Exactly one week less than a whole year after its last event, Subway Soul Club returned to action on May 9 at a new location and with two incredible guest DJs, but with the same exciting groove,  Lady Dawn at the helm, and with the extra-added production help from our good friends at Cavestomp!

The location was Lucille’s Super Club, a groovy joint that is adjacent to, or actually inside, B.B. King’s Blues Club on 42^nd Street in Times Square. The venue has an ample dance floor that was full of dancers nearly all night long. The place serves excellent southern style soul food and, with a photo of the great B.B. King overlooking the bar, you know the place was perfect for a Subway Soul Club dance party.

Guest DJs were Mr. Fine Wine and Mikey Post. Mr. Fine Wine is highly regarded by the Boogaloo Bag writers. His presence on the sixties soul music scene is strongly felt in this town, with his radio show Downtown Soulville every Friday on WFMU and his Wednesday night shindigs at Botanica—both of which have been taking place for more than fifteen years. These days you can find him on the third Friday of the month at the Commodore on his Thee Knights of the Round Tables gig and also the third Saturday of the month at Friends and Lovers, a cool joint in Crown Heights. He also DJs around the country and around the world. Cat is busy and wherever he is playing records, you know the place is going to swing!

Mikey Post is another busy cat: He is known as “The Custodian of Soul” at Daptone Records, where he works, and he is also the drummer for two great teen combos, The Reigning Sound and The Jay Vons (and he may still drum with Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens). He is also one of  “Thee Knights of the Round Tables” at the Commodore (along with Mr. Fine Wine and DJ Young Chris). Lady Dawn recently witnessed one of Mr. Post‘s DJ sets somewhere and insisted that he be one of the guest DJs at this Subway Soul Club. Cat has great records, and man, he can play them!

Subway Soul Club’s resident DJ Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus also brought a couple good records to the party. However, he was saddened when he realized that the Subway Soul Club event would take place on the same night that Dig Deeper was to take place in Brooklyn. Dig Deeper, as the Boogaloo Bag reader knows, is the live music night that features a great obscure soul (or sometimes ska) entertainer—usually peforming for the first time in decades—and the superb record playing of its two hosts, Mr. Robinson and DJ Honky. On May 9, the Dig Deeper featured performer was ska/rock steady singer Derrick Morgan, so there wasn’t a major conflict. However, the Dig Deepers announced that it will be their last event for a while and the Boogaloo Bag writers were sorry that they could not be there to show support for their most excellent series of shows. In a perfect world, the Dig Deeper folks would be given the Presidential Medal of Freedom for the fine work they have done—and hopefully will do again.

Meanwhile, back at Lucille’s, Subway Soul Club swung like an old Count Basie 78! Folks were dressed up and ready for a night in the big city, dancing and drinking and carrying on. Except for some confusion dealing with the cover charge, the night was a major success. Lady Dawn danced around in a shiny, black Go-Go dress and greeted about two dozen British citizens who were in town on business or vacation. She and Phast Phreddie were also very happy to see so many familiar faces—people who have attended Subway Soul Club since its earliest days. Knowing that folks feel so strongly about Subway Soul Club, that they even come to the event when they take place once a year… well it puts a great big smile on the face! Negotiations with Lucille’s are taking place so another event may take place sooner, rather than later.

Also, many of the attendees asked that all three DJs submit a set list (or reasonable facsimile thereof) and the two guest DJs graciously complied. The Boogaloo Blog is very proud to host these set lists.

Here is a list of the records played by Mikey Post. The first section is his opening set. The others are records that he played, perhaps not in order:

1st Set:

• Bobby “Guitar” Bennett – You Did it Again  (JUNIOR)
• Little Richie – Just Another Heartache (SOUND STAGE SEVEN)
• Don Ray – Born a Loser (RCA)
• The Servicemen – I Need a Helping Hand (PATHEWAY)
• Chuck Bernard – My Baby (SATELLITE)
• Lillian Dupree – Hide  and Seek (D-TOWN)
• The Soul Twins – Give the Man a Chance (KAREN)
• The Performers – Set Me Free (MIRWOOD)
• The Rivingtons – Years of Tears (VEE-JAY)
• Edwin Starr – I Have Faith in You (RIC-TIC)
• The O’Jays – I’ll Never Forget You (IMPERIAL)
• Bob Relf – Blowing My Mind to Pieces (TRANS-AMERICAN)
• Lenis Guess – Juts Ask Me (S.P.Q.R.)

–more–

• The Quotation – I Don’t Have To Worry (DiVENUS)
• The Inspirations – Your Wish is My Command (MIDAS)
• Jimmy Moore – Church Street Sally (S.P.Q.R.)
• Edward Hamilton – Call Me (CARRIE)
• Linda Jones – I Just Can’t Live My Life (WARNER BROTHERS)
• Marlena Mars – Let’s Wade in the Water (CADET)
• Cliff Nobles – My Love is Getting Stronger (J-V)
• Larry Williams and Johnny Watson – Too Late (EPIC) Canada
• Timebox – Beggin’ (DERAM)
• The Incredibles – There’s Nothing Else to Say (AUDIO ARTS)
• The Detroit Executives – Cool Off (PAMELINE)
• Billy Hambric – She Said Goodbye (DRUM)
• Frankie (Love Man) Crocker – Ton of Dynamite (TURBO)
• The Epitome Of Sound – You Don’t Love Me (SANDBAG)
• Major Lance – You Don’t Want Me No More – (OKEH)
• Tokays – Baby, Baby, Baby (BRUTE)
• Ernestine Eady – The Change (JUNIOR)
• Choice of Color – Your Love (APT) Sorry! This one’s from 1972…
• Bobby Treetop – Wait Till I Get to Know Ya (TUFF)
• The Velvet Satins – Nothing Can Compare to You (GENERAL AMERICAN)
• Ray and Dave – Wrong, Wrong Wrong (MICA)
• Isley Brothers – My Love is Your Love (TAMLA – bootleg of unreleased track)

Mr. Fine Wine tells us that his list may also not be in order. Note that he actually played a song by B.B. King!

• Buddy Lamp, My Tears (Double L)
• Charles Sheffield, It’s Your Voodoo Working (Excello)
• B.B. King, Poontwangie (Kent) HAD TO PLAY A BB KING RECORD AT BB KING’S!
• Johnny Watson, I Say, I Love You (King)
• Etta James, Mellow Fellow (Argo)
• Unknown singer, I’m Gonna Destroy That Boy (Munster)
• Gene Chandler, Mr. Big Shot (Constellation)
• Jackie Wilson, The Who Who Song (Brunswick)
• Bobby Wells, Let’s Copp a Groove (Romur)
• Miracles, Whole Lot of Shakin’ in My Heart (Tamla)
• Rose Battiste, Hit and Run (Revilot)
• Spyder Turner, Ride in My 225 (Fortune)
• Checkmates, Mastered the Art of Love (Capitol)
• Dee Dee Sharp, There Ain’t Nothing I Wouldn’t Do for You (Cameo)
• Olympics, I’ll Do a Little Bit More (Mirwood)
• Etta James, Seven Day Fool (Argo)
• Jackey Beavers, Love That Never Grows Old (Revilot)
• Fi-Dels, Try a Little Harder (Keymen)
• Hesitations, Soul Superman (Kapp)
• Theresa Lindsey, I’ll Bet You (Golden World)
• Bunny Sigler, Sunny Sunday (Parkway)
• Linda Carr, In My Life (Ranwood)
• James Barnett, Keep On Talking (Fame)
• Valentinos, Sweeter Than the Day Before (Chess)
• Gigi & the Charmaines, Guilty (Columbia)
• Intruders, (You’d Better) Check Yourself (Gamble)
• Van Dykes, Save My Love for a Rainy Day (Mala)
• Darrell Banks, I’m the One Who Loves You (Volt)
• Lori & Lance, I Don’t Have to Worry (Federal)
• Lovables, You Can’t Dress Up a Broken Heart (Toot)
• Edwin Starr, Headline News (Ric-Tic)
• Willie Kendrick, What’s That on Your Finger (RCA Victor)
• Deon Jackson, When Your Love Has Gone (Carla)
• Bobby Taylor, Oh, I’ve Been Bless’d (V.I.P.)
• Ronnie McCain, This Time I’m Gone (Triode)
• Margie Joseph, One More Chance (Volt)

Last, and very likely least, here’s the list of records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at Subway Soul Club:

• Johnny Union and the Pickets–Do the Freddy Dance (Imperial)
• Don Costa and His Orch.–Hully Gully (Columbia)
• The T.S.U. Toronadoes–The Goose (Atlantic)
• Byron Lee and the Ska Kings–Last Night Ska (Atlantic)
• Bill Doggett and His Combo–Soda Pop (Columbia)
• Major Lance–Ain’t No Soul (In These Old Shoes) (OKeh)
• D.G. and the Checkmates–I Can’t Help Myself (Spectacular)
• The Shirelles–I Met Him On Sunday – ‘66 (Scepter)
• Bobby Garrett–My Little Girl (Mirwood)
• Ovella and the Overtures–That’s All You Gotta Do (Columbia)
• The Jammers–Where Can She Run To (Loma)
• Chuck Wood–Seven Days Too Long (Roulette)
• The Volcanos–A Lady’s Man (Arctic)
• The Vibrations–Love in Them There Hills (OKeh)
• Sammy Ward–You’ve Got to Change (Soul)
• Darrell Banks–Open the Door to Your Heart (Revilot)
• The Supremes–The Only Time I’m Happy (Goerge Alexander Inc.)
• Rufus Thomas–The Memphis Train (Stax)
• Chan Romero–Humpy Bumpy (Philips)
• Roy Lee Johnson and His Band–Boogaloo #3 (Josie)
• The Whips–Whip It On Me (M-G-M)
• Wild Bill Davis–Breaking Out – Part 2 (RCA Victor)
• Jimmy Castor and His Quartet–In a Boogaloo Bag (Decca)
• The Four Tops–Gira Gira (Tamla/Motown; Italy)
• Billy Butler–Right Track (OKeh)
• The Jay Walkers featuring Mickey Holiday–Can’t Live Without You (Swan)
• Betty LaVette–I Feel Good (All Over) (Calla)
• The Ambassadors–Too Much of a Good Thing (Pee Vee)
• Lawrence & the Arabians–I’ll Try Harder (Hem)
• Carl Carlton–I Can Feel It (Back Beat)
• The Sherwoods–Ice Cream (Kapp)
• Quincy Jones and His Orchestra–Comin’ Home Baby (Mercury)
• Dobie Gray–Out on the Floor (Charger)
• Alvin Cash & the Crawlers–Twine Time (Mar-V-Lus)
• Harvey (formerly of The Moonglows)–Any Way You Wanta (Tri-Phi)
• Dave Collins–Ride Your Pony (Capitol)
• Ricardo Ray–Mony Mony (Alegre)
• Davy ‘Bang Bang’ Jones and the Voodoo Funk Machine–Sookie Sookie (Philips; France)
• Curtis Mayfield–Move On Up Part 2 (Buddah; France)
• Claude Francois–Reste (Philips; France)
• The Marvelettes–I’ll Keep Holding On (Tamla)
• Richard Temple–Let’s Do the Duck (Stephanye)
• John Williams & the Tick Tocks–Do Me Like You Do Me (Sansu)
• The Gladiators–Girl Don’t Make Me Wait (Direction; UK)
• Frank Wilson–Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) (Tamla/Motown; UK)
• The Kittens–Shindig (ABC Paramount)
• The Cooperettes–Shing-A-Ling (Brunswick)
• Hank Jacobs–Elijah Rockin’ With Soul (Call Me)
• Dave and Ansil Collins–Double Barrell (Big Tree)
• The Marvels–Rock Steady (Pama Supreme; Jamaica)
• Honey & the Bees–Baby Do That Thing (Arctic)
• Mighty Joe Drake–Get Out of My Life Woman (Kapp)
• Timmy Thomas–Have Some Boogaloo (Goldwax)
• Junior Wells–(I Got A) Stomach Ache (Vanguard)
• Pierre Perpall–Stop Il Faut Arreter (Citation; Canada)
• Eddie Jefferson–Psychedelic Sally (Prestige)
• Major Lance–I’ve Got a Girl (Mercury)
• Jesse Hill–Something Ought to Be Done (About It) (Chess)

It is very doubtful that any of these records are for sale! Click on the photos and they will electronically big-o-fi! Roll your curser over song titles and click on links to actually hear some of the records!

Less than a week after the Subway Soul Club event took place, B.B. King passed away, so it is with a heavy heart that the Boogaloo Bag writers work on this post. We strongly suggest you check out this outstanding article about the great bluesman that appeared in the UK newspaper The Guardian a couple years ago:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/06/bb-king-music-blues-guitar?CMP=share_btn_tw

Thanks to our pal Sid Griffin for the tip on the Guardian article.