Happy 90th Birthday to musical genius Quincy Jones (born March 14, 1933). He co-wrote & produced the phenomenal jam There's A Train Leavin' (1976) https://www.youtube.com/wa... for his I Heard That!! double LP feat. an all-star lineup w/ Louis Johnson on bass. #funk #music #QuincyJones
07:46 PM - Mar 14, 2023
Remembering legend Bobby Womack on what would have been his 80th birthday (March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014). Here's his superb jam What's Your World (1975) https://jointzoftheday.sub... featuring an uncredited Sly Stone on keyboards. #music #funk #BobbyWomack
06:51 PM - Mar 04, 2024
Remembering genius Ray Charles (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) who helped give birth to soul music. He stood up for freedom and justice on message songs like Questions (1980) https://jointzoftheday.sub... which he wrote and produced. #soul #RayCharles
11:58 PM - Sep 23, 2023
Remembering the legend Sylvester (September 6, 1947 – Dec 16, 1988). His message of love and acceptance rang out proud on the soaring dancefloor anthem Stars (1979) https://jointzoftheday.sub... written by Patrick Cowley. #disco #music #Sylvester
10:41 PM - Sep 06, 2023
Happy 80th Birthday to the great singer/songwriter Walter Williams of the mighty O'Jays (born August 25, 1943). Here's an exclusive interview with him https://jointzoftheday.sub... on the group's history, legacy, and farewell tour. #soul #music #Ojays
01:15 PM - Aug 25, 2023
Remembering singer Esther Phillips (Dec 23, 1935 – August 7, 1984) who early in her career had four #1 R&B records. From the LP Black-Eyed Blues here's her epic breakup song Justified (1973) https://jointzoftheday.sub... written by Bill Withers. #soul #music
04:43 PM - Aug 08, 2023
Happy belated Birthday to keyboardist and songwriter Don Grusin (born April 22, 1941). With Bonnie Pointer and Wah Wah Watson, he co-wrote the epic funky Pointer Sisters jam I'll Get By Without You (1977) https://jointzoftheday.sub... #funk #music #DonGrusin
04:50 PM - Apr 23, 2023
Wait, Wait...DO Tell Me. Join me for Field Team 6 info on Get Out The Vote, Registering Voters. What we accomplished in '22 and what's next. Hope to see you!
Tuesday, April 25
5 – 6pm PDT #PostcardsToVoters #DemocracyWarriors
Tuesday, April 25
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Wait, Wait, DO Tell Me! with Brian Tyler Cohen – a Field Team 6 Strategy Briefing · Field Team 6
THE NUMBERS ARE COMING, THE NUMBERS ARE COMING! We know we rocked the 2022 midterms, gaining a seat in the Senate and defying all odds by averting a Red Wave, losing the House by 9 seats instead of 40 or more. So how did we do it? And how can you help us repeat this success in 2024? All will be..
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If you want to impeach him, we need a majority in the House and 2/3 of the Senate. Pick a red seat and work with your friends and family to invest and organize to turn that seat Blue. It takes work and money. Register voters, knock on doors, have conversations with real people.
Roman @fixedhalosixClearance Thomas needs to be impeached. ASAP. #ImpeachThomas04:33 PM - Apr 14, 2023
04:38 PM - Apr 14, 2023
Register voters, urge voters to VOTE, do everything you can to increase voting
davidpepper @davidpepperThere are hundreds of politicians…as extreme as MTG…but they’re not just acting like fools…they are actually passing laws every week to crush democracy.01:43 PM - Apr 04, 2023
They’re in statehouses. And until we do more to stand up to them, they will keep winning.
06:27 PM - Apr 08, 2023
Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit (1939). Written by Abel Meeropol, a son of Russian Jewish Immigrants, and originally based on his poem about the lynchings in the South during the 30s this song became the ultimate protest, and #Woke anthem when Billie sang it. #wokesongs #BillieHoliday #StrangeFruit
07:46 PM - Mar 16, 2023
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Shakespeare's birthday with jazz https://www.dailykos.com/s...
09:09 AM - Apr 23, 2023
I Am Honored to Be Back On the Wild Honey Stage with This Incredible Line Up of Friends and New Faces. On May 19th the AlexTheatre Becomes the Biggest Rocking Garage in the World. Buy Your Tickets Now! More Guests Added Every Day! AlexTheatre.Org #Nuggets #LennyKaye #RhinoRecords Rhino_Records
08:59 PM - Apr 22, 2023
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Record Store Day; Woolworth's 1966. A little R&R (the Beatles, Stones, Jan & Dean, Sonny & Cher and Martha & Vandellas), Jazz (Count Basie & Louis Armstrong),C&W (Jim Reeves & Eddy Arnold) & easy listening, soundtracks, Disney & Scottish & Irish records. And guitars & organs to start a rockin combo
08:38 PM - Apr 22, 2023
It’s almost like Funkadelic just knew we would need #Spoutible when they wrote this ode to the #Funkification of a Nation! 😉🙌🎵🐳
Silke Spoutista @SilkesaintSince old folks going to bed soon. Here ya go.
Get it! 😉 🕺🏾🎧🙃11:40 PM - Apr 21, 2023
11:53 PM - Apr 21, 2023
Remembering legend Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003). Here's a superb live performance of her powerful anti-racist message song Backlash Blues (1967) https://youtube.com/watch?... which she co-wrote with Langston Hughes. @blackmusicproject #soul #Jazz #wokesongs #NinaSimone
11:22 PM - Apr 21, 2023
Happy Cosmic Birthday to late P-Funk legend Bernie Worrell (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016). He played keyboards on and arranged the super funky jam Love's Now Is Forever (1976) https://www.youtube.com/wa... by fellow Funkadelic member Fuzzy Haskins. #funk #music #PFunk #BernieWorrell
10:23 PM - Apr 19, 2023
Remembering James Brown's original Funky Drummer Clyde Stubblefield on what would have been his 80th birthday (April 18, 1943 – February 18, 2017). Here's the rare funk gem Harold's Room (1974) https://www.youtube.com/wa... by Blume which he co-wrote and played drums on. #funk #music
11:13 PM - Apr 18, 2023
Happy Birthday to the genius Herbie Hancock (born April 12, 1940) whose brilliance has shaped jazz for six decades. From his Man-Child LP with the Headhunters, here's the ultra funky jazz-funk jam Hang Up Your Hang Ups (1975) https://youtube.com/watch?... #Jazz #funk #music #HerbieHancock
08:09 PM - Apr 12, 2023
Remembering Dr. King on the 55th anniversary of his assassination on April 4, 1968. Shirley Wahls' powerful song Remember Martin Luther King (1976) https://www.youtube.com/wa... was a truth-telling anthem about King's radical life and why he was murdered. #soul #mlk #martinlutherkingjr
08:35 PM - Apr 04, 2023
Farewell to "Sweet" Charles Sherrell (March 8, 1943 – March 29, 2023) who drummed with Hendrix, was taught guitar by Curtis Mayfield and played bass on James Brown classics. Here's his superb jam Hang Out & Hustle (1975) https://www.youtube.com/wa... #funk #music #news #SweetCharles
09:20 PM - Mar 30, 2023
Remembering legend Bill Withers on the anniversary of his passing (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020). Here's a superb live set from 1973 with Ain't No Sunshine and Lean On Me plus deep cuts like Lonely Town, Lonely Street https://www.youtube.com/wa... #soul #music #NowPlaying #BillWithers
03:07 PM - Mar 30, 2023
Remembering Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul on her birthday (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018). Here's a superb early live performance of Rock Steady (1972) https://www.youtube.com/wa... which she wrote for her Young, Gifted And Black LP. #soul #music #SpoutibleMusic #ArethaFranklin
01:43 PM - Mar 25, 2023
Remembering musical genius Dan Hartman (December 8, 1950 – March 22, 1994) who died from AIDS at age 43. Here's a rare remix of his #1 disco hit Relight My Fire (1979) and exclusive interview with mixer John Luongo https://youtube.com/watch?... on making the track with Dan. #disco #music
11:35 AM - Mar 23, 2023
Remembering Norman Harris (October 14, 1947 - March 21, 1987) a giant of the Philly soul era who helped create hundreds of records. He and Thom Bell co-wrote the superb soul/funk jam Love Addict (1969) https://www.youtube.com/wa... by Honey & The Bees. #soul #funk #music #NowPlaying
10:54 PM - Mar 21, 2023
Farewell to legend Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins (June 8, 1941 – March 17, 2023) founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic. He co-wrote and produced the epic funky jam Love's Now Is Forever (1976) https://www.youtube.com/wa... feat. Bernie Worrell & Bootsy Collins. #funk #music #FuzzyHaskins
08:47 PM - Mar 18, 2023
Remembering genius producer Patrick Adams (March 17, 1950 – June 22, 2022) whose countless records helped shape the direction of disco and beyond. Here's his superb cosmic funk jam Flying High (1982) https://www.youtube.com/wa... by Cloud One which he wrote & co-produced. #PatrickAdams
04:06 PM - Mar 18, 2023
TIMELINE CLEANSE:
Lots of shitty headlines and it's only noon. I need a big ole shot of 80's funk. I almost wish I still had roller skates. (you remember the real ones' not the inline crap 🛼 🛼)
All Aboard!
Lots of shitty headlines and it's only noon. I need a big ole shot of 80's funk. I almost wish I still had roller skates. (you remember the real ones' not the inline crap 🛼 🛼)
All Aboard!
12:45 PM - Mar 17, 2023
Gil Scott-Heron, No Knock (1972). We must always pay respect to the influence spoken word artists like Gil and The Last Poets had on hip-hop. This prophetic #Woke track explains the injustice of "no-knock" warrants years before #BreonnaTaylor #wokesongs #spokenword #prehiphop #rap #hiphop
12:20 PM - Mar 18, 2023