Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

UpBEAT!!!!!!!

THERE IS A NEW DJ NIGHT COMING TO RICHMOND VIRGINIA!!!! UpBeat! MODSvsROCKERS night!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is sure to be a riot!

Yvonne Baker - You Didn`t Say a Word - 1966


Monday, November 21, 2011

PRESSURE DROP!!!!

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN RICHMOND VA!!!!! TELL A FRIEND!

Monday, November 14, 2011

Sunday, October 2, 2011

THE ATTACK!



The Attack were a freakbeat/psychedelic rock band formed in 1966 around singer Richard ShirmanLondon). The first line-up featured drummer Alan Whitehead from Marmalade, guitarist David O'List (later of The Nice) and John Du Cann (later of Andromeda and Atomic Rooster).[1] Their first single "Try It" had also been recorded by The Standells and Ohio Express.[1]version of "Hi Ho Silver Lining", a few days earlier than Jeff Beck.[1] Richard Shirman was invited to be singer with Andromeda but he declined. (born 26 April 1949, They also released a
In 1979 Shirmam reunited The Attack. Two years later he founded another band Hershey and the 12 Bars who released an album in 2000: Greatest Hits Volume II (A New Day Records, AND CD43). The line-up was: Richard 'Hershey' Shirman: vocals, harmonica, Mike Summerland: lead guitar, Ernie Hayes: rhythm guitar, Gary Baldwin: Hammond organ, Al MacLean: bass, Alan Coulter: drums
Shirman suff

Thursday, September 22, 2011

The Impressions - Colour Us All Gray (I'm Lost)


flip flop stevens - "let's do that thing" part 1and 2 on shiptown! soul funk 45

Willie Stephen, better known as Flip Flop Stevens, was legendary in the Tidewater area as a high energy performer. Flip's three known singles offer some insight into just how dynamic his live shows must have been. His first record for Shiptown, 1968's "Come On Let's Do That Thing", even came complete with over dubbed crowd hysteria. In the next two years Stevens went on to release two more 45's, both on Dynamite. "Live Your Own Life" (available on the Ol' Virginia Soul: Encore! CD) was his first for the new label, a 100 MPH funky soul stormer widely regarded as his best.(FunkyVirginia)

Monday, September 19, 2011

Syl Johnson "Different Strokes"

Born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Johnson sang and played with blues artists Magic Sam, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf in the 1950s, before recording with Jimmy Reed for Vee-Jay in 1959. He made his solo debut that same year with Federal, a subsidiary of King Records of Cincinnati, backed by Freddie King on guitar.
He then began recording for Twinight Records of Chicago in the mid 1960s. Beginning with his first hit, Come On Sock It to Me in 1967, Johnson dominated the label as both a hitmaker and producer. His song Different Strokes, also from 1967, featured recently on the Ultimate Breaks and Beatsbreakbeat compilation.
Like other black songwriters of the period, several of his records at this time explored themes of African-American identity and social problems in songs including Is It Because I'm Black, which reached Number 11 in the R&B charts in 1969.
In 1971, Willie Mitchell brought Johnson to Hi Records, the two recording three albums which spawned a number of singles. Produced in Memphis with the Hi house band, these yielded music of power and enduring value, including the hits We Did It, Back for a Taste of Your Love and Take Me to the River, his biggest success, reaching Number 7 on the R&B charts in 1975. However, at Hi Johnson was always to some extent in Al Green's shadow commercially, if not artistically. Mitchell also chose to use mainly in-house material rather than Johnson originals.
After the Hi years ended, Johnson produced two LPs for his own Shama label, the latter of which (Ms. Fine Brown Frame, 1982) was picked up for distribution by Boardwalk Records and produced Johnson's last hit record, the title cut.
Around the mid-1980s, Johnson started a fast-food fish restaurant business, and became semi-retired from performing, only making occasional appearances at blues club gigs.[1]
In 1992, Johnson found out that his song "Different Strokes" had been sampled by number of rappers Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, Kool G Rap, Hammer, and the Geto Boys. Stimulated by this fact, he decided to make a comeback in the music industry.[1] In 1994, he released the album Back in the Game on Delmark Records. The album featured the Hi rhythm section and his youngest daughter Syleena Johnson. including
Blues guitarist and singer Jimmy Johnson, and bassist Mack Thompson are his brothers.


 

Saturday, September 17, 2011

MR. JAMES CARR

 (June 13, 1942 - January 7, 2001), was an American Rhythm & Blues and soul singer.
Born to a Baptist preacher's family in Coahoma, Mississippi, Carr began singing in church and was performing in gospel groups and making tables on an assembly line in Memphis, Tennessee, when he began recording in the mid-'60s for Goldwax Records, a small Memphis based label.

Carr first made the R&B charts in 1966 with "You've Got My Mind Messed Up", followed by his most famous song "The Dark End of the Street", written by Dan Penn and Chips Moman. Carr continued to record for Goldwax until the label closed in 1969 but failed to reach the same heights with his subsequent releases.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

PRESSURE DROP!!!!!! SEPT.24TH!!!! RVA!!

IF YOU LIVE NEAR OR AROUND RICHMOND VIRGINIA AND YOU DIG  ROCKSTEADY,SKA,  2TONE OR BIG BOSS REGGAE AKA SKINHEAD REGGAE!!! THIS IS THE NIGHT FOR YOU! 100% VINYL!!!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT!!! REGGAE JEGGAE!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

The Rolling Stones - 2120 South Michigan Avenue

 "2120 South Michigan Avenue" is an original instrumental by the Rolling Stones recorded for their second EP Five by Five. It was also released on their second US album 12 X 5 in 1964. Composer credit goes to Nanker Phelge, a title giving credit equally to all members of the band. In the book Rolling with the Stones, Bill Wyman recalls that the composition process started with him playing a bass riff and that the others followed on jamming.
The title refers to the address of the offices and recording studios of Chess Records and Checker Records in Chicago where the five songs for the EP were recorded in June 1964.
AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger described the song as a great groovin' original blues-rock jam. The song was originally released at just over two minutes in length, fading early for lack of time available on a conventional EP in 1964. A full length (3:38 minute) version appears on the 1964 West German Decca LP Around And Around, and the 2002 CD re-release of 12 X 5. There is also a rarer second take which has a rougher, more blues-based sound than the better known Five by Five rock-groove version. This version, with its short but distinctive tremolo guitar riff, was under consideration as the title track of an eventually unreleased 1964 blues album.


Saturday, August 20, 2011

PRESSURE DROP!!!!!!!!! LAST NIGHT!!!





THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME OUT!!! THERE IS NOTHING LIKE HEARING SOME GOOD OLD BOSS REGGAE AT LEVEL 11!!!!!!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

PRESSURE DROP!!!!!!!!! THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!!!!!

ONCE A MONTH IN RVA!!!! COME OUT TO RICHMOND'S ONLY BIG BOSS REGGAE NIGHT!!!THIS MONTH IT WILL BE ON A FRIDAY!!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT!!!! GET READY TO GET UP OFF YOUR FEET AND DANCE TO THAT BIG BOSS REGGAE BEAT!!!!!! FREE!!!!! 100% VINYL! 10PM TIL LAST CALL!!!!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Sandpebbles - Love Power



SOULPOWER!!!!!!!!! RVA'S LEGENDARY SOUL PARTY LAST NIGHT!





GOODTIMES Last night in RVA!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME OUT IT WAS A REAL SMASH!!!!!