DJ's Old-Time Granny and Dyn-O-Mite spin old school soul, funk, and disco jams! The show airs on special occasions on WCOM radio, 103.5 FM in Carrboro, NC, and streams online worldwide. www.resoul.org
WTF was up with that Canadian cold front? Starting Thursday night, it descended like The Mist outta the Stephen King story, dropped the temperature like, 30 degrees, and left everything cold and drizzly for a two-day stretch. F-ing up what would have been a super-fun Boogie Salsa party in the process!
But YOU CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC! So instead we broadcast a legendary set of boogie disco funk over the airwaves on WCOM, streaming live worldwide. Podcast and setlist coming soon. Featuring the night's special guest DJ, Leafy Greens, who busted out many of the rump-shaking, party-startin' old school and re-edited jams he's known for. Plus your regular hosts with the most, Dyn-O-Mite and Old-Time Granny. And also a guest appearance by our man with the funky plan, DJ Tongue! With full strength boogie power provided by our in-studio guest dancers for the night, Hillary Bounce & Terri Lynn Glamour! The Reverend was on the scene, and Amanda, who scored a special love song dedication from Leafy Greens, and Brandon the Wandering Soul (in search of a good bowl of pasta), with last-minute cameos by Club T regulars Rachael Rollergirl and Candace the Disco Queen! And a special shout-out to our pal DJ Exnishus, who helped us maximize the SOUL flava when he came on the scene to get the Ex-Files underway.
For being a Soggy Salsa session, it was still a boogie-ful fun time!
And we will be back with a makeup outdoor showing of TGIF at some point in the future. Until then, in the immortal words of Marv Gomez, "Dancing! Everything else is bullshit!"
Another re-run from yesterday's edition of Choice Sides, this jazz-funk track spoke to me. The spaced-out vibe that kicks in once the horns and guitar solos get going seemed a fitting way to welcome the impending lunar eclipse.
It was the closing cut from Brazilian keyboardist (and future disco/funk producer) Eumir Deodato's Prelude LP (1973), his first US release. Co-written by drummer Billy Cobham and co-arranged by Bob James, featuring Stanley Clarke on bass and a solo conga break by Ray Barretto (apparently, only featured on the original, extended version of the track which appeared on the quadrophonic release, the one included here). Prelude went gold, selling 200,000+ copies and hitting #3 on the Billboard album charts, an amazing feat for a jazz record.
And as I was schooled by Solomon Gibson III, host of WCOM's Backbone, Prelude helped spell the beginning of the end for CTI Records. As label owner Creed Taylor began looking to replicate Deodato's success, the label's jazz mainstays started heading for the exits, decamping to other labels where they weren't as pressured to achieve cross-over sales.
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in October, the second Soul'ed Out, UnLtd. radio show went down in Carrboro from 3-4 pm, with your faithful hosts DJ's Old-Time Granny and Dyn-O-Mite along for the ride. It was the day before Halloween, and we kicked out a special gospel edition. Mad props going out to our long-distance virtual guest DJ for the day, C-line from the ATL, who hooked us up with her Top 3 gospel tracks so we could do a C-line countdown!
As it turned out, both of us brought lots more tracks than we had time to play. Especially since this show was a shorter than usual, one-hour-version of the SOUL experience. So maybe we'll do another gospel show sometime. Continuing his run as SOUL's most loyal listener, DJ Tongue called in another request. And we had fans worldwide bug us after the fact for the podcast.
One track we ran out of time for was by Marvin Gaye – God Is Love (1971) (the LP version from What's Going On, not the original 7" version). This was especially unfortunate - the track clocks in at less than 2 minutes, and not only did both of us bring this LP, we both chose that song as the one that most needed sharing!
Kirk Franklin & The Family – Melodies From Heaven (Remix) (1996) (C-line's #3 pick)
Ebbo – The Way (produced by Osunlade)
New Jersey Mass Choir – I Want To Know What Love Is 12" (1985)
Shackleford Singers – God Is All Over Me
Main Ingredient – Why Can't We All Unite (1971) (from Black Seeds LP)
TALK SET #2
Dottie Peoples – He's An On Time God (2004) (C-line's #2 pick)
MC Hammer – Pray (1990)
TALK SET #3
Lauryn Hill & Tanya Blount – His Eye Is On The Sparrow (1993) (from Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit) (C-line's #1 pick)
After kicking it live tag-team style on old school jams all summer long, unlocking the funk at spots like Fuse, Milltown, and Lucky #7, DJ's Old-Time Granny and Dyn-O-Mite finally made it behind the decks at WCOM. We sent the overheated summer of '10 out in style on the first night of Labor Day weekend.
Lots of great DJs have come and gone in this town over the years (not to mention all the ones still in the house). But it's safe to say that the hours from 10-midnight on that Friday were among the funkiest to ever hit the airwaves around here!
Some listeners from far-away spots like H-town (Henderson, NC), FLA, and Hot-lanta tuned in on our live online worldwide stream after getting the SOUL lowdown via Facebook. DJ Tongue called in AND e-mailed us his funk-da-fied requests. That's a loyal listener right there.
And we hooked up the vintage Lost City boombox and a rotating disco light just inside the station's barbed wire fence to create the bare bones edition of Club Taqueria, the first step towards realizing SOUL Productions' velvet rope parking lot dreams! Even with a low-rent soundsystem and no frills ambience, some funk-lovin' late night revelers were spotted getting their boogie on. It was a party at the taco truck, with good tunes and eats all around.
Aside from the missing 40 minutes of this show getting LOST FOREVER in an inaugural technical f-up, everything flowed like butter. SOUL #1 was mad fun!
Stacy Lattisaw – Dynamite (1980)
Luther Vandross – Sugar and Spice (1981)
Free Style – The Party Has Begun (1984) (written and produced by "Pretty" Tony Butler)
YBM feat. Mark Twayne – What's Going On (1998)
Thank God It's Friday trailer (1978)
Eighties Ladies - Ladies of the Eighties (1980) (written and produced by Roy Ayers)
TALK SET #2
Digital Emotion – Get Up, Do You Wanna Funk (Action) (1983)
Shannon – Do You Wanna Get Away (1985)
Detroit Emeralds – Let's Get Together (1978)
Roy Ayers – Freaky Deaky (1978)
Ralph Carter – Higher and Higher (1976) (mixed by Tom Moulton)
TALK SET #3
---The Infamous Missing 40 Minutes, final third of SOUL #1---
L.T.D. – Love To The World (1976)
Skatetown U.S.A. trailer (1979)
The Dazz Band – Skate Lovers (1980)
Ashford & Simpson – Get Up And Do Something (1978)
American Gypsy – I'm OK, You're OK (1980)
The System – Now I Am Electric (1982)
Jago – I'm Going To Go (1983)
Sweetwater – Motherless Child (Live, 1969)
TALK SET #4
Marvin Gaye – A Funky Space Reincarnation (1978)
(Also somewhere in there were the trailer for Disco 9000 (1976), and a PSA featuring the Abominable Snowman & friends reminding listeners to eat their disco veggies.)
