This is a mix of 10.5% of 257 songs that I reviewed from my frie_nd Jim's collection. Jim has a radio show called the Grinder's Grooveyard on KPOO radio (89.5 FM) on Monday nights for three hours be_gi …

These songs came from the first few months of the year of 1955, that would have played at the time of my birth (April 15). I did a similar mix with pop songs three and a half years ago. That one had le …

This mix comprises nearly 15 percent of 196 songs I reviewed from my frie_nd Jim's collection. The biggest reason for a song being rejected was due to it already being used on prior mixes of mine (and  …

This mix represents about 12% of 202 songs that I checked out from my frie_nd Jim's collection. Most of the mix focuses on the 1960-1969 period, but track fourteen was ahead of its time, and because it …

If you like blues, this was a period of time when you would enjoy R&B music because, for the most part, rockin' songs weren't part of the equation. B.B. King's career took off in 1952 with his "3 O'clo …

I started posting mixes at Art Of The Mix in September 2004. In February 2005, I posted two soulful mixes for the period of 1972-73 and then 1974-1976. I didn't re-explore that genre until July 2006, b …

More R&B grooves from my frie_nd Jim's Grinders Grooveyard for the years 1960-1967 plus the first track from 1971.

One song each from 1972 & 1973 also slipped into this mix. Looks like two of my favorite groups are the Staple Singers (pictured) and Gladys Knight and the Pips, since I used two songs by each of them  …

AM. If you want to sleep, this works like a c harm.