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.

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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

August 27, 2020October 3, 2020

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 874 – HOW HIGH THE MOON

Episode 874 is coming once again from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters in the Cass Corridor where I’m featuring an hour of music by Charlie Parker in honor of the 100^th aniversary of his birth in Kansas City on August 29, 1920. Our first hour of Bird some time ago featured his early sides for Savoy and Dial Records in the mid-1940s; this week we’ll hear music recorded by Norman Granz for Bird’s releases on the Clef, Norgran, and Mercury labels in the late 1940s.

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HOW HIGH THE MOON

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 874

Cass Corridor, Detroit, August 21, 2020 [20495]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Charlie Parker: Lady Be Good (JATP, January 28, 1946)

Charlie Parker: Repetition (Neal Hefti, December 1947)

Charlie Parker: No Noise (Machito, December 20, 1948)

Charlie Parker: Mango Mangue (Machito, December 20, 1948

Charlie Parker: Okiedoke (Machito, January 1949)

Charlie Parker: Cardboard (Feb-March 1949)

Charlie Parker: Segment (May 5, 1949)

Charlie Parker: Embraceable You (JATP, September 18, 1949)

Charlie Parker & Ella Fitzgerald: How High The Moon (JATP, 1949)

Charlie Parker: Everything Happens To Me (November 30, 1949)

Charlie Parker: April In Paris (November 30, 1949)

Charlie Parker: Ballade (October 1950)

Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me (July 9, 1950)

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020

THE SOUL LUCILLE SHOW 260 – FRONT ROW ROMEO

Lucille DJ is back on the air from the heart of Italy with a killer hour of soul & super heavy funk including a guest spot by John Sinclair, with tunes by Vernon & Jewell, the Chairmen of The Board, Rudy Love & The Love Family, Mel & Tim, The Dramatics, The Emotions, Fuzzy Haskins, Al Green, the Algiers Brass Band, Dr. John, 6th Ward Big Shots, T-Connection, Strutt, Fox Fire featuring Johnny Adams, Idris Muhammad, Creative Source, and The O’Jays.

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FRONT ROW ROMEO
THE SOUL LUCILLE SHOW 260

Lucille DJ, controradio-fm, Florence, Italy, August 11, 2020 [20492]

Vernon & Jewell: That’s A Rockin’ Good Way

Chairmen of The Board: Give Me Just A Little More Time

Rudy Love & The Love Family: Hungry Children

Mel & Tim: Yes We Can-Can

The Dramatics: Good Things Don’t Come Easy

The Emotions: Boss Love Maker

Fuzzy Haskins: Cookie Jar

Al Green: King of All

Algiers Brass Band: Joe Avery’s Blues

Dr. John: Mama Roux

6th Ward Big Shots: What They Talk About

T-Connection: I Like Funkin’ With You

Strutt: Front Row Romeo

Fox Fire featuring Johnny Adams: A Star In The Ghetto

Idris Muhammad: Hard To Face The Music

Creative Source: Keep On Movin’

The O’Jays: Survival

James Brown:

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

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020

NEW ORLEANS MUSIC SHOW 16 – HASTA LA VISTA

John Sinclair is spiining pure D music from New Orleasn at the 420 Café in Amsterdam in May 2008 with cuts by Eluard & Co, James Andrews, the Naked Orchestra, Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, the live masterpiece by the ReBirth Brass Band at the Maple Leaf Bar produced by Jerry Brock, and Walter “Wolfman” Washington.

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THE MAIN EVENT

NEW ORLEANS SHOW 15

John Sinclair, 420 Café, Amsterdam, May 21, 2008 [20447]

Eluard & Co: Gumbolia

] James Andrews: James 12

Naked Orchestra: Sunny’s Late Night Hammer

Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen: More Hipper

ReBirth Brass Band: The Main Event

Walter “Wolfman” Washington: Landslide

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & edited by John Sinclair at the 420 Café

Recorded by Larry Hayden

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

THE GROOVE YARD 85 – STRETCHING OUT

George Klein presents an hour of 1950s & ‘60s recordings by John Coltrane, Jim Hall with Chet Baker & Paul Desmond, Phil Woods, Joe Carroll, and Hank Mobley with Lee Morgan.

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STRETCHING OUT

THE GROOVE YARD 85

George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, September 23, 1990 [20460]

John Coltrane: Equinox

John Coltrane: Village Blues

Jim Hall with Paul Desmond & Chet Baker: You’d be So Nice to Come Home To

Jim Hall with Chet Baker: Two’s Blues

Phil Wood:, Prelude

Phil Woods: Waltz

Joe Carroll: Lady Be Good

Joe Carroll: Sunny Side of the Street

Hank Mobley: Stretching Out

Hank Mobley: The Best Things In Life Are Free

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by George Klein for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by George Klein iat WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti MI

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020

BLUESTIME INTERNATIONAL 51 – AIN’T NO DOUBT ABOUT IT

Episode 50 of BluesTime International with Roger White of Big City Rhythm & Blues magazine has music by Magic Dick & J. Geils, Buddy Guy, Frank Bey, Delbert McClinton, Pat Smiley, Down River Da, Kenny Parker, Eliza Neals, Rev. Marc Falconberry, the Moonshine Society, Ally Venable, Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps, the Betty Fox Band, and Diana Rain.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

AIN’T NO DOUBT ABOUT IT

BLUESTIME INTERNATIONAL 51

Roger White, CJAM-FM, Windsor, January 5, 2020 [20457]

Magic Dick & J. Geils: BluesTime Theme

Buddy Guy: The Blues Is Alive and Well

Frank Bey: Better Look Out

Delbert McClinton: Mr. Smith

Pat Smiley: Ain’t No Doubt About It

Down River Dan: Get Me Gone

Kenny Parker: Hellfire

Eliza Neals: Blackish Gray

Rev. Marc Falconberry: Maybe My Blues Is Real

Moonshine Society: Sweet Thing

Ally Venable: Love Struck Baby

Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps: I Like It Like That

Betty Fox Band: Rising Strong

Diana Rain: My LOve

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Roger White for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Roger White at CJAM-FM, Windsor, Ontario

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

August 14, 2020

RED ROOSTER LOUNGE 417 – ROCKIN’ THE BLUES

Cary Wolfson is spinning at the Red Rooster Lounge with great blues sides by Pee Wee Crayton, Luther Allison, Terry Evans, Tino Gonzales, Lucky Peterson, Jody Williams, Otis Spann, Paul Lamb & The King Snakes, and John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers.

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Rockin’ The Blues

RED ROOSTER LOUNGE 417

Cary Wolfson, Red Rooster Radio Network, May 18, 2020 [20456]

Harlem Nocturne Theme

Pee Wee Crayton: Rockin’ The Blues

Luther Allison: Little Red Rooster

Terry Evans: Come To The River

Tino Gonzales: One More Mile

Lucky Peterson: Pouring Water On A Drowning Love Affair

Lucky Peterson: Till My Dyin’ Day

Lucky Peterson: Tin Pan Alley

Jody Williams: Moanin’ For Molasses

Otis Spann: Pretty Girls Everywhere

Paul Lamb & The King Snakes: Hole In The Wall

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers: Greeny

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Cary Wolfson for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Cary Wolfson at Red Rooster Studios [#1784]

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

August 14, 2020

THE BLUES SHOW 447 – FATHERS AND SONS

Bruce Pingree is celebrating Father’s Day on The Blues Show this week with more music by father-and-son-or-daughter combinations featuring John Lee Hooker, John Lee Hooker Jr. and Zaikaya Hooker; R.L. Burnside & the Sound Machine with his sons & son-in-law; Dwayne Burnside; Pink Anderson & Little Pink Anderson; and closing with Muddy Waters from his great Fathers & Sons album on Chess Records with Mike Bloomfield & Paul Butterfield, James Cotton & Sammy Lay.

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FATHERS & SONS

THE BLUES SHOW 447

Bruce Pingree, WUNH-FM, Durham, NH, July 11, 2010 [20455]

John Lee Hooker: This Is Hip

John Lee Hooker: Boogie Everywhere I Go

John Lee Hooker Jr.: Wait Until My Change Comes

Zaikaya Hooker: Receipt to Sing the Blues

R.L. Burnside & the Sound Machine: Sound Machine Groove

R.L. Burnside & the Sound Machine: Jumper On The Line

R.L. Burnside: Long Haired Doney

Dwayne Burnside & the Mississippi Mafia: Cross Cut Saw

Pink Anderson: Greasy Greens

Little Pink Anderson: Cook Good Salad

Pink Anderson: Chicken

Muddy Waters: All Aboard

Muddy Waters: Forty Days & Forty Nights

Muddy Waters: Walkin’ Thru the Park

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Bruce Pingree for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded at WUNH-FM, Durham, NH by Bruce Pingree (#20)

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

August 14, 2020

FLY BY NIGHT 374 – SOMETHING’S GOING ON

Steve The Fly Is Flying By Night with a stellar program of selections by Robert Anton Wilson, Daddy Cleanhead & the Chuck Higgins Band, Big ‘T’ Tyler, Donald Harrison Jr & Dr. John, Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers, the Treme Brass Band, Tuba Fats’ Chosen Few, the Stooges Brass Band, 9th Ward Warriors & Re-Birth Brass Band, Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie, Allen Toussaint, and Rev. Goat Carson.

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SOMETHING’S GOING ON

FLY BY NIGHT 374

Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric Studios, Amsterdam, August 30, 2013 [20454]

Robert Anton Wilson: Freedom

Daddy Cleanhead & the Chuck Higgins Band: Something’s Going On In My Room
Big ‘T’ Tyler: King Kong
Donald Harrison Jr: Hu Ta Nay
Kermit Ruffins: Panama
Treme Brass Band: When My Dreamboat Comes Home
Tuba Fats’ Chosen Few: Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Stooges Brass Band: Come And Dance With Me
9th Ward Warriors/Re-Birth Brass Band: Shoo Fly
Donald Harrison Jr: For Art’s Sake
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Shaw ‘Nuff
Allen Toussaint: Brickyard Blues
Rev. Goat Carson: Patsy Cline In The Second Line vs. Funky Drummer Bonus Beat

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Produced by Steve “Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam (#25)

Edited & annotated by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt