Talking Booker T.

 

With The Big G and Jay B from WYXR in Memphis

Booker T. Jones - You Got Me Spinnin’ - A&M Records

Booker T. & The M.G.’s - M.G.’s Salsa - Asylum Records

Booker T. & Priscilla - Water Brothers - A&M Records

Booker T & The M.G.’s - Soul Limbo - Stax

Lounge 50 - Love Me Like You Do

Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign - Stax

Booker T. & The M.G.’s - Johnny I Love You - Stax

Bill Withers - Ain’t No Sunshine - Eric Records

Eddie Floyd - I’ve Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Stax

Booker T & The M.G.’s - Working In The Coal Mine - Stax

Booker T. - I Want You - A&M Records

Booker T. Jones - Down To The Wire - A&M Records

Willie Nelson - All Of Me - Columbia Records

Booker T. & The M.G.’s - Summertime - Stax

The Packers - Hole In The Wall

Booker T. & The M.G.’s - Chicken Pox - Stax

+1 With Greg Cartwright

 

Greg talks to Don Nix 

Mar-Keys - Last Night

Moloch - Going Down

Freddie King - Going Down

Don Nix - Ain't About To Go Home

Donnie Nix - I Saw Her Yesterday

Don Nix - She's A Friend Of Mine

Don Nix - When I Lay My Burden Down

+1 with Greg Cartwright

 

Greg talks to Jimmy Stallings, aka, J.J. Light, bassist for Sir Douglas Quintet.

1-Ruben Rodriguez & the Guadalajara Kings 

2-Jimmy Stallings & Group - I Played The Fool

3-Donnie Brooks - Sway & Move With The Beat

4-Dorsey Burnett - Great Shakin' Fever

5-The Forerunners - Magic of a Girl

6-Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino

7-J.J. Light - Heya

8-Quintet - Waiting For The Red Light

9-J.J. Light - Gallop, NM

10-J.J. Light - Low Riders Rule (outtake) 

11-Dorsey Burnet - How The Bad Bug Bites (PSA)

Big G Spins 01

 

With The Big G

Little Records With The Big G

Greg Cartwright

Don't miss out on our latest Ichiban show, Little Records With Big G!  Every Saturday night from 8 - 10 PM.  He's the "geezer with the pleasers" for sure.  Seen hear DJ'ing an Ichiban party in 2015.

Greg Cartwright Spins & Interviews Don Nix!

Denny Cordell-Don Nix-Leon Russell

Tune in tonight when Greg Cartwright spins 45s from his personal collection and interviews the great Don Nix!  Tune in at 7 PM on the Ichiban stream.  Don has a new book out called "Memphis Man - Living High, Laying Low on Sartoris Literary Group.  It's an updated version of " Road Stories And Recipes"  with more stories & amazing photos and less recipes.  Don got his start as the sax player for the Mar-Keys and had a front row seat for all the amazing music coming out of Memphis in the '60's.

PLAYLIST

Mar-Keys

WFMU's Michael Shelley also interviewed Don for his Saturday morning program.  Archive here.

Bonus:  Michael has shared his famous mac & cheese recipe with us!

Happy Magic Christmas

Leonard Clark and Land Of Sky Boys - Happy Magic Christmas  (Thanks to Greg O)

Norton Donations & Volunteer Help

Rockin' Joe Belock

Photo by Jacob Blickenstaf

I'm sure you've heard by now.  Norton Records has suffered a terrible blow in the shape of hurricane Sandy.  I'd like to thank all the "first responders" who have been helping out down at the warehouse, and at Norton H.Q., removing and drying records.  It's the kind of physical help that leaves you feeling like you're making a difference.  It's also the kind of help that folks in the Brooklyn, NY area are more equipped to provide.  But the norton family spreads out far past the five boroughs in every direction!  And the rest of us can help too.  By making a contribution.  This contribution will help to restore Norton's supply of jackets and sleeves for the salvaged LP's and 45's.  I remember once having a conversation with Miriam about the beginning of the label and where it has progressed to today.  It was while she and Billy were graciously housing the band at their home during the recording of the Mary Weiss album.  She remarked that "Norton isn't just a company or a label, it is it's own being with a heart and soul."  Nurtured and reared by a family of wild Rock and Roll fans all over the world!  And it is so true.  And now Norton needs our help.  Your help.  So that it may remain a home to superb music for generations to come.  Donate now!

You can also email nortonrec@aol.com for more info on how to lend a hand in Brooklyn.  Stay tuned for upcoming benefit concerts for Norton as well as a 1 day WFMU record fair that will include a Norton table with new stuff for sale!!

James Brown Month: GODFATHER in the GARAGE - Papa's Got a Brand New Trash Bag

While "Out of Sight" is probably the number one garage/frat/show band JB cover, and there's no shortages of "Try Me", today we're featuring a trio of versions of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag."

  

First up is this lo-fi live version from Mike St. Shaw & the Prophets, found on the Audio Fidelity (of all things) release Where It's At: Cheetah, in 1966. Cheetah was a dance club in New York, on the sight of the old Riviera Ballroom at Broadway and 53rd. It's a weird Audio Fidelity release, in that there is little fidelity to the audio, and not all the material is ace, but Tucson, AZ based St. Shaw and the Prophets perform a ripping medley of Good Lovin/Papa, the papa portion presented here.  

papa's got a brand new hump!

The Invictas version is pure snotty teenage thrust, which is appropriate from this band of Rochester, NY humpers. 

The slickest, floor-fillingest version of the lot comes from future Redbone stars Pat and Lolly Vegas, from their At the Haunted House LP. The Haunted House was located in Hollywood, and while I doubt the album was recorded live, it's an excellent California rock 'n' roll party record with a  great guitar/bass sound. 

Special thanks to Greg Cartwright for the loan of the Invictas and Pat & Lolly records.  More from the Cart-chives in the next couple of weeks.