The rain forced me to improvise and sample in the car, again.
It’s getting down to the wire here in 2007, and the snow last week has given way to a chilling rain this weekend. Although today was supposed to be close to 50 and sunny, of course it rained. I knew my guy would be there, so I got up early despite the drizzle and hit the road before light. When I got to the spot, imagine my surprise when I saw a familiar black Cadillac with PA plates. The second week in a row, it’s The Stinkie Steve Show! He was actually slumped down in the driver’s seat sleeping, so I walked over to The Old Man, who was waiting in his vehicle patiently for his regulars. It was a little warmer than last weekend, and there weren’t many cars, but of course Eggbeard was lurking around, looking in vehicles to see if anyone had records. He was shit out of luck as SS and my guy were the only ones holding, and with the rain, it looked to stay that way. We made the record deal and chatted over some Grant Green in the background. Apparently Stinkie Steve is back to his old hijinx again, and I couldn’t be bothered to play his games . I’ll have to ask DJ Prime who I’m told braved the cold yesterday and sat in the back seat of the Stink mobile to sample records because of the 20 degree weather. I guess it was a pit stop from PA to Jersey for him, before he dumped his lot of black gold (or whatever he has, porno mags) to a big record dealer in Trenton. At any rate, he was there in all his glory, milling around in the same slick outfit he had on last week. Imagine the stink! I browsed through the stash of vinyl my guy had, picked out my stack, and was home by 8 am. Biggie was talkin’ about The 10 Crack Commandments, but I’ll modify it for the vinyl junkies, because really vinyl is a drug of some sorts.
Rainy 45 Scores Today:
Gladys Knight & the Pips – Maybe Maybe Baby/ Maxx
Baby Washington – There He Is/ Sue
Jimmy McGriff – Bump de Bump/ Sue
The Manhattans – Sweet Little Girl/ Carnival
Chi-Lites – Troubles A Comin’/ Brunswick
The Originals – I’ll Wait For You/ Soul
The Astors – Candy/ Stax
Sonny Rollins – Isn’t She Lovely/ Milestone
Brenton Wood – I Think You Got Your Fools Mixed Up/ Double Shot
Crusaders – Papa Hooper’s Barrelhouse Groove/ MoWest
Don Patterson – Up In Betty’s Room/ Prestige
Deon Jackson – Ooh Baby/ Carla
Keep Diggin’!
