Our pal DJ Pete Pop continues to wow them in Newburgh. He does this every Sunday by bringing his excellent 45 RPM records to Mama Roux where he plays them for an event he calls The Funky Brunch. Every once in a while, he asks Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus to come swing with him. He did so for September 11.

Mama Roux attracts the finest people due to it’s excellent cuisine. The ambience of the club is significantly enhanced by the records played by Pete Pop, as he plays them with artful taste, inspiring several of Mama’s customers to leave their gratitude in the tip jar.

In between his DJ sets, The Boog and Boogaloo Bag photographer Miss Nancy G could not resist sampling Mama’s fantastic food. They dug the gumbo ya-ya and burrata shakshuka, respectively. Hey, haven’t they eaten that before? Sure, but it is so good—and you can only get it at Mama Roux—one may as well eat it over and over.

For his part, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus played a few funk records, a couple of New Orleans R&B platters, a couple of swell instrumentals and some soul sides. Dig it all right here:

• The Romeos–Calypso Chili (Loma)
• Gene Ammons–Jungle Strut (Prestige)
• Toussaint McCall–The Toussaint Shuffle (Ronn)
• Los Corraleros de Majagual–Cumbia Campesina (Discos Fuentes; Colombia)
• Machito and His Orchestra–Baby I Love You (RCA Victor)
• Stevie Wonder–Living for the City (Tamla)
• The Johnny Otis Show–The Watts Breakaway (OKeh)
• Marva Whitney–Giving Up on Love (T-Neck)
• Abaco Dream–Life and Death in G & A (A&M)
• Cal Tjader–Evil Ways (Fantasy)
• La Redada—¡Avandaro El Bugalú! (Monofonus Press)
• Earth Wind & Fire–Mighty Mighty (Columbia)
• Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers—Bustin’ Loose Part 1 (Source)
• Bobby Rush–Done Got Good to Me Pt. I (Sedgrick)
• Shirley Scott–You (Atlantic)
• Earl Van Dyke & the Soul Brothers–The Flick Part I (Soul)
• The Wild Magnolias–Iko Iko (Polydor)
• Joe Barry–Little Jewel of the Vieux Carre (Old Square) (Princess)
• Little Esther Phillips–Mo Jo Hannah (Atlantic)
• Gladys Knight & the Pips–I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Soul)
• Les Chanceliers–Oogum Boogum (Citation; Canada)
• Wilmer & the Dukes–Get Out of My Life Woman (Aphrodisiac)
• Harmonica George–Get Some Order (About Yourself) (Toddlin’ Town)
• Archie Bell & the Drells—(There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown (Atlantic)
• Clarence Reid—Funky Party (Alston)
• Mighty Groove Makers—Let’s Dance Some Mo (Part 1) (Peanut Country)
• Untouchable Machine Shop–Machine Shop – Part 2 (Wavelength)
• Peace and Love–We Got the Power (Discos RAFF; Mexico)
• Ray Barretto–Do You Dig It (United Artists)
• The Pat Holben Trio–Monkey Jerk (Fortune)
• Bill Doggett–Buttered Popcorn (King)
• James Brown–Make It Funky (Part 1) (Polydor)
• Big S–Do It – Part I (Strakers)
• Alvin Cash–Saddle Up (Chess)
• Roy Ward–Horse With a Freeze Part 1 (Seven B)
• Mongo Santamaria–Chili Beans (Columbia)
• Septeto La Playa–Descargo Cubana (Puchito; Cuba)
• John Torres and His Organ of Power–Caliente Baby (You Got It) (Musart)
• The Remo Four–Peter Gunn (Star-Club; Germany)
• Mel Taylor and the Magics–Watermelon Man (Warner Bros.)
• The Soul Reps–Soul Food (Limelight)
• René Touzet and His Orchestra–Ticklish Mambo (Caquillita) (GNP)
• The Isley Brothers–Spill the Wine (T-Neck)
• Boris Gardiner—Let’s Stay Together (Jaguar)
• Dave Grundy Combo–Green Onions (Hit)
• Ruben and the Jets–Deseri (Verve)
• Johnny Bartel and the Soul Masters–If This Isn’t Love (Solid State)
• The Goodies–Sophisticated Boom Boom (Blue Cat)
• The Originals–Supernatural Voodoo Woman (Pt. I) (Soul)
• Stevie Wonder–Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day (Tamla)
• Gwen McCrae–Leave the Driving to Us (Columbia)
• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan–You Got the Love (ABC)
• Smoky and the Fabulous Blades–Jerk Baby Jerk (Doré)
• Huey Smith & the Clowns—He’s Back Again (Constellation)
• Jr. Dibbs and Society–Power [from the single A Tribute to King Curtis] (Decca; France)
• James K-Nine–Live It Up (Federal)
• Wilson Pickett–Funk Factory (Atlantic)
• Ray Gant & the Arabian Knights–Chattanooga Walk (Jay-Walking)
• Thomas East & the Fabulous Playboys–Bad Thing (Toddlin’ Town)
• Bill Coday–When You Find a Fool, Bump His Head (Galaxy)
• William Patton—Don’t Be So Mean (King)
• Lou Courtney–Rubber Neckin’ (Chick Checkin’) (Verve)
• Richard Audet–Si Tu N’As Rien Dit (Playboy; Canada)

None of these records are for sale!