Good Friday Funk

Brass Construction - Moving On

Pharoah Sanders

Michael Franks - The Lady wants to know.

Al Jarreau

We're in this love Together

Soldier of Love - Sade

I declare WAR

Famous One-hit wonder, Stories and their one hit, Brother Louie

SLOOOOOOOOOOOW and EEEEEEEEEEEEZAY

Legends, young and old

Soul for a rainy Saturday

Dramatics - In the rain.



Dells - Stay in my corner

Feeling the Funk on the Final Friday in February

Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead



WAR - Cisco Kid

Sunday Soul

D Train - You're the One for Me



Young Stephanie Mills - Home

Tuesday Tribute to the Jheri Curl

Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers



Ashford and Simpson - Found a Cure

Happy Valentine's Day

Jean Carne and Michael Henderson - Valentine Love

Super Sunday Sounds

Johnnie Guitar Watson - I Wanna TA TA You Baby

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers

Dat Dere

Soothing Sunday

Maxwell - Ascension



Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute



Doobie Brothers - What a fool believes

Jazz Friday

Branford and Wynton - Cain and Abel



"Tain" Watts Quintet - The Impaler



Roy Hargrove - Strausbourg St. Denis

Soul for a Sunday

Barry White - Your Sweetness is My Weakness



Isaac Hayes - Never Can Say Goodbye

Stormy Week, Part 2

The season of El Nino is upon us. The only time it is not unusual to have a full week of rain is during the El Nino, a condition of a massive body of warm water in the pacific that diverts storms normally headed to the pacific northwest to the California coast. It happens every dozen years or so, and California desperately needs the water whenever it appears.



After five days of rain, Mount San Antonio, also known as Mt. Baldy, wears a blanket of snow.

Stormy Week

It's rare in Southern California, but it has been storming since Monday, and as I post this, North Fontana is in the midst of a hail storm.

So, Albert King, Stormy Monday.

Teddy Pendergrass, 1950-2010

Close the Door as a solo act



Wake Up Everybody, as a member of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes



Come Go With Me



Love TKO



Only You



I miss you

Motown Soul

When you believe in things you don't understand, then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way.



If anyone should ever right my life story...

Flashback Friday

The Spinners - Rubberband Man



Gladys and the Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia

William De Vaughn performs perhaps the greatest one hit wonder of all time. And the song is so simple, you can memorize the words the first time you hear it.

Be thankful for what you got...words to live by.

Saturday Serenade

Roberta and Peabo - The Closer I Get to You

Musical New Year to You

Yah Mo Be There - Ingram and McDonald

War Wednesday

All Day Music V1



All Day Music V2



Me and Baby Brother

Phyllis Hyman

Living all alone




What you won't do for love

Soul Train Saturday

Guru - No Time to Play

Hot Music for the Winter Solstice

Count Basie - Basie Boogie


James Brown - Soulful Christmas

UNLV December 2009

Yesterday, Terrence Brown joined the fifth generation of college graduates in his family when he received his degree from UNLV. Check out the scene at Thomas and Mack Center

New Jack Flashback

Troop - Spread My Wings

For Terrence, my son, who marches across the UNLV Stage in 2 days

Ronnie Laws - Every Generation

Moon Day Moods

Chi Lites Have you seen her?

Saturday Serenade

Brenda Russell Piano in the Dark

Funky Friday

Tom Tom Club Genius of Love

Thanksgiving 2009

Another day at the alter of the eternal smoker.







This turkey really earned its stripes!

Angela Bofill I Try

A sweet serenade that is timeless.

...but we didn't hear you, Marvin

37 years ago, Marvin Gaye released his breakthrough album, "What's Going On" where he fretted the state of the environment (Mercy, Mercy Me) and told us we didn't need to escalate a war. You were right then, and you are still right today.

Soul Train Saturday

A Taste of Honey Boogie Oogie Oogie



Rick James and the Stone City Band Mary Jane

Monday Melody

Whitney Houston, You Give Good Love

Saturday Soul

Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Joy and Pain

Looking for the Sunshine

Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves the Sunshine

Wednesday Serenade

George Duke, Sweet Baby

Soul Train Saturday

Reasons, Earth Wind and Fire



Sail On, Commodores

Manhattans - Let's Just Kiss and Say Goodbye

Soul Train Saturday - Bill Withers

Ain't No Sunshine



Grandma's Hand



Lean on Me

Friday's are for Macks!

Luther Vandross - Love won't let me wait



GAP Band - Yearning for your Love

For Terrence, Donald T. Sterling and the rest of Clippernation

Soul Train Line
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - Bad Luck



I don't know what else to say. Blake Griffin, rookie stud number one draft pick with the game to become a top 20 player in his first year, is out six weeks with a fractured kneecap he suffered in the final pre-season game. Let's hope the training staff is capable of keeping the young man strong.

I have selfish reasons for being bummed out: I have a Clipper 12-pack, section 215, with all the top teams from around the league coming to town. The Clippers, who won 19 games last year, are bound to be better, if they can only have a little good luck.

Law of averages plainly states that chance go around
But if you want to know the truth about it,
I'll tell you what's holding you down,
You got BAD LUUUUUUCK!

Blue Saturday

Bobby Blue Bland and BB King



Albert King

Soul Train Saturday early edition

Al Green - For the Good Times



O'Jays - Let Me Make Love to You



Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones



Lou Rawls - You Never Find

In 1992

How can I ease the pain? - Lisa Fischer



Crossover - EPMD



Arrested Development - Tennessee

Bob Marley and the Wailers...War

Until the philosophy that holds one race superior, and another inferior, is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war…

Friday Music Special

Roy Ayers and Friends - You send Me



En Vogue - Never Gonna Get It



George Benson Love X Love



Esperanza Spalding

MoFunk

Bootsy on the basics

Funky Friday

Fake - Alexander O'Neal



Stretching out - Bootsy's Rubber Band

Delphonics

La La La La La La La La La means I Love You.



Didn't I blow your mind this time.

Thelonius Monk - Blue Monk

Monk is just vibing.

George Duke Brazilian Love Affair

Blowing through the jasmine in my mind...

Soul Brother Number One

Soul Power and more


Good Foot and more

Earth Wind and Fire - After the Love is Gone

Something happened along the way...

Soul Train Saturday

Mandrill - Get it All




Mandrill

Funky Friday - Papa Don't Take No Mess

James Brown wearing a patchwork blue jean apple hat...

Soul Train Saturday Vanessa Williams

Dreamin' & Surrender

The Five Stairsteps - Ooh Ooh Child

UNLV Football Home Opener 9/5/09

Gerald and Terrence went to the UNLV Home Opener against Sacramento State. I love college football, and can't imagine going to a college that didn't have a football team.

Final score, UNLV 38, Sac St. 3




But I have to say I am spoiled by having attended FAMU, with that marching band, and it is difficult for me to be impressed by a typical college halftime show. In case you've never seen the Marching 100, here is a sample.

Zhane - Groove Thing

Live at the Apollo

What it has will surely last, but is that jazz?

Gil Scott Heron from the 1981 album, Reflections.

Funky Friday

Billy Preston - Nothing from Nothing



Billy Preston - Will it go round in circles



Rufus featuring Chaka



From BT...Johnny Guitar Watson

My Favorite Things...John Coltrane

Cannonball Sextet

Jive Samba

ME SHELLLLLLLLLLL NDEGE OCELLO

Satisfy

Return Expedition Stanley Jordan

Part 1



Part 2

Incognito - Still a friend of mine

Incognito is one of the great all time names for a band. And they were good, too.

Esperanza

Precious

Walk On By - Isaac Hayes, Gone but not forgotten.

Let it Flow (Dr. J) - Grover Washington Jr.

Dr. J and Grover, often imitated, never duplicated.

For Nanakwame

John Coltrane Quartet - Afro Blue

Jimmy Smith Quintet - A Night in Tunisia

Toni

Another Sad Love Song



Let It Flow

Last day of July; Make it last forever.

I know you got soul, if you didn't you wouldn't be in here

Jesse Johnson Black in America



MAC Band Roses are Red



Persuaders Thin line between love and hate

Old Smokey at it again

3rd of July...Prepping the Pig

Starting with a couple of humble racks of rib and a some seasoning... A little "Slap Ya Mama" and Walkerswood Jerk Seasoning...The first rack gets "slapped"...while the other gets jerked.









Tomorrow morning, they have a date with the smoker!

Soul Train Saturday Long Weekend Edition

Yes We Can Can...Pointer Sisters



Passing me by...The Pharcyde

Soul Train Saturday

Brothers Johnson Get the Funk Out My Face



Ike and Tina Proud Mary

Michael Jackson, 1958 to 2009

Never Can Say Goodbye



I'll Be There



Good Times



Maybe Tomorrow



I Want You Back



She's Out of My Life



Got to be There



Human Nature



I wanna be where you are



Sugar Daddy



The Jackson Clan and the Nicholas Brothers

It's My Birthday, and it's Summertime!

Since my birthday is always in the first week of summer, I thought I'd post a classic summer song, Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Everyone of every generation can enjoy this one.

Soul Train Saturday Archie Bell and the Drells

Tighten up.

And the Drells never sing a note...they do the Tighten Up.:D

Soul Train Saturday - O'Jays

I Love Music

Soul Train Saturday - Tony! Toni! Tone!

Whatever You Want



It never rains in Southern California

Sly Stone Friday

Sly on David Letterman



Sly on Mike Douglas

Soul Train Saturday Sneak Preview

AWB - Cut the Cake



Gino Vanelli - I Just Wanna Stop



Jackson Five - I Want You Back

Soul Train Saturday

Bobby Womack, A Woman's Got To Have It



Tower of Power, So Very Hard To Go

Soul Train Saturday

Maze, Golden Time of Day

Soul Train Saturday

Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, Everlasting Love



Minnie Riperton, Loving You



Ohio Players, Love Rollercoaster

FAMU Marching 100 at 2009 Presidential Inauguation