Tales of The Town E4: A Brief History of Oakland Music (Part 1)

Hella Black Podcast

Hella Black Podcast by Abbas Muntaqim and Delency Parham

Society & Culture

5 • 939 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Episode 4 of Tales of The Town is part 1 of a 2 part music highlight. We take a look back at the historic 7th street strip, which featured blues and jazz clubs. Dive into the revolutionary music of The Black Panther Party's band, The lumpen, and show how all this history paved the way for Oakland artists in contemporary time. Guests: Ronnie Stewart: executive director of west coast blues society. Historian of 7th street in West Oakland Rickey Vincent: author and professor at UC Berkeley. Wrote the book Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music

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0:00.0	My earliest memory of open music is Drew Downs.
0:03.0	My name.
0:07.0	Oh no, Hammer, Hammer, I would say Hammer.
0:10.0	Hammer is my earliest memories.
0:12.0	Can't touch this, the NC Hammer cartoon. Hammer is my earliest memories.
0:12.6	Can't touch this, the NC Hammer cartoon.
0:15.0	You can't touch this.
0:16.0	Can't touch this.
0:19.0	Can't touch this.
0:20.0	Can't touch this?
0:23.0	Music has been a part of, you know,
0:27.0	Oakland life, you know, my entire life.
0:30.0	You know, I used to go to drum circles when I was little.
0:32.0	You know, I'm from the boom box era,
0:33.7	so I just play music loud everywhere.
0:35.9	Like, I remember going to the lake every weekend,
0:38.2	and you know, people roller skating and playing music. Oakland, it's as gorgeous as like the people and the style and the water and the
0:58.3	redwood trees and like how clean the air is but it's also kind of grimy and has a hard edge to it.
1:07.0	I sold tapes every day me and Freddie B.
1:12.0	Been famous since 1983 Oak Land you know I go way back to
1:17.6	Coognuts, foul stains and Cadillac when home boys put on
1:21.9	those on any other things. I'm always
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