Rev&Pappa

Songs between country and soul are where the piney woods meet the bright city lights. Creating a soundtrack that feels both like coming home and wandering into the unknown. Steel guitars meet the deep, rhythmic pulse of a Memphis horn section. All presented tongue in cheek by Sticky Turd Junior, supported by city farmers Rev&Pappa. Skatalites, Ring Of Fire; Ray Charles, I Can't Stop Loving You; Esther Philips, Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry; Clarence Carter, Patches; James Carr, She's Better Than You; Originals, Behind Closed Doors; Etta James,Almost Persuaded; Hank Ballard, Sunday Morning Coming Down; Lee Dorsey, Holy Cow; Percy Sledge, True Love Travels On A Gravel Road; John Mooney, Take Time To Know Her; Arthur Alexander, Detroit City; Solomon Burke, He'll Have To Go; Donnie Fritss, In The Middle Of It All; Keith Richards, We had It All; Charlie Rich, Try A Little Tenderness; Curtis Mayfield, Dirty Laundry; Aretha Franklin, Cold, Cold Heart; Al Green, For The Good Times; Syl Johnson, You Don't Know Me

After the unparalleled episodes on Soul Kings and Queens Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun couldn't stop their soul journey. This time the focus is on soul groups. From hard-edged gospel-tinged to funky to smooth harmonies and poppy soul jewels.

Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun explored the periphery of R&B again. The result is a mix of genres, styles and artists that exist on the border of traditional rhythm and blues, often blending its core elements, emotional vocals, strong backbeats, with gospel and blues-rooted harmonies. Mr. Bear & His Bear Cats, The Bear Hug; Lightnin' Hopkins, They Wonder Who I Am; Lena Hall, What You Gonna Do; Tony Harris, This Lil' Ole Heart; Lowell Fulson, Rock This Morning; Kid Thomas, Rockin' This Joint Tonight; Bunker Hill, The Girl Can't Dance; Lee & Leopards, Don't Press Your Luck; Little Eddie & The Dollars, Yellow Moon; Tony Valla & The Alamos, Jane Why Did You Do It?; Hi Fidelities, Help Murder Police; Supremes, Just For You & I; Dusty Wilson, Life Not Worth Living; Cheryl Dorsey, A New Chapter In My Life; Zilla Mayes, All I Want Is You; Dolores Johnson, Give Me Your Love; Little Sunny Day & The Clouds, Lou Ann; Charles Christy, Cherry Pie; Carl Walden & The Humans, Never Let You Go; Wynonie Harris, Good Morning Judge; Brooklyn All Star Singers, A Prayer For Today; Royal Silvertones, Build Me A Cabin; Gospel Believers Of Detroit Michigan, God Bles My Home; Rugged Cross Singers, Try God; Herman Forde, So In Love; Gene Cooper, The Kind Of Man I Am; Bobo Jenkins, First Left Home; Big Jack Reynolds, You Won't Treat Me Right

Inmiddels vaste prik in ieders agenda. December is de maand van de top 2000 en met name de creatieve verhaspeling van Reverend MC en Pappa Shotgun. Deze keer zijn ze er nog eerder bij om een verzameling van vreemde, mooie, grappige of niet van toepassing zijnde versies van (oud of niet) top 2000 nummers ten gehore te brengen. Alles omlijst met het inmiddels herkenbare commentaar.

Send us a text Idle hands are the devil's playground. So Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun having the time of their life on the dance floor. Dancing to the finest, most exciting Northern Soul tracks they could get hold of. Exciters, Blowin' Up My Mind; Chris Clark, Love's Gone Bad; Jimmy James, A Man Like Me; Four Tops, I'll Turn To Stone; Precisions, If This Is Love; Dells, It's All Up To You; Holly St James, That's Not Love; Souljers, Chinese Checkers; Jean Stanback, If I Ever Needed Love; The Four Tempos, Come On Home; Jean Stanback If I Ever Needed Love; Lester Tipton, This Won't Change; Gene Cooper, Gogo Inn; Artistics, This Heart Of Mine; Impressions, You've Been Cheatin' ; Didi Noel, Let The Music Play; Brenda Holloway, Look What You've Done; Rita & The Tiara's, Gone With The Wind Is My Love; Marvin Gaye, Little Darlin I Need You; Drifters, You Got To Pay Your Dues; Ohio Players, Love Slips Through My Fingers; O Jays, No Time For You; Cookie Jackson, Do You Still Love Me; Velvelettes, We've Got Honey Love; Jackie Wilson, Sweetest Feeling

Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun are digging up treasures of R&B again. Covering all corners of the R&B spectrum. It's all there; hand-clapping, shouting, ad-libbing, punchy guitars, roaring saxes and piercing piano's. James Arr Septette, Congo Elegy; Exciters, There They Go; Ronettes, Best Of Breaking up; Chell Mars, Feel Allright; Lil' Ray, Soul & Stomp!; Tommy Louis, Wail Baby Wail; Ivory Lee Jackson, I'm A Country Boy; Don Covay, Oh My Soul; Jil Hide And The Velairs, You Are My Sunshine; Mary Davis, Woe Be Unto You; Ruby Johnson And The Millionaires, I Received Your Message; Jesse & Buzzy, Going Back To New Orleans; Jets, Tell Me; Ricky G & The Rhythm Rockers, Take Me Back; Paul Crawford & Frank Motley Orchestra, I'm Your Man; Jimmy Dee, The Push, Billy Joe Young, The Push; Leroy & Premiers, Run Along Baby; June Bug Bailey, Louisiana Twist; Andre Williams, Jail Bait; Dr. Horse, Jack That Cat Was Clean, Herman Forde, Cry To Me; Smokey 007 & Exciters, Please Don't Make Me Cry; Hi Way Que Cee's, Yes I Do; Five Singing Stars, Come On Jesus; Golden Harp Gospel Singers, Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown (Pt.1); Al Garris, That's All; Van Morrison, Spanish Rose; Ray Charles, Lonely Avenu ; Magic Sam, Out Of Bad Luck

Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun are walking alleys. strolling avenues, crossing bridges in the city where grit meets glamour and the relentless rhythm of life is a romantic symphony for the soul under the glow of a million lights.

Reverend MC en Pappa Shotgun nemen een diepe duik in de West Afrikaanse cultuur, rijk aan traditie, religies en gevarieerde kunstvormen. De muziek vertelt het verhaal van de verhalenvertellers, dwars door etnische afkomst, talen en gewoontes, altijd dansbaar en opwindend.

Reverend MC en Pappa Shotgun nemen een diepe duik in de West Afrikaanse cultuur, rijk aan traditie, religies en gevarieerde kunstvormen. De muziek vertelt het verhaal van de verhalenvertellers, dwars door etnische afkomst, talen en gewoontes, altijd dansbaar en opwindend.

Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun are going back to Jamaica again. This time exploring the very beginnings of Ska. They left no stone unturned, the result is a wonderful mix of R&B, jazz and carribean music of the 50's and 60's. Educative and entertaining as always. The Cats, Swan Lake; Chris Powell & His Blue Flames, I Come From Jamaica; Ticklers, Healing In The Balm Yard; Duke Ellington, Caravan; Count Sticky & His Calypsonians, Chico Chico; Willis "Gaitortail" Jackson, Lator For The Gator; Theophilus Beckford, Easy Snappin'; Laurel Aitken, More Whiskey; The Laneville Johnson Union Brass Band, Oh Lord Thy Will Be Done; Don Drummond, Reload; Rosco Gordon, No More Doggin'; Raymond Harper & The Melody Makers, Perfidia; Prince Buster; Black Head Chinaman; Penguins, Hey Senorita; Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari, Oh Carolina; Fats Domino, What's The Matter Baby; Ransford Barnett, Stormy Wheather; Eric Morris, Penny Reel; Willie Egan, Wow Wow; Al T Joe, Slow Boat; Shenley Dufus, What A Disaster; Bobby Aitken, Never Never; Jackie & Doreen, The Vow; Roy & Patsy With Hersang And His Combo, My Happy Home; Lee Perry, People Funny Boy; Larry Marshall, Nanny Goat; Don D, Heavenless #Reggae #Ska

Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun are giving their own spin on welness again: Take your own sophisticated cocktails and mind altering needs with you and we'll take care for the palm trees, hammocks and relaxing soulful Jamaican music. #Reggae #BobMarley

Sticky Turd Jr. is back. He's is our guide again, this time exploring space and time in the vaste unmeasurable blues universe. Sonny Terry, Lost Jawbone; Elmore James, Shake Your Moneymaker; Memphis Minnie, When The Levee Breaks; Led Zeppelin, When The Levee Breaks; Charley Patton, High Water Everywhere; Ma Rainey, Lost Wandering Blues; Rolling Stones, Stop Breaking Down Blues; Buddy Guy, Baby Don't Leave Me; Leroy Carr, When The Sun Goes Down; Son House, Death Letter Blues; Skip James, Devil Got My Woman; Big Joe Reynolds , Cold Woman Blues; Sleepy John Estes, Drop Down Mama Blues; Fred Mc Dowell, Drop Down Mama Blues; Howlin' Wolf, I Want Your Picture; Big Joe Wiiliams, Baby Please Don't Go; Them, Baby Please Don't Go; Lightnin' Hopkins, Baby Please Don't Go; Albert King, Born Under A Bad Sign; Little Richard, Goodnight Irene; Luther Allison, Bad News Is Coming; Junior Parker, Feelin' Good; Slim Harpo, Boogie Chillern; Hooker & Heat, Boogie Chillen' pts 1&2

Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun are back. The result is a great selection of long forgotten 2-minute R&B-songs. Have fun. Wild Jimmy Spruill, Hard Grind; Big Sambo And The House Wreckers, At The Party; Williams French with Eugene Isom & his Van-Glorians, Hey Hey Baby; Otis Riley, Rock And Roll Riley; Philip Jones & Johnny "Spider" Martin Orchestra, Hey, Let's Everybody Twist; Little Julian Herera, True Fine Mama; Richie Richardson, The Jump; The Blond Bomber, Strollie Bunn; Billy Adams, Rock Me Baby; Eddie King And The Three Queens, Love You Baby; Rid Rangoon, Forbidden 5; Little Henry & The Dewdrops, What Have I Done Wrong; Cookie & The Cupcakes, The Troubles In My Life; Lou Perez, Mama, Mama, Mama; Tommy Navarro, I Cried My Life Away; Henry Stroggin, Misery; Calvin & Clarence, I Don't Know; Huey "Piano" Smith, Genevieve; C. Campbell & Maytals, West Road; Sammy Fitzhugh, I Feel Allright; Elmer Parker & Light Lighters, Look Out Baby; Henry Mancini, Spook; Barbara Lynn, You'll Loose The Good Thing; Janit & The Jays, Without A Reason; Gladys Tyler, Mr. Green, Ms. Green; Ruby Johnson, Worried Mind; Delores Johnson, Give Me Your Love; Sam And Dave, Still Is The Night; June Bateman , Go Away Mr. Blues; Elmore James And His Broom Dusters, Goodbye

Send us a text Het jaarlijkse grote radiospektakel is nog niet eens begonnen of Reverend MC en Pappa Shotgun zijn al klaar met hun draai aan de lijst der lijsten. Onbevreesd, avontuurlijk en eclectisch is er weer selectie gemaakt uit variaties op (oud) Top 2000 nummers. Dit heeft wederom een gevarieerde en vermakelijke show opgeleverd.

Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun are wearing platform shoes, polyester Nik Nik shirts and pimp hats and moving across the dance floor under a sea of glitter balls on the four on the floor beats with a 120 BPM speed.

Improving on the first episode was a mission impossible, they said. But Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun gave it a try. The result is astonishing.

Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun scraped the bottom of their boxes of 45's to assemble a list of 50's and 60's party songs never heard before. The result is a wild mix of weird, noisy and soulful R&B treasures of the era.

Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun lost each other somewhere between The French Quarter, Louis Armstrong Park and Decatur while participating drunk in a brass band tour.

Those heavenly voices again. Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun are continuing from where they stopped on Doo Wop (1) Enchanters, Cafe Bohemian; King Khan & BBQ Show, Why Don't You Lie?; Lonnie & The Crisis, Bells In A Chapel; The Students, I'm So Young; Charles McCullough & Silks, You're Not Too Young; Vernon Green & Medallions, Edna; Lee & The Leopards, Come Into My Palace; Falcons, Oh Baby; Shields, You Cheated; Rialtos, It Hurts; Del Vues, My Confession; Blue Notes, If You Love Me (Acapella); Othea George, Come To Me; Wallace Brothers, No More; Impressions, Shorty Has To Go (demo);; Van Dykes, No Man Is An Island; Jive Five, What Time Is It?; Safaris, Image Of A Girl; Five Discs, My Baby Loves Me; Ronnie Premiere,Angel In My Eyes; Marvells, For Sentimental Reasons; Dukays, The Big Lie; Little Jerry Williams, I'm So Mad; Bobby Taylor, Seven Steps To An Angel; Pastels, Been So Long; Five Satins, Weeping Willow; Flamingos, I'll Be Home

Reverend MC and Pappa Shotgun woke up this morning again...... Lloyd & Willie, Patato Stomp; Forest City Joe, She Lived Her Life Too Fast; Baby Face Leroy Trio, Rollin' And Tumblin' Pts 1&2; The Three Tuffs, A Man's A Fool; Jon Thomas & His Orchestra, Rib Tips; Soldiers Of The Cross, Going Down Slow; John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, They Call It Stormy Monday; JB Hutto, Pet Cream Man; Merrill Brothers, Mercy Blues; Freddie King, Going Down; Albert King, personal Manager; Guitar Tommy Moore, Your Car Machine; Sam Lightnin' Hopkins, Automobile Blues; Wright Holmes Alley Special; Bukka White, Panama Ltd; Steel Wheels, Door Lock Blues; Ruby Johnson, When My Love Comes Down; T-model Ford, I'm Insane; Left Lane Cruiser, Big Momma; 20 Miles, Piece Of Clay; BB King & Vocal Chords, Please Accept My Love; Bo Diddley, Little Walter & Moonglows, Diddley Daddy; Memphis Minnie, Me And My Chauffeur Blues; Soledad Brothers, Going Back To Memphis; RL Boyce, RL's Boogie