WOUD'CHA KNOW IT - NOW DJZigZag HAS TA' ADD HIS TWO CENTS with AMOS MILBURN and a reminder THAT THE EAST END WALKIN' TOUR SHOWS ARE HOT, HOT PODCASTS

Oh me ohmyoh THERE'S SOME WONDERFUL PIANO-PLAYIN' BY A BROTHER WHO WAS THE AKON, WALE, CEE-LO GREEN and R. KELLY of HIS DAY . . . the one and only

MR. AMOS MILBURN ! ! !

THANK YOU DJZigZag for turnin' us on to this after Mr. Robert Corritore turned him on to this great video originally.

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SWEET DADDY FONK wants all y'all TO WATCH THIS DOC on MOTOWN's Ms. MARY WELLS - "UNSUNG" - 40 min. long

Sweet Daddy Fonk Wong has asked WAGRadio to pass this TV One Online documentary on to all his fans and we agree this is a gem.
For all of us who enjoy finding out about the history of New World African Music from the 1950's and '60's and may have been there or are in our thirties and forties and have discovered these wonderful sounds from the past - this is a great forty minutes of film/video.
Thank you Sweet Dee.

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YEAH ! YES ! OUI ! HAI LAH ! CES'T UN BRAN'U GRUVUNBLEU ELEVEN OH ATE ! ! ! SO CHOMP DOWN ON THOSE RIB TIPS WITH THOSE SUCK-YO-LUNT LIPS FO' SUMA

O'MEOHMY AIN'T THOSE SOME GOOD LOOKIN' RIB TIPS !
AND THE ALL NEW
GROOVIN' BLUE 11 - 08
IS MORE THAN NICE Y'ALL ! !

WE HERE AT WAGRadio GUARANTEE A SHIVER . . . BY THE TIME YOU GET TODA THIRD CUT WHEN
MASTER LOU COURTNEY STARTS TO CROONILY WEAVE HIS DOODALADOODADOO
VOCAL MAGIC ! !
TALKIN' 'BOUT RUNNIN' GAME ! !

GROOVIN' BLUE ELEVEN OH EIGHT FEATURES OLDSTERS RICHIE HAVENS, THE AFOREMENTIONED MONSIEUR COURTNEY & MARLENA SHAW
AS WELL AS NEWCOMERS KINDRED FAMILY SOUL, ANDRE 3000, CINDY BRADLEY, CJ HILTON, OCOTE SOUL SOUNDS and SO VERY MUCH more.

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THIS SHOULD BE A HUGE WAGRadio "HIT" ! - "VENICE BEACHES" by FONZWORTH BENTLEY - GROOVIN' BLUE 11 - 08 TO BE PODCASTED MOMENTARILY ! ! !

Heh Heh Ho Ho Hah Ha Ha . .

OOOOooooooooooo So NICE ! ! !
THE EVEH-BUMPIN'. .
BENTLEY FONZWORTH ! !

LOVE THIS DUDE ! !

THE NEW G.B. SHOULD BE IN Y'ALL's EARDRUMS REAL SOON . . . . . . . . . . .

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YEAH . . . WE GOT A NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 11 - 08 COMIN' UP SOON - HERE'S JOEL ORTIZ feat. NOVEL and "NIGHT TRAIN" - it's a good 'un !!

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE TA'DMIT
Y'ALL AIN'T GONNA HEAR THIS CHOON ON THE NEW
GROOVIN' BLUE 11- 08
YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER.
OOPS!

BUT THE NEW G.B. WILL HAVE SOME GREAT STUFF ON IT
AND
YOU CAN COME HERE TA HEAR
THIS GREAT NEW JOEL ORTIZ FUNKEE RELEASE.

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AWWWwwwww BABY ! ! IT'S OUR HEROES ! ! THE OLYMPICS - WE HERE AT WAGRadio LOVE THESE GUYS - AND THEY BE DOIN' ONE OF OUR FAVES "(BABY) HULLY GULLY"

OH, MAN OH MAN ! !
WE LOVE THESE BROTHERS ! !
WHAT FANTASTICALLY DISTINCT VOICES !
THE OLYMPICS ! ! ! -

EDWIN LEWIS,

JULIUS "MACK STARR" McMICHAELS,

MELVIN KING &

lead vocalist WALTER WARD . . .

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EAST END WALKIN' TOUR SHOWS ARE SMASH HITS WITH CHUBBY HAYES & DJZZ on WAGRadio - HERE'S SOME ROBERT NIGHTHAWK with Maxwell Street and '"ELI'S PLACE "

YOU GUYS CAN'T SEEM TO GET ENUFF OF THE EAST END WALKIN' TOUR (IS FUN) 2011 SHOWS WITH DJZigZag's MENTOR

MR. SAM "CHUBBY" HAYES ! !

AND THAT'S GOOD !

CUZ WE GOT ONE OR TWO MORE COMIN' YOUR WAY . . .

WE ALSO GOT A BRAND NEW CONTEMPORARY

GROOVIN' BLUE 11 - 08

THAT'S 'BOUT TO BE PODCASTED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS ! !

BUT HERE'S SOME 1964 FOOTAGE OF

ROBERT NIGHTHAWK AND SOME ERNIE KING's HARLEM NOCTURNE TYPE DANCERS SLEW-FOOTIN' TO NIGHTHAWK'S

"ELI'S PLACE / MURDERING BLUES" .

Film footage is from "And This Is Free".

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WHEW!! WAGRadio's DJZigZag's FAVOURITE REGGAE RECORD STORE [CLAPHAM JUNCTION IN JOLLY OLDE] SURVIVES FCUKIN' FIREBUG LOOTING A **HOLES - BUT JUST ! !

The BRU'VAHS at DUB VENDOR RECORD STORE IN CLAPHAM JUNCTION, LONDON U.K. sent DJZigZag THIS PHOTO and the Zagster PASSED IT ON TO US.

WHAT A CLOSE CALL.

THE STORE NEXT DOOR WAS A COMPLETE AND UTTER AND TERRIBLE MESS THE NEXT MORNING.

SO SAD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MORE-THAN-LIKELY JUST TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING.

DUB VENDOR is a WONDERFULLY MUSIC-LOVING RECORD STORE where you can purchase anything in the line of SOULFUL JAM-ROCK SOUNDS ! !

IF YOU CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THIS BLOG IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THEIR WEBSITE !

KEEP on KEEPIN' ON VENDOR's de DUB ! !

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** PART TWO ** THE EAST END WALKIN' TOUR (IS FUN) 2011 with SAM "CHUBBY" HAYES

They at it again. Walkin' and talkin' !

Well, if truth be told they are mostly sittin' on the terrace at WAGRadio and reminiscing about their early years of life (Chubby Hayes' life) in East Van. AND THIS TIME - DJZigZag shuts up and lets Mr. Hayes do the talkin' ! !

Eventually they hop in DJZigZag's ride and head off down the road and finally end up easing their way down Campbell Avenue towards the Russian Hall where memories of The Crump Twins, Ronnie and Robert, playing Bobby "Blue" Bland's "I Pity The Fool" flood back into DJZZ's memory.

Here it is !

PART TWO - THE EAST END WALKIN' TOUR (IS FUN) 2011

with DJZigZag and his mentor - SAM "Chubby" HAYES.

Oh, and while you're there - take a listen to the "Bobby" podcast

that points out the difference between the vinyl 45rpm of "I Pity The Fool" by Bobby "Blue" Bland and the MCA Cd copy of same. DJZIgZag

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NEW CHUBBY & ZigZag 'BOUT TO BE ADDED BUT FIRST - HERE'S SOME "MEMPHIS SOUL STEW" w/ KING CURTIS & THE KING PINS

S.Chubby HAYES, East End Walkin' Tour Co-host, ABSOTOOTLY LOVES KING CURTIS SO WE HERE AT WAGRadio THOUGHT IT ONLY FITTIN' THAT BEFORE WE PODCAST SHOW NUMBER TWO IN THE EAST END WALKIN' TOUR (IS FUN) 2011 SERIES . . .
THAT WE GIVE HIM AND ALL Y'ALL A LITTLE TASTE OF THE KING OF SOULFUL FUNKY TENOR SAX ALONG WITH BERNARD "Pretty" PURDIE on drums, JERRY JEMMOTT (bass), guitarist extraordiaire - CORNELL DUPREE with TRUMAN THOMAS on organ and WARREN SMITH on percussion

performing "MEMPHIS SOUL STEW".

OH, AND DJZigZag SHUTS UP ! AND LET'S HIS MENTOR MR. HAYES TALK IT UP ON THE 2nd SHOW WHICH IS ABOUT TO BE COMIN' Y0UR WAY ! !

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DJZIGZAG's PAL DENNIS JANG SENDS THIS TO WAGRadio FANS FROM HAWAII - HIS FAVE DANCER - SASHA w' TWITCH from TV's - So Y'all Think yuh Can Dance?

Born in the Fraser Mills, British Columbia's Chinese community, raised in Burnaby, B.C.

and for the last 27 years he's bin' livin' in HONOLULU - WAGRadio pal Dennis "DJ" Jang

sent us this for all y'all's perusal.

He said it brought a tear to his eye.

It is quite emotional and features one of our favourite choons of the '70's -

Ms. Dorothy Moore's "Misty Blue".

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TWO VERSIONS [CLICK * HERE] for your audial perusal NOW PODCASTED - BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND on DISTORTED 45 rpm AND CRAPPY DIGITAL Cd - - VINYL RULES !

DJZigZag was just completing the 2nd in the series, EAST END WALKIN' TOUR (IS FUN) 2011

featuring his mentor S. "Chubby" Hayes

when he realized he'd have to use a different copy of BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND'S 1961 hit

"I PITY THE FOOL" (Duke 332).

The distortion was just too bad.

He went to the heralded WAGRadio library and semi-hurriedly pulled the MCA Cd compilation "BOBBY BLAND: I PITY THE FOOL / THE DUKE RECORDINGS, Vol. One" [MCAD2-10665].

But after sampling that digital Cd version he cast that mama jama aside

because, simply put,

the digital disc sounded TERRIBLE compared (even) to the distorted 45rpm (recorded on a NAKAMICHI 1000 ZXL cassette tape recorder).

By the way, as you'll hear, it's Bobby's vocal that is slightly distorted on the 7". The horns, guitar etc. sound pretty good.

It all sounds low-fi and JUST PLAIN DULL on the MCA Cd version.

WAGRadio fans comments;

"There's nothing like vinyl"- Mike Occomore,

head writer, CHUM Radio, T.O.

"... it is the 45rpm mixes that rule ..."- Jon Pearson,

well respected North American radio historian.

"I always prefer vinyl ..." - Mike Cherry,

Program and Music Director of CJJZ 89.1 FM Stereo

*Note: Photo is of African-American look-alike Bobby "Blue" Bland

and NOT Sweet Daddy Fonk Wong!

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YO! YO!! YO!!! IT DO NOT GET MUCH MORE JAM-ROCK WORLD**THAN THIS - JUNIOR REID AND ALBOROSIE - WAGRADiO's HUGE HIT "RESPECT YOURSELF" on VP Records !

We are not only lookin' forward to the further retro adventures of S. Chubby Hayes and DJZigZag but also there is a new GROOVIN' BLUE 11 - 08 on the horizon.

This choon by the Irietalian and Godfather Reid is still getting a lotta feedback here at WAGRadio.

Wonderful righteous Jam-Rock sounds of today ! !

And we can't help but wonder . . .

"WHO dahelldid THE VIDEO??"
This is a piece of very slick work by someone who knows and feels comfortable with all the tricks and film/video gimmicks of today. Beautiful short film.
VP must've spent some money on the producer's fees.

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***BRING ON THE EAST VAN SUMMER HEAT CUZ WE GOT OUR BERMUDA SHORTS AND WE 'BOUT TO RE-START A TREND ! ! !

HEY, YOU FANS OF WAGRadio HAVE REALLY TAKEN TO THE DJZigZag / CHUBBY HAYES

'THE EAST END WALKIN' TOUR (IS FUN)'

SHOW #1 THIS SUMMER OF 2011 ! !

AND DJZZ IS FINISHING OFF SHOW #2 and

SHOULD HAVE IT UP AND PODCASTED BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS COMING WEEK ! !

AND YES . . .

DJZigZag HAS PROMISED TO SHUT UP AND LET MR. S. HAYES DO MOST OF THE TALKING ! !

THE ABOVE PHOTO IS OF A VERY YOUNG

KING OF THE BLUES - MR. B.B. KING wearing his

BERMUDA SHORTS - - VERY HIP INDEED.

DJZigZag sez that FOR A COUPLE OF SUMMERS IN THE EARLY 1960's ALL THE NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC FANS IN EAST VAN ADOPTED THE BERMUDA SHORTS LOOK FROM THEIR BLACK BROTHERS IN SEATTLE, WA.

and danced at such venues as

THE GARDEN AUDITORIUM at THE P.N.E.

(Pacific National Exhibition)

as well as

THE COMMERCIAL "Y" and too many

Hastings Street East house parties to remember.

A big WAGRadio "thank you" to Don Chessa for the great B.B. in B. Shorts photo !

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