Metal Monday - December 30, 2013

Set List - December 23, 2013

Christmas Mix 2013

White Christmas – Charlie Parker

Greensleeves – John Coltrane

Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Jimmy Smith
Let It Snow!  Let It Snow!  Let It Snow! – Les Brown
Deck the Halls – Herbie Hancock
Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney – Ella Fitzgerald
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Billie Holiday
Blue Christmas (To Whom It May Concern) – Miles Davis
Black Christmas – The Harlem Children’s Chorus
Christmas Time – Ray Charles
Funky Funky Christmas – Electric Jungle
Purple Snowflakes – Marvin Gaye
Let’s Get It Together This Christmas – Harvey Avenue Band
The Little Drummer Boy – The Soulful Strings
Someday at Christmas – Stevie Wonder
Soul Santa – Funk Machine
What Do the Lonely Do At Christmas – The Emotions
Christmas Ain’t Christmas Without the One You Love – The O’Jays
Santa’s Got a Bag of Soul – The Soul Saints Orchestra
Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas? – The Staple Singers
This Christmas – Donny Hathaway
Angels Christmas – Wild Honey
Boogaloo Santa Claus – J.D. McDonald
Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday – William Bell
Merry Christmas Baby – Otis Redding
Back Door Santa – Clarence Carter
Christmas in Hollis – Run D.M.C.
Hey America – James Brown
Go Power at Christmas Time – James Brown
Christmas is Love – James Brown
Let’s Make Christmas Mean Something This Year– James Brown

Iggy: Open Up and Bleed - Paul Trynka

My interest in Iggy Pop's life and career after the Stooges is pretty minimal and this book had plenty of it.  Lots of Stooges content, for sure, but the version I read did not have almost anything about the reunion years.  Wondering if there is an update?  I also found out, on the bus while reading this book, that if I would have been born, I would have been related to Iggy by marriage for a short period of time between the first and second Stooges' albums.  Yes, a distant family member lived at Stooge Hall aka the Funhouse in Ann Arbor, MI.  Fun facts about Mr. Suit.

Set List - December 16, 2013

Ilori, Solomon - Igbesi Aiye (Song of Praise to God) - African High Life - Blue Note

Hubbard, Freddie - Blue Spirits - Blue Spirits - Blue Note

Lake, Olive - Rocket - Heavy Spirits - Black Lion
Coltrane, John - Sun Ship (complete alternate version) - Sun Ship: The Complete Session - Impulse!
Shepp, Archie - The Original Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson - On This Night - Impulse!
Shepp, Archie - Shepp's Mood - Mariamar - Horo
Carvin, Michael - Kwebena's Blues - The Camel - SteepleChase
Weather Report - Morning Lake - Weather Report - Columbia
Alexander, Harold - Mama Soul - V/A - The World Needs Changing - Street Funk and Jazz Grooves 1967-1976 - BGP
Smith, Lonnie Liston - Expansions - Expansions - Flying Dutchman
Smith, Lonnie Liston - A Chance for Peace - Visions of a New World - Flying Dutchman
Benson, George - Serbian Blues - Bad Benson - CTI

Set List - December 9, 2013

Shepp, Archie - My Heart Cries Out to Africa - Lybia - Horo

Cherry, Don and Jon Appleton - BOA - Human Music - Water

McLean, Rene - Watch Out! - Watch Out! - Inner City
Bartz, Gary - Libra - Libra - Milestone
Benson, George - Body Talk - Body Talk - CTI
Garnett, Carlos - Taurus Woman - Black Love - Muse
Maceo and All the Kings Men - Maceo - Doin' Their Own Thing - House of the Fox
The Bar-Kays - Six O'Clock News Report - Black Rock - Volt
Parliament - Side Effects - Chocolate City - Casablanca
The Miracles - What Is A Heart Good For? - Renaissance - Motown
Shades of Brown - Garbage Man - S.O.B. - Cadet
The Ohio Players - Runnin' from the Devil - Fire - Polygram
Shaw, Marlena - Liberation Conversation - The Spice of Life - Cadet

Set List - December 2, 2013

Roach, Max - Triptych - Prayer/Protest/Peace - We Insist! - Max Roach's Freedom Now Suit - Candid

Davis, Miles - Milestones - Live in Europe 1969 - Bootleg Series Vol. 2 - Columbia

Holmes, Richard "Groove" - Wave - Comin' On Home - Blue Note
McDowell, "Mississippi" Fred - Eyes Like An Eagle - I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll - Capitol
Prince, Roland - Eddie A - Color Visions - Vanguard
The Dramatics - Hey You!  Get Off My Mountain - A Dramatic Experience - Stax
Hughes, Jimmy - Chains of Love - Something Extra Special: The Complete Volt Recordings 1968-1971 - Kent
The Temptations - Plastic Man - Psychedelic Soul - Motown
Payne, Freda - Deeper and Deeper - Band of Gold - Invictus
The Four Mints - You're My Desire - Gently Down Your Stream - Numero
Lewis, Jimmy - I've Got To Get You Back - Still Wanna Be Black - Kent
Watson, Johnny "Guitar" - I'm Gonna Get You Baby - Funk Beyond the Call of Duty - DJM
Watson, Johnny "Guitar" - Guitar Disco - Giant - DJM
Bland, Bobby "Blue" - I've Got To Use My Imagination - His California Album - ABC-Dunhill
Womack, Bobby - Fire and Rain - Communication - United Artists
Womack, Bobby - I Can Understand It - Understanding - United Artists
Scott-Heron, Gil - A Very Precious Time - Winter In America - Strata-East