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On a Thanksgiving World Cup special night like this, you're gonna need to cook it up whether you're doing Turkey Day or watching Korea kick off (or both), we got the soundtrack from Colemine Records to do just that before Dan Lloyd kicks in the door once again to give us a rundown of some favorite rock side projects and collabs.
"The Drop with Danno" on GFN 광주영어방송 98.7FM in Gwangju & 93.7FM in Yeosu, Korea. An eclectic radio curation of all things musical spanning the spectrum every week. Broadcasting 8-10pm KST nightly.
Nov 24, 2022
The Drop with Danno
Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm – Gettin’ Nasty
Chuck Womack & The Sweet Souls – Ham Hocks & Beans, Pt. 1
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Raymond Brings The Greens
The Jive Turkeys feat Leroi Conroy – The Reggie
Preston Love – Chili Mac
The JB’s – Pass The Peas
The Mighty Imperials – Thunder Chicken
James Brown – Popcorn With A Feeling (inst)
The Poets of Rhythm – Strokin’ the Grits
Leroy & The Drivers – The Sad Chicken
The Meters – Chicken Strut
Durand Jones & The Indications – Tuck n Roll
Gwen McCrae – 90% of Me Is You
Scone Cash Players – Necking
Monophonics feat Fanny Franklin – All Together
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It is 20 hours past midnight and we are gobblin’ tonight as it is Thanksgiving and Korea opens their World Cup campaign against Uruguay this evening so lots to cook up on the show this evening, smashed into the back of the net as November 24, 2022. Danno here ready to eat on the mic in studio 2 GFN HQ in downtown Gwangju, how do you do? Tonight as mentioned we are cookin’ as it is Thanksgiving back in the US and we have a big game to watch right after we go off the air here, so I thought I’d share with you tonight a great playlist from our favorite label as Colemine Records has put out a great new playlist of grooves to bump on the spot with all the music called Cookin’ in a Colemine, and we’ll be highlighting the astute selections on there while you start stirring, baking, sauteeing, and fryin up the goods for a feast. Dan Lloyd will of course be in the studio for our 2nd hour tonight highlighting some of the biggest side projects in rock history from some of its most famous names, some you might be surprised by I would guess. So, lots to prep for the full two hours tonight and sending our good vibes and energy to the Korean team in Qatar for tonight in the process. Go get em, boys, get nasty if you gotta. THIS is The Drop.
Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm – Gettin’ Nasty
Our Sampled funk & soul Thursday night is on the air proper for tonight’s first hour, and we are cookin’ up for Thanksgiving and the big game tonight which starts right after we cease transmission. Korea vs Uruguay kicks off at 10pm, and a tall task vs Uruguay awaits, but no matter, we’ll climb the mountain!
Now, for our first hour tonight we’re helping you cook it up whether for Thanksgiving or the game this evening, and highlighting the as usual astute selections of Terry & the team at Colemine Records, who just dropped their Cookin in a Colemine playlist on the spot with all the tunes. That was Ike Turner and The Kings of Rhythm with a sampler’s funky delight called Gettin’ Nasty, released in 1969 on the album A Black Man’s Soul, which is a stellar LP of instrumental blazers if you haven’t rocked it in full.
Any fans of Cut Chemist, Nu Mark and/or Jurassic 5 will notice the piano lick on that cut being the sample from Concrete Schoolyard, released on their debut EP from 1997. And yes, that was the title “EP.”
Just a quick reminder…#9870 (50/100)…stream
So we’ll keep busy here in the kitchen coming up and we will be cookin’ with gas. Up next we have Chuck Womack to be followed by Delvonn Lamarr and The Jive Turkeys respectively, and we’ll list out the ingredients and the other players side opposite the skewering. THIS is The Drop on your Sampled funk & soul Thursday.
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The Drop is still cookin in the kitchen for our Sampled funk & soul Thanksgiving World Cup feast and that was our first triumvirate of tasters for the show tonight. Danno here highlighting some of the stellar selections from Cookin’ In A Colemine, which the famed Ohio soul label put out just in the past day or two. That was…
Chuck Womack & The Sweet Souls – Ham Hocks & Beans, Pt 1 (… this was part 1 of the title track to this album released in 1970 originally. The band were based in Phoenix, AZ at this time, bringing their own southwest sensibility to the genre.)
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Raymond Brings the Greens (…a mega joint right here from the Seattle-based trio, this one appearing on their 2018 album Close But No Cigar. And glad somebody brought the greens tonight, cuz we’re cooking up a filthy unhealthy comfort food mess otherwise.)
The Jive Turkeys feat Leroi Conroy – The Reggie (…interesting heavy, heavy soul cut right here, and the band if you’re not familiar is a collab between Orgone guitarist Sergio Rios and Jungle Fire percussionist Steve Haney, with this being released via Colemine back in 2013.)
Preston Love – Chili Mac (…one of my favorite dishes for Thanksgiving or Christmas and off of the legendary saxophonist & band leader’s 1970 LP Omaha Bar B Q, which in and of itself is some great stuff to cook up with on a front-to-back listen.)
Quick …#9870, social media.
Alright, so we gotta throw a couple more things in the oven before it goes ding and we’ll Pass the Peas with The JB’s to start, and close with Thunder Chicken from The Mighty Imperials for some major funk & soul lineage to end part 1 tonight. THIS is The Drop on your Cookin in a Colemine Thursday night.
The JB’s – Pass the Peas
The Mighty Imperials – Thunder Chicken
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Back at it for our fresh sautee sesh here in part 2 of the show. Danno here, still Cookin in a Colemine for the big game tonight or Thanksgiving if you’re celebrating…or both, these two things are not mutually exclusive and in fact compliment one another quite well. As to what we just whipped up, that was...
James Brown – Popcorn With A Feeling (inst) (…lots of food to eat on this LP, from 1969 called It’s A Mother. You got 3 styles of popcorn served on this one, with Mother Popcorn being the classic in the discography off the record.)
The Poets of Rhythm – Strokin’ the Grits (…this band, active since 1992 was called a troop of German James Browns by NPR at one time. Brilliant band, way ahead of their time although rooted in an earlier sound, and this cut appeared on the band’s 1994 album Practice What You Preach.)
So moving along tonight we continue sweatin’ over the stove, and we got Leroy along with The Meters to begin the triad, and Durand Jones to close it up next. We’ll read the labels after we’re done eating but not a second prior, and this is The Drop on your Sampled funk & soul Thursday night.
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Moving along tonight towards the end of the first half, and for those of you just checkin’ in, we are cookin up tonight as the big game starts right after this show with Korea facing Uruguay to open our World Cup battle, and it’s also Thanksgiving in the US, so we’re doing both as they go hand and in hand plus we are like SUPER hungry so we’re probably cookin up too much right now. As to what just got thrown on the griddle, that was…
Leroy & The Drivers – The Sad Chicken (…for those unfamiliar, this band was a duo out of Cincinnati together from the mid-1960’s to the early 70’s. This tune recorded in 1970 was apparently the band’s final recording, with the tones on the sax being a notable feature on the tune. Big up to all listening in Ohio tonight, hopefully the Buckeyes can bring it home Saturday afternoon.)
The Meters – Chicken Strut (…one of New Orleans’ best right here, off the album struttin’ released in 1970. One thing a lot of people also might not know about the band is The Neville Brothers were original members of the ensemble but not for too long.)
Durand Jones & The Indications – Tuck n Roll (…ah, no matter the years that go by, this album made for a case of Budweisers and like a few hundred bucks is something we just keep coming back to and I’m sure Colemine Records still cherishes this stellar album, which is self-titled and was released by the now famous boys from Bloomington in 2016. Of course, the rest, as they say, is history.)
So, that’s juuuuuust about as much food as we can eat and fit in the fridge for leftovers this next week or two, but we got three more morsels to chew on for down time as I turn off the mother lovin’ stove and start to chill. Up next is the after dinner romance starting with Gwen McCrae and 90% of Me Is You, then we are Necking with the Scone Cash Players then finally we’ll close All Together by The Monophonics and Fanny Franklin which we’ll call tonight’s apertif. Stay tuned Dan Lloyd’s got something for ya in hour 2, but for now This is The Drop, and that is what’s to eat.
Gwen McCrae – 90% of Me Is You
Scone Cash Players – Necking
Monophonics feat Fanny Franklin – All Together
III & IV AMPED
Crosses – Sensation
LS Dunes – It Takes Time
The Smile – The Opposite
The Damned Things – Let Me Be (Your Girl)
Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang
Better Oblivion Community Center – Dylan Thomas
Lazybone – 우리의 힘을(Go West)
The Network – Threat Level Midnight
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Jolene
Traveling Wilburys – Inside Out
The Good, The Bad and The Queen – Nineteen Seventeen
Mad Season – River of Deceit
Crosses – Sensation
††† (aka Crosses), the duo of Deftones singer Chino Moreno and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez, returned Christmas Eve 2021 with a cover of Q Lazzarus’ “Goodbye Horses” — their first new song since 2014. Last March, they shared two new originals: “Initiation” and “Protection.” Late last month, they returned with “Vivien,” the lead single from a new EP, PERMANENT.RADIENT (December 9). Today, ††† are back again with another taste of their upcoming six-track project.
“Sensation” is thudding, atmospheric track that makes the most of its empty space before leveling up into a room-filling, distortion-heavy chorus.
LS Dunes – It Takes Time
Past Lives is the debut full-length release for the post-hardcore supergroup L.S. Dunes that includes Circa Survive/Saosin's Anthony Green, My Chemical Romance's Frank Iero, Coheed and Cambria's Travis Stever, and Thursday's Tim Payne and Tucker Rule. It came out 2 weeks ago to fairly positive reviews. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel but it’s a solid album of rock that brings up nostalgic memories of when the members’ respective bands burst on to the scene.
The Smile – The Opposite
A Light For Attracting Attention was released earlier this year, the debut album from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, alongside Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner. Although the album is not as aggressive or rock oriented as I’d have liked (or as the first singles seemed to suggest), it’s a really solid album that rewards with each listen.
The Damned Things – Let Me Be (Your Girl)
Excellent supergroup comprising Every Time I Die’s Keith Buckley, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley from Fall Out Boy, Scott Ian of Anthrax and most recently Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio. The band has put out 2 records so far, most recently High Crimes in 2019. The band’s sound is somewhere between metal, post hardcore and punk, though it’s unlikely they’ll release new stuff given Buckley’s extended hiatus from the music biz.
Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang
Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, John-Paul Jones and Alan Johannes make up this supergroup, who have one self-titled album under their belts. After a long period of inactivity, the band did regroup on stage this year as part of the Taylor Hawkins tribute at Wembley stadium. It’s sad that it took such a tragic event to get the group back together, but I’m glad they did.
Better Oblivion Community Center – Dylan Thomas
BOCC are comprised of Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) and Phoebe Bridgers. The band’s self titled debut was released in 2019.
The initial idea of forming the band apparently stemmed from Bridgers complimenting a cover Oberst had done of a Replacements song one night, and him replying that they should start a band and sound like the Replacements.[9] When they first started writing together, they hadn't planned on putting out a record, and they thought they might be writing for one of each other's solo efforts or for a third party. Bridgers has said that it's common for Oberst to dream up "fake bands", so she didn't know that he was being serious until they had written "like, five songs".[9] They mentioned that they wanted to create a separate project with its own name so that they could feel free to create a sound different than their individual solo acts.[3]
Lazybone – 우리의 힘을(Go West)
This extremely lazy, contrived, pandering cover of the Village People just came out to celebrate Korea’s participation in the World Cup. I don’t think it’s Korea’s official song (given that a guy from BTS played the opening ceremony) which is probably a good thing. I have nothing against the Korean national team (I’ll be cheering for them with everyone else) or Lazybone (The first album I bought after I arrived in Korea was Lazybone’s 2nd album) but this is absolute bobbins. Worse than the bloated, rotting corpse of Three Lions they’ve just resurrected for the 8th time.
The Network – Threat Level Midnight
The Network is basically Green Day under a different name, playing a new-wave, Krautrock-esque take on their classic pop punk sound. They’re also much more fun to listen to than anything Green Day has put out since the early 2000s.
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Jolene
A punk rock cover band supergroup, MFATGG was originally formed by members of NOFX, Lagwagon, Swingin’ Utters and Chris Shiflett (who was in No Use For A Name at the time of formation but went on to join Foo Fighters). They have a bunch of albums out exploring a variety of musical genres and eras and they’re a lot of fun to listen to. This Dolly Parton cover comes from the country-themed record “MFATGG Love Their Country”, which also includes covers of Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kenny Rogers.
Traveling Wilburys – Inside Out
While most journos credit Cream and Crosby Stills and Nash as the original supergroups, it’s hard to argue that there has been a bigger supergroup than the Traveling Wilburys. Tom Petty, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison (until his death in 1988). The band released two records, Vol. 1 and Vol. 3. The best thing about this collab is that although the music never hits the heights of the members’ career highlights, you can really hear each member’s individual contributions to the songwriting, instrumentation and production, which makes it a real joy to listen to.
The Good, The Bad and The Queen – Nineteen Seventeen
Another collection of legendary musicians, TGTBATQ were made up of Damon Albarn (whose other side project is now arguably bigger than his main band ever were), Paul Simonen (The Clash), Simon Tong (The Verve) and Tony Allen (Fela Kuti). Unlike most supergroups, TGTBATQ doesn’t really sound like the members’ main groups; it’s much more downcast and subtle than Blur or The Clash, and more theatrical than The Verve. Well worth checking out though.
Mad Season – River of Deceit
Mad Season released their only album (Above) in 1995. Comprised of members of Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees, one might expect a heavy grunge sound, but like fellow grunge supergroup Temple of the Dog, this is a much softer, more introspective record than any of those bands have every put out. It’s not a perfect record; there are as many misses as there are hits, but the good songs on here are really, really good. It also serves as another example of what an incredible vocalist Layne Staley was.