Today, as part of a series of shows dedicated to the Darlings of Decca, it's International Girls with some girl group sounds, garage-y numbers & quirky weirdness featuring schlager swingers, ye ye yummies, and beat babes from all over the world. If you missed the first two segments, check out the Crayons to Perfume! archive and tune in here at 7pm for International Decca Darlings.
Gonna Catch Me A Rat -- The Real Nitty Gritty -- tonight at 7:00PM ET on WFMU's Rock-n-Soul ICHIBAN! Savage R&B, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, greasy rockabilly & sleazy instrotrash platters! then Whig Out! at 8:00
Playlist and pop up player here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/RG
Courtesy of Maxwell Pickett/Wilson Pickett Jr. Legacy LLC
Tony Fletcher brings us the first-ever biography of the one and only Wicked Pickett! Essential reading for any soul music fan. Includes in depth information about recording at Stax, Fame and Sigma studios.
If you've never seen Wilson Pickett live in Germany from 1969, stop everything and turn on youtube.
The Real Nitty Gritty -- tonight at 7:00PM ET on WFMU's Rock-n-Soul ICHIBAN! Savage R&B, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, greasy rockabilly & sleazy instrotrash platters! Playlist and pop up player here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/RG
Sunday morning on DJ Roulette, DJ Pat K returns with another episode of Make With The Shake! Seriously shakin' rock & soul guaranteed to spill your coffee and send your flapjacks flying! Tune in at 11AM EST on wfmu.org!
Decca Darlings - the first in a series of shows featuring the girls of Decca Records and their subsidiary's, begins with the inaugural show this evening at 7pm Eastern, 4 Pacific, on Crayons to Perfume! Featuring Decca Beat Girl 45s from the UK, and we'll hear Maryanne Faithful, Antoinette, Louise Cordet, Lady Lee, Dodie West and many more - and in the following weeks tune in to hear international Decca dames and girl groups. Thanks to recent compilations like The Girls Scene and Love Hit Me! we know more about the Decca girls today, than we ever did before. Tune in for Decca Darlings - UK beat girls here!
Here's Dana Gillespie from her 1969 LP on Decca Box of Suprises, and her version of the Hollies Pay You Back With Interest (previously released on a Pye 45 in 1967)
Whatcha Gonna Do -- Tune in and Do It with The Real Nitty Gritty tonight at 7:00 on WFMU's Rock-n-Soul ICHIBAN! Savage R&B, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, greasy rockabilly & sleazy instrotrash platters! then Whig Out! at 8:00
Playlist and pop up player here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/RG
Today on the Whig Out at 8pm (right after the Real Nitty Gritty!) we get Organized - featuring your organ laden faves like the Spencer Davis Group, Untamed Youth, The Seeds, Creeps, ? & The Mysterians, Ken & The 4th Dimension and so many more.
Our old friends The Omega Men kick the show off, check them out here - in grainy footage from the late 90's - but get a load of this super Hammond laden version of She Comes in Colors!
Here's a comp I made years ago of Bo instrumentals. Yeah, I know its not him on all of these tracks, but who cares? Meant to post this yesterday, but much like Halloween, everyday should be Bo Diddley Day!
Jazzy Jessies are taking over Ichiban's airwaves and classing up your Wednesday evening! Tonight on Crayons to Perfume! the ladies mix a little soul and a little pop in with their jazz numbers, and you can find it right here for your listening pleasure at 7pm Eastern, 4 Pacific! featured are Les Milady's, Cherry Wainer, Nina Simone, Earnestine Anderson and many more!
Had your fill of Neat-Loaf? (we here at Whig Out! HQ prefer an alternative to traditional holiday fare), stuffed of stuffing? Done with Christmas? Then have we got a show for you! It's the Whig Out's first annual Comp-licated Christmas where we play music only found on the ever expanding format of the compilation LP. New compilations and those put together back in the day are featured, so tune and and hum along, humbug! Tune in here: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/70281 or just go to WFMU.org and choose the Rock'n'Soul Ichiban stream. Join us by clicking the playlist and comments link - and find out more about the albums we're featuring. 8pm Eastern, 5 Pacific right after The Real Nitty Gritty at 7pm!
