Here’s a biggin’ that you sho’ nuff’ will be diggin’ from friend to GFM DJ Polished Solid a tribute to the one and only Don Cornelius!

From the show notes…

(September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012)

This is the first mix of two in tribute to Don Cornelius. My childhood was filled with many hours of dutifully watching Soul Train, ironically, the soul train line being the centerpiece for me and not the guest artists. This week we are keeping it in the groove, and next week we’ll return to No Turn Unstoned’s usual eclectic format. It goes without saying that for both sets the theme is SOUL of course.

There are four soul train themes in this mix:

1973-1975′s TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia), composed by Gamble and Huff and recorded by
Philadelphia soul studio group M.F.S.B. with vocals by the Three Degrees.
1975-1976′s Soul Train ’75 by The Soul Train Gang
1976-1978′s Soul Train ’76 (Get on Board), also by The Soul Train Gang
1980-1983′s Up on Soul Train by The Whispers

Check out the playlist after the jump.

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Smooth, sexy, timeless…”there u go”… Not much more needs to be said about this jam.  A hit for Johnny Gill off the #winning soundtrack for the movie Boomerang–this song is an R&B slow jam at its finest.

GFM is pleased to present the inaugural contribution from ATL native and current Richmond, Virginia resident Rick Wyatt. Rick is a bassist/educator/musical curator who has a wealth of knowledge in the areas of music, popular culture and historical context. GFM is looking forward to presenting more articles from Rick in the very near future.

Late one night after a gig, I decided to pull a John Coltrane(practice after the gig). After doing so I had the urge to watch “Mo’ Betta Blues”. While watching it I dawned on me that this movie did a great deal for me and my generation. As the opening credits appeared on the screen and I the first few notes of the title song began(yes title song. It’s played slower) I though back to that summer of 1990. (more…)