No show this week

So sorry all -- it's Thanksgiving weekend and the Campus Center will be locked up tight on Saturday, so there will be no show this weekend. What shame since it's my birthday that day & I was really excited about sharing some songs with you all.

"Music on the One" will be back in December, but remember holidays are coming soon, and I'll be out of town for most of them, even if the building is open on the weekends at all.

Playlist 11/17/2018

Groove Lounge (A Full-Side Extravaganza)

Welcome to Casa Del DJ EZ Reader. Would you like a glass of wine? I got the Riunite on ice just the way the old dogs drink it. We'll just chill here while the sounds paly. I chose some appropriate music, a few favorite sides of Funk.

Baby Don't You Know - Vicki Anderson

James Brown, Get On the Good Foot (1972, Polydor)

LP Cover for Get on the Good Foot by James Brown

Side 4
Ain't It a Groove
My Part/Make It Funky (pt 3 & 4)
Dirty Harri

Funky Run-through pt 1 & 2 - The Poets of Rhythm

Germany's The Poets of Rhythm

The Mohawks, The Champ (1968, Pama)

LP Cover, The Champ by The Mohawks

Side 1
The Champ
Hip Jigger
Sweet Soul Music
Dr. Jekyll & Hyde Park
Senior Thump
Landscape

Live Wire - The Meters

Breakthrough - Isaac Hayes

The Bar-Kays, Soul Finger (1967, Volt)

LP Cover for Soul Finger by The Bar-Kays

Side 2
You Can't Sit Down
House Shoes
Pearl High
I Want Someone
Hole in the Wall
Don't Do That

Messie Bessie - Shirley Scott

Philadelphia's Queen of the Hammond B-3 Organ, Shirley Scott

Cymande, Promised Heights (1974, Janus)

LP Cover for Promised Heights by Cymande

Side 1
Pon De Dungle
Equatorial Forest
Brothers on the Slide
Changes
Breezeman

Undisco Kidd - Funkadelic

Inside cover for Tales of Kidd Funkadelic by Funkadelic (1976 Westbound). Artwork by Pedro Bell

James Brown, Get On the Good Foot

Hank Ballard, James Brown collaborator and solo artist

Side 2
Recitation by Hank Ballard
I Got a Bag of My Own
Nothing Beats a Try But a Fail
Lost Someone

'Tis Your Kind of Music - Graham Central Station

Graham Central Station

Cajun Moon - Herbie Mann

Playlist 11/10/2018

Energy - Earth Wind & Fire

LP Gatefold for Phew! by Claudia Lennear (1973, Warner Brothers)

Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky - Claudia Lennear
Mean Machine Chant/Mean Machine - The Last Poets
Never Get Enough - Bobby Byrd
Mind Power - James Brown
Cholera - El Rego et Ses Commandos de Cotonou-Dahomey

LP Cover for Reflections by Gil Scott-Heron (1981, Arista)

B Movie - Gil Scott-Heron
Give It Up or Turn It Loose - Lyn Collins
Memphis Soul Stew - Funkgus
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
All Night Long - The Mary Jane Girls

Full Side Funk - The JBs, Doing It To Death (1973, People)

La Di Da La Di Day
You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight [prelude]
Sucker
You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight

Newcleus

Jam On It - Newcleus
Soul Food - Frankie Seay & the Soul Riders
Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley, Your Tie's Caught in Your Zipper - Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band
Groove the Funk - Aktion
Dap - Porgy Jones
What's a Telephone Bill - Bootsy's Rubber Band

LP Cover for Ahh.. The Name's Bootsy, Baby by Bootsy's Rubber Band (1977, Warner Brothers)

What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again) - Louis Jordan
Jerkin' the Dog - The Mighty Hannibal (w/ St. John & The Cardinals)
Take Me the Next Phase - The Isley Brothers

El Combo Xingú

Black Power - El Combo Xingú
Night of the Thumpasaurus Peoples - Parliament

No 11/03/2018 show

Sorry. Circumstances beyond my control.

Playlist 10/27/2018

Healing Power of Funk

Mothership Connection (Star Child) - Parliament

(Most of) Side A of Breakestra's The Live Mix vol 2 (2000, Stone's Throw)

Jagger the Dagger
Summer in the City
Bubble Gum
Crosswind
Just Kissed my Baby
Getting Nasty
Space
It's the JB's Monaurail
T.L.C.
Funky Drummer
Crumbs Off the Table

Loran's Dance - Idris Muhammad
Moment of Truth - Earth Wind & Fire
Just Enough Room for Storage - James Brown
Rigor Mortis - Cameo

Melting Pot - Booker T & The MGs
The Boo Boo Song - King Coleman
Lady Jane - Mandrill
Off Into a Black Thing - Willie Henderson & The Soul Explosions
It's Your Thing - Cold Grits

Check Your Bucket - Eddie Bo
What's Up Front That Counts - The Counts
Kool It (Here Comes the Fuzz) - Kool & The Gang
T Plays It Cool - Marvin Gaye
You Can't Love Me, If You Don't Respect Me - Lyn Collins, The Female Preacher
Cissy Strut - The Esso Trinidad Steel Drummers

Hey Fellas - Trouble Funk
Rat Kissed the Cat on the Naval - U.S. Music
Loose Booty - Parliament

Full-Side Funk:

African Rhythms by Oneness of Juju (1975, Black Fire)

LP Cover for African Rhythms by Oneness of Juju

African Rhythms
Kazi
Funky Wood

Mr. Hot Pants aka Across the Track - The Believers

RIP Razor Sharp

Sad news. Joel "Razor Sharp" Johnson, keyboardist and longtime collaborator with Bootsy Collins , has passed away. You can find Johnson on Bootsy's earliest tracks as well as Bootsy's most recent CDs.

Playlist 10/20/2018

Let There Be Drums (Funk Drum & Percussion Showcase)

Funk has many unique qualities & techniques, but nothing stands out more in the hearts of its fans than the absolutely delicious drumming found in its best songs. While most funk is basically in 4/4 time, the drummers pop and slide and syncopate on their own clock, filling the spaces with pure history. Funk's beat hearkens back to Africa, and on down through the African-American slave era (with its frequent prohibitions against black people drumming in public), and then into the Jazz era. Funk brought the jazz line back to "popular" forms, adding a depth to the early 60's soul sound that feels new & fresh even its hoary ancestral glory. Although disco distinguished itself by stripping the drum line back down to a more metronomic feel (& an awful lot of high-hat), hip hop DJs (& electronic producers) always maintained a connection to funk rhythms, often sampling famous drum breaks or programming drum machines to match the older style. It's no accident that the earliest drum machines were popularly known as "funk boxes."

In this episode, Music on the One celebrates the genius musical talent of its drummers defining the sound. Even when a personnel list is not available, we still give respect to the power of the drum, which links us to history, culture, and identity. 

Have you hugged your local drummer today?


Let There Be Drums - Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band (Michael Viner, bongos; Hal Blaine, drums)

Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield (Master Henry Gibson, congas)
Soul Drums - Pretty Purdie (Bernard Purdie, drums)
Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin (Bernard Purdie, drums)
A Funky Song - Ripple (Brian Sherrer, drums)
Hihache - The Lafayette Afro Rock Band (Ernest "Donny" Donable, drums)
The Message - Cymande (Sam Kelly, drums; most of the band, percussion)

Yeah Yeah - Black Rock
Amen Brother - The Winstons (Gregory Sylvester "GC" Coleman, drums)
Do That Stuff - Parliament (Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey or Bootsy Collins, drums)
Jelly Bread - Booker T & the MGs (Al Jackson, drums)
Love & Happiness - Al Green (Al Jackson, drums)

Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, drummer extraordinaire, member of the Meters

Rigor Mortis - The Meters
Hey Pocky A Way - The Meters
Tippi-Toes - The Meters
Cissy Strut - The Meters  (Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, drums)

Hook and Sling - Eddie Bo & The Soul Finders (James Black, drums)
Ashley's Roach Clip - The Soul Searchers (Kenneth Scoggins, drums, Lino Druitt, congas)
Power of Soul - Idris Muhammad (Idris Muhammad, drums, Ralph MacDonald, percussion)
Funky Drummer - James Brown (Clyde Stubblefield, drums)
It's A New Day - James Brown (Johnny Griggs, congas, either Clyde Stubblefield or Jabo Starks, drums)
Super Bad - James Brown (John "Jabo" Starks, drums)
Think (About It) - Lyn Collins, The Female Preacher (John "Jabo" Starks, drums)

Keep On Doin' - The Isley Brothers (George Moreland, drums)
There Was a Time - Dee Felice Trio (Emidio Dante DeFelice, drums)
Spreadin' Honey - The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (James Gadson, drums)
Some Kind of Wonderful - Soul Brothers Six
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown (Melvin Parker, drums)
Honky Tonk Popcorn - Bill Doggett (either Clyde Stubblefield or Jabo Starks)
Are You Ready? - Sly & The Family Stone (Greg Errico, drums)
You Better Think Twice (possibly Philippe Lehman, drums)
 Just Some More... Haaaaa-Sheeesh - JD & The Evil's Dynamite Band (possibly Philippe Lehman, drums)

Majestic Soul - Third Point