Tag: John sinclair

  • Radio Free Amsterdam

    You can listen to the live stream here:

    A Project of the John Sinclair Foundation
  • John Sinclair – Bandcamp

    Last year I started work on building a bandcamp page for the complete audio catalogue of recordings by John Sinclair. The page features our collaborative work on the albums: i mean you, Beatnik Youth, Mohawk, and Let’s Go Get Em’

    There’s hundreds of hours of music to listen to, plus an array of special extra material with purchases.

    Keeping the music alive.

    –Steve Fly
    https://johnsinclair.bandcamp.com/

  • John Sinclair Radio Show 883 – Rawer Than Raw

    John Sinclair Radio Show 883 – Rawer Than Raw

    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

    A JOINT PRODUCTION

    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

    © 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation

  • John Sinclair Radio Show 875 – Blackbirds

    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

    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 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

  • Fly By Night Radio Show 373 – Tapping My Own Phone

    Steve The Fly is tapping his own phone to come up with this week’s episode of Fly By Night, with mind-boggling selections by Charles Olson, David Amram, Alan Moore, Amiri Baraka, James Blood Ulmer, Robert Anton Wilson, Thelonious Monk, John Sinclair & Beatnik Youth, Dizzy Gillespie, Ezra Pound, and Lalo Schifrin.


    The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

    TAPPING MY OWN PHONE

    FLY BY NIGHT 373

    Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric 23 Studio, Amsterdam, August 28, 2013 [20440]

    Lalo Schifrin: Dawn Discovery/The Stadium Grounds >
    Charles Olson: Mayan Letter No. 5
    David Amram: Tapping My Own Phone
    Alan Moore: Disapearing

    Amiri Baraka: Nightmare Bush’it Whirl
    James Blood Ulmer: Raw Groove
    Robert Anton Wilson: Science Fiction
    Thelonious Monk: Off Minor
    John Sinclair & Beatnik Youth: Testify featuring Steve The Fly
    Dizzy Gillespie:Things To Come
    Ezra Pound: Canto 1 > Steve Fly: Instrumental

    A JOINT PRODUCTION

    Produced by Steve “Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam (#24)

    Edited & annotated by John Sinclair

    Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

    © 2013, 2020 Steve Pratt. Used with permission.

  • 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 878 – LEAP FROG

    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

    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 872 – HARLEM HOSPITALITY

    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)

    Lovin’ Sam Theard:  That New Kinda Stuff

    Gertrude Michael: Sweet Marijuana

    Miguel Matamoros: Marijuana (Guaracha)

    Rita Abadzi: Ta Hanumakya (Hashish Harem)

    Noble Sissle Swingsters with O’Neil Spencer & Sidney Bechet: Viper Mad

    Stephane Grappelli: Viper’s Dream

    Richard M. Jones: Blue Reefer Blues

    Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart: Dopey Joe

    The Harlem Hamfats: The Weed Smoker’s Dream

    Larry Adler: Smokin’ Reefers

    Tampa Red & The Chicago Five with Blind John Davis: I’m Gonna Get High

    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

    https://radiofreeamsterdam.org/