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Struttin My Stuff # 21 - Jailbirds

Ex-convict? Lucky bastard!

A very warm welcome to ya´ all , here´s Struttin My Stuff # 21, from the jailhouse this time.

Starting with an absolutely wild version of Jailhouse Rock by Dean Carter (real name: Arliee Neaville) with an out of this world solo on a 12 string dobro. In later years our man Dean just recorded gospel tunes and hymns, by the way.

The Mono Men from the US state of Washington follow, with their meaty garage instrumental Behind Bars, before with move up to Sweden for the ska tune Of Them Outta Jail by The Skalatons.

Things getting serious now folks, with people not only singing about prison, but actually being in it - at least at the time of recording. For the United States (about one in every 100 adults in the US are in jail at the moment!) there are two names which stands out when it comes to recording prisoners´ songs. One of them is, of course, Alan Lomax. We play two of his 1943 recordings ( by ´Alex´ and ´Jimson´) made in the prison .

The other jail recording master is Harry Oster. Largely unknown to the general public Oster´s work as a roots music researcher is just a valuable as Lomax´. Oster, to say just one thing, was the guy who discovered blues great Robert Pete Williams, in Louisiana´s Angola Prison in 1959. For an interesting article about Oster and his blues recordings, go to Big Road Blues blog. We will play some of Foster´s prison blues in a later show. But in this episode we stick to one of his other major achievements: Oster was actually one of the first who recorded the music of the Louisiana Acadians. From Oster´s 1959 lp The Folksongs Of The Louisiana Acadians we play Bee Deshotels´ beautiful Aux Natchitoches.

We have a new logo (thanks again, Daniel Pérez!) which features a Ruth Brown record sleeve. We never played much of Ruth records so far (in fact only I Don´t Know in show # 12, so here´s Ruth with the ballad Anyone But You.

When Ruth Brown is around, Lavern Baker is never far away. This time she´s here with Hey Memphis an adaption of Doc Pomus´ Little Sister, made famous by Elvis himself.
Both Brown´s and Baker´s record were produced for -Atlantic by Phil Spector. Talkin about jailbirds! Old Phil has to spent 19 years in prison because he shot actress Lana Clarkson. We´ll play a lot more Spector on next show, but for now: have fun!

TB Turpentine

PS. I just saw the footage of the Amy Winehouse ´show´ in Belgrado. Yes Amy, I´m wondering now!

Playlist Struttin My Stuff # 21 - Jailbirds

Intro: ´How I Got In The Penententiary

01 Dean Carter - Jailhouse Rock

02 The Monon Men - Behind Bars

03 The Skalatones - Of Them Outta Jail

04 ´Alex´- Prison Blues

05 Magic Sam - 21 Days In Jail

06 Th´Legendary Shack Shakers - Hoptown Jailbreak

07 ´Jimson´and men with axes - No More, My Lawd

08 Bezawork Asfew - T´zeta

09 Amy Winehouse- You´re Wondering Now

10 Rail Band - Moko Jolo

11 LaVern Baker - Hey Memphis

12 The Hi-Liters - Feelin´ Allright This Morning

13 Big Jay McNeely - The Goof

14 Bruce Upshaw - Rosilee

15 Rev. A. Johnson - Death In The Morning

16 The New Mastersounds - 102 per cent

17 Prince Dgibs - Ogningwe

18 Kaz Lux with John Schuursma - Sinner´s Prayer

19 Marion Williams - Wicked Messenger

20 The Four Brothers - Usagare Ne Chigumbu

21 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Over The River

22 Roy Hawkins - I Walk Alone

23 Ruth Brown - Anyone But You

24 Elmore James - I Believe My Time Ain´t Long

25 Painted Ship - And She Said Yes

26 June Bateman - Possum Belly Overalls

27 Dan Pickett - Decoration Day

28 Bee Deshotels - Aux Natchitoches

Outro: Magic Dick - Magic´s Mood

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Struttin My Stuff # 19 - Soul Got Reggae

A very warm welcome to ya all!

Temperature is rising to thirty degrees Celsisus here in Barcelona, so what about some tropical sounds in this Struttin My Stuff show? This time around it´s Jamaicanized versions of American soul classics. A quick look at what we offer:

* Gimme some more is a version of the JBs tune. Done in 1972 by a unknown studio band.
* A year later Sidney, George & Jackie (aka The Pioneers) did a killer version of the killer Papa Was A Rolling Stone by the Temptations.

* Movin up in time, in 1975 we find the unknown Carl Bradney with a fine version of War´s anti ghetto violence anthem Slipping Into Darkness.

*The history of Jamaican music would different without Curtis Mayfield. The Impressions´ Gypsy Woman -as a lot of other Mayfield songs - was covered by several Jamaican artists. This version by Milton Henry might be the best.

* Is It Because I´m Black? was first released by soul/blues man Syl Johnson on the Twilight label in 1968. Ken Boothe´s great version was a a single in Jamaica, before it ended up - with added horns - on his 1973 album Let´s Get It On.

* OK, nothing beats Otis and Aretha´s versions of Respect, but it´s nice to hear Norma Fraser´s ´lighter´ rendention.

*Last record of the show is Prince Buster´s 1966 version of James Carr´s Dark End Of The Street.

We have the man himself on the show too, together will other soul greats like the Bar Keys and Wilson Picket, plus plenty of other goodies form various fields, going from the springy cumbia made by Peru´s Los Sander´s de Nana to (talking about great covers!) Ike And Tina Turner doing an incredible I Smell Trouble, which must have made Bobby Blue Bland groaning out of sheer delight.

Have fun with the show!

TB Turpentine

Playlist Struttin My Stuff # 19 - Soul Got Reggae

Intro: ´How to spell Kingston´
01 The Studio Sound - Give Me Some More (Downtown, 1972)
02 Guitar Shorty – Ways Of A Man (Pull, 1959)
03 Bo Didley – You Can´t Judge a Book By Looking At The Cover (Checker, 1962)
04 John Mayall – Looking Back (Decca, 1966)
05 Ike and Tina Turner – I Smell Trouble (Blue Thumb, 1969)
06 Reverend Lonnie Farris - Walk To Thee (??, 1962-1964)
07 Sidney, George & Jackie - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (Attack, 1973)
08 Ronnie Hawkins – Sick And Tired (Cotillion, 1971)
09 The Rolling Stones - Do You Think I Really Care aka Yellow Cab (unreleased, 1978)
10 Manu Dibango - Yo Na Nga (Sango, 1992)
11 Carl Bradney – Slipping Into Darkness (Orchid, 1975)
12 Lee Jackson – Keep Your Mouth Shut (Atlantic, 1965)
13 Milton Henry – Gypsy Woman (Success, 1976)
14 The Cookies – Later Later
15 Blind Gary Davies – I Belong To The Band, Hallelujah
16 Clifton Chenier - Josephine Par Se Ma Femme (Arhoolie, 1970)
17 Wilson Picket – That´s A Man´s Way (Atlantic, 1966)
18 Ken Boothe - Is It Because I´m Black? (Trojan, 1973)
20 Los Sander´s de Nana - El Tramboyito (Difa, 1972)
21 Joe Hill Louis - A´ Jumpin´ And A´ Shufflin (Columbia, 1949)
22 Randy Hobbs – You Better Run (Gator, 1960)
23 The Bar Keys - Knucklehead (Volt, 1967)
24 Norma Fraser – Respect (Coxsone, 1968)
25 James Carr - She´s Better Than You (Goldwax, 1966)
26 Prince Buster – Dark End Of The Street (Blue Beat, 1967)
Outro: Magic Dick – Magics Mood (Atlantic, 1976)

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Struttin My Stuff # 17 - Parlez Vous Français?

Parlez vous francais?

Salut Les Copains !
(or Hi Guys!)

We start this week with a little bit of a joke, meaning a French language Rock ´n Roll record from before 1959. Which is not only the birth year of yours truly, but also the year when Salut Les Copains was born, the first serious French Rock and Roll radio show, broadcasted by the station Europe 1.

The French (language) Rock ´n´ Roll made before that time? Well, take for instance Rock ´n´Roll Mops from 1956. Considered to be the first French Rock ´n Roll recording, it was written by Boris Vian and Michael Legrand. Both were and still are more known for their novels (Vian) and film scores (Legrand), than for their R´n´R credibility.

To make things worse, the song was sung, under the name Henry Cording (recording, you get it?) by singer/actor Henri Salvador, who never got tired of saying that he hated Rock ´n Roll.

IN 1957 Rock ´n Roll Mops was redone in an slightly better version by Dutchman Ferdinand Heinrick Barendse. During the 40´s Barendse played trumpet in the jazz orchestra The Ramblers, before he started playing stuff like the charleston in the Belgian casinos, with his own dance orchestra. Not your vintage Rock ´n´ Roller this Ferdinand, despite his posing as Ferry ´Rock´ Barendse.

Anyway, Barendse sang his would- be Rock ´n´ Roll with a sort of Louis Amstrong voice, which makes his records at least amusing. Listen to his T´as L´bonhour d´Alfred´ and have a laugh.

Other than that, nothing but quality stuff on this show folks, French and non French. And with an extra shot of African stuff this time.

Amusez-vous avec le spectacle!

TB Turpentine

Playlist Struttin My Stuff # 17 – Parlez Vous Français?

Intro: Comprend français?
01 Ferdy Rock Barendse – T´as L´bonhour d´Alfred (RCA, 1956)
02 Clifton Chenier – Sa M´appelle Fou (Arholie, 1976)
03 Anna Karina – Roller Girl (Philips, 1967)
04 TP Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – Ne Te Faches Pas (Albarika Store? , 19??, Soundway, 2005 (comp))
05 Amédé Ardoin – La Valse Des Chantiers Pétrolifères (JSP, 1934)
06 Tom Tolbert – I Can´t Cut It (Jowall, 1962)
07 Tommy McCook & The Sound Dimension – Tunnel One (CoxSone, 1975)
08 Margie Hendrix – Don´t Destroy Me (Sound Stage 7, 1968)
09 The Paramounts - Shedding Teardrops (Ember, 1964)
10 Nancy & The Millionaires - Atooka Oklahama (Frankie, 1966)
11 The Swan Silvertones - Love Lifted Me (Specialty, 1953)
12 Franco & OK Jazz Musica Tellema (??, 1957)
13 Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Mama Mambo (Sunnyside, 1975)
14 Frank Proffitt Satan - Your Kingdom Must Come Down (Rounder, 1965)
15 Silas Hogan - Dry Chemical Blues (Blue Horizon, 1970)
16 Bernice Gooden with Ernie Freeman orchestra What Did I Do To You (Capitol, 1956?)
17 Philip Malela – Tiba Kamo (1969-1976)
18 Cleo Jackson Randle – Live In Heaven Is Free (Checker, 1967)
19 Joe Simon – The Chokin Kind (Sound Stage 7, 1969
20 Mickey and Sylvia – No Good Lover (Rainbow /Groove, 1956)
21 King Beezz – I Gotta Move
22 The Royal Jokers – I Don´t Like You To Much (Fortune, 1958)
23 Earl Hooker – These Cotton Pickin´ Blues (Age, 1961)
24 The Wailers Put It On (Island, 1966)
25 Sid De Kayes - Sèbè tè Moyala ( 1970´s)
26 The Persuasions – I Could Never Love Another (Catamount, 1957)
27 Barbara Greene – Long Tall Sally (Atco, 1962)
28 The Animals – I´ve Been Around
outro: Magic Dick – Magic´s Mood (Atlantic, 1976

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Struttin My Stuff # 16 - A House Is Not A Home

Home Sweet Home

It´s Monday already...

so I hope all of you had a nice weekend.

I had a very good time with my family. Home Sweet Home indeed.
All those nice homely feelings make me start this weeks Struttin My Stuff show with some houses and homes songs. Needless to say they all fit perfectly in our usual mix of knowns and unknowns from Blues, R´n B, (Afro) Funk, Soul, Gospel and Much Much More.

Two of all these beauties stand out, at least for the little story behind them:

Guess who the organ player is on Doug Brown and the Omens Thank Goodness It´s Friday? Yes, it´s Bob Seger himself! Boss Doug later on became Seger´s producer. The man certainly knew his place.

A real unknown is Edward Ross, whose alter ego Little Buck didn´t get famous either. Ross was a member of New Orleans greats Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns though. His great Whisper My Name was backed with Little Boy Blue, which is actually the instrumental track of Eddie Bo´s Lover And A Friend. Producer and Seven B label owner Joe Banashak just added Ross´/Buck´s vocals.

Anyway, the record wasn´t what you can call a hit, but nowadays you pay a loooot of money for a copy. Strange world we´re living in.

Have fun with the show!

TB Turpentine

Playlist Struttin My Stuff # 16 – A House Is Not A Home

Intro: ´There´s No Place Like Home´

01 The Solitaires - Mary´s House (Old Town, 1958)

02 The Davis Sisters When I Get Home (Gotham, 1950)

03 Otis Spann – My Home Is In The Delta (live) (Bluesway, 1968)

04 Marvin Gaye – I´m Going Home (1972 Mix) (Motown, 1968)

05 Junior Wells – Come On In This House (Profile, 1959)

06 Homesick James – Homesick´s Shuffle (Prestige, 1964)

07 Bantous de La Capitale Casino - Kumbele Kumbele (Vogue, 1964)

08 The Cadillacs – Holy Smoke Baby (Josie, 1958)

09 The Tune Blenders - Shoo Shoo (Federal, 1954)

10 Doug Brown and the Omens – TGIF (Thank Goodness It´s Friday) (Punch, 1965)

11 Little Buck – Whisper My Name (Seven B, 1966?)

12 E.C. Ball – Pretty Polly (Rounder, 1965)

13 Willie Bobo- Fried Neck Bones And Some Home Fries (Verve, 1966)

14 Byron Lee & The Dragonaires – Je T´aime (Love At First Sight) (Trojan, 1970)

15 Count Prince Miller – Bewildered (Bread, 1972)

16 The Semi Colon - Nekwaha Semi Colon (EMI, 1973)

17 Larry Holloway – Going Up (Parkway, 19??)

18 Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mary Knight – My Journey To The Sky (Decca, 1947)

19 Rockin Tex Mex Band – Squeeze Box Man (Waterfront, 1986)

20 Wynona Carr – Jump Jack Jump (Specialty, 1956)

21 Young Jessie - Don´t Happen No More (Modern, 1956)

22 Gene Philips – Snuff Dippin Mama (Modern, 1956)

23 Mabel John – No Love (Tamla, 1961)

24 The Monks – Blockhead (??, 1969?)

25 Little Johnny Taylor – I Know You Hear Me Calling (Galaxy 1967)

26 Christine Quaite – Mr Stuck Up ( World Artists, 1964)

Outro: Magic Dick – Magic´s Mood (Atlantic, 1976)

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Struttin My Stuff # 15 - It´s Windy Out There

Esquerita: Close the window please!

A very fine first of May to you all!

First I have to make clear that I already had prepared this Struttin My Stuff show when I heard what had happened to the good people of Alabama and other southern US states.

So yes, we´re starting with some stormy tunes, although Little Esther and Eva Cassidy are keeping things low tempo. Lots of heavy weather later on in the show too. Take Fela Kuti´s Roforofo Fight. That´s 15 minutes plus of the finest Afro-funk pouring down on you!
Or take blues man Byter Smith´s intense The man wants me dead. That stingin guitar and soaring voice will evoke a soul storm in your heart. And what about Little Richards main inspiror Esquerita. A 2 minute hailstorm.

That said, let this mix of Blues, black R´n B, Funk, Gospel, Garage and Much Much More brighten you day.

Have fun!

TB Turpentine

Playlist Struttin My Stuff # 15 - It´s Windy Out There

Intro: ´It´s Windy Out There´

01 Mac Rebennack – Storm Warning

02 Kenny Martin – Heart-Storm

03 Little Esther – The Storm

04 Dale Hawkins – Tornado

05 Eva Cassidy – Stormy Monday

06 Omar Dykes - Black Bottom

07 Johnny Shines – Hello Central

08 Carol Fran & Clarence Holliman – Golden Girl

09 Lucio Matta – Toro Matta

10 Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 - Roforofo Fight

11 Otis Clay – You Don´t Miss Your Water

12 The Velvetons – Penalty Of Love

13 Black Crucial – Mr. Vincent

14 Billy Lamont – Sweet Thang

15 Billy Garner – Little Schoolgirl

16 Byther Smith – The Man Wants Me Dead

17 Lori Wood – But That Was Long Ago

18 Dorothy Love Coates - Elijah

19 Chuck Wright – The Palm Of Your Hand

20 Willie Lane – Black Cat Rag

21 Link Wray & The Wray Men – Run Chicken Run

22 George Smith – Blowin The Blues

23 Ike and Tina Turner - Cussin´, Cryin´and Carryin` On

24 The Clefs – Bring It To Jerome

25 Toots & The Maytals – Monkey Man

26 Wayne Cochran – Hootchie Cootchie Man

27 Esquerita – Rockin´ The Joint

Outro: Magic Dick - Magic´s Mood

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Some of the music on this show provided by Devio´s Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com).

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Struttin My Stuff # 13 - Things

Strange Things indeed!

Greetings!

And welcome to number 13 of our weekly Struttin My Stuff show.

Actually, this weeks thing theme thing started as just an excuse to begin the show with a intro taken from one of the funniest movie scenes ever, the Big Shoot Out in Analyze This, and then throw in some ´thing songs´

As these things go though, there turned out to be a Whole Lotta Things to make records about: real things, funny looking things, good things, ugly things, big fine things, little things...

Too many things indeed. And some things appear to be the same thing, but they are different things indeed.

There are even things which are the same thing, but boy do they sound different (Van Morrison´s and Barbara & The Brown´s version of Things Have Gone To Pieces).

So what the heck: let´s have a Thing show.

Shake That Thing and have fun!

TB Turpentine

Playlist Struttin My Stuff # 13 - Things

Intro: ´The first thing or the second thing?´
01 Curtis And The Creeps - The Thing (Dauntless, 1962)
02 Polka Dot Slim – A Thing You Gotta Face (Instant, 1964)
03 BB Jones - The Real Thing (Magic Touch, 1969?)
04 The Dwellers – What´s That Thing Called Love? (Oasis, 1959?)
05 Finney Mo – Shake That Thing (Jello-Jim, 1963)
06 Lightnin´ Hopkins – Shake That Thing ( Fire, 1962)
07 Super Eagles – Love´s A Real Thing (Decca?, 1972)
08 Hank Johnson – You Lost Your Thing (Spear, 1972)
09 Melvin Endsley – The Blues Don´t Mean A Thing (Stomper time, 1957; unissued , avail on div. comp.)
10 Van Morrison – Things Have Gone To Pieces (Lost Highway, 1976)
11 Barbara & The Browns – Things Have Gone To Pieces (Tower, 1968)
12 King Django – Too Many Things (Stubborn, 2005)
13 Danny Barker – Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing
14 The Carousels Pretty Little Thing
15 Junior Wells – The Things I Would Do For You
16 Eddy Floyd – Things Get Better
17 Pat Lundy & Bobby Harris – A Thing Going On
18 The Silhouettes - Miss Thing
19 Th´ Legendary Shack Shakers – No Such Thing
20 Luther Allison – You Done Lost Your Good Thing
21 Frank Frost – Things You Do
22 Honeyboy Bryant – Funny Looking Thing
23 Roy Richards - Another Thing
24 Doctor Ross – Good Thing Blues
25 Jesse Fortune – Good Things
26 Eddie Bo – Too Much Of A Good Thing
27 The Upsetters – Get A Thing Goin On
28 The Creatures - Ugly Thing
29 Southern Culture On The Skids - Whole Lotta Things
30 Charles Epps – Shake That Thing
Outro: Magic Dick – Magic´s Mood

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Struttin My Stuff # 10 - Jivin The Gospel

Sam Cooke: Jesus Gave Me Water

Hello there!

Our 10th Struttin My Stuff show. To celebrate this small wonder we have Gods own Hip Messiah Lord Buckley to warm you up for some jiving gospel tunes. Among them Jesus Gave Me Water, in my opinion one of the very best recordings Sam Cooke did with the Soul Stirrers, together with Touch the Hem of His Garment and Were You There?

We switch to more worldly affairs after that with Helen Smith and You Gotta Have A Man. I don´t know who wrote this song, but he or she must have already been dead when Prince released his Kiss. Otherwise: were was the courtcase? ´Prince must have been inspired by this song´, somebody wrote on the fan community sitePrince.org. Inspired? He bloody stole the song!
If you want a better version of You Gotta Have A Man, listen to the one done by Frank Williams and the Rocketeers. In fact I think it´s the same instrumental track, but Franks vocals are a lot grittier/more exciting than Helens. We´ll play Franks version some other time, that´s for sure.

Talking bout different versions. The Come See About Me by Don Covay we play on this show isn´t the usual one with strings and female choir. This one comes from Dons 1965 See Saw lp. It´s a different recording, in a slightly lower tempo and with Don singing in a more relaxed manner. I prefer the single version (it has a lot more ´swing´) but I thought it might be interesting to play this one for a chance. Apart from that: you can´t go wrong with Don Covay!

You can´t go wrong with any of the songs on this show, if you ask me. It´s all good stuff with lots of grit and soul. But ak me for my personal fav, and I say ´Freddie King´. Listen to this version of Have You Ever Loved A Woman? and you know what real soul is all about.

Have fun!

TB Turpetine

Playlist Struttin My Stuff # 10 ´Jivin The Gospel´

00 intro: Lord Buckley ´The sweetest Cat´ (from The Nazz)
01 Goldie Haynes - This Old World
02 The Soul Stirrers - Jesus Gave Me Water (Speciality, 1951)
03 The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama - I Believe
04 Helen Smith - You Gotta Be A Man (Deep City, 1967)
05 Willie Jones - Where´s My Money? (Mr. Peacock, 1962)
06 Donna Hightower- Hand´s Off (RPM, 1955)
07 Billy Hughes & His Peacock Palls - Take Your Hands Off It! (??; 1946)
08 Balfa Brothers - Parlez-Nous à Boire (Let´s Talk About Drinking)
09 The Notting Hillbillies - Feel Like Going Home (Warner Bros, 1990)
10 John Littlejohn - 29 Ways (T-D-S, 1968)
11 Carmen Davis - No No, Baby
12 Freddie King - Have You Ever Loved A Woman? (live) (Wolf, 1995, rec. 1970)
13 Eddie Bo - Check Your Bucket (Bo- Sound, 1970)
14 Ben Harper - I Can´t Take It No Longer (Cenco, 1962?)
15 Bacardis - Don´t Sell Yourself (Midgard, 1966)
16 David Jones & The Fenders - Boss With The Hot Sauce (Candy, 1992 (comp.))
17 Dan Boadi and his African Internationals - Play That Funky Music (NAAP, 1978)
18 Louis Jordan - Blue Lite Boogie pt. 1 (Decca, 1950)
19 The Stovall Sisters - Hang On In There (Reprise, 1970)
20 Don Covay - Come See About Me (Atlantic, 1965)
21 The Ethiopians - Hong Kong Flu (Trojan, 1970)
22 Little Sam Davis Going Home To My Mother (Rockin'l, 1958)
23 Charles Epps - Rock With The Boogie (Brosh, 1962)
24 Frankie Miller - Sail Away (live) (Eagle Rock 2008. Rec?)
25 Marion Williams - My Time Ain´t Long
26 Keith & Enid - Everything Will Be Allright (Smiths, 1960)
outro: Magic Dick - Magic´s Mood (Atlantic, 1976)

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Struttin My Stuff # 9 - Pourin It All Out

Hello there!,

Back again with a regular Struttin My Stuff show, after this week Saint Patrick´s Special. I hope you all had a great time - I sure did.

Time to sweat out the last alcohol with some high energy stuff. Lots of jumpers and swingers on this show for that reason and Mr. High Energy himself: Iggy Pop.
Awwright! Let´s get started!

Have fun.
TB Turpentine

Pouring it all out

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Playlist Struttin My Stuff # 9

Intro: ´King Biscuit Time´
01 Sonny Boy Williamson - Pontiac Blues (Trumpet, 1951)
02 Kitty Love - You Gotta Change
03 Vichan Maneechot - Dance, Dance, Dance
04 The Revelations - Soul, Don’t You Worry (Aircap, 1964)
05 Tommy McCook & The Skatalites - Silver Dollar (Trojan 1964
06 Joyce Jones - Help Me Make Up My Mind (Vee-Eight/Atco, 1969)
07 Jimmy Rushing - Baby Don´t Tell On Me
08 Daniel Lohues & The Louisana Blues Club - Water op de Lont (Greytown, 2005)
09 Dickie Williams - In The Same Motel (Backfire, 1986)
10 Varetta Dillard - Getting Ready For My Daddy (Savoy, 1953)
11 Duffy Power – If I Get Lucky Someday (Parlophone, 1963
12 The Four Jokers - She´s A Flirt (Amy, 1961)
13 Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-ro – Make It Stank (Rounder, 1996)
14 Bill Wolfer - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (Constellation, 1982)
15 The Stooges -1969 (Electra, 1969)
16 Little Victor - I Can´t Be Satisfied (Wild, 2009)
17 Patty Griffin - Up To The Mountain (live) (unreleased)
18 Gary Shelton - Stop The World (Mark, 1959)
19 African Brothers - Sakatumbe (??,1970)
20 Henry Henry - Hong Kong Mississippi (Staff, 1961)
21Lulu - Feelin Allright (Atco, 1970)
22 The Persons - All The World Is Mine (Popular, 1966)
23 Bo Weavil - Goodbye Baby (Lenox, 2009)
24 The Jive Turkeys - BA (Colemine, 2009)
25 Jo Ann Campbell -You´re Driving Me Mad (Gone, 1958)
outro: Magic Dick - Magic´s Mood (Atlantic, 1976)

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Struttin My Stuff # 7 - Let´s Get It Real Real Going

Hello again!

It´s been an exciting and busy week, with not one but two shows coming up.
Yes folks, it´s almost Sint Patrick´s Day . So don´t forget to tune in to our Saint Patrick´s Day Special coming Thursday March17 at 10 am CET. All MOANIN and GROANIN Radio style of course.

But first, ´lets get it real real going for a change´ and step right into Struttin My Stuff # 7. Almost 80 minutes of the grittiest Soul, Blues, Funk, Gospel and Much Much More.

Better Get Ready. Listen to Da Love Doctor, Walk With Jesus, Dance The Boomerang and Drill Baby Drill!!

Have fun!

TB Turpentine

Frank Dalton: Cruised?

Struttin My Stuff # 7 Playlist

Intro: ´Lets get it real real going for a change´

1. Al Downing - Down On The Farm (Challenge, 195()
2. Jacky Whitley - Mean Man Blues (EDA/Rite, 1961)
3. Shakey Jake - Respect Me Baby (The Blues, 1966)
4. Bob Andy - Unchained (Studio One, 1976)
5. The Black Star Sound - Nite Safarie (Soundway, 2003 (comp.))
6. Albert King - Can´t You See What You´re Doing To Me (Stax, 1970)
7. Irma Thomas - Nobody Wants To Hear Nobodys Trouble (Imperial, 1965)
8. The Shindogs - Someday Someday (Warner Bros, 1965)
9. Frank Dalton & The Dalton Gang - Cruised (Mercury, ??)
10. T Bone Walker - Two Bones And A Pick (Atlantic, 1959)
11. Ralph Stanley and Vern Gosdin - Are You Afraid To Die? (Rebel, 1998)
12. Buckwheat Zydeco - Tee Nah Nah (Rounder, 1985)
13. O.D. Williams - I´m Moving Out Of Your Life (Bar-Bare, ??)
14. Elder Roma Wilson - Better Get Ready (Gotham, 1948)
15. Bertha Tillman - Lovin Time (Brent, 1962)

16. Lokonon André & Les Volcans - Mi Kple Dogbekpo (Analog Afrcia, 2008 (comp.))

17. miX&dorp - Revolution Bluez (Black & Tan, 2011)

18. Mary Knight - Jesus Walk With Me (Decca, 1953)
19. Billy Jones & The All Stars - All My Brothers Clean (Catfish, 1970)
20. Billy Jones - Da´ Love Doctor (Black & Tan, 2005)
21. Dorothy Ellis - Drill Daddy Drill (Federal, 1952)
22. The Kings - It´s The LCB (Jox, 1965)
23. Donnie Williams - Boogie Chilluns Playhouse (Fernwood, 2003 (comp.)
24. Little Willie John - Uh Uh Baby (King, 1957)
25. Willie Hightower - It´s Too Late (Enjoy, 1967)
26. Ann Mason & Little Mac & The Boss Sounds – You Can´t Love Me In The Midnight Hour (Atlantic, 1965)
27. The Canjoes feat. Joe Louis Johnson - Dance The Boomerang (Dapt, 1961)
Outro: Magic Dick - Magic´s Mood (Atlantic, 1967)

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Billy Jones + Billy Jones + miX&dorp

Hello there!

TB Turpentine here.

No worries. No mathematics classes on MOANIN and GROANIN Radio. It´s just a way to introduce some artists we´ll play on this week´s Struttin My Stuff show ( Saturday March 12 around 10 pm CET).

It´s a Dutch affair. The two Billy Jones we mentioned in the title of this post have both connections with Holland. And the guy behind miX&dorp not only is Dutch, he also runs the label Billy Jones number 2 is recording for. Apart from that, he used Billy´s music to make his own record.

But to keep things fairly simple, let´s start with Billy Jones number 1. This Billy is from Texas, but settled down in Amsterdam, after serving in the US-forces in Germany. In Holland he got a job as a singer for the best known soulband in Holland during the 60´s and 70´s, the Dutch/Surinam Oscar Harris & The Twinkle Stars.

Billy Jones spent the rest of his life in Holland, were he died in 1982 while playing basketball with some friends. In the meantime he had recorded quiet a few records, both with Oscar Harris and as a solo artist. Only one of his solo efforts was sort of a hit though: His very first single, All My Brothers Are Clean - which we will play on the show this Saturday - got to number 33 in the Dutch top 40.

Billy Jones 2 (Arkansas, USA) isn´t a big hitmaker either, but this Billy is alive and kicking. More than that, the man can sing, plays a mean guitar and knows how to write a song. If that´s not enough, Billy Jones has a vision. Read this interview with him on the All About Jazz site and you know what I mean.

Billy Jones makes a serious effort to make the blues - bluez he calls his music- as relevant for young urban people in the US as was Muddy Waters´s music in the Chicago of the fifties. Lucky enough for the rest of us he comes up with Soul Music with an universal appeal - just as Muddy´s best music had.

The blues has been declared death a couple of times the last 40 years of so. People like Billy Jones proof that the blues is alive and will stay alive the next 40 years and probably much longer than that.

Jones´ label boss Jan Mittendorp in the meantime, is taking things even one step further. Posing as miX&dorp he reworks existing tracks of his own label´s artists (apart from Billy Jones also Boo Boo Davis, among others).

In his own words: ´miX&dorp blasts new life into the style by blending modern beats and blasts from the future into existing tracks for a fresh sound that makes the rhythmic heart of the blues beat stronger than ever.´

Nothing to add to that, apart from: recycling never sounded so good!

See you this Saturday March 12 around 10 pm CET for these and many more gritty and wailing sounds. Not only from Holland of course, but from all over the place.

As long as it makes me dance, laugh, cry, jump or shout!

Tune in!

TB Turpentine

Struttin My Stuff # 6 - It´s 1964

Hello there again!

Welcome for a new shot of gritty blues, funky stuff, deep gospel and soul, black and white R& R and R& B and much more.

Starter this week is Zoot Money with one of my fav dance tunes ,The Uncle Willie.
Firt time I heard the name Zoot Money was when the late great Kevin Coyne introduced Zoot on his live album In Living Black and White (Virgin, 1976). `Zoot Money, ladies and gentlemen!, followed by Zoot doing, if I´m not mistaking, a sort of jazzy solo on his electric piano.
Only many years later I discovered that our man was responsible for some of the most exciting British R &B of the sixties. And just a few weeks ago I found out that Zoot´s Uncle Willie isn´t the only one, when that daredevil Derek came with The Daylighters version on his Daily 45 blog. Also from 1964.
And in the comments somebody mentioned the version by Brian Poole and The Tremeloes from 1965. Both The Daylighters´ and Brian Poole´s ´Uncle´ we will play sometime in the future, but for know we stick to our favorite Uncle, which is Zoot´s.

Another unsung heroe of British R &B on the show is harmoncia player Cyril Davies, with one of his latest efforts, Country Line Special .
Although, unsung. The guy died in 1964 (we have something with that year this show, apparently) and he is still getting tribute shows. Or is there something like a Cyril Davies revival?
Anyway, check out this Cyril Davies website and watch Mick Jagger telling about how he never actually saw somebody play a harmonica before he went as a 17-year old to a Cyril Davies concert. Yes, that´s the same guy who only a few years later was playing with legends like Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf!

Talking about legends. This week show has plenty of them, with names like Ray Charles, Bobby Blue Bland, Allan Toussaint and James Brown.

But did you ever hear of DM Bob & The Deficits? That DM stands for Deutschmark Bob. Bob though, comes from Louisiana, he only lives in Hamburg. Furthermore, Bob is a painter and he makes records with his Deficits for the Austrian Voodoo Rhytm label. Bob also performs this week country jerker.

Quite a guy, that Bob.

Have fun with the show!

TB Turpentine

Wanda Jackson with the King: in a tunnel of love?

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Playlist Struttin My Stuff # 6

Intro: ´It´s 1964´

1. Zoot Money and the Big Roll Band – The Uncle Willie (Decca, 1964)

2. Wanda Jackson – Tunnel Of Love (Capitol, 1964
3. Allan Toussaint – Last Train (Reprise, 1975)

4. Sharon Jones and the Dap-King– You´re Gonna Get It (Daptone, 2005)

5. Ray Charles - Tell Me How Do You Feel (Atlantic, 1959)

6. Desmond Dekker - Israelites (Cactus, 1975)

7. Mickey Baker - Milk Train (Atlantic, 1959)

8. Jackson Southernaires - Don´t Let Him Catch You (ABC/Dunhill, 1973)

9. Ashantis- Everybody´s Groove (Red Bus, 1975)

10. Cyril Davies And His Rytmn Blues Allstars – Country Line Special (Pye, 1963)

11. The New Christs - I Swear (Citadel, 1987)

12. Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy (Arhoolie, 1967)

13. Al Urban – Gonna Be Better Times (Sarg, 1958 )

14. DM Bo & The Deficits – Slide Of Your Satin Sheets (Voodoo Rhytm, 2001))

15. Eddy Giles – Baby, Be Mine ( Murco, 1969 )

16. Emma Franklin – I Don´t Want No Mama Boy (Epic, 1963 )

17. The Hollies – The Very Last Day (Parlophone, 1965)

18. Willie Love Nelson Street Blues (Trumpet, 1952)

19. Bonnie Bramlett – Two Steps From The Blues (Capricorn, 1976)

20. Bobby Blue Bland- Poverty (Duke, 1966)

21. Jesse Mae – Don´t Freeze On Me (DRA, 1962)

22. James Brown - Get On The Good Foot (live) (unreleased, undated)

23. Johnny Copeland – Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat (Demon, 1982)

24. Lavern Baker –Tiny Tim (Atlantic, 1959)

25. Rev. Gerald Thompson & The Tennessee Full Gospel Baptist Church Mass Choir – Miracle Worker (Atlanta International, 1998)

Outro: Magic Dick – Magic´s Mood (Atlantic, 1976)

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