Al Capps Band – Sissy Strut

By , October 14, 2014 10:59 am

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Listen/Download Al Capps Band – Sissy Strut

Greetings all

The great existential question for today is: When is the right time for a groovy Meters cover?

The answer, as delivered by the oracle on the mountain is: All the time.

Though I had never heard of Al Capps (though I assumed – correctly – that it wasn’t the old-timey cartoonist), my Spidey sense always tingles in the presence of a Meters cover.

‘Cissy Strut’ was a Top5 R&B hit (grazing the Pop Top 20) for the Meters in 1969.

It has for years been the go-to cover, being waxed by Johnny Lewis, Earl Van Dyke, Hoctor, LaBert Ellis and many others, thanks to its deeply wired funk and infectious melody.

Al Capps was an arranger for many big, mainstream pop artists (Andy Williams big)  in the 60s and 70s, laying down the occasional 45 of his own along the way.

He waxed ‘Sissy Strut’ – not sure why the spelling was changed*, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t know that ‘the cissy’ was a dance – in 1970.

Opening with electric piano and deep, deep brass, the melody is played on flutes and trumpets, with some nicely recorded drums pumping things up from underneath.

The whole thing is over before you know it, clocking in at under two minutes!

I won’t force it on you, but if you ever grab a copy of this 45, flip it over for an insane medley of the theme from 2001 and MacArthur Park (seriously).

That said, I hope you dig the tune,and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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 *They also managed to change the spelling of Nocentelli and Modeliste on the label…

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