EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) 2010 SHOW # ONE - IS NOW PODCASTED ! ! ! **

MID-EIGHTIES DEGREE HEAT IN OCTOBER,

REBEL BAR B Q PITS,

HOLLOWS,

COTTON FIELDS WHITER THAN THE WHITEST SNOW ! !

and HOG MAWS . . . all add up to a WONDERFUL FIRST TIME VISIT TO THE LAND THAT GAVE SWEET DADDY FUNK WONG and DJZIGZAG THE MUSIC THEY'VE LOVED ALL THEIR LIVES ! !

These TWO GOOD-TIME BRUTHAS FRUM DIF'FENT MAMAS NERVOUSLY LAUGH THEIR WAY DOWN THE BYROADS AND BACKWAYS OF MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, ALABAMA, TENNESSEE, ARKANSAS and SOUTH CAROLINA.

WAGRadio FANS WILL NOTICE A QUALITY TO (ALL) THE MUSIC ON THESE NEW

East End Southern Music Tour Shows . . . .

THAT'S CUZ THE MUSIC IS Mostly SOURCED FROM THE ORIGINAL VINYL 45's (7" records). [album cuts are sometimes used]

BUT NO DIGITAL SOURCES HAVE BEEN USED.

YOU HEAR THE ORIGINAL

NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC SOUNDZ

AS SUNNY AND ZIGZAG HEARD THEM IN THEIR YOUTH !

BY THE WAY . . . THE "(IS FUN)" AFTER THE WORD "TOUR" IN THE SHOW'S TITLE COMES FROM A 1970's JAPAN TOURIST BUREAU (JTB) PROMO PHRASE - 'TOUR IS FUN' - THAT WAS EVERYWHERE SWEET DADDY AND HIS WIFE 'MAMA' CHERYL AND DJZZ WENT DURING THEIR VISIT THERE.

IT HAD TO USED IN THE CURRENT TITLE.

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FIRST SHOW IN THE 'EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR 2010' SERIES IS IN PRODUCTION and should be ready NEXT WEEK ! ! !

SWEET DADDY FONK WONG

AND DJZIGZAG WILL BE HEARD IN THE FIRST OF THREE NEW RADIO SHOWS CULLED FROM THEIR RECENT TWO WEEK,

ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED MILE, DRIVING TRIP THAT TOOK THEM TO THE SOUTHERN U.S. STATES OF MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS, ALABAMA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE and GEORGIA.

SHOW #1 opens WITH OUR TWO NAIVE ADULT ADVENTURERS CAREENING DOWN A MISSISSIPPI BACK-ROAD CONTEMPLATING WHY THEY DIDN'T FEEL THAT COMFORTABLE STOPPING AT A BAR B QUE JOINT CALLED 'REBEL BAR B Q'.

THE MUSIC HEARD ON THIS FIRST PROGRAM IS AN AMALGAM OF THE NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC OF OUR PROTAGONISTS' YOUTH PLUS THE SOUNDS OF THE SOUTH featuring; SAMMY WARD, RUFUS THOMAS, MIGHTY SAM(BO), JOHNNY BROWN and BOBBY 'BLUE' BLAND.

THE PHOTO, TAKEN AT MACON, GEORGIA'S BEAUTIFUL GATEWAY PARK, IS OF THE BOYS AND THE LIFE SIZE STATUE OF LEGENDARY MACON SON - OTIS REDDING. THE PARK IS AT THE TRAILHEAD OF THE OCMULGEE RIVER HERITAGE TRAIL.

SUNNY AND ZZ SAT WITH OTIS AND HUMMED A LITTLE "... DOCK OF THE BAY".

THE PHOTO SHOULD BE APPEARING IN THE LOCAL NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (Canada) Newspaper (The Record) IN THE NEXT WEEK.

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SUNNY 'SWEET DADDY FONK' WONG & DJZIGZAG are back from their TWO WEEK - WAGRadio "EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) 2010' VISIT to the U.S. SOUTH

One thousand seven hundred and forty two miles driven! Seven U.S. states visited!! Countless back country roads travelled and innumerable pieces of fried chicken washed down with Coca-Cola and the two brothers from diff'en't motha's are back home to the rain and soggy drifting cotton skies of the South of Canada's West Coast - while in their minds they are still visualizing the first time they glimpsed real Suthu'n cotton still on the plant. Whiter than the whitest snow they'd ever seen. Big balls of Brook Benton boll- weevilly cotton!

They will tell you the good and the bad as they experience it. . .

Our hosts of two, possibly three soon-to-be-broadcast 'East End Southern Music Tour 2010' radio shows on WAGRadio, Wong and ZZ still can't get the sight of the ghetto in the most beautiful Southern city of Chattanooga, Tennessee out of their mind. They were both speechless and afraid FOR its inhabitants when they saw it.

SO GET READY DEAR FANS -

AS ALWAYS THE MUSIC WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM PRESENTED BUT YOU HOPEFULLY WILL GET A SENSE OF THE FUN AND WONDER FELT BY DJZZ AND DADDY FONK AS THEY DROVE THROUGH THE SOUTH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR ALMOST SEVENTY YEARS OF LIVING - ENJOYING THE LAND THAT HAD GIVEN THEM SO MUCH MUSIC - THE JOY OF THEIR LIFE.

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Photo taken with SDF Wong's camera by a participant

in the Augusta, Ga. 'The Miracle Mile' walk to raise money

to fight breast cancer. End of the walk can be seen in the

photos background. Sat. Oct. 16th, 2010

WE HITTIN' THE ROAD - LEAVIN' A SKEL'TIN KRU FO' HALOWEEN-TIME AT WAGRadio - ZIG ZAG & DADDY FONK WILL BE ROAD TRIPPIN' IN THE DEEP AMERICAN SOUTH ! !

DJZIGZAG has got his SONY ICD-PX820 Digital Voice Recorder warmed up with Five Hundred and Thirty Five HOURS of recording time - AND his 'Grabador de Video Para Usar' [Wearable Video Recorder] ready to capture the colourful sights and sounds along the Hi-Ways and Byways of ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA and TENNESSEE.

SWEET DADDY FONK WONG

has his digital camera to back up DJZZ's own

SOooooooo - DA BOYZ is ready to visit MARY MAC's TEA ROOM in ATLANTA, GEORGIA for some POT LIKKER, FRIED CHICKEN and MACARONI and CHEESE.

While they drive aroun' town - Sunny and ZZ will probably have started the day by lissnin' to platter-spinnin' brother SI-MAN IN THE MORNING on WAMJ, 102.5 FM.

Then it's over to AUGUSTA, GA. to the Augusta CVB to pick up a JAMES BROWN driving tour brochure (13 sites in the city) that relates to the Gawdfatha' hisseff ! !

Radio station WPRW - 107.7 FM will probably be blastin' from the SWEET DADDY & ZIGZAG'z ride ! !

And we still have Macon, Ga., Birmingham, Ab., Tupelo, Ms., Memphis, Tn., Clarksdale, Ms., Nashville, Tn., Chatanooga, Tn. and who knows where else?

So wish us luck - dear WAGRadio fans.

Maybe we can get an

'EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN)'

trip together and bring you all along with us - NEXT TIME ! ! !

DIG EVERY ONE OF YOU ! ! !

DJZigZag and Sweet D.F. Wong

MORE BAD NEWS - SORRY TO TELL Y'ALL - LYFE JENNINGS IS BACK IN PRISON - - 3 and a half YEARS - WHAT A WASTE ! ! LET'S WISH HIM STRENGTH & INNER PEACE

LYFE JENNINGS

CANCELLED HIS APPEARANCE AT THE SHOWBOX

IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON ON SEPTEMBER 23nd AND THEN TOLD ALL HIS FANS (via twitter) THAT

HE WOULD BE (CRYPTICALLY) "FOREVER IN (THEIR) DEBT" and THAT HE HAD "HAD A FABULOUS CAREER BECAUSE OF (THEM)".

We now know that Mr. Jennings is incarcerated because of an incident in 2008 that involved his ex-girlfriend and mother of his children and a resutlting DUI-test-refusal charge plus criminal tresspass, discharging of a weapon near a street , possession of that weapon by a convicted felon and fleeing or attempting to elude the police.....

The wonderfully talented LYFE JENNINGS will be away from us for three and a half years.

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KING OF ROCK AND SOUL - SOLOMON BURKE - R.I.P. - 1936 to 2010 - One of the EAST END's BIGGEST STARS OF NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC ! !

SOLOMON BURKE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AND DIED AT THE AMSTERDAM AIRPORT TODAY . . . . [Oct. 9, 2010]

In 1945, as a child, Solomon Burke preached at his own church - SOLOMON'S TEMPLE -

It was there in Philadelphia, for ten years, that the "Wonder Boy Preacher" learned the joy that his mighty voice could bring to New World African Music loving people.

All of us here at WAGRadio mourn the passing of The King of Rock and Soul

Mr. Solomon Burke

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** NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 10 - 12 ** IS NOW PODCASTED - AS DJZIGZAG AND DADDY FONK READY THEMSELVES FOR THEIR SOUTHERN JAUNT ! !

DJZigZag and Sweet Daddy Fonk Wong

will not be eating their way through the

Southern USofA but the lure of

fried catfish and hushpuppies

and

biscuits and gravy

and sweet potatoe pie

and

macaroni and cheese

and

smoked sausage

and . . .

well, we are goin' for the music too ! !

AND we will ride some riverboats and visit

The STAX RECORDS MUSEUM and

SUN RECORDS in MEMPHIS and THE GEORGIA MUSIC HALL OF FAME plus hopefully

we will be able to catch

a GOSPEL SHOW in ATLANTA, GA.

and some BLUES in Mississippi . . .

plus . . .

THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM

and THE GRAND OL' OPRY which is a must-see for

SOUTHERN MUSIC LOVERS ! !

AND WHILE WE ARE AWAY WE BOTH WILL BE LISTENING TO THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS (both DJZZ and SDF love radio, as you know) and the latest GROOVIN' BLUE 10 - 12

WHICH HAS JUST BEEN PODCASTED featuring the soundz of USHER, the BAR-KAYS, JESSIE HILL, CEE-LO GREEN, KANYE WEST, MONICA, RICHIE SPICE, GYPTIAN, EL DEBARGE and (as we like to say. . .) SO MANY, MANY MORE ! ! !

WE HOPE TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO SHOWS THAT ARE SPAWNED BY OUR SOUTHERN TRIP . . . SO, WISH US LUCK ON OUR JOURNEY AND A SUCCESSFUL AND HAPPY TIME!

DJZIGZAG AND SUNNY SDF WONG

'East End Music Tour of The South'

- a division of Wong Tour is Fun Co. Ltd.

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COMING SOON TO A BYWAY NEAR Y'ALL ! ! DJZIGZAG AND SWEET DADDY FONK HIT THE BACKROADS OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE

OH YEAH . . .

OH YES . . .

OH BOY ! ! !

WE HEADIN' OUT SOON !

DJZIGZAG AN'

SWEET DADDY FONK

ARE HEADIN' TO ATLANTA,

GEORGIA

AND THEN

VIA THE BYWAYS AND

BACKROADS

THEY WILL BE VISITIN'

THE LAND OF SOUL

AND BLUES AND

COUNTRY

AND FUNK AND BISCUITS

AND GRAVY

AND HUSH PUPPIES

AND GOOD OL'

BAR B QUE ! ! !

BUT BEFORE DJZIGZAG HITS THE ROAD WITH HIS SOULFUL PAL . . HE'S GOT A NEW

GROOVIN' BLUE READY FOR ALL Y'ALL ! !

YES ! THAT'S RIGHT

GROOVIN' BLUE 10 - 12

IS READY TO BE PODCASTED ! !

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NEW* MUST-HAVE COMPANION PIECES TO THE 'RnB INDIES' SET OF BOOKS - OH YEAH ! THE DISCOGRAPHY FOR NEW WORLD AFRICAN RECORD COLLECTORS

Whenever I want to check a date, record label or release number of a Rhythm 'n' Blues record the first place I look is Eyeball Productions four part series 'The R'n'B Indies'.

It has been indispensible in my obsession of tabulating favourite records from certain years, decades or time periods.

Publisher, Bob McGrath, who I worked with in the advertising business in Vancouver, B.C., has also published two more invaluable discographies.

'The Blues Discography' and 'The Gospel Discography'.

Both became tools of my chart-plotting hobby.

Now, oh joy! Along comes Bob's latest and closest to my own heart - a three volume set (vol. 1 is ready now with the other two volues to follow) entitled

'The Soul Discography'.

Visit the Eyeball Productions website - www.eyeballproductions.com

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1967 - GROOVIN' BLUE WAS JUST ABOUT TO HIT THE AIRWAVES AND JAMES BROWN WAS AT L'OYMPIA in PARIS, FRANCE singin' "IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S WORLD" ! !

SHOULD DADDY FONK AND DJZZ TAKE THEIR FAVOURITE SOUTHERN MUSIC WITH THEM ON THEIR EAST END TOUR OF THE SOUTH or SHOULD THEY DIAL AROUND AND SEE WHAT MUSIC THE RADIO STATIONS BRING THEM?

JUST ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THEY ARE THINKIN' 'BOUT BEFORE THEY BOARD

THE NITE FLIGHT TO ATLANTA.

Thanks to Ron Simmonds - host of VanCity's long-running Co-Op Radio "Blues In The Dark" - for once again hippin' us to another great video.

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SWEET DADDY 'MASHPOTADOE' WONG AND DJZIGGYDEEZAG HAVE ALMOST FINE-DIDDALIZED THE TOUR TO DA HOME OF NEW WORLD AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC - THE SOUTH ! !

SWEET DAD DE FUNNK AND DEE JAYE OFAY have almos' decided on the particulars of this trip of their lifetimes ! ! !

AND HERE T'IS, FO' ALL YA'ALL TO PERUSE ! ! ! !

[Sung to the tune of the GawdFatha' of Soul's "NightTrain" - King records #5614]

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON to ATLANTA, GEORGIA

(the home of James Brown, Otis Redding & Richard Penniman)

ATLANTA, GEORGIA to AUGUSTA, GEORGIA ...

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA to MACON, GEORGIA

(the James Brown part of the trip is now over) ...

MACON, GEORGIA to BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ...

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

to TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI

(the Elvis Presley part of the tour is included) ...

TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI to MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

to CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI

(the BLUES part of the tour) ...

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

to NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

(the who-knows(?) part of the tour) ...

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

to CHATANOOGA, TENNESSEE

(just cuz SDFWong needed to go) ...

CHATANOOGA, TENNESSEE,

to ATLANTA, GEORGIA ...

ATLANTA to SEATTLE to VAN-CITY !

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Tour is fun

NEW FILM BIO OF THE GOD-FATHER OF RAP (And so much more) - GIL SCOTT-HERON ! ! !

THE ORIGINAL 'GROOVIN' BLUE' on CKLG-FM IN 1967 may have been the first radio program in CANADA to play GIL SCOTT-HERON.

'LG WAS THE FIRST RADIO STATION IN THE LAND OF THE MAPLE LEAF TO PLAY BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND, LITTLE JUNIOR PARKER and many OF SCOTT-HERON'S musical heroes.

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WAGRadio MUCHACHOS ! ! THIS FILM IS GONNA BE A REAL GEM TO VIEW ! ! IT BRINGS TOGETHER CUBANS AND MALIANS performing A NU 'WORLD' AFRICAN MUSIC ! !

YOU WILL HAVE TO SEE THIS FILM - IT IS A SHIVER-GUARANTEEER ! !

NEW WORLD AFRICAN CUBAN MUSIC JOINED BACK WITH THE CONTEMPORARY MALIAN AFRICAN MUSIC IN A WHOLE NEW WAY ! !

MUSICAL HISTORY BEING MADE AND CAPTURED ON FILM ! !

Note: This is the first time the phrase Nu World African Music has been used by WAGRadio.

We coined it to denote a brand new music born from African sources.

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VAN-CITY FAVOURITE - SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS with '100 DAYS, 100 NIGHTS'

Always

a sell-out when she plays in Van-City, Soul singer Sharon Jones belts out this 'R'n'B' newie.

WAGRadio LISTENERS plus TWO AND A QUARTER MILLION MO' PEEPS HAVE SEEN THIS VIDEO ! ! ! SO FCUK YOU ! ! TOO ! ! ! !

A HUGE HIT IS WHAT THIS IS - AND YOU CAN TELL BY THE MONEY THAT HAS GONE INTO THE VIDEO THAT THE VIRAL-ITY OF THE INTERNET-ONLY RELEASE WILL BE SEEN IN UPCOMING SALES OF CEE LO GREEN's NEW ALBUM RELEASE

"THE LADY KILLER"

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