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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

2020—11-November Program Guide (1)Download

November 3, 2020
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

September 19, 2020
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

September 3, 2020