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The Contours “Whole Lotta Woman” (national version) (Motown, 1961) – NY Night Train YouTube Party Platter

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Finally a Motown record up here! Of all of The Contours amazing records, my favorite is their first – “Whole Lotta Woman.” More »

Eddie Bo “Our Love (Will Never Falter)” (Blue Jay, 1965): Today’s NY Night Train YouTube Party Platter

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Even in a city that brought us some of the most exciting musicians, producers, and arrangers of all-time, Eddie Bo’s vast, varied, unique, quality, and exciting body of work is a stands out as one of the brightest flames in New Orleans rock and roll, rhythm and blues, soul, and funk. More »

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown “Summertime” (Cue, 1964): Today’s NY Night Train YouTube Party Platter

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Don Robey started Houston’s Peacock Records in 1949 to put out Gatemouth Brown’s “Mary Is Fine”/“My Time Is Expensive”. More »

WHILE JT is away KID CONGO will play!

– June 19 NYC, Chinatown – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down!
45rpm rock’n’soul dance w/ KID CONGO POWERS & guest dj JESSE MORA!
10:30pm – 4am, $5 (FREE before 11pm!)
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and meanwhile, on the other side of the drink….

– June 19 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – NY Night Train to Best Kept Secret Festival
catch JT today with a lineup that includes the Libertines, Jesus and Mary Chain, Pop Group, OFF!, etc
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– June 21 Dublin, Ireland – NY Night Train to Body and Soul Festival
catch JT on a bill with Super Furry Animals, Savages, etc
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Duane Yates “Passin’ On By” (N-Joy, 1965): Today’s NYNT YouTube Party Platter

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One year before Louisiana blue-eyed soul sensation Duane Yates joined The Boogie Kings, he waxed two supreme 45s for N-Joy! More »

Miss Ann Fleming (Ann Winley) “Just One Man” (WInley, 1961): Today’s NYNT YouTube Party Platter

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Even if Winley Records folded for good when it went on hiatus in 1962, it would’ve been one of the more interesting imprints out there for making some very killer raw doo wop 45s More »

NY NIGHT TRAIN TO EURO FESTIVALS

– June 19 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – Best Kept Secret Festival with JT and the Libertines, Jesus and Mary Chain, Pop Group, OFF!, etc
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– June 21 Dublin, Ireland – Body and Soul Festival with JT and Super Furry Animals, Savages, etc
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– June 25 Paris, France – Badaboum
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– June 26 Marmonde, France – Garorock Festival with Die Antwoord, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, etc
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– June 28 Ravenna, Italy – Hana Bi: JT e Better Call Soul Beach Party!
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– July 4 Belfort, France – Eurockeennes Festival with JT, Chemical Brothers, Major Lazer, Foxygen, etc…
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– July 5 Paris, France – JT secret gig TBA next week

– July 6 Calvi, Corsica – JT at Calvi on the Rocks Festival with Big Freedia, Omar Souleyman, and more
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– July 7 Lausanne, Switzerland – JT DJ gig at Festival de la Cité Lausanne
– July 8 Lausanne, Switzerland – Soul Clap & Dance-Off at Festival de la Cité Lausanne
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– July 17 Salacgriva, Latvia – Positivus Festival with JT, Placebo, etc
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– July 18 Dour, Belgium – Dour Festival with JT, Lauren Hill, Horace Andy, Agnostic Front, Acid Baby Jesus, Hatebreed,and more
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– July 19 Benicassim, Spain – Festival Internacional De Benicassim with JT, Portishead, Franz Ferdinand + Sparks, Public Enemy, The Cribs, A-Trak, etc
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Curtis Knight and the Squires (W/Jimi Hendrix): Hornet’s Nest (RSVP, 1966): Today’s YouTube Party Platter

NY Night Train just started a record of the day playlist on YouTube – the NYNT Daily Party Platter Hit up NYNT YouTube channel every day to see what’s cookin’…

A couple of years before he became the Jimi Hendrix we’ve all experienced, the struggling chitlin circuit sideman/session guitarist met Harlem r&b bandleader Curtis Knight in the lobby of the NYC hotel where they both were residing and started playing together. More »