One for the late night crew! Kicking Back feat Taxman

UK soul classic you might have had to be in the back bar to understand the sound I dedicate this to Gina, Shane and everyone else also the posse from the Donkey's Ears who are having a reunion in the Pav Friday week details HERE

"I guess i'll see you next lifetime"

1997

"On and On" already huge in Henrys, I bagged the vinyl of "Baduizm" in Manchester when we were djing over there-Think myself and Aoife Ni Canna got a copy each of the rare import and Angi, who i was spinning with at the time, was mad for a copy too as we tore apart Fat City for tunes-it was a great weekend and United ...won the match and another title soon after! The long 12 minute live version on the 12" was my first record on my Sunday soul show on Friendly that following summer, i used get up to the studio wrecked tired at midday after late night sessions and put it on, head down to the shop for
coffee and a sandwich, and be back in time for the next tune! She has continued to make great music since and her last album was my favourite of them all bar this.

I dedicate this tune to the memory
of Anna, who I shared some terrific times with that summer (although she
got kicked out of every club I DJ'd in it was always fun!)

"I Guess I'll see you next lifetime"



Stevie G presents the best of 97! Free download here

Some classic mixes for fans of hip-hop, soul and disco!

FREE MIXES!








Back Bar Classics Volume 1

The infamous Sweat at Sir Henrys is widely regarded as being a pioneering night for clubbing in Cork. I was resident there for many years and for my 5th anniversary in 1998 i put together a couple of mix-tapes-here is part one; and here is my account of Sir Henrys

http://steviegblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/gonna-make-you-sweat.html



Sir Henrys Back Bar Classics Volume 2

The infamous Sweat at Sir Henrys is widely regarded as being a pioneering night for clubbing in Cork. I was resident there for many years and for my 5th anniversary in 1998 i put together a couple of mix-tapes-here is part one; and here is my account of Sir Henrys

Footsteps Volume 1

Footsteps is a brand new disco night i'm launching soon in The Pavilion-here is a preview mix of mainly classics, heavy on the Nile Rodgers vibes as I had just seen him at the Electric Picnic with Chic and they are one of my all time favourites! Some Philly styled soul and disco in there too aswell as one or two early 80's bit don't forget to check out the club night coming soon! We are gonna party like it's 1979!

Thinking Of You Sister Sledge
My Forbidden Lover Chic
I'm Coming Out Diana Ross
Change Of Heart Change
Music Is My Way Of Life Patti LaBelle
High Society Norma Jean
Soup For One Chic
K-Jee M.F.S.B.
Movin' Brass Construction
I'll Always Love My Mama The Intruders
The More I Get, the More I Want Teddy Pendergrass
Strut Your Funky Stuff Frantique
Jam Jam Jam (All Night Long) People's Choice
Me and the Gang Bohannon
Don't Stop K.I.D.
All About the Paper Loleatta Holloway
Ain't No Stopping Us Now McFadden & Whitehead
Was That All It Was Jean Carn


Footsteps Volume 2

Footsteps is a brand new disco night i'm launching next Sunday The Pavilion-here is another preview mix of mainly classics with some Philly styled soul and disco in there too aswell as one or two early 80's bits-don't forget to check out the club night coming soon! We are gonna party like it's 1979!

Message In Our Music The O'Jays
Don't Take Away The Music Tavares
Blow Your Whistle The Soul Searchers
Hang On In There (Stovall Sisters) The Stovall Sisters
Love Is You Carol Williams
Only You Teddy Pendergrass
Conscience Re Edit Womack & Womack
The Groove Line Heatwave
Family Affair MFSB
I'll Do Anything For You (Red Astaire - Philly Mix) Lee McDonald
I Can't Stop John Davis and the Monster Orchestra
Take That to the Bank Shalamar
Keep on D Train
A Lover's Holiday (A Jim Burgess Mix) Change
Number One Patrice Rushen
Nu Kicks Motion
Clouds Chaka Khan
You Fooled Around Sister Sledge
Strike Up The Band Chic
Are You My Woman D. Krivit Edit Chi-Lites
All This Love That I'm Giving Gwen McCrae
Do Your Dance Rose Royce
Seconds [Shep Pettibone 12"Mix Edit] Loleatta Holloway
Encore Cheryl Lynn
Do It (Out In The Sticks Edit) Game
Goin’ to See My Baby Fatback Band
Good Times Charanga '79
Native New Yorker Odyssey
Show You the Way to Go The Jacksons
Love & Happiness First Choice

Tune of the day-The Pharcyde

When the 12's of this dropped in late 95, the Back Bar was never the same again!

Jay Dee long before Dilla, and tune of the day!

Amazing remixes from Dilla and Rae and Christian, plus the original sample below!

Tune of the day-Alfonzo Hunter and Eric Sermon

Big track from way back!

"Mister Magic" looped to good effect also check out "Weekend Thang" and "Fly"

Tune of the day! Bernard Wright

A Mister Fork classic

Tune of the day! Janet Jackson/J Dilla

A bonafide classic and a massive influence on hip-hop producers for years after, it is typical that Dilla got little credit for this even though it was his only hit! Jam and Lewis got credit at the grammy's, but the true heads know who was responsible! This was a special tune for me in the Back Bar of Sir Henrys and Janet remains a pop star who always comes up with some good club jams every so often! Q Tips verse is dope too and similar to what he was doing on the Dilla produced "Sometimes" by the Brand New Heavies at the same time; another great tune! Enjoy the other Dilla mix and the original too!



and also



Joni Mitchell

Give me the night with Driza Bone

Under-rated crew so many good mixes too of this tune used hammer it in the Back bar

Tune of the day! Gang Starr

Classic

Tune of the day! Barrington Levy

Back bar classic dedicated to Donkeyman

Tune of the day! Mary J Blige

Tune of the day! With a nod to Pete Rock and CL Smooth (CL appears on the remix, which is a Back Bar classic from the Queen of hip-hop soul)

Tune of the day! Souls of Mischief

seems like yesterday

Rap lyric of the day-Lost Boyz

Back bar classic

"A ghetto love is the law that we live by
Day by day I wonder why my shorty had to die
I reminisce over my ghetto princess everyday
Give it up for my shorty, shorty"

Tune of the day! Lauryn Hill

Back Bar killer from one of the great rappers/singers

Tune of the day! Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

It's here

Tune of the day! Raphael Saadiq---200th post waheeey!!!!

Tune of the day! Oh yes Back Bar classic alert---Q Tip joining a modern soul legend over the Intruders "I'll always love my mama"--It's amazing that Raphael Saadiq is still not a household name in Europe everything he does is great, he's had classic groups, tons of classic albums and he is a top producer, writer, singer and musician!

Tune of the day!

Dj Krush "Meiso" (Dj Shadow Mix)

Tune of the day-two copies of this led to many great nights in 1996 unreal tune still sounds savage aswell

Tune of the day!

with a few bonus tracks for those who like this kinda flavour!

The Real heavyweight Back Bar soul flavour this was a huge anthem for me throughout the 90s it was hard to find at the time but a big favourite!


R.I.P. Curty Cuts

Teddy



Zhane



SWV




Faith Evans




Janet with the killer James Brown loop