Sybil Gage's Stormy Monday Show: June 2010

6.28.2010

Stormy Monday Show 6-26-10

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This show takes a wistful look back in time when Michael Jackson was alive and well and delighting young and old across the world. We are reminded of his great talent and promise by his music as we remember the first anniversary of his death. I dug up an old favorite of mine from Trixie Smith and closed out the Stormy Monday Show with a few treats from the incomparable Sugar Pie De Santo.

Stormy Monday 6-26-10

Labels: blues, jazz, Michael Jackson, Soul, Stormy Monday Show, Sugar Pie Desanto, sybil gage, Trixie Smith

6.23.2010

Roosevelt Sykes- The Honeydripper

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Born to boogie, Roosevelt Sykes hit the circuit playing barrelhouse piano when he was only 15 years old. He was known as The Honeydripper , a cigar chomping piano pounder with risque lyrics to beat the band. Born in Arkansas, he found fame in Chicago recording under different names for various labels and spent many years playing in New Orleans, which became his home until he died there in 1983.

Sykes' most notable chart toppers 44 Blues and Night Time Is The Right Time, although I can listen to most any of his tunes and appreciate his ability to musically transport me to a local honky tonk (with a soothing glass of scotch

Real blues, no doubt.

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6.20.2010

Stormy Monday Show 6-19-10

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It's the second year of The Stormy Monday Show. The plan was to have Florida's Mayor of Bluesville, Joey Gilmore on board with us, but he couldn't make it. It happens in this business as y'all know, but the blues don't wait for no one and neither did we.

Linda Hopkins brought us some "Down Home Blues" just before Guitar Slim stepped up with "25 Lies". James Brown surprised some in the studio with "That's My Desire" and then LaVerne Baker knocked them out with "Saved." And there was still more, including a few featured tunes from Joey Gilmore.

So step on up, put your ears on and listen in.

Stormy Monday Show 6-19-10

Labels: blues, jazz, Soul, Stormy Monday Show, sybil gage

6.16.2010

T Bone Walker - Blues at its Best

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T Bone Walker was the first bluesman to use the electric guitar. He was mentored by Blind Lemon Jefferson, posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and then the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

His music stands as some of the most enduring in the blues genre and it's easy to see why. The childhood hero of Jimmi Hendrix, Walker has the distinction of being the inspiration for BB King to get an electric guitar (which he did after hearing T-Bone's "Stormy Monday,") and one of the major musical influences for Chuck Berry. Listen in and enjoy.

Labels: blues, Stormy Monday Show, sybil gage, T-Bone Walker

6.13.2010

Stormy Monday Show - First Anniversary Show

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Saturday was the first anniversary of The Stormy Monday Show. Yup, we've been going strong for a year now and are being followed and heard in over 18 countries. We have podcasts going out around the world, the blog to keep you a little more updated; Twitter to let you know what's happening right now, and we just started our Stormy Monday Facebook page. The fans keep coming and we keep that great jazz, blues and soul jamming up the airwaves.

Since tonight was such a special evening we pulled out the stops and went a little buck wild with Bobby Marchan, slid in Lil Queenie and brought back the Carolina Chocolate Drops to keep it funky.

Calls came in from around the country and we had people checking in on Facebook and Twitter from all over the world, and I just want to thank each of you for your support. Now kick back, Miss Sybil's about to let loose with some funky jams.

Stormy Monday Show - First Anniversary Show

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6.09.2010

Joe Henderson

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Joe Henderson was inspired by his older brother's record collection, ... This superb tenor saxophonist memorized so many Lester Young solo's,...His teachers thought he had perfect pitch,.... He recorded for Verve, Milestone and Bluenote records,.... He appears on many of the notable jazz LP's, ....At least 35 albums for Blue Note.

I could go on and on with the accolades of this fantastic Jazz performer, but maybe the perfect description of Joe Henderson comes from Richard Cook and Brian Morton, "Joe Henderson is always in the middle of a great solo."

Always.

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6.06.2010

Stormy Monday Show - Bebop, Boogie and Blues

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Bebop, boogie and blues were the words tonight for the Stormy Monday Show. We heard from Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie, Angie Bofill, Kermitt Ruffins and Sybil Gage herself. Listen in too as Sybil talks about the history behind Luther Vandross and how captive his audience becomes when he starts singing. She also throws us a special treat with "Superstar," one of his longer ballads.

After Luther, tonight's Stormy Show almost makes us want to curl up with the radio and watch the rain. But that's before Miss Sybil steps it up, New Orleans style, and brings us back to her NOLA roots once again.

Kick back. Miss Sybil's about to take us on tour of great music, soulful tunes and quiet commentary. It's another episode of the Stormy Monday Show that you won't want to miss.

Stormy Monday Show Bebop, Boogie and Blues

Labels: blues, jazz, Soul, Stormy Monday Show, sybil gage

6.05.2010

Bettye LaVette The Lady of Soul

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The story of Bettye LaVette is full of ups and downs, unfulfilled promises, highs and lows.

But Lady LaVette seems, by all accounts, to have beaten the odds. She recorded her first single (an instant hit) in 1962 at age 16 with "My Man - He's A Lovin Man". This led to a tour with rhythm and blues musicians Clyde McPhatter, Ben E. King, Barbara Lynn, and then-newcomer Otis Redding.

Lady LaVette hit the charts again with “Let Me Down Easy" in 1965, which some people consider to be one of the greatest soul recordings ever, and from there she did a short tour with the Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown.

The Detroit born La Vette lost her footing in the music business for a time; drifting from one label to the next, with a hit here and a miss there and gave it up altogether at one point, opting for a role on Broadway in "Bubbling Brown Sugar" which she embraced fantastically for 6 years.

In 2005 she knocked us flat with her CD “I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise" and proved to all that she was a Lady not to be forgotten; a point which was further emphasized by performing at the inauguration for President Obama in a duet with Jon Bon Jovi.

Lady LaVette is still at the top of her game and her new CD “Interpretations: The British Songbook” only proves that point. It has just the right amount of soul filled gunpowder; and the power her voice reflects both its own endowed quality and the map of the struggles she has encountered.

She is Soul in a bottle, finally uncorked. If you look for Lady LaVette now, you will find her, but you have to look up, because she is flying high where she always was, even when unnoticed.

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6.02.2010

Charles Mingus

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I'll have .... Jazz - Avant Garde, please.

You just ordered Charley Mingus. Bassist , Composer, Pianist, bandleader.

Genius? Yes.

He shook it in the East and shook it in the West. He shook it with some cool cat's that we love best. Red Norvo, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Max Roach Joni Mitchell.

Check him out.