Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks 1

The nicknames for the Brothers Johnson are Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks. Louis on bass and George on guitar. Nicknames are too good to not make it the title of this pick. Those nicknames are also the title of a cool song in the movie: Mother, Jugs and Speed. It's got Raquel Welch and Harvey Keitel and Bill Cosby in it. As well as Larry Hagman (sort of playing Bill Cosby). That movie would never get made today. But the music was great. They had tracks on a few different movies. The songs on this compilation all feature one or both of the Brothers. Some they wrote, but they played on all. They did a bunch of stuff with Quincy Jones, so you'll see some of the same artists that are on my Rod Temperton pick too, but only a couple of doubles in songs. I was going to do only one volume but I had too much I couldn't remove.

Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks 1

01 Brothers Johnson - Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks

02 Pointer Sisters - Don't It Drive You Crazy

03 Grover Washington Jr. - Knucklehead

04 Patti Austin with James Ingram - Baby, Come To Me

05 Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23

06 Herb Alpert - Love Is

07 Quincy Jones - Is It Love That We're Missin'

08 Brothers Johnson - Get The Funk Out Ma Face

09 Billy Preston - Struttin'

10 Brothers Johnson - You Make Me Wanna Wiggle

11 Steve Arrington - Feel So Real

12 Brothers Johnson - Ain't We Funkin' Now

13 Herbie Hancock - Hang Up Your Hang Ups

14 Brothers Johnson - Light Up The Night

15 Lee Ritenour - Wild Rice

16 Brothers Johnson - Hey Jude

Hankering For Hoo-Ha 1

I know some of you will be thinking of the urban dictionary meaning of Hoo-Ha, but it also means trouble or fuss or a disturbance, This country based pick is all about wishing for a fuss. I picked these top hits to play at your next fuss or disturbance. The songs aren't fussy or much about trouble. Perhaps a couple are. Mostly just good recent country that would be good at any kind of get together or just driving in your truck. I might have made these the next Hayride Hootenanny, but got stuck on this title instead. I liked it. Cover background looks tiki but it's from a shark Hoo-Ha. If you have kids you might recognize it.

Hankering For Hoo-Ha 1

01 Bryan Martin - We Ride

02 Tucker Wetmore - Wind Up Missin' You

03 Kelsea Ballerini & Lany - I Quit Drinking

04 Morgan Wallen - Last Night

05 Keith Urban - Messed Up As Me

06 Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em

07 Montgomery Gentry - One In Every Crowd

08 Oliver Anthony - Rich Men North Of Richmond

09 Jimmy Buffett - Why Don't We Get Drunk

10 Chris Young - Young Love & Saturday Nights

11 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help

12 Ella Langley & Riley Green - You Look Like You Love Me

13 Travis Tritt - It's A Great Day To Be Alive

14 Toby Keith - Should've Been A Cowboy

15 Jessie Murph with Jelly Roll - Wild Ones

16 Luke Combs - Ain't No Love In Oklahoma

17 Jason Aldean - Try That In A Small Town

18 Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey

19 RaeLynn - God Made Girls

20 Brantley Gilbert - Kick In The Sticks

21 Jelly Roll - Need A Favor

22 Nate Smith - Bulletproof

23 Cody Johnson - Til You Can't

24 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Mad Professor Lee Perry Pick

This was my pick of Lee Perry as done with Mad Professor. You'll notice a few versions of the same song to show how different the productions could be. But all have that Lee Perry craziness and all of the Mad Professor wild concoctions all over them. As you can tell they have done several albums worth of music together. Some based on previous songs pre-Mad Professor. Adrian Sherwood also did an album or two with Lee Scratch Perry (along with Dub Syndicate) that are quite good as well, but the Professor, I think, has Perry's number dialed in. Enjoy the versions within this pick. They are quite different from the Mad Professor Meets pick from a couple of days ago, but just as great and definitely more wacky.

Mad Professor Lee Perry Pick

01 Mad Professor with Lee Scratch Perry - Fire 'Pon De Witch

02 Lee Perry with Mad Professor - Dub Those Crazy Baldheads

03 Mad Professor & Lee Perry - Dub Them Crazy

04 Lee Perry Meets The Mad Professor - Mark Of The Beast

05 Lee Perry & Mad Professor - Jungle Safari

06 Mad Professor with Lee Perry - Techno Dub

07 Lee Perry & Mad Professor - Mad Man Dubwise

08 Mad Professor & Lee Perry - Cheerful Dub

09 Lee Scratch Perry - I Am Happiness

10 Lee Perry featuring Mad Professor - Super Ape Inna Jungle

11 Mad Professor & Lee Perry - Dubbing With The Super Ape

12 Lee Perry & Mad Professor - Super Ape In A Good Shape

13 Lee Perry featuring Mad Professor - I'm Not A Human Being

The New Year (Repost)

This is a repost of a connection back from years ago. There is a little overlap in theme, but I've tried to make this mostly about the day of New Year, not necessarily New Year's Eve. Although you could easily argue that several of these tracks could be New Year's Eve songs. This What's the Connection? is supposed to be New Year's Day. Starting the New Year. New resolutions, new goals, new start. It's brand new. But to many of us, it's also sleeping late feeling hungover or staying up and watching a parade. Eating leftover cold pizza (or is that only me?) Leave me a comment on how it is for you and if I missed a glaring song for the New Year. Click on the fresh as a daisy in the snow cover I designed. Looking forward to a year more of these compilations.

The New Year

01 Carole King - New Year's Day

02 Robbie Williams - New Year's Day

03 Sugababes - New Year (Non Christmas Version)

04 Taylor Swift - New Year's Day.mp3

05 Regina Spektor - New Year

06 Guided By Voices - What Begins On New Year's Day

07 Karen Souza - New Year's Day

08 Pentatonix - New Year's Day

09 Death Cab For Cutie - The New Year

10 Rupaul with Siedah Garrett - Brand New Year

11 Bill Nelson - The World Sleeps Late On New Years Day

12 Hurts - All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day

13 U2 - New Year's Day

14 Bon Jovi - New Year's Day

15 Van Morrison - Celtic New Year

16 Scary Gary Alan - New Year's Resolutions

17 Rob Thomas - New Year's Day

18 Cliff Richard - This New Year

19 A Great Big World - This Is The New Year

20 Otis Redding - New Year's Resolution