Category: John sinclair

  • John Sinclair Radio Show 874 – Minnie The Moocher

    Episode 874 is coming once again from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters in the Cass Corridor where I’m featuring another hour of music from the vast storehouse of reefer and other drug and period tunes from the 1920s and ‘30s sent to me by one of my favorite listeners, including these gems from the ‘30s by Cab Calloway, Django Reinhardt & Freddie Taylor, Howard Armstrong, Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra, Bessie Smith, The Harlem Hamfats, Louis Armstrong, Mississippi John Hurt, Slim & Slam, Hermanos Bañuelos, Arsenio Rodríguez, Rosa Eskenazi, Kokomo Arnold, Gene Krupa, Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers, and Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys.

    The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

    MINNIE THE MOOCHER

    JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 874

    Cass Corridor, Detroit, July 13, 2020 [20495]             

    Yusef Lateef: Happyology

    Cab Calloway: Minnie The Moocher

    Django Reinhardt & Freddie Taylor: I’se A Muggin’

    Howard Armstrong: Lady Be Good

    Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra: My Blue Heaven

    Bessie Smith: Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl

    The Harlem Hamfats: She’s a Mellow Mother for You

    Louis Armstrong: Sweet Sue Just You

    Mississippi John Hurt: Candy Man Blues

    Slim & Slam: Tutti Frutt

    Cab Calloway: Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea

    Hermanos Bañuelos: Marijuana la Soldadera

    Arsenio Rodríguez: La Vida Es un Sueño

    Rosa Eskenazi: Mes’tu Zambíku Ton Teké (In Zambiko’s Hashish Den)

    Kokomo Arnold: Try Some of That

    Gene Krupa: Tutti Frutti

    Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers: Walk Right In

    Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys: You’se a Viper

    Cab Calloway: You Gotta Ho-De-Ho (To Get Along with Me)

    A JOINT PRODUCTION

    Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

    Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair

    Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

    © 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation

  • John Sinclair Radio Show 873- Get Some More

    Episode 873 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters in the Cass Corridor where I’m recovering from the recent festivities at Clio Cultivation and featuring another hour of music from the vast storehouse of reefer and other drug and period tunes from the 1920s and ‘30s sent to me by one of my favorite listeners, including these gems from the ‘30s by Cab Calloway, The Boswell Sisters, the Jack Hylton Orchestra, Rosetta Howard & The Harlem Hamfats, Slim & Slam, Mezz Mezzrow, the Memphis Jug Band, Pilar Arcos, Dick Justice, Manuel C. Valdez & Juan Gonzalez, Luke Jordan, Cab Calloway, Blue Lu Barker, The Cats & The Fiddle, Adrian Rollini & His Tap Room Gang, Asta Martin, Stuff Smith, and Lovin’ Sam Theard.

    The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

    GET SOME MORE

    JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 873

    Clio Cultivation, Clio MI,, July 12, 2020 [20481]           

    Yusef Lateef: Happyology

    Cab Calloway: Kickin’ The Gong Around

    The Boswell Sisters: Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea

    Jack Hylton Orchestra: Button Up Your Overcoat

    Rosetta Howard & The Harlem Hamfats: The Candy Man

    Slim & Slam: Chinatown My Chinatown

    Mezz Mezzrow: I’se a Muggin’ (Part 2)

    Memphis Jug Band: Cocaine Habit Blues

    Pilar Arcos: La Cocaina

    Dick Justice: Cocaine

    Manuel C. Valdez & Juan Gonzalez: Por Morfina y Cocaina

    Luke Jordan: Cocaine Blues

    Cab Calloway: Just A Crazy Song (Hi-Hi-Hi)

    Blue Lu Barker: Don’t You Make Me High

    The Cats & The Fiddle: Hep Cat’s Birthday

    Slim & Slam: Humpty Dumpty

    Adrian Rollini & His Tap Room Gang: Got A Need For You

    Asta Martin: Jake Walk Papa

    Stuff Smith: Old Joe’s Hittin’ The Jug

    Lovin’ Sam Theard: I’m Goin’ Go  Back & Get Some More

    A JOINT PRODUCTION

    Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

    Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair

    Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

    © 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation

  • JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 871 – LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE

    Episode 871 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters at 55 Peterboro St. where I’m continuing my recovery from open heart surgery and featuring an hour of new music from guitarist Lurrie Bell’s album Let’s Talk About Love—including Let’s Talk About Love,” “Chicago Is Loaded with the Blue,” “Earthquake and Hurricane,” “Cold Chills,” “Feeling Good,” “Directly From My Heart To Yours,” “Turn To Me,” “Missing You,” “Why Am I Treated So Bad,” “Winehead Woman,” “You Ought To Be Ashamed,” and “My Dog Can’t Bark”—interspersed with conversational segments with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens of Big City Rhythm & Blues magazine.

    The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

    LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE

    JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 871

    Cass Corridor, Detroit, July 7, 2020 [20453]

    Yusef Lateef: Happyology

    Lurrie Bell: Let’s Talk About Love

    Lurrie Bell Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens

    Lurrie Bell: Chicago Is Loaded with the Blues

    Lurrie Bell Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens

    Lurrie Bell: Earthquake and Hurricane

    Lurrie Bell Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens

    Lurrie Bell: Cold Chills

    Lurrie Bell Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens

    Lurrie Bell: Feeling Good

    Lurrie Bell Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens

    Lurrie Bell: Directly From My Heart To Yours

    Lurrie Bell Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens

    Lurrie Bell: Turn To Me

    Lurrie Bell Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens

    Lurrie Bell: Missing You

    Lurrie Bell Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens

    Lurrie Bell: Why Am I Treated So Bad

    Lurrie Bell: Winehead Woman

    Lurrie Bell: You Ought To Be Ashamed

    Lurrie Bell: My Dog Can’t Bark

    Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me

    A JOINT PRODUCTION

    Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

    Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair

    Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

    © 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation

  • Big Chief

    Big Chief: Getting High With John Sinclair And The Fly by Steven James Pratt et al.
    Big Chief: Getting High With John Sinclair And The Fly
    by Steven James Pratt et al.
    Link: http://a.co/amKzCJD
  • John Sinclair – Beatnik Youth

    John Sinclair – Beatnik Youth

    John Sinclair – “Beatnik Youth” on Double CD
    Released 8th September 2017 by Iron Man Records.
    All Press enquiries to Sean Newsham : sean@mutante.co.uk

    Catalogue Number: IMB6032
    Release date: 8th September 2017
    Label: Iron Man Records
    Distribution: Cargo

    Disc 1

    Testify (9.10)
    Good Stuff (4.32)
    Everybody Needs Somebody (7.09)
    Change My Life (5.14)
    Ain’t Nobody’s Business (3.36)
    My Buddy (5.13)
    That Old Man (3.53)

    Disc 2

    Brilliant Corners (11.29)
    Culture Cide (11.38)
    Red Dress (Ruby My Dear) (6.25)
    Sitarrtha (6.16)
    Do It (6.16)
    War On Drugs (6.18)

  • Cosmic Trigger NinjaJamm – Demo’s

    These 3 Cosmic Trigger themed, Ninjajamm packs are an example of what NinjaJamm can do, or what you can do with NinjaJamm. After carefully cutting up the samples, anybody with enough time on their hands, and will, can use the NinjaJamm framework to produce a unique tune pack. You can download the app free for both IOS and Android devices, here: www.ninjajamm.net

    Special thanks to Tom Grashion for help programming the packs, and to Matt B, Alex, and Aneek at Ninjajamm.

    –Steve Fly

    Kick Out The Jamms – NinjaJamm Demo #1

     Fly Raw – Ninjajamm Demo #1

    Fly Walk –

    NinjaJamm Demo #01

    Kick Out The Jamms – Ninjajamm Demo #2

  • RAW DJVJ

    Robert Anton Wilson and the DJVJ Revolution.

    “enter the mix”–Ninjajamm.




    Sounds Fly: Music Writing

    by Steven James Pratt et al.

    Link: http://a.co/9OHmjhJ

    Friday, March 19, 2010. (edited 01/03/2017)

     

  • FLY BY NIGHT 186

    Fly By Night: Beatnik Youth
    Steve The Fly is spotlighting the new vinyl release of John Sinclair’s Beatnik Youth album from IronMan Records in England, produced by Youth and featuring the late great Howard Marks on the opening cut, plus sides by Sonny Rollins, Sun Ra, the Miles Davis Sextet, Eddie Jefferson, Selah Ragab, and Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson, and a closing cut from Sinclair’s Mohawk album in honor of the late great Lee Bridges—The Cannabis Poet.
    The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
    BEATNIK YOUTH
    FLY BY NIGHT 186
    Steve The Fly, Sarwar Studios, Cross Keys, Wales, November 20, 2016 [SFBN-0186]
    [01] John Sinclair & Beatnik Youth: War On Drugs featuring Howard Marks
    [02] Sonny Rollins: Til There Was You
    [03] Sun Ra: The Other Side Of Time
    [04] John Sinclair & Beatnik Youth: Sitarrtha
    [05] Miles Davis: Blue In Green
    [06] John Sinclair & Beatnik Youth: Do It
    [07] Eddie Jefferson: Come Along With Me
    [08] John Sinclair & Beatnik Youth: Brilliant Corners
    [09] Selah Ragab: Naveen
    [10] Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson: Gangster of Love
    [11] John Sinclair: relaxin’ with lee
    A JOINT PRODUCTION
    Produced by Steve “The Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam
    Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
    Executive Producer: Sidney Daniels
    Sponsored by Ceres Seeds & The Hempshopper, Amsterdam
    Special thanks to Sarwar and to Mark Sampson for the Beatnik Youth vinyl
    © 2016 Steve Pratt. Used with permission.

    http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/fly-by-night-beatnik-youth/