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TOP Ten ways to celebrate Rocco’s (Prestia) Birthday (3-7) By Al Carlos

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10. The bus driver dressed like a Clown makes obscene cartoon balloons.

9. Spend the day at the airport getting frisked.

8. Fill a piñata full of Advil, hit it with a bass.

7. Hostess snowball with a wooden match candle cake.

6. Band chips in for a carton of generic squares (Biker term for cigarettes).

5. One gallon of Red Mountain jug wine, no cups.

4. Homemade fan underware head band and matching ascot.

3. Keswick fans yodeling Happy Birthday via cell phone.

2. Coincidentally, every band member gives him stolen hotel ashtray presents.

1. His entire liver transplant surgical team gets gold watches.

News From Tony Adamo

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Tony Adamo’s Voice N’ Soul Music
Fred Harris, Los Angeles, California
UrbanZone Productions

Strokeland recording artist, Tony Adamo, got a new perspective of Voice N’ Soul when his long time guitarist/producer, Jerry Stucker got down with it at Capitol Studios and Mastering, at the historic Capitol Records Building, Hollywood, California. He brought in the big fat funk jazz beat of Stephen ‘Doc’ Kupka (Tower of Power, Strokeland Records) and Neil Larsen (Diana Krall, B.B. King, Greg Allman) for Adamo’s cover of the Tower of Power classic, “What is Hip,” written by Kupka and Emilio Castillo. The arrangement by Jerry Stucker with Adamo’s “good gracious that’s a whole lot of soul vocal and spoken hip word” is so far removed from the original, that Doc “dug the hell out of it.”

The “What is Hip” line up: Mike Clark (drums), Bill Summers(percussion), Sandy Griffith (background vocals), Eddie Henderson (trumpet), Richie Goods (bass), Neil Larsen (organ), and Jerry Stucker (guitar). Eddie Henderson in the horn section and Doc Kupka (bari sax) is mo’ funk and groove than anyone can handle.

“What is Hip” will be available as an MP3 download on Doc Kupka’s Strokeland Records soon. Horndrivenradio will be the first radio station in the west to play”What Is Hip.” Raoul Fernandes PD for Horndrivenradio has been running”‘This Time It’s Real” in its rotation for several months. The retooled “What Is Hip” and This Time It’s Real” will be on Adamo’s new unnamed CD. Drop date 5-1-10.So get ready for some swingn’ soul groove vocals that brings the hip back to funk.

Above Photo by Mark Leialoha

For more information on Tony Adamo check him out at  www.strokeland.com

New CD from Scott Martin

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Scott Martin’s new CD “Only Trust Your Heart” now has an official release date of March 29th.  The CD features Justo Almario as special guest.

About Scott Martin:

Scott Martin is exploding on the scene as a leader of his own band, The Latin Soul Band, after more than fourteen years of playing with the GRAMMY® Award Winning Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band. He was an influential part of the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band and has recorded with Ray Charles, Billy Preston, Sam Moore and many other soul greats.

While Scott Martin was traveling the world, performing, recording, composing and arranging with Poncho Sanchez, the band received a GRAMMY® Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance and they were nominated numerous times. They also won 2 Billboard Music Awards, and embarked on countless World and Nationwide tours. Scott’s compositions have been featured on Poncho’s recordings, as well as on TV shows such as “Sex and the City”, “The Jimmy Kimmel Show”, “As The World Turns” and more.

The Scott Martin Latin Soul Band has performed at numerous venues and festivals all over in the last couple of years. They performed a tour of Japan, a tour of Canada, they played at the Hawaii International Jazz Festival, Mammoth Mountain Jazz Jubilee, Temecula International Jazz Festival, KSDS ‘Jazz Live’ from the  Seville Theatre, Brea Jazz Festival, Oxnard Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, and many more concerts, events, and jazz clubs.

Scott Martin’s latest CD is called ‘Organic Voodoo Juice’. It is a powerful musical statement from Scott Martin and his Latin Soul collaborators, once again straddling the musical genres of Jazz, Latin and Soul. Scott Martin’s Band has captured some magical moments on this CD. Featuring the B3 organ sounds of Joe Bagg, this CD is reminiscent of the sounds of the classic organ groups of the 1960’s. This CD also features Ramon Banda, a great drummer well respected all over the world. Rene Camacho anchors the rhythm section on bass. The Martin Brother Horns add their horn expertise, and Rick White plays some great guitar as well as contributing some compositions and vocals.

Scott’s first release, “Café Cubano” on SCM Records is a collection of mostly original compositions penned by Scott Martin and/or his collaborator, guitarist Rick White. It’s an array of tunes with influences from Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria to Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters; which received radio airplay all over the US, Japan, and Europe.Poncho Sanchez performs on this CD as Scott Martin’s special guest. This CD is *Soulful Latin Jazz at it’s finest!

Scott Martin’s second CD is entitled “Menudo & Gritz”. It combines Scott’s long term tenure performing Latin Jazz, and his love and experience of playing soul and jazz, and mixes them into a soulful sonic stew that is extremely intoxicating. It also features three generations of Martin Family Horns!! Scott’s father – Dave ‘Big Daddy’ Martin, his two brothers – Stan and Andy Martin, and his son- Tyler ‘The Kid’ Martin all play. Latin Soul never sounded better!!


For More on Scott go to www.scottmartinjazz.com
 

New Playist Today 03/04/2010

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New playlist uploaded today.  As usual playlist is in artist order and not order of play:

***Ain’t No Thang\Sister Long Legs
***Al Kooper\Id Rather Be An Old Mans Sweetheart (Than A Young Mans Fool)
***Alias Smith and Lane\Little Buggers
***Back To Basic\Solid Soul
***Back To Basic\No Mumbo Jumbo
***Barela\Tower Pops
***Beaufunk\Par-Tay
***Big Band Der Bundeswehr\Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
***BIG HORNS BEE\Vamp Intro (Reprise)
***Bing & the Bingtones\Funk With Me
***Bing & The Bingtones\Old Soul Music
***Blood, Sweat & Tears\I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
***Bononia Sound Machine\Wasted Time
***Brandon Fields\Grapevine
***Brecker Bros.\Some Skunk Funk
***Bull City Syndicate\Brother Man
***Candy Dulfer\Drop It In The Slot
***Chad Rager Groove\Squib Cakes
***Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band\Express Yourself
***Chester Thompson\Mr. T
***Cold Blood\Down To The Bone
***Darrell Nulisch\My Baby’s Gone
***Dave Weckl Band\Tower Of Inspiration
***Delbert McClinton\New York City
***Doctor Funk\It May Be Very Good
***Doug & the Slugs\It’s Got To Be Monday
***Downchild Blues Band\I Got Everything I Need
***Drori-Hansen Furniture\I Can Take It
***East Bay Soul\iHope
***East Bay Soul\Jump, Shout & Holler
***Eric Miyashiro\Ken’s Bar
***Five Alarm Funk\Don Mega
***Fontella Bass\Rescue Me
***Francis Rocco Prestia\Everybody on the Bus
***Frank Biner\Old Home Week
***Freeport\Keep it Up All Alone the Line
***Funk Filharmonik\Everybody Get Down
***Gangbuster\Mercy Mercy
***Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band\There’s The Rub
***Gota Yashiki\What’s Up Charlie
***Heavy Metal Horns\Horns In The House
***Himlaväsen\Ain´t No Stoppin´ Now
***Jacob Merlin\Madness (Featuring Mic Gillette)
***Jules Broussard\Cajun Moon
***King Beez\Against The Grain
***L.A. Boppers\Where Do The Bop Go?
***Lighthouse\One Fine Morning (Canadian Mix)
***Liquid Soul\This And That
***Little Mike & The Sweet Soul Music Band\Free Ride
***Lon Bronson All-Star Band\This Story Must Be Told
***Luther Kent & the Forever Fabulous Chickenhawks Showband & All-Star Revue\Pocky Way
***Luther Kent and Trick Bag\Let The Good Times Roll
***Malo\Suavecito
***Mandrill\Mango Meat
***Marc Broussard\Love And Happiness
***Max Carl & Big Dance\Show Me The Money
***MGB-Mic Gillette Band\Don’t Let The Door Hitcha
***Mic Gillette\Funky Good Time
***Michael Grimm\I’ve Been Loving You
***Mick Sterling and the Stud Brothers\Dr. Feelgood
***Mike Reilly\Whos Been Sleeping In My Bed
***Mingo Fishtrap\Catch The Bus
***Molasses\Blisters
***New York Horns\Bring That Friend Of Yours
***Nils Gessinger\Soulmusic
***Nils Landgren\Give it up
***ORIGINAL BULL SHIT BAND\WALK THE DINOSAUR
***Out Of Control\Cardiac Party
***Pee Wee Ellis\Cold Sweat / Licking Stick Licking Stick
***Peter Friestedt\Time To Play
***Phantom Blues Band\Do The Dirt
***Prime Time Funk\Ready And Willing
***ReUnion\Willing to Learn
***Richard Elliot\The Boys From The Bay
***Robert Peckman\Put It In the Pocket
***Roger Smith\Horn-Afication
***Ryan Foret and the Foret Tradidtion\Sweet Soul Music
***Sage\Funksway
***Sage\Make It Funky
***Santa Fe and The Fat City Horns\Livin’ For The City
***Santa Fe And The Fat City Horns\Wishing Well
***Santana\Everybody´s Everything
***Scott Martin\Unchain My Heart
***Shades of Soul\Enjoy Yourself
***Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings\Humble Me
***Soulbop\Midnight Hour
***Steve Ferrone\STEVE FERRONE – Put It In
***Strokeland Superband\Just As Long As We Have Each Other
***Strokeland Superband\Just In Case You Wondered
***Super Funky Express\Super Funky Express
***Tad Robinson\Too Late To Turn Back Now
***Ten Wheel Drive With Genya Ravan\Tightrope
***The Chops Band\Up For The Downstroke
***The Doobie Brothers\Long Train Running
***The Hip Pocket\The Pocket
***The Ides of March\Vehicle
***The Lincolns\Don’t Fight It
***THE SUN MESSENGERS\Late Night Cruise
***The Super Groovers\Seaside Adventures In Hollypool
***The Tubes\Tip Of My Tongue
***Tom Saviano\Over The Top
***Tony Adamo\Groove Therapy
***Topper Headon\Leave it to luck
***Tower Of Power\Attitude Dance
***Tower Of Power\You Ought to Be Havin’ Fun
***Wayne Cochran\Goin’ Back To Miami
***Yoichi Murata\Two Woodpeckers
***Zen Blues Quartet\Let A Women Be A Women
***Zen Blues Quartet\What A Life

TOP Ten things band members do during a storm By Al Carlos

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10.Designate a weave-wig catcher.

9. Horn section is not intimidated and threatens to blow back.

8. Attach a huge rubber band to Doc’s hat.

7. Make sure women with skinny legs not dance next to open windows.

6. Drink gallons of bottled Kool Aid.

5. Write songs for wind instruments.

4. Turn valve trombones into snow blowers.

3. Warn Larry not to shave his head outdoors.

2. Practice not laughing at fan hairdos when they do arrive.

1. Prepare to Oakland Stroke with Rocco’s Bass as an oar.

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