First off I'll play songs from two regional bands with gigs in town this weekend: La Mere Vipere and XMC. Then the rest of the show will be songs from the Black History Month theme. Every February brings a wonderful reason to play some great tunes of all different types, some with socio-political content and some just fun. www.wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=12334
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Meat Beat Manifesto - United Nations
La Mere Vipere - First Command [tonight at The Triple] XMC - Overdrive [tomorrow at Plaza Bowl]
Memphis Minnie - Me and My Chauffeur Blues Mahalia Jackson - Do You Know Him? Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly Ray Parker Jr. - The Other Woman Parliament - Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples
Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing Black Uhuru - Party Next Door Mandingo - Harima
Public Enemy - Race Against Time James Brown - Mother Popcorn Ike and Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits The Temptations - Ball of Confusion
Nina Simone - Strange Fruit Gil Scott-Heron - Evolution (And Flashback) Malcolm X / Keith LeBlanc - No Sell Out
The Soul Stirrers - Why I Like Roosevelt, Pt. 2 Casey Bill and Black Bob - W.P.A. Blues Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Television, the Drug of the Nation
The Robins [pre-Coasters] - Smokey Joe's Cafe Louis Jordan - Caldonia Muddy Waters - Baby Please Don't Go Run DMC - It's Tricky
Aretha Franklin - Baby, I Love You Al Green - Let it Shine Ray Charles - What'd I Say Trouble Funk - Get on Up