A couple weeks ago I referenced the guest DJ show The Jam Cellar did for Yehoodi Radio a couple of years ago. In addition to 10 of our only best DJ’s contributing their favorite songs to play at the Jam Cellar, the executive producer, Jesse Miner encouraged us to be as creative as possible with the program.
We didn’t need that much prodding. Since a number of the Jam Cellar crew at the time were pretty musical, we decided to write and record our own theme song for the show. Here it is in two parts.
The Opening Theme
For those of you who want to sing along at home here are the lyircs as written by Luke Albao and Naomi Uyama.
Tell-ah all the ladies and fellas love to dance at Jam Cellar in the heart of the District of Columbia
Jam Cellar – Go and ask your fortune tella where you can jiggle like Jella She’ll see in her leaves of tea
Lindy Hopper’s Delight Tuesday Nights Columbia Heights You should have seen the sight of us trying to make that rhyme Took a really long time
Jam Cellar- Where its hotter than hellah But as sweet as marshmellahs What an awesome place to be
The Closing Theme
Jam Cellar-You’ll feel like a southern Bell-ah In a mansion painted yellah Take the metro on the green line and you’ll find
Jam Cellar- You’ll hear Billie and Ella but not a note of a cappella even if it is ‘Splanky’
H-T-T-P colon Double Slash, W cubed dot The Jam C-E-L-L-A-R Dot C-O-M Join our mailing list right now
Jam Cellar – You’ll hop til your shoes swella Keep it hot or swing it mellah It s our home of happy feet
The Hot Club of Jam Cellar is:
- Vocals-Naomi Uyama
- Viola-Kate Hedin
- Drums-Jeff Booth
- Guitars-Luke Albao, Andy Reid, Bobby White
- Dinah s Southern Gentleman Friend-Bobby White
Bonus: Dance Lesson
As an added bonus, if you’ve ever wondered what they teach at The Jam Cellar here’s Luke Albao and Bobby White with a very special online lesson.
Wandering & Pondering 
Brooke said,
November 10, 2010 at 9:17 am
I love that one of the “steps” in the lesson is That Thing That Andy does. 😀
Apache said,
November 10, 2010 at 11:19 am
Jerry, any chance there is somewhere we can acquire either of these songs?
Jerry said,
November 11, 2010 at 5:51 pm
We’re going to put them up on the Jam Cellar website eventually. Of course I’ve been saying that for a couple of years now. I suppose this is a good reminder. http://www.thejamcellar.com/
Sandy said,
November 10, 2010 at 8:19 pm
that ruled.
Aries said,
June 24, 2012 at 6:17 pm
I’m so delighted. This is wonderful. Thank you!