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GRAF
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FLYERS / STICKERS
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SPECIAL
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ANTI-WAR
PROTEST RALLY
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HHS MEMORIAL DAY BBQ Oakland, CA — 05/26/03
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LIVE AT THE
LAUNDROMAT
Oakland, CA — 10/21/05
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Live
at The Laundromat
Oakland, CA — Friday, October 21, 2005
Photos by Shing02
In the 1950's and 60's, West Oakland boasted more
than 20 rhythm and blues clubs such as Slim Jenkins and Esther's
Orbit Lounge — which pumped out gritty live music every
night of the week and fueled a whole cottage industry of black
owned mom-and-pop record stores, plus countless East Bay record
labels to support the thriving local doo-wop, RnB, soul, and emerging
funk music scenes. But the music died — or rather was killed
in the name of "urban development". The Cypress Freeway
and the new overhead BART train (bay area transit system) were
built right down the middle of what was once the main strip of
the West Oakland clubland, effectively grinding things to a tragic
halt.
60-year old Oakland music fan Buck
was there back then and shares memories and vinyl from this rich
era with Hip Hop Slam's Billy Jam and DJ
Pone. Recorded live at the laundromat that Buck owns
and runs in North Oakland (see pics) in a special session
that also included emcee Bas-One and Andrew
Jarvis (Ubiquity Records) the special Hip Hop Slam production
airs on KALX 90.7FM Berkeley on Nov 13th
at 10AM and on WFMU 91.1FM Jersey on
Nov 16th at 3AM (eastern time or midnite Pacific
time). Note that the program also airs on wfmu.org
where it is also archived as an MP3 file.
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