email Shep & The Limelites consisted of James “Shep” Sheppard, Clarence Bassett and Charles Bakersfield. They formed in Queens, New York in 1960 and are primarily remembered for their signature hit “Daddy’s Home.” Sheppard was originally a member of a group called The Heartbeats that signed with the Hull record label in the late 1950s. […]
3D Memorial Day 17 – II
email I’m your Uncle Marty, with chapter # 386 of The 3D RadioActivity, as we take another look back at those who have left us in the past 12 months by playing songs from them as we have our first show of Summertime Seconds, a continuation of The Memorial Day remembrance of the musicians we […]
Song Of the Day – “I’m Going” by Neil Young & The Bluenotes
email After going electronic on Trans, country and western on Old Ways, and then turning himself into a rockabilly cat with The Shocking Pinks, what else could Neil Young have had in store for fans whose patience was beginning to wear thin as the 1980s drew to a close? Soul man! In 1988, Neil Young […]
Song Of The Day – “Bacon Fat” by Andre Williams and his New Group
email Oh lawd, have moicey…this “Bacon Fat” is show nuff greasy! I listened to Taj Mahal’s 1969 double album Giant Step earlier this week for the piece I wrote on his cover version of “Take A Giant Step.” The album also has a version of the song “Bacon Fat” that is credited to J.R. Robertson […]
3D Memorial Day 17 – I
email This is The 3D RadioActivity, # 385, I’m everybody’s Uncle Marty, as we observe a musical Memorial Day as on this episode we take a look back at the performing artists who have left us in the past year by playing their songs on our weekly sojourn. Download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20170528-3DMD17-I.mp3 Next time we will […]
Song Of The Day – “Little Bitty Pretty One” by Thurston Harris
email It starts off so simple. Just a bunch of guys humming in harmony over an infectious backbeat, and that was the only hook “Little Bitty Pretty One” ever needed to be propelled into the pop charts and to be forever known as a golden Rock ‘n’ Roll classic. And if you’re going to be […]
Song Of The Day – “Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin” by The Mothers Of Invention
email It’s Mother’s Day and you should always listen to your MOTHERS! Nobody and I mean absolutely nobody sounded like The Mothers Of Invention back in 1966 when they released their second album Absolutely Free. The Mothers offered their own brand of compositional complexity, out of the ordinary instrumentation, Doo Wop harmonies and Free Jazz […]
The 3D RadioActivity Jumps
email I’m Uncle Marty, this is the 382nd happening of The 3D RadioActivity, as this time we are getting a jump on all sorts of cool music things. It’s a noun – as to get a jump on the competition by starting early, and it can be a verb as to propel oneself upward, forward […]
Any RadioActivity Left
email If you’re one of those looking for another helping of the theme we have been following over three of our recent shows, you have reached the right place. I’m everybody’s Uncle Marty, this is our 381st adventure in music on The 3D RadioActivity, as we go back to discover significant tunes that we haven’t […]
Anymore 3D Contractions
email We’re playing with contractions, and not just your common every day kind, this one is unlike ANY thing else, however they do involve it as the featured A word for April. I’m your Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity # 380 and this time we Won’t be limited to simple ANYMORE songs, don’t even think […]
