DJZigZag tells us he, "LEPT UP OUTTA HIS SEAT AND YELLED, FCUK THAT'S NICE!" . . . WHEN HE HEARD DONALD VEGA'S RAPIDINDIGLATER CALLED "ACCOMPANG" - AND IT'S GONNA BE FEATURED ON A SOON-TO-APPEAR & ALL-NEW FUTURE GROOVIN' BLUE ! ! ! JUMP UP ! ! !

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HERE'S AN ALBUM YA GOTTA PICK UP  . . . DONALD VEGA's  RESONANCE RECORDS Cd "SPIRITUAL NATURE" . . . A WINNER INDEED !
Resonance #RCD-1019
Christian McBride (bs), Lewis Nash (dm), Anthony Wilson (gtr), Donald Vega (pn)
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ANOTHER GEM FROM THE PAST FOR THE G'MAMAS & THE G'PAPAS - ONE OF THE GODS . . . T-BONE WALKER IN 1966 WITH JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC IN LONDON, ENGLAND . . . WHEW ! !

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AND . . . THAT BAND ! !
Dizzy Gillespie (fgl hrn),  Teddy Wilson (pn), Louis Bellson (dm), Clark Terry (tpt/mouthpiece solo), Coleman Hawkins (tn sx), Zoot Sims (sp sx) James Moody (alt sx), Benny Carter (alt sx), Bob Cranshaw (bs), Aaron "T-Bone" Walker (gtr)
Poplar Town Hall, 11/30/66
Whew!! one mo' again ! !

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* * FOR ALL YOU GRAND-MAMAS & GRAND-PAPAS * * IT'S ANTOINE DOMINIQUE "FATS" DOMINO JR. and IT'S 1957 - THE PERRY COMO SHOW. MR. FIVE BY FIVE - A WAGRadio NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC HERO ! !

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IMPRESSED US ABOUT THE VIDEO [uploaded to YouTube by Istash] IS THE GREAT ORCHESTRA THAT PERRY COMO HAD ON HIS SHOW.  YOU CAN HEAR THEM TAKE OVER (at 3:04) FROM THE NEW ORLEANS DOMINO GROUP and THAT FACT BECOMES MORE OBVIOUS WHEN Mr. DOMINO et al LEAVE THE STAGE AND THEN RE-ENTER LATER . . . WHO IS THE SAX PLAYER, we wonder ! ??  KING CURTIS WAS FEATURED ON THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW AND MAYBE THAT'S WHO IT IS . . . WHOEVER HE IS HE'S A HELLUVA PLAYER AS YOU WILL ATTEST TO.  THE SHOW'S WERE (MORE THAN LIKELY) PRODUCED IN NYC and WE'RE GONNA TRY AND FIND OUT WHO WAS IN THE COMO BAND.  

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LIL BUCK FROM MEMPHIS TN. DANCES ON A LOS ANGELES OVERPASS . . . NUFF SAID ! !

"PUSHER" by 2-PISTOLS . . . SOON TO BE HEARD ON THE ALL-NU GRUVN BLU 13 - 03 ! ! ! I WON'T STOP NOW - PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT ! ! !

FIRST OF ALL . . . IT WAS THE CHOON "DON'T WANNA BE IN LOVE" THAT GOT OUR ATTENTION and then . . . BROOKE VALENTINE PRETENDED TO BE A BASEBALL CATCHER and WE WAS SMITTEN . . . SMITTEN, I TELL YA' . . . (RnB Live 7/18/2012)

THIS IS MUCH TOO SHORT A HINT AT HOW GREAT THE GRAHAM DECHTER QUARTET IS . . . but YOU WILL HEAR MORE ON THE UPCOMING GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 03 . . .

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 YOU HAFTA' GO SEE THIS WONDERFUL GUITAR PLAYER IF HE APPROACHES ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE YA' LIVE.
Ably backed by: Tamir Hendelman - Piano, John Clayton - Bass and Jeff Hamilton - Drums
"Graham Dechter brings to mind the soulful sound of Wes Montgomery and Howard Roberts", sez our man about the place, Mr. Zig to the DJZag.
Another choon (the one featured in this video) from Mr. Dechter's Cd "Takin' It There" on Capri Records will be part of the all-new, comin' soon . . . GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 03 ! !

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AND (in the near future) A PERSONAL LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF SEATTLE NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC RADIO STATION KYAC - AS TOLD BY WAGRadio's PAL Mr. MIKE "SKY VALLEY RADIO" CHERRY. DJZigZag sez, "I CAN HARDLY WAIT . . ."

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Here's what Mike Cherry recently wrote when asked by DJZigZag to provide WAGRadio "a short history of KYAC and also how you fit in and include any insights and dates and your current feelings (let it all hang our - or as much as you want).  We will post it on the WAGRadio blog and will be very appreciative."

Mike Cherry replied, "I promise I will do this and will keep notes to assemble everything I can recall.  This will require a bit of time - something I have lots of right now!  Some research is also needed using a reputable site which has extensive collections of newspaper radio schedules' showing what DJs were on air at what times on Seattle stations. Many personalities on the KYAC DJ roster then.  I'll do what I can - I know lots but was only working there for 2 1/2 years (of the insanity). Thanks for sending scans of those surveys - wished Feliks Banel had these as it was tough piecing together remnants of "Soul Radio-o-o-o-o-o-o KYAC".  Just the ownership structure of KYAC alone is a murky, quirky history that is a completely separate story." 

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MY PAL MIKE "CFSI-FM" CHERRY HAS PEAKED MY BRAIN INTO RECOLLECTING OUR FAVOURITE AMERICAN RADIO STATION IN THE 1970's & '80's - THE SOULFUL KYAC 1460 am / 96.5 fm . . .

AND WHAT STARTED ALL THIS HYAH REMEMORIZING . . . ? ?
A WONDERFUL SHORT FILM BY THIS BROTHER;

Mr. Feliks Banel  -  Writer/Producer/Consultant 

feliksbanal@yahoo.com          1-206-369-6630

http://www.facebook.com/thisnotjustin 

and . . . here's where you can VIEW THE KYAC FILM featuring former Progam Director and Soul of the Northwest on-air personality Mr. FRANK P. BARROW.
http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=4071308&file=1  

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WAGRadio's LATEST NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC TREAT - GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 02 is DISHED OUT AND WAITING FOR YOUR DEVOURING . . .

GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 02 IS DISHED OUT AND READY TO BE APPRECIATED BY ALL WAGRadio FANS.

OL' RUTH BROWN IS BOPPIN' AROUN', DELLY RANX IS GIVIN' THANX, METHOD MAN IS MADLY GOOD, FUNKEE FLO RIDA HAS THE TOUCH OF MIDAS, FRANK OCEAN IS BOBBING ON THE WATERS OF LOVE, SIBEL THRASHER AIN'T KEEPIN' THE PAHTAY A SECRET and ALL IS GOOD ON THE INTERNET SITE KNOWN AS WAGRadio ! ! 

GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 02 IS ON THE AIR . . .

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Photo: 'Pork Chop Dinner" by arthurohm

REMEMBER THE VOLKSWAGEN AD WAGRadio POSTED RECENTLY ? WELL, THAT WAS ONE OF TWO. HERE'S THE OTHER WITH JAMROCK FOLK'S REACTION TO IT . . .

This is the other Volkswagen commercial for the Super Bowl with people talking Jamaican patois. 
Some in the USofA think it's racist and that it stereotypes the island. 
But Volkswagen says they are keeping the commercial because various people, including Jamaicans abroad, like it. 
Here's what some Jamaicans 'a yaad' think about the ad.

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* * IT'S 1965 AND COUNT BASIE and HIS ORCHESTRA ARE IN JOLLY OLDE WHERE THIS T.V. PROGRAMME WAS RECORDED. WHAT A WONDERFUL MEMORY OF ONE OF THE GREATEST MUSICAL ICONS EVER ! ENJOY THIS . . . IF YOU ARE YOUNG OR NOT SO . . .

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YES, SEPTEMBER, 1965 AND THE B.B.C. TV PROGRAM IS CALLED THE SHOW OF THE WEEK.  THANK YOU TO THE GREAT BLOG JAZZWAX (via Bret Primack) FOR MAKING THIS AVAILABLE TO ALL OF US.
THE BAND MEMBERS ARE; Phil Guileau, Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Wallace Davenport (tpt), Henderson Chambers, Al Grey, Grover Mitchell (tmbn), Bill Hughes (bs tmbn), Marshal Royal (alt sx, clt), Eric Dixon (tn sx/flt), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (tn sx), Charlie Fowlkes (br sx), Freddie Green (gtr), Norman Keenan (bs), Rufus Jones (dm), Count Basie (pn) - Bobby Plater & Eric Dixon (arr)

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EVERYBAWDY HERE AT WAGRadio THINKS THAT THIS JAMROCK CHILE IS GON' BE THE HOTTEST INTERNATIONAL NEW WORLD AFRICAN JAMAICAN STAR TOMORROW IF NOT TODAY - CHRONIXX IS HIS NAME AND THIS CHOON "BEHIND CURTAIN" IS FEATURED ON THE UPCOMING HOT FYAH, SOUL RIOT - GROOVIN' BLUE 13 - 02 . . . WORD ! !

"WINSTON, I THOUGHT YOU WERE FROM UTAH ? ?" . . . WAGRadio USUALLY ONLY POSTS COMMERCIALS WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MUSIC. WE THINK YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY WE MADE AN EXCEPTION HERE WIT' DIS ONE MON !! (Volkswagen Commercial by Real Jamaicans) [Spoof]

HAD TO POST THIS GREAT PHOTO OF THOMAS LAVIN, VINCE MAI, BILL RUNGE and MIKE "EAST VAN" KALANJ PLAYING AT AN ONTARIO, CANADA BLUES FEST

    Tom Lavin (gtr), Vince Mai (tpt), Bill Runge (tn sx) and Mike "East Van" Kalanj on B3 organ. Photo: Lori Hodinott

Master guitarist Tom Lavin goes skyward in this Lori Hodinott photo she calls "Calabogie Airborne" taken at last year's 2nd annual CALABOGIE BLUES FESTIVAL.
Tom tells WAGRadio that the music is hosted by Ontario blues station DAWG-FM and that on this Saturday nite Powder Blues played in front of 10,000 peeps.  And who's to wonder with the cast and crew of Powder Blues.  Vince Mai, Bill Runge and Mike "East Van" Kalanj are stars in their own right.
Calabogie is a lake resort two hours from Ottawa, Canada.

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WE JUST GOT A WONDERFUL 3-CD SET DELIVERED TO THE FRONT DOOR OF WAGRadio BY CANADA POST . . . FANTASTIC VOYAGE RECORD'S COMPILATION - "JUMP BLUES STRICTLY FOR YOU: JAMAICAN SOUND SYSTEM CLASSICS 1944 - 1960" . . OH BOY, OH BOY ! GET IT OVER to the WAGRadio LIBRARY REAL QUICK FOR DJZigZag & SWEET DADDY FONK to peruse! !

THIS IS A COMPANION PIECE TO FANTASTIC VOYAGE'S 2011 3-DISC COMPILATION  ENTITLED "JUMPING THE SHUFFLE BLUES:  JAMAICAN SOUND SYSTEM CLASSICS 1944 - 1960"

HERE'S THE BLURB FROM THE LABEL:
Fantastic Voyage takes another dip into the bubbling cauldron of R&B which sewed the seeds for ska on Jamaica’s sound systems in the 1940s and 50s, lashing together 85 sizzling biscuits from that formative, feet-finding era.
It’s well established that the US R&B which started bombarding the island through radio after World War II was picked up by sound systems such as Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd and Prince Buster, germinating into ska after mating with the Caribbean’s own calypso and other local musical strains.
The records being produced in America’s Southern states and cities like New Orleans were loosely termed ‘shuffle blues’; contagious, jumping and bulging with animated incitements to party, dance or get down and dirty, many boasting some of the most caterwaulingly volcanic saxophone solos known to man.
The tracks presented on Jamaica Selects Jump Blues Strictly For You straddle the shuffle blues panorama over three CDs (many making their debut in this format). The first disc’s The Roots Of Shuffle Blues (1944-1951) takes off like a rocket with names including post-war godfather Louis Jordan, Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers, Roy Milton, Sherman Williams, Dave Bartholomew, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy Liggins, Amos Millburn, Roy Brown and T-Bone Walker.
CD2’s The Golden Years Of Shuffle Blues (1951-1954) is emblazoned with the likes of Oscar McLollie, Chuck Higgins, Rosco Gordon, Fats Domino, Ruth Brown, Jack Dupree, Chuck Willis, Guitar Slim, the Charms, Marvin & Johnny, Tommy Ridgley, Earl Curry, Floyd Dixon, the Rocking Brothers and, of course, Louis Jordan. By CD3’s The Big Three Take Over (1955-1960) the rhythm firing on the upbeat over walking bass is blueprinting the ska spring with names such as Nappy Brown, Plas Johnson, the Penguins, Mello-Harps, Big Joe Turner, Shirley & Lee, Vince Monroe, Smiley Lewis, Lloyd Price, Ivory Joe Hunter, Professor Longhair, Clyde McPhatter, Johnny Otis, Earl Hooker, Ernie Freeman and Hal Paige & The Wailers.These discs should come with a warning: lethal rocking and leaping skank blueprints running amok, beautifully presented with knowledgeable, fact-packed annotation.

Tracklist

CD1

1. GI Jive (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five)
2. The Honeydripper (Parts 1 & 2) (Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers)
3. Milton’s Boogie (Roy Milton & His Solid Senders)
4. Baby Don't You Want To Go (Sherman Williams & His Orchestra)
5. TWA (Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers)
6. Sherman's Boogie (Sherman Williams & His Orchestra)
7. Run Joe (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five)
8. Worried About You Baby (Felix Gross)
9. Corn Bread (Hal Singer Sextette)
10. The Huckle-Buck (Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers)
11. Country Boy (Dave Bartholomew)
12. Bald Head (Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers)
13. Rocking After Midnight (Lowell Fulson feat. Lloyd Glenn)
14. Saturday Nite Boogie Woogie Man (Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy)
15. Sax Shack Boogie (Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers)
16. Don Newcomb Really Throws That Ball (Teddy Brannon Orchestra)
17. Waiting And Drinking (Calvin Boze & His All Stars)
18. New Rebecca (Roy Brown)
19. Jump And Shout (Erline Harris)
20. Strollin' With Bones (T-Bone Walker & His Band)
21. Call Of The Gators (Willis Jackson)
22. Slippin' And Slidin' (Gene Phillips with Jack McVea Orchestra)
23. Raw Meat (Joe Thomas)
24. Bad, Bad Whiskey (Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers)
25. I Got Loaded (Peppermint Harris with Maxwell Davis & His All Stars)
26. Blue Moon (Lynn Hope)
27. The Gee Gee Walk (The Gone All Stars feat. Buddy Lucas)

CD2

1. The Honey Jump (Oscar McLollie & His Band)
2. Please Baby Please (James Waynes)
3. Motor Head Baby (Chuck Higgins & His Mellotones)
4. All That Oil In Texas (Oscar McLollie & His Honeyjumpers)
5. What's Your Phone Number (Jimmy McCracklin's Blues Blasters)
6. New Orleans Wimmen (Rosco Gordon & His Orchestra)
7. Goin’ Home (Fats Domino)
8. Booted (Rosco Gordon & His Orchestra)
9. Cuba Doll (Lloyd Glenn's Combo)
10. 5-10-15 Hours (Ruth Brown)
11. Ain't No Meat On De Bone (Jack Dupree)
12. Bongo Chant (Kenny Graham's Afro Cubists)
13. You're Still My Baby (Chuck Willis)
14. I -Yi (The Hawks)
15. Going To The River (Fats Domino)
16. Well, I Done Got Over It (Guitar Slim)
17. Brand New Rockin' Chair (George Green with Jimmy Binkley Jazz Quintet)
18. Bye Bye Baby (The Charms)
19. Way Down Boogie (Harold Burrage with Jimmy Binkley & His Orchestra)
20. Got Good News For Ya, Baby (Johnny Perry’s Orchestra)
21. Tick Tock (Marvin & Johnny)
22. Jam Up (Tommy Ridgley)
23. Messy Bessy (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five)
24. I Want Your Lovin' (Earl Curry & His Orchestra)
25. Let's Have Some Fun Honey (Slim Saunders)
26. Play Boy Hop (The Rocking Brothers)
27. Moonshine (Floyd Dixon)
28. You Got To Give (Mike Gordon & The El Tempos)
29. Meet Me At Grandma's Joint (Georgie Stevenson)

CD3

1. Don't Be Angry (Nappy Brown)
2. Country Woman (Boo Breeding)
3. Blue Jean Shuffle (Plas Johnson & His Orchestra)
4. The Cat Hop (The Dodgers)
5. Baby Let's Make Some Love (The Penguins)
6. Ain't Got The Money (The Mello-Harps)
7. When You Dance (The Turbans)
8. Flip, Flop And Fly (Big Joe Turner)
9. Walking The Blues (Jack Dupree & Mr Bear)
10. Let The Good Times Roll (Shirley & Lee)
11. Give It Up (Or Tell Where It's At) (Vince Monroe with Ernie Holland & His Orchestra)
12. She's Got Me Hook, Line And Sinker (Smiley Lewis)
13. Forgive Me, Clawdy (Lloyd Price & His Band)
14. Since I Met You Baby (Ivory Joe Hunter)
15. Been So Long (The Pastels)
16. The Monkey (Dave Bartholomew)
17. Slow Walk (Sil Austin)
18. Misery (Professor Longhair)
19. Rock And Cry (Clyde McPhatter)
20. Mr Lee (The Bobbettes)
21. Hey Boy Hey Girl (Oscar McLollie & Jeanette Baker)
22. Walk On (Preston Brown)
23. You Just Kissed Me Goodbye (Johnny Otis Show)
24. Don't Want Your Love (Earl (Connelly) King)
25. Riding West (Billy Hope & The Bad Men)
26. Do The Chickin' (Earl Hooker & His Road Masters)
27. Live It Up (Ernie Freeman)
28. Going Back To My Home Town (Hal Paige & The Whalers)
29. Surely I Love You (Rosco Gordon)

BROTHER LOU SINGS "DEAD END STREET" and "TOBACCO ROAD". I GUARANTEE A SHIVER ON Mr. RAWLS INTERPRETATION (at the video's 2:21 mark) OF THE 'Tobacco Road lyric' . . .

HA HA ! ! TYRESE GOT THE CROWD IN THE PROVERBIAL PALM OF HIS HAND. A GREAT SINGER . . . HAVIN' FUN and also GETTIN' SERIOUS. WHATTA WAGRadio FAN FAVOURITE .

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Acoustic Conversations is an extension of Singersroom.com and their "ongoing commitment to providing quality live entertainment." Their events are geared to opening the lines of communication between artists and their fans through a Q&A session accompanied by an acoustic performance. This Acoustic Conversation features recording R&B artist Tyrese.

After a nine year hiatus from music, Tyrese reconnected with his audience stating, "I never sat down and said I want to be a singer or I want to be an actor. It just happened. I have been able to extend a 30 second commercial into fifteen years of some form of entertainment. I'm very grateful that y'all have stayed with me. Thank you very much."

In a candid question and answer segment driven by fans, Tyrese addressed a range of questions on cheating, love and working on his new project 'Open Invitation.' 

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BEFORE WE LET THIS VIDEO ROLL JUST KNOW THAT ITS ALREADY BIN' SEEN BY ALMOST THREE MILLION, 700 THOUSAND PEEPS ! ! FLO SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO GIVE HITS TO THE MASSES ! AND THOSE CHOONS USUALLY GOOD TOO ! ! !

LAST YEAR YA' COULDN'T FIND A JAMROCK VIDEO TO SAVE YO' SOUL . . . BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROFESSIONALLY SHOT TAKE ON RIPPA JACKSON'S "TOO MUCH DIE" on Hot Head Kulcha Records ! !

HE 'DA 'WORD GENERAL' - WHETHER YA' CALL HIM DELLY RANKS OR DELLY RANX - THE BROTHER GOT A HIT ON WAGRadio with "THE NEXT CHAPTER" . . . SO MUCH NEW and WONDERFUL JAMROCK MUSIC ! ! !