12/18/23 - "When the Levee Breaks" - Episode 003

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! This episode started with Led Zeppelin's classic "When the Levee Breaks" then took us to stories about Norman Whitfield's turn to psychedelic soul, how Mongo Santamaria's congas conquered the charts, the sweet, soulful guitar of Grant Green, Gus Dudgeon's journey from tea boy to mega producer, and the eclectic world of super producer Danger Mouse. Hope you enjoyed it - see you again on New Years Day!

Episode Links

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Bonus Track

Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Burning - a personal favorite from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs latest full length, Cool it Down

This week's notes and mentions:

• The original version of When the Levee Breaks by Memphis Minnie and Kansas

Full Playlist:

1. Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks (IV-1971)
2. Tina Turner - Whole Lotta Love (Acid Queen-1975)
   Connection: Cover of Led Zeppelin
3. Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (Workin' Together-1970)
   Connection: Another Tina Turner song
4. Creeedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Cosmo's Factory-1971)
   Connection: Proud Mary was originally by CCR
5. The Temptations - Cloud Nine (Cloud Nine-1969)
   Connection: Also written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
6. Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man (Watermelon man-1963)
   Connection: Mongo played congas on Cloud Nine
7. Herbie Hancock - Blind Man, Blind Man (My Point of View-1963)
   Connection: Herbie wrote Watermelon Man
8. Grant Green - Down Here On the Ground (Alive! (Live at the Cliche Lounge, Newark, NJ 1970)-1970)
   Connection: Grant Green played guitar on Blind Man, Blind Man
9. A Tribe Called Quest - Vibes and Stuff (The Low End Theory-1991)
   Connection: Samples Down Here on the Ground
10. A Tribe Called Quest (feat. Busta Rhymes, Elton John, Jack White) - Solid Wall Of Sound (We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service-2016)
    Connection: Another ATCQ Song
11. Elton John - Bennie & The Jets (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-1973)
    Connection: Sampled in Solid Wall of Sound
12. David Bowie - Space Oddity (David Bowie (aka Space Oddity)-1969)
    Connection: Also produced by Gus Dudgeon
13. Durand Jones & The Indicactions - Young Americans (Young Americans (Single)-2020)
    Connection: Cover of a Bowie Song
14. TV on the Radio - Province (Return from Cookie Mountain-2006)
    Connection: Features David Bowie on backing vocals
15. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control (Fever to Tell-2003)
    Connection: Produced by David Sitek from TVOTR
16. Karen O & Danger Mouse - Redeemer (Lux Prima-2019)
    Connection: Karen O is the lead singer of Yeah Yeah Yeahs
17. Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Sometimes (Cheat Codes-2022)
    Connection: Also Produced by Danger Mouse
18. Gnarls Barkley - Smiling Faces (St. Elsewhere-2006)
    Connection: Danger Mouse is in Gnarls Barkley
19. TLC - Waterfalls (CrazySexyCool-1994)
    Connection: CeeLo Green (of Gnarls Barkley) sings background vocals
20. Outkast - Players Ball (Christmas Radio Mix) (LaFace Family Christmas-1993)
    Connection: Also produced by Organized Noize