Program Guide – January 2021
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 883 – RAWER THAN RAW
Episode 883 is coming once more from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters in the Cass Corridor where I’m featuring the music and wisdom of the great bluesman Bobby Rush, playing sides from his new album Rawer Than Raw interspersed with segments of his substantial conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens of Big City Rhythm & Blues magazine.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents:
RAWER THAN RAW
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 883
Cass Corridor, Detroit, October 6, 2020 [20621]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Bobby Rush: Hard Times
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Don’t Start Me To Talking
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Down In Mississippi
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Sometimes I Wonder
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Smokestack Lightning
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Let Me In Your House
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Honey Bee
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Shake It For Me
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Garbage Man
Bobby Rush Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae
Bobby Rush: Dust My Broom
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Special thanks to Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens of Big City Rhythm & Blues magazine
© 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation
JOHN SINCLAIR VIDEO COLLECTION AT RFA
Tribe – Hometown Detroit
Tribe began as a musical ensemble in 1971 co-founded by Saxophonist Wendell Harrison and trombonist Phil Ranelin that soon expanded into a broad amalgam including a live collective and independent record label. Ignored by the mainstream, many African American jazz artists in Detroit and across the US began creating their own small imprints and Tribe emerged alongside other cultural entities to express selfdetermination goals in the city: saxophonist Ernie Rodgers with his sessions at Rapa House; John and Leni Sinclair’s Artist Workshop; Bruce Millan’s Repertory Theater; the Hastings Jazz Experience and the Strata Corporation led by Kenny Cox. Harrison’s ideas of independence, self-determination and education were central to the Tribe ethos: “I might be possessed with a drive to get the knowledge out,” explained Harrison, “because I see this as sustaining the future of the jazz diaspora, the jazz tradition.” Tribe album releases like Harrison’s ‘An Evening With The Devil’ (1972) and Harrison and Ranelin’s ‘A Message From The Tribe’ (1973) became early ‘70s milestones in Detroit jazz.
http://artyardrecords.co.uk/new-releases/tribe-hometown-detroit-sessions-1990-2014/
FLY BY NIGHT 366 – BEYOND THE SUN
Recorded by Steve The Fly at Fly Agaric Studios, Amsterdam, with recordings by McCoy Tyner, Little Richard, Michael McClure, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Jimmy Reed, Hound Dog Taylor, and John Coltrane.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
BEYOND THE SUN
FLY BY NIGHT 366
Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric 23 Studios, Amsterdam, May 24, 2020 [20336]
McCoy Tyner: Richard
Little Richard: Goodnight Irene
McCoy Tyner: Fly With The Wind
Michael McClure: Jane Harlow
Little Richard: Only You
McCoy Tyner: Beyond The Sun
Little Richard: Cherry Red
McCoy Tyner: You Stepped Out of a Dream
Little Richard: Whole Lotta Shakin’
Bo Diddley: Bad Trip
Fats Domino: It Keeps Raining
Little Richard: The Girl Can’t Help It
Jimmy Reed: I Wanna Be Loved
Little Richard: Send Me Some Loving
Hound Dog Taylor: Kitchen Sink Boogie
John Coltrane: Spiritual
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Produced by Steve “Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam (#19)
Edited & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
(c) 2020 Steve Pratt. Used with permission.
Finger Lickin’ Good: Music Sampler #25
Big City Rhythm And Blues Magazine are continuing with their series of music samplers called Finger Lickin’
The latest iteration, number 25 features tunes and links to all your favourite Rhythm and Blues artists. Thanks guys! The October / November edition of the physical magazine is now available.
Visit the website here: http://www.bigcitybluesmag.com/
–Steve Fly
Finger Lickin’ Good!
Sampler #24 2018
Get the 2018 Big City Blues Sampler #24 CD FREE when you subscribe (or renew)
Sampler CDs are for promotiona use only. Not for sale.
1. ROBERT JR,
SUGAR MAE AND
HANDSOME BOB
“Smoke and Fire” (:52)
Sampler #24
BCRB Records
www.bigcitybluesmag.com
2. THORNETTA DAVIS
“I Believe (Everything Will Be Alright)” (5:44)
Honest Woman
Sweet Mama Music
www.thornettadavis.com
3. BILLY PRICE
“I Keep Holding On” (3:49)
Reckoning
Vizztone Records
www.billyprice.com
4. MARKEY BLUE/ RIC LATINA PROJECT
w/special guest EDDY THE CHIEF CLEARWATER
“I Like It Like That” (4:58)
Raised In Muddy Water
Ellersoul Records
www.markeyblue.com
5. LITTLE FREDDIE KING
“Bad Chicken” (3:32)
Fried Rice &Chicken
Orleans Records
www.orleansrecords.com
6. JT LAURITSEN & THE BUCKSHOT HUNTERS
“Stay With Me”, (3:14),
Blue Eyed Soul Volume 1
Hunters Records
www.jtlauritsen.com
7 . BILLY HARRIS
“Sweaty Melons” (4:23)
Rise Above
Self Produced
www.billyjjams.com
8. JOHNNY FEDS & FRIENDS
“Deacon Of The
Blues” (5:04)
Pinky Gets The Blues
Elfedmo Music
www.facebook.com/Johnny-Feds-Da-Bluez-Boys-100210370066027
| 9. PETER V AND BLUES TRAIN
“I Don’t Want To Leave Memphis” (4:25)
Shaken But Not Deterred
Self Produced
www.petervbluestrain.com
10. J’MONQUE’D BLUES BAND
“Mustard Greens” (3:28)
Old & New, Borrowed & Blue,
Reel Blues Music
jmonqued@yahoo.com
11. JONNY T-BIRD & THE MP’S
“Hot Stuff” (3:53)
Hot Stuff
Neon Grub Jeer Music
www.jonnytbird.com
12. WHISKEY HAULERS
“Mardi Gras Beads” (4:08)
Whiskey Haulers
WHRecords
www.whiskeyhaulers.com
13. KEITH STONE with RED GRAVY
“Ain’t That The Blues” (3:54)
Keith Stone with Red Gravy
Self Produced
www.keithstonemusic.com
14. PAUL FILIPOWICZ
“Riding High” (3:55)
Unfiltered
BigJake Records
www.paulfilipowicz.com
15. FRANK BEY
“Back In Business” (2:43)
Back In Business
Magg Records
www.frankbeymusic.com
16. The Little Red Rooster Blues Band
“Lock Up The Liquor” (3:29)
Lock Up The Liquor
LRRBB Records
www.littleredrooster.com
17. BOB AND APRIL
“Summer Song” (4:40)
Ying/Yang
Hanzie Records
www.hanzierecords.com
18. FOCO BLUZ BAND
“Tater Tot Blues” (4:32)
FOCO BLUZ BAND
FOCOBLUZRECORDS
Davidj6929@gmail.com19. ROBERT JR,
SUGAR MAE AND HANDSOME BOB
“Fingerlickin’Good” (:30)
Sampler #24
BCRB Records
www.bigcitybluesmag.com
A cure for the blues
six times a year.
