Hello, kiddies.

Well, the time has come. The next time we meet, I will no longer be a bachelor…

Before I get to the business at hand, I have an announcement: I was invited to be the newest member of the Four Brothers Beats team this week. For those of you who don’t know about ‘em, I urge you to pay a visit to their spot. They have a good thing going on over there and the fact that they invited me to be a part of the team makes me feel pretty good. I just hope that I can live up to their standard of excellence… and speaking of excellence, it’s time to welcome two new freedom fighters to the growing army, Doctor Okeh’s And It Don’t Stop and the mighty Rock Savage!

Be sure to visit and support their fine blogs.

Now that all that’s taken care of, let me get the party started. I put this recipe together rather quickly this time because lil’ truck was in need of some new sounds to scare the other divers around me. I know I’m not alone when I say that not too many people know how to drive very well, and with the drive to Delaware being rather tedious (the Bay Bridge is always a nightmare), I was in need of some heavy Funk to make the time go by just a bit faster… This is the first half of the sixth installment of the mighty Fufu Funk Fix, which I hope will be a part of the soundtrack for whatever you have in store for the weekend. And even if you’re not celebrating the 4th of July next week, you don’t really need an excuse to shoot off fireworks and have some dinner on the ground, do you… go on. Do it anyway and have a blast!

01 Soul Pad-The Coasters
02 Blow Your Mind-The Interpretations
03 Do The Funky Donkey-Otis Turner And The Mighty Kingpins
04 Water Hole-Sam and The Soul Machine
05 Zambezi Pts 1&2-Fun Company
06 Smokey Feeling-Organization
07 Funky Hot Grits-Rufus Thomas
08 What So Never The Dance Pts. 1&2-Houseguests
09 It’s Alright-The Oceanliners
10 Sock Soul-The Bar-Kays
11 Here’s Some Dances-The 8 Minutes (thank you Mr. Double Down!)
12 Somebody in the World for You-The Mighty Hannibal
13 Hot Pants I’m Comin’-St. Vincent Latinaires
14 Sagittarius-Dennis Coffey
15 The Mouse-Senor Soul
16 Yo Yo-Rose Royce
17 You’re Wasting My Time (Special Cut n Paste Edition)-Billy Garner
18 Ton Of Dynamite-Frankie Crocker
19 Funky Moon Meditation-The Fabulous Moonlighters
20 E.V.A.-Jean Jacques Perry
21 Flight to Cuba-Fire

Please download and enjoy Fufu Funk Fix No. 6, 65 MB

Here’s the link to the mp3 file
Here’s the link to the zip file

Be sure to head over to The Right Side Of Funky to score the second half, and while you’re there, check out my Q&A session with The Beat Collector.

With that said, it’s time to pack up ol’ Bessie for the trip. Ten days of peace, rest, relaxation, dinner on the ground and of course solid tunage. We will be without an internet connection but still feel free to leave a comment or two. As always, the responses are greatly appreciated. Have a great weekend (Leslie and I sure will) and as always, be safe. I’ll see you all in a few days.

Peace and blessings.

Hey DJ Blueprint… glad to have you back

Hello, kiddies.

I hope you are all enjoying the Shindiggit grooves. I wanted to let you all know that I’ve also got a special mix happening over at Fleamarket Funk. Suffice it to say, it’s a privilege for me to be a part of the guest mix series being hosted by the mighty DJ Prestige as he continues to celebrate a whole year of blessing us with the 45 rpm heat. Here’s what I brought to the table for your consumption:

Introspeak-Happy Anniversary Quintet from The Flintstones Modern Stone Age Melodies
01 Kool And The Gang-Kool & The Gang (De-Lite)
02 Do The Boomerang-Jr. Walker & The All Stars (Soul)
03 Get Out Of My Life Woman-Lee Dorsey (Amy)
04 Watusi Jump Pt. 2-Lou Donaldson (Blue Note)
05 How Come?-Monk Higgins (Checker)
06 Sophisticated Funk-John Roberts (Duke)
07 Super Cool-Black Heat (Atlantic)
08 Win Lose Or Draw-Brother Jack McDuff (Cadet)
09 Ain’t No Sunshine-The Sweet Happenings (Tee)
10 Double Barrel-Dave And Ansil Collins (Big Tree)
11 Funky Rubber Band-Popcorn Wylie (Soul)
12 Hum Along And Dance-The Temptations (Gordy)
13 I Can’t Dance To That Music You’re Playing-Martha & The Vandellas (Gordy)
14 I Get Lifted-George McRae (TK)
15 Missing You-O V Wright (Back Beat)
16 What Can You Bring Me-Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner)
17 It’s Instrumental To Be Free-The 8th Day (Invictus)
18 Get Up Get Into It Get Involved Pt. 2-James Brown (King)
19 Love And Happiness-Earnest Jackson (Stone)
20 I Can Dig It-The Daley Diggers (Marmaduke)
Exitus-Happy Anniversary Quintet from The Flintstones Modern Stone Age Melodies

Please drop by and grab yourself a plate of my latest 45 rpm exercise and as always, be sure to show your love.

I’ll be back on Thursday with another holiday double shot, including a visit to The Right Side Of Funky so don’t go far, ‘k? I’ll see you all then.

Peace and blessings.

Hello, kiddies (and happy Summer).

I’ve got a lot of ground to cover here so I won’t waste any time…

I know it’s been a staggering two weeks since we last got together. Not to worry, I used the time wisely. Even with the blistering heat and having to move ol’ Bessie to a cooler part of the domicile, the record digging retreat is going very well, in fact a little too well because I will be VERY busy sorting through even more 45s and another crate full of LPs. Yes, big, BIG ups to my fam back at the house for FINALLY letting me sift through their crates. I’ve only been pestering them about it for about twenty years, but now we come to the payoff. It was just like I envisioned it as a child, only this time I didn’t get scolded for browsing. Instead, I took on the task of ripping all these records for them and putting them on CDs. See, their education and my persistence paid huge dividends once and for all. It’s a classic example of the student showing the teacher a thing or two… Here is where I send a BIG shoutout to the Four Brothers Beats team, not only for being one of the premier places to check out super-rare stuff, but for allowing me to contribute to the cause with a few of my new scores. I will be making contributions to their ever-increasing archive from time to time so be sure to check ‘em out and as always, show your love.

Now for the surprise that I’ve been saving…

After seven years, my beloved Leslie and I will be getting married!!! No, that ain’t us in the image above. In fact we don’t even plan to get all gussied up like the couple in the image above. We chose to have a small ceremony with a few friends and family which will take place at the local courthouse here in town this coming Friday. Afterward, we are off to our summer place for a honeymoon/much needed vacation which for me will last ten whole days! I trust you know what that means… To my esteemed colleagues who I have not sent a personal email announcing this event, I humbly apologise, but as one would expect, there’s been so much going on the past few weeks. I’m managing my time fairly well though, and still with a seven day work week… damn!

Now I will be back in the saddle next week with another tasty recipe to take you through the upcoming holiday. I’ve got two thoughts that have been running through my head so it looks as though I’ll have to flip a coin and see which one gets posted. Now if you can’t wait that long, then I urge you to head over and visit my friend Jason at Shindiggit. I promised to contribute a mix for his long running blog some time ago and now it has come to pass. Click on the image below for the whole skinny.

I must also get another shameless plug in there for the mighty DJ Bluewater who dropped a lovely surprise in my inbox yesterday. For those of you who are in the know, you know where to go…

Well, I need to rush off to the store and pick up some Old Bay so’s I can make dinner and I also need to put another record on the fire… I will be back once more before the big day so until then, have a good one and as always, be safe.

Peace and blessings.

Ellas McDaniel aka Bo Diddley The ORIGINATOR

30 December 1928 - 2 June 2008

Please download the story of Bo Diddley as told by Eric Burdon and The Animals, an mp3 file, 14 MB

We will never forget…

Peace and blessings.

Hello, kiddies.

Another weekend is fast approaching but before I go any further, I must apologise for my premature commentary last week. I really don’t like to let my personal issues get in the way of the blog but as it stood, I wasn’t in the best of spirits for a number of reasons. Would you believe in the course of a few short days, my mood went from sour to sweet with the acquisition of about 100 or so new 45s that came from several different places. Suffice it to say, the Guru gets big ups for coming through once again with the heat, but I must also give a big shoutout to the proprietor of Then And Now Records located in downtown Arbutus for directing me to the somewhat secret stash as well as giving me first dibs on the new arrivals. Big shouts must also go to Bill’s uncle who I had the pleasure of meeting last week. After a few hours of conversation (and a bottle of Chardonnay) he managed to make my jaw hit the floor by offering to contribute his extensive record collection to the Fufu Stew experience. So far I’ve only scratched the surface of what he has to offer so as far as I’m concerned, the sky’s the limit… Anyway, enough of my rambling on. I’m going on record now to say that I will continue to serve up new batches of Fufu Stew. Thanks to some of the issues that I alluded to earlier, I won’t be posting as often as I’d like, but as long as my iPod and the in-dash CD player in lil’ truck still work, I will continue to make mixes and bring them to you as often as I am able. I want to thank my friends and colleagues who offered words of encouragement and concern last week. It really means a lot to know that  I am still bringing joy to all of you and I will continue to do my best not to disappoint. With that said, it’s time to get back to business and play a bit of catch up with this, my latest all 45 rpm exercise which ironically enough is called

01 Oh Yeah-Joe Cuba Sextet (Tico)
02 Live It Up-Dusty Springfield (Philips)
03 Percolatin’-Willie Mitchell (Hi)
04 Ain’t It Good Enough-Nu Sound Express LTD (Silver Dollar)
05 The Charge-Bronc Glows (Bull City)
06 Get It-Sam And Dave (Atlantic)
07 Explosion In You Soul-Soul Survivors (Crimson)
08 Oh Po Pa Do-Skip Easterling (Instant)
09 Go Go Train-Jackie Paine (Jet Stream)
10 Handwriting On The Wall-Frankie & The Spindles (Roc-Ker)
11 I Can’t Convince My Heart-The Free Movement (Decca)
12 Broken Hearted Fool-Inez Foxx (Symbol)
13 Give the Drummer Some More-Little Hooks with Ray Nato and the Kings (Enjay)
14 Go Head On-Chris Montez (A&M)
15 Let’s Do It Together-The Fantastic Johnny C (Kama Sutra)
16 Cat’s Got Her Tongue-Joe Tex (Dial)
17 Satisfaction Guaranteed-Duncan Brothers (Capitol)
18 Don’t Be Sore At Me-The Parliaments (Revilot)
19 New Love-The Fantastic Johnny C (Phil LA Of SOul)
20 Boss Love-Lee Rogers (Tuff)
21 In The Midnight Hour-The Mirettes (Revue)
22 He’s Not That Kind Of Guy-The Tangeers (Scepter)
23 Good Guys Only Win In The Movies-Mel & Tim (Bamboo)
24 He Who Picks A Rose-Edwin Starr (Gordy)
25 Sweet Things You Do-Eddie Floyd (Stax)
26 Shing A Ling Baby-Willie Bobo (Verve)
27 Black And Blues-Chollo Rivera & The Latin Soul Drives (Cotique)
28 Doin’ The Ali Shuffle-Alvin Cash (Mar V Lus)
29 Back Lash-George Kerr Orchestra (All Platinum)
30 One More Time You All-Nu Sound Express Ltd (Silver Dollar)

Please download and enjoy The Soul Chef’s Finest Catch Up, 72 MB

Here’s the link to the mp3 file
Here’s the link to the zip file

I will bring the label scans back soon…

The next time we meet I will have a VERY BIG bombshell for you but now I am going to spend the bulk of the weekend troubleshooting with this new high definition monitor. Yeah, the folks at Verizon came through at long last. Now the fiber optic experience is complete! Ol’ Bessie and the cable box are on board, but the DVD player is waiting patiently to join in on the fun. Before I toddle off to bed, I do want to give a shoutout to the team at My Favourite Sound for continuing to fight the good fight. Nothing but love for all of you! Let me also welcome and introduce you to the newest members of the Fufu army…

Rarin’ To Go
Retro Remixes
45 & 12
Musicmeiho

Be sure to drop by and show your love… and to the readers of those fine blogs, glad to have you aboard!

There’s still more 45s to play and mix so stay tuned… and to those who I promised guest mixes to, I still have you covered. Thanks for being patient and trust me, I’ll be sure to bring the heat.. Have a great weekend and as always, be safe.

Peace and blessings.

Hello, kiddies.

While things have been looking bleak around these parts lately, I still try my best to make time to offer up a few goodies for my friends. Case in point is the latest mix that I did for my good friend the HeavySoulBrutha. In preparation for a much needed vinyl digging retreat (more on that in a later post), I pulled out a batch of instrumental 45s and came up with

“…ain’t no words to this song; you just dance and hum along.” - Norman Whitfield

01 Slick-Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (A&M)
02 Come See About Me-Choker Campbell’s Big Band (Motown)
03 I’ve Been Saved-Leonard King & The Soul Messengers (Inferno)
04 Bear Mash-Ramsey Lewis (Cadet)
05 Ham Hocks Espanol-Jimmy Castor (Smash)
06 The Dock Of The Bay-The Soulful Strings (Cadet)
07 Bad Night-Sammy Ambrose (Musicor)
08 Hole In The Wall-The Packers (Pure Soul)
09 Listen Here-Jay Jackson & The Heads Of Our Time (Mr. G)
10 Beware Of The Dog-Georgie Fame (Epic)
11 Getting Right-Baby Cortez (Checker)
12 Shot In The Dark-The Da-Kars (Josie)
13 Pata Pata-Ray Bryant (Cadet)
14 Soul Bossa Nova-Brenard Purdie (Date)
15 Late Late Party-The Martinis (Bar)
16 Theme From Electric Surfboard-Brother Jack McDuff (Blue Note)
17 Light My Fire-The Soul Merchants (Weis)
18 Miss Letha Jones-The Chargers (B.E.A.T)
19 The Chokin’ Kind-The Billy Mitchell Group (Calla)
20 99 Plus 1-Gentleman June Gardner (Blue Rock)
21 Buttered Popcorn-Bill Doggett (King)
22 Slow Drag-King Curtis (Capitol)
23 Night Fo’ Last-Shorty Long (Soul)
24 Soul Limbo-Booker T. & The MGs (Stax)
25 30-60-90-Willie Mitchell (Hi)
26 The Oogum Boogum Song-Freddie Robinson (World Pacific Jazz)
27 I’ll Lose My Mind-James Brown (King)

Please head on over to HeavySoulBrutha’s place and enjoy Talking Loud And Saying Nothing…

I do have one more silver dollar to lay on you all before my retreat begins. I’ll be back later in the week with the holiday Soul shot. Have a good one and as always, be safe.

Peace and blessings.

Hello, kiddies.

Here’s another installment of Come On In My Kitchen for your hungry ears… This time around I bring to you another of my favourite selectors representing the Great White North, Shindiggit’s own Jason X. He was gracious enough to put together a nice bag of all vinyl “riddim” to usher in the warm and sunny weather. Around these parts, that could be a little premature according to the weatherman as he is predicting a weekend full of rain. So far it’s been rather nice outside, and since I really don’t trust weathermen too much, I’ll take the sunshine and hope that it continues. If the weather isn’t up to snuff in your part of the world, then let this delightful mix brighten up your day…

1. Jackie Mittoo - Groovy Spirit (Summus)
2. Byron Lee & The Dragonairres - Here I am Baby (Dynamic)
3. The Maytals - Feel So Good (Trojan)
4. Dandy Livingstone - Reggae In Your Jeggae (Trojan)
5. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - It Mek (Trojan)
6. Ethiopians - Train To Skaville (Record Corner)
7. Eric “Monty” Morris - Sammy Dead (Kentone)
8. Prince Buster - Rough Rider (Prince Buster)
9. Peter Tosh - Them A Fe Get A Beatin’ (Attack)
10. Heptones - The Magnificent Heptones (Attack)
11. Mad Lads - Ten To One (Coxsone)
12. Augustos Pablos - Lover’s Mood (Hot Shot)
13. Augustos Pablos - Lover’s Rock (Hot Shot)
14. U Roy - King Tubby Skank (Jackpot)
15. Derrick Harriot - Brown Baby (Trojan)
16. Ken Boothe - Is It Because I’m Black (Wild Flower)
17. Adoms Treo - Reggae Exrence (Nu Sound)
18. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The Devil (Island)
19. Jennifer Lara & Soul Vendor - Tell Me Where (Coxsone)
20. Roots Radics Band - CHART (African Museum)
21. Hortense Ellis - I Don’t Have A Wooden Heart (Imperial)

I think you’ll find I’ve managed to throw a lot of different styles in there. I hope you SHINDIGGIT!

Keep The Faith!
Jason X

please download and enjoy Everyting’s IRIE, a 320 kbps mp3 file, 137 MB, and be sure to visit and support Shindiggit!

I’m off to finish watching the Flyers game… Tonight is a must win so I hope they do well… Have a good weekend and as always be safe.

Peace and blessings.

Hello, kiddies.

Time once again for another installment of Come On In My Kitchen. Lucky number thirteen to be exact, and how appropriate because I am indeed lucky to have the next selector join us. I like to call him the eyes and ears of the Soul community, but you all know him best as Colin Dilnot. There’s no denying that he really stays all over the latest Funk and Soul findings and brings it straight to the masses with In Dangerous Rhythm. And that’s not all. For now, let’s all enjoy this exclusive selection that features some of his favourite Detroit sides from 1972-1976.

1. Eddie Robinson-The Door Is Open (Myrrh) LP Reflections Of The Man Inside
2. Vee Gees-Talkin’ (Jump Off)
3. The Bitter & The Sweet-I Won’t Have No Babies For You (Anything Everything)
4. Ronnie McNeir-You Better Come On Down (Prodigal)
5. Sandra Richardson-Don’t Let me Down (Innersoul)
6. Eddie Parker-Body Chains (Prodigal)
7. Four Real-The Man (Flying Eagles)
8. Smith Brothers-Payback Is A Drag (Sound Dimension)
9. Flaming Emeralds-Have Some Everybody (Fee)
10. Fugi-Revelations (Chess) (Unreleased version)
11. Bobby Franklin-Whatever’s Your Sign (Babylon) (Long Version)
 
Please download and enjoy Colin’s special guest mix, a 56 MB mp3 file, and be sure to visit and support his fine family of blogs…
 
In Dangerous Rhythm. This blog is a soulful diary - reflecting my day to day involvement with music - featuring news, reviews often with audio samples, links to articles, short mixes, single tracks, videos, playlists etc
 
Dark End Of The Street. Soulful conversations - my in-depth interviews, conversations with soul artists, photographic record of meetings or reviews of shows I have attended.
 
Keeping Soul Alive. Dedicated to longer mixes often featuring sides mentioned on In Dangerous Rhythm or Dark End Of The Street. A new mix is posted every Monday and in the next month I will additionally be featuring guest mixes from DJs and friends some of whom have never posted on the Net before.

and if that wasn’t enough, he’s got massive amounts of live clips and even more interviews over at the all new Soul Mish Mash. I told you, this cat’s got his soul together…

I’ll be back soon with an all new all 45 rpm exercise and a bit of a surprise. Until then, have a good weekend and a wonderful Mother’s Day. I’ll be doing dinner on the ground for my mom. She really goes for shrimp on the barbie… Whatever you have planned for the weekend, be sure to be safe.

Peace and blessings.

Hello, kiddies.

I’ve hit the big time (or at least I like to think I did at any rate)… Thanks to the mighty DJ Double K, I am now a part of the growing family of podcasters currently on iTunes! Be sure to head over to the Parkdale Funk Show and dig into my latest all 45 rpm exercise simply called

here’s the playlist…

introspeak from Monty Python’s Flying Circus
01 A Joyful Process-Funkadelic (Westbound)
02 Gimme Some More-The JBs (People)
03 Marvin’s Groove-B.W. Souls (Round)
04 I Can’t Stand Myself When You Touch Me Pt. 1-James Brown (King)
05 Soul Party Pt. 2-Bobby Williams (REW)
06 There’ll Be Some Changes-Maskman & The Agents (Dynamo)
07 I Been Watching You-South Side Movement (Wand)
08 Bo Did It-The Hidden Cost (Marmaduke)
09 Finders Keepers-Chairmen Of The Board (Invictus)
10 Jungle Fever-The Chakakas (Polydor)
11 Smell The Funk-The Inner Drive (Zodiac)
12 Walt’s First Trip-Ohio Players (Westbound)
13 Pucker Up Buttercup-Jr. Walker & The All Stars (Soul)
14 Hunk Of Funk-Brother Jack McDuff (Blue Note)
15 Hook And Sling Pt. 1-Eddie Bo (Scram)
16 Sophisticated Sissy-The Meters (Josie)
17 Mod Squad You All-The Mod Squad (Tangerine)
18 Twine Time-Alvin Cash (XL)
19 Shake Your Tambourine-Bobby Marchan (Cameo)
20 The Frog-Kool & The Gang (De-Lite)
21 The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg-The Parliaments (Revilot)
22 Impeach The President-The Honeydrippers (Alaga)
23 The Stretch Pt. 1-Detroit Sex Machines (Soul Track)
24 Truck In-Midnight Movers Unltd. (Renee)
25 Black And White-Young Holt Unlimited (Cotillion)

You can listen to this exclusive mix by clicking here, or subscribe to the free podcast where you can find hours and hours of great mixes from great DJs. Being the armchair DJ that I am, it’s a real privilege to be among such good company… Mad props and thanks to Double K for the invitation and don’t forget, he also came into the kitchen. His selection is still up and ready for your aural consumption. Always good to be here and even better to have you here. Thanks for dropping by.

Peace and blessings.

Hello, kiddies.

I was asked to share this soapbox moment with you all in light of the current state of our ailing society. Considering that the so-called “mission” was accomplished five years ago last week, I feel that this clip is a rather poignant statement… You may or may not agree with the commentary contained within, but since I will ALWAYS believe in the First Amendment and EVERYTHING that it stands for, I will add this quotation:

“There is nothing wrong with America that can’t be fixed with what is right with America…“

Thank you to Brother Barry C. Harrington and to all of our brothers and sisters who are still suffering the slings and arrows…

Peace and blessings.