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To all my Rude Boys with kids, this is brilliant. Share with your little one. Pick it up, Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!!!!!

FESTIVAL '68 :: VINTAGE REGGAE & SKA

Thursday 10/13/11 @ The Make-Out Room in SF is a very special edition of:

"Festival '68"

'60s Jamaican Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska dance!

Resident selectors:

Adam (Revival Sound System)

&

DJ Vanessa (V. Rocket)

+

very special guest selector all the way from Japan:

TOMMY FAR EAST (FAR EAST RECORDS, ROCK-A-SHACKA/DRUM & BASS, SOLID ROCK)

FACEBOOK - TOMMY ROCK-A-SHAKA

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very special guest selectors up from Los Angeles:

NINA & VIKTOR (ROCKSTEADY LOUNGE L.A)

FACEBOOK - ROCKSTEADY LOUNGE

@

Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
SF, CA. 94110
www.makeoutroom.com

10pm-2am
21 & up w/ID
NO COVER

"Run come celebrate, at Festival '68"

WINTER DANCE PARTY (THURSDAY)

Titan Ups - SF's Rocksteady Revivalists

The Titan Ups play traditional Rocksteady and early Reggae with an accent on authenticity. Whether it's a classic track from Toots and the Maytals, to more obscure classics to soon-to-be-classic original tunes, the Titans "Bring It" and keep the dance floor packed from start to finish!
The group is led by Bob Reed, ex frontman of 90s S.F. Noisepop favorites Overwhelming Colorfast and lead g...uitarist for indie rock darlings, Oranger. Drummer Dave Leonard has handled drumming duties for the likes of The Sermon, Pat Johnson and Penelope Houston. The Group is rounded out by Mike Davenport and Igor Belogolovsky on guitars (Coup De Ska), Jen Hale on Keyboards (Killer's Kiss), Bill Cramer on bass (Only Sons, Ride the Blinds) and Carroll Ashby on trombone.
The group calls San Francisco's Mission District home and have quickly distinguished themselves as San Francisco's Premier Rocksteady band!

Wicked Mercies - The Church of Soul

Wicked Mercies is a funky soul band. Listening to them gives me a goofy smile as I raise my hands in the air and sporadically scream, Oh Yeah, to the dismay of my neighbors.
Does life have you down? Are you depressed? Flick your Prozac down the drain and just put Wicked Mercies on continuous play. Shake it proud.
They are The Supremes for 2010. Addie, Crystal and Ashley front the group with their powerful energy and vocals. The band backs them with their soul and funk fusion. A perfect accompaniment.

Tony DuShane, SFGate.com

Very very impressed, it seems in the last year this San Francisco group has really tighted-up their sound, they have a great new singer and the musicianship...they're as good as anything out there.

Craig Charles, Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show BBC-6Music UK

www.myspace.com/wickedmercies

Franco Nero - Traditional Ska

Franco Nero pays tribute to Don Drummond, and his compositions, keeping ska alive. Trombonist Scott Larson has assembled a crew of his favorite musicians to skank hard and steady. Ska combines Caribbean beats, with the jazz improvisations, to form a truly original music. Franco Nero performs original music by Scott Larson, and covers music from The Skatalites, Laurel Atken, Baba Brooks and Tommy McCook to name a few.

Audio Angel - Vocals
Scott Larson - Trombone / Arranger / Composer
Jay Standards - Trumpet / Keyboard
Nick Rous - Tenor Sax
John Finbeiner - Guitar
Lisa Mezzacappa - Bass
John Hanes - Drums

http://franconeroska.com/

WAKE THE TOWN RADIO

Revival Sound System - San Francisco based DJ crew specializing in the vintage Jamaican sounds of Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska on 45 rpm. Tune into 90.3 KUSF (in the San Francisco area) every thursday night @ 10pm (Pacific Standard Time) for a full hour of vintage JA sounds (Wake The Town Radio) also available online and broadcast worldwide on iTunes radio under the "University" section or online at www.kusf.org - monthly DJ nights include EVERY 1st SATURDAY OF THE MONTH "Fire Corner" @ Koko Cocktails in SF (www.kokococktails.com) EVERY SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH "Festival '68" @ The Make-out Room in SF (www.makeoutroom.com). Proud member of the SF Vintage Reggae Society.

Below is a stream to last weeks show, also catch previous shows on WAKE THE TOWN RADIO website.

SOUL INVASION - L.A.

This is going to be a RAD party! My boy Adam (Revival Sound) will be playing all early 60s reggae, Ska, and Rock Steady strictly 45s. No Serato here or ever with these guys.

FIRST USA PERFORMANCE IN OVER 30 YEARS

CALLING ALL MODS, HAVE FUN AT THE NOKIA FOR THE SPECIALS SHOW TONITE. GOING TO BE MAGICAL...

SKA WAVE

BIG UP - THE SELECTER KIRK

RECAP - HAPCAT

"SAN FRANCISCO IS MY FAVORITE PLACE TO PLAY" 1ST THING HEPCAT SAID. ONCE HE SAID THAT IT WAS ON. SLIMS WAS PACKED FULL OF MOD'S AND THE ENERGY WAS ELECTRIC. ONE OF THE BEST NIGHTS IN 2009. THE BAND WAS TIGHT & ON POINT. THE CROWD WAS CHEERING NON STOP, AND DANCING THERE HEARTS OUT.

Kirk Michael Harper "HEPCAT at Slim's was and is always massive....for those who know, we know"...

HEPCAT - BOBBY AND JOE 1996

KEITH POPPIN' - SUNDAY SOUL

KEITH POPPIN - RIGHTEOUS MAN

REACH UP = A DAY TIME FUNCTION , RSVP

Party Name: Reach Up

The Ultimate day gathering in the Heart of the City

FREE SUMMER TIME EVENT

Sounds provided by:
Sweater Funk
Revival Sound System
4OneFunk
Grown Kids Radio
Hear The Sounds
+ extended family


Located:
il Pirata
2007 16th St
San Francisco CA 94103-4818

Time: 3pm to 8pm

Music:
60's, 70's, 80's soul, Boogie
Reggae, Rock Steady, Ska,
Low-Rider Oldies

Dates
August 15
Sept 12th and 19th

WARFARE

COUNT MACHUKIE - WARFARE

GANGSTERS

ROCK STEADY WITH "THE MARVELS"

The Marvels were noted for their doo-wop approach to reggae. The performers heralded from Jamaica and each member had previously been involved in session work. Frustrated by anonymity they amalgamated their talents and emerged as a vocal group in 1964. The line-up consisted of Alex "Dimples" Hinds, Nell Hinds and Eddie Smith. As a trio they continued with session work notably as back up singers on Prince Buster's hit "Wash Wash". The song was performed by the Prince on the first documentary of Jamaican music This Is Ska. The song was also revived in 1994 by Lovindeer, albeit with risqué lyrics. The Marvels recorded throughout the 60s enjoying minor hits with "Tell All Those Girls", "Saturday" and "Fleet Street". During this time other singers performed with the group including Jackie Edwards and Hazel McCauley who joined them when they toured the cabaret circuit. They toured Europe and the Far East and covered songs including the Platters' "The Great Pretender" and the spiritual "Old Man River". By the early 70s the group released a cover of Aretha Franklin's, "Rock Steady" on the Pama Supreme label and enjoyed their biggest hit. The success of the single led to work with Dandy Livingstone who enrolled their services on his own recordings and produced a number of releases through his Shady Tree productions. The group provided backing vocals for Dandy when he performed, "Suzanne Beware Of The Devil" on UK's music programmeTop Of The Pops. The Pama compilation This Is Reggae Volume Three featured a photograph of their appearance on the cover. Continuing with cover versions they scored hits in 1972 with "Then He Kissed Me" and in 1973 the gospel-flavoured "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands". By 1974 the disco-inspired "Get On Your Feet" flopped and in 1975 Dimples Hinds recorded as a soloist enjoying a club hit with his version of "Why Don't You Do Right". As a trio they were unable to emulate the success of "Rock Steady" but this did not deter the Decca Records' subsidiary Gull when they attempted to revive their career in 1976 with, "Lovers Concerto" a moderate hit. The group featured on a showcase of sentimental reggae in the late 70s touring Europe alongside carnival king, Roy Alton, Tim Chandell, Dandy Livingstone and the Immigrants. Dimples went on to enjoy a successful solo career performing sentimental reggae hits. In 1983 the trio returned to the re-activated Pama label where they enjoyed reggae hit with "Heaven Must Have Sent You". Dimples Hinds has continued to pursue his solo career enjoying a number of hits in the sentimental reggae genre widely referred to as big peoples music.


THE MARVELS - ROCKSTEADY 1971