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CTA-Sacred Ground
We just added to our current rotation two new songs from CTA’s (California Transit Authority) newest CD “Sacred Ground”. The two songs just added are titled “Full Circle” and “Strike (While The Iron’s Hot). As you may know CTA is headed up by former Chicago Drummer Danny Seraphine.
You can purchase the CD at the link below:
For more information on CTA go to: http://www.ctatheband.com/newDEV/
In our current playlist are two songs from the upcoming CD “Mainline Connection” by ” The Super Groovers”. The songs are the self titled “Mainline Connection” and “You’re The Only One In My Life”. We will be adding a couple more songs from the CD in the next week or two. As soon as the CD is available we will let you know. For more on “The Super Groovers” go to: http://www.adgproductions.com/thesupergroovers/
Also in our current playlist is a new single from the band “ReUnion” titled “Rock Your Body”. The single is available at cdbaby:
For more information on ReUnion go to: http://www.soulfunk4u.com/
Below is our current playlist. As always in Artist order and not order of play.
David Clayton Thomas/Mornin’ Blues
David K. Mathews/Airegin
David Sanborn Feat. Joss Stone/Let The Good Times Roll
Delbert McClinton/New York City
Delbert McClinton/Standing On Shaky Ground
Dizzy Gillespie/A Night in Tunisia
Doug Johns/Up the Funk
Dyke & The Blazers/Let A Woman Be A Woman – Let A Man…
Earl Thomas/Can’t Live Without You
East Bay Soul/Jump, Shout & Holler
Eddie Harris/Mean Greens
Eddit Floyd/Groove Me
Eric Bolvin/Time Bomb
Euge Groove/Play Date
Evie Sands/Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Floyd Miles & Friends/The Same Thing
Francis Rocco Prestia/Everybody on the Bus
Frank Adahl/Nothin’ You Can Do About It
Frank Biner/It´s Nice To See You Again
Frank Wilson/Do I Love You
Funk Filharmonik/Everything 4 Free
Funkiphino/Hold On
Gene Dozier & Brotherhood/Hunk Of Funk
Gerald Albright/Hey Young World
Glenn Walters with the Strokeland Superband/Don’t You Know?
Grant Smith And The Power/Keep On Running
Greg Adams/’Sup With That
Greg Allman/Slip Away
Grover Washington, Jr./Winelight
Heavy Metal Horns/Horns In The House
Herb Albert/Rise
Here Come The Mummies/Bed, Bath & Behind
Himlaväsen/Take Me To The River
Hip Service/Hip2DaFunk
Hot Pants Road Club/Back Into Business
Huey Lewis And The News/Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You
J.J. Barnes/Our Love Is in the Pocket
Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band/Black Cat Roun’ My Do’
Jaco Pastorius/Liberty city
Jakob Elvstrшm/14 – Make It Flow (Radio Edit)
James Brown/Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)
James Fountain/Seven Day Lover
Jason Mraz/Copchase
Jeff Golub/Shuffleboard
Jim Byrnes/Treat Me This Way
Jimmy Hall/Wonderful Girl
Jimmy Hall w/LA Reflection Section/Higher And Higher
Joe Cocker/Cry Me A River
John Lee Sanders/Too Close To Be Friends
John Németh/Blue Broadway
Johnny “Guitar” Watson/Ain’t That A Bitch
Johnny Adams/Back To Normal
Jon Burr Band/Sea Breeze
Julius Pittman & The Revival/Side Show
Karl Denson/James Brown Medley (I Feel Good / I Got The Feeling)
Kenny Neal/Ain’t Nothing You Can Do
King Curtis/Soul Serenade
Kool & The Gang/Funky Stuff
Larry Carlton/Night Sweats
Lee Fields & The Expressions/Honey Dove
Lenny Williams/So Very Hard To Go
Lighthouse/One Fine Morning
Little Beaver/Everybody Has Got Some Dues To Pay
Little Mike & The Sweet Soul Music Band/Free Ride
Lon Bronson/I Gota Run
Lou Donaldson/Nice ‘N’ Greasy
Lydia Pense & Cold Blood/COLD BLOOD- LIVE -No Way Home
Maceo Parker/Southwick
Malo/Pana
Marc Broussard/Love And Happiness
Martin Fuss/Compared To What
Max Carl & Big Dance/Show Me The Money
Melanie Cracchiolo/Sal Cracchiolo/Fly
MGB-Mic Gillette Band/Moondoggie
MI22/Exit 5
Mighty Sam McClain/This One Is for My Baby
Mingo Fishtrap/Without Question
Monophonics/Simon’s Song
Muscle Shoals Horns/Shoalin’ (Funky ‘N Half-Hip)
Ole Børud/Backyard Party
OTiS/Automatic People
Otis Redding/Try A Little Tenderness
Out Of Control/Cardiac Party
Pamela Rose/The One That Got Away
Papa Grows Funk/My Man
Patrice Rushen/Hang It Up
Paulo Mendonça/If You Want My Love
Phantom Blues Band/Think
Phat Phunktion/Broken
Players Association/Ride The Groove
Polyrhythmics/Leggo My Relleno
Raphael Wressnig/After Party At The Zoo
ReUnion/Rock Your Body
Richard Elliot/Walk The Walk
Ricky Peterson/Drop Shot
Ridin’ Thumb/Different Strokes – Different Folks
Rob Dixon/Looking Up
Robbie King/Tencegrity
Ron Moody/Destination Dixie
Rufus Thomas/That Woman Is Poison
Sage/Ants
Samuel Ljungblahd/Those Days
San Gabriel 7/Phat Sushi
Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns/Ain’t That Peculiar
Santana/Everybody´s Everything
Scott Martin/Gregory Is Here
Shades of Soul/Enjoy Yourself
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings/Humble Me
Shilts/Back On The Hudson
Shirley Scott & The Soul Saxes/It’s Your Thing
Solomon Burke/You’re Not Alone
Soul Clan/That’s How It Feels
Spectrum/Tomato Ippatsu
Stan Getz & João Gilberto/The Girl From Ipanema
Steve Bassett & Robbin Thompson/Sweet Virginia Breeze
Steve Gadd/Them Changes – Steve Gadd
Strokeland Superband/Let’s Do Funk
Strokeland Superband/A Soulful Kinda Love
Strokeland Superband With Fred Ross/When Little Jesse Hit The Set
Stuey Blue/Radio Man
Sunstroke PM/Monday Night Project
Super Funky Express/Sugar
Tad Robinson/Sunday Morning Woman
Tax Free/Funkoholic
Terry Wollman/If You Say So
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band/please let me stay a little longer
The Edgar Winter Group/I’ve Got News For You
The Entertainers/I Know the Inside Story
The Ides of March/Vehicle
The Phil Collins Big Band/I Don’t Care Anymore
The Sun Messangers/Late Night Cruise
The Super Groovers/Mainline Connection
The Super Groovers/You’re The Only One In My Life
The Tubes/Tip Of My Tongue
Thomas East/Sister Funk
Tim Ballard/Need Your Love
Tito Nieves/I Won’t Last A Day Without You
Toler/Townsend Band/Full Time Fool
Tommy Tate and The Nightengales/Just A Little Overcome
Topper Headon/Leave it to luck
Totally Wired/Time & Space Theme
Tower Of Power/Happy ‘Bout That
Tower Of Power/You Ain’t All That
Tower of Power/You Got To Get Funkifize
Trijntje Oosterhuis/Everything Has Changed (Imaani’s Song)
Triodes/Big Belly
VenueConnection/Art of Disappearing
Vernon Garrett/Mixed Emotions
Walter “Wolfman” Washington/Close The Door
Warren Hill/Easy
Was (Not Was)/I Can’t Turn You Loose
Wayne Cochran & The C.C. Riders/Goin’ Back To Miami
Whiskey Howl/I’ll Go Crazy
Willie Hutch/Love Runs Out
Willie Lomax Blues Revue/Blues For Ronnie
Willie Mitchell/30-60-90
Wilson Pickett/Do You Like Good Music
Wishbone Ash/Rollin’ (With Brass)
Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton/Layla
Zen Blues Quartet/Powerful Stuff
Zen Blues Quartet/What A Life
Here is the Info and please help:
First of all, we’d like to say that we consider ourselves one of the luckiest bands we know to be able to do what we do. Last year we crossed the US several times, went to Canada three times and did a month in Europe to packed houses. 2013 promises to be even more fun and busy for us with two tours already booked for Europe, and several multi-week tours across the US and Canada.
Our current record “In Your Brain” has been extremely well received both here and abroad and we are very thankful and happy with how things are going on the creative side and as far a bookings are concerned, so we’d like to send out a big THANK YOU!! to all you folks who have come to the shows or have bought our records and merchandise.
As with adding stress to any system, the upswing in our activity (we were on the road 240 days last year and will have at least that many travel days this year) has made us painfully aware of the weakest link in the Monophonics road show – it’s our bus.
It’s a fact of life that, while being a musician is incredibly rewarding in many many ways, financially is not often one of them. Even though we are incredibly busy, ironically, at year’s end, we haven’t got much to show for it.
The largest single reason we’ve identified for our current financial situation is the fact that with repairs and gasoline, we spent well over $100,000 on our bus in 2012.
Should this campaign turn out well and we are able to get a Turbo-Diesel Mercedes Sprinter for 2013, we will save $60,000 in fuel alone, and that will go a LONG way toward getting us to our (and every musician’s) goal of actually making a living doing what we love so much, plus, it will have A WORKING HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONING!! We just drove overnight from Colorado to Wyoming and it was 17 degrees inside the bus!
Please give what you can. The rewards you see on the right are very cool, and we look forward very much to getting them to you, but there’s another reward that everyone who contributes will get: Our undying gratitude. We will know who you are and we invite you to please come introduce yourselves at shows so we can thank you personally.
With love and gratitude,
~ Monophonics
Kickstarter link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/356819612/we-need-a-new-bus?ref=live
Monophonics Page Here at HDR: https://www.hdrbanddirectory.com/monophonics/
Songs from two new albums are in our current rotation. DoctorfunK’s new release “Second Opinion” and Johnny Sandoval’s “@ Conga”. We have also added a few songs from the 1971 (out of print) release of Los Blues self titled “Los Blues” recording.
About DoctorfunK’s Second Opinion-The follow-up release, “Second Opinion” introduces fresh new original material in a modern presentation that is rooted in the classic soul sound.
Tower of Power alumni Jeff Tamelier produced and collaborated on the material, along with Roger Smith and Prarie Prince who makes a guest appearances.
DoctorfunK is poised for a place in all of our music collections of the finest in soul and funk music. Listen for them on your local radio stations and watch for upcoming performances in your area as well.
Old School in the New Millennium is here to stay. So if music is your medicine, make an appointment with DoctorfunK for your “Second Opinion”
About Johnny Sandoval’s @ Conga-Johnny Sandoval, a native of Miami, Arizona was introduced to music by his family who immigrated to the USA from Almeria, Spain. Born into a musical family; with a cousin who danced Flamenco with Charro and the Jose Greko family, along with uncles who lead a Swing/Mambo big band, Sandoval began his career at a very young age. He started playing Bongos and continued to hone his skills as a multi-talented musician, song writer, and recording artist. This new album, @conga, is a unique blend of Salsa, Flamenco, Funk, Rock, Middle Eastern, Brazilian, Calypso, Classical, and Jazz. Sandoval cherishes everyone he plays with and his opportunities to travel the world sharing talents with many wonderful artists and audiences.
@conga is a reflection of the direction Johnny Sandoval’s concert performances take around the world. His personal musical journey leading to this seminal recording reaches out to almost every culture and invites music lovers to enjoy the ride through exciting and unpredictable passages. Johnny’s music is motivated by the need to give back all of the soul he has acquired through years of playing different music styles and instruments.
Below is our entire playlist, In artist order and not in order of play.
***Alias Smith and Lane-Little Buggers
***Alias Smith and Lane-Smile & Nod
***Ambergris-Chocolate Pudding
***Ambergris-Home Groan
***Andreas Aleman-Keep On Keepin’ Funky
***Andreas Aleman-This is life
***August The Band-Long Train Runnin’
***Ava Lemert-Rhodelea
***Back To Basic-Peace And Understanding
***Barela-Tower Pops
***Barry Danielian-Common Ground
***BIG HORNS BEE-Vamp Intro (Reprise)
***Big Mouth/Power Tool Horns-Italian Stallion [Live]
***Big Sam’s Funky Nation-Big Ol’ Booty
***Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows-300 Pounds Of Heavenly Joy
***Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets-Soul Universe
***Bill Withers, G Washington-Just the Two of Us
***Billy Reed & The Steet People-Sawbuck
***Bing & The Bingtones-Bump At The Pump
***Björn Skifs-What’s The Big Deal
***Blast-The Rocket
***Bononia Sound Machine-Can You Feel It
***Bononia Sound Machine-Doin’ It TOP Style
***Doctorfunk-Better Get Hip
***Doctorfunk-Bring the Funky Back Pt. 1
***Doctorfunk-Second Opinion
***Doctorfunk-What’s Up Doc?
***Down To The Bone-To The Bone
***Dr. Music-On The Road
***E. Billy Thompson-Met My Match
***E. Billy Thompson-Who Knew
***Earl Thomas-Do You Remember
***East Bay Soul-Brassalicious
***East Bay Soul-East Bay Soul
***Eli Paperboy Reed-Come And Get It
***Entropy-We Came To Funk
***Eric Bolvin-Suburban Bourbon
***Eric Miyashiro-Ken’s Bar
***Fishbelly Black-Freaks Gonna Rule The World
***Five Alarm Funk-March Of The Latin Zombies
***Frank Biner -Superstar Lady rful, So Marve
***Freddy V-Lisi
***Funk Filharmonik-Everybody Get Down
***Funk Filharmonik-We Get The Notion
***Funkasaurus Rex-If I Ever Lose This Heaven
***Gangbuster-Mercy Mercy
***Glenn Walters -Pain In My Heart
***Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band-There’s The Rub
***Gota Yashiki -What’s Up Charlie
***Greg Adams-Smooth Operator
***Here Come The Mummies-Attack Of The Wiener Man
***Here Come The Mummies-Everlasting Party
***Here Come The Mummies-Oh Zone
***Himlaväsen-Take Me To The River
***Hip Service-Hip2DaFunk
***Huey Lewis & The News-The Heart Of Rock & Roll
***Jack Mack & The Heart Attack-Ride The Rocket
***Jack Mack & The Heart Attack-Soul Man
***Jack Mack & The Heart Attack-Soul Meeting
***Jacob Merlin-Madness (Featuring Mic Gillette)
***Jerry Lacroix-Ninety Nine And One-Half (Won’t Do)
***John Shipley-If You’re Not Callin’ You’re Askin’
***Johnny Sandoval-African Sea
***Johnny Sandoval-Istanblu
***Johnny Sandoval-Los Immigrantes
***Jon R. Smith-You Are So Beautiful
***Jules Broussard-Cajun Moon
***Kal David-That’s Not Me
***King Beez-Against The Grain
***L.A Carpool-Black Moon
***L.A. Boppers-Where Do The Bop Go?
***Line Drive -You’ve Gotta Believe In Something
***Liquid Soul-This And That
***Lon Bronson-Tower Of Inspiration
***Los Blues-Ain’t That Loving You
***Los Blues-If You Must Leave My Love
***Los Blues-The Squirrel
***Louise Hoffsten-Shut Up And Kiss Me
***Luther Kent-I Pity The Fool
***Luther Kent & the Forever Fabulous Chickenhawks Showband & All-Star Revue-Pocky Way
***Luther Kent and Trick Bag-Let The Good Times Roll
***Maceo & The Macks-Soul Power ’74
***Malo-Suavecito
***Mandrill-Fencewalk
***Mann Brothers-Use It or Lose It
***Manu Dibango-Soul Makossa
***Mark Dolin-Belly Up
***Mathews, David K.-Four by Five
***Maynard Ferguson-Birdland
***Melanie Cracchiolo/Melanie Jackson/Sal/Sal Cracchiolo-A Night in Tunisia
***Memphis Horns-Soul Bowl
***Mic Gillette-Funky Good Time – Complete
***Michael Grimm-I’ve Been Loving You
***Michael Grimm-Love and Happiness
***Mingo Fishtrap-A Bitta Honey
***Mingo Fishtrap-Dirty Gritty
***Mingo Fishtrap-Without Question
***Monophonics-Agamemnon
***Monophonics-Bang Bang
***Nick Lane-An Inside Joke – Nick Lane, Mi
***Nils Gessinger-Soulmusic
***Nils Landgren & Michael Brecker & Randy Brecker-Compared To What
***Norbert Stachel-Likeside Shuffle
***North of Soul-Put It Where You Want It
***Ole Børud-Shakin’ The Ground
***Ole Børud -Make a Change
***Original Bullshit Band-Bang Bang
***Otis Clay-Love’s After Me
***Otis Grand -Finish Line – w/Curtis Salgado
***Out Of Control-Shake The Nation
***Paulo Mendonça-Respect
***Pee Wee Ellis-How I Depend On You
***Pete Escovedo-Flying South
***Phat Phunktion-Big Bang Theory
***Phat Phunktion-Don’t Destroy The Funk
***Polyrhythmics-Klompton
***Polyrhythmics-Labrador
***Poncho Sanchez-Shotgun Slim
***PowerTrump-Streets Of Gold, Gates Of Pearl
***PowerTrump-Twice As Good, For Half As Much
***Prime Time Funk-Ready And Willing
***Rastus-Big City Letdown Blues
***Rastus-Lazy Kind of Day
***Rented Mule-Feed The Ferals
***Retromeca-Diamond
***ReUnion-Willing to Learn
***Rhinoceros -I Need Love
***Rhythm Funk Masters-Frantic Activity
***Richard Elliot-The Boys From The Bay
***Rick Braun and Richard Elliot-Curve Ball
***Rippopotamus-Fanfare Of Funk
***Robert Peckman-Put It In the Pocket
***Roger Smith-Horn-Afication
***Sage-Funksway
***Sage-Make It Funky
***Sage-Soul Patrol
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns-Dat Greazy Thang
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns-I’ll Pack It Up
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns-When The Curtain Goes Up
***Scott Martin-Cafe Cubano
***Scott Martin -Dave, Doc & Milt
***Sharpshooters-Funk Shack West
***Shilts-Stax Of Sax
***Smokin With Superman-2 Sweet Fine Hams
***Smokin With Superman-Around The Corner
***Soul Stew-Doin’ It
***Soul Stew-Love And Happiness
***Soulive-Cannonball
***Soulive-Roll The Tape
***Special Request Horns-It’s gotta be funky
***Special Request Horns-Stereo Music
***Special Request Horns-The Demon
***Speedometer-Four Flights Up
***Speedometer-Safari of Soul
***Speedometer-Work It Out
***Spyders-I Can Take Care of Myself
***Spyro Gyra-Catching The Sun
***Stefan Redtenbacher-Fred’s Haus
***Stefan Redtenbacher-Royal Rooster
***Stefanie Heinzmann-world on fire
***Steve Gadd-Back at the Chicken Shack – Steve Gadd
***Steve Gadd-Bye Bye Blackbird – Steve Gadd
***Stevie Hawkins-Good Times
***Stevie Hawkins-Procrastination
***Strokeland Superband-Bumped Up To First Class
***Ten Wheel Drive-Tightrope
***The Bamboos-Tobago Strut
***The Funk On Me-No Good 4 Me Now
***The Greyboy Allstars-Soul Dream
***The Mellow Fellows-I’ve Got To Find A Way
***The Mike Reilly Band-Whos Been Sleeping In My Bed
***The New Mastersounds-Stay On The Groove
***The Sons Of Champlin-Tabacco Road
***The Sons Of Champlin-Welcome To The Dance
***The Soul Rebels-504
***The Soul Rebels-Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
***The Soul Rebels-Unlock Your Mind
***THE SUPERGROOVERS-Super Groover
***Tim Akers & The Smoking Section-Tip Of My Tongue
***Tom Saviano-Over The Top
***Tom Scott-Sarah, Sarah
***Tortilla Factory-“Cookin”
***Tower Of Power-Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now
***Tower Of Power-Loveland
***Tower Of Power-Sparkling In The Sand
***Was (Not Was)-Crazy Water
***Wayman Tisdale-Get Down On It
***Yoichi Murata-Access
One Of A Kind Auction at EBAY!!!
Background:
Doc’s wife Yvonne received a liver transplant on Dec. 28, 2010. Yvonne was finally able to go home from the hospital on March 28, 2011, three months to the day after her transplant surgery! The in-home care and recuperative process continues to this day.
The Kupka Family is extremely grateful for the contributions that have enabled them to pay a portion of the medical expenses but additional funds are needed for continued medical care, rehabilitation and medications.
In this first ever offering of an iconic Tower Of Power collectible of this significance you have a unique opportunity to own a piece of Tower Of Power history.
Doc Started wearing his trademark Fedora in the early 1980’s. Doc buys his hats at The Berkeley Hat Co. located at 2510 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, Ca. 94704 (510-549-2955) and usually gets about 1 year out of the hat before it is retired. The HAT travels in it’s road case and one time on tour in Europe it was misplaced for a couple of days and created quite a commotion.
Included in this auction are two tickets to a TOP show during the next year at a venue in your area and a chance to meet Doc and the rest of the band and take some photos with them. A certificate of authenticity on Tower Of Power stationery will be included with the hat, as well as free shipping in the Continental US. Shipping to other countries is available at an additional cost.
EBAY Auction Link : Doc Kupka’s Hat