James Carr 45

Recently found this 45 in Lake County. Worth about a $100 on ebay. Apparently a rare gem.

Weird Al Movie???

"Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" from Aaron Paul

Funny short for a fake movie about Weird Al. My first concert ever. Konocti Harbor. 6th grade I think.

These two always work so well together. Soft and eerie at its best. Hazelwood was a real weird guy. If you've never heard there more famous song, Some Velvet Morning, go seek that out as well. Nancy Sinatra was a very dynamic force for a famous persons offspring.

What Im reading right now....

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This book is really amazing. Ive been glued to it for about a week now. Im really beginning to learn about the cultural importance of gospel, rhythm & blues and soul. Although there is still great music out today, why is so much of it devoid of content, especially with commercial hip hop?

Squirrel Nut Zippers - HELL

I completely forgot about this song til I heard it the other day on KMFB 96.7. Man, it is just so amazing. Before I left Portland my roomate was getting me into calypso, which is a music genre I definitely had never explored. This song from the 90's is straight up Calypso, so crazy. I wish I had found a video for this song, but this was the best youtube had. Anyways, these guys were way ahead and behind the times. The 90's definitely had its assortment of gems. Like this....
Enjoy. I did.

MGMT-KIDS

Amazingly catchy song. Disturbingly Labyrinth-like video.

Kanye West/Jamie Foxx Reinterpret once again.....

The modern result of the following two posts. This is Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles' I Got a Woman's orginally It Must Be Jesus. To me this is evolution of music, this is music and DJ history and worthy of posting. As a disclaimer: Im not a big fan of this, but it is an interesting end product....

Ray Charles -I Got A Woman

It Must Be Jesus becomes I Got A Woman. The first gospel/rhythm and blues crossover. This is one of the songs that changed music.

It Must Be Jesus - Southern Tones

So, this is the original gospel hit that the great Ray Charles would re-work (sample if you will) and make his own with I Got A Woman. Its an amazing piece of music and earliest examples of sampling. Gospel music which came from the south would give rise to rhythm and blues and then soul and rock n roll. In a sense, its like all of this great music came directly from gospel, directly from music singing praise of god. God gave rock n roll to us! And Ray Charles made it okay to do, even though it wasnt at the time. God Bless Ray Charles. Its amazing to me that it took a blind black man, to have the ability to have the strength to sing his heart out, but then again he couldnt see color. Neither could Little Stevie, coincidence...I think not. Another blessing.....

Herbie Hancock sampled by 90's band Us3

Anyone remember this....
Nowadays anyone could have taken this bit from Herbie Hancock's Cantaloupe Island and looped it making Cantaloop by Us3, but in the 90s it was unheard of greatness. Funny....

OTIS REDDING on FIRE!

Europe in 67. Stax Tour. England just ate this stuff up and got it, unlike some American white kids.....at the time.

Neil Sedaka

Lou Christie

Doris Troy

A fantastic old soul hit "Just One Look."