Hi, due to technical difficulties beyond my control at RFA, I’ve hosted this show at my site, love, steve. (Radio Free Amsterdam)
“John Sinclair Radio Show 883 – Rawer Than Raw”
Episode 883 is coming once more from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters in the Cass Corridor where I’m featuring the music and wisdom of the great bluesman Bobby Rush, playing sides from his new album Rawer Than Raw interspersed with segments of his substantial conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens of Big City Rhythm & Blues magazine.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents:
RAWER THAN RAW
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 883
Cass Corridor, Detroit, October 6, 2020 [20621]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Bobby Rush: Hard Times
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Don’t Start Me To Talking
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Down In Mississippi
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Sometimes I Wonder
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Smokestack Lightning
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Let Me In Your House
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Honey Bee
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Shake It For Me
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Garbage Man
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Dust My Broom
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Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Special thanks to Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens of Big City Rhythm & Blues magazine
Episode 875 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters in the Cass Corridor with a program centered on the great Detroit singer Bettye LaVette and her brand new album for Verve Records called Blackbirds, a tribute to great singers of yore like Billie Holiday, Ruth Brown, Della Reece, Nancy Wilson, Dinah Washington and others, interspersed with pieces of conversation between Bettye and the editors of Big City Rhythm & Blues magazine, Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens. The musical program concludes with a number from her previous album, I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
BLACKBIRDS
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 875
Cass Corridor, Detroit, August 8, 2020 [20509]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Bettye LaVette: Blackbird
Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bettye LaVette: Romance In The Dark
Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bettye LaVette: Strange Fruit
Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bettye LaVette: I Hold No Grudge
Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bettye LaVette: Romance In The Dark
Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bettye LaVette: Blues For The Weepers
Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bettye LaVette: Drinking Again
Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bettye LaVette: Save Your Love For Me
Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bettye LaVette: Book Of Lies
Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bettye LaVette: One More Song
Bettye LaVette Closing Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bettye LaVette: On The Surface
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me
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Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
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.
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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)
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Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
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.
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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
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Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
HI, this is Steve Fly. Due to technical challenges at Radio Free Amsterdam and JohnSinclair.us I’ve decided to host these special shows crafted by John Sinclair. This one in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Charlie Parker. Please stay tuned, we’ll return with usual programming asap. Love, Steve. –Radio Free Amsterdam.
Episode 878 is coming as usual this year from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters in the Cass Corridor where I’m featuring another hour of music from Charlie Parker in honor of the 100th aniversary of his birth on August 29, 1920 in Kansas City. Our third hour of Bird features music recorded for Norman Granz’s releases on the Norgran, Mercury & Verve labels in the early 1950s.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
LEAP FROG
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 878
Cass Corridor, Detroit, August 21, 2020 [20551]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Charlie Parker: I Didn’t know What Time It Was (November 30, 1949)
Charlie Parker: Star Eyes (March 1950)
Charlie Parker: I’m In The Mood For Love (March or July 8, 1950)
Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie-Thelonious Monk: Leap Frog (June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie-Thelonious Monk: An Oscar For Treadwell
Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie-Thelonious Monk: My Melancholy Baby
Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie-Thelonious Monk: Bloomdido
Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie-Thelonious Monk: Mohawk
Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie-Thelonious Monk: Relaxin’ With Lee
Charlie Parker: Dancing In The Dark (July 5, 1950)
Charlie Parker: Out of Nowhere (July 5, 1950)
Charlie Parker: East of the Sun (July 5, 1950)
Charlie Parker: Easy To Love (July 5, 1950)
Charlie Parker & Coleman Hawkins: Ballade (October 1950)
Charlie Parker: Autumn In New York (January 22, 1952)
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me
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Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Episode 872 is coming from the July 10th Oil Day celebration (replacing the postponed 420 Celebration at Clio Cultivation in suburban Fint where I’m appearing under the auspices of Horner Books and Michigan Marijuana Report and featuring another hour of reefer music from the vast storehouse of tunes sent to me by one of my favorite listeners, including 78 singles from the 1930a by Cab Calloway, Gene Krupa, Lil Johnson, Django Reinhardt & Freddie Taylor, Kokomo Arnold, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, Buster Bailey’s Rhythm Rockers, Lovin’ Sam Theard, Blind Boy Fuller, Gertrude Michael, Miguel Matamoros, Rita Abadzi, Noble Sissle’s Swingsters with O’Neil Spencer & Sidney Bechet, Stephane Grappelli, Richard M. Jones, Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart, The Harlem Hamfats, Larry Adler, and Tampa Red & The Chicago Five with Blind John Davis.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
HARLEM HOSPITALITY
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 872
Clio Cultivation, Clio MI,, July 10, 2020 [20467]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Cab Calloway: Harlem Hospitality
Gene Krupa: I’m Feeling High & Happy
Lil Johnson: Mellow Stuff
Django Reinhardt & Freddie Taylor: I’se A Muggin’
Kokomo Arnold: Try Some of That
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra: Laughin’ Louie
Buster Bailey’s Rhythm Busters: Light Up
Lovin’ Sam Theard: That Stuff
Blind Boy Fuller: Baby, I Don’t Have to Worry (’cause That Stuff Is Here)
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
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Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Episode 870 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters at 55 Peterboro St. where I’m featuring another hour of music from the vast archive of reefer songs I received from a listener called Paul Paul, who says “I collect songs about marijuana and I have about 5000.” He sent them to me on a USB stick and I’ll be featuring this week another hour of reefer and related music from the 1920s & 30s, with contributions from Tampa Red & The Chicago Five, Blind John Davis, The Cats & the Fiddle, Willie Bryant, The Harlem Hamfats with Rosetta Howard, The Ink Spots, The Four Clefs, The Meltone Boys, Bea Foote, Cab Calloway, Whistling Bob Howe with Frankie Griggs, Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe, Bessie Smith, Trixie Smith, Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon, Richard M. Jones & His Jazz Wizarda, and The Mills Brothers.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
KILLING JIVE
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 870
Cass Corridor, Detroit, June 23, 2020 [20433]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Tampa Red & The Chicago Five with Blind John Davis:We’re Gonna Get High Together
The Cats & the Fiddle: Killing Jive
Willie Bryant: A Viper’s Moan
The Harlem Hamfats with Rosetta Howard: If You’re a Viper
The Ink Spots: That Cat Is High
Tampa Red & The Chicago Five: You Can’t Get That Stuff No More
The Four Clefs: The Jive Is Jumpin’
The Meltone Boys: Mary Jane
Bea Foote: Try and Get It
Cab Calloway: The Man From Harlem
Whistling Bob Howe with Frankie Griggs: The Hottest Stuff in Town
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe: I’m Wild About My Stuff
Bessie Smith: I’m Wild About That Thing
Trixie Smith: My Daddy Rocks Me
Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon: Down At Jaspers Bar-B-Que
Richard M. Jones & His Jazz Wizards: Good Stuff
Cab Calloway: The Jumpin’ Jive (Hep! Hep!)
Bessie Smith: You Gotta Give Me Some
The Mills Brothers: Chinatown My Chinatown
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Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
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