On the eve of the Equinox, and Christmas, 2016...in Ahmet's House!

Another equinox around the corner...and other Christmas dreams too...let's dream, and listen and hope. The final Ahmet's House for 2016. Looking to a great future in 2017. How great to see you here!

Ahmet at work...always! 

Song List:

The Christmas Song---King Curtis

This Christmas---Donny Hathaway

All I Want for Christmas is You!---Carla Thomas

Jingle Bells---Booker T and the MG's

Presents for Christmas---Solomon Burke

Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday---William Bell

Back Door Santa---Clarence Carter

Christmas Date Boogie---Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson

Equinox---John Coltrane 

Father Christmas---Emerson, Lake and Palmer

White Christmas---Otis Redding

Santa Claus is Coming to Town---Booker T and the MG's 

Merry Christmas---Otis Redding

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

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

Ten Years Gone...in Memory of Ahmet Ertegun: 1923-2006

It's been just about ten years...ten long years since we lost "the greatest record man of all time". Many others have fallen since then, as just this week we woke to find that Greg Lake had passed on. So tonight, in memory of Ahmet's passing on December 14, 2006 and in memory of his legacy of music that today is being newly discovered by many around the globe...we look back, we look forward and we say thank you, Mr. Ahmet Ertegun. One dream, so fully lived...

Ahmet at the Lenox Lounge, Harlem. My favorite picture of him.

Song List: 

Ten Years Gone---Led Zeppelin
Just One Man---Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad---Derek and the Dominos
C'est La Vie---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Father Christmas---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Still...You Turn Me On---Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Epitaph/March For No Reason/Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Guardian Angel---Stills/Young Band
Someone to Watch Over Me---Willie Nelson
Shine a Light---The Rolling Stones

"To the memory of Ahmet Ertegun, and the days when Atlantic Records was the most magnificent record company on the planet..."---Robert Plant, at the O2 Celebration

As always, the podcast is available here Here 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

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

TONIGHT! Chuck Leavell Talks Stones, Trees, Havana and the Desert...in Ahmet's House

Once again our good friend Chuck Leavell is with us talking about this last extraordinary year he has had...Cuba, Desert Trip and a new Stones album. Plus we hear a Christmas tune too! All tonight in this great House.

Song List:

Blue and Lonesome---The Rolling Stones
I Can't Quit You  Baby---The Rolling Stones
Everybody Knows About My Good Thing---The Rolling Stones
Even Santa Gets the Blues---Chuck Leavell
Hate To See You Go---The Rolling Stones

As always, the podcast is available Here 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

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

Celebrating Nesuhi tonight in Ahmet's House

Today we celebrate the birth and legacy of jazz lover and influential collector, critic and producer Nesuhi Ertegun. Older brother to Ahmet and unknown to many, Nesuhi created the early successes of Coltrane, Mingus and Ornette Coleman, bringing obscure jazz to the forefront worldwide! Tonight, let's thank him!

Ahmet and Nesuhi

Song Selections: 

TBD


As always, the podcast is available here Here 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

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

"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!

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

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

A Song For You!

Ahmet's House remembers another one lost this week...the legendary Leon Russel. Plus, lots of deep tracks and plenty of peace, love and understanding. We all need it!

The beautiful face of age...missing you already Leon! 

Song titles: 

After the Lights Go Down---Al Hibbler

Let's Get an Understanding---Wilson Pickett

A Song for You---Leon Russel, Willie Nelson, RayCharles

Awaken---Yes

That's Just the Way It Is---Phil Collins  

Flip Flop and Fly---Big Joe Turner

One Mint Julep---Ray Charles

Guardian Angel---Stills/Young Band

(Please note: This weeks show is not available due to a recording error...)

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

After a Night of Beautiful Music...the Word is Yes!

I had the great opportunity to go to New York's famed Beacon Theater on Tuesday to see some old friends...ARW, namely Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman...all of course of YES! So tonight in thanks for once again painting a lavish field of color and passion, we devote a large part of this episode to that great music! Thank you Ahmet for hearing what this music was all about in 1969. It's why you were a visionary...

Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman at the Beacon, 11/1/2016

Song List: 

TBD

As always, the podcast is available here Here 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

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