Midweek Mixdown: Downtown Soulville with Mr. Fine Wine

Here's another sweet set of vintage soulful swingers from Matt "Mr. Fine Wine" Weingarden. 

Sez Mr. Fine Wine...

"The latest Downtown Soulville show on New Jersey radio station WFMU has now been permanently archived for anytime listening along with 25+ years of previous shows! Give it a listen at your leisure. Here's the playlist and a link to the sound file."

Check out Mr. Fine Wine's Downtown Soulville show from November 15th right here.

Midweek Mixdown: Mr. Fine Wine's Downtown Soulville

Check out Mr. Fine Wine's stellar selection of vintage R&B singles for WFMU's Downtown Soulville by following the link below. 

Check out the Downtown Soulville show from December 15th which WFMU-FM has archived right here. 

Midweek Mixdown: Mr. Fine Wine's Mardi Gras Hangover Mix

Check out Mr. Fine Wine's Downtown Soulville selection of New Orleans R&B gems right here. Check the track list below. 

PLAYLIST

The Upsetters, The Strip (Falcon)

Danny Barker & His Creole Cats, Chocko Mo Feendo Hey (King Zulu)

Nookie Boy, I’ll Make a Bet (A.F.O.)

Li’l Millet & His Creoles, Rich Woman (Specialty)

Fats Domino, When I See You (Imperial)

Bobby Marchan & the Clowns, You Can’t Stop Her (Ace)

Arthur Johnson, Tootie Pie (Marathon)

Willie Tee, I Found Out (You Are My Cousin) (A.F.O.)

Betty Taylor, I’m Going Home (Nola)

Eddie Bo, Shake, Rock and Soul (Cinderella)

Earl King, We Are Just Friends (Imperial)

Eldridge Holmes, I’ve Got to Keep On Trying (Alon)

Smokey Johnson, Dirty Red (Nola)

Maria Elena & the Sunglows, Sick and Tired (Sunglow)

Chuck Johnson, I Got It Bad (Alon)

Betty Harris, Bad Luck (Sansu)

Marty Lewis, I Can’t Do Without You (Big Deal)

Sonny Jones, Suffering (Tune-Kel)

Allen Toussaint, Blue Drag (Nonesuch)

Diamond Joe, The ABC Song (Deesu)

Senator Jones, The Fat Man (Shagg)

Dr. John, Big Chief (Atco)

Porgy Jones, Catch Joe Potato (Great Southern)

Remembering New Orleans legend Huey "Piano" Smith

Sadly, Huey "Piano" Smith passed away on February 13. We're remembering Huey with Mr. Fine Wine's selection of 45s right here.

Downtown Soulville with Mr. Fine Wine salutes Huey "Piano" Smith

Listen to Huey "Piano" Smith biographer John Wirt on WFMU's Fools Paradise from 2014 right here. 

Mr. Fine Wine shares some rare R&B sevens for 45 Day

No need to wait until Tuesday to celebrate the seven-inch, with Matt, every day is 45 Day – check his mix right here. 

Midweek Mixdown: Matt Weingarden aka Mr. Fine Wine

Here's a tasty mix of rare and rockin' R&B 45s put together by Mr. Fine Wine (of Downtown Soulville fame) for Lagniappe Radio. 

Mr. Fine Wine turns up two mysterious acetate gems

If the woman in the publicity photo above looks familiar, get in touch with Matt Weingarden.