Episode 765 is coming from the Detroit studios of Radio Free Amsterdam up above the Carl Lundgren Art Studio in the Cass Corridor, where I’m playing music tonight from some albums my old friend Guitar Johnny Nicholas gave me on the 4^th of july when he played a gig in the back yard of P.J. Ryder’s sumptuous mansion in Indian Village with a cat called Scrapper on guitar & mandolin, Tony Gonyea on bass and Tino Gross on drums. They sounded great and I want to feature Johnny’s albums Fresh Air and Future Blues in this episode and his double CD Too Many Bad Habits on next week’s show. Plus I’ve got three more cuts from my concert with the Blues Scholars at the Detroit Institute of Arts in July 2017 featuring Jeff Grand on guitar, Phil Hale on keys, James Simonson on bass, Skeeto Valdez on drums, and Johnny Evans & Dave McMurray on tenor saxophones.

 

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FUTURE BLUES

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 765

Cass Corridor, Detroit, July 12, 2018 [18379]

 

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Johnny Nicholas: Bayou Blues

Johnny Nicholas: Roll On Mississippi

Johnny Nicholas: Roads On Fire

Johnny Nicholas: Future Blues

John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Fattening Frogs for Snakes

John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Monk’s Dream

John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Mobile Homestead

Johnny Nicholas: Mister Moon

Johnny Nicholas: Hell Bent

Johnny Nicholas: How Do You Follow A Broken Heart

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

 

© 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation

 

 

 

 

Episode 764 is coming on the 4^th of July from the Detroit studios of Radio Free Amsterdam up above the Carl Lundgren Art Studio in the Cass Corridor, where I’m thinking about Archie Shepp’s line “We celebrated the 4^tho n the 14^th, we always did” and playing music from my concert with the Blues Scholars at the Detroit Institute of Arts last July plus the entire set by the Detroit Contemporary 4 as played at the Detroit Artists Workshop at a benefit for Spero magazine in November 1964 with Charles Moore on cornet, Ron English in guitar, John Dana on bass and Danny Spencer at the drums.

 

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IMPRESSIONS

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 764

Cass Corridor, Detroit, July 4, 2018 [18365]

 

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Archie Shepp: Malcolm, Malcolm…Semper Malcolm

John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Rhythm Inning

John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: My Buddy

John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Homage To John Coltrane

Detroit Contemporary 4: Blues Minor

Detroit Contemporary 4: Round Midnight

Detroit Contemporary 4: Impressions

Amos Milburn: I Guess I’ll Go

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

 

A JOINT PRODUCTION

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Produced, recorded & assembled by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

 

© 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation

 

 

 

Episode 763 is coming once more from the Detroit studios of Radio Free Amsterdam up above the Carl Lundgren Art Studio in the Cass Corridor with a program of music by Coco Robicheaux, Dennis Coffey with the Lyman Woodard Trio from the second recent release of recordings Live At Morrie’s, Billy Davis, Bob Baldori & Arthur Magliazza, Harry Van Walls, three by Amos Milburn, a Charlie Parker single from Savoy Records, The Clovers on Atlantic, Bobby Lewis, and a set by John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars from our concert last July at the Detroit Institute of Arts with Johnny Evans and David McMurray on saxophones, Jeff Grand on guitar, Phil Hale at the keyboards, James Simonson on bass and Skeeto Valdez on drums.

 

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TUMBLIN’ OUT

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 763

Cass Corridor, Detroit, June 29, 2018 [18351]

 

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Coco Robicheaux: Tumblin’ Out

Dennis Coffey with the Lyman Woodard Trio: Its Your Thing > Union Station > Big City Lights

Billy Davis: Spanish Blues

Bob Baldori & Arthur Magliazza: Suitcase Blues

Harry Van Walls: Tee-Nah-Nah

Amos Milburn: Pool Playing Blues

Amos Milburn: Nickel Plated Baby

Amos Milburn: Operation Blues

Charlie Parker: Buzzy

The Clovers: Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ But Trash

Bobby Lewis: Mumbles

John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Intro > everything happens to me

John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: intro > april in paris

John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Intro > let’s call this

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

 

© 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation

 

Episode 762 is coming as usual this year from the Detroit studios of Radio Free Amsterdam up above the Carl Lundgren Art Studio in the Cass Corridor on Father’s Day, and I’m rememberiung my father, Jack Sinclair, born in 1910, died in 1973, as well as my mother, Elsie Sinclair, born 1912, died in 2000, my borther David, born 1945 and died in 2008, and my sister Kathy, who turned 75 years old two days ago. Me, if I live to October I’ll make 77 years old! I’ve often told this story but when I was a kid listening to R&B on the radio at the age of 11 or 12, on Friday mornings I would give my dad a list of 10 or 12 records that I wanted (78 rpm singles) and he would stop by Ernie’s Record Rack at 943 Leith Street near Industrial on his lunch hour and buy me two sides with my weekly allowance of $2.00. The records would be the ones I’m playing today in his honor, the ones that my sister and I grew up listening and dancing to by Red Prysock, Dave Bartholomew, Bill Haley & The Comets, The Treniers, Elvis Presley, Ruth Brown, Chuck Berry, Etta James, Big Joe Turner, The Drifters, Billy Ward & The Dominoes, The Clovers, The Cadets, Roy Brown, Ray Charles, The Medallions, The “5” Royales, The Five Keys, Gatemouth Brown, Big Jay McNeely, and Tommy Ridgely.

 

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BLOW YOUR HORN

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 762

Cass Corridor, Detroit, June 17, 2018 [18337]

 

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Red Prysock: Blow Your Horn

Dave Bartholomew: Jump Children

Bill Haley & The Comets: ABC Boogie

The Treniers: Go! Go! Go!:

Elvis Presley: Good Rockin’ Tonight

Ruth Brown: Bye Bye Young Men

Chuck Berry: Maybellene

Etta James: The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry)

Big Joe Turner: Shake Rattle & Roll

The Drifters: Whatcha Gonna Do

Billy Ward & The Dominoes: Have Mercy Baby

The Clovers: One Mint Julep

The Cadets: Stranded in the Jungle

Roy Brown: Fanny Brown Got Married

Ray Charles: Greenbacks

The Medallions: Buick 59

The “5” Royales: Dedicated To The One I Love

The Five Keys: Ling Ting Tong

Gatemouth Brown: Okie Dokie Stomp

Big Jay McNeely: Deacon’s Hop

Tommy Ridgely: Jam Up

 

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced, recorded & assembled by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

 

© 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation

Episode 760 is coming from the Detroit studios of Radio Free Amsterdam up above the Carl Lundgren Art Studio in the Cass Corridor where this program dedicated to my brother David, born May 31, 1945 and gone from us since 2008, has been recorded, featuring music he liked to listen to by the Miles Davis Orchestra, the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop, Cecil Taylor & John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, and the John Coltrane Ensemble with Eric Dolphy, plus my brother’s poetry reading from the Detroit Artists Workshop way back in the 1960s.

 

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SPRINGSVILLE

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 760

Cass Corridor, Detroit, May 28, 2018 [18309]

 

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Miles Davis Orchestra: Springsville

Charles Mingus: Haitian Fight Song

Cecil Taylor: Rick Kick Shaw

Thelonious Monk: Nutty

David Sinclair: The Egoist/A Poem for John/Ave/A Sighting of Steps/Company

Ornette Coleman: Open To The Public

John Coltrane: India

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

 

© 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation

Episode 759 is coming once again from the Radio Free Amsterdam studios in Detroit’s Cass Corridor with a program of msuic dug out of my archives, where I went looking for one thing and came up with two totally other things: a set of baseball rhythm & blues songs by Buddy Johnson, The Treniers, Sam Bush, Les Brown, and Mabel Scott, lifted from Bob Dylan’s great radio series called Theme Tme Radio some years ago, and music from two volumes of the Atlantic Records Rhythm & Blues Story by Big Joe Turner, The Coasters, Ray Charles, Clyde McPhatter, The Drifters, and The Robins, plus a closing number just received from my friend J.P. Morgan in Holland.

 

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FLIP FLOP AND FLY

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 759

Cass Corridor, Detroit, May 24, 2018 [18295]

 

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Big Joe Turner: Flip Flop And Fly

The Coasters: Young Blood

Ray Charles: The Night Time Is The Right Time

Clyde McPhatter: Long Lonely Nights

The Drifters: Ruby Baby

The Coasters: Poison Ivy

Buddy Johnson: Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?

The Treniers: Say Hey!

Sam Bush: The Wizard of Oz

Les Brown: Joltin’ Joe

Mabel Scott: Baseball Boogie

The Robins: Smokey Joe’s Cafe

Clyde McPhatter: A Lover’s Question

Ray Charles:         Drown In My Own Tears

Big Joe Turner: The Chicken And The Hawk

Ray Charles:         A Fool For You

The Coasters: Down In Mexico

J.P. Morgan: Calida Brisa en l

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 J.P.Morgan

 

© 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation