WAGRadio FONK*O*FONIC SOUL LIVE - MRS. MAYFIELD'S SON MAKES AN IMPRESSION ! ! (GET IT? . . .) WAIT 'TIL YOU SEE WHAT IS IN STORE AT THE END OF THE VID

FROM THE DJZigZag VIDEO LIBRARY COMES THIS GEM BY CURTIS - "MOVE ON UP" with some great conga work by LOUIS STEPPINGWELL (sic?) and drumming by LEE GOODNESS.
LOOK FOR MORE GEMS FROM THE DUSTY CORNERS OF ZZ's VIDEO VAULTS.
AND AS SOON AS WE FIGURE OUT WHO THE SIDEMEN ARE WE WILL PASS ON THE INFO.

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WAGRadio presents THE JAMAICAN MENTO TRIO - B.B. KING (The Jamaican) AND THE WESTERNERS - 1992

HAVING ACCESS TO THE DJZigZag VIDEO LIBRARY HAS PROMPTED US TO START A CYCLE OF ADDING MORE ORIGINAL VIDEOS TO THIS SITE ! !

SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE YOU'LL SEE A CHANGE IN WHAT VIDEOS WILL BE APPEARING HERE . . .

MAYBE NOT SO FOLKSY AS THIS ONE.

BUT WE WILL BE GOING BACK AND ADDING VIDEO FROM THE HUGE STORE OF CLASSIC NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCES

(some from JAPAN courtesy Al Shimokura).

SO LET'S START WITH THIS . . .

The Grand Lido all-inclusive resort on Bloody Bay (Negril, Jamaica) had been open for six months in August of 1992 when DJZigZag and Mrs. ZigZag (she's the lady in the head-scarf listening) stayed there for ten days. It was such a great place that they convinced pals of theirs to go back a few years later. Unfortunately, by then the compact piano bar with the wonderful Jamaican Rhythm'n'Blues and Pop singer had been replaced by a karaoke machine and the beautifully soulful Mento trio of B.B. King and The Westerners no longer filled the former Aristotle Onnasis yacht with song. Still, the Grand Lido was a marvelous vacation destination but just not as much of a real Jam-Rock treat as when The Westerners and the piano bar entertainer plied their soulful trade.

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T'WERN'T HE FLY ! ! NATE DOGG - LIVE ! w/ WARREN G & SNOOP - "I'M FLY" by 213 - NATE DOGG R.I.P.

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WE SAW DJZigZag WITH A TEAR IN HIS EYE AS HE REVIEWED THIS VIDEO FOR WAGRadio - AND WE AGREE ! ! THIS IS THE SOUL, THE ROOTS, THE HEART OF OUR MUSIC

RAY CHARLES EMBODIES EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE BEFORE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE MEASURE TODAY'S ARTIST AGAINST.
IF WE SEEM A BIT HIDEBOUND TO YOU YOUNGER LISTENERS ITS CUZ WE HAVE SEEN THE BEST AND HE WAS BROTHER RAY.
THE SOUL THAT CAME FROM THE BLIND MAN KNOWN AS 'THE GENIUS' SET A TEMPLATE THAT NO JOE-COCKERs or JOHN LEGEND's CAN EQUAL.

HERE IS MR. CHARLES AT HIS COMING OUT PARTY IN NEWPORT AT THEIR VERY FAMOUS JAZZ FESTIVAL IN 1960.

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PULL UP A CHAIR, A SOFA, A CHESTERFIELD, A FLOOR AND LISSIN' TA DIS' * * GROOVIN' BLUE 11-02 * * BRAND NEW AND JUST FO' YOU ! ! ! TASTY TOO ! !

GROOVIN' BLUE 11-02 IS AS GOOD AS, IF NOT BETTER THAN, CHICKEN FRIED STEAK WITH MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY . . .

WE HERE AT WAGRadio THINK YOU'LL SAY IT HAS BEEN WELL WORTH THE WAITIN' FOR . . .

FROM THE NEW DANCE MIX BY MATT KELLY OF MR. OTIS REDDING's "SITTIN' ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY" all the way to

JAZZ GREAT HAROLD MABERN'S FUNKY, FUNKY "RAKIN' AND SCRAPIN'" !

ANTHONY DAVID AND ALGEBRA, GLENN LEWIS, MELANIE DURANT, WILLIAM PARKER, KUMASI, CALVIN RICHARDSON, JESSIE J AND B.o.B. . . .

All these New World African Music artistes SCREAM AND SHOUT AND KNOCK THEMSELVES OUT TO MAKE THIS ONE OF THE MOST SOULFULEST & CONTEMPORARY-EST GROOVIN' BLUE SHOWS EVER ! ! !

ENJOY YO'SEFF ! !

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and remember you can order Alexander Boynton Jr.'s Cd from CdBaby or go to his website

atrainbass.com

photo: www.amandascookin.com *click on post title to see Amanda's website (not a niece)

WE ALL STILL GETTIN' SHIVERS HERE AT WAGRadio OVER OUR NEW MUSICAL HERO - YOUNG BROTHER MR. JACOB LUSK FROM THE NEW YEAR OF FOX TV's AMERICAN IDOL . .

TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS DEAR FANS OF WAGRadio ! !
JACOB LUSK ! !
SHIVERS GALORE FOR ALL NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC FANS ! ! !
AND WE ARE GONNA HEAR HIM FOR A LOTTA WEEKS TO COME ! !

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MT. BAKER THROWS DOWN THROUGH WAGRadio's STUDIO "B" WINDOW AS A NEW GROOVIN' BLUE FOR 2011 * GB-11-02 * IS NEARING PODCAST READYMENT !

BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON THE EIGHT VOLUMES OF " EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) 2010 " . . .

WE HERE AT WAGRadio ARE ONLY NOW, IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, PRODUCING OUR 2nd GROOVIN' BLUE OF THE YEAR.

HAROLD MABERN, MELANIE DURANT, BILLY PRESTON, CHRIS COLUMBO, CALVIN RICHARDSON, WAYNE WONDER, LEE RITENOUR, WILLIAM PARKER and so many more MAKE THIS A SHOW WORTH THE WAITIN' FOR ! !

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WE HAD TO SHARE THIS ONE WITH YOU - ITS A PROMO VIDEO FOR ONE OF THE TOP CLUB DJ's * * DJ ROSS ONE !

THIS AIN'T NEW WORLD AFRICAN - BUT I LOVE THIS MONKEY FUNKER ! ! IT'S THE RUBBERBANDITS WITH THEIR HUGE HIT "HORSE OUTSIDE" ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

I HAVE TWO WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL NIECES NAMED AMANDA WHO ARE ALWAYS TURNING ME ONTO FUNKY MUSIC.
WELL, AMANDA McR. SENT ME THIS VIDEO AND I INSTANTLY FELL IN MAD EQUINE LOVE WITH THE FUNKY FUNNY, FUNNY, DIRTY HOSTILITY OF THE IRISH MANIACS WHO CALL THEMSELVES THE RUBBERBANDITS & THEIR GREAT RECORD "HORSE OUTSIDE".

"fcuk your honda civic - i've a horse outside - fcuk your subaru - i've a horse outside - and fcuk your mitsubishi - i've a horse outside - giddyup baby ! !"

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BILLY ! BILLY ! ! BILLY PRESTON JAM ON SON ! ! WHAT A STAR ! HERE HE IS ON SOUL TRAIN DOIN' "NOTHIN' FROM NOTHIN'" - MEMORIES OF A HERO ! ! !

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BILLY PRESTON BILLY PRESTON

CALVIN RICHARDSON SINGS "YOU'RE SO AMAZING" on the nationally syndicated U.S. TOM JOYNER TV progam - LOOKIN' LIKE A YOUNG BOBBY WOMACK ! !

ARGUABLY THE NUMBER ONE SOUL SINGER AROUND TODAY.
THE RICHARDSON LAD KNOWN AS CALVIN HAS HAD SO MANY HITS THAT WE'VE STOPPED COUNTING.
HERE'S HIS 2nd TO LATEST - "YOU'RE SO AMAZING" - SUNG LIVE ! !

ON THE SOON-TO-BE-PODCASTED

GROOVIN' BLUE 11 - 02

WE ARE GONNA GET TO HEAR THE BROTHER'S LATEST CHOON

"AMERICA'S MOST WANTED"

WHICH IS WHAT OUR CALVIN IS ! !

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*THE LAST SHOW in the series EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) 2010 ! ! - - IS POSTED * * WE ARE SAD BUT SHOW NO. EIGHT IS ON YO' PLATE ! ! ! !

HARD TO BELIEVE THE LAST OF THE EAST END SOUTHERN MUSIC TOUR (IS FUN) 2010 SHOWS IS PODCASTED ! !

HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE EIGHT SHOWS IN THE SERIES ! ! ! . . .

CUZ WHEN SWEET DADDY FONK AND ZIGZAG STARTED PUTTING THEM TOGETHER THEY WERE THINKIN' THEY'D BE LUCKY TO GET FOUR SHOWS OUTTA THE TAPED ON-THE-ROAD MATERIAL THEY HAD.

BUT HERE IT IS - THE END OF FEBRUARY, 2011 AND THE OCTOBER 2010 TRIP TO THE LAND OF NEW WORLD AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC'S BIRTH - THE SOUTHERN STATES - HAS GIVEN US, NOT ONLY SOME WONDERFUL TRAVELLIN'-DOWN-THE-ROAD MEMORIES BUT REFRESHED SOME GREAT MUSICAL THRILLS FROM THE BOYZ EAST END YOUTH AS WELL ! ! !

DJZigZag IS ALREADY TALKIN' TO SWEET D. F. WONG ABOUT THEIR POSSIBLE 2nd TRIP (maybe in October of this year * 2011 * ) . . . to ARKANSAS, SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA, LOUISIANA, TEXAS, MISSOURI, OKLAHOMA and . . . . who knows where else the SOUL BIRD FLIES ! ! ! !

We SHALL see . . .

PLUS . . . if ya wanna read a write-up 'bout EAST END BLUES AND ALL THAT JAZZ from VanCity's GEORGIA STRAIGHT newspaper then "click" on the subject title of this latest post and you will be taken there.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION SERVES UP A SOULFUL SPOONFUL OF EAST END HISTORY AND ALL THAT JAZZ ! ! !

Black History Month celebration serves up East End history and all that jazz

* Simply click on the sentence above to read the recent article by Cheryl Rossi in the Vancouver, B.C. - Courier newspaper about the upcoming musical performance at the Firehall Arts Centre, 280 East Cordova.

The East End Blues and All That Jazz show runs

Friday the 18th and Saturday the 19th at 8:00 pm

and Sunday the 20th at 2:00 pm.

Phone 604 689 0926 for tickets !

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! ! ! OH MY HOLLY HEY SEUS ! ! ! MS. ESPERANZA SPALDING . . . WHAT CAN YA SAY - SOME GOT IT AND THEN SOME GOT IT IN GRETZKY-LIKE DIMENSIONS ! !

Why was she just voted the best new artist of the year on the GRAMMY AWARDS ! ? ?

Whew !
TALENT and . . . . . STAR QUALITY ! ! !

***ALSO*** TO ACCESS A GREAT INTERVIEW WITH Ms. SPALDING

simply click on this post's subject heading

for her "ONE ON ONE" informative interview with RIZ KHAN.

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FEB. 18-20, 2011 at the FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE (280 E. Cordova St.) - "EAST END BLUES and ALL THAT JAZZ" starring THELMA AND CHIC GIBSON

Ya got ta' go and hear two of our finest gospel and blues singers in EAST END BLUES and ALL THAT JAZZ at the FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE from FEBRUARY 18th to the 20th ! !

This BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE AND TIMES of EAST VANCOUVER'S HISTORIC BLACK NEIGHBOURHOOD (where SWEET DADDY FONK grew up ! !) is a tribute to the contributions that Black Canadians have made, and continue to make, to the cultural and social fabric of our city.

We are gonna take a musical tour walkin' down memory lane to the Fountain Chapel - heart and soul of the historic community. We will jump, jive and hurt ourselves at Ernie King's Harlem Nocturne. We will wave at Mrs. Wong (Sweet Daddy's moms) just before we cross the alley from his house and drop in on Vie's Chicken and Steak House and the Country Club. That's all centred at Hogan's Alley - bulldozed when they built the Georgia Viaduct in the early '70's.

Sweet Daddy and I always looked longingly (with Mr. Wong looking a little longer) at the beautiful sister of our pal Sy Risby. Well, that sister - Ms. Thelma Gibson - along with brother Chic danced and sang at the Gibson family's the Country Club along with their older brother Len. As a matter of fact, there wasn't a club in Van-City's East End that didn't know the name and herald the talent of the three Gibson siblings be it the Smilin' Buddha, the Mandarin Gardens, the legendary Harlem Nocturne etc, etc.

Along with the Gibsons, "East End Blues and All That Jazz" has the aforementioned dynamic talent of one Ms. CANDUS CHURCHILL (a longtime listener to WAGRadio, we have to add) plus equally talented TOM PICKETT. Rounding out the musical peeps are pianist/musical director BILL COSTLIN & bass player TIMOTHY STACEY.

THIS IS A SOULFUL EVENING OF GOSPEL, BLUES, JAZZ AND NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSICAL VANCOUVER MEMORIES that was created by the late great DENIS SIMPSON and Vancouver Moving Theatre's SAVANNAH WALLING, assisted by brother LEONARD GIBSON with contributions by CHIC and THELMA GIBSON.

Y'all should be at the FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE AT 8:00 P.M. on one of the TWO NIGHTS

FEBRUARY 18th & 19th

OR the SUNDAY AFTERNOON MATINEE at 2:00pm ! ! !

Tickets: $20.00 / $15.00 for students and seniors

Box Office: 604.689.0926

For more information just click on the subject heading at the top of this post and you will be taken to the Vancouver Moving Theatre website.

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