Thanks For Jumpin’

Well that was splendid, wasn’t it?

I’ve been running clubs long enough now to know that any night in the middle of the summer when there’s loads of other events on is bound to start slowly, but I must admit I was a bit anxious early on. But – oh my days! – it got busy. Thanks so much for coming if you did, it was probably the maddest Jumpin’ yet and me and my special guest selector Alex Johnson were pretty overwhelmed* by it all.

I’ve NO idea what I played – maybe Alex can remember his set. I know that at the end we were playing back-to-back and trying to mess each other up a bit, but in reality it just meant we reached for the most dancefloor-friendly tunes we had. I was gutted we didn’t finish with The Monster Mash (yes, I did have it with me) but Alex’s (Reach Out) I’ll Be There seemed like a pretty banging final tune.

I’d like to thank Alex for being a perfect guest; Rosie and Kathryn and the Ernest crew for letting us do it and coping admirably; Polly and Toni and Kirsten for being staunch; everyone who came. All that stuff. And tramadol and Patron Xo Café for getting me through it.

Till next time…

 

 

(* drunk)

POSTER

How To Get Ahead In Advertising

We’ve got a nice big ad in the forthcoming issue of NARC. Magazine for both the Jumpin’ On The Terrace gig (July 9th) and Jumpin’ With Stagger Lee at Ernest on July 22nd. We’ve decided to make Jumpin’ On The Terrace a fairly loose affair with guests including Rob Heron, Alex Johnson, Ethan McDermott, Billy Lyre and more popping along to play a few tunes, while Alex is also going to be the guest selecter at Ernest.

 

White Lightnin’

Billy Bootleggers is a brand new Toon centre bar – hard by Grainger Street Market underneath Bar 28 on Nelson Street – based on a vintage American dive bar.  It looks great in there, the booze is high quality and judging by recent appearances, so are the bands.

And I’m going to be playing some records down there from time to time, starting with a double whammy this bank holiday weekend (Friday 26th and Saturday 27th) from about 11pm when the bands finish till about 2am when we all get thrown out.

Come down, entry is free and it’ll be good times

Going Full Bateman

Jumpin’ 21

Hey folks. Had a burst of excellent new releases come my way lately and figured that was a good excuse for a new Jumpin’ mix – number 21!

There’s tracks from new or imminent albums by Hurray For The Riff Raff, The Deslondes (two tracks because it’s that good), Bonnie Prince Billy, Pokey LaFarge, Rhiannon Giddens, Sir Jac’s Bantamacs, Chain & The Gang and The Unthanks, as well as something from the new Dengue Fever reissues.

And the usual mix of soul, country, blues, garage and more.

1. Barry Adamson – The Big Bamboozle
2. Eldridge Holmes – Popcorn Children
3. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B.
4. The Jackson 5 – Little Bitty Pretty One
5. Mose Allison – Parchman Farm
6. Hunx & His Punx – You Don’t Like Rock’N’Roll
7. Chain & The Gang – Free Will
8. The Deslondes – Hurricane Shakedown
9. Eli Paperboy Reed – Bad Girl
10. Pokey LaFarge – Riot In The Street
11. Dengue Fever – Tip My Canoe
12. Omar Kay – Turkish Coffee
13. Junior Murvin – Cool Out Son
14. Big Youth – All Nations Bow
15. Harry J Allstars – Liquidator
16. The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There
17. The Como Mamas – Count Your Blessings
18. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – Moanin’
19. James Carr – Who’s Been Warming My Oven
20. The Five Stairsteps – Playgirl’s Love
21. Eddie Carlton – It Will Be Done
22. Margie Joseph – I Can’t Move No Mountain
23. Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Navigator
24. Kokomo Arnold – Milk Cow Blues
25. Lefty Frizzell – Shine, Shave, Shower (It’s Saturday)
26. Sir Jac’s Bantamacs – One Cup Of Coffee
27. The Dirt Daubers – Trucks, Tractors & Trains
28. Tony Joe White – Polk Salad Annie
29. The Deslondes – She Better Be Lonely
30. Bonnie Prince Billy – Leonard
31. Micah P Hinson – Beneath The Rose
32. Rhiannon Giddens – The Angels Laid Him Away
33. Blind Willie McTell – The Dyin’ Crapshooter’s Blues
34. Jerry Jeff Walker – Desperados Waiting For The Train
35. Guy Clark – Dublin Blues
36. Cian Nugent – Lucy
37. The Unthanks – What Can A Song Do To You?

(NB – I did try labelling the tracks in the mix but it crashed, sorry!)

Kicking Off The Summer On The Good Foot..

Thanks to everyone who came down to Ernest on Saturday and made the 3rd Jumpin With Stagger Lee all sorts of fun, and thanks to Rob Heron for hotfooting it over from the coast to guest.

The next Jumpin’ at Ernest will be on July 22nd, but we’ll be on the terrace at the Cumberland Arms on July 9th from 2-7pm – hopefully see you there!

 

Things Are Jumpin’ All Over

First off, thanks if you came down to the Riddim On The Terrace afternoon at the Cumberland yesterday. The sun was blazing, it was packed, it was a brilliant afternoon.

Thanks to Rob Heron, Rory Smith and Pete Pearson for joining in…

There’s Soul Finger #5 at the Cumberland Arms on July 7th and then I’m going to be back on the Cumberland Arms Terrace on July 9th for Jumpin’ On The Terrace. From 2pm to 7pm I’ll be playing soul, reggae, rhythm & blues, country and whatever the hell else I fancy, probably with a guest selector or two as well. It’s free, it’s family friendly, there’ll be food and the Cumby always has good beer.

On July 22nd I’ll be DJing on the Jumpin’ Hot Stage at SummerTyne Americana down at the Sage and then hotfooting it over the Tyne for Jumpin’ With Stagger Lee #4 at Ernest. No guest confirmed yet, but it’ll be 9pm – 2am, and FREE! And then I’ll be back at the Jumpin’ Hot stage on the Sunday.

We’re hoping to fit in another Riddim On The Terrace before the summer is over, and more Riddim! nights at Ernest too. And Jumpin’ With Stagger Lee at Ernest will keep being roughly every three months.

Soul Finger #4

I was more than pleased to play a couple of slots at last week’s fourth instalment of Soul Finger at the Cumberland Arms, alongside Ethan McDermott and Rob Heron. The usual mix of northern, rhythm and blues, some mod gems and the like. A few people asked if I’d recorded it – like I’m that organised! – but I have recreated it.

A few points: I played two sets, but I’ve joined them into one here; while I know what I played, I can’t remember the order, so this isn’t entirely representative; I’ve left out a couple of tunes that just didn’t work as well as I’d hoped; and since I don’t have my decks set up  in the same room at home, this is a digital recreation of a vinyl set. But hey, tunes are tunes, right?

Here’s what I played:

1. Darondo – How I Got Over
2. Rex Garvin – Sock It To Em JB (Pt 1)
3. The Wheels – Clap Your Hands  (Pt 1)
4. Jimmy Delphs – Dancing A Hole In the World
5. The Sapphires – The Slow Fizz
6. Bobbi Lynn – Opportunity Street
7. Damon Fox – Packing Up
8. Betty Moorer – Speed Up
9. The Dells – Thinkin’ About You
10. Evie Sands – Picture Me Gone
11. The Minits – Still A Part Of Me
12. Inez Foxx – You Hurt Me For The Last Time
13. BW Souls – Marvin’s Groove
14. Bill Doggett – Honky Tonk
15. Googie Rene Combo – Smokey Joe’s La La
16. Fred Williams – The Dance Got Old
17. Nappy Brown – Skidy Woe
18. Mike Pedecin – Burnt Toast And Black Coffee
19. Irma Thomas – Don’t Mess With My Man
20. Ike And Tina Turner – A Fool In Love
21. Little Willie John – Home At Last
22. Dionne Warwick – You Can Have Him
23. Jackie Lee – The Duck
24. Jackie Lee – The Shotgun And The Duck
25. Marsha Gee – Peanut Duck
26. Banny Price – You Love Me Pretty Baby
27. Tony Tyrone – Please Operator
28. Ann Sexton – It’s All Over But The Shouting
29. Showstoppers – Ain’t Nothing But A House Party
30. The Five Stairsteps – Playgirl’s Love
31. Eddie Carlton – It Will Be Done
32. Garnett Mimms – All About Love
33. Jimmy Delphs – Almost

 

Jumpin’ #20

Time for a bit of a chance of pace. The last few mixes I’ve posted have been all about the dancefloor, and very soul-orientated. For Jumpin’ With Stagger Lee #20, there’s still plenty of music for dancing but there’s also jazz and country and reggae and folk.

There’s new(ish) music from Morton Valence, Grandaddy, Frontier Ruckus, King Salami & The Cumberland Three, Rhiannon Giddens, Jeb Loy Nichols, Hot 8 Brass Band, Coco Hames and Nikki Lane. There’s a small tribute to the recently departed Robert Fisher from Willard Grant Conspiracy. The rest is the usual mix of old favourites, recent discoveries and whatever the hell else.

You can stream Jumpin’ With Stagger Lee #20 here or download it here.
(NB: any problems with the download, do let me know)

Tracklisting:

1. King Salami & The Cumberland Three – Tiger In My Tank
2. Mike Pedecin – Burnt Toast & Black Coffee
3. The Village Callers – I Don’t Need No Doctor
4. The Soul Sisters – Wreck A Buddy
5. Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hell
6. Betty Davis – Hangin’ Out
7. Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway
8. Jeb Loy Nichols – Come See Me
9. Menlo Park – Cochon Cochon
10. The Volcanos – Storm Warning
11. Ann Sexton – It’s All Over But The Shouting
12. Helen Shapiro – Tell Me What He Said
13. Morton Valence – Vem Kan Segla Forutan Vind
14. The Memory Band – Children Of The Stones
15. Don Cherry – Brown Rice
16. Georgie Fame – Parchman Farm (Live)
17. Rupie Edwards – Irie Feelings
18. The Clash – Version Pardner
19. James Waynes – Junco Partner
20. Hot 8 Brass Band – St James Infirmary
21. The Balfa Brothers – La Danse de Mardi Gras
22. Coco Hames – I Do Love You
23. Southern Culture On The Skids – Walk Like A Camel
24. Brenda And The Tabulations – California Soul
25. Amy Winehouse – You’re Wondering Now
26. Aura Meets Lee Scratch Perry – Young, Gifted & Broke
27. Nikki Lane – Lay  You Down
28. Julia Jacklin – Don’t Let The Kids Win
29. Grandaddy – Songbird Son
30. Frontier Ruckus – Positively Freaking
31. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Old Time Religion
32. Willard Grant Conspiracy – The Work Song
33. The Walkabouts – Silence
34. Men Diamler – 1848 (Sunset Beauregard)
35. Francoise Hardy – Till The Morning Comes