We'll do the Bird of Paradise with The Grease Traps, dig in to tasty tracks from Black Sugar and Chocolate Milk, and pay tribute to the late, great Dr. Lonnie Smith.
UpFront Soul #2021.41 Playlist PLEASE NOTE: Due to the vagaries of Spinitron, these songs are listed in reverse order. (i.e., Joan Armatrading Back to the Night is song 1, hour 1Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA Charles Earland "Message from a Black Man" from Living Black! Rufus w/ Chaka Khan "Tell Me Something Good" from Pure Funk Tom Browne "Funkin' for Jamaica" from Funkin' for Jamaica Endrecheri "Lovey Dovey" from GO TO FUNK Kaleta & Super Yamba Band "Hungry Man, Angry Man" from Medaho Fela Kuti "Black Man's Cry" from Live with Ginger Baker Chocolate Milk "Ain't Nothing But A Thing" from Action Speaks Louder Than Words Mickey & The Soul Generation "Get Down Brother" from Iron Leg Black Sugar "The Looser" from Black Sugar Mahalia Jackson "There's Been a Great Change in Me" from Moving On Up a Little Higher Mary Love "Lay This Burden" on Modern Otis Redding "Hey Hey Baby" from These Arms of Mine Erma Franklin "Don't Wait Too Long" from Erma Franklin: Piece Of Her Heart - The Epic And Shout Years Al Green "Don't Hurt Me No More" from Back Up Train Benny Spellman "Lipstick Traces - Original" from Benny Spellman Selected Favorites Jackie Opel "Cry Me a River" from The Best of Super Rare Soul Richard "Groove" Holmes "Blues for Big Fred" from Welcome Home! Soul Jazz Masters The Glories "Don't Dial My Number" from Soul Legend La Mont Zeno Theater "Tell Them They Are Beautiful" from Black Fairy on Athens of the North Ramon Morris "First Come, First Served" from Sweet Sister Funk Betty Griffin "Free Spirit" from Greg Belson's Divine Disco on Deano Sounds Brother Jack McDuff Quintet feat. David Newman "But It's Alright" The Jazz Crusaders "Uh Huh" Dr. Lonnie Smith "Move Your Hand" James Brown "Get on the Good Foot" from 20 All Time Greatest Hits! The JBs "Soul Power" The Grease Traps "Bird of Paradise" from Solid Ground Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night