Neil Gits Surgery Done

Up until July 2017, my back garden looked very different to how it does now. Although not a large area by any means, the small lawn was made to appear even smaller by a number of big bushes encroaching over the grass and a large eucalyptus tree which had begun to lean perilously ever closer to my house since I moved in 26 years previously. With some money left to me by my mother who died about a year before, I invited the chaps who Nathan and I used to call “The Nice Gypsies” to come and work their tree surgery magic and they did a great job removing all the green clutter, apart from three smaller evergreen trees at the bottom which never seem to grow much, clearing a nice big space for my fence-to-fence fake lawn to go in.

Fast forward five years and a bit of a mess had developed in one corner and even the “never growing” trees seemed to be moving slowly towards my kitchen window ! Time to contact the Tree Fellas (actually there’s only two of them, but that doesn’t make a joke … ) who have still been regularly dropping by my house when in the area, even though there has been nothing for them to do for a while, and sometimes just stop for a chat with barely a mention of branches or bushes ! Now my garden looks almost as good as new again and it was a nice feeling to be able to give some decent down to earth people a few quid and a bit of work when we’ve all been struggling to survive lately.

I almost see it as my purpose in life to create a “feelgood factor” which I normally try to do by playing jolly nice music on the radio for you to enjoy every Monday between 7 & 9pm, so if you like soul, jazz-funk & disco tunes from the 70s & 80s and you could do with a mucial pick-me-up on a moody Monday, you know where to find me ! Here is last week’s selection :

The Tunes – Monday 2nd May 2022

Crown Heights Affair – Use Your Body & Soul

Archie Bell & The Drells – The Soul City Walk

Groove Association – Living The Good Life (Steppers Mix)

D.Ross/Supremes/Temptations-I’m Gonna Make You Love Me

Eddie Kendricks – Skippin’ Work Today

Luther Vandross – Don’t You Know That

Real Thing – You’ll Never Know What You’re Missing

Frank McComb ft Kathy Rosins & Najee – I Gotta Pinch Myself

Freda Payne – In Motion

Light Of The World – I Shot The Sheriff

Donna Summer – Heaven Knows (Groovefunkel Remix)

Brothers Johnson – Dancin’ & Prancin’

Stevie Wonder – I Don’t Know Why I Love You

Homer Banks – (Ain’t That) A Lot Of Love

Barry White – It’s Only Love Doing It’s Thing

Valentine Brothers – Money’s Too Tight To Mention

Laura Rain & The Caesars-I Am (Who I Want To Be)

JD’s Time Machine – Young Hearts

Carmichael Musiclover – Focus On Lovin’

Prince Phillip Mitchell – I Can’t Get Used To Sleeping By Myself

Cashmere – Can I

Michael Henderson – Riding

Incognito – Millenium

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 …

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The Old Gits Soul Show is on Gateway 97.8FM in Basildon & East Thurrock and also around the world via www.gateway978.com , as well as on your smart speaker or your phone, from 7pm–9pm every Monday, 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” !