Below is a link to a recent article at Herald de Paris on Trumpet Player Al Chez titled “The Worlds Most Dangerous Trumpet Player”.

http://www.heralddeparis.com/the-worlds-most-dangerous-trumpet-player/191468

Top Ten Signs It’s All Strokeland 24-7 on Horn Driven Radio: By Al Carlos

10. Jack Mack is wearing his Harley Davidson pacemaker.

9. Dr. Funk stopped charging fans for physicals on the tour bus.

8. Funkiphino is not Backla (Lazy) or Duwag (Stupid)

 7.Chad Rager is grooving hard, not hardly grooving.

6 .Ron E. Beck hits the mike on center stage rather than hitting the traps on the one.

5. Fat City horns go on a low carb, high colonic diet.

4. Sal Cracchiolo does some Spanish Fly music.

3. Roscoe Roger Smith spends the day doing 360’s on the good foot.

2. If you can’t find the stroke after listening all day, you never had it in the first place.

1. The Doctor is in.

The playlist from now until Mid October will be made up from Artists found at Doc Kupka’s Strokeland Records.  You can find quite an array of artists at Strokeland playing many styles of music most Horn Driven, some not.   You can here samples of all these songs at Strokeland, but this is an opportunity for you to hear full versions of these songs here at HDR.  Artists from Strokeland in our rotation are as follows:

Alias Smith and Lane
Barela
Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets
Bononia Sound Machine
Bruce Conte
Chad Rager Groove
Doctor Funk
Frank Biner
Funkiphino
Glenn Walters with the Strokeland Superband
Hip Service
Jack Mack & The Heart Attack
Jazz Rosco
Jeff Tamelier
Jimmy McIntosh
John Lee Sanders
Jon R. Smith
Larry Braggs
Lon Bronson All Star Band
Mark Dolin
Melanie Jackson/Sal Cracchiolo
Mic Gillette
Mingo Fishtrap
Patrick Allen
Roger Smith
Ron E. Beck
Sage
San Gabriel 7
Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns
Strokeland Superband
Strokeland Superband With Fred Ross
Zen Blues Quartet

For more on Strokeland go to www.strokeland.com

10. Fill pockets with crushed ice and stand in spit section.

Andreas Aleman CD “It’s the journey”

Being on the Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns email list notifies recipients whenever Jerry Lopez and the guys are bringing in a special guest artist. So getting notified that Andreas Aleman would be the guest artist this past Monday night, I knew I had to be there.

In our rotation over the past few months, we have found Andrea’s music to be soulful, bluesy, and definitely funky. What Andreas brings to the table is a fantastic voice, sort of reminiscent of Ray Charles, and most of his songs have that kick that we enjoy, great brass riffs.

Monday night at the Palms started off as usual with Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns hitting hit on all cylinders, as this band never lets you down. After a few songs, Andreas came out and sang (and played keyboards) the rest of the evening with Santa Fe and did not let us down. Playing a mixture of soul, blues, and funk he rocked the house. The Palms was on fire and as the crowd was definitely into the music, as was the band, the smile on Jerry Lopez’s (leader of Santa Fe) told the whole story.

Get out an purchase some of Andreas’s music, you’ll be glad you did. To find out more about Andreas go to www.andreasaleman.com/.

For more on Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns go to www.santafeband.com.

Below is a YouTube (sound check) video for this past Monday night.