This is the third and Final Part of these Christmas Specials by Stevie G!
Sunday, December 23, 2012
THE 172nd MIX FOR F.S.V.B
Thursday, December 20, 2012
THE 171st CHRISTMAS MIX FOR F.S.V.B
Here's the 171st Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, its a Christmas Special, its Called "Black Christmas Part 2" Its been Mixed by Stevie G, and it Features some Great Christmas Tracks by amongst others: James Brown, Staple Singers, Aretha Franklin, The Salsoul Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Gil Evans and Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder and Jackson 5 amongst others!
The third and Final Part of this Christmas Specials will be Posted on Sunday!
Sunday, December 16, 2012
1988 and MICHAEL JACKSON
The Date was Christmas Time 1987, incidentally Exactly 25 Years ago to this Date!
The Picture to the left (its a bit Blurry) is the Actual Takeaway now, some 25 Years later, its still going as a Chinese Takeaway these Days!
I had just Closed the New Takeaway for the Christmas and New Year Period, and things were going Great, Work and Money Wise, by this time we had been Living in the same House for Nearly 6 Years, Nathan was 9 Years of Age and Natalie was nearly 8 Years.
Me and Susan had been Married for Nearly 10 Years by now, and things were going Great for us as a Family!
After 2 Weeks off Work (I believe) for Christmas and New Year, I was back in the Takeaway, as you would expect, just into the New Year things were Fairly Slow, but I thought "Not too Worry, things would soon Pick-Up"
But for me in the Takeaway, things Never got back to the Heights of the Trade as they were before Christmas, things seemed to Drag on for Weeks, and I was Beginning to Realise what a "White Elephant" I had Brought into!
A Couple of things that Stand out in my Mind from around this Period, which was early to Mid 1988 were: Firstly, I used to Sell Cans of Pepsi etc in the Takeaway, and I used to have a Rep come to the Shop, now and again, on one of his Visits, he asked if I would like to Enter a Competition that Pepsi was Running!
It concerned Michael Jackson, who Pepsi were Sponsoring him and his Bad World Tour of that Year, there was all sorts of Prizes, and one of the the Main Prizes was to see Wacko at Wembley in July of '88!
So as Susan liked Wacko, I entered the Competition, and thought Nothing more of it.
About 2 Months later, I took a Phone Call one Day from the Pepsi Rep, who had came into the Takeaway previously, and he said "Do you Remember that Competition you Entered a few weeks back"
I said "Yes" he then went on to say, "You have Won, 2 Tickets to see Michael Jackson"
I couldn't believe it, I never had Won anything in my Life, not back then or Now!
I Remember Susan was "Over the Moon" so we had a few months to save up, as we were off to Wembley!
The 2nd thing I always Remembered was, I used to get a lot of Customers, all the way from a Holiday Camp's in Hopton, which is a Few Miles Away, and they All used to say the same thing to me, when they returned the Next Time "Your Fish and Chips are Great, Better than the Chips Shops around here and in the Camp!I used to get them Sort of Comments all the Time, and always Believed I could get the Takeaway, making a Few Bob, and having a easier Life, but unfortunately for me and the Family, things were going to get a Whole lot Worse, later!
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Now for some Music, I thought I would put a few Classic Soul Christmas Tracks on here, from 3 Soul Greats including Sam Cooke, Donnie Hathaway and of course Al Green...........
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
THE 170th CHRISTMAS MIX FOR F.S.V.B
Here's the 170th Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, its a Christmas Special, its Called "Black Christmas Part 1" Its been Mixed by Stevie G, and it Features some Great Christmas Tracks by amongst others: James Brown, Kurtis Blow, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Smokey Robinson, De La Soul, Run DMC and Marvin Gaye amongst others!
Sunday, December 9, 2012
WHO'S THE GREATEST FUNK BASS PLAYER # 4 MARCUS MILLER
In this Series of Posts, I will Writing about the Artist's who are in My "Who's the Greatest Funk Bass Player" Poll.
The Poll is over to the Right of the Blog, it has been Running for a Few Week's, so if You haven't already Voted, Please do so!
In these Post's, I will write a few Facts, Figures, Stats and Interesting Stuff on the Artist in Question, I will also include a Playlist of their Greatest Songs.
I will Write a Post on Each Artist, One Every Other Week!
ARTIST NUMBER 4..............MARCUS MILLER
Born William Henry Marcus Miller Jr on June 14th 1959 in Brooklyn, NYC.
His Father "William" was a Church Organist and Choir Director, by the Age of 13 Miller was already Proficient at Writing Songs and Playing the Clarinet, Piano and Bass!
By the Age of 15, he was already Working Regularly in NYC, this would Eventually Lead him to Writing and playing Bass for Jazz Flautist "Bobbi Humphrey" and Keyboardist "Lonnie Liston Smith"
Marcus Miller is Multi-Talented in the Music World, he is a Songwriter, Producer, Singer and a Multi-Instrumentalist, which includes the Following: Bass, Double Bass, Guitar, Sax, Clarinet, Recorder and Keyboards!
He Spent 15 Years as a Sideman and Session Musician before Finally going Solo in 1982 and Releasing his Debut Album in 1983.
The Album was Called "Suddenly" and was on the Warner Brothers Record Label, he Produced and Wrote all the Album Tracks apart from 2, these he Co-Wrote, the Album was to Feature a Who's Who in Music at that Time!
Marcus Miller has Appeared on 100's of Tracks and Albums over the Years, including some of the Greats:
Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Luther Vandross, David Sanborn, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, McCoy Turner, Wayne Shorter, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Elton John, Grover Washington Jr, Donald Fagen, Bill Withers,
Chaka Khan and LL Cool J, just to name a Few!
Marcus Millers Album Discography, as follows:
15 Solo Albums
Nearly 30 Albums for Luther Vandross
1 Album for Grover Washington Jr
15 for David Sanborn between 1977 and 1999
7 Albums for Miles Davis between 1981 and 2002
2 Albums with "The Jamaica Boys" between 1987 and 1989, The Jamaica Boys Featured amongst others, Miller, Bernard Wright and Lenny Williams.
1 Album for Dizzy Gillispie in 1984
He as also had Songs Featured in over 20 Movies over the Period Between 1990 to 2009.
In 2008 after Playing with 2 other "Bassist" Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooton, they Decided to Release an Album under the Guise of S.M.V, the album was called "Thunder"
A Selection of Marcus Millers Solo Tracks:
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Born William Henry Marcus Miller Jr on June 14th 1959 in Brooklyn, NYC.
His Father "William" was a Church Organist and Choir Director, by the Age of 13 Miller was already Proficient at Writing Songs and Playing the Clarinet, Piano and Bass!
By the Age of 15, he was already Working Regularly in NYC, this would Eventually Lead him to Writing and playing Bass for Jazz Flautist "Bobbi Humphrey" and Keyboardist "Lonnie Liston Smith"
Marcus Miller is Multi-Talented in the Music World, he is a Songwriter, Producer, Singer and a Multi-Instrumentalist, which includes the Following: Bass, Double Bass, Guitar, Sax, Clarinet, Recorder and Keyboards!
He Spent 15 Years as a Sideman and Session Musician before Finally going Solo in 1982 and Releasing his Debut Album in 1983.
The Album was Called "Suddenly" and was on the Warner Brothers Record Label, he Produced and Wrote all the Album Tracks apart from 2, these he Co-Wrote, the Album was to Feature a Who's Who in Music at that Time!
- Marcus Miller: All instruments, lead and background vocals
- Percussion: Ralph MacDonald
- Vibes: Mike Mainieri
- Background Vocals: Yvonne Lewis, Luther Vandross, Tawatha Agee, Brenda White
- Alto Saxophone: David Sanborn
- Drums: Buddy Williams, Yogi Horton, Harvey Mason
- Acoustic Guitar: Nicky Moroch
- 2-String Bass: Dean Crandall, Lewis Paer
Check out the Suddenly Album:
Marcus Miller has Appeared on 100's of Tracks and Albums over the Years, including some of the Greats:
Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Luther Vandross, David Sanborn, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, McCoy Turner, Wayne Shorter, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Elton John, Grover Washington Jr, Donald Fagen, Bill Withers,
Chaka Khan and LL Cool J, just to name a Few!
Marcus Millers Album Discography, as follows:
15 Solo Albums
Nearly 30 Albums for Luther Vandross
1 Album for Grover Washington Jr
15 for David Sanborn between 1977 and 1999
7 Albums for Miles Davis between 1981 and 2002
2 Albums with "The Jamaica Boys" between 1987 and 1989, The Jamaica Boys Featured amongst others, Miller, Bernard Wright and Lenny Williams.
1 Album for Dizzy Gillispie in 1984
He as also had Songs Featured in over 20 Movies over the Period Between 1990 to 2009.
In 2008 after Playing with 2 other "Bassist" Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooton, they Decided to Release an Album under the Guise of S.M.V, the album was called "Thunder"
A Selection of Marcus Millers Solo Tracks:
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
THE 169th MIX FOR F.S.V.B
Here's the 169th Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "Secrets" and contains Various Soul Artists and Bands, Its been Mixed by EJ Flavors, and it Features some Great Tracks by amongst others: Sos Band, Angela Bofill, Fatback Band, Hugh Masekela, Jones Girls, Dynasty, Confunkshun and Cherrelle amongst others!
For a Full Track Listing and Download from EJ
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