Quizzo Tonight and Arthur Crudup

You know the dilly. We start it off at O’Neals at 8 p.m. $50 gift cert for the winners. $100 if you can top 120 points. Will be damn impressive if you do. This proved to be a tough (but fun) quiz last night.

Carl will be back at Alla Spina tonight as well. Action starts at 8 p.m.

And we wrap it up tonight at City Tap House. Probably gonna be quiet now that the kids have blown town. Could be a good chance to get a win and a $100 gift cert.

As for today’s music, it’s Arthur Big Boy Crudup, probably the most famous person to ever live in my hometown of Nassawadox, VA. A renowned blues singer, he most certainly had the blues for real: he bounced between Mississippi and Virginia, working on the farm when he wasn’t recording. In his later years, he worked quite a bit on my grandad’s farm.

He was robbed of his rightful royalties by numerous record companies, and never received either the money or acclaim he deserved.

You may never have heard of him, but you’ve definitely heard some of his songs: That’s Alright Mama was covered by Elvis and became the first single ever recorded. Elvis was a huge fan, once saying, “If I had any ambition, it was to be as good as Arthru Crudup.” Crudup also wrote and recorded My Baby Left Me, which Elvis and CCR covered, and So Glad You’re Mine, also covered by Elvis. If you’re a fan of the blues, check out this album he did with Jimmy Dawkins and Willie Big Eyes Smith. (And no, Crudup won’t be on tonight’s quiz. Just wanted to start throwing in some good music to give these posts a bit more life)

Quizzo Tonight

First of all, a shoutout to CGA who won a thriller last night at the Invitational. More details on that soon. In the meantime, I will be at Sidecar tonight at 9:30 p.m. You know how we do it. All new quiz.

I also wanna get into the habit of posting some underrated tunes I dig when I write these nightly promos. I really enjoy the music portion of the gig, and I wanna share some of the tunes I enjoy on the site as well, just to give some life to these posts. These songs won’t usually be a part of that week’s quiz, just trying to introduce you guys to some new tunes.

Today’s song is What’s Up Fatlip? I love songs that are so damn honest they will break your heart. This is one of those songs. Fatlip was part of the Pharcyde, a group that completely blew the world away in the early 90s with the song “Passing Me By” and the groundbreaking album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. But the group fell apart in the late 90s and Fatlip tried to go solo. In 2000, he released this song, and followed up with a solo album in 2005. Neither the song nor the album got the attention they deserved. The video is great too, directed by Spike Jones. Pretty much the opposite of every rap video that came out at the time. Just great stuff all around.

The 6th Annual JGTSpI is Tonight! Here Are the Details

Here are the details about tonight’s Event:

WHEN: 5:30 PM

WHERE: Field House 1150 Filbert

WHY: Teams have been earning points over the past two months, and hereby get to compete for $400 worth of prizes, including $200 for first and $100 for 2nd. We’ll also be giving away a ukelele.

WHAT? You heard me. Courtesy of South Street Sounds.

IS THERE LIVE MUSIC? Not only live music between rounds, but there will be a live audio music round.

UH-OH, A MUSIC ROUND? THIS SOUNDS LIKE JGT WILL BE RAPPING: What? Nothing could could be farther from the truth.

WHAT IF WE DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT? CAN MY TEAM STILL PLAY? I have room for one more team to play if anybody wants to hop on last minute. Just shoot me a line at johnny @ johnnygoodtimes.com.

WHAT TEAMS ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY?

Duane’s World
Popesack
Inkspot
Feel the Bern
Synchronized Trampoline
CGA
Tempura House
Motor City
Jesters of Tortuga
There’s No I in Quizzo

RSVPs on the JGTSpI

Here are the teams that are confirmed for Sunday (which, as you saw below, will now be held at Field House).

TEAMS THAT ARE CONFIRMED:

Duane’s World
In the Lead
Inkspot
Feel the Bern
Synchronized Trampoline
CGA
Imaginary Pablo
Tempura House
Motor City
Jesters of Tortuga

WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM

Jawn of the Dead
Fred Bassett
Teflon Don
Honeybadgers
I Drink Therefore I Am
There’s No I in Quizzo
Quizzard of Oz
Who’s On Turd

Change of Venue for JGTSpI

I’m going to send out a message to all the teams to make sure everyone knows, but in the meantime I’m posting it here. There has been a venue change for the JGTSpI on Sunday. Sadly, the weather is not cooperating. With 59 degrees I thought we’d be OK, but 59 degrees with 20 mile an hour winds on the water sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. A tough situation, but fortunately, our friends at the Field House were able to fit us in. So the event will be at the Field House, same time, 5:30 p.m. Same prizes, same band, and the best news is that we can now fit more people. So a couple of bubble teams will get in as well. They always take good care of us so I’m sure there will be some food and drink specials. Hope to see you there!

Quizzo Tonight

Last shot to earn an invite to the Invitational is tonight. Great chance to do so at the Industry. Action starts at 6:30 p.m. We took last week so tonight’s goal is to have DOUBLE THE FUN. On to Bards at 9:15. See you tonight!

Quizzo Quadrupleheader

Action starts at the Markets at Comcast at 5:30 pm. I will be taking the controls at Alla Spina at 8 p.m., while Chip Chantry will be filling in for me at O’Neals at 8. I will be wrapping up at City Tap at 10:15. Hope to see ya tonight!

Final JGTSpI Scores

Here they are. If you’re in the yellow, congrats, your team made the cut! If you’re in blue, you’re on the bubble and might get an invite if anyone else cancels. And if you didn’t make the cut, there’s still hope: this is wild card week, so any team that wins this week gets an automatic invite.

All invites will be sent out tomorrow. The event takes place this Sunday at Lo Spiedo at 5:30 p.m.

JGT To Host on WIP Tonight

I will be a guest host on WIP 94.1 tonight at 10 p.m. If you’ve ever played quizzo and thought, “if only this guy would stop asking trivia questions and start talking about Sam Bradford’s holdout, that would be awesome”, well tonight’s the night! You can listen on air or you can listen online here. Gonna be on from 10 PM to 2 AM. There is still quizzo tonight: Chip Chantry will be hosting at Sidecar tonight. So come on by the Sidecar, then tune into 94.1. Got a lot of fun things to talk about, and some great interviews. Gonna talk to Bryan Arman Graham of the Guardian about chasing down Julio Franco, Art from Foobooz to talk about cheesesteaks, and Ian Riccaboni talks about his new book, The 100 Greatest Phillies of All Time.