No show this week: March 3, 2018

So sorry, funkateers! This week I am traveling for a conference and will be out of state on Saturday. No show therefore -- may I suggest looking up cool videos of funk, a-like so:

Respect the Old School!

Playlist 2018/02/24

What’s a Telephone Bill? - Bootsy’s Rubber Band

Cover for Ravi Harris & The Prophets (Gemini (Desco)

Thunderbird pt 1 & 2 - Ravi Harris & The Prophets
Unity pt 1 (The Third Coming) - Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown
On a Saturday Night - Eddie Floyd

Carleen & the Groovers

Can We Rap - Carleen & The Groovers
Gun - Gil Scott-Heron

Black Heat

Wanaoh - Black Heat

Gangster of Love pt 1 & 2 - Jimmy Norman

45 Label for "Gangster of Love" by Jimmy Norman (Josie)

Stepping Stones - Johnny Harris

The Groove Line - Heatwave

Sun Ra and his Arkestra at work

Outer Spaceways Incorporated - Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra
Aqua-Magic - Mandrill

Back cover of Beast from the East by Mandrill (1976, Polydor)

In the Meantime - Betty Davis
Rap / Stare and Stare - Curtis Mayfield

Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - The Jacksons
Shake Your Pants - Cameo

The Wilson Brothers of The GAP Band

Shake - The GAP Band
Faster - Janelle Monáe

Whiskey & Wine - The Motors

45 Label for "Trust Me" by Aged in Harmony (Mor-Tunes Music)

Trust Me - Aged in Harmony
Trust Me - Guru’s Jazzamatazz

Eddie Bo, King of N'Awlins Funk

Hook and Sling pt 1 & 2 - Eddie Bo and The Soul Finders
How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven’t Cut Your Process Yet) - Hank Ballard along with The Dapps
Tired of Being Alone - Al Green

Single cover for "Tired of Being Alone" by Al Green

Color Me Funky - Parliament
Kissing My Love - Cold Blood

Promo photo of Cold Blood

Coldblooded - James Brown

45 Label for "Counting Tear Drops" (b/w "Live It Up") by James K-Nine (Federal)

Live It Up - James K-Nine
Africa - The Meters

In The Rain - The Wooden Glass (feat. Billy Wooten)

Billy Wooten on vibes

Going in Circles - Isaac Hayes
No Name Bar - Isaac Hayes
I'm a Man (Mannish Boy) - Muddy Waters
Backwards Intentions - JD & The Evil’s Dynamite Band

Arno Lucas, drummer & singer for LA Carnival

Blind Man - LA Carnival

Nuki Suki - Little Richard
Don’t Mess With People - Mandrill
Loose Booty - Funkadelic

Album cover (open) by Pedro Bell for America Eats Its Young
by Funkadelic (1972, Westbound)

Goin Down - Allen Toussaint

Cover for Life, Love and Faith by Allen Tousaint

Dirt and Blood - Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Son of Shaft - The Bar-Kays
ATLiens - OutKast ('cause why not)

Catch you all in two weeks -- I'll out of town next Saturday. Back on the air March 10th! Keep it funky!

Playlist 2018/02/17

Beautiful Brother of Mine - Curtis Mayfield

Full gatefold of Cosmic Slop LP (1973, Westbound)

You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure - Funkadelic
Sho Is Funky Down Here - James Brown

LP Cover, Sho Is Funky Down Here by James Brown (1971, Polydor)
[Don't believe what Allmusic has to say about this one -- it's a jam]

Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing - James Brown (original cut)
Doing It to Death pt 1 & 2 - The JBs

Yellow Sunshine - Yellow Sunshine

Philadelphia's own Yellow Sunshine

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (live on Soul Train) - Sly & The Family Stone (video)
We Got Soul - Bad & Good Boys
Kick the Blanket - The Mighty Imperials
Hook & Sling - The Soul Command
Shakey Ground - The Temptations
Goo Goo Wah Wah - Melvin "Wah Wah Watson" Ragin

Saturday Nite - Earth Wind & Fire
reading from Guy Endore's Babouk (1934) [accompanied by "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down"]

Cover of the current edition of Guy Endore's Babouk

Tampin - The Rhine Oaks
Big Chief - The Meters

Almendra - Macondo
Deuces Up, Double Down pt 1 - Breakestra
The Shadow of Your Smile - Brother Jack McDuff
Can't Say Nothin' - Curtis Mayfield
Happy Soul (With a Hook) - Dave Cortez and Moon People
Cherry Pickin' - The Sugarman Three

Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
Steppin' Out - Sho-Nuff
March of the Goober Woobers - Forty-Seven Times Its Own Weight
X-Rated Movie - The Commodores
Here Today Gone Tomorrow - Mandrill
Git In There - Betty Davis
Funky John - Johnny Cameron & The Camerons

You Can't Love Me, If You Don't Respect Me - Lyn Collins
Funk Talk - Southside Movement
Jason Pew Mosso pt 1 - The Interpretations
Fair But So Uncool (Walkin' N' N'Awlins Mix) - Earth Wind & Fire
Poo Too - Oneness of Juju

Day Break - The Brand New Heavies
Get Up Offa That Thang/Release the Pressure - James Brown
Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad - Funkadelic
Comencemos - Phirpo y sus Caribes

Will You Be There - Timothy McNealy

Playlist 2018/02/10

Make It Funky pt 1, 2, 3, & 4 - James Brown

Introducing the Band
Dance to the Music - Sly & the Family Stone
Memphis Soul Stew - Funkgus
Don't Stop Dancing to the Music pt 1 - The Bar-Kays
The Jam (long version) - Graham Central Station
Tighten Up - Archie Bell & the Drells

The Ultimate 144 - People Under the Stairs
Gangster Boogie - Chicago Gangsters
Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Brick City - Brick
Monster - The Bar-Kays
Every Time He Comes Around - Minnie Riperton

Go Go Set

Chameleon - Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers

Overnight Scenario - Rare Essence

Let Me Clear My Throat - DJ Kool
Drop the Bomb - Trouble Funk

Schizo Jam (live) - Don Byron & Existential Dred (w/ Biz Markie)

Super Afro Beat - The Daktaris
Black Man's Cry - Lever Brothers Gay Flamingoes
Anthracite - Cymande

The Adventures of Super Rhymes - Jimmy Spicer

If You Got a Love You Better (Hold On To It) - Bobby Byrd
Take Me - The Fabulous Souls
Yeah Yeah - Blackrock
Ghet-To Funk - Duralcha
Carry On - Jean Knight
Funky Hot Pants - The 8th Avenue Express

Music for My Brother - OG Funk
Music for My Mother - Funkadelic
Mommy, What's a Funkadelic - Funkadelic
Standing on the Verge of Getting It On - Funkadelic

Gimme Some More - The JBs
Groupie - Mother Night
Cordova - The Meters

Playlist 2018/02/03: Grace and Power

Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaata & The Soulsonic Force

Afrika Bambaata & The Soulsonic Force

Unfinished Instrumental - Parliament
A Funky Song - Ripple
God Made Me Funky - The Headhunters

LP cover for The Headhunters Survival of the Fittest (1975, Arista)

Out of Sight - James Brown
Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin

Ball of Confusion - The Temptations (RIP Dennis Edwards)
Free Bobby Now - The Lumpen

Promotional for the Lumpen

Invitation to Black Power - Shahid Quintet
What About You (In The World Today)? - Co Real Artists
Surprises - The Last Poets

The Last Poets

Africa Center of the World - Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Better Things - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Have a Talk with God - Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

The Funky 16 Corners - The Highlighters Band
Think (About It) - Skorpyons of Jamaica

The Skorpyons of Jamaica

Be Mine Tonight - Lloyd W. Williams

45 Label for "Be Mine Tonight" by Lloyd W. Williams

The Heatin' System - Jack McDuff
Steppin' In Her I. Miler Shoes - Betty Davis

Betty Davis, Funk Monster

It's Great to Be Here - The Jackson 5
Struggling My Way - Calypso King & The Soul Investigators
Berlin - Tihomir Pop Asanović

LP Cover Majko Zemljo by Tihomir Pop Asanović (1974, Jugoton)

Sex Machine - Sly & The Family Stone
Funky Sex Machine - Bo Baral
Rap It Together - The Detroit Sex Machines
Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine) - James Brown
Black Rite - Mandingo

LP Cover The Primeval Rhythm of Life by Mandingo (1973, Columbia)

Flames of Darkness - JD & The Evil's Dynamite Band

Feeling You Got - El Rego Et Ses Commandos

El Rego et Ses Commmandos

Four Bitches Is What I Got - Lightnin' Rod (aka Jalaluddin Mansur Nuruddin)
Remember Who You Are - Breakestra
Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquidalymistic - Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes "Black Moses" at Wattstax (Jesse Jackson on the left)

Getting Funky Round Here - The Black Nasty
I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth

Rare Earth

Wide Awake in a Dream - Vicki Anderson
Soul Food - Frankie Seay & The Soul Riders
The Hawg pt 1 - Eddie Kirk

45 Label "The Hawg pt 1" by Eddie Kirk (1963, Volt)