JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1033 – REMEDIES

Episode 1033 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam headquarters at 55 Peterboro Street in Detroit’s Cass Corridor, where I’m celebrating the November birthday of the New Orleans pianist/singer/composer/producer Mac Rebennack, who started recording as Dr. john in 1968 and continued until his passing June 6, 2019. Today we’ll visit his first three albums for the Atlantic/Atco label; Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya, Babylon, and Remedies.

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REMEDIES

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1033

Sonesta Hotel, Lowell, Massachusetts, October 17, 2023 [23704]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Dr. John: Gris Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya

Dr. John: Jump Sturdy

Dr. John: I Walk on Guided Splinters

Dr. John: Black Widow Spider

Dr. John: The Lonesome Guitar Strangler

Dr. John: Glowin’

Dr. John: Twilight Zone

Dr. John: Loop Garoo

Dr. John: What Goes Around, Comes Around

Dr. John: Wash, Mama, Wash

Dr. John: Mardi Gras Day.

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Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve “Fly” Pratt

November 20, 2023November 19, 2023

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1032 – SOME OF THE DHARMA

Episode 1032 is coming from my room at the Sonesta Hotel in Lowell, Massachusetts, where I’m appearing at the annual Jack Kerouac Festival this weekend known as Lowell Celebrates Kerouac. This episode is devoted to the poetry, music, and writings of the one and only Jack Kerouac, taken from his albums Blues and Haikus, Poetry for the Beat Generation, and Readings by Jack Kerouac on The Beat Generation, some featuring backing by Al Cohn & Zoot Sims and others with Steve Allen on piano.

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SOME OF THE DHARMA

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1032

Sonesta Hotel, Lowell, Massachusetts, October 6, 2023 [23689]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Jack Kerouac: Hard Hearted Old Farmer

Jack Kerouac: The Last Hotel & Some of the Dharma

Jack Kerouac: Poems from Book of Blues

Jack Kerouac: México City Blues: 239-241. Charlie Parker

Jack Kerouac: Old Western Movies

Jack Kerouac: October in the Railroad Earth

Jack Kerouac: Conclusions of the Railroad Earth

Jack Kerouac: The Early History of Bop

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Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve “Fly” Pratt

November 17, 2023

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November 13, 2023

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1031 – YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE

Episode 1031 is coming from the Aretha Franklin Jazz Café in the Music Hall in downtown Detroit, where I’m appearing on October 3^rd with my guitarist, Jeff Grand, and my comrades from the old days of the Detroit Artists Workshop, George Tysh & Chris Tysh, celebrating the publication of their new book of poems. This episode is devoted to the music of Aretha Franklin, taken from her albums Amazing Grace and Spirit in the Dark.

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YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1031

Cass Corridor, Detroit, September 28, 2023 [23674]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Aretha Franklin: Climbing Higher Mountains

Aretha Franklin; Precious Memories

Aretha Franklin; Remarks by Rev. C.L. Franklin

Aretha Franklin; God Will Take Care of You

Aretha Franklin; Wholly Holy

Aretha Franklin; You’ll Never Walk Alone

Aretha Franklin; Never Grow Old

Aretha Franklin; Spirit in the Dark

Aretha Franklin; When the Battle Is Over

Aretha Franklin; Why I Sing the Blues

Aretha Franklin; The Thrill Is Gone

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Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve “Fly” Pratt

November 8, 2023November 8, 2023

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1030 – MY SHINING HOUR

Episode 1030 is coming from the Ralston Center in Detroit’s North End with an hour of music celebrating my 82^nd birthday on October 2, now being recorded at my birthday party on October 1 with cuts by Yusef Lateef, John Sinclair & His Motor City Blues Scholars, the John Coltrane Quartet, Bob Dylan, Robin Eichele, the Miles Davis Quintet, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Ed Sanders, Samantha Fish and Jesse Drayton, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, Elmore James, and Magic Slim & the Teardrops. I’d like to offer a special salute to my friends who have passed away in the last year, including Pun Plamondon, Rodriguez, and just now gone from us, my friend Rick Thompson.

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MY SHINING HOUR

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1030

Ralston Center, Detroit, October 1, 2023 [23659]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

John Sinclair & His Motor City Blues Scholars: monk’s dream

John Coltrane Quartet: My Shining Hour

Bob Dylan: All Along the Watchtower

Robin Eichele: an observation > history

Robin Eichele: the theatre of life, for sure

Robin Eichele: The First Day of August

Miles Davis: Seven Steps to Heaven

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Third Stone from the Sun

Ed Sanders: International Forgivenesss of Debt

Samantha Fish & Jesse Drayton: Kick Out the Jams

Dr. John: Street Side

Professor Longhair: No Buts & No Maybes

Elmore James; Long Tall Woman

Magic Slim & the Teardrops: Tell Me

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October 24, 2023

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1028 – DETROIT JUMP

Episode 1028 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam headquarters in Detroit’s Cass Corridor with an hour of music dedicated to the great Detroit bluesman known as Harmonica Shah, with cuts from his albums Listen at Me Good and Tell It to Your Landlord.

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DETROIT JUMP

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1028

Cass Corridor, Detroit, September 2, 2023 [23628]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Harmonica Shah: Detroit JumpThe Life of Every Party

Harmonica Shah: I’ve Got to Help My Own Damn Self

Harmonica Shah: Standing in the Cold Rain

Harmonica Shah: I Wish a Thief Would Steal All My Burdens and Pains

Harmonica Shah: Dirty, Greasy Work

Harmonica Shah: Bullets Don’t Care

Harmonica Shah: Mister, I Don’t Care

Harmonica Shah: Hey Detroit

Harmonica Shah: I Heard You Was at the Casino

Harmonica Shah: Welfare Shoes Blues

Harmonica Shah: Tell It to Your Landlord

A JOINT PRODUCTION

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Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve “Fly” Pratt

October 15, 2023

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1027 – DISTURBING THE PEACE

Episode 1027 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam headquarters in Detroit’s Cass Corridor with an album calledDisturbing the Peace by a pair of piano players who call themselves The Boogie Kings. Known to their mothers as Bob Baldori and Arthur Migliazza, they’re awesomely proficient on the grand piano and Baldori is a well-schooled harmonica player as well. Their album is a fine collection of their duets and rocks hard from start to finish.

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DISTURBING THE PEACE

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1027

Cass Corridor, Detroit, September 2, 2023 [23613]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

The Boogie Kings: Shake That Boogie

The Boogie Kings: Yancey Stomp

The Boogie Kings: Boogie Stomp

The Boogie Kings: Boogie Woogie Man

The Boogie Kings: Honky Tonk Train

The Boogie Kings: Suitcase Blues

The Boogie Kings: Sing Sing Sing