Sitting With Gianluca

Gianluca salutes the Crecent City and makes the case that of you follow all American black urban music back to its root, you will land somewhere in New Orleans.  

Sitting with Gianluca is Joff Wilson, musician, songwriter who leads his band Soul Cake. Joff will play a couple of songs and we salute 60s downtown musician David Peel. 

Sitting with Gianluca is Benjamin Gregory Jones AKA Ben Jamming house music dj and sculptor. 

Sitting with Gianluca is Radio Free brooklyn host and working dj. about town Tommy James. We visit he UK of the 80s where Tommy cut his teeth as a musician. 

At 86 Lloyd Price not only saw the birth of post war R&B but became a part of the birth of rock and roll when the first song he ever wrote Lawdy Miss Clawdy became a smash crossover hit in 1952 - arguably the first single to unite black and white teenagers. After having more hits and beaching a teen sensation, Price became a club owner, boxing promoter for Mohammad Ali (along with Don King) and general impresario. Gianluca plays excerpts of a conversation he had with Lloyd about how he wrote it and the song’s importance.

on the 50s and 60s Izzy Young's Folklore Center in the heart of Greenwich Village was the every folksinger's HQ and meeting spot. Bob Dylan even wrote a song about it. In honor of Izzy who died last week at age 90, Gianluca plays songs from Greenwich Village folknikswho for whom Izzy was an uncle.

Get hot and sweaty with some blazing funk by Johnny “Guitar” Watson who would have been 84 this Sunday. Sitting With Gianluca celebrates this funkmeister supreme who he blazed such a scorching trail that Pearl Jam even sang a song about him. Originally broadcast RadioFreeBrooklyn.com Saturday Feb 2nd and ResonanceFM.com Feb 3rd

Sitting With Gianluca lays down an hour of funk and soul while also paying tribute the the late great Reggie Young, possibly the most recorded session guitar player in history who passed away this week at 82. Songs by Jean Knight, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett, Huey “Piano” Smith, etc. #guitarpicker #topguitarist #recordbreakingguitarplayer #mostrecordedguitarist #reggieyoung #JeanKnight #mrbigstuff #nashvilleguitarpicker #resonancefm #radiofreebrooklyn

All this talk about walls makes Gianluca play songs about walls and bridges. Songs by J Geils, Echo & The Bunnymen, Howling Wolf, Staple Singers and many, many more!

Many years ago Rick Danko asked Gianluca to write sleeve notes for his last CD but passed away before it was released. This Saturday Jan 5th Sitting With Gianluca pays a birthday tribute to the Rick Danko of The Band with some personal recollections and solo material. Also included is Dr. John, Hamish Imlach a birthday salute to John Hartford. 9PM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com