Poster made by Jaymorg.
Join myself, DJ Anya, DJ Mantease and of course Matt n’ Adam for a Saturday soul adventure. My set will be inspired by spring, Don Cornelius, Barry White, subtle sleaze and the Sounds of Philadelphia!
Category Archives: funk & soul
January soul night playlist
#Arcatasgotsoul
What a wonderful night. Three hundred eighty nice people sold out Humbrews. Thank you all for joining us. We’ll do it again in February, this time with pre-sale tickets. Sorry to those who couldn’t get in.
I was blown away by DJ Red’s set — super precise cuts and record choices. Matt and Adam burned it hard. Mantease is my global DJ deity. Jaymorg was righteous with some H-O-T tunes. Here is what I brought to play:
Edgar Winter – Frankenstein (break)
Maxwell – Radiation Funk
Teddy Pendergrass – Get down get funky get loose
Ballin’Jack – So do I
Ann Peebles – the rain
Al Green – Ain’t no fun
Betty Everett & Jerry Butler – Ain’t that lovin’ you baby
Dicky and the Posideons – Tidal wave
Meters – Look y a py py
Dr. John – Big chief
James Brown – mother popcorn
Cold Grits – bring it on home
Gladys Knight – Nitty Gritty
Sugarpie DeSanto – Soulful dress
Lee Charles – somebody’s gonna hurt you
Kool and the gang – raw hamburger
Stevie Wonder – you haven’t done nothing
Etta James – Good rockin’ daddy
Alvin Cash – keep on dancing
Fessor Funk – Love
Shadows of knight – shake
J.R. Bailey – We need love
Stevie Wonder – higher ground
Etta James – that’s all
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Missing link’s got soul night playlist III
Whoo hooo! What a spicy night. DJ Mantease, JAYMORG, Adam & Matt & King Maxwell (myself) shared some nice vinyls with the people. 26o people came out. We raise a couple of hundred bucks for Jonathan Toubin, and had a soulful good time. Here is what I brought to play:
Pingpong contributions (mixed in with the other DJs):
Bobby McNutt – Country living/Country Style
Bobby Rush – Mary Jane
TSU Tornadoes – The Goose
Woody Carr – Peace Dance
Soul set:
1. Rhythm Masters- I can do anything you can do
2. Bill Withers – kissing my love
3. Betty Wright – let me be your lovemaker
4. Willie Mitchell – 20-75
5. Bobby Byrd – I know you got soul
6. The Isley Brothers – Testify I
7. King Curtis – Popcorn Willie
8. Buddy Ace – My Baby
9. The Vibrations – pick me
10. Syl Johnson – Wiggle in your hips
11. Harvey and the Phenomenals – Soul and sunshine
12. Stormy – Devistator
13. Lynn Collins – Think
14. Alvin Cash – keep dancing
15. Naomi Shelton – Promised land
16. Aretha Franklin – House that jack built
17. Charles Bradley – this love ain’t big enough
18. All the people – cramp your style
19. Sugar Pie DeSanto – Git Back
20. Marva Whitney – Tired, tired tired
21. Amy Winehouse – Rehab
22. Bill Withers – Who is he
Next soul night is January 26 at Humbrews in Arcata. In partial celebration of King Maxwell & Adam’s birthdays. Be there or be square!
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Ice Cube and the architecture of L.A.
Thanks to Flea Market Funk for the clip. FMF rock every day of the week, but made the Humboldt-approved-blog list with the profile of DJ Mantease’s record art work. Thanks FMF!
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Tunes from soul night
I’m honored to be included in the Missing Link soul nights. Featuring a bevy of thoughtful soul DJs (Mantease, Adam & Matt, Jay Morg) the night has been a grand success.
On saturday 11/26 I took the stage to play an all-45 set to an appreciative crowd of about 200 people at that point. Here is a rundown of the tunes:
1. J.R. Bailey – we need love
2. Eddie Bo – hook and sling 1
3. Ripple – funky song
4. Bobby Freeman – four piece funky nitty gritty junky band
5. Betty Wright – Let me be your love maker
6. Gladys Knight & the Pips – Nitty gritty
7. David Robinson – I’m a carpenter
8. Jamo Thomas – Arrest me
9. Shadows of Knight – Shake
10. David Batiste – Soul p2
11. Gaturs – cold bear
12. Aretha Franklin – this is the house that jack built
13. Calvin Arnold – I better rest
14. Voices of East Harlem – sit down
The next Missing Link soul party is December 15 at Humbrews. You can also catch King Maxwell on December 11th at the Blue Lake Roller rink for EIGHTIES SKATE! And I’ll be playing 45 of the best funk and soul 45s at the Alibi on December 17.
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MF Doom~!
Damn. All-time MVP MF Doom emerges to give a lecture? I’m about fifteen minutes in. Enjoy.
Thanks to Fleamarket Funk for the connect!
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Shout out Funky 16 corners
When I started getting more serious about old records, I found a key resource was the Funky 16 corners blog. If you don’t know, now you know. Worth subscribing in your RSS feeds to see the treats. Tons of .mp3s and insight into record nerd-dom. A champion for days. Witness his sunday morning rant about early Earth Wind and Fire.
Maurice White and Wade Flemons (who had some collectible, pre-EWF 45s under his own name) had been working together in Chicago during the 60s, before relocating to Los Angeles near the end of the decade, where they were joined by Verdine White and a large crew of others to form the first version of Earth Wind and Fire.
Their first, self-titled album was recorded in 1970 and released in 1971, and while it does display tastes of the later EWF, there’s a heavier funk at work here, crossed with progressive elements.
The two tunes I bring you today illustrate both sides of that coin.
‘Moment of Truth’ is a serious mover, with some incredibly solid bass playing by Verdine (he’s so much more than just a fine and fancy head of hair) and a horn section that won’t quit.
‘Bad Tune’ has something of a flavor of the times, with a little bit of that Afrocentric hippy thing weaving in and out of the funk (electric kalimba anyone?), opening quietly, getting heavy and then dissolving into a trippy, jazzy sound with some nice guitar by Michael Beal, before picking up heat yet again with some fuzz bass.
And – this is the cool part – they manage to pack all that into less than five minutes, displaying a shocking economy for the time.
via Funky16Corners » Earth Wind and Fire – Moment of Truth / Bad Tune.
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Life of refinement 