO "B" HAS A FIREPLACE THERE.  "SWEET DADDY FONK" AND "MASTER BLU" TOO.  DA ZAGAFUNKMEISTER IS IN STUDIO "B" WITH SINGLE MIC & NO CRU.  AND THEN THERE'S ALL YOU PREPARED LISSENERS - - WHO SUM SAY IT'S ALL BEIN' DONE FOR LISSENIN' OUT IN BLEU GRUVVIN' LAND. IT'S A JOY, IT'S A LAFF AND A HAFF . . . IT'S PERFECT.  ISN'T IT?

                  THESE OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS HAPPENED TO  DROP BY TO SEE WHAT WAGRadio WAS ABOUT!
 

                    THE PREPARED LISSENERS WERE HAPPY TO BE AT HOME ENJOYING WAGRadio ! !

GROOVIN' BLUE LISSENERS ARE TUNIN' IN TO AN ALL G.B. XMAS ON THE ALL CHRISTMAS GROOVIN' BLUE SOUNDCLOUD SITE . . . . 

https://soundcloud.com/wagradio-christmas

WAGRadio Management

JOYEUX  NOEL  TO  THE  WAGRadio  TEAM 

Ms. A (Amanda Dishaw) - Station Manager & Internet Liason,

DJZigZag - WAGRadio Producer & On Air Personality,

Mr. Keith White - WAGRadio Broadcast Engineer,

Sunny "Sweet Daddy Fonk" Wong - WAGRadio On Air Personality,

Blu "Pulmones Miel" Mankuma - WAGRadio On Air Personality,

Mr. William "Fats Is Back" Reiter - WAGRadio Vinyl Librarian,

Mr. Kevin Pangborn - WAGRadio Vinyl Librarian Assistant,

Ms. Amanda "Nanny" McRoberts - WAGRadio Creative Dept. Manager,

Ms. Diana Neave - Creative Dept. Coadjutant,

Ms. Marnie Coulter - Staff Writer / Consultant,

Mr. Jason "Jazz" Vanderhill - Creative Dept. Asst.,

Ms. Ebba Reiter - Accounts Dept.

Mr. Brian Antonson - On Staff Consultant,

Mr. Gabriel Mark Hasselbach - WAGRadio Studio Consultant,

Mr. Bruce Atkinson - Custodial Engineer,

And a most hearty THANK YOU to WAGRadio's Mentors,  Music Consultants, Musicologists and experts that we've counted on for years and years.

Mr. Mike "JungleSlav" Cvetkovich (DJZigZag mentor), Mr. Sam "Chubby" Hayes (DJZigZag mentor), Mr. Alan "He's The Band Leader" Foreman, Mr. Raphael Clarence "Chocolate Milk" Abu-tti, Mr. Terry "Shepherd" Wong, Mr. Dennis "Aloha" Jang, Mr. Don "db" Chessa, Ms. Dale Gerrard, Messrs. Buddy Chow & Harry Chow, Mr. Mike Cherry (CFSI Radio), Mr. Ron "Blues In The Dark" Simmonds, Mr. Mike "1 Bent Bike - 2 Coffee" Rheault, Henry Mo Yung & Yvonne Ho Leung Young, Messrs. Tom Lavin & Jack Lavin, Mr. Rob "Neptoon" Frith.

Always in DJZigZag's and W. "Fats Is Back" Reiter's heart;   

Brother Donny "Mr. Soul" Gerrard,  Brother Dickson Loo,  Brother Larry Volen,  Brother Lou Hoover,  Brother Robert Koji Yamashita. Brother Sy "Grumpy" Risby, Bro. Stan Oliver, Bro. Trevor Muir, Mentor - Dr. Robert "Red" Robinson OBC, Mentor - Mr. Dick Abbott, Mr. Bruce Rutherford (accountant & pal for years), Capt. Ted "Teddy Bear" Bishop, Brother "Doc" Harris (Gilbert Achinleck)

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