Category Archives: soul

Today is Eddie Hazel’s birthday. Now watch one of the greatest live performances to which you shall ever bear witness.

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Seriously, THIS is as good as it gets. Thirteen minutes of vintage Funkadelic, running through a medley of I Got A Thing, What Is Soul, I Just Want To Testify, I Was Made To Love Her, Friday Night August 14th, Music For My Mother which degenerates into a full blown Psychedelic Gospel and includes nods to The Right Time and It’s Your Thing, while George in the throws of the holy ghost and some seriously heavy blotter writhes on the ground, whistling and speaking in tongues. Yep, it’s that kinda show. I dunno how a band can be this loose and tight at the same time.

 

 

Happy birthday to Sam The Sham Sumudio

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Someone get that man a Ring Dang Doo! Now Wooly Bully!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R.I.P. Denise Matthews, aka Vanity

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The titular 1982 sole LP from Vanity 6 is an absolute classic of it’s era. Written and produced by Prince, who also released his double LP 1999 the same year and was on an unparalleled hot streak creatively speaking, the album is filled with party funk every bit worthy of his genius. Seriously, there is not a bum cut on the record, and most of them have made their way into DJ sets of mine over the years.

Check out the below posted performance, LP, and this article on Prince’s tribute to Vanity at a show last night, which also has the only clip I could find of the unreleased Vanity 6 master jam, Vibrator, featuring Prince in a comedic sketch, in line with his vocal appearance on If A Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up) from the Vanity LP.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&ie=UTF-8&rct=j#q=vanity+vibrator+prince

 

 

 

 

You’ve gotta be kidding me… Clarence Reid, aka Blowfly, has died of cancer

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I’m going to do a post on the Clarence Reid material later, for now let’s have a good last laugh in the weird, and so un-PC, world of Blowfly.

 

Happy 75th birthday, Roy Head!

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I’ve got an unreleased Roy Head reel-to-reel demo, from presumably the late 70’s-early 80’s, for which I’ve never had the equipment to listen. Maybe now that I’ve reminded myself, I’ll get off my ass, digitize it and offer it up here. Until then, take a gander at Roy’s hot dance moves, as he performs his classic, Treat Her Right. Hey! Alright! Work it now!

Songs of The Day: Tommy McGee -We Ought To Be Together, and Make Sure

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I’m a total sucker for that falsetto, those strings, the keys, and that GROOVE! Sweet Soul vibes abound.

http://www.numerogroup.com/products/tommy-mcgee-positive-negative

Bill Withers first single was produced by synth pioneer, Mort Garson

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The 1967 Lotus Records 45 A-side, Three Nights And A Morning, is a manic, outta control version of what was to become Withers future single, in a much less frenzied fashion, Harlem. The B-side, What’ll I Do, turns the Irving Berlin ballad, into an uptempo gospel mover, in an impressively different adaptation of that standard.

Can’t believe I’d never heard this. Thanks, Trunkworthy!

http://www.trunkworthy.com/the-lost-bill-withers-go-go-soul-freakout-you-need-to-hear/