Leonard Smalls

Just about to light a barbie, so I'll put some sausage and burger music on. Which, today, is:

Stutter Rap - Morris Minor and the Majors

I don't do owt specifically to be gig-fit... However, in order not to be completely broken when I reach my late 60s (not too long now!) - also having two herniated discs - I do a morning routine of exercises involving crunchies, press-ups, Pilates stuff, Yoga stuff, Mars Bars and a Flake plus squats, some weights etc. And about 5 times a week I walk up our local hill, which is about 1000' climb. And when I can be bothered I go out on the mountain bike, and go climbing and/or mountain walking. Bass wise, I do various hand and wrists stretches as part of my routine, as well as doing an hour or so practice every couple of days.

Shaft! - Isaac Hayes

Fire! - Sly and Robbie (and Ohio Players, of course!)

A punkyfunky thing based on a true story told by a lovely old man (Herr Wilhelm Lügner) in my local pub...

No more messing about with flobbly wet melodic bass nonsense!

Always preferred the Subs version of "She's Not There" to the Zombies slightly wet original... And Dead Kennedys' "Vive Las Vegas" is considerably better than Elvis's!

Love Gun - Rick James

Stranglehold - UK Subs

Pudding Thyme - Primus

Leakin' - Bootsy's Rubber Band

Aye! Lovely new lyrics stealing of Kraftwerk's "Das Model" here... And prince Fatty with Shaneice and Horseman doing it in the original reggae...

Heard this proper floorfiller ("Turndown Service" by JKriv) on Craig Charles funk'n'Soul yesterday... But could only find a 1'30 preview on't net. Funky as, mind! https://www.juno.co.uk/player-embed/SF1093528-01-01-01.mp3/?pl=true&ed=25-06-15

The Way I Walk - The Cramps

Ooh Ah, Just a Little Bit - Gina G

Looks like I may be doing something slightly punky with my own vocalisations!

Bloodsport -= Choked

Little Red Riding Hood - 999

J'sais pas quoi faire - Telephone

Alle gegen Alle - Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft

Diese Märchen - Daniel

Anal - Robbie Williams* * I remember hearing a version of "Robbie's" song with this lyric in a biker pub in Swansea. Twas filthy and tickled me just so...

75% of Bluesfunk band coming on nicely. So bass drums and new vox are working pretty well. However, our guitar player has terrible trouble a) not playing all the time b) not doing out-of-rhythm unimaginative blues noodles when we're doing funky syncopated stuff. He just gets his head down and neither listens to or watches the rest of us... And despite months of suggesting stuff for him to play along to he rarely bothers. Seems obsessed with finding some sort of magical Funk Formula - I've sent him Bootsy's one but he appears to have missed the point entirely, that you've got to feel it and if you don't, you won't funk! And being in the middle of nowhere means not many guitarists available, plus he's a bit vulnerable...

Wreckin' Crew - The Meteors