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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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