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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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Allen Toussaint Tequila (VA) New Orleans Funk vol. 2 - Second Line Strut Soul Jazz R.I.P. Allen Toussaint.
Allen Toussaint We The People (VA) New Orleans Funk vol. 3: Two-Way-Pocky-Way, Gumbo Ya Ya, & The Mardi Gras Mambo Soul Jazz
The Rubaiyats Omar Khayyam (VA) New Orleans Funk vol. 3: Two-Way-Pocky-Way, Gumbo Ya Ya, & The Mardi Gras Mambo Soul Jazz This is Allen Toussaint & Willie Harper, who did one single in 1968
Willie West w/The Meters Fairchild (VA) New Orleans Funk vol. 3: Two-Way-Pocky-Way, Gumbo Ya Ya, & The Mardi Gras Mambo Soul Jazz
Bennie Spellman Fortune Teller (VA) New Orleans Funk vol. 2 - Second Line Strut Soul Jazz
Betty Harris 12 Red Roses (VA) New Orleans Funk vol. 2 - Second Line Strut Soul Jazz
Irma Thomas Hittin' On Nothing Sweet Soul Queen of New Orleans: The Irma Thomas Collection Razor & Tie
Southern Culture On The Skids A Certain Girl 7" Kudzu
* Sarah Shook and the Disarmers Heal Me Sidelong self-released new
Backsliders Number 5 From Raleigh, North Carolina Mammoth unchaindogs.org -- Fundraiser at Cat's Cradle this Sat feat. Backsliders & others
* Kurt Vile Life Like This B'lieve I'm Going Down Matador new
* Donnie Fritts Them Old Love Songs Oh My Goodness Single Lock/Thirty Tigers fab voice from the Muscle Shoals scene. New & excellent.
Bonnie Raitt What Is Success Streetlights Warner Bros. 1974. Great record w/ this Allen Toussaint song, plus songs by Joni Mitchell, John Prine & more
* Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators Where Are You Now Happiness in Every Style Timmion new from New York City singer who's now based in Helsinki
* Gospel Machine Reunion Day Your Holy Ghost self-released new from Minneapolis
* Soul Sugar feat. Courtney John Version All I Know b/w Version 7" Gee new from Paris
Dub Specialist Jah Jah Version Studio One Dub Soul Jazz Dub Specialist aka Coxsone Dodd
* Bobby Ledford and the Soul Ambassadors Make Love To My Woman - part 1 (VA) Loose the Funk: Rare Soul from Sound Stage 7 Records Airline fine new comp collecting stuff from 60s Nashville label
* The Necks Vertigo Vertigo Northern Spy 44 min track. New! Played several min. of it from the middle...
Allen Toussaint Tipitina And Me (VA) Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album Nonesuch This comp came out in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to raise money for storm victims. All new recordings at the time. Toussaint himself lost his house and lots of manuscripts and other possessions.
* yellow6 Seal Beach No Memories, Only Photographs Silber newest from UK guitarist / foot pedal / drone artist Jon Attwood
* Julia Holter Vasquez Have You in My Wilderness Domino new
* Express Rising Leaving Fixed Rope Numero Group new. Kevin Blagg, Dante Carfagna, William Suran. Carfagna is one of the Numero Group folks.
* F ingers Hide Before Dinner Hide Before Dinner Blackest Ever Black new
Aaron Neville Reality (VA) The Minit Records Story EMI another early 60s tune penned by Allen Toussaint under his oft-used pseudonym, Naomi Neville (his mother's maiden name - no relation to the Neville brothers!)
Ernie K-Doe I Cried My Last Tear (VA) The Minit Records Story EMI ditto
Allen Toussaint Yes We Can Can (VA) Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album Nonesuch