John Long: Lost and Found

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I must admit that John Long has something. He has the ability to be real, sound real and sound real good too. In a world where you seem to need to hace a slick style or gimmick of some sort, John Long keeps it to what he knows. The Blues. He has been surrounded by blues music his whole life. His original music will somehow take you back to what you think of as THE BLUES.

Tired of the same ole bluesy sounding music. Do yourself a favor and give a listen to this album if you are tired of the same old, old Blues. Here is some NEW OLD blues. Yeah, I know this review is brief but you need to check this out on your own. I guess it just keeps sounding better each time I give it a whirl.
So, Whirl it…Whirl it a good one.

2/8/06 No more Mid-Week Wake up!

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Lady, Fela Kuti
Stamping, Postal Workers of Ghana
Beautiful Maria of my Soul, Los Lobos
Beautiful, Moby
War of Man, Neil Young
Soldiers of Love, Pearl Jam
Kittynapper, the Herbalizer
French Exit, DareDiablo
We Get Low, the Dead 60’s
No More Tears, OZZY
the Dawn Patrol, Ride
Ganja, Frogwings w/D. Trucks/J. Popper
Shooting Hoops, G-Love
10 Dollar Man, ZZ Top
Muleskinner Blues, Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings
I shall not be Moved, B. Wyman & Rhythm Kings
Sittin’ in the Barber’s chair, Al Copley/Hal Singer
I put a Spell on you, Buddy Guy/Carlos Santana
Play w/your Poodle, James Cotton
Feelin’ Good, James Cotton
Pressure Cooker, John Long
Blues & Boogie Woogie, John Long
Blue Guitar, Hubert Sumlin’s Blues Party
G-Spot Tornado, Frank Zappa
Head in the Sky, Atomic Rooster

2/1/06 SHOW SENSATION Don’t forget our Roots

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Hourglass, Band of Bees
The Sausage Canoe, Head of Femur
Easy Street, Head of Femur
Rock El Casbah, Racid Taha
Istanbul Twilihgt, Brooklyn Funk Essentials
Rivers of Babylon, Jimmie Cliff
Sitting in Limbo, Jimmie Cliff
the Witching Hour, Hi-Frequencies
Bouncer, Steve Kimock Band
Expensive Sh*t, Fela Kuti
White Fang, Bill Frissell
After Midnight, Merl Saunders and Friends
Expressway to your Heart, Merl Saunders and friends
Snappy Kakkie, ZZ Top
Enjoy & get it on, ZZ Top
I Wish you Would, John Hammond
Shake for me, John Hammond
When it Rains it Pours, Charlie Musselwhite
the Creeper, James Cotton
Hold me Baby, Cotton w/Jimmie Vaughn
Home in your Heart, Derek Trucks band w/Solomon Burke
Lipstick Traces, Delbert McClinton
Rock Candy, Fabulous T-Birds
Someday, Big Bros. & the Holding Co.
Berlin Blues, Climaxx Blues Band.

1/25/06 MUSIC FOR A BRAVE GNU WORLD

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To Hell w/Poverty, Gang of Four
Damaged Goods, Gang of Four
Natural’s not in it, Gang of Four
Mind your own Business, Delta 5
Anticipation, Delta 5
Colour, Delta 5
Marching the Hate Machine, Thievery Corp./Flaming Lips
Revolution Solution, Thievery Corp./Perry Ferrell
Heart’s a Lonely Hunter, Thievery Corp./David Byrne
Take a Stress Pill, Turn Me on Dead Man
Barbra, Modernettes
Little Girls, Modernettes
Chinese Rock, the RAMONES
Howling at the Moon, the RAMONES
I don’t Wanna go Down to the Basement, RAMONES
go Karts, Band of Bees
3rd Stone from the Sun, Atman
Momma was an Opium Smoker, Rasputina
White Room, Vassar Clements/John Cowan
I am the COOL, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Right Place, Wrong Time, Dr. John
Same kind of Crazy, Delbert McClinton
One of the Fortunate few, Delbert McClinton
Mustang Sally, the Commitments
In the Midnight Hour, the Commitments
Corvair Reprise, Jim White
Homework, J. Giles (final vinal)
Down to the Nightclub, Tower of Power (final vinal)

GANG of Four: Return the Gift

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Gang of Four set the bar for post punk slash, funk, and clang with their situationist rebel music related to Marxist cultural criticism. Their music remains incredibly fresh and totally relevant. This is the record to buy for your intro to the Gang of Four because some proceeds for this actually go to the band. They are dead serious about their work and maybe only smile with the sly smile of those that get away with something profoundly artistic. Wire songs over the years have taken many forms and could be called art-punk post-modern. To me this recording almost resembles a live album. The sound is full, rich and clear. The version of “I Love A Man In Uniform” seems even more danceable and funky now. “To Hell With Poverty” gains a bit in its ferocity. “Damaged Goods” still sounds as good as ever especially when the drums first come in like machine gun fire and Dave Allen’s bass seems even more powerful. “Ether” still sounds like the final warning, so cool and urgent as frontman Jon King and guitarist Andy Gill sing about the “dirt behind the daydream” and “white noise in a white room”. Brilliant.

This album is absolutely essential.

*****

Stay tuned. In late February I will be interviewing bassist Dave Allen of Gang of Four and Pampelmoose.
www.pampelmoose.com

January 18th-No Order NO Reason

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Well, this truly was a direction unknown style show. The planned show fell to the wayside and was overthrown by random selections…almost a close your eyes and point style of music choice. Not really, but damn close. You’ll see what I mean:

Thylicine, Wayne Warwick Williams
Outback, Wayne Warwick Williams
Shock the Monkey, Coal Chamber w/OZZY
Outside, David Bowie
Hallo Spaceboy, David Bowie
Is this Love, Clap your Hands
Raga Des, Ravi Shankar
Run on, Moby
Camioux, Boozoo Bajou&Wayne Martin
Pitchers of Matchstickmen, Type-o-Neg w/OZZY
Pinhead, the Ramones
I wanna see you bellydance, Red Elvises
Mrs. Jones, Circle Jerks
Dude, Circle Jerks
Trust Yo Mama, John Butler Trio
There’ll Come a Time, John Butler Trio
Boogie, James Mathus
Kenny Wayne Shepard, I don’t live today
Heart of Stone, Tab Benoit
The Painter, Neil Young
All your Love I miss Lovin’, Otis Rush
A Cry for Everyone, Gentle Giant

Lou Rawls Soulin’

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Louis Allen Rawls was born in Chicago on December 1, 1935, and was raised on the city’s south side by his grandmother. He sang in the choir at his Baptist church starting at age seven, and became interested in popular music as a teenager by attending shows at the Regal Theatre, with genre-crossing singers like Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock, and Billy Eckstine ranking as his particular favorites. Rawls also tried his hand at harmony-group singing with schoolmate Sam Cooke, together in a gospel outfit called the Teenage Kings of Harmony.
From gospel and early R&B to soul and jazz to blues and straight-up pop, Lou Rawls was a consummate master of African-American vocal music whose versatility helped him adapt to the changing musical times over and over again, while always remaining unmistakably himself. Blessed with a four-octave vocal range, Rawls’ smooth, classy elegance — sort of a cross between Sam Cooke and Nat King Cole — permeated nearly everything he sang, yet the fire of his early gospel days was never too far from the surface. He made his name as a crooner, first by singing jazz standards, then moving on to soul in the mid-’60s, and capped the most commercial phase of his career with a productive stint at Philadelphia International during the latter half of the ’70s. Even after his days as a chart presence were over, Rawls remained a highly visible figure on the American cultural landscape, pursuing an acting and voice-over career in addition to his continued concert appearances, and doing extensive charity work on behalf of the United Negro College Fund.
Lou Rawls Passed on January 6th of 2006. May he rest in Peace..

Biography by Steve Huey

SOULIN’ 1972
From the opening number “Whole Lotta Woman” you know that you are in for a swingin’ time. The ballad “Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing” and “Breakin’ My Back” were played on top 40 radio. (And with good reason.) “You’re The One” is a wild, soulful number. Lou’s “Don’t Explain” is one of the sassiest versions ever done! There is a little story as Lou sings “Memory Lane” and continues with a monologue followed by “It Was A Very Good Year”. Lou is very loose as he gives this song new definition and life. No one has ever sung “On A Clear Day” like this before or since. Instead of a ballad, Lou sings this song uptempo, but with conviction.

Recommended for those who like a soulfully upbeat male jazz singer.

1/11/06 TRA LA LAAAAA

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Kenny, MMW
Sex in the Paradise, Red Elvis’
Bromas, Trisleza
Angry Inch, Sleater-Kinney&Fred Schneider
Hedwig’s Lament, Yoko Ono&Yo La Tango
Midnight Radio, Cyndi Lauper&Minus 5
She’s Trippin’ out, Chris McDermott&his wild combo
Coffeeshop Girl, McDerrmott&his wild combo
4th of July, Soundgarden
Touch, Peel and Stand, Days of the New
Army’s on Extasy, Oysterhead
Shock the Monkey, Coal Chamber/Ozzy
London’s Burning, The Clash
Should I Stay, the Clash (live)
Ten Years Gone, Led Zeppelin
Black Country Woman, Led Zeppelin
Potion, Morphine
French Fries w/Pepper, Morphine
Be Aggressive, Bling Kong
Ramble Tamble, CCR
Baby, What You Want me to do?, Lou Rawls w/Junior Wells
I put a Spell on you, Buddy Guy w/Carlos Santana
Hen Layin’ Rooster, Dr. John/BB KING/Gatemouth Brown
Taxman, Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings
Two Little Kids, Peaches -N- Herb
Smooth Operator, Greezy Wheels

1.4.06 Man in Suit Dancing to 80’s Death Metal……ghadzooks!!!

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Today on the show, we arrived at the studio in knee-deep snow and both Moose and I were in a mood for METAL. We spun some old scholl vinal, even even a purple 45 shaped like a heart from the band Suicidal Tendencies. We gave away 2 Tixx to the Anthax show this Sun at the Webster in Hartford. www.webstertheater.com

The show settled down a bit once 6A.M. rolled in. Many a happy listener called in to thank us for the Jethro Tull and I must say the Mrs of the G. was pleased with her wake-up set of music…..Maybe she won’t be upset with a live interview as she wakes up next week?? HMMMMMM Do I dare.

Here is what filled your Thrity Ears this week on greenarrowradio:

5 year Plan, DRI
Built for Speed, Motorhead
Electric Funeral, Black Sabbath
The Small Hours, Metallica
Snake Charmer, Rage Against the Machine
Won’t fall in Love Today, Suicidal Tendencies
Gung-Ho, Anthrax
Why Go, Pearl Jam
Tonite the Bottle let me down, Lemme/Throw Rag
The collector, Nine Inch Nails
Natural’s not in it, Gang of Four
Anthrax, Gang of Four
Ground, Red Wakes Red
Thin Black Line, Red Wakes Red
Electric Goat, Cubby Creatures
White Fang, Bill Frisell
Rock El Casbah, Rachid Taha
Nokta, Rachid Taha
A new Day Yesterday, Jethro Tull
Love on one Condition, Bonnie Raitt
Drinking Antiseptic, James Mathus
Mama Boulet, Leftover Salmon
Euphoria, Leftover Salmon
Jumping in the Morning, Ray Charles
Good time Baybe, Gov. Davis & the blues Ambassadors

NEW YEARS EVE….INTERVIEWs from East to West Featured PODCAST w/ Matthew Good

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Today we at greenarrowradio, were fortunate enough to revisit with Playas and Hata ceo Hota. He is a local guy on the fringe of making a hit in the urban entertainment industy. http://broodmoor.com/

We reflected w/theblog-master himelf Theron from thought mechanics. He has had an eventful 2005 as well and he led us to a new voice/mind on greenarrowradio, Mr. Matthew Good. You know him from the music world, but he is also a web-designer and blog captain himself. You can check out both of their work on our blogroll. Listen to the podcast now.

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in the meantime…we actually played a little bit of music this show…..your thirty ears were refreshed with:

Everyone is Totally Insane, Dandy Warhols
Sugarcube, Yo La Tango
Big Day Coming, Yo La Tango
Time to Start, Blue Man Group
White Rabbit, Blue man Group
Man of Action.. Matthew Good Band
Fall of Man, Matthew Good Band
Be Aggressive, Bling Kong
Cha Cha, Balkan Beatbox
Mambo Sinuendo, Ry Cooder/Manuel Galban
*Disgrace, sevendust

* THERON MUSICAL CHOICE

12/28/05 Railroad Salvage..”come on down!”

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Hey Ladies, Beastie Boys
Shake your Rump, Beastie Boys
Relax, Frankie goes to Hollywood
Story in a Nutshell, Bettie Serveert
Fall of Man, Matthew Good Band
Teeth out, Frank Zappa (for Ruby Vine)
One, Filter
X-Files Theme, the Dust Brothers
Mourning Air, Portishead
Banana, Robbie Roadsteamer
Kashmir, Matt Haimovitz
ROBERT PLANT @ Festival in the DESERT
All Night Ride, Drew Emmitt
Brazilian Breeze, David Grisman Qunitet
Fela the Conquerer, Tuatara
Mr. Magic, Grover Washington
Don’t Explain, Nina Simone
I Put a Spell on You, Screaming Jay Hawkins
Men are Getting Scarce, Chairman of the Board
All you need, Matt Schofield
the Letter, Matt Schofield
Back @ Square one, Matt Schofield
Just like I treat you, Hubert Sumlin
Come back little Girl, Hubert Sumlin
Blues for Henry, Hubert Sumlin

X-MAS MOOSE Style

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Passage tp Promise, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Mouna Loba, Manu DiBango
Nemere, Deep Forest
Angel Standing By, Jewel
Make it Home, Juliana Hatfield
Winterlude, Bob Dylan
Twas the Night Before Christmas, Henry Rollins
Holiday Season, Various
Good King Werscelas, Various
Joy to the World, Woody Phillips
Sleigh Ride, A X-mas Cocktail
That’s what I want, Tiny Tim
O’ holy Night, Tiny Tim
Give us a Kiss, 50,000 Elves can’t be Wrong
X-mas dressed in blue, Iceberg Slim
The Grinch, Whrilees
O Come all ye Faithful, Various
Winter Wonderland, Fleming & John
Santa Claus, The Waistcoats
Eggnog, Rory McBride
I saw Mommy, Ian Mail
I did it for the Toys, Dance Hall Crashers
Rockin’ round the x-mas tree, Element
X-mas Celebration, Weezer
Good King…., BUSH
The Little Drummerboy, Dnady Warhols
It’s x-mas time, Mojo Nixon
Santa Claus go straight to the Ghetto, Mojo Nixon

I hope to see some text as to Mustaphas experience programming and being in charge of the show…..Stay Tuned it may suprise us…..

Matthew Good: Audio of Being

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A friend of mine is collaborating with his favorite musician…on a web designing adventure….which brought me to this cd. With the release of IN A COMA, Matthew Good’s recent best of release….I went to a comfort zone.

This album is one of those rare treats. Solid from top to bottom. Like a perfect cup of morning coffee, the blend of mellow acoustic and ramming electric riffs makes it a sure repeat on the sound system. It travels well on any ride and is a good companion in a snowstorm for sure….

Take a reminder listen to this album if you forgot about it, if you have yet to uncover tis gem….take my advice and check it out.

**** Mr. G

Cool Ranch Shin Kickin’….

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Spiders, Moby
Burgandy Blues, Breakestra
Sunday, David Bowie
A little Word in your ear, Tom Vek
Organism, Tommy Guerrero
Change, Mizell
Bassism, Sun RA
Whiskey River, Willie Nelson/Sheryl Crow
Outskirts of Town, Willie Nelson/Keb Mo’
Rainy Day Blues, Willie Nelson/Jonny Lang
Ain’t Nobody’s Business, Willie/Jonny
Texas Flood, Willie Nelson/Kenny Wayne Shepard
Maggie’s Farm, Bob Dylan
Rip it up/Ready Teddie, John Lennon
Be Bop a Lu La, John Lennon
Baby Please don’t go, Jonh Lennon
Imagine This, Mediacracy
Good, Morphine
You Speak My Language, Morphine
Test-tube Baby, Morphine
Everytime I …….,Big Joe&the unknown blues band
Down the Road, Van Morrison
Yellow Snow, Frank Zappa
Too Much to Dream, Electric Prunes
Respect, Vagrants
No true time like the right time, Blues Project
Pushing too Hard, The Seeds

Where is Tardy Boy???

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Steel Rider, Cosmic Farm
Strange Train, Cosmic Farm
Move with You, Pork Tornado
Dice Game, Sound Directions
Theme For Ivory Black, Sound Directions
He’d Send the Army, Gang of Four
Hive, 311
Bubblegum, Books on Tape
We Call you NASTY, Books on Tape
Devil’s Haircut, Beck
My 36 Fav. punk Songs, Jason Forrest
Electioneering, RADIOHEAD
ice-cream, Steve Kimock Band
B-Ball Jones, Barry White/Chris Rock
Ramble Tamble, CCR
Blue Railroad Train,, Jorma Kaukonen
Just Because, Jorma Kaukonen
Whiskey River, Willie Nelson
Shakin’ all Over, the WHO
Sad Hours, Little Walter
See Me in the Evening, Hound Dog Taylor
Hoochie, Coochie man, Muddy Waters
Borrow Your Love, Carey Bell
She just wants to Dance, Gary U.S. Bonds/Dicket Betts

11/23 You Should Have……

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Comanche, The Revels
So What’cha Want, Beastie Boys
No Sleep ’til Brooklyn, Beastie Boys
Sabatage, Beastie Boys
What We All Want, Gang of Four
Shark Fin Blues, the Drones
Nida, Abaji
Lotion, the Greenskeepers
Art School Girl, Stone Temple Pilots
River of Freedom, Deeelite
No one to Run with Anymore, Allman Bros.
Man of Constant Sorrow, Soggy Bottom Boys
She’s my Baby, Travelling Wilburys
I feel Free, Eric Clapton(cream)
Blues Power, Eric Clapton
Eyes of the world/2 Sisters, Jazz is Dead
Freedom, Jimi Hendrix
Before you Accuse me, Bo Diddley
All your Love, Otis Rush
On my Knees, Son Seals
The things you do to me, Robert Cray

Morcheeba: The The Antidote

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I had such an odd mix of feelings when I found out Morcheeba had a new cd. I was ready for it, I planted myself firmly ready to go…but, that soon ended when I got this cd and realized something was VERY wrong. SKYE is gone!!!! There is a new vocalist who just DOESN’T do it for me.. Skyesound brought the soul to Morcheeba, and her airy, seductive vocals were a HUGE part of what made this band so incredible. Former Noonday Underground member Daisey Martey, a powerfully voiced singer who now sits in the lead position. There is something too different, but maybe change is just difficult for my ears. I like the fact that I can catch a hint of the Velvet Underground throughout this release…..I will give it more chances….

Dr. John: The Best of the Parlophone Years

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This disc pulls from the four albums Dr. John recorded for the British Parlophone label from 1997 to 2004 (released in the United States on Blue Note and Virgin). In the several decades since his popular emergence as the Night Tripper he’s become one of the respected men of New Orleans music. These 17 songs show him to be drawing from deep Crescent City traditions, as well as R&B, jazz, swing, balladry. The tunes also showcase his work with a range of notable guests (from Paul Weller to Randy Newman to Mavis Staples). These artist prove just how broad their shared influences are. Dr. John truly is a regular guy with a shadow that looms large over New Orleans.

Walter “Wolfman” Washington: Blue Moon Risin’

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Walter is a long-time favorite in New Orleans, and he has done some great work, but he really outdid himself here. The horn section in “Blue Moon Rising” has that majestic feel of Coltrane’s “Blue Trane”, and his melody line in that song is a downward walk down the stairs of longing like no other melody line I have heard in a blues song – deliberate, pensive, refraining from the acrobatic vocal loop-de-loops of modern R&B / soul. His voice can be both smooth like a crooner and tormented like a screamer. Songs like “Stop and think” and “Glasshouse” left me hitting repeat many times after the first listen, and true to his birthplace, Walter writes lyrics that not only *mean* something (are you listening, pop world?) but also decry the troubles of this world without becoming larmoyant. If you don’t listen to the lyrics, you might think “He Will See Us Through” is from Prince’s Purple Rain rather than a wonderfully soulful, hopeful, and danceable *gospel* addressing someone who has lost a loved one. When the going gets tough in New Orleans, people go dancing, so the same music that makes your foot tap also makes your heart cry and open up. (Maybe we should build better levees instead of partying – get to that next life.)