Radio What Wave Playlist February 15/2021
- Gruesomes….What Wave….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood 1989.
- Orville Peck….Roses Are Falling….from his debut release from 2019 and the start of our Valentine set.
- Herald Nix….Take A Drive…from the 1999 Open Up The Sky release. Canada’s cosmic cowboy.
- The Sadies…. Another Year Again….from the 2010 Darker Circles release.
- Buffy St Marie…Not The Lovin’ Kind….from her 2015 Power In The Blood release.
- Rob Sweeney…My Funny Valentine….from his 2010 I Dig Chicks release. Rob was in Crummy Stuff, Purple Toads, Durango 95 and many more.
- Bone Haus…Cutthroat…recent demo from this Boise Idaho combo.
- Spodee Boy….Rides Again….from a brand new Goodbye Boozy 7” and from Tennessee.
- Shark Graffiti….Sheep Song….an unreleased track from their last recording session. SG were from Oshawa and used to play London fairly frequently.
- NASDAQ…Young Professional…..from the Young Professional release and a trio of mystery.
- Social Distance…Run And Hide….from their recent Stay Away release and from London Ontario.
- Killer Kin….Sonic Love….from their brand new 7” and from the New England area.
- Tell It To Sweeney…The Countess….brand new single from this band from London Ontario. Several of the members have been in the Forest City Hall Of Fame Fantasy Band.
- James & Bobby Purify….I’m Your Puppet….their big hit from 1966 and goes out to James who just passed away.
- James & Bobby Purify….Shake A Tail Feather….as above.
- Andy Butler & The Isolators….In The City….from their latest set of demos and we’re awaiting more from this combo who are doing things during the lockdown.
- Scott Morgan & Miss Georgia Peach…All Talk No Action….from the recent Rumbar Records sampler called Rebel Rouser. Scott is from The Rationals and Miss Peach has recorded with Nikki Corvette and many others.
- James Brown…..played 3 different intros to JB shows, 2 from the early 60’s and one from 1980, all done by Danny Ray who just passed away. Danny was not only JB’s MC since 1960, he was also the guy who came out with the cape at the end of the show. A crucial job that drove the audience into a frenzy! Danny could have easily been one of the greatest professional wrestling managers ever he was so good at his job.
- James Brown….And I Do Just What I Want….from the 1965 Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag release.
- James Brown…Crossfiring….as above.
- Link Wray….Steel Trap….from the Jack The Ripper release and his sound on this, wasn’t all that different from JB’s.
- Lowdown Dirty Mojos…Can’t Have Enough Good Luck…from their Screamin’ Hoodoo R’n’B release from 2018. There’s a new release just about to come out and it’s called Stone Cold Groovers. Soon as we get it we’ll be spinning it on air. Singer/guitarist Paul Wootton is from London and used to be in The Sinners, Spiral Scratch, Crawling Kingsnakes and probably more.
- Downchild Blues Band…One More Chance…from their 1977 One More Chance release.
- Dr Feelgood…Monkey…from their 1982 Fast Women Slow Horses release and Johnny Guitar was holding down guitar duties on this one.
- Wilko Johnson….Think….from his 1984 Pull The Cover release on Skydog. Wilko was the original guitar slinger in Dr Feelgood. Instantly recognizable by the staccato bursts of noise he created with his unique method of finger picking. There’s a very nice documentary about Wilko that came out after he beat inoperable cancer. It’s captivating and inspiring.
- Tommy James & The Shondells….Mony Mony…from the recent Celbration: The Complete Roulette Recordings 1965-1973.
- The Dice…Hostage Crisis….from an early 80’s demo. A trio that used to work the punk rock circuit and we saw them a couple times at the Cedar Lounge. We’ve had drummer Hayden Vialva live onair a couple times over the years.
- Dukes Of Rhythm….Night Train…..from a compilation called Too Hot To Handle on the Flyright label. If anyone out there has any of the volumes of this series (apparently Flyright issued a number of late 50’s R’n’B compilations in the late 70’s/early 80’s) I’m willing to trade for them.
- Death….Keep A Knockin’…from their 2009 For The Whole World To See release. 3 brothers from the Detroit area that did some recording in 1975 that sounds very proto punk.
- Basement 5….Riot….from their 1965-1980 release and from the UK. Produced by Martin Hannett, who also worked with Joy Division, A Certain Ratio, New Order etc….Basement 5 is a radical departure from the bands listed.
- Betty Davis….If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up….from her 1973 self titled release and way ahead of the curve. Briefly married to Miles Davis, Betty helped change his music and did some of the wildest shows of her time.
- The Supremes….Reflections….from a compilation called Cloud 9 and goes out to Mary Wilson who recently passed away.
- The Supremes…. Stop In The Name Of Love….from a compilation called Super Girls.
- Bo Diddley…Congo….from his 1961 Bo Diddley Is A Lover release.
- Jackie Mittoo….Juice Box….from The Keyboard King of Studio One release on Soul Jazz Records. Jackie was born in Jamaica, became one of the top keyboard players in the country, immigrated to Toronto in the late 60’s and stirred up the Jamaican, soul and R’n’B scenes there.
- Wayne McGhie….Fire….from the 1970 self titled release and another former Jamaican living in Toronto.
Big Thanx to all that tuned in to listen, commented, emailed, texted, etc….That’s what keeps us going. Next week just over half the show will be black music to commemorate this being Black History Month.