Jimster

• ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL

  Jimster

  9 years ago
  
  
  THE DIDGITLE MINGERING MIKE.
  
  
  

  

• "Home Is Where The Hatred Is"

  Jimster

  2 years ago
  FWIW : I really rate Brian as a musician; on the "It's Your World" version of "...Hatred", the Bilal Sunni-Ali sax solo that folds out into the line Masters at Work flipped for "Moonshine" … (more)and then Brian's full-on haunted-house chordbook masterclass are some of my favourite ten minutes in music.  They just play the shit out of it.
  
  Never knew he's had a full-time I.T. career for over 30 years as well as having the legacy of the work he did with Gil.  Of course, Gil took Brian's rightful cut, so there was the pain of having to deal with that and supporting five kids.  He said they were as cool as they could ever be at the end.  Never knew Gil was only 19 when he penned "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" and was completely clean.  Esther Phillips, an addict herself who wanted to cover the tune, did not believe he could have written it until she met Gil.

  
  Brian still definitely has it, at 71 - he's very youthful.  They were playing "We Out Here" fest on the Sunday and that concluded the tour.  Brian was playing keys and flute on Friday.  He and the band were in my hotel so we got to hang for a while and talked shit about most things.  I already knew Paul Jones (R) on drums for 30+ years from our days and gigs in Manchester.  Steve Walters (L) was on bass, he's got a CV with Sir Rod/Amy/George Michael/Mariah... so there were some good stories.
  
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• "Home Is Where The Hatred Is"

  Jimster

  2 years ago
  When in doubt, ask Brian Jackson:
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• Photography Strut - Pics you shot recently

  Jimster

  2 years ago
  Few from Costa del Sol (ESP) and Margate Soul Weekender (UK).  You can tell which ones are which.
  
  All shot on the basher.  Apologies for IG repeats.
  
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• 2025 RIPs

  Jimster

  2 months ago
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  Tracklist:
  Bruce Fisher feat. Roy Ayers - One life '77
  Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson – Swarte '78
  Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson - Step Into Our Life ‘78
  Ronnie Foster feat. Roy Ayers - Midnight Plane '78
  Edwin Birdsong feat Roy Ayers – Pretty Brown Skin '71
  Herbie Mann feat. Roy Ayers - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty '78
  RAMP (aka Roy Ayers Music Production) - Try, Try, Try ‘77
  RAMP - The American Promise '77
  David Newman feat. Roy Ayers - Fire Weaver '72
  Roy Ayers - Leo '79
  Terry Wells feat. Roy Ayers - Who's that stranger '84
  Roy Ayers - Slip'n'slide '85
  Edwin Birdsong - Good lovin' brings an encore ’81 (original member of Roy Ayers Ubiquity)
  Roy Ayers Ubiquity - He's A Superstar '72
  G. Keith Alexander - Sneakers '73 (produced by Roy Ayers)
  Ladies of the 80s - I knew that love '80 (produced by Roy Ayers)
  Ubiquity - Midnight after dark '78 (produced by Roy Ayers)
  Vi Redd feat. Roy Ayers - Just friends '68
  Justo Almario - Interlude '81 (produced by Roy Ayers)
  Justo Almario - Sho' you right '81 (produced by Roy Ayers)
  Stone City Band feat. Roy Ayers - Ladies Choice '83
  Ubiquity - Can you be yourself '78
  Ubiquity - Spread it '78
  Roy Ayers - What's the T (L70s)
  
  d59B.com dropping gems
  
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• Soul Strut 25: We're Not Done Yet Edition

  Jimster

  2 months ago

  karlophone said:

  damn i was looking thru old posts (...this is for those who don't know the half...) and i saw the  :freeway: emoji must not have made the transition to

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  current Strut platform. If anyone ever saved that little guy, share it here!
  (it was freeway saying "i aint talkin bout chicken and gravy, mang" ( or close to that))

  
  

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• 2025 RIPs

  Jimster

  2 months ago
  “The song changed everything for me,” Ayers said. “It’s still the last song of my show. People always join in and it’s been sampled over 100 times, by everyone from Dr Dre to Pharrell … (more)Williams. It seems to capture every generation. Everybody loves the sunshine – except Dracula.”
  
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• DJ Sheep

  Jimster

  10 days ago
  Strut 1  - 0 Billions of dollars of AI investment 

  

• current film strut

  Jimster

  4 years ago

  CRABFUNK said:

  Hardly current but I keep coming back to Frank for some reason or other. I think it contians some basic truths that are not intuitive or expected. Anyone else

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  I liked the film, he's obviously more a tragic character in the film but as long as you know the distinction it's all good.

  My brother worked on a TV show that the real Frank did a regular guest-spot on.  I was in the audience a few times.  I remember he (as Frank) wore these white jeans with tons of small biro-written messages on them, which he never stood still long enough for me to read properly, but it reminded me of all the scribblings you see 24-carat nutters make on their prison walls or in skin-bound journals.  His humour was pretty nuanced though... He opened for the Spice Girls at one big gig and started with:
  
  "Scream if you love [insert name of Spice Girl here]!" (cue massive screams from crowd)

  "Scream if you love [insert name of next Spice Girl here]!" (cue massive screams from crowd)
  
  "Scream if you've got Betamax!"... (crickets  ).... "I've got Betamax and wondered if anyone wanted to swap films with me."

  I mean, that takes balls.

  He (Chris IRL) was a completely different person without the mask - I mean, very regular, you would never know he was Frank unless you knew.  My brother used to sit with him in the studio canteen sometimes and they would chat about art and how shit the tea was, but he wasn't one of these always "ON" people like you'd imagine Jim Carrey or peak Robin Williams to be.

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• REMEMBER THAT?!?

  Jimster

  6 years ago
  https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/cadbury-drops-fairtrade-scandal-business-i-watched-ethical-decline-from-inside-a7451906.html