Posts tagged ‘the gourds’
Summer Solstice: Shady Groove Podcast 136
Back here at The Shady Groove, we like to celebrate the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. The Summer Solstice is here! From now until September, days will get gradually shorter. So lets enjoy these long, fifteen hours days while we can. And this year, this week we have a very special podcast with a Very Special Guest DJ; my man Nick Demsak. So sit back, relax at the pool with a cold one, and enjoy the sweet sounds of summer. Happy Solstice from the Shady Groove.
Here are the sunshine drenched tracks that were included:
Michael Franti – The Sound of Sunshine ++ War – Summer ++ Sly & The Family Stone – Hot Fun In The Summertime ++ Sublime – Doin’ Time (Uptown Dub) ++ Avett Brothers – At the Beach ++ Don Henley – Boys of Summer ++ The Allman Brothers Band – Soulshine ++ Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime ++ The Yardbirds – White Summer ++ G. Love & Special Sauce – Rhyme for Summertime ++ DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Summertime ++ The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations ++ Summer Salt – Give My Heart a Little Break ++ Zac Brown Band – Toes ++ The Gourds – Moon Gone Down
Not so Secret Track – Eddie Spaghetti – Sundowner
Summer Sounds: Podcast 131
It’s been a little while, but The Shady Groove is back with a completely new mix of hot grooves, cool tunes, and smooth vibrations for your listening pleasure. Crank up the volume, roll the windows down and cruise..
Here are the soulful summer-sound tracks that were included :
Nathaniel Ratliff & The Night Sweats – Shoe Boot ++ G. Love & Special Sauce – Honor and Harmony ++ Sturgill Simpson – Keep It Between The Lines ++ CAKE – Italian Leather Sofa ++ Dawes – Feed The Fire ++ The War on Drugs – Baby Missiles ++ Jim James – No Secrets ++ Summer Salt – Rockaway ++ Bob Marley & The Wailers – Guava Jelly ++ The Clash – Revolution Rock ++ Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives ++ The Allman Brothers Band – Back Where It All Begins ++ Dire Straits – Once Upon A Time In The West ++ Blitzen Trapper – Country Caravan ++ Father John Misty – Well, You Can Do It Without Me ++ Alabama Shakes – I Ain’t The Same ++ Titus Andronicus – Real Talk ++ Karl Blau – Where Ya Goin’ Papa ++ The Gourds – (The New Way Of) Grievin’ & Smokin’ ++
Under the Covers with The Shady Groove: Podcast #130
We’re back with another of the famous Theme-Time Radio shows from The Shady Groove. Today we go under the covers and explore the righteous genre of cover songs. I absolutely love when bands cover other bands. It is the highest form of flattery for a musician. Its the ultimate tribute. I love to see the variety of different directions an artist can take in recreating a favorite song. And then there’s the good, bad, and ugly. Some covers can rival or even surpass the original. Some can not even come close to being as good as the original. Either way, its an entertaining genre that will continue to delight forever..So enjoy this edition of The Shady Groove Podcast. Listen loud, sing along, have fun. Live it, love it!
Here are the songs that were played (original musician in parentheses):
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan) ++ Derek & The Dominos – Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix) ++ The Wood Brothers – Angel (Jimi Hendrix) ++ Susan Tedeschi – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Bob Dylan) ++ Sturgill Simpson – In Bloom (Nirvana) ++ Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Leadbelly) ++ Jack Johnson – Badfish/Boss DJ (Sublime) ++ Trombone Shorty – On Your Way Down (Allen Toussaint) ++ Carolina Chocolate Drops – Hit ‘Em Up Style (Blu Cantrell) ++ Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talking’ (Fred Neil) ++ The Beatles – Twist and Shout (Phil Medley and Bert Berns, The Top Notes) ++ Aretha Franklin – Respect (Otis Redding) ++ Talking Heads – Take Me To The River (Al Green) ++ Otis Redding – Bring It On Home To Me (Sam Cooke) ++ The Allman Brothers Band – Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell) ++ Levon Helm – Tennessee Jed (Grateful Dead) ++ Grateful Dead – Mama Tried (Merle Haggard) ++ The Black Crowns – Hard To Handle (Otis Redding) ++ Bob Dylan – Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Reverend Gary Davis, Eric Von Schmidt) ++ The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses (Gram Parsons) ++ Cake – I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor) ++ Fugees – Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack) ++ My Morning Jacket – It Makes No Difference (The Band) ++ The Gourds – Gin And Juice (Snoop Dogg).
Shady Groove and the Great Pumpkin: Podcast 128
Hey all you ghosts and goblins,
The Shady Groove is proud to present Podcast #128: Shady Groove and the Great Pumpkin. Its been a couple years since the last Shady Halloween podcast. So I found it fit for an upgrade. We dipped back through the archives for some dusty classics, scary theme tracks and even some new ones. Harlem’s a Friendly Ghost was actually on the very 1st Shady Groove Podcast back in 2010.
I really had an amazing time putting this one together for y’all. Hope you enjoy.
These are the ghoulishly spooky audio tracks that were included:
Link Wray – The Shadow Knows ++ Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters ++ Bobby “Boris” Pickett – Monster Mash ++ Donovan – Season Of the Witch ++ Creedence Clearwater Revival – I Put a Spell on You ++ Harry Belafonte – Jump In the Line ++ Stevie Wonder – Superstition ++ Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London ++ Ryan Adams – Halloween Head ++ The Mick Fleetwood Band – Black Magic Woman (live) ++ The White Stripes – Little Ghost ++ Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street ++ The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For the Devil ++The Black Keys – Psychotic Girl ++ Harlem – Friendly Ghost ++ Beck – Strange Apparition ++ Michael Jackson – Thriller ++ ………………………..The Gourds – Ghosts of Hallelujah (live) ..
The Shady Groove’s Theme-Time Radio : The Great American Solar Eclipse
This week, the Continental US will be treated to a full total solar eclipse. So I thought I’d put together a great block of musical tracks to enhance your viewing pleasure. Hope you enjoy listening as much as I did.
These are the tracks that made the cut:
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart ++ Cat Stevens – Moonshadow ++ Van Morrison – Moondance ++ Neil Young – Harvest Moon ++ Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine ++ Bruce Springsteen – Blinded By the Light ++ The Beatles – Sun King ++ Elton John – Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me ++ Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun ++ Stevie Wonder – A Place In the Sun ++ Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves the Sunshine ++ Little Feat – Got No Shadow (live) ++ Violent Femmes – Blister In the Sun ++ The Black Crowes – Black Moon Creeping ++ Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color ++ Pink Floyd – Eclipse ++ The Gourds – Everybody’s Missing The Sun ++