Based on the premise that the true Home of the Groove, at least on the North American landmass, is the irreplaceable musical and cultural nexus, New Orleans, Louisiana and environs, this audioblog features rare, hard to find, often forgotten, vintage New Orleans-related R&B and funk records with commentary. Some general knowledge of N.O. music is helpful here, but not required to get your groove on.
I currently host a weekly show, "Funkify Your Life", on KRVS 88.7 FM in Lafayette which includes music covered on HOTG and more. You can listen-in live Thursdays at 2:00 PM or to the rebroadcast Fridays at 9:00 PM, or stream shows on demand and see playlists at the station website under the Programs tab. I am a former resident of Memphis, TN, where I did a weekly radio show called "New Orleans: Under the Influence" from 1988 to 2004 on WEVL 89.9 FM. I've been collecting and researching this kind of music (& others) even longer.
I'm still decompressing from the Meters' reunion, where I and about 30,000 close friends (we were real close for about 100 minutes) witnessed some HOTG music history. It was hot shit on an unusually cool day. . .but, I'll tell you more about it later along with a piece about the Make It Funky film I saw previewed tonight. And I'll have a tune up soon. Stand by.
posted by Dan Phillips @ 12:11 AM
1 Comments:
Dwight here,
Standing by...lol
I was there of course, coudn't find your phone number to let U know where I was.
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