DISC SPOTLIGHT- the cd

by Dwight L. Quinn
OLIVER JOHNSON &; NITE TRAIN -Oliver Johnson & Nite Train ( QR 061202-1, 2012)
Lu v n' Thing; Lu v n'Thing,Come Back Baby,Hello Time, Do You Love Me Not, Scheming Me,Lied For The First Time, Drink To Much,If You Repay Evil For Good,Take Me Baby, Drink To Much Instrumental.


It was this time last year, that I first en-lighted on a track from this cd and said at the time; this album is so filled with good dance, story-telling lyrics and strong Ballard that any one track could have been pulled off to go under the spotlight. Although it was intimated that a full look may well follow, such a quick return was not fully on the cards until the tally of individual tracks was pulled together and proved to be something of a " Soul mix, with over 50% going in that direction. Consequently, it seemed fitting  to look at a group for the spotlight and where better..?  'Nite Train' may well be Oliver Johnson, whose name is prominent on the album as lead vocalist and band leader, along side Nephew Davis-bassist, Oswald Peters-lead guitar, Mike Bell-drums,Oliver Johnson-trumpet,keyboard and Dwight Quinn-background vocals. The album was produced and arranged by Dwight L. Quinn.

The proceeding start with"Luv n' Thing', rocking , soulful trot that commonly associated with Soul music, heavy bass licks infusing something of the 'Funk' and indeed, once the song gets under way, the use of Nephews thumping bass licks to support the vibrancy of Oliver Johnson's lead voice invokes a hot soul party. Cloaking-in at under four minutes - the longest track on album is 6:14 - it's over all to soon. 'Come Back Baby ' was originally written for Lil Aaron Mosby who passed away before completing his second album  on  the Quinn Records TM label, is up beat urban blues rocker filled with a crazy piano part that reminiscence of the great-late,Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Johnson, a style that has been missing in newer blues music. Oliver Johnson did a magnificent job in laying down the piano part that makes 'Come Back Baby ', sensational. Talking dialog intro by Oliver Johnson, trumpet instrumentation, background vocal is joined by percussion to get,' Hello Time', off the starting blocks. 
Well placed trumpet solo, the insistent rhythm and the rapport between the lead vocalist and background singers makes this irresistible. Although this is a 2009 set, the next two songs were written by Dwight at the start of the decade, in fact there is something in the blues-ballad, 
'Do You Love Me Not', that sounds even earlier - maybe it's the use of the organ. It's a tale of incompatibility in a relationship as the storyteller reflects on the difference in the word...' Some people are made for each other, they stay together- til death do 'em part. See they got love and understanding-they can stop a wind storm before it start. But now me and my baby, our love is like house built up on a rock,-you see everybody scared to move-cause if we do-our house is going drop...'
Mid way of the album Oliver Johnson & Nite Train, and despite its moody sound, under the surface once again the lyrics have their serious side.

Down middle ways of the album, 'Scheming Me', reflects Dwight's time with first relationships that gone bad. Wondering along life way thinking that everything is all well when in fact that it's not. Here again, Oliver lays down what I think is the best trumpet solo part in the whole entire album. You'll probably, like myself while to this track multiple times just to hear this hot trump works. Not quite a complete 'slam-dump' but certainly a few center court free throws, 'Lied For The First Time', is an atmospheric r&b-ballad performed principally as a choral effort and,surprisingly, complemented by a  slow-jam guitar that takes over the song three-quarters through and on to the fade. 'Drink To Much', keeps the tempo up and again Dwight Quinn lyric's have to be commented... 'If You Repay Evil For Good', making the most of Rock music... It's one of those Studio fill jobs, that in this case worked. You can have fun with the track...'Take Me', is a big effort, maybe a little out of place within the whole, as it has a distinctly ' 70' pop flavor and seems undecided whether it should that a" more power to the people pop road. No such problem with the instrumental version soulful,"Drink To Much'.. Once again Oliver Johnson is given full rein to rock his way through the climax and take things out on a higher-playing field.

BIRTHDATES OF SOME FAMOUS TAURUS

by Dwight L. Quinn

As Taurus's have a sense of material values and physical possessions, respect for property and a horror of falling into debt, they will do everything in their power to maintain the security of the status quo and be somewhat hostile to change. Mentally, they are keen-witted and practical more often than intellectual, but apt to become fixed in their opinions through their preference for following accepted and reliable patterns of experience. Their character is generally dependable, steadfast, prudent, just, firm 
and unshaken in the face of difficulties. Their vices arise from their virtues, going to extremes on occasion, such as sometimes being too slavish to the conventions they admire.
Here's the Birthdays of some Famous Taurus's. 
April 21, 1816 - Charlotte Bronte - Writer
April 21, 1838 - John Muir - Naturalist
April 21, 1926 - Queen Elizabeth II - British Royalty
April 22, 1724 - Immanuel Kant - Philosopher
April 22, 1870 - Nicolai Lenin - Marxist
April 22, 1904 - Robert Oppenheimer - Physicist
April 22, 1908 - Eddie Albert - Actor
April 22, 1916 - Yehudi Menuhin - Musician
April 22, 1936 - Glen Campbell - Entertainer
April 22, 1937 - Jack Nicholson - Actor
April 23, 1452 - Leonardo Davinci - Artist
April 23, 1519 - Catherine de Medici - French Royalty
April 23, 1891 - Sergei Prokofiev - Composer
April 23, 1928 - Shirley Temple Black - Actress
April 23, 1939 - Lee Majors - Actor
April 24, 1934 - Shirly MacLaine - Actress
April 24, 1942 - Barbara Steisand - Singer
April 25, 1874 - Guglielmo Marconi - Scientist
April 25, 1908 - Eduard R. Murrow - Broadcaster
April 26, 1933 - Carol Burnett - Comedian
April 26, 1924 - Jack Schwartz - Psychic Healer
April 26, 1894 - Rudolph Hess - Nazi
April 27, 1822 - Ulysses S. Grant - U.S. President
April 27, 1891 - Samual Morse - Inventor
April 27, 1822 - Ulysses S. Grant - U.S. President
April 27, 1922 - Jack Klugman - Actor
April 27, 1927 - Coretta King - Activitist
April 28, 1479 - Lucrezia Borgia - Historical Figure
April 28, 1912 - Odette Sanson - Secret Agent
April 29, 1901 - Hirohito - Japanese Royalty
April 29, 1936 - Mehta Zubin - Conductor
April 29, 1947 - Johnny Miller - Golfer
April 29, 1955 - Kate Mulgrew - Actress
April 29, 1970 - Uma Thurman - Actress
April 30, 1893 - J. von Ribbentrop - Nazi
May 01, 1769 - Duke of Wellington - Militarist
May 01, 1881 - Pierre.T. De Chardin - Priest Philosopher
May 01, 1918 - Jack Paar - TV Host
May 01, 1945 - Rita Coolidge - Singer
May 02, 1729 - Catherine the Great - Russian Royality
May 02, 1903 - Dr. Benj. Spock - Child Specialist
May 02, 1903 - Bing Crosby - Singer
May 02, 1925 - Roscoe Lee Browne - Actor
May 03, 1902 - Walter Slezak - Actor
May 03, 1919 - Pete Seeger - Singer
May 03, 1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson - Sports Figure
May 04, 1915 - Moshe Dayan - Politician
May 05, 1599 - Oliver Cromwell - Politician
May 05, 1818 - Karl Marx - Revolutionary
May 05, 1943 - Bob Woodward - Reporter
May 05, 1958 - Annette Benning - Actress
May 06, 1758 - Maximil. Robespierre - Revolutionary
May 06, 1856 - Sigmund Freud - Psychologist
May 06, 1895 - Rudolph Valentino - Actor
May 06, 1913 - Stewart Granger - Actor
May 06, 1915 - Orson Wells - Producer
May 06, 1931 - Willie
Mays - Sports Figure
May 06, 1937 - Rubin Carter - Homicide
May 07, 1861 - Randindranath Tagore - Poet
May 07, 1833 - Johnnes Brahms - Composer
May 07, 1901 - Gary Cooper - Actor
May 07, 1908 - Eva Perone - Dictator
May 08, 1929 - Jane Roberts - Channel
May 08, 1884 - Harry S. Truman - U.S. President
May 09, 1800 - John Brown - Radical
May 09, 1907 - Kathryn Kulman - Evangalist
May 09, 1918 - Mike Wallace - TV Personality
May 09, 1928 - Poncho Gonzales - Sports Figure
May 09, 1942 - David R. Gurgen - TV Personality
May 09, 1944 - Daniel Barrigan - Radical
May 09, 1946 - Candice Bergen - Actress
May 10, 1899 - Fred Astaire - Dancer
May 10, 1902 - David O. Selznick - Producer
May 10, 1900 - Karl Kraft - German Astrologer
May 10, 1939 - Jean Huston - Psychologist
May 10, 1940 - Wayne Dyer - Psychologist
May 11, 1469 - N. Machiavelli - Potitician
May 11, 1888 - Irving Berlin - Composer
May 11, 1894 - Martha Graham - Dancer
May 11, 1927 - Mort Sahl - Comedian
May 12, 1895 - Jeddu Krishnamurti - Religious Leader
May 12, 1820 - Florence Nightingale - Humanitarian
May 12, 1907 - Katherine Hepburn - Actress
May 12, 1937 - George Carlin - Comedian
May 13, 1914 - Joe Lewis - Sports Figure
May 13, 1923 - Richard Avedon - Photographer
May 13, 1931 - Jim Jones - Cultist
May 13, 1939 - Harvey Keitel - Actor
May 13, 1941 - Ritchie Valens - Singer
May 13, 1950 - Stevie Wonder - Singer
May 14, 1925 - Patrice Munsel - Singer
May 14, 1936 - Bobby Darin - Singer
May 14, 1944 - George Lucas - Film maker
May 14, 1952 - David Byrne - Singer
May 15, 1859 - Pierre Curry - Scientist
May 15, 1902 - Richard Daily - Politician
May 15, 1918 - Joseph Wiseman - Activist
May 15, 1937 - Madeleine Albright - Ambassador
May 16, 1905 - Henry Fonda - Actor
May 16, 1908 - Muktananda - Guru
May 16, 1925 - Liberace - Entertainer
May 17, 1866 - Eric Satie - Composer
May 17, 1895 - Gayelord Hauser - Nutritionist
May 18, 1949 - Rick Wakeman
May 19, 1896 - Ida Rolf - Body Worker
May 19, 1964 - Collin Chapman
May 20, 1799 - Honore Balzac - Writer
May 20, 1908 - James Stewart - Actor
May 20, 1946 - Cher - Singer/Actress
May 21, 1904 - Robert Montgomery - Actor
May 21, 1911 - Peter Hurkos - Psychic

SPRING SUMMER AND THAN COME'S FALL!

by Dwight L. Quinn
This Summer you'll be hearing a lots more R&B coming out of our doors in these Summer Releases due out June,2013. Kevin of KL&R2 in particular are working on an aggressive Soul project that will almost surely put him and KL&R 2 in a demanding position. 
And,James Gilbert our hot,new Recording Artist that hails from Kansas City, Missouri has already shown us what he can do. James has brought a whole new dimension and broadness to our sound and the fans are letting us know that by keeping James at the very Top of our Song Chart each week. James is expected to be releasing his second Album on the Quinn Records Label this Summer. With new and original cuts,and you guest it, it will have all of that KC "Rock" in each of the Songs along with those powerful vocal cords spurting out  soulful tunes.Oliver Johnson, the guy that brought the trumpet to soul, said that he has a bunch of new songs that he put together between gigs. Oliver will be offering a bit of both,Jazz and Soul in this package this Summer. I can't promise you how the weather is going to be out of doors but I can surely promise you that inside of Quinn Records TM, it's going to be HOT! And than comes Fall, this is the time when we usually Releases our last project for the year,i.e. October, but there's something usual about this coming October 27th, 2013 but from my perspective, it doesn't seen like it's been that long,but time doesn't lie either. This October 27th, 2013 will be marking our 42nd year in the Blues Business,"My-My Ain't It Funny How Time,Just Slips On Away?.-GO SLOW-Blues Crossing! 

SUBMITTING YOUR MUSIC TO QUINN RECORDS TM

by Dwight Quinn, April 26th, 2013

Today the phone calls are a bit different than they were a few minutes back, when a promising artists would call us and ask, if we accepted unsolicited demos, and in our case the answer would always be "yes and then we would proceed on to give the caller instructions as to  how to send us the demo.
But, today the call come in asking us, do we accept unsolicited demos, and our answer is still,yes, but the different in this call is that the promising artist is now asking us can they email us a mp3 or several mp3's of their song or they would ask us to go to their website to both look and listen to their music. That process is good in one way but harmful in the other. Here's what I mean, Quinn Records TM take music very seriously, and we are always releasing new projects and in most cases with new upcoming artists. But in order to do that on a continuous bases, like year end and year out, we must have an inventory of available music. We get that available music from demos being sent in to us and we process those demos into our inventory and add the demo to our Library. Now only the demos the match our style of music gets to go into that inventory. So when each release quarter  rolls around we don't have to run around looking for new music, we already have it,and ready to go. Call it old school,but we call it resourcefulness. It's clear that technology is great for getting thing their fast,and being accessible, but that human thing that makes us different is utilizing time,each Thursday for many,many minutes we have set aside four hours( 10:00 am til 2:00 p.m) dedicated to listening to the demos that came in that week and when we hear one that meets our standards than we grab it up,process into our Library and contact the Artist with our decision, we don't mess around. We are serious, and we know that the next big act is out there somewhere and we want it. Now the guy that calls in and wants us to stop and go to there website or send us an mp3 along with the 6000 emails that we get everyday, we can't process them in that way. Email gets deleted, computers crashes and gets attacked by viruses, that's not good for neither one of us. Our physical Library don't have those kind of crises or threats, so the artists Demo is always available to us to be used in a Quinn's project.  Our newest Artist to the Quinn Records TM family of Recording Artists, James Gilbert, It's A Real Good Sign, was selected from our Library of Demos and he's doing well, but if it wasn't for our Library of Demos,he would have been over looked. So we have a Demo Policy that is good for both parties, a Demo is a File and that's the way we treat it. And that's the place where we go to four times a year when it's time to get ready for us to release a new project. So I hope that this shaded a little light on submitting your music to Quinn Records TM. Keep your Demos coming in.

JAMES GILBERT QUINN NEWEST MEMBER TO IT'S FAMILY OF RECORDING ARTIST IS BEING WELL RECEIVED BY RADIO PROFESSIONALS

James Gilbert made his debut presence  known on the Quinn Records TM label on September 28th, 2013 with a reissued  original  hot cut  titled "Keep On Keeping On", his version of Brook Benton's "63" R&B hit song,"Rainy Night In Georgia" "and a original  slow-moody Blues cut,titled "Blues In The Morning". The songs has made James Gilbert one of the most recognizable new up coming R&B/Blues artist  in the industry today. To further prove this statement ,Airplay reports received by Quinn is used to compile Quinn's Top-10 Song Chart and James songs has been ranked on nearly all of the Charts since the release of his  debut CD,"Keep On Keeping On". Kansas City is where James Gilbert calls home.  KC has always been a key market for Blues Music and over the years Kansas City have produced some of the biggest names in  R&B/Blues music such as, Annette "Cotton Candy" Washington, Arnold "Gate mouth" Moore, and Lighting Hopkins just to name a few of the many Kansas City R&B/Blues  gurus. Now,James Gilbert is walking along that path with his strong ambitious R&B rocking Blues style that has people calling him the next great KC Blues giant like,"Lightning Hopkins, while re-kindling the fire that made Kansas City one the top ranking Markets  in the Blues Business.I'm really excited about James, said Dwight Quinn founder of Quinn Records TM, he can carry us to a level of high achievement, because Blues Music is our Business and having a talent like James delivering the real-true sound of the Blues will give us that recognition. Blues Radio has very high standards when it comes to Blues Music, so when you see those Professionals embrace a Artist like they are doing with James Gilbert, than you better watch out, you could very well be looking at the next Little Milton Campbell,Albert King or Bobby Bland coming over the horizon, said Dwight Quinn.

A short tour is being planned that will cover thirty-three U.S. Cities, giving James the opportunity to take his Blues Business to the streets. James said that he's eager to get started because performing live on stage is in his blood and that's where I'm at my best self, James said. James has six songs on Quinn Records TM's New Release,"GO SLOW-Blues Crossing", which is a Special Compilation that features eight of Quinn's Blues/Soul Artists. James Gilbert bringing the Kansas City blues sound to the Album makes it hard to cut it off, when you play it. You get a whole mix of Blues styles, such as, Osee Anderson Chicago style, LiL Aaron Mosby,Delta stlye, Oliver Johnson,Urban style, Mississippi Red, Traditional style and Carl Marshall Texas blues styles.
 James has been invited to do several Radio interviews with the most recent one was on April 15, 2013 with Kevin LEGS Walker of btinternet.com (UK). James has also, been actively promoting his need project through  Radio Drops and Voice Overs that he has been in great demands for by the Media.

Quinn Records TM has just recently released new Single by James Gilbert titled,It's A Real Good Sign. It's A Real Good Sign has already hit the Quinn's Top-10 Song Chart for Monday, 2013 in the #4  spot, making it the third Song that James has on Quinn's Top-10 Song Chart. It's a powerful indication from the Airway that this new Kansas City songster is about to Break. It's A Real Good Sign.
The song "It's A Real Good Sign was published by Quinn Records TM on their YouTube Channel,"Quinn President Choice", please have a listen. Enjoy!

OLIVER JOHNSON GOT NEW MATERIAL COMING OUR WAY.

Oliver Johnson "the guy that bought the trumpet to Soul", has been busy working Shows six and sometimes seven nights a week found time to get a little Studio work in between gigs. Today he told me that he have come with some awesome new material that will fit Quinn Records TM taste to a tee. Well, Oliver should know what kind of music that we like. Since he's credited with over eight Albums and four Singles on the Quinn Records TM's label. Oliver Johnson is a very active member of the St. Louis blues, jazz and Motown community. He appears frequently at R& B concerts, clubs, and private parties both as single performer and as a leader of his own group,:The Nite Train Express". Oliver at the age of six, began his study as a vocalist with his mother, Roberta Johnson of Uttica, Mississippi. Roberta, who was a gospel church singer, also introduced Oliver to the music of Performers like Louis Armstrong and Nancy Wilson. When Oliver was eight years old, the famous Jazz organist Tabb Smith and his group would rehearse in Oliver's home. At ten years old, Oliver started the study of the trumpet with Harry Turner of the Count Basie Band. Oliver's first professional performance, at age 13, started at the Cosmo Hall in East St. Louis that featured regular acts like Ike Turner, Johnny Johnson, Chuck Berry, Little Milton and Albert King. After high school Oliver started touring with Westmoreland,Inc. This band that eventually became Albert King's Band included Motown recording regulars like Tyrone Perry and Paul Jackson. For 12 years Oliver toured throughout Europe and Japan playing trumpet and singing with Mel and Tim (Backfield in Motion), Joe Tex (Skinny Leg's and All, Shirley Brown (Woman To Woman, Albert King,(Born Under A Bad Sign), Gladys Knight and The Pips, Rufus Thomas (Walking The Dog), Carla Thomas (B-A-B-Y Baby). Aside from Oliver's regular performances he has recently played the Black Rep's Production"One More Time". Oliver is mostly known for his versatility in many different music formats, from serious Be-bop trumpet to Falsetto R&B singing. Oliver signed on with Quinn Records TM in 2004 and have since created an impressive Catalog of titles both in the R&B, Soul and Jazz genres constantly performing headliners shows in venues all over the St. Louis Metropolitan area.

NEW SONG ADDED TO QUINN'S PRESIDENT CHOICE CHANNEL-HEAR IT-FIRST!

by Dwight L. Quinn

It's A Real Good Sign by James Gilbert (QR131232-1)

HIT-THE FLOOR-PE-POLES!

WHO THREW THAT "ROCK" IN MY BLUES?

"JAMES GILBERT, DID!" 

It's A Real Good Sign really spells out who James Gilbert
 is and how wide spread his musical talent goes. 
Rock is James foundation, as you can pick up in, 
It's A Real Good Sign, this song has a lot of jam in it,
along with James powerful tenor vocals gives this song 
all of the zest that it needs to get across to Rocking Blues 
Lover's allover the world.  
It Rocks! It's A Real Good Sign. CD.

Available on CD Compilation;
Album: GO SLOW-Blues Crossing
Cat.No. (QR121222-1)
Format: CD/CAS/12"Vinyl/ Digital
Genre: Blues/Soul
Order Online: www.quinnrecords.net

Published 4/16/2013 YouTube Quinn'President Choice
Have a listen, "IT'S A REAL GOOD SIGN" Enjoy.