Moon Hooch - "5-Sax Piece" - Song of The Day - 5/7/2015

It's Thursday y'all. You know what that means - the weekend is almost upon us and it is time to get rowdy! We have just the perfect mixture of jazz, sax appeal and improv beats to fill up your cup and get you turning in the right direction...up! Today's song of the day comes straight out of the New York City subways - yes you heard that correct. "5-Sax Piece" comes from the wildly talented three piece, Moon Hooch and their latest album "This is Cave Music." If you have yet to hear them play, imagine jazz/improv mixed with house and dubstep. Two saxophone players and a drummer produce a sound unlike anything you have ever heard. If you like what you hear, check out their SoundCloud...it is chalked full of great stuff!

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Daryl Hall & John Oates - "I Can't Go For That" - SOTD - [3/3/15]

This was as classy as it got back in 1983. It's the massive track "I Can't Go For That" by Daryl Hall and John Oates. These guys pumped out a huge collection of hits for three decades starting back in in the early 70's. Hall and Oates would record six No. 1 hits on the Billboard hot 100 charts with "Maneater", "Rich Girl", "Kiss On My List", "Private Eyes", "Out of Touch", and this song too. Just last year they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. I became a big fan of the group after seeing them perform live at the former Pine Knob Amphitheater in Clarkston, Michigan back in the 90's. I didn't even realize prior to going, but many of their songs I knew the words to, and they sounded impeccable playing live. So get groovy today with "I Can't Go For That" one of the many funk/jazz songs from the legendary Daryl Hall and John Oates.

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Joe Jackson - "Steppin Out" - Song of the Day - [10-1-14]

I don't know why but this song always gets stuck in my head when I'm in a traffic jam. It's "Steppin Out" by Joe Jackson. The quick paced bass line is what catches my attention, it's a throwback tempo and pattern in the song. Similar to an old school film score, during a driving scene, where the tempo adds to the visual element of the story. Joe Jackson is a composer and he plays multiple instruments including saxophone and piano. "Steppin' Out" is from back in 1982, and it properly represents the new wave phase in the music scene which was huge in the 80's. This is also the official video for Joe Jackson's "Steppin Out" and it's still classy thirty years later.

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