Uncle Jackie’s Gumbeaux – WGSO 990AM

TODAY’S GUEST ON UNCLE JACKIE’S GUMBEAUX: STANDUP COMIC MIKE STRECKER STAND UP COMIC AUTHOR OF: “YOUNG COMICS GUIDE TO TELLING JOKES BOOKS 1 AND 2”, “JOKES OF CRESCENT CITY KIDS”, AND “THE KNIGHTS OF WADE” MIKE IS A GOOD FRIEND AND ASSOCIATE OF COMEDIAN, DR. KEN JEOUNG MIKE SHARED WITH US A SAMPLING OF ONE OF HIS STAND UP ROUTINES AND WENT OVER  THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF TELLING A JOKE. HE WILL BE PERFORMING VARIOUS SHOWS ON THE NORTH SHORE MICHAELSTRECKER.ORG

TODAY MY PRODUCER AND CO-HOST JOSEPHINE S. HENNESSY, BROKE THE BRAND NEW SONG BY ROYAL AND TOULOUSE CALLED “ROSIE SAID” FEATURING MILYN, LEAD SINGER OF ROYAL AND TOULOUSE AND CHRISTINE OHLMAN, FORMER LEAD SINGER AND GUITARIST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE… UNCLE JACKIE PLAYED SEVERAL SONGS OF THE NEVILLE BROTHERS THROUGH THE YEARS AND GAVE A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NEVILLE BROTHERS.  

TODAY UNCLE JACKIE’S GUESTS ARE: LELONI RAMOS OF THE ROCKN’ROUGE MUSIC FESTIVAL ON OCTOBER 25TH AND 26TH AT LAFAYETTE SQUARE, N NEW ORLEANS. 500 SAINT CHARLES AVENUE. MUSICIANS INCLUDE: CHAMAINE NEVILLE, B IG PEARL, ROYAL AND TOULOUSE AND MANY OTHERS. THERE WILL BE MANY ACTIVITIES IN THE TWO DAY EVENT ALONG WITH WIDE SCREEN TV’S IN ORDER TO WATCH THE LSU AND SAINTS FOOTBALL GAMES. WE ALSO HAD JOE GELLINI OF THE MUSIC GROUP CHA WA. WE PLAYED “WHY YOU WANNA DO ME LIKE THAT” FEATURING THE SOUL  QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS, MS. IRMA THOMAS. CHA WILL BE HAVING AN ALBUM RELEASE PARTY ON: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2025 AT THE TOULOUSE THEATRE, 615 TOULOUSE ST. AT 9PM. ALSO: MY PRODUCER,  MS. JOSEPHINE S. HENNESSEY, WAS CO-HOST.  

UNCLE JACKIE’S GUEST THIS WEEK IS: FATHER RON, AN ORDAINED EPISCOPAL PRIEST AND MUSICIAN. HIS BAND, FATHER RON AND FRIENDS, PERFORM MANY CONCERTS AND ONE POINT OF EVERY CONCER IS THE “SINGALONG”, MADE UP OF CLASSIC SONGS OF THE 60’S AND 70’S, INCLUDING THE MUSIC OF BOB DYLAN, THE WEEVERS, PETE SEEGER, ODETTA, AND MANY OTHERS. HIS SONG “DON’T LET THE FIRE DIE HAS BEEN AWARDED A BRONZE GLOBAL MUSIC AWARD FOR AMERCANA AND PROTEST. WHEN FATHER RON AND FRIENDS PERFORM, THEY ENCOURAGE THEIR FANS TO SINGALONG AND HAVE A PARTICIPATORY EXPERINCE. WE SINCERLY THANK FATHER RON FOR BEING A GUEST ON OUR SHOW TODAY…

TODAYS GUEST WAS DRUMER EXTRAORDINAIRE, MR. GERALD FRENCH. HE PLAYS DRUMS FOR MANY NEW ORLEANS MUSIC GROUPS INCLUDING: THE NIGHT CRAWLERS, WHICH HE WON A GRAMMY WITH FOR THEIR ALBUM “ATMOSPHERE. HE’S ALSO THE LEADER OF THE NEW ORLEANS TUXEDO JAZZ BAND, THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PERFORMING JAZZ BAND IN THE WORLD; SINCE 1910 IN THE FAMOUS STOREYVILLE. HE ALSO IS THE MAIN DRUMMER FOR THE DIXIE CUPS AND HAS PLAYED 15 YEARS FOR CHARMAINE NEVILLE. HEARD ALSO WITH THE NEW ORLEANS CATAHOULA’S; GERALD, WHO IS A VERY VERSATILE DRUMMER, HAS ALSO PLAYED WITH DR. JOHN, HARRY CONNICK JR., AND MANY OTHERS. GERALD IS ALSO FEATURED ON THE SONG “GERTTOWN” WITH THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA. AND WE GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCER JOSEPHINE HENNESY FOR BRINGING GERALD IN… SHALOM… UNCLE JACKIE

UNCLE JACKIE’S GUEST ISS: SINGER, SONGWRITER MR. PAUL SANCHEZ… WE PLAYED SEVERAL OF HIS SONGS, SHARED  THE BACKSTORIES, AND SPOKE OF HIS LIFE IN MUSIC. PAUL HAS TWO ALBUMS COMING OUT THIS YEAR PLUS A GIG AT THE BROADMORE AT THE CUTTING EDGE MUSIC CONFERENCE. PAUL ALSO SANG A COUPLE OF HIS SONGS LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH HIS GUITAR. IT TRULY WAS A JOY AND A PLEASRE TO HAVE PAUL SANCHEZ AS MY GUEST TODAY… UNCLE JACKIE SPECIAL THANKS TO JOSEHPINE HENNESSY FOR PRODUCING…

TODAY UNCLE JACKIE’S GUESTS ARE: LAINE BLEU WITH HER NEW SINGLE RECORD “CONGREGATION” WE LISTEN TO HER NEW SONG, INTERVIEW HER ABOUT THE SONG AND UPCOMING GIGS.. LAINEBLEU.COM —————————————————————————————————————————————————-   WE ALSO HAVE LALASOL, A CLASSICAL BLUES GUITARIST: LALASOL PLAYED HER NEW SONG AT THE HALF HOUR; SHE RECORDED THIS AT SUN STUDIOS IN MEMPHIS; “FOOLS GOLD” AN ORIGINAL SONG. LALA ALSO PLAYED US A SAMPLE OF HER OWN VERSION OF “HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN”. LALASOLMUSIC.COM IT WAS A GRAND PLEASURE  TO HAVE BOTH OUR GUEST TODAY AND WE WISH THEM WELL…

THE O’FLAHERTY BROTHERS… LIVE IN THE WGSO STUDIOS… THEY PLAYED LIVE IRISH BALLADS.. THEY WILL BE PLAYING LIVE AT THE DEUTCHES HAUS ON SUNDAY AUGUST 3,2025 AT 2P.M. FOR TICKET INFO GO TO : DEUTCHESHAUS.ORG “THE O’FLAHERTY BROTHERS REUNION CONCERT”!!! WE ALSO SPOKE OF THE O’FLAHERTY’S IRISH CHANEL MUSIC CLUB IN THE FRENCH QUARTER… THEY SANG THEIR FAVOITE IRISH SONGS LIVE IN THE STUDIO AND TO HEAR THEM WAS VERY ENJOYABLE AND FUN!!!

TODAY OUR GUEST IS: AUTHOR, DR. GARY GAUTIER WE INTERVIEW GARY AND ASK HIM WHEN WAS HE FIRST STRUCK B Y A PASSION TO TELL WRITE, TELL STORIES, AND WRITE NOVELS. DR. GARY GAVE US A SYNOPSIS OF THE FOLLOWING NOVLES: MR. ROBERT’S BONES GOODBYE MAGGIE HIPPIES LOVES RAGGED CLAWS ALICE _____________________ AT THE HALF HOUR, GARY READ SELECTIONS FROM: “ALICE” AND “HIPPIES” *THIS WEEK ONLY… A 99 CENT SPECIAL ON KINDLE VERSIONS OF HIS NOVELS AMAZON.COM, SEARCH GARY GAUTIER, OR THE NOVEL TITLE garygautier.weebly.com a Special Thanks to our guest: Dr.Gary Gautier and my Producer, Josephine S. Hennessy

UNCLE JACKIE’S GUEST TODAY IS MILYN,  THE LEAD SINGER OF ROYAL AND TOULOUSE… ROYAL AND TOULOUSE HAVE A  SONG CALLED “MONEY” THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A GRAMMY. WE HAD FUN WITH MILYN AS SHE SPOKE ABOUT ROYAL AND TOULOUSE THROUGH THE YEARS, THE INFLUENCE OF HER GRANDMOTHER ( A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN), ON HER LIFE AS A MUSICIAN, THE RECORDING SESSIONS,  THE GIGS, AND HER PROCESS OF WRITING ORIGINAL SONGS. IN ORDER TO CONTACT OR BOOK ROYAL AND TOULOUSE AND/ OR HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR MUSIC, GO TO ROYAL AND TOULOUSE.COM