RIBS TPTD: Duos & Duets, part 2…

Hey, welcome back for your weekly helping of RIBS!

Last month, I had the pleasure of presenting a mix called "Duos & Duets, part 1". It turned out to be a very good mix (one of my best IMHO) and was very well received. Once again I have to give credit to my "Co-Chef" Trelly for the success of D&D, part 1 seeing as how over 85% of the selections were suggested by her incredibly talented musical mind. AAMOF, that mix was so good (and I have so many duets that I have collected) that I decided that the last Thursday of the month (for the foreseeable future) would be “Duos & Duets” day here on RIBS.

So even though this is a day late, here is our second RIBS D&D mix!

This time around I have the pleasure of having as mix “Co-Chef” none other than KB (of Just Say K.B. fame) who has very generously and creatively provided the majority of selections for the mix. He has given us some stuff that I either had no idea existed or had not heard in so long that I had just about forgotten about. Regardless, I’m sure that you will enjoy this second part in our continuing series.

Without further ado, let’s get to the music as RIBS and KB present to you…

RIBS TPTD: Duos & Duets, part 2…

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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])

1. I’ll Be Good To You - Brothers Johnson - Look Out For #1 [4:44]
2. Just Good Friends - Michael Jackson & Stevie Wonder – Bad [4:07]
3. In Due Time - Tower Of Power ft. Cheryl Lynn - Back On The Streets [4:11]
4. Solid – Ashford & Simpson – Solid [5:09]
5. Two Hearts - Stephanie Mills & Teddy Pendergrass - Best Of Stephanie Mills [4:42]
6. You Don’t Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis - I Hope We Get to Love In Time [3:53]
7. Distant Lover - Betty Wright & Marvin Gaye – B-Attitudes [4:41]
8. I Pledge My Love - Peaches & Herb - Twice The Fire [4:12]
9. If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys ft. Usher - The Diary of Alicia Keys[3:13]
10. Love Is Missing From Our Lives - Dells & Dramatics – Dells vs. Dramatics [4:13]
11. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling – The Righteous Brothers - The Very Best of The Righteous Brothers [3:48]
12. For The Love Of You - Whitney Houston ft. Kenny G – Whitney [5:32]
13. Do You Wanna Make Love - Millie Jackson & Isaac Hayes - Royal Rappin’s [4:23]
14. A Little Bit More – Melba Moore ft. Freddy Jackson – A Lot Of Love [4:56]
15. Your Smile - Rene & Angela - Street Called Desire [4:16]
16. With You I’m Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta - Fast Break Original Soundtrack [3:37]
17. I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself/Walk On By - Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick - A Man & A Woman [7:32]
18. You’re Welcome, Stop On By – Vicki Anderson & Bobby Byrd - Anthology-Mother Popcorn [3:45]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: Earth, Wind & Fire, parts 2 and 3…

OK, whew! I’m finally finding a little bit of quiet/free time to get the new mixes posted here. Man, lemme tell ya… it really has been ONE OF THOSE weeks around here IRL. But hey, we all go through it every now and then. As I’m fond of telling people sometimes, “but just think of how much more interesting your autobiography is going to be after you get through this”. {smile} And, of course, the other thing I think about during trying times like I’m going through right now are the words from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he said:

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

And since I have always been one to give others the advice that “failure is not an option” I fully intend to measure up to the trials and tribulations at hand. OK, enough about all of that, I don’t need to burden you with my (when you look at the greater scheme of things) insignificant issues, you came here for some good music. Now on that I can stand and deliver with no problem at all whatsoever! (you know, I think I really need to work on this confidence problem I’ve been struggling with… {smile})

The “Elements of the Universe”, Earth, Wind & Fire! This is the group that is the main course being offered up from the RIBS kitchen this week. Today you have 2 EWF entrees to enjoy as I’m finally completing the 3-part Earth, Wind & Fire mix-a-thon I started last week for the Labor Day holiday weekend. In case you may have missed it EWF, part 1 can be found here.

Now if you’ve been following RIBS for a while you know I like to try to give you a slightly different take on the music when I do a mix dedicated to a single artist or group. My point of view is that anybody can take the popular hit songs from an artist that everybody is familiar with and put together a mix. That’s easy. What I try to do here on RIBS is give you some of the lesser known (but still extremely good) stuff by the artist or group that you might not be as familiar with and mix that in with some of the hits and/or personal favorite songs of mine by them. Additionally, if the artist has written for or produced for other acts I like to spotlight those also since things like that can often go overlooked by the public at large.

The Earth, Wind & Fire, part 2 mix is a perfect example of this philosophy. Except for the short opening intro cut, “Sing A Message To You”, all of the songs on EWF, part 2 are either interpretations (or covers if you prefer that term) of Earth, Wind & Fire songs by other artists or songs by artists that were produced by EWF (meaning founder and leader Maurice White, of course). I think you’ll really enjoy part 2 as it includes artists like Dwele doing his take on “That’s The Way Of The World”, Ledisi doing “Devotion” (simply beautiful IMHO), Kirk Franklin doing “September” and Chaka Khan’s version of “Shining Star” (as only Chaka can!) Additionally there are cuts by Deniece Williams (EWF produced her first two albums This Is Niecy and Song Bird), The Emotions (EWF revived their career in the mid-70s and produced their Flowers and Rejoice albums) and a solo effort from long time EWF member Philip Bailey called “I Know”.

The Earth, Wind & Fire, part 3 mix goes back to the group itself and explores some of their early work (for the most part) from the Last Days And Time, Head To The Sky and Open Our Eyes albums in addition to some favs of mine that you don’t hear much anymore. Oh, and I made sure to include a couple of instrumentals (“Power” and “Africano”) like a certain favorite RIBS fan requested/suggested {smile}.

They say the good stuff in life is worth waiting for, I hope that’s the case with these mixes. It’s music time ya’ll as we present to you…

RIBS TPTD: Earth, Wind & Fire, part 2…

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RIBS TPTD: Earth, Wind & Fire, part 3…

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Playlist, Part 2: (song – artist – album [time])

1. Sing A Message To You - Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude [1:19]
2. Evil - Larry Coryell - Smooth Jazz Plays The Songs of Earth, Wind & Fire [4:22]
3. Shining Star - Chaka Khan - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [4:01]
4. It’s Important To Me - Deniece Williams - This Is Niecy [4:20]
5. September - Kirk Franklin - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [3:56]
6. Best Of My Love – Emotions – Rejoice [3:40]
7. Can’t Hide Love - Randy Watson ft. Bilal - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [5:18]
8. I Know - Philip Bailey – Continuation [4:05]
9. That’s The Way Of The World - Dwele - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [5:16]
10. Devotion - Ledisi - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [4:56]
11. Baby, Baby, My Love’s All For You - Deniece Williams - Song Bird [4:10]
12. Flowers - The Emotions – Flowers [4:22]
13. Be Ever Wonderful - Angie Stone - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [4:04]
14. We Go Through Changes - The Emotions – Flowers [0:53]
15. Key To My Heart - The Emotions – Rejoice [5:16]
16. Reasons - Stanley Turrentine - Smooth Jazz Plays The Songs of Earth, Wind & Fire [5:35]
17. After The Love Has Gone - David Benoit & Russ Freeman - Smooth Jazz Plays The Songs of Earth, Wind & Fire [4:19]
18. Love’s Holiday - Lalah Hathaway - Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth Wind & Fire [4:03]
19. If You Don’t Believe - Deniece Williams - This Is Niecy [7:59]

Playlist, Part 3: (song – artist – album [time])

1. Interlude - Earth, Wind & Fire - Last Days And Time [0:52]
2. Kalimba Story - Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes [4:00]
3. Mighty Mighty - Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes [3:03]
4. Let’s Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire - Raise! [5:37]
5. Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind & Fire – Spirit [4:06]
6. Power - Earth, Wind & Fire - Last Days And Time [8:13]
7. Kalimba Interlude - Earth, Wind & Fire – Millennium [0:31]
8. Evil - Earth, Wind & Fire - Head To The Sky [4:58]
9. They Don’t See - Earth, Wind & Fire - Last Days And Time [3:30]
10. Wait - Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am [3:41]
11. Side By Side - Earth, Wind & Fire - The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire [5:31]
12. On Your Face - Earth, Wind & Fire – Spirit [4:33]
13. Sunshine - Earth, Wind & Fire – Gratitude [4:16]
14. Feelin’ Blue - Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes [4:28]
15. Africano - Earth, Wind & Fire - That’s The Way Of The World [5:09]
16. I’d Rather Have You - Earth, Wind & Fire - Last Days And Time [4:40]
17. Devotion - Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes [4:50]
18. Sailaway - Earth, Wind & Fire – Faces [4:37]
19. Spend The Night - Earth, Wind & Fire – Millennium [4:25]
20. That’s The Way Of The World (Latin Expedition) - Earth, Wind & Fire - That’s The Way Of The World [1:41]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: Earth, Wind & Fire, part 1…

I love Earth, Wind & Fire!

They are definitely among those groups that are “one of the cornerstones of the foundation of the Soundtrack of My Life”. I’ve been meaning to get around to doing an all EWF mix for quite a while now, but one thing or another kept getting in the way. AAMOF, my original plans for this Labor Day holiday weekend was to do a RIBS “5 mixes in 5 days” mix-a-thon featuring Maurice and the boys. However, life has gotten in the way of those grandiose plans so I’m cutting back and offering up at least two and, if time permits, a third EWF mix to take us through the weekend.

Now hopefully you do know who Earth, Wind & Fire is. This is one of those mega-supergroups that not only has been around for almost 40 years, but has crossed over and had hit songs on both the soul/R&B and pop charts. Not too mention having toured worldwide and having an international fan base. However, just in case you are not that familiar with the group (damn, where have you been? {smile}) you can check out their bio here on The Official Earth, Wind & Fire Website.

While I have many, many, many memories of Earth, Wind & Fire and their music there are two that stand out and that I never fail to think of when I hear an EWF song. The first one is from my freshman year in college. It was a Friday or a Saturday night as I recall and we had just found out that the new EWF album “Gratitude” had been released and was now in the record store (yes, this was BC/BI [before cellphones/before iTunes]). Problem was the store closed in less than an hour and we were a good 45 minutes or more away by subway (none of us Freshmen were allowed to have cars on campus back then). Well, about 8 of us rushed out, jumped on the train and just got to the store with about 10 minutes to spare before it closed. Whew! Needless to say it was an Earth, Wind & Fire 24/7 in the dorms THAT weekend.

My other fond memory is the EWF concert in Madison Square Garden I attended during Senior year in high school. I had only been a licensed driver for a short time (a few months) when this concert was held and Mom did not want me driving to New York. No way no how! So, we told her that we took the train (*wink, wink* {smile}) Also, the “That’s The Way Of The World” album had recently been released and I remember how beautiful “Reasons” sounded, live in MSG with Darlene Franklin by my side (my sweetheart in high school). That was our song. I always think of Darlene when I hear it.

Wow, I could go on and on just about all day talking to you about my Earth, Wind & Fire memories! But that’s not really what you came here for. OK, time to get to the music, as we present to you…

RIBS TPTD: Earth, Wind & Fire, part 1…

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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])

1. Kalimba Blues – Earth, Wind & Fire – Millennium [0:39]
2. Hot Dawgit – Ramsey Lewis and Earth, Wind & Fire - Sun Goddess [3:03]
3. Got To Get You Into My Life – Earth, Wind & Fire  – The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol 1 [4:10]
4. Serpentine Fire – Earth, Wind & Fire – All ‘N All[3:51]
5. September – Earth, Wind & Fire – The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol 1 [3:34]
6. Imagination – Earth, Wind & Fire – Spirit [5:16]
7. Sun Goddess – Ramsey Lewis and Earth, Wind & Fire – Sun Goddess [8:31]
8. Love’s Holiday – Earth, Wind & Fire – All ‘N All [4:21]
9. The World’s A Masquerade – Earth, Wind & Fire – Head To The Sky [4:48]
10. Love Is Life – Earth, Wind & Fire – Earth, Wind & Fire [5:02]
11. Keep Your Head To The Sky – Earth, Wind & Fire – Head To The Sky [5:09]
12. I’ll Write A Song For You – Earth, Wind & Fire – All ‘N All [5:24]
13. Where Have All the Flowers Gone – Earth, Wind & Fire – Last Days and Time [4:52]
14. That’s The Way Of The World – Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s The Way Of The World [5:46]
15. I Think About Lovin’ You – Earth, Wind & Fire – The Need Of Love [5:55]
16. Reasons – Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s The Way Of The World [5:01]
17. Be Ever Wonderful – Earth, Wind & Fire – All ‘N All [5:07]
18. Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude) – Earth, Wind & Fire – All ‘N All [1:23]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: Duos & Duets, part 1…

Hey! Good to see you again. I’ve got something really nice on the RIBS buffet table for ya this week.

One of the musical things I’ve always been very fond of are Duos (2-person groups) and Duets (solo artists that collaborate on a single song or, in some cases, an entire album). So I decided to pull a few of my favorites together and whip them up for a RIBS mix. Problem is I was having some trouble at first coming up enough songs for a full mix, so I put out an A.P.B. on Twitter to see if anyone of the wonderful folks in my community had some suggestions. As usual they came through, and in one instance came through BIG TIME!

At this time, before I start rambling on and on {smile}, I would like to send out a heartfelt “Thank You!” to Trelly for her help, assistance and inspiration in preparing the RIBS this week. AAMOF, I’ve given her the title of Co-Chef for this mix. This lady sent me an extensive list of songs and artists that really got me going in the right direction. BTW, if you are an up and coming and/or independent artist or group you need to get to know this lady. Trelly is the co-founder of One Nation Under The Soul Shack (ONUTSS) an indie soul promotion company. Check them out. Highly Recommended!

Also, let me send “greetings and salutations” to another Twitter contributor to the D&D mix for this week, SoulUK. If you are looking for an interesting site with quality information about soul music, the Soul:UK website is well worth a visit.

You know I got so energized by the song suggestions I was getting from my online Fam that I really started digging around in my collection and researching things online at a feverish pitch. But, I think I may have gone a little overboard though. You see, when I finally stopped and analyzed all of the music I found out I had over 8 hours worth of music. Oh boy! Since a single mix (that will fit on a CD) is only 80 minutes, that would mean that a lot of good stuff would have to be left out. I really didn’t want to do that so I thought it would be a good idea to have a “Duos & Duets” day on RIBS every month (at least for the rest of the year) so we could get a listen to all of this great music. Trelly agreed {smile} and it was decided that the D&D mix will be a regular feature on RIBS every last Thursday of the month.

OK! Let’s get on to the music, as we present to you…

RIBS TPTD: Duos & Duets, part 1…

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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])

1. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Duet with Tammi Terrell) - Marvin Gaye - Marvin Gaye Collection [2:27]
2. High Rise – Ashford & Simpson - High Rise [5:30]
3. Never Knew Love Like This (Duet with Cherrelle) - Alexander O’Neal – Hearsay [5:11]
4. Baby I’m Scared Of You - Womack And Womack - Love Wars [5:38]
5. My Mistake (Was To Love You) [Duet with Diana Ross] - Marvin Gaye - Diana & Marvin [2:57]
6. This Love Of Ours - A Taste Of Honey -  A Taste Of Honey [3:33]
7. Hope That We Can Be Together Soon (Teddy Pendergrass/Sharon Paige Duet) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - To Be True [3:43]
8. Can’t We Fall In Love Again (Duet with Michael Henderson) - Phyllis Hyman - Can’t We Fall In Love Again [5:17]
9. Here We Go (Duet with Peabo Bryson) - Minnie Riperton - The Best Of Minnie Riperton [4:05]
10. Perfect Combination (Duet with Johnny Gill) - Stacy Lattisaw - Perfect Combination [4:09]
11. If This World Were Mine (Duet With Cheryl Lynn) - Luther Vandross - Love, Luther [5:24]
12. Endless Love (Duet with Diana Ross) - Lionel Richie - The Definitive Collection [4:26]
13. Happy (Duet with Teena Marie) - Rick James - Throwin’ Down [5:29]
14. The Love We Had Stays On My Mind (Duet with Brenda Lee Eagar) - Jerry Butler – The Love We Have, The Love We Had - [4:05]
15. How Do You Keep The Music Playing (Duet with Patti Austin) - James Ingram – It’s Your Night [4:17]
16. Love Changes (Duet with Meli’sa Morgan) – Kashif - Love Changes [4:45]
17. Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This (Duet with Rachelle Farrell) - Will Downing - Love’s The Place To Be [6:26]
18. I (Who Have Nothing) [Duet with Donny Hathaway] - Roberta Flack - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway [5:02]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: Dramatics, Chi-Lites & Persuaders…

Your RIBS for this week are ready!

Hey, I’m really excited about this week mix. As a matter of fact, so much so that I’m going to forgo talking about the groups right now (I’ll come back and edit/modify the post later today with more detailed information) so you can get right to the music.

So, without delay let us present…

The Dramatics

The Chi-Lites

The Persuaders

Real classic, soul music. It’s the “Taste of Music to Satisfy Your Soul”

RIBS TPTD: Dramatics, Chi-Lites & Persuaders…

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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])

1. Get Up And Get Down – Dramatics - The Best of Stax [3:14]
2. (For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People - Chi-Lites - (For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People [3:48]
3. Stay With Me – Persuaders - Best Thing That Happened To Me [2:44]
4. Whatcha See Is What You Get – Dramatics -Dramatics-The Millenium Collection [3:55]
5. Love Uprising - Chi-Lites - (For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People [2:31]
6. I Don’t Think So – Persuaders - Made To Be Loved [4:12]
7. Hey You! Get Off My Mountain – Dramatics - A Dramatic Experience [3:29]
8. I Want To Pay You Back - Chi-Lites - (For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People [4:46]
9. Thin Line Between Love And Hate – Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love And Hate [3:26]
10. Toast To The Fool – Dramatics - The Best of Stax [5:33]
11. Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites - (For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People [5:09]
12. Bad Bold And Beautiful Girl – Persuaders -Persuaders [4:10]
13. Be My Girl - Dramatics - Shake It Well (Best Of) 1974-1980 [4:32]
14. Homely Girl - Chi-Lites - 20 Greatest Hits [3:37]
15. Some Guys Have All The Luck - Persuaders - Best Thing That Happened To Me [3:29]
16. (Gimme Some) Good Soul Music - Dramatics - The Best of Stax [2:36]
17. Hot On A Thing (Called Love) - Chi-Lites [3:56]
18. Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out) - Persuaders Thin Line Between Love And Hate [3:20]
19. In The Rain – Dramatics - Watcha See Is Watcha Get [5:12]
20. The Coldest Days Of My Life - Chi-Lites - Complete Chi-Lites On Brunswick [8:37]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: Patrice, Stephanie & Randy…

Hey, welcome back to another edition of Rhythms In Black Satin… a.k.a. “RIBS”! Thank you for stopping by and letting me share some of my musical interests with you.

Life over at the RIBS kitchen has been a little… um, “interesting” (yeah, that’s a good word to use) lately. Not bad stuff mind you, but not entirely good stuff… just “interesting” stuff that has to be dealt with. I’m sure some of you out there know exactly what I mean, the rest of you, well, if you live long enough then you’ll know too. {smile}

Well, it’s been a while but today’s mix is in the traditional RIBS “Triple Play Thurs-Day” format… take three music artists, mix ‘em up, throw ‘em in the oven, bake on low to medium heat over several hours (basting often and liberally, of course) and when the timer goes off we have a nice, tender, tasty mix of RIBS! As we like to say ‘round here, it’s the “Taste of music, to satisfy your soul.”

Our ingredients today are three ladies that were hot back in the late 70’s and throughout most of the 80’s. Unfortunately, like a lot of our great soul music, you don’t here a lot about or from these three today. However, they are still with us and going strong and I thought I would take a look back at their body of work and bring it to your attention.

Our RIBS TPTD trio today is…

Patrice Rushen

Stephanie Mills

Randy Crawford

O.K., I’ve rambled enough, time to get to the music. Remember, when it comes to the RIBS… eat all you want, I’ll just make more! {smile}

RIBS TPTD: Patrice, Stephanie & Randy…

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1. Haven’t You Heard - Patrice Rushen – Pizzazz [6:42]
2. Wish That You Were Mine - Stephanie Mills - Sweet Sensation [4:09]
3. Letter Full Of Tears - Randy Crawford – Windsong [3:13]
4. Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen - Straight From The Heart [4:35]
5. Put Your Body In It - Stephanie Mills - The Rare Essentials [5:59]
6. Street Life (12′ jazz version) - Crusaders w/Randy Crawford – Street Life [7:31]
7. Sweetest Taboo - Patrice Rushen – Signature [5:21]
8. Home - Stephanie Mills – Home [5:27]
9. I Got Myself a Happy Song - Randy Crawford - Raw Silk [3:03]
10. Settle For My Love - Patrice Rushen – Pizzazz [5:11]
11. You And I - Stephanie Mills - What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin’ [4:43]
12. Cigarette In The Rain - Randy Crawford - Rich And Poor [4:01]
13. Hurry Up This Way Again - Patrice Rushen – Signature [6:02]
14. (You’re Puttin’) A Rush On Me - Stephanie Mills - Best Of Stephanie Mills [5:48]
15. Wrap-U-Up - Randy Crawford - Rich And Poor [4:31]
16. Rio De Janiero Blue - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample - Feeling Good [5:07]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: “Send Me An Angel”…

Whew!

Man, oh man… what a wacky couple of weeks it has been. I mean, I’ve been around long enough to understand that the world is crazy place, no surprise there. But the past couple weeks it seems like the crazy has been on overdrive. We’ve lost so many good people and in such rapid succession, it’s like nothing I’ve can ever remember experiencing before in my lifetime.

Recently we lost:

Koko Taylor (blues singer)

David Carradine (actor [Kung Fu, Kill Bill])

Ed McMahon (TV show host [Star Search] and announcer [The Tonight Show])

Farrah Fawcett (actress [Charlie’s Angels]))

Michael Jackson (singer [Jackson 5/The Jacksons/solo])

Fayette Pinkney (singer [The Three Degrees])

Billy Mays (TV pitchman)

Karl Malden (actor [The Streets of San Francisco])

and on Saturday July 4, 2009 while enjoying the holiday weekend word came down that Steve McNair former NFL quarterback with the Tennessee Titans was found shot to death in an apparent murder/suicide (at least that’s the early word being released at the time of writing this early in the morning on Sunday July 5th)

My prayers go out to the friends, fans and family of all of the above.

{sigh} So… at this time I figured we all could use a break. I figured we all could use some help to try and get us through these difficult days. Sometimes you just can’t (or shouldn’t) handle things all by yourself. It’s at times like this that maybe, just maybe we should turn our thoughts to the sky and ask the Almighty to please…

"Send Me An Angel"

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Playlist: (song - artist [time])

1. Theme Of Angels - Stairsteps [3:20]
2. Angel – Aretha Franklin [4:29]
3. Perfect Angel – Minnie Riperton [3:42]
4. Angel – Ohio Players [7:29]
5. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel – Tower Of Power [4:46]
6. Angel Eyes – Bar Kays [2:55]
7. Angels – Flora Purim [3:52]
8. Angel Of The Night – Angela Bofill [5:03]
9. Let Me Be Your Angel – Stacy Lattisaw [4:02]
10. Angel Of The Morning – Ace Cannon [4:19]
11. Angel In Your Arms – Millie Jackson [4:07]
12. Angel – Anita Baker [5:00]
13. Angel In The Sky – Rose Royce [4:49]
14. Angel – Chaka Khan [4:26]
15. Little Angel – Bobby Hutcherson [3:54]
16. Somebody’s Angel – Dionne Warwick [3:48]
17. Angel – Norman Brown [4:31]
18. Come Live With Me Angel – Marvin Gaye [6:30]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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