Playlist 2017/11/25

Show #3: Whatever Makes EZ Feel Good

(DJ EZ Reader turned 46 the day before, and instead of mourning his lost youth, he turned to dusty cuts of wisdom to comfort his melancholy. It worked.)

Tuane – Hammer

African Rhythms – Oneness of Juju

Oneness of Juju African Rhythms album cover, 1975

Music Man – Pleasure Web

Tippi-Toes – The Meters

Let the Sun Shine In – The Galt MacDermont Trio (live)

Bra – Cymande

Mountains – Prince

No Diggity (live) – Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers

Chuck Brown, "The Godfather of Go-Go" (1936-2012)

Black Satin – Miles Davis

Poet – Sly & the Family Stone

Melting Pot – Booker T & The MGs

Booker T & The MGs, Melting Pot album cover (1971)

Rockit - Herbie Hancock (link is to video)

Funky Worm – The Ohio Players

Lonesome Cowboy – Roy Ayers

Beans & Cornbread – Louis Jordan

The Witch Doctor (Catches the Jungle Fever) – Over Night Low

Jimmy’s Got a Little Bit of Bitch in Him – Funkadelic

Radio Spot #1 – Curtis Mayfield

Freddie's Dead - Fishbone (link to video)
Sou Negro – Toni Tornado

Big Bird – Eddie Floyd

Life is a Gamble – Preacher

Ride On – Parliament

Twine Time – Seeburg Spotlite Band

Testify, pt 1 & 2 – The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers (with Jimi Hendrix on guitar, rear right), ca. 1964

Chicken ‘n Waffles – Lee Armstrong Express

Truth Be Known – The Human Body

People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul – James Brown

Colonial Mentality – Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Fela Kuti & the Afrika 70, Sorrow Tears & Blood LP (1977)

Thank You Faletinme Be Mice Elf Agin – Sly & The Family Stone

Electric Frog, pt 1 – Kool & The Gang

Some Kind of Wonderful – Soul Brother Six

Laid It – The Ohio Players

7 Minutes of Funk - Whole Darn Family

Tempura Soul – Fuka Vincente

Gold Walk – The Presidents

I Believe I Found Myself – Sir Stanley

Front cover, Chains & Black Exhaust compilation (Memphix, 2002)

Volunteered Slavery/Bern’s Blues/Outer Spaceways – Bernie Worrell

Survival - Osibisa

Front & rear cover, Osibisa's Woyaya LP (1971)

No Fly Zone (The Devil’s Playground) – Zillatron

Everything is Everything – Earth Wind & Fire

Wars of Armageddon - Funkadelic