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… mumma had a baby and it’s head popped off!
“Friday on a Saturday! Friday on a Saturday!…” – Soft Shoe
Because I couldn’t record Tuesdays show I re-created it somewhat today (Friday). Microphone was playing tricks on me.
Top Ten (in no order) according to my ears this week:
10. Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators – A Perfect Kind Of Love (makes me happy. re capturing them old time sounds and feelings so very well)
10. Alicia Keys – Teenage Love Affair (amazing production. I am interested to hear some Erika Rose who supposedly co-writes some songs for Keys and has a new album of her own. Keys says “baby” a lot. I like it how in this song she makes noises in time to the break down.)
10. Lonnie Duvall – Cigarettes (a dude from http://crudcrud.blogspot.com/ dug this one up. Cigarettes + broken hearts = this song)
10. Cattcall – August (still winning)
10. Santogold – Creator (thanks to the Cup of Tease Show. No doubt I’m the last to jump on this wagon, but I’m gonna paint it good!)
10. Thao Nguyen & The Get Down Stay Down – Beat (been playing this one for a while but thought I’d bring it to the attention of readers if you’re not already loving this album: We Brave Bee Stings and All)
10. Bettye Swann – Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (old times and sad times)
10. The Knux – Cappuccino (up beat hip hop that gets me outta bed and has a similar effect to the caffeine in the not-so-cool anymore to order but still a classic, Cappuccino)
10. J.J. Cale – album: Okie (Such a great album. All the songs are really short as if to make room for the many gems this guy has put in the rock tumbler. What?)
10. Shocking Pinks – End Of The World/Go To Sleep.
*Note the favouritism to female vocals. It’s like they’re singing the songs just for me hahaha. like that one Alicia Keys song You Don’t Know My Name where she rings me up like “hello, is that Michael?..”(true story). It’s all sweet and easy on the ears.
Be sure to catch the remaining shows as they will be the last and the end of an era of my presents on Fleet FM. Mayybe 3 more to go!! So wake up and don’t sleep.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I knew Lonnie Duvall. We are both from Greenville, Mississippi. He was an incredible talent, and was basically robbed of what should have been a successful career, by unscrupulous people at Stax, or their sub-entities. He had many other songs. Several you would recognize because they were stolen from him. One became a #1 hit for Charlie Rich. Not too long after that, Lonnie took his own life. I was in high school, Lonnie was a few years older, but he recorded some amazing tracks with Donny and Jerry Brown, also from Greenville, in a band called The Candy Shoestring. I could go on and on, but just let me leave this with you: Lonnie Duvall is a story that won’t get told, and that is very sad. His former wife, Linda, told me he had written the most soulful and beautiful song she had ever heard, right before he died. It was called “God Let the Waters Meet” I hope they did meet for Lonnie. We’ll never hear that song.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Hey Jim. Thanks so much for that insightful comment. Took his own life!? holy shit that’s pretty full on. You can defiantly hear his pain in “Cigarettes” that’s for sure. I’d be interested in what were some of the songs that were stolen from him?? Might see if I can find a song of The Candy Shoestring, would be very interested to hear. Go the internet aye. Lonnie’s genius can be heard in all parts of the world now!
I guess some hearts never heal… R.I.P Lonnie Duvall
Much appreciated Jim.
Michael
(this show has relocated to the beautiful whakatane and can be heard on B-side fm 88.4 Tuesdays 7am-10am. check out http://www.bsidefm.co.nz for more details)