A pioneer for Blacks, our community, our movement, our music and musicians, our dance and dancers.
A pioneer for Blacks - our community, our movement.
A pioneer for Blacks.
A pioneer.
Don Cornelius was all that and then some. He was a visionary, who took the everyday and transformed it to the beauty beyond.
TONIGHT, Paula the Small, hosts a special Paula's Picks as a tribute to & in honour of the legendary Don Cornelius. She will feature music from guests inspired by and appearing on "Soul Train", the music and social commentary prototype for shows like "BET's 106 & Park" and "Yo! MTV Raps".
Original versions (& GD covers) of songs written or popularized by black artists.
The Grateful Dead covered dozens of songs written by, first recorded by or popularized by black artists. They include highly recognizable musicians like Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters and Otis Redding and songs like Dancing in the Street, Good Lovin', Johnny B. Goode, Little Red Rooster, In the Midnight Hour and Turn on Your Lovelight. The Dead played some of these songs only once, others hundreds of times.
Well, here we are doing our first show (for Begonia Studios Presents) of 2012. This was a 50 / 50 show comprised of an overview of the 1985 Philladelphia Pa. Spectrum Shows, and a first set from The Great American Music Hall In San Francisco 08-13-75.
The 85 Spectrum overview is the Good Ol' Rootin' Tootin' Grateful Dead. I know that things wern't fabulous for certain Band Members at that time, but everybody seemed like they were haveing a really good time during these shows, as well as the next weekend at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater (I was there for those Irvine shows). Not "sterling performances", but Fun!
The Great American Music Hall 08-13-75 show is one of the classic concerts of the Dead's long career.
It's Infinitely Late at Night...you're still Awake? Perhaps barely waking... Whatever the reason, tune into the Rest Area for an ever-changing mix of popular song, noise, and the great expanse in between, played on every format from 78rpm to .mp3 .
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It's Infinitely Late at Night...you're still Awake? Perhaps barely waking... Whatever the reason, tune into the Rest Area for an ever-changing mix of popular song, noise, and the great expanse in between, played on every format from 78rpm to .mp3 .
