Move On Up

Got eight minutes to spare? Of course you have. Listen to Steve Cropper, in 2008, tell the story of how 'Green Onions' came about in 1962. It's a brilliant story of a track which set the benchmark for so much that came afterwards. RIP Colonel. youtube.com/watch?v=o1emR1…

RIP Steve Cropper, the original guitar hero in Booker T & The MGs who knew a lick or two, the one the aspiring British mod guitarists looked up to, and a civil rights champion.

Jimmy Cliff has crossed his final river. RIP, pioneering ska singer, songwriter, producer, and all-round legendary dude.

@Gowithbazza1 It's already in your doorstep.

Would you be happy with this on your doorstep?

RIP Mani. He wanted to be adored. He was.

@888MBG @FoxNews Diddums, you twat.

@FoxNews The BBC needs to be stopped. The malfeasance goes far beyond President Trump. The BBC has lied to Great Britain for years. Bring it down.

🚨 BREAKING: Trump puts BBC on notice: Retract, apologize for 'false, defamatory' documentary or face $1 billion lawsuit foxnews.com/media/trump-pu…

@888MBG @trussliz You literally don't understand politics. Which puts you on a par with Liz Truss.

@trussliz The BBC needs to stop being the socialist wing of the left in Great Britain or be gone. Being gone, sounds responsible.

I'm glad the US President and the rest of the world are seeing the BBC for what it is. Its failure to tell the truth on everything from transgender ideology to economics to Gaza has done huge damage to politics and government in this country. This should be the end of nationalised broadcasting.

Sad news. Gilson Lavis has died. That's the drummers from The Jam, Blondie and Squeeze who have all died in the same year. You can tell a new Spinal Tap film has come out...

@LozzaFox By your own metric, you need to leave. Bye.

Please go home. You have outstayed your welcome here. This is our house. You live under our roof. Contribute to the betterment of Britain, or leave. We have had enough.

@L_BHAFC Bye then. It's a nice day today - you can hang your bedsheets out to dry.

I’ve never been so uninterested in this football club like this forever, I just have no love for it at the moment, feels similar to that lockdown season, it feels more disconnecting each passing week

Missed this one. RIP Chris Dreja, principally known as a pivotal member of The Yardbirds. And a highly talented one at that.

On air on Radio Reverb on Wednesday 10th September at 2pm with a new show; an hour dedicated to mod classics, including Booker T & The MGs, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett and much, much more... Check listings for repeats throughout the month.

Oh shit. This was the big one. RIP the incredible genius that was Brian Wilson. What a legacy. Al - massive fan - reeling from Sly Stone, and now this. Awful week for legends of music. Words cannot describe how Wilson's music got Al through his teen years. RIP Genius

Someone we had to thank Everyday, People. RIP Sly Stone

Happy 80th Birthday, Pete Townshend of @TheWho. The fourth line of 'My Generation' only missed by about 55 years or so...

The latest Move On Up show - right here... mixcloud.com/LargeAl/move-o…

Dig this belter from 1966 @deminimismusicthen, then tell me who the lead vocal is. No Googling! youtu.be/tmOUo5j7fpo?si…

@deminimismusic This was re-recorded as a northern soul belter by Dana Valery. It was one of the songs sung on the BBC Proms Northern Soul night in 2023. Epic.

Simon & Garfunkel - You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies youtu.be/raaQXN91PHs

@Joshfroomey Tasker is full back. Fail.

Tasker was meant to play, change about last minute, hence why Baleba didn’t expect to play there. #BHAFC 🦁🦁🦁🦁