POSTED AND WAITIN' TO BE HEARD * GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 09 *

THE LATEST GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 09 IS ANOTHER SUMMAH 2013 MUSIC FEST!
THIS ALL-NU GROOVIN' BLUE FEATURES THE SWEET VOCAL SOUL of R. KELLY, BRUNO MARS, GREGORY PORTER AND JAMES BROWN . . . plus . . . THE JAMROCK IRIE SOUNDS of BUNJI GARLIN, PREZIDENT BROWN, RAPHAEL, BUSY SIGNAL . . . and . . . THE FONK-FILLED INSTRUMENTALS OF BOOKER T, DR. BLANK, STEPPER, & UC BEATZ  - and . . .  THAT'S ENUFF OF THIS RUN-ON SENTENCE . . .


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WORKIN' HARD INTO THE NIGHT 'TIL EARLY MORN AT WAGRadio PRODUCING A BRAND NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 09 . . . WHILE THE MIGHTY and SOULFUL FRASER RIVER GLIDES SILENTLY AND POWERFULLY PAST A WAKING NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA . . . .

The mornin' view through WAGRadio's Studio "B" window.

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FIRST THERE WAS THE WORD - "MEMPHIS BOYS: THE STORY OF AMERICAN STUDIOS" - A GREAT BOOK WHICH TOLD US A LITTLE BIT 'BOUT THE BOYS OF MUSCLE SHOALS, ALABAMA. AND NOW, WE HAVE THE MOVIE "MUSCLE SHOALS" . . . A HIT AT SUNDANCE AND COMING SOON (?) TO A THEATRE NEAR Y'ALL.

Here's an excerpt quoted by The Ponderosa Stomp website from the documentary "Muscle Shoals" by Magnolia Pictures; "Rising out of the Deep South of 1960's America, a sound emerged that began to attract artists as diverse as Otis Redding, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones.  That sound and the people who helped create it, would go on to leave its mark on music history.  The place was Muscle Shoalsl Alabama, and this is the story of how it gave birth to some of the most memorable music of our time."

The director, Greg "Freddy" Camalier was quoted in Rolling Stone magazine as saying; "The coming together of races at that time, as well as the landscape and this rural, beautiful town, as well as the singing river, as well as these incredible characters and all the other musicians down there - it all sort of came together."

http://muscleshoalsmovie.com/

*Thanks to Ron Simmonds (host of "Blues In The Dark" / Co-Op radio Vancouver, BC for hippin' us to this most looked-forward-to film.

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HERE . . . SMOKE 'DIS . . . A HUGE CHOON ON GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 08 - SCHOOLBOY Q feat. OUR LAD KENDRICK LAMAR . . . IT'S "COLLARD GREENS" - SOME SOULFUL SHTUFF GOIN' ON IN COMPTON ! !

MARQUES HOUSTON ? ? . . . AIN'T HE THE GUY WHO WAS ON THE '90's SIT-COM "SISTER, SISTER"? YEAH . . . AND THE YOUNG BROTHER CAN CHIRP TOO ! ! BIG ON WAGRadio - MARQUES SINGS "GIVE YOUR LOVE A TRY"

WOW ! WHO KNEW THAT GEORGE PRENTICE: THE PUPPET PRANKSTER ! ! WAS AT VANCOUVER, BC's CAVE THEATRE RESTAURANT IN 1962 . . . OH YEAH, AND A SINGER HEADLINED.

This poster of Della Reese appearing for nine days in spring of 1960 at VanCity's "The Cave" and backed by the wonderful Chris Gage Orchestra is for sale on ebay.  Thanks to WAGRadio researcher Jas Vanderhill for letting us know.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Rare-Della-Reese-Concert-Poster-Cave-Vancouver-BC-Canada-Framed-/190887426094

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OMDL (Oh, my dear lawd) WHAT A WONDERFUL MUSICAL THIS IS . . . HERE IS THE FULL SPIKE LEE FILM OF THE STAGE VERSION. "PASSING STRANGE" IS A MIND-BLOWIN' TALENT-DRIVEN NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC EXPERIENCE . . . WAGRadio CAN'T SAY ENUFF ABOUT THIS PRESENT-DAY CLASSIC ! ! !

INCREDIBLY SOULFUL AND SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT ! !
WHAT ! ! MORE THAN SOULFUL . . . HMMMmmmmmm  THERE MUST BE SUMPIN' TO THIS STAGE MUSICAL ON FILM.

http://www.stewsongs.com/

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WHAT AN AUGUST HEAT FEST GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 08 IS ! ! SUMMAH FUN FOR ALL Y'ALL ! ! !

DJZigZag HAS ECELLED HISSE'F . . . GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 08 IS SUMMAH, SUMMAH AND THEN SOME MORE SUMMAH ! !
YOU ARE GONNA HEAR SOME SINGIN' BY KEITH WASHINGTON, K. ROOSEVELT, COURTENAY MELODY, GAPPY RANKS, JAH CURE, DAFT PUNK, MARQUES HOUSTON, BEYONCE AND SO MANY MORE . . .
ADD THE INSTRUMENTAL SOUNDS OF BOOKER T. & FONZWORTH BENTLEY PLUS SOME NEW AND RAUNCHY WAGRadio / DJZigZag STATION ID's (Produced by Daddy MIKE CHERRY) . . . AND YA' GOT A NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL COMIN' OUTTA Y'ALL'S SPEAKERS.

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ONE OF THE GUYS THAT DJZigZag GREW UP WITH IS SOON COMING BACK TO VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA WITH MAVIS STAPLES - THE BARE CHESTED, AFRO'D WHITE-PANTED SINGER WITH BRIT 70's SOUL GROUP - THE REAL THING - IS NOT CANADA'S OWN DONNY GERRARD . . .

FRIENDS: A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOUR HERE THAT DJZigZag SHARES WITH THE GERRARD FAMILY OF BURNABY, BC, CANADA CUZ THE GOOD LOOKIN' BROTHER IN THE GROUP THE REAL THING COULD BE TAKEN AS A SHORTER DOUBLE FOR WAGRadio's GOOD PAL DONNY GERRARD (BIG HIT - "WILDFLOWER" on Capitol Records)
WILDFLOWER WAS COMPRISED OF B.J. COOK, CARL GRAVES, DAVID FOSTER, NORMAN McPHERSON, STEVE PUGSLEY AND D. GERRARD.
THIS SONG BY THE REAL THING ENTITLED "YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING" ISN'T HALF BAD EITHER.

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"BROTHER" MIKE CHERRY SENDS WAGRadio A WONDERFUL GIFT - THIS COLLECTOR'S PLAYLIST (Chart/Survey) FROM 1963. CJJZ HEAD HONCHO MIKE SEZ: "THIS IS THE STATION SLY STONE WOULD EVENTUALLY END UP AT".

HEY BROTHER MIKE . . . WE GOTTA ASK . . . IS THAT YOUR HEAD IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT?  R U JUMPIN'  GEORGE ?   WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT (ha bloody ha - a poor attempt at humour) BUT LOOK FOR A COUPLA POSTS COMIN' UP IN THE FALL RE: MIKE CHERRY'S CAREER AT NEW WORLD AFRICAN RADIO STAION KYAC IN SEATTLE, WA.
KSAN 1450-AM MORPHED INTO KSOL - A GIANT OF SOUL MUSIC AND SLY STONE'S RADIO HOME IN THE BAY AREA.
Mr. C also wrote; "KSAN 1450 started with religious/ethnic programming and had a few sponsored 'Race Record' shows as early as 1950.   Eventually it adopted a full-time R&B/Soul playlist with a change in call letters to KSOL"

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OH YEAH . . . TWO GREAT SUMMAH 2013 FILMS FOR WE LOVERS OF NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC . . . "20 FEET FROM STARDOM" and "THE SECRET DISCO REVOLUTION" . . . RUN, WALK, HOP, SKIP AND HIPLY GET TO THE NEAREST THEATRE NEAR Y'ALL TO SEE THESE TWO GREAT DOCUMENTARIES . . .

OH YEAH, WE ALL HERE TA' PAHTAY ! ! 
THESE FILMS ARE ON NOW . . . HOPE YOU DON'T MISS WHAT BE A SHORT RUN IN (HOPEFULLY) A THEATRE NEAR YOU.
NOW, LET'S SEE YA MOVE DAT THANG ! ! ! 

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THAT'S THE WAY WE LIKE IT . . . BURN THAT MO-FO DOWN ! ! ! BBCOne TAKES AN HOUR LOOK AT DISCO . . . SO WOMAN, TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS AND ROCK ME BABEE ! ! !

THIS IS THE OLDEST YouTube VIDEO WE'VE EVER POSTED ON WAGRadio's BLOG. IT'S THE KING OF JAZZ IN 1933 - MONSIEUR LOUIS ARMSTRONG IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK SINGING AND PLAYING "DINAH" . . .

HERE AT WAGRadio WE'VE ALL BEEN RE-WATCHING KEN BURN'S 2000 PBS DOCUMENTARY SERIES SIMPLY CALLED "JAZZ" ON THE WEST COAST OF CANADA'S WONDERFUL KNOWLEDGE NETWORK TELEVISION.
WHEN WE SAW THIS DYNAMIC FILM OF 'SATCHMO' AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC POWER AND ABILITY WE HAD TO LET Y'ALL SEE IT.  THE EIGHT PART SERIES IS HEART-WARMING, SADNESS-INDUCING, TOE-TAPPING AND A MUST-SEE FOR ALL BLACK MUSIC AFICIONADOS.

http://knowledge.ca/program/jazz

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WE HERE AT WAGRadio ARE HARD AT WORK LOOKIN' OUT THE STUDIO "B" WINDOW AND PUTTIN' THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 08 . . . COMIN' REAL SOON ! !

TWO WONDERFUL SUMMAH 2013 BOOK TITLES FOR YOUR DELECTATION . . .

DJZigZag has turned all of us here at WAGRadio on to two great summer tomes.
"The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama": has a title that calls out for readers.  The wonderful pay-off is that is delivers 20 times over.  The Dozens is the street cool verbal dueling persued from Harlem to Compton and everywhere in between.  Writer Elijah Wald persues the hard-to-find and lost-in-time annuls of its history.  They're lost cuz of the dirty, low-downness of its poetic self.  Always changed by researchers when finally written down, so as to not offend, this wonderful New World African verbosity can't be found in no book - especially when the early years are discussed.  In today's world there's a laxity unparalleled in history - witness this book's unexpurgated pages).  Today everything and all is openly said & talked about [current WAGRadio hits "Do Me" - K. Roosevelt and "No Love" by Future are two examples] but back in the 1800's and 1900's writers couldn't transfer The Dozens verbatim to respectable reviews of the day.



WAGRadio personality Sunny 'Sweet Daddy Fonk' reminds us that one of his favourite choons from the late 1950's - Bo Diddley's "Say Man" (Checker #931) - was in fact Dozens-based.
Grandmamas & Grandpapas will remember this un-rhymed discourse between Mr. Diddley and the band's percussionist Jerome Green;
Diddley:  "I was walkin' down the street with your girl."
Green: "Yeah?"
Diddley: "I took her home.  For a drink, y'know."
Green:  "You took her home?"
Diddley:  "Yeah.  Just for a drink."
Green:  "Oh."
Diddley:  "But that chick looked so ugly, she had to sneak up on a glass to get a drink a' water!"
Green:  "You got the nerve to call somebody ugly. Why, you so ugly 'til the stork that brought you in the world oughta be arrested."
Diddley:  "That's all right.  My mama didn't have to put a sheet over my head so sleep could slip up on me."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIWgNKUMlzM&list=TL6F-OtqVfoG4



So if ya' didn't know it before - now ya' know - 'The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama" is one fine historic and ribald book of knowledge - great fo' yo' mama's summah reading . . .  ha ha . . . true dat!

The Zagster also tells us he's just starting to read; "Fever: Little Willie John - A Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul" by Susan Whitall.
In the book's forward we read these words about Little Willie John by Stevie Wonder, "You hear his influence in lots of people who sing today.  It's impossible for people to talk about Rhythm 'n' Blues and talk about singers and not mention the voice and talent of Little Willie John as being one of those great people.  You can hear (him) when you hear Usher."
More on this unexpected (so many years after his death) contemporary book 'bout one of our New World African Musical heroes.

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