so it goes

Well, like I've said before, I've missed a few shows lately and haven't been all that motivated. So, I get this podcasting thing rolling and finally I have a good reason to put together some serious shows again. Still with a lot of things on my plate (why I've been missing my shows recently) I tried to figure out a good topic to cover.

First thing came to mind was Lee Perry & the Upsetters, but that's a HUGE undertaking. In any case I'd be more likely to do a series, which would take a lot of preparation work. The reason LSP came to mind is that I haven't really done a focus show on his stuff in about 5 years. As I've collected more and more things over the years, I've thought of doing another focus show, but there's just been too much damn music to approach it.

So, realizing that was beyond my reach with my setup in disarray and needing to spend time working on the house, I looked for a more focused topic. Browsing around, I came accross Max Romeo. On the cusp of Perry & co., but specific enough to cut a chunk off. Some old rocksteady stuff as well, a few riddim connections with other artists, and of course plenty of prime Lee Perry productions.

While working around the house, another thought came to mind... what about I Roy? God knows he rode some sick riddims, things like Pablo In Cowtown, Movie Star with Errol Dunkley (which I don't think I've ever really stretched out on air) and quite a few others... But, again, that seemed a bit much to get together in the two busy days before the show.

So Max Romeo it is. I spent some time working through the list, collecting some things he did with the Emotions. Tracking down some of the other things he did with Niney, Bunny Lee, etc. Trimming out some of the multiple versions of tunes he cut at the Black Ark.

A few hours in, I checked my work email to find an announcement about the Pledge Drive going on this week. Damn. Always a pain. I'm not going to waste a good selection of tunes on a show where I can't build up the mix over the course of the 2 hours, so fortunately I can drop it now and spend time on other things. (I'm retiling the basement this weekend, then I'll have my shish back in order, finally.)

Thinking ahead, there's plenty of folks I've never really focused on, and plenty of folks I could do again in a better or different fashion. Never done Slim Smith. (lots of riddim runs there) Duke Reid / Treasure Isle. Man, let me think about what shows I HAVE done thus far...

Producer focus shows:

Yabby U
Glen Brown
Niney
Perry
Joe Gibbs
Coxsone Dodd / Studio One
Bertram Brown
Harry Mudie
Phil Pratt
Tappa Zukie
Alvin Ranglin
Keith Hudson
Bunny Lee
Clancy Eccles
Roy Francis / Phase One
Derrick Harriot
Winston Riley

Artist focus shows:

Johnny Clarke
Horace Andy
Leroy Smart
Barry Brown
Linval Thompson
Jacob Miller / Tommy Cowan
Justin Hinds /Jack Ruby
Burning Spear
Wailers, Wailers, Wailers
Prince Far I
Big Youth
Ken Boothe
Alton Ellis
John Holt
Delroy Wilson
Dennis Brown
Culture
Augustus Pablo
Peter Tosh
Abyssinians (Manning brothers)
African Brothers (Sugar Minott & Tony Tuff)
Gregory Isaacs
Mikey Dread
Junior Delgado
Barrington Levy
Revolutionaries
Scientist
Freddie McKay
Gladiators
Cornell Campbell
Heptones

Suggestions on possibilities I've missed?