Episode 761 is coming from the Detroit studios of Radio Free Amsterdam up above the Carl Lundgren Art Studio in the Cass Corridor, and we’ve got a new installment of the On The Road feature by Robert Jr. Whitall and Sugar Mae Owens of Big City Rhythm & Blues magazine in Detroit all the way from the recent New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, where they had a nice talk backstage with the greatest bass player in the world, George Porter Jr., surrounded by music from The Meters. the Funky Meters, and the incomparable Snooks Eaglin with George on bass.

 

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

METERMAN

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 761

Cass Corridor, Detroit, June 3, 2018 [18323]

 

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

The Meters: Good Old Funky Music

Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae Conversation with Geirge Porter Jr.

The Meters: Here Comes The Meterman

Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae Conversation with Geirge Porter Jr.

Snooks Eaglin: Aw’ Some Funk

Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae Conversation with Geirge Porter Jr.

Funky Meters: We Be Jammin’

The Meters: Fiyo On The Bayou

Snooks Eaglin: Thrill on the Hill

The Meters: They All Axed for You

Funky Meters: Too Funky

The Meters: Just Kissed My Baby

The Meters: Hang ’Em High

Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take that Away From Me

 

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced, recorded & assembled by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

 

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