Friday, June 22, 2012
OH, OH, OH, OH LOU ! LOU ! LOU ! . . . THIS MABLE JOHN ORIGINAL was A HUGE HIT FOR Mr. LOU RAWLS in 1969 (featured on GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07)
This is a short version of the 45 rpm which was a shortened version of the LP take
but . . . it's a great sound comin' from the orchestra (we wonder who the players were) and the LOU-MAN is in top vocal form (when wasn't he?) . . .
The album version is featured at the beginning of GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07.
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1967 - GROOVIN' BLUE HAD JUST MADE ITS DEBUT ON VANCOUVER, CANADA AIRWAVES AND one of the TOP CHOONS FROM THAT YEAR WAS "PATA PATA" by MIRIAM MAKEBA on REPRISE Records . . .
AN ALL-TIME WAGRadio FAVOURITE and AN UNEXPECTED and HUGE NEW WORLD AFRICAN AMERICAN 1967 HIT . . . THE 45 rpm BY SOUTH AFRICAN SINGER MIRIAM MAKEBA.
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I WANT TO PLAY WITH . . . GO ALL THE WAY WITH YOU . . . cuz MY BODY CAN'T SAY NO and MY FINGERS CAN'T LET GO ! ! NINETEEN YEARS IS A LONG, VERY LONG TIME TO BE IN LOVE with THIS TINA TURNER CHOON from her 1993 Cd "What's Love Got To Do With It"
NINETEEN YEARS AGO I GOT TURNED ON TO THIS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN (by BRYAN ADAMS) PIECE OF MUSIC.
IT FEATURES AN OLD FRIEND OF WAGRadio - Mr. ROBBIE KING on Hammond B3 organ.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
*** GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07 IS GETTING READY FOR A MOST WELCOME CHANGE-IN-THE-WEATHER !! BRING ON SUMMER !! and for YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE . . .
OH SWEET, SWEET HEAVENLY DELIGHTS . . . THE BRAND NEW and WONDERFULLY, SOUL-TESTED 'N' READY GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07 on WAGRadio !
HOT, HEAVY and 'BOUT TO BE SERVED - TASTY, TASTY and GREEZY GOOD . . .
TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FEST STAR GEORGE BENSON HEADS A LONG LIST OF JAZZ / JAZZ FUSION / JAZZ ORIENTED ARTISTS FEATURED ON THE BRAND NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07 ! !
ALONG with Mr. Benson - THE JAZZ CRUSADERS (from the 1970's), GREGORY PORTER, GROVER WASHINGTON JR. and LOU RAWLS.
JAM-ROCK FANS WILL LOVE THE NEW RELEASE BY SCARRA MUCCI plus
SLY & ROBBIE's TAXI GANG
ALSO
THIS NEW GROOVIN' BLUE GOES BACK IN TIME WITH CHOONS BY
CLYDE McPHATTER, THE INTRIGUES & BOOKER T. & THE MG's ...
THEN ADD THE JUST-RELEASED SOUNDS OF NE-YO, LABRINTH, WINSTON WARRIOR, LIL SCRAPPY plus SPF 5000 and we GOT a G.B. 12-07 THAT CAN BE TASTED by ALL Y'ALL.
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Friday, June 8, 2012
* * * THE TD 2012 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FEST * * * in VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA - JUNE 22nd 'til JULY FIRST ! ! !
AND HERE ARE THE Groovin' Blue Format PICKS FOR YOUR WAGRadio ENJOYMENT OF THE VANCOUVER INTL. JAZZ FEST . . .
YA GOTTA GO AND SEE ONE OF WAGRadio's FAVOURITES on JUNE 23rd at the VOGUE . . . Ms DIANNE REEVES
BUT OF COURSE IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE between Ms R. @ 9:00 pm AND . . . .
Mr. GEORGE BENSON at the ORPHEUM on JUNE 23rd @ 8:00 pm.
OTHER WAGRadio must-sees are
June 22nd - OLIVER GANNON QUARTET at Cory Weed's Cellar Jazz Club
June 22nd - THE COOKERS with GEORGE CABLES, BILLY HARPER, BILLY HART, CECIL McBEE, EDDIE HENDERSON, CRAIG HANDY and DAVID WEISS at Performance Works
June 22nd - THE COOKERS with GEORGE CABLES, BILLY HARPER, BILLY HART, CECIL McBEE, EDDIE HENDERSON, CRAIG HANDY and DAVID WEISS at Performance Works
June 23rd - JOSE JAMES at the Georgia Stage (free!)
June 23rd - MAZACOTE at the Robson Stage (free!)
June 26th - WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET feat. BRIAN BLADE, JOHN PATITUCCI & (piano genius) DANILO PEREZ at The Vogue Theatre
June 26th - BRAD TURNER QUARTET with WAYNE SHORTER at The Vogue Theatre
June 29th - TERRELL STAFFORD QUINTET at Performance Works
June 30th - VINCE MAI QUINTET at the Civic Plaza (free!)
June 30th - ROSS TAGGERT TRIO at Performance Works (free!)
for times - ** click ** on the following website. . .
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
HOT ON THE HEELS OF "1980 What?" & "Illusions" . . . HERE COMES THE MAN - GREGORY PORTER and "BE GOOD (LION'S SONG)" . . soon to be podcaste on GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07
ONE OF OUR NEW FAVOURITES HERE AT WAGRadio is BAKERSFIELD, CA. vocalist GREGORY PORTER (he of the silly hat).
NOW A NYC RESIDENT . . . THIS BROTHER is TRULY SOM'IN' SPECIAL and his latest single -
"LION'S SONG" will be showing up on GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07.
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Monday, June 4, 2012
THE 1970 MONSTA' CHOON by CHARLES WRIGHT & THE WATTS 103rd ST. RHYTHM BAND GETS A FAITHFUL RE-DO BY NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC GROUP LABRINTH . . . SOON TO BE PODCASTE ON GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07 ! !
THE HUGE 1970 GROOVIN' BLUE (CKLG-FM, Vancouver, B.C.) HIT 45rpm by the WATTS, CALI MUSICAL ENSEMBLE GETS a 2012 UP-DATE by LABRINTH.
LABRINTH is BRITISH STAR-MAKER SIMON COWELL's FIRST NON-TALENTSHOW SIGNING TO his LABEL SYCO.
LABRINTH IS THE STAGE NAME of THE GROUP'S LEADER TIMOTHY McKENZIE.
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
WITH THAT KONK ! WITH THAT SUIT ! ! IT JUST GOTTA BE NUMBER ONE ! ! ! A WONDERFUL BIT OF OLD T.V. FOOTAGE OF A WAGRadio KING . . . HANK BALLARD on "To Tell The Truth" (November 13, 1961)
WE HERE AT WAGRadio WERE SURPRISED THAT JOHNNY CARSON DIDN'T EXCUSE HIMSELF 'CUZ WE THOUGHT HE'D KNOW WHO RHYTHM 'N' BLUES GIANT HANK BALLARD WAS . . .
WE ALSO LOVED THE LOOK THE GREAT HENRY BALLARD (John Henry Kendricks) GIVES WHEN HE'S ASKED "IF (HE'D) HOLD STILL FOR THAT".
SOMEBODY GON' GET CUT !!
This is a wonderfully insightful bit of U.S. sociological history.
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