There is something about the American mind set on de- struction, re- lent- less, un- penitent, eager to bomb There is the hatred that fuels the A- merican mind, the shriveled-up heart the heartless always ready to kill & maim brutal with the urge to crush & destroy This is where they built Fat Man, Mr. U- 235 & they sent Fat Man & Little Boy to Japan to level Hiroshima & Nagasaki They love Fat Boy they feed him the sweets of their hearts singing their filthy songs into Fat Boy’s u- ranium ears & let the rest of us eat the shit of their hatred of anything or anyone that is not them Ah! Fat Boy so round & ugly so full of hate stuffed with the dead spirits of the Americans blinded & lost in the deserts of Iraq
—John Sinclair
Detroit April 9/June 1, 1982 Flint, MI April 4, 2003
Leslie Keros is spinning anhour’s worth of New Year’s greetings and resolutions from Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Lil’ Ed & Dave Weld, Roosevelt Sykes, Big Mojo Elem, Little Johnny Christian, Big Maceo Merriweather, Big Bill & The Cool Tones, and Otis Rush, with the final four songs saluting late Chicago bluesmen Michael Coleman, Pete Special (the Mellow Fellows), Nick Charles (Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues), and James Wheeler.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION
MOOD INDIGO 61
Leslie Keros, WDCB-FM, Chicago, January 3, 2015 [LKmI-0061]
Shirley Scott & Stanley Turrentine: Trouble No. 2
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Happy New Year Blues
Lonnie Johnson: Happy New Year Darling
Lil’ Ed & Dave Weld: New Year’s Resolution
Roosevelt Sykes: My Resolution
Big Mojo Elem: New Year’s Resolution
Little Johnny Christian: Ain’t Gonna Worry About Tomorrow
Big Maceo Merriweather: Worried Life Blues
Big Bill & The Cool Tones: Worrying You Off My Mind (Part 1)
Otis Rush: I Won’t Be Worried No More
Michael Coleman: You’re Going to Miss Me
Mellow Fellows: Broad Daylight
Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues: Boom Boom
James Wheeler: Gonna Make Some Changes
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Leslie Keros for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by Leslie Keros as Chicago Bound for WDCB-FM, Chicago
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Leslie Keros and Bill Dahl are throwing down some deep Christmas soul and blues sides featuring Booker T. & the MG’s, Roy Milton & the Solid Senders, Titus Turner, Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Julia Lee, John Lee Hooker, the Marshall Brothers, Sugar Chile Robinson, Oscar McLollie & the Honey Jumpers, The Moonglows, The Cadillacs, Albert King, Detroit Jr., Big Bud, Amos Milburn, J. D. McDonald, Nathaniel Mayer, and Ike & Tina Turner.
Episode 736 is a special rebroadcast of the first part of John Sinclair’s R&B Christmas Special for the year 2000, just now discovered in a showbx full of cassettes and transferred into the digital domain just in time for the 2017 holidays, with timeless R&B and jazz seasonal music by Louis Armstrong, Milton Batiste, the New Birth Brass Band, Louis Prima, Count Basie & His Orchestra with Joe Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra, Jimmy Rushing, Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers, Eartha Kitt, Gladys Bentley, Mabel Scott, Big John Greer, Babs Gonzales, Don Vappie, Wallace Johnson, and James Andrews.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
SANTA’S SECOND LINE
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 736
WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, December 17, 2000 [20-01751]
Little Walter: Juke with John Sinclair Intro
Louis Armstrong: ‘Zat You Santa Claus?
Milton Batiste: Big Fat Santa Is Coming To Town
New Birth Brass Band: Santa’s Second Line
Louis Prima: What Will Santa Claus Say?
Count Basie & His Orchestra & Joe Williams: Good Morning Blues
Ella Fitzgerald: Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra: Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Louis Armstrong: The Santa Claus Blues
Count Basie & His Orchestra & Jimmy Rushing: Good Morning Blues
Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers: Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
Eartha Kitt: Santa Baby
Gladys Bentley: Jingle Jangle
Mabel Scott: Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Big John Greer: We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo
Babs Gonzales: Bebop Santa Claus
Don Vappie: Too Fat For The Chimney
Wallace Johnson: Christmas Comes But Once A Year
James Andrews: Christmas In New Orleans
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Episode 735 marks the annual celebration of the day I was released from Jackson Prison on December 13, 1971 following the John Sinclair Freedom Rally at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor on December 10. I’m still recovering from some physical setbacks here in my studio in the Cass Corridor of Detroit and, as always, looking back on my release from 29 months in prison as the happiest day of my life so far and cherishing the 46 years I’ve spent in relative freedom since—at least free enough to create the things I want to make. But for my music this time I’m going back just over a year to my 75th birthday party at a beautiful country estate outside of Ann Arbor where a lot of people and some very fine musicians got together under a big tent and made some music together: Bettye LaVette, Scott Morgan, Laith al-Saadi, Ms. Samantha Fish, Mr. Larry McCray, and my band, John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars. This was a great celebration for me and I’d like to relive it with you today.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
FREEDOM NOW
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 735
WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, December 3, 2017 [20-0750]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: The Screamers with Intro
Bettye LaVette: He Made A Woman Out Of Me with Intro
Scott Morgan: Bare Footin’
Laith al-Saadi: If You Love Me Like You Say
Samantha Fish: Goin’ Down Slow
Larry McCray: I’m A Travelin’ Man
Scott Morgan: Chain Of Fools
John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: When Will The Blues Leave
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me
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 Robert Whitall, Dennis Hayes, Mike Boulan & the cats
