Welcome back to Musictown, all you wonderful music fans! Please join Dave and Mary in the Listening Party rumpus room where you can always find a comfortable chair and a soft, warm blanket.

David and Mary boogie down to side one of listener Rachel Gamboa’s second disc of soul, funk and R&B. There’s something funky for everyone this week!

* Arthur Conley – “Sweet Soul Music” – Sweet Soul Music, 1967* The Soul Clan – “That’s How It Feels” – single B-side b/w “Soul Meeting”, 1969* James Brown – “I’m a Greedy Man Pts. 1 & 2” – There It Is, 1972* The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – “Bag of Bones” – Meat + Bone, 2012* Jimmy Norman – “Gangster of Love Pts. 1 & 2” – single, 1968* The Friends of Distinction – “Love Can Make It Easier” = Love Can Make It Easier, 1973* Marsha Gee – “Peanut Duck” – One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost and Found, 2005* Leon Haywood, “It’s Got to Be Mellow” – It’s Got to Be Easier, 1967* The Joe Jeffrey Group – “My Pledge of Love” – single A-side b/w “Margie”, 1969* Freda Payne – “Band of Gold” – Band of Gold, 1970* Eddie Holman – “Hey There Lonely Girl” – I Love You, 1970* The Persuaders – “Thin Line Between Love and Hate” – Thin Line Between Love and Hate, 1972

And we played a lot of additional songs this week – including:

* Sam Cooke – “Yeah Man”* Barbara Lewis – “Hello Stranger”* Johnny “Guitar” Watson – “Gangster of Love”* Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers – “Does Your Mother Know About Me?”* Ruby and the Romantics – “Hey There Lonely Boy”

Thanks for listening.