January 6, 2007 - It's a New Year So Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn!

Happy new year to all Free Kick listeners! May health, wealth and wisdom be yours!

In the first show of the year, we paid tribute to a few of the greats who left us in 2006:

• James Brown
• Ahmet Ertegun
• Billy Preston
• Wilson Pickett
• Rufus Harley

Let me also mention a few others I didn't get to on the program:

• Syd Barrett
  
• Ray Barretto
• Desmond Dekker
  
• Ali Farka Toure
• Arthur Lee
  
• Ruth Brown
• Dewey Redman
• Elton Dean
• Pip Pyle
• Lou Rawls
• Jay McShann...

and more... RIP every one of you - you left the world a better place!

We also checked out tracks from some notable recent re-releases, all the while indulging in the usual aimless freekickery.

You can download the show from ckut.ca using the following links:

• medium quality (64 mbps)

or stream it from the CKUT archives page: get the show from Saturday Jan. 6 from 21:02 to 23:04.

As a bonus, let me point you to some very cool video downloads featuring the late Soul Brother No. 1 (courtesy of Beware of the Blog - the complete original post is here):

• James Brown at the Boston Gardens, 1968
• James Brown's Future Shock variety show on Atlanta TV

That reminds me that - while you should always keep your radio dial tuned to CKUT 90.3 fm in Montreal, - when in the NYC/Jersey area you may want to check out WFMU on 91.1. They archive all their broadcasts on the internet. They also have a blog that regularly features cool stories, links, downloads and so on. Plus, every now and then they post video captures of live sessions in their studios - for example:

• Jonathan Kane's February (full post is here)
• The Ex (full post)
• Afrirampo (full post)

OK, no more plugging other stations. Listen to CKUT whenever possible!

The next Free Kick show is Saturday Jan. 20 from 9 - 11 pm eastern time.

bye
Dave