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24th September 2021
Posted by Neil Matthew
Every Monday between 7 & 9pm on Gateway I bring you a very carefully selected bunch of tunes for you to savour, including super smooth soul, some funky rhythms, the occasional groovy jazzy bit and a sprinkling of those all-time great dancefloor anthems and I’d like to think that, along with my ‘amusing banter’ in between and my ‘legendary features’ alongside, you enjoy a happy & relaxing experience …
But it is not always smooth sailing behind the scenes ! Having been presenting “The Old Gits Soul Show” for 11 years now, I feel pretty comfortable in the studio and know just how to deal with most of those little “techy situations” that occasionally come my way and are far too boring to describe here. Sometimes however I will be thrown off track completely by something I have no control over whatsoever, like very loud drilling suddenly taking place somewhere near our Eastgate studios or maybe the time a tiny little insect flew into my eye exactly whilst I was talking – I don’t think I swore then, but I could easily have done !!!
This week was one of those occasions. About halfway through, I discovered that I had inexplicably broken a thumb nail and the thing was catching on EVERYTHING and really getting on my nerves. So with no nail scissors on me (I don’t use a handbag !) I waited for the next long song on my paylist and went at it with my bare teeth – job done and on with the show ! These are the tracks I played last Monday, hear them again on the ‘Repeat Play’ at 5pm this Saturday … and see if you can work out where I might have been solving that irritating problem 😉
The Tunes – Monday 20th September 2021
Players Association – Turn The Music Up
Lew Kirton – Just Can’t Get Enough
PrivatProjekt ft Stefanie S – C’mon (Nigel Lowis Mix)
Lou Rawls – See You When I Get There
Al Wilson – The Snake
Main Ingredient – Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely
Howard Johnson – Forever Falling In Love
Quiet Boys feat Camelle Hinds – State Of Mind
Garcia Walker & Durrell – Just Gotta Have You
BB & Q Band – Dreamer
Eugene Wilde – Personality
Rick James – Ghetto Life
African Music Machine – Black Water Gold
Stevie Wonder – Uptight
Rufus Thomas – Do The Funky Chicken
Silver Convention – Fly Robin Fly
Kid Creole & The Coconuts – Stool Pigeon
Kay Jay – Hold On To You
Vanessa Poolian – Movin’ On
Aretha Franklin – Day Dreaming
Tease – Firestarter
Tina Charles – I Love To Love
Eastbound Expressway – Never Let Go
Ritual – Sore Lip
Feel free to get in touch with your soulful request or just for a mention on the show – post on “The Old Gits Soul Show” page on Facebook or message me personally …
E-mail: [email protected] or send a text message to (01268)833978.
The Old Gits Soul Show is on Gateway 97.8 in Basildon & East Thurrock and also around the world via www.gateway978.com from 7pm–9pm every Monday, also repeated on Saturday evening from 5pm–7pm, plus you can hear it again anytime you like via the “Listen Again” button on the Gateway website – search “Cool Soul” !