Happy Birthday Mr. Clapton!

Tonight we celebrate a birth of such immense significance...a bluesman who has defined guitar playing for six decades...and at least a century more to come. Eric Clapton is our birthday tonight..leading a night of blues based rock and roll. Happy Birthday Eric!

Happy Birthday Eric!

Song List:

Morning Dew---Robert Plant

You Shook Me---Willie Dixon

Battle of the Blues---Big Joe Turner

Tales of Brave Ulysses---Cream

Ain't That Loving You--Eric Clapton

Bell Bottom Blues---Derek and the Dominos

Money Won't Change You---Aretha Franklin

Hot in Harlem---Tiny Grimes

Further on Up the Road--Eric Clapton with The Band

You Shook Me---Led Zeppelin


As always, the podcast is available here http://media.blubrry.com/ahmetshouse/paradigms.bz/wbkm/AhmetsHouse03302014.mp3 by about 10PM ET Sunday. Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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

The Atlantic Sound...Celebrating Arif Mardin tonight in Ahmet's House

Music...all beautiful, all valued. But a Sound! When a band defines a unique sound...think Yes, or CSN...it distinguishes them among their peers. But an entire Label? That was Atlantic...with the arrival in 1963 of Arif Mardin, a Turkish born composer, arranger and musician...well, Atlantic had the combined power of Ahmet, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and "The Greatest Ears in Town", Arif Mardin. Come journey with us as his son Joe shares a conversation with Tony tonight in Ahmet's House. Music provided exclusively by this wonderful documentary soundtrack.

Birthdays: Arif Mardin, Dee Snyder

Song List: 

Greatest Ears in Town---Bette Middler

So Many Nights---Danny O'Keefe

Softly Calls A Soft Voice---Carly  Simon

Chat with Joe Mardin

Chez Twang's ---Dr. John

Willie's Lonestar Blues---Willie Nelson

All My Friend's Are Here---Barry Gibb, Hall and Oates, Phil Collins, etc.

Longing For You---Norah Jones

As always, the podcast is available here http://media.blubrry.com/ahmetshouse/paradigms.bz/wbkm/AhmetsHouse03162014.mp3  by about 10PM ET Sunday. Thank you, Baruch!


You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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

Daylight...again! Ahmet's House sets sail!

This great night deserves our best...for here we are, all together and all alone. Let us, you and I, share the great music of Atlantic Records tonight in Ahmet's House. From my recent adventure at sea, I'll take us on a cruise through the music of the decades. 1950 is our focus year; plus, birthdays and more daylight!

Ahmet and Tony prepare to sail...with Kid Rock!

Birthdays: Lou Reed, Chris Squire

Song List:

The Ocean---Led Zeppelin
Beginning of a Great Adventure---Lou Reed
Daylight Again---Crosby, Stills and Nash
Mainline Florida---Eric Clapton
Midnight on the Bay---Stills/Young Band
The Fish---Yes (Chris Squire solo)
Teardrops From My Eyes---Ruth Brown
I Love a Piano--Joe Bushkin
Chains of Love---Piano Man Wells (w/Joe Turner)
Goin' Down Slow---Duane Allman
Go Back Home---Stephen Stills
Redneck Paradise---Kid Rock

As always, the podcast is available here http://media.blubrry.com/ahmetshouse/paradigms.bz/wbkm/AhmetsHouse03092014.mp3 by about 10PM ET Sunday. Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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

The Enduring Leacy continues...."Ahmet's House" February 23, 2014

Ready for another great Sunday night in Ahmet's House? We are...and tonight we celebrate a birthday, and a great year in Atlantic history...1949...Stick McGhee had just scored Atlantic's first major hit, an R&B ditty written by Ahmet himself! Ruth Brown, Eddie Condon, Erroll Garner and Professor Longhair...now that was some year! But don't worry, we don't live in the past...we weave it all together. Keeping legacy music alive...that is Ahmet's House. Tonight at 7PM only on WBKM!

Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair

Birthdays: Jerome "J." Geils 


Song List:

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You---Led Zeppelin
It's Too Late---Derek and the Dominos
Guinnevere---Crosby, Stills and Nash
Martians Go Home!--Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Blues Around Midnight---BLind Willie McTell
I'll Never Stop Lovin You---Big Joe Turner
Piano Man---Earl Hines
Mardi Gras in New Orleans---Professor Longhair
Rain is a Bringdown---Ruth Brown w/Enrico Crivellaro
Ain't Nothin' But a House Party---J. Geils Band

As always, the podcast is available here http://media.blubrry.com/ahmetshouse/paradigms.bz/wbkm/AhmetsHouse02232014.mp3 by about 10PM ET Sunday. Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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

Genesis, Sonny and 1948...Highlighted on Ahmet's House tonight!

Tonight! We will play the very finest in jazz, blues and rock n' roll as always. Plus, "Ahmet's House" will continue to spotlight a year in Atlantic's history. This evening we will look at the very busy year of 1948...as the young company establishes itself and struggles for mere survival. Birthdays, and all the music you come to expect...it's a joy to serve up the music.

Ahmet with Phil Spector and Sonny and Cher

Birthdays:  Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel and Sonny Bono


Songs:

How Long Blues---Ray Charles
The "1948" Set:
     Sa-Frantic---Joe Safranski
     Midnight Special---Tiny Grimes Quintet
     Hey Now---Tiny Grimes and His Rockin' Highlanders
(Sorry for the incomplete list)



As always, the podcast is available here http://media.blubrry.com/ahmetshouse/paradigms.bz/wbkm/AhmetsHouse02162014.mp3 by about 10PM ET Sunday. Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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

A Special Year Celebrated Tonight in Ahmet's House!

TONIGHT in "Ahmet's House" at 7PM ET...as it is the day of the Beatles here at WBKM, let's see what Atlantic Records was up to in 1964...that's right, all the songs tonight will be from that same great year...but believe us, you'll be surprised at the diversity. Come celebrate with us!

Ray and Ahmet

Birthdays: King Curtis


Song List:

Soul Serenade---King Curtis
If You Need Me---Solomon Burke
I'm Having Fun---King Curtis
Big Party---Barbara Brown
Seesaw---Don Covay
As Tears Go By---The Rolling Stones
Levee Camp Holler---John Lee Moore
If You Need Me---Solomon Burke
Max Roach---Pay Not Play Not
Under the Broadwalk---The Drifters
Stop This World---Mose Allison
Jitterbug Waltz---Charles Mingus Sextet



As always, the podcast is available here http://media.blubrry.com/ahmetshouse/paradigms.bz/wbkm/AhmetsHouse02092014.mp3 by about 10PM ET Sunday. Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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

Rhythm! Blues! It's all in "Ahmet's House" tonight!

It's quite the week in Ahmet's House tonight...as we celebrate some of the most celebrated stars of the last six decades. Plus a new feature begins tonight...we highlight a year, starting at the beginning in 1947, and pick a tune or two. We won't run out...this house is built on Rock!

"Miss Rhythm"...Ruth Brown

Birthdays: Ruth Brown, Phil Collins, Graham Nash, Chuck Willis, Steve Marriott

Song List:

In the Air Tonight---Phil Collins

Oh What a Dream---Ruth Brown

Stompin' Room Only---Ray Charles

CC Rider---Chuck Willis

Empty Pocket Blues---Big Joe Turner

You Don't Have to Cry---Crosby, Stills and Nash

Rose of the Rio Grande---The Harlemaires

Rockin' at Midnight---The Honeydrippers

Things About Comin' My Way---Ruth Brown

If Leaving Me is Easy---Phil Collins

I Don't Need No Doctor---Humble Pie

Just a Song Before I Go---Crosby, Stills and Nash

  

As always, the podcast is available here http://media.blubrry.com/ahmetshouse/paradigms.bz/wbkm/AhmetsHouse02022014.mp3 by about 10PM ET Sunday. Thank you, Baruch!

You can also listen in via iTunes (free subscription!) at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ahmets-house/id555391588

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