Party Train 44: Any Day Now

Linda Lexy is driving the Party Train all the way from Funky D Studios in Detroit, where she’s playing music by Tino Gross, Dave “Baby” Cortez, Candi Staton, Roy Milton & His Orchestra, Little Ann, Willie Johnson, Soul Explosion, The Notations, The Relatives, United 8, Sly & The Family Stone, Gip Roberts, Millie Jackson, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Ann Peebles, James Brown, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, and John Sinclair.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

ANY DAY NOW

PARTY TRAIN 44

Linda Lexy, Funky D Studios, Detroit, March 14, 2017 [18390]

Tino Gross: Little Soul Sister

Dave “Baby” Cortez: Hot Cakes

Soul Explosion: Barn Yard Pimp

Candi Staton: I’d Rather Be An Old Man’s Sweetheart (Than A Young Man’s Fool)

Roy Milton & His Orchestra: One Zippy Zam

Little Ann: What Should I Do

Willie Johnson: Lay It On Me

The Notations: Superpeople

The Relatives: You Gotta Do Right

United 8: Getting’ Uptown To Get Down

Sly & The Family Stone: Soul Clappin’

Gip Roberts: Hunchin’

Millie Jackson: I Cry

Bob Marley & The Wailers: Bend Down Low

Ann Peebles: How Strong Is A Woman

James Brown: Any Day Now

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings: Slow Down, Love

John Sinclair: Everything Happens To Me

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Linda Lexy for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced by Linda Lexy & Tino Gross at Funky D Studios, Detroit

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

July 21, 2018June 30, 2018

Big City Blues Cruise 59: Who Is This Guy

Martino D’Lorenzo is playing the blues on 45s, 78s and LPs from behind the wheel of the Big City Blues Cruise bus, spinning his classic modern radio programs from the 1980s and 1990s originally aired on WEMU-FM in Ypsilanti MI and now heard every Saturday on Radio Free Amsterdam. Episode 59 features a long segment with the Detroit poet and writer Jim Gustafson and tunes by Red Prysock, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Stitt, The Coasters, Dr. John, Jimi Hendrix, The Moonglows, Lester Williams, and Lonnie Brooks.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

WHO IS THIS GUY

BIG CITY BLUES CRUISE 59

Martino D’Lorenzo, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, 1991 [18389]

Red Prysock: Jumbo

Jim Gustafson Conversation with Martino D’ Lorenzo

Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man

Jim Gustafson Conversation with Martino D’ Lorenzo

Jimmy Smith: Back At The Chicken Shack >

Jim Gustafson: What Do You Do

Jim Gustafson: Who Is This Guy

Jim Gustafson Conversation with Martino D’ Lorenzo

Sonny Stitt: [Instrumental] >

Jim Gustafson: The Story of My Life

Jim Gustafson Conversation with Martino D’ Lorenzo

Muddy Waters: I’m Ready

Jim Gustafson Conversation with Martino D’ Lorenzo

Sonny Stitt: [Instrumental] >

Jim Gustafson: The Map Is Not The Territory

The Coasters: Shopping For Clothes

Jim Gustafson Conversation with Martino D’ Lorenzo

Dr. John: Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya

Jimi Hendrix: Red House

The Moonglows: Ten Commandments Of Love

Lester Williams: I Can’t Lose With The Stuff I Use

Lonnie Brooks: Wound Up Tight

Red Prysock: Jumbo

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Martino D’Lorenzo for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced by Martin Gross at WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti MI

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

July 20, 2018July 13, 2018

The Soul Lucille Show 153: Doing The Do

Lucille DJ is on the air from the heart of Italy with a killer hour of soul & super heavy funk and a guest spot by John Sinclair with tunes by Ernie K-Doe, The Isley Brothers, Billy Preston, Archie Shepp, Bobby Byrd, Lou Donaldson, African Music Machine, Ronnie Laws, B.T. Express, Big Amos, Jimmy Holiday, James Carr, Pretty Purdie, C.L. Blast, and Rasputin Stash.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

DOING THE DO

THE SOUL LUCILLE SHOW 153

Lucille DJ, controradio-fm, Florence, Italy, July 12, 2018 [18388]

Ernie K-Doe: A Certain Girl

The Isley Brothers: I Know Who You Been Socking It To

Billy Preston: Satisfaction

Archie Shepp: Back Back

Bobby Byrd: Doing The Do

Lou Donaldson: Sassy Soul Strut

African Music Machine: Black Water Gold

Ronnie Laws: Nothing To Lose

B.T. Express: Can’t Stop Grooving, Wanna Do It Some More

Big Amos: Going To Vietnam

Jimmy Holiday: I’m Gonna Help Hurry My Brothers Home

James Carr: Let’s Face Facts

Pretty Purdie:

C.L. Blast: Double Up

Rasputin Stash: Cool Dance

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Lucille DJ for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Lucille DJ at controradio-fm, Firenze

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

July 20, 2018June 30, 2018

Sounds of Blue 149: Saturday Night Special

Bob Putignano is playing music in Episode 149 by Mike Post, Gabor Szabo with Bob James, Bill Frisell, Chuck Mangione, Harvey Mandel, Herb Alpert, and The Lyman Woodard Organization.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL

SOUNDS OF BLUE 149

Bob Putignano, Sounds of Blue Studio, New York, April 5, 2018 [18387]

Twilight Zone Theme

Mike Post: Theme from Hill Street Blues

Gabor Szabo with Bob James: Rambler

Bill Frisell: Give Me a Holler

Gabor Szabo: New Love

Gabor Szabo: Reinhardt

Chuck Mangione: Hill Where the Lord Hides

Harvey Mandel: Baby Batter > Midnight Sun

Herb Alpert: Rise

The Lyman Woodard Organization: Saturday Night Special

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Bob Putignano for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced by Bob Putignano at Sounds of Blue Studio, New York

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

July 19, 2018June 30, 2018

Beyond The Groove Yard 237: Blue Bossa

George Klein presents adaptations of the Brazilian Bossa Nova by Blue Mitchell, Paul Desmond & Jim Hall, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd, Willis Jackson, Herbie Mann, and Dexter Gordon.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

BLUE BOSSA

BEYOND THE GROOVE YARD 237

George Klein, Groove Yard Studio, Ypsilanti, April 27, 2018 [18386]

Blue Mitchell: Samba de Stacy

Paul Desmond & Jim Hall: Samba Cepeda

McCoy Tyner: Once I Loved

Joe Henderson: Blue Bossa

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd: E Luxo So

Willis Jackson: Cachita

Herbie Mann: You and I

Charlie Byrd: A Salute to Bonfa/Meditation

Dexter Gordon: Manha de Carnival

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by George Klein for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by George Klein in Ypsilanti MI

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

July 19, 2018June 30, 2018

Mood Indigo 89: Recorda-Me

Leslie Keros is playing music in Episode 89 by Curtis Amy, Grant Green, Joe Henderson, Lee Morgan, and the Dave Pell Octet, all recorded in performance at the legendary Lighthouse jazz club in Hermosa Beach CA.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

RECORDA-ME

MOOD INDIGO 89

Leslie Keros, WDCB-FM, Chicago, May 3, 2017 [18385]

Shirley Scott & Stanley Turrentine: Trouble No. 2

Curtis Amy: Funk in the Evening

Grant Green: Flood in Franklin Park

Joe Henderson: Recorda-Me

Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder

Dave Pell Octet: Klump Jump

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Leslie Keros for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Leslie Keros for WDCB-FM, Chicago

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

July 18, 2018June 30, 2018

Blues & Roots 28: A Shoot From The Root

Episode 28 is a rebroadcast of John Sinclair’s Blues & Roots program for WWOZ-FM in New Orleans on March 29, 1998 with blues music from New Orleans by Kenny Holliday, Jeremy Lyons, Cookie Gabriel with Lars Edegran, Kermit Ruffins & The Barbeque Swingers, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Eddie Bo, Wallace Johnson, Chuck Carbo, Earl King, Professor Longhair, the Indians of The Nation, the Wild Magnolias, Walter “Wolman” Washington, and the Guardians of the Flame.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

A SHOOT FROM THE ROOT

BLUES & ROOTS 28

John Sinclair, WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, March 29, 1998 [18384]

Little Walter: Juke

Kenny Holliday: You Call Everybody Sweetheart But Me

Jeremy Lyons: In the Night

Cookie Gabriel with Lars Edegran: Romance In The Dark

Kermit Ruffins & The Barbeque Swingers: St. James Infirmary

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown: Gate Swings

Eddie Bo: A Shoot From The Root

Wallace Johnson: Don’t Make Me Beg

Chuck Carbo: I’d Rather Beg

Earl King: I’m Going Public

Professor Longhair: Big Chief

Indians of The Nation: Two-Way-Pak-E-Way

Wild Magnolias: Handa Wanda

Walter “Wolman” Washington: Trials And Tribulations

Guardians of the Flame: My Gang Is Leaving Now

Little Walter: Lights Out

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

Special thanks to Leni & Sunnny Sinclair

July 18, 2018June 30, 2018

Highway 61 Blues 47: Hard Hearted Woman

Scott Barretta spotlights the great harmonica master Big Walter Horton in this week’s episode of Highway 61 featuring a series of his classic recordings with Joe Hill Louis, Calvin & Phineas Newborn, Little Buddy Doyle, Jimmy Rogers, Tampa Red, Johnny Shines, Robert Nighthawk, Johnny Young, and Carey Bell.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

HARD HEARTED WOMAN

HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 47

Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, September 6, 2010 [18383]

Big Walter Horton & Joe Hill Louis: Cotton Patch Hotfoot

Big Walter Horton: Jumpin’ Blues

Big Walter Horton: Back Home To Mama

Big Walter Horton: Need My Baby

Little Buddy Doyle: She’s Got Good Dry Goods

Jimmy Rogers & Big Walter Horton: Walking By Myself

Tampa Red & Big Walter Horton: Stars Falling Blues

Johnny Shines & Big Walter Horton: Evening Sun