Night School #150: Sweater Funk DJs
Tonight marks Episode #150 of Night School.
I started this project as a blog roughly five years ago. When XRAY went live, I tightened my focus to bring “the finest in modern soul, boogie & outsider funk” to PDX each Friday at 6pm on 107.1fm. The show has since been a platform for bands, OG funk artists & touring djs throughout the country - from Miami to Brooklyn, Chicago to LA, Seattle & beyond. I’ve had the opportunity to interview my idols on this show. Lately, the platform has allowed me to connect more deeply w/ elders in the PDX soul, funk, jazz & gospel community.
It’s my honor tonight to host the Sweater Funk DJs out of San Francisco. Throughout the past decade, this 10+ member crew has thrown down all manner of boogie cuts at their weekly residence in the Bay. Along w/ Dam-Funk’s Funkmosphere crew in LA, Sweater Funk is largely responsible for the resurgence in 70s/80s funk & steppers. If you’ve ever purchased a rare boogie record for over $50, it’s likely due to these ladies and gents having popularized it.
Tune in this eve as the Sweater Funk DJs go back-to-back spinning all original vinyl. Thank you to everyone who has listened and supported this show throughout these years.
- 6:00pm You Know I Love You (Instrumental) by George Smallwood on - (-)
- 6:02pm Better Days by Lustre on - (-)
- 6:05pm Mind Games by Roland Haynes Jr. & Phenix on - (-)
- 6:09pm Hang Tight by Keni Burke on Changes (RCA)
- 6:12pm Congratulations (You're His Baby Now) by Hollywood on - (-)
- 6:15pm Reaching Out For Your Love by Earnest Jackson on - (-)
- 6:19pm Do Your Best by Carol Hahn on - (-)
- 6:24pm Ladbroke Groove by Dj Spinna on - (-)
- 6:27pm Friends by Zalmac on - (-)
- 6:31pm Talk With Your Body by Tom Hooker on - (-)
- 6:36pm Show Me Girl by Clarence Mann on - (-)
- 6:40pm Lady Shine by T.H.S. Section on - (-)
- 6:46pm Keep It Comin' by Jones Girls on - (-)
- 6:51pm Keep Pushing by Sylvia Striplin on - (-)
- 6:55pm Baby's Got Another by Richard Jon Smith on - (-)
- 6:57pm Point To The Joint by 40 Thieves on - (-)
- 6:59pm Givin' It Up by Charms on - (-)
- 7:04pm Just Say Yes by Reality Jonez on - (-)
- 7:07pm Get On Up by Da Producers on - (-)
- 7:11pm Special One by Kloud 9 on - (-)
- 7:13pm Keep On Pushing Love by Al Green on - (-)
- 7:20pm Secrets Of The Night by Cool Notes on - (-)
- 7:24pm My Sensitivity by Heaven Seventeen ft. Jimmy Ruffin on - (-)
- 7:28pm Thinking Of You by Lord Echo on - (-)
- 7:30pm It's A Mystery To Me by First Love on - (-)
- 7:33pm No Limit by E'Lan on - (-)
- 7:39pm Running Away by Diplomats Of Soul on - (-)
- 7:46pm I Got To Party by Soulutions on - (-)
- 7:50pm Never Lookin Back by La Voyage on - (-)
- 7:55pm Waste Of Time by Kylie Auldist on - (-)