Friday, December 2 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin:Shake a tailfeather to Jonathan Toubin‘s most exciting 1950s/1960s “maximum rock’n’soul” hot party wax! The heeby jeebies screams of a thousand Little Richard imitators! The gritty romance of post-Falcons early Detroit soul groups! The pounding piano and tomfoolery of Huey Smith and the Clowns’ party stompers! The beehived passion of girl group legends and lesser knowns! The percussive pulse of Bo Diddley’s encyclopedia of rhythm! The wild abandon of garage shakers of the Pacific Northwest down to Texas and up to Ohio! Memphis sounds from the sexy Stax slither to the white lightning of Sun rockabilly! Beatnik exploitation! The wiggle of the zaniest 60s dance craze twisters! The rumble of a Link Wray or Wailers or wicked surf instrumentals! The gospel howl of an Etta James intro! The rattling locomotive of Howlin Wolf and all the great urban electric blues! The blood-curdling shreik of early James Brown! The explosion of Wayne Cochran! The slide of Elmore James! The good time party pounding of Thee Midniter and heroic cast of East L.A. brown-eyed soul legends! The twists, turns, and high bends of Chuck Berry! Under-appreciated Dave Clark 5 B-sides and other swingin British Invasion hits and misses! The roomfull of mirrors of Jacques Dutronc, Los Salvajes, and other international Polyglot Discotheque favorites! The debaucherous rhythm and blues Roy Brown, Little Esther, and all the other drunk clappers, snappers, and swingers! The demonic dirge of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins! The exotic weirdness of Mad Mike Monsters! The hipshakin’ creep of Las Vegas Grinders! The border beat of the El Paso Rockers! The kinetic ruckus of thee Souvenirs of The Soul Clap! The twang and thunder of the Old Weird America! Miles upon miles of railroad track! A postcard from the Old Weird America! Have mercy miss percy! A Whole Lotta Shakin’ All Over and Over and Over Goin’ On all night long! Exclusively direct from the grooves of the original 45s! Can you dig it? The real thing! A NYC institution for over 8 years and over 400 nights! The great escape! Every Friday! Get down in the basement!
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Jonathan Toubin is taking it easy in December but you can still find him on Fridays at Home Sweet Home….

– Friday, December 9 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin and Owen from Straight Arrows
– Friday, December 16 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin
– Friday, December 23 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down!
– Friday, December 30 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin
– Saturday, December 31 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: Annual New York Night Train New Years Ball!