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June 29, 2017: Free Outdoor Summer Music 2017
For years I have been putting a list together of the best shows in the NY/NJ metropolitan area that I want to go to. My favorites are ones I can ride a bicycle to, esp via ferry across the Hudson River. This year's list has 25 shows and I will only get to a fraction of them. See you there!
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Big Guitars from Texas |
Bulldoggin' Boogie
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Can you tell from my intro that I am not Matt? | 0:00:00 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
The Meters |
Voodoo
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Great New Orleans rhythm masters having fun with the voodoo, from 1990. Remnants of the original band now tour as the Funky Meters. | 0:02:54 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
The Spiders |
I'm Slippin' In
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I tend to prefer my first set to establish an instrumental groove but I played the wrong song; still, a nice New Orleans piece, written by Dave Bartholomew, from 1954 | 0:06:23 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Lee Allen |
Rockin' at Cosmo's
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A swinging New Orleans instrumental tribute to New Orleans music producer/engineer Cosimo Matassa | 0:08:10 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Professor Longhair |
Doin' It
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With Gatemouth Brown playing a mean guitar. From 1974 | 0:10:58 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Albert King |
Flat Tire
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Albert with the best of New Orleans: Allen Toussaint, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter, even Wardell Quezergue. From "New Orleans Heat" (Tomato, 1984) | 0:15:27 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Los Straitjackets |
Swampfire
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Not New Orleans but pretty good anyway! | 0:17:49 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Los Straitjackets |
I Live On A Battlefield
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Wild instrumental cover of superb Nick Lowe tune, from an entire album of Nick Lowe songs: "What's So Funny About Peace, Love And Los Straitjackets" (Yep Roc, 2017) | 0:27:16 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Nick Lowe |
Burnin'
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This is from the 1982 album "Nick the Nife" on Columbia | 0:30:09 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
The Mavericks |
Missing You
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Written by Raul Malo & Al Anderson. I'm looking forward to seeing both the Mavericks & Big Al up at the Green River Festival in western Massachusetts in a few weeks. | 0:32:18 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
NRBQ |
A Little Bit of Bad
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From the days when Big Al played with NRBQ. Decades ago he moved to Nashville & honed his songwriting skills. And he's a pretty good guitar player too. | 0:35:22 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Asleep at the Wheel |
Fat Boy Rag
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Instrumental without Ray Benson. Good stuff. | 0:38:54 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
The Suffers |
Gwan
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Hot big band out of the West Coast. | 0:41:58 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Mariachi Flor de Toloache |
Let Down
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They like to call themselves the first all-women mariachi band out of NYC but they are much more. This song is from their self-titled 2014 CD | 0:45:56 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Ani Cordero |
El Flamboyan
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From "Recordar: Latin American Songs of Love & Protest" (La Nana, 2014). | 0:51:26 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Midge William with the Columbia Jazz Orchestra |
Lazy Bones
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Hoagy Carmichael classic done in Japanese! | 1:02:04 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Ornette Coleman & Prime Time |
Street Blues
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This was Ornette's funky jazz band, the album is "Tone Dialing" (Harmolodic/Verve, 1994). With Kenny Wessel on guitar, Badal Roy on tablas/percussion, Denardo Coleman on drums | 1:05:10 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Kidd Jordan, Hamid Drake & William Parker |
So Often
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Kidd Jordan is a New Orleans saxophonist & music teacher. His students include Donald Harrison, Branford Marsalis & Charles Joseph (from Dirty Dozen Brass Band). | 1:10:20 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Mulatu Astatke |
Boogaloo
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Ethiopian master, from 2009. He's still around, in NYC again this summer. Not to be missed. | 1:12:19 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Joe Bataan |
Latin Soul Square Dance
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Spanish Harlem boogaloo master can still do it. This is from 2009. | 1:17:34 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Taj Mahal |
Roll, Turn, Spin
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Cover of Bahamian musician Joseph Spence number. From "Music Keeps Me Together" (Columbia, 1975) | 1:26:49 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Taj Mahal |
Leaving Trunk
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From 1967, I think, his first solo album. Wow. | 1:31:15 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Keb Mo' |
Soon As I Get Paid
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From "Martin Scorcese Presents the Blues: Keb Mo'" (Sony, 2003) | 1:36:00 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes |
Fever
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Written by Bruce Springsteen | 1:40:40 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Sonny Kenn & Friends |
Help Me Girl
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From "Sounds of Asbury Park"-- a nice collection of Jersey Shore bands. Springsteen sidemen David Sancious, Garry Tallent, Boom Carter and Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez on this number | 1:45:33 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Billy Hector Band |
Traveler
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Billy, another Jersey Shore regular, was the first live guest I ever had on WFMU. It was in the late 80s; he did a free concert at Upsala College. He is still around and as good-- maybe better-- than ever | 1:48:33 (Pop‑up) | |||||||
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band |
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
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Okay, this tune is a bit of a cliche this time of year. But what a song! Last few tunes inspired by Springsteen's autobiography, which I'm reading right now. | 1:55:01 (Pop‑up) |
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Listener comments!
Sounding good!
Hey doctorjazz!
Hola Steve
Hi Geeze, Stanley
Greets, Steve, and all.
Weird kind of immortality, different from books and paintings.
Thompkins Square Park
cityparksfoundation.org...
(was this one Bruce wrote for Johnny?)