Lost Another One...Here's to the Great Sergio! (Episode #434)

 A loving tribute to the legend of Sergio Mendes who we just lost! We play selections from two of his early Atlantic recordings.  

Adios, dear Friend! 

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music


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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci, Founder, Ahmet's House

Genius: Ray Charles on Atlantic Tonight (Episode #421)

 Let's listen to a true genius this night, produced by greatness itself. Ray Charles, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd all share in the moment!  

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci, Founder, Ahmet's House 

It's Still Raining All Over the World (Episode #405)

Tonight we revisit and revise an episode of many years ago, as rain...from weather and weapons...still keep falling. Oh, Lord...let's shelter under some superb Atlantic music!

                                                        Yes Ray, let's give peace a chance...

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci, Founder, Ahmet's House 

Tonight We Go to Church! (Episode #404)

 We hope to inspire and delight tonight! A pure moment of inspiration brought to us by Stephen Stills and a song I heard this week from his first solo album..."Church"! Enjoy! 

Thank you Mr. Stills!

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! 

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci, Founder, Ahmet's House 

The GENIUS...Ray Charles is in the HOUSE! (Episode 403)

 A great night in the house with the master himself...the genius of Ray Charles during his Atlantic years. 

Forever and Always, Ray Charles

We broadcast live each Sunday night at 7PM ET on www.wbkm.org...Burlington's Kinda Music

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! 

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci, Founder, Ahmet's House 

Comedy TONIGHT!

 Life, bills, stress, work...does anyone remember laughter? We do (and so did Zeppelin)...and a little chance tonight to delve into a bit of the Atlantic catalog that promises to serve up the laughs.

Ray Charles and the One and Only Flip Wilson!

(Tonight's show was originally aired on February 2015 in full )

Song List:

Hold On!---Yes

That Luck Old Sun---Ray Charles

It's a Beautiful Morning---The Rascals

Stairway to Heaven (live)--Led Zeppelin

Slow My Roll---Kid Rock

The Devil Made Me Do It---Flip Wilson

That's How It Feels---Soul Clan 

Little Wing---Derek and the Dominos

Killing Me Softly with His Song---Roberta Flack

Baseball vs Football---George Carlin

Rhythms of Hope---Jean-Luc Ponty

Hold On, I'm Coming!---Sam and Dave

Love Shine Down---Dusty Springfield

Blues to Bechet---John Coltrane

Just My Imagination---The Rolling Stones

Mustang Sally---Wilson Picket

Groovy Kind of Love---Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells

Suspicious Minds---Dixie Flyers

I Can Only Give You Everything---MC5

Flip Wilson and Ray Charles with Geraldine 

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Thanks for listening! Your servant of the music, Tony Gallucci

It's A New Season...in Ahmet's House!!! Number 14!

Good evening and welcome or welcome back! Tonight we continue to tell the story of the Atlantic Records founder and other icons of the music business who joined him over the years since 1947. It's Aretha to Zeppelin...thank you for joining us all these years!

The Man!

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Going Live! Virtually...in Ahmet's House!

LIKE much of the world we are so hungry for live music, shoulder to shoulder with our friends, old and new...so it's time to put on another show! Add in our monthly feature "Atlantic Now" and its a full hour. See you at the T-shirt concession!

We Know This to Be True...IT Will Be Back

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It's a Stone Cold, Crazy World...

HOW are all of you doing? We are truly alone so much, but this current worldwide situation makes it difficult to remember "normal", at times. So lets just celebrate the crazy in the Atlantic universe! Inspiration for tonight's show comes from the first song up, by the "Wicked Mr. Pickett". Stay safe my friends!

Mr. Wilson Pickett...and look who's playing guitar...it's Jimi!!!

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Soul Tonight!

We all need a little tenderness...and more! Join the great soul men and women of Atlantic this evening for a whole lot of love! Dedicated to lovers...and those who dream of it!

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Album Profile: The Genius of Ray Charles

Tonight we embark on a new feature...the classic album profile. We start with this gem of Atlantic Records, from 1959. Add two bonus songs, and here we go! Again!

Song List: 

Side one

1. "Let the Good Times Roll" (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) – 2:53
2. "It Had to Be You" (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) – 2:45
3. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) – 2:53
4. "Two Years of Torture" (Percy Mayfield, Charles Joseph Morris) – 3:25
5. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 2:51
6. "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 2:27

Side two

1. "Just for a Thrill" (Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) – 3:26
2. "You Won't Let Me Go" (Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson) – 3:22
3. "Tell Me You'll Wait for Me" (Charles Brown, Oscar Moore) – 3:25
4. "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" (Joe Greene) – 3:46
5. "Am I Blue?" (Grant Clarke, Harry Akst) – 3:41
6. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 3:42

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch! (Sorry, no recording is available for tonight's show!) 

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A New Night, A New Season!

Good evening listeners, and welcome to a new season in Ahmet's House! We are so glad to have you come by this great house. Music, word and endless passion combine tonight. Please enjoy!

Always listening! 

Song List:

Nutrocker---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Sentimental Moments---Eric Clapton
In the Mood---Robert Plant
Georgia---Ray Charles
Forget About Georgia---Lukas Nelson
You Keep Me Hangin On---Wilson Pickett
Faceless People---Vanilla Fudge
I Miss You So Much---Chris Conner
Sweet Dreams---Yes
Silent Night---Eric Clapton


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Aretha Louise Franklin: 1942-2018

Rejoice...rejoice...for a while we lived in the age of The Queen of Soul...Aretha!

Songs List:  (Note: All Songs Tonight are Aretha's) 

Good to Me as I Am to You
Hello Sunshine
A Song for You
The Old Landmark (live)
Amazing Grace (live)
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
Crazy He Calls Me
Dark End of the Street
Reach Out and Touch (w/Ray Charles)
Satisfaction (Live in Paris)
Soul Serenade
Tracks of My Tears
You Keep Me Hangin' On
At Last
My Way

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Road Trip? Why Not!

Nothing says Summertime like an old fashioned American road trip..."we got fuel to burn, we got roads to drive"...so come on board. Destination? You'll have to listen...just keep on rockin' in the free world...

Let's Hit the Road, Jack! 

Song List:

Hit the Road Jack---Ray Charles
Southbound Train---Crosby/Nash
Southeast City Window---Hall & Oates
Southbound Saurez---Led Zeppelin
Southbound---The Allman Brothers Band
South of the Border---Willie Nelson
Hit the Road to Dreamland---Dr. John
Southern Nights---Allen Touissant/Chet Atkins
Blues Power---Derek and the Dominos (live with Johnny Cash)
Way Down South---Matt "Guitar" Murphy
South Side of the Sky---Yes

Tonight's show is dedicated to The Queen of Soul---Aretha...Please get well...there is more to do! 

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Shining a Light! On the legacy of Ahmet Ertegun

Good evening everyone...piano, guitar, drums...all together NOW! Showcasing the grand catalog of Atlantic Records, and its brilliant legacy...tonight and every Sunday, here on WBKM. Shine a light!

One of the many great addresses of music! 

Song List: 

Rockin' at Midnight---The Honeydrippers
Happy---The Rolling Stones
Everydays---Yes
Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With...King Crimson
In the Air Tonight---Phil Collins
Alley Cat---Bent Fabric
Let's Get an Understanding---Wilson Pickett
Birth of the Blues---Ray Charles
Silver Cycles---Eddie Harris
Let It Grow---Eric Clapton
Shine a Light---The Rolling Stones

As always, the podcast is available Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Goodbye to a True Blues Brother...in Memoriam, Matt "Guitar" Murphy

Lost another one this week, as on Saturday guitar great Matt Murphy left us in his 88th year. So, lots of good music, and just a touch of sadness...and thanks...in Ahmet's House tonight!

Cookin' alone or with Aretha...always, a Blues Brother 

Song List:

Lost Another One---Graham Nash
Words—The Bee Gees
Blue Walls—-Matt Guitar Murphy
Soul Man—-The Blues Brothers
Expressway to Your Heart—The Blues Brothers
Think!—Aretha Franklin
Flip, Flop and Fly—-The Blues Brothers
Whipping Post (live)—The Allman Brothers Band
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love—The Blues Brothers

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"Sheik of the Shake"...and More! Ahmet's House in Late November

Tonight we share some of the lesser known artists and their song...across the gamut of jazz, blues, rock and soul. It's Ahmet's House, the place to hear some of the great sounds of Atlantic Records. It's music for all the people...wherever, whoever! Let's make music great again!

Chuck Willis...the "Sheik"

Song List:

When the Sun Goes Down---Wilbur de Paris and Jimmy Witherspoon
Just One of Those Things---Mabel Mercer
Barbados---Phineas Newborn, Jr.
Whispering---Nino Tempo and April Stevens
What Am I Living For?---Chuck Willis
How Long Blues---Ray Charles and Milt Jackson
How Many More Times---Led Zeppelin
Walk on Water---Marc Cohn
River So Wide---Phil Collins
America the Beautiful---Martin Sexton

As always, the podcast is available here Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Words, and Quiet...in Ahmet's House Tonight

Tonight, let's play with the power of the songs with no words...I'm setting up a whole show with only one song having lyrics. It's always an experiment here in this great house. Let's see how this goes...why not? What does the great Atlantic catalog say when it doesn't "say" anything at all?

Silent as...

Song Titles:

Mood for a Day---Yes
Wednesday Prayer Meeting---Mingus Big Band
Green Onions---Booker T and the MG's
My Favorite Things---John Coltrane Quartet
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed---Allman Brothers Band
Sweet Sixteen Bars---Ray Charles
Unquiet Sleep for the Sleepers---Genesis
Words---Bee Gees

As always, the podcast is available here Here by about 10PM ET Sunday.  Thank you, Baruch!

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Imagine...it's 1947 and the Muslims Are Out...So What?

Lots of talk...some not so well thought out...but what if...it's 1947 and the Muslims are out! What's the harm? There will be no Ray or Aretha as we know them...Zeppelin and CSNY are too egocentric and talented to be signed by anyone, Clapton has gone back to his Uncles farm and progressive rock is just too complicated for anyone to understand. Better think this one over Mr. Trump.  Ahmet's House, tonight at 7PM...'Cause I feel like I owe it, to someone.

Song List: 

Almost Cut My Hair---Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

White Room---Cream

I Can't Quit You Baby---Led Zeppelin 

Jelly, Jelly---The Allman Brothers

Mess Around---Ray Charles

Heart of the Sunrise---Yes

Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad---Derek and the Dominos

Rolling Stone---Johnny Jenkins (with Duane Allman) 

Dead Flowers---The Rolling Stones

Guardian Angel---Stills/Young Band 

Think---Aretha Franklin

Wistful---Arif Mardin

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Two Legends Remembered Tonight in Ahmet's House

Tonight we select two of the greats of the Atlantic catalog, and lay out their work, side by side...both gone from us, so in celebrating this work, their life work, we honor them. John Bonham and Ray Charles tonight, in Ahmet's House.

Song List:

Night Time (is the right time)---Ray Charles (live)
Immigrant Song---Led Zeppelin
Cosmic Ray---Ray Charles
The Ocean---Led Zeppelin (live)
Jumpin' in the Morning---Ray Charles
Black Coffee---Ray Charles
A Fool for You---Ray Charles (live)
Achilles Last Stand---Led Zeppelin
Low Society---Ray Charles
Rock 'n Roll---Led Zeppelin


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