Neil Gits Weeding

Usually at this time of the week my focus is 100% on choosing the soul, jazz-funk & disco tunes from the 60s 70s 80s 90s & beyond that I will be playing on my show tomorrow (Monday) evening. However, with the curtains pulled back and the windows wide open, letting some much needed fresh air circulate the house, some of my attention has been drawn away from what’s happening inside “Old Gits HQ” to what is going on outside in my front & back gardens …

I am no Alan Titchmarsh, but I have discovered in my 34 years of being a houseowner that stuff grows when we have sunshine & rain – and we have had a LOT of the former recently ! Luckily I had ‘fake grass’ put down out the back exactly 8 years ago, so I just have to keep an eye on the two borders for ugly weeds popping up and a bit of unwanted greenery emerging from underneath the trees at the bottom – but come the briefest of showers and they’re off … grow, grow, grow !

The front is only a little patch of land but I have a small tree and a big bush bordering my property, yet the weed activity (mainly brambles!) that goes on around them is frantic, blink and they are tapping on the front window ! So as this week is ‘Brown Bin week’ when the nice friendly guys from the council take away any garden waste, I need to find half an hour get out there and have a quick tidy up or I will have a big job to do in a fortnight !

Gosh, that makes me sound really old, writing about gardening ! If you can relate to that feeling and are about the same age as me, there’s a very good chance you will enjoy the music I play each Monday live from 7-9pm on Gateway, Have a listen this week, especially if you need to relax indoors after doing mundane household stuff all day ! Here’s the latest playlist :

The Tunes – Monday 7th July 2025

George Benson & Chaka Khan – We Got The Love
Sister Sledge – He’s The Greatest Dancer
Ronnie Herel/Kenny Thomas – The Sun Will Rise Again
Cashmere – Do It Anyway You Wanna
Starshine – All I Need Is You
Candace Woodson ft Dave Mascall – Breeze On By
Emotions – Key To My Heart
Janice McClean – Passion & Pain
Dave & Maurissa – No Question About It
Heatwave – Gangsters Of The Groove
Weeks & Co – Go With The Flow
Osibisa – Bum To Bum
Tristan – I Just Can’t Stop
Maxine Brown – Oh No Not My Baby
Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston – It Takes Two
Shaila Prospere – Gotta Be Thankful
Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Bill Sharpe feat Jeffrey Osborne – Light Of My Life
Luther Vandross – Come Back
James Brown – Funky President
Lillo Thomas – Sexy Girl
Lukas Setto – The Two Of Us (Chris Baxter Remix)

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The Old Gits Soul Show is broadcast LIVE from 7pm–9pm every Monday, repeated on Saturday evening from 5pm–7pm, on Gateway 97.8FM in Basildon & East Thurrock, across South Essex on DAB and available nationally via the Radio Player on your TV as well as online via www.gateway978.com You can listen on your smart speaker or your phone too … plus you can hear it again anytime you like via the “Listen Again” button on the Gateway website – just search “Cool Soul” !