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New Music From Roger Smith-Rosco’s Place 2

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Roger Smith’s new CD “Rosco’s Place 2” will be out this October. HornDrivenRadio.com is pleased to announce that we now have in our rotation (playing several times) one of the songs from this new release. The title of the song is “Party Up” and features Mic Gillette playing all the trumpet/Trombone parts, and Tom Politzer playing all the saxophone parts. As you know Mic, Tom, and Roger are all members of “Tower Of Power”. Over the next few weeks we will be adding more songs from this great CD, and we hope to have some artwork available as well, plus an announcement of the CD’s release at Strokeland Records, and other outlets.

For more info on Roger go to www.rogersmith.net, www.jazzrosco.com

Updated Playlist

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Happy Labor Day Weekend Everyone!

Below is our current playlist uploaded today. As always this list is in artist order and not in order of play.

***Big Sam’s Funky Nation—Big Ol’ Booty
***Bononia Sound Machine—Get Back
***Bononia Sound Machine—TWISU
***Chuck Brown & Eva Cassidy—Let The Good Times Roll
***DR. MUSIC—On The Road
***East Bay Soul—Five To Eleven
***East Bay Soul—Jump, Shout & Holler
***Groove Corporation—Blind Man With A Cigarette
***Hamilton Loomis—Take A Number (Stand In Line)
***Michael Grimm—I’ve Been Loving You
***Mick Sterling & The Stud Brothers—Jackie Wilson Said
***Mighty Sam McClain—Long Train Runnin’
***Mike Reilly—Whos Been Sleeping In My Bed
***Mingo Fishtrap—In The Bank
***Molasses—Straight From The Players
***Muscle Shoals Horns—More Than Ever Now
***MYRA BARNES—Super Good (Parts 1 & 2)
***Neville Brothers—Vodoo
***New York Horns—Bring That Friend Of Yours
***Nick Lane—An Inside Joke
***Nils Gessinger—Jam It Up
***Nils Gessinger—Soulmusic
***Nils Landgren—Give it up
***Nils Landgren—Simple Life
***O.V. Wright—Born All Over
***Otis Grand—Finish Line w/Curtis Selgado
***Pamela Rose—The One That Got Away
***Pat O’Donnell—Tee Time
***Patrick Allen—You Lit A Fire In Me
***Paul Craver—Macon Memphis and Muscle Shoals
***Paul Langille—Talk Is Cheap
***Paulo Mendoca—Respect
***Pee Wee Ellis—Cold Sweat / Licking Stick Licking Stick
***Pete Escovedo—Esta Noche
***Peter Friestedt—There ain’t nothin’ (wings of joyful thinkin’)
***Peter Friestedt—Time To Play
***Phantom Blues Band—Think
***Phoebe Snow—Best Of My Love
***Players Association—Ride The Groove
***Poncho Sanchez—Shotgun Slim
***Prime Time Funk—Ready And Willing
***Quincy Jones—Turn On The Action
***Raphael Wressnig & Alex Schultz—What’s Going On
***Ray Charles—Still Crazy After All These Years
***Rented Mule—Massapoag Jaunt
***Reuben Wilson—Movin’ On
***ReUnion—Willing to Learn
***Richard Elliot—The Boys From The Bay
***Richard Smith—Sing A Song
***Rick Braun—Down and Dirty
***Rippopotamus—Fanfare Of Funk
***Robbin Thompson & Steve Bassett—Sweet Virginia Breeze
***Robert Peckman—Stirrin’ Up Bees
***Rod Hedland—Someday
***Roger Smith—Fiesta
***Roger Smith—Miss Wiggle (So What!)
***Rufus Thomas—Barefootin’
***RYAN FORET AND FORET TRADITION—TO LOVE SOMEBODY
***Sage—Nobody Does It Like You
***Sage—Take Me Back to the City
***Sanford & Townsend—Smoke From A Distant Fire
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns—Ain’t That Peculiar
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns—When The Curtain Goes Up
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns—Wishing Well
***Santana—Everybody´s Everything
***Santana—Watch Your Step
***Scott Martin Latin Soul Band—Pork Choppin’
***Scott Martin—Fried Neckbones
***Seawind—What cha doin’
***Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings—100 Days
***Shilts—Stax Of Sax
***Shirley Scott & The Soul Saxes—It’s Your Thing
***Sly & The Family Stone—Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
***Smokin’ With Superman—2 Sweet Fine Hams
***Soul Stew—Love And Happiness
***Soulbop—Midnight Hour
***Soulpatrol—Get Up!
***Southside Johnny—Cadillac Jack
***Spyders—I Can Take Care of Myself
***Spyro Gyra—Morning Dance
***Stefan Redtenbacher—Fred’s Haus
***Steve Ferrone—Pick Up The Pieces
***Steve Hilliam—Take Ur Pick
***Stevie Wonder—If You Really Love Me
***Strokeland Superband—Bumped Up To First Class
***Super Funky Express—One More Dance
***Tad Robinson—Too Late To Turn Back Now
***Ten Wheel Drive—Tightrope
***The Bamboos—Keep Me In Mind
***The Bamboos—Turn It Up
***The California Honeydrops—When It Was Wrong
***The Rascals—Jungle Walk
***The Sons of Champlin—Tabacco Road
***The Soul Children—Who Is She (And What Is She To You) – The Soul Children
***THE SUN MESSENGERS—Late Night Cruise
***The Super Groovers—Super Groover
***Tito Nieves—I Won’t Last A Day Without You
***Toler/Townsend Band—Full Time Fool
***Tom Saviano—JP’s Groove
***Tom Scott—Sarah, Sarah
***Tommy Castro—Big Sisters Radio
***Toto—Rosanna
***Tower of Power—Come To A Decision
***Tower Of Power—I Like Your Style
***Tower Of Power—Pocketful Of Soul
***Van Morrison—Moondance
***Various Artists—Standing On Shaky Ground – Delbert McClinton
***Vernon Garrett—I’m Not Gonna Go Down
***Warren Hill—Easy
***Was (Not Was)—I Can’t Turn You Loose
***Wayne Cochran—Goin’ Back To Miami
***Wet Willie—Weekend (full version)
***Whiskey Howl—Everythings Gonna Be Alright
***Willie Hutch—Love Runs Out
***Willie Mitchell—30-60-90
***Wilson Pickett—Do You Like Good Music
***Win Marcinak—ESP
***Yoichi Murata—Ready For Your Love
***Zen Blues Quartet—What A Life

This weeks Greg Adams Short Story

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“Tahiti, 2005. I was invited to travel to Papeete, Tahiti for a week of playing some jazz with a local bass player named Felix. Accompanying me was Joey Navarro, the keyboard player in my band and now EBS. And of course Andrea went with me. It’s about an 8 hour flight from L.A. Overnight, so we arr…ived at about sunrise the next day. Wow. What a paradise. They put us in the Hotel Intercontinental. Beautiful hotel right on the beach with over-water bungalows. Talk about a working vacation, you couldn’t get any better than this Oh, and the food. Oh boy.

We were given vouchers for the restaurants in the hotel. French and Asian were the predominant cuisines. You could have sushi or sashimi for B, L or D if you wanted. The gigs were just a minor inconvenience, if you know what I mean. But 3 shows in 6 days was do able. And at the end of the week, we were treated to an unbelievable afternoon on a privately owned motu (island) just off the coast. It was a trip of a lifetime for us! Now that I’ve told you about this wonderful travelogue we went on, there’s just one little thing that happened the first night on the bandstand.

Our first show was the evening of the day of our arrival. A little jet lag, but who cared? After all, we were in Tahiti! The show was in the hotel, so there was no stress there. Just stroll down from the room and into the restaurant where they’d built a small stage for us. The restaurant was packed and things were looking good for a nice little show. We’d rehearsed earlier in the afternoon and we were just doing standards, so if it was loose, no biggy. Once again, after all we were in Tahiti. Went on stage to set up, putting my horn stands for my trumpet and flugal on the small drum riser behind me. When we were ready to start, the drummer started the count to Night In Tunisia or something like that. Most the songs were straight ahead jazz, which I love to play. I’m holding my flugal and as the drummer hits the downbeat with his bass drum, my trumpet goes flying and hits the stage mangling my first valve. Oh boy. It’s not moving at all. I figure I get through the night on flugal and get it repaired tomorrow. After the song ends, I turn to the local tenor sax player whose in this week’s band and ask him, “Where’s the closest brass repairman?”  He turns to me and says, “L.A.” I finished the week on flugal. After all, we were in Tahiti.”

See you next week.

For more on Greg go to http://www.gregadamsmusic.com/ or http://www.eastbaysoul.com/

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