The Backroom 1.14.25

Funk, Power Pop, and a tribute to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Meme credit: RememberThe Lightning.substack.com and S.W. Lauden.

  • Down To The Nightclub (live) — Tower of Power
  • Funky To The Bone — Freddi Henchi & Soul Setters
  • I’m Funky But I’m Clean — James Montgomery Band
  • Funky Ape — The Texas Horns
  • Shake Some Action — Flamin’ Groovies
  • Starry Eyes — The Records
  • She Loved Her Jangle Pop — Erik Voeks
  • Looking for a Lonely Girl — The Letters
  • September Gurls — Big Star
  • Vibrations — The Grip Weeds
  • Live From Missile Command — 2nd Grade
  • Last Rites — TV Pins
  • Now — The Plimsouls
  • Upland Parks Road — Cirrone
  • My Mind — The Scruffs
  • I Wouldn’t Put It Like That — Emperor Penguin
  • She’s Hi-Fi — Trend
  • Watching the Detectives — Elvis Costello
  • It Doesn’t Get Better Than This — Eugene Edwards
  • Sister Rosa — The Neville Brothers
  • Long Walk to D.C. — The Staple Singers
  • Dr. King — Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion
  • MLK Song — Mavis Staples
  • Message from a Black Man — The Temptations
  • Say It Loud, I’m Black and Proud — James Brown
  • Get Up Stand Up — Bob Marley
  • Mississippi Goddam — Nina Simone
  • Tribute to Martin Luther King — Otis Spann with Muddy Waters and His Band
  • Song of Martin Luther King — John Baldry
  • Revolution — Tracy Chapman
  • Free At Last — The Blind Boys of Alabama
  • Shed a little Light — James Taylor