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By Larry, August 27, 2015 1:17 pm

A younger, be-conked Gary U.S. Bonds

Listen/Download – Gary U.S. Bonds – I’m Glad You’re Back MP3

Greetings all.

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We’re closing out the week with a record I found a few years back.

Gary US Bonds ought to be familiar to most folks via his stellar early 60s R&B sides for LeGrand (like ‘New Orleans’ and ‘Quarter to Three’) or his 1980s resurrection as part of the Springsteen galaxy of stars.

However, as this 45 demonstrates, Bonds made a stop at the short-lived, late 60s soul label Botanic for one, excellent 45.

Bonds came out of the Tidewater area of Virginia, working for Frank Guida’s LeGrand records.

By the time he hooked up with fellow Virginian Jerry ‘Swamp Dogg’ Williams in 1968, his chart successes were in the distant past.

Today’s selection ‘I’m Glad You’re Back’ was co-written by Bonds (he’s ‘G. Anderson’) and Williams, produced by Williams and arranged by Teacho Wiltshire.

Interestingly enough there were only three 45s released on Botanic (Bonds, Little Charles and the Sidewinders, and a rock band called Saturday’s Crowd) and they were all co-written and produced by Williams.

‘I’m Glad You’re Back’ finds Bonds working in a funkier, more explicitly soulful 1968-appropriate sound. The arrangement is tight, making tasteful use of the string and horn sections, and whoever is playing the bass is off the hook.

The record got some minor play in the New York market in the Fall of 1968, but that’s about it.

Bonds would keep recording for a variety of labels through the 70s, until he hit with ‘This Little Girl’ in 1981.

It’s a groovy 45, and I hope you dig it.

See you on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, August 25, 2015 12:20 pm

Don Julian and the Larks

Listen/Download – Don Julian and the Larks – Shorty the Pimp Pt1 MP3

Listen/Download – Don Julian and the Larks – Shorty the Pimp Pt2 MP3

Greetings all.

Don Julian, with the Meadowlarks (an early, integrated doowop group) and then the Larks, was a West Coast R&B/soul/funk fixture in the 50s, 60s and 70s, recording for a variety of labels, like RPM, Specialty and Money.

The Larks worked their way through classic soul styles, with Julian and the group making their way right into funk by the early 70s.

‘Shorty the Pimp’ is a masterpiece of Blaxplo-funk, and has something of a mysterious provenenance.

The track (anda few others that found release on 45) were supposedly part of a soundtrack to an unreleased blaxploitation movie called ‘Shorty the Pimp’, which, considering the cinematic reach of the song is entirely believable.

That, and the fact that the deep, spoken voice on the track is none other than Don Julian’s running buddy, Richard ‘Louie Louie’ Berry!

‘Shorty the Pimp’ is a slow grooving, funky mover, mixing falsetto vocals, group harmony and the aforementioned narration with some of the finest lyrics ever composed about life on the streets. There’s lots of cool rhythm guitar and organ working its way in and out of the mix.

Julian and the Larks would also create the soundtrack for the film ‘Savage’ around the same time.

‘Shorty the Pimp’ was sampled almost two decades later by Too Short on his own track of the same title.

‘Shorty the Pimp’ appeared on the rare Don Julian and the Larks LP ‘Super Slick’, but if you don’t have a coupla hundo burning a hole in your pocket, you can score a copy of this most excellent 45 for a fraction of that.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, August 23, 2015 1:30 pm

The Bar-Kays

Listen/Download – The Bar-Kays – A Hard Day’s Night MP3

Greetings all.

Join me as we welcome the new week with some of that tasty, Memphis goodness.

The Bar-Kays were a group of young Memphis players that were recruited by Stax, and ended up (fatefully) backing Otis Redding on his final tour (most of them perishing in the same plane crash that took Otis).

The track I bring you today is the Bar-Kays 1968 version of the Beatles’ ‘A Hard Days Night’.

I hadn’t heard the track when I found this single, but since it was cheap, a Fabs cover, and on Volt, I couldn’t very well leave it behind.

Good thing I didn’t, because it’s an interesting reworking of the Beatles original, packed with Memphis soul flavor.

Opening with the organ, and twangy guitar, the band build upward from a hard-hitting riff that allows them to deliver the Beatles’ melody in a manner that is 100% McLemore Ave.

Interestingly enough , the single was produced by MGs drummer Al Jackson, Jr., which I initially found surprising. Then I did some digging and discovered that producing was a nice sideline for Jackson, with credits on records by Johnny Taylor, Isaac Hayes, Albert King, Mable John, the Mad Lads and others.

As far as I can tell ‘A Hard Days Night’ is a 45-only track, so if you want it, that’s how to get it.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, August 20, 2015 11:39 am

Freddy – Henchi and the Soulsetters

Listen/Download – Freddy – Henchi and the Soulsetters – Folsom Prison MP3

Listen/Download – Freddy – Henchi and the Soulsetters – Popcorn Baby MP3

Greetings all.

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Freddy-Henchi and the Soulsetters were one of those bands – like Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers – that worked relentlessly, playing on the road and recording a string of 45s for a variety of labels (Onacrest, Tower, Bell, Reprise) for years, never really breaking through like they should have.

Formed in Phoenix, AZ in the mid 60s, they eventually moved to Los Angeles, then again to Colorado where they would continue to play, in one form or another well into the 80s.

Led by Freddie Gowdy and Marvin ‘Henchi’ Graves, the band recorded one 45 for Tower in 1969, and while it might not have made any impact on the charts at all, it is as solid as they come.

The A-side is a funk reworking of Johnny Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues’, and as insane as that concept sounds, Freddy-Henchi and the Soulsetters make it happen.

Opening with a false/country start, the band drops down into a heavy groove, transforming the song into a hard-hitting, minor-key work of genius. I mean, it WAS 1969, and people were doing all kinds of crazy things (musically and otherwise), and I can understand how the very idea of a funk take on a country classic might have been off-putting to some people, but this record is REALLY good.

I dig the haunting strings running underneath (they almost sound like a mellotron), and when the band breaks into a quote from ‘Hey Jude’, all bets – as they say – are off.

The flipside, the extremely heavy ‘Popcorn Baby’ owes a serious debt to Dyke and the Blazer’s hit from the previous year, ‘Funky Walk’. Built on a pounding drum beat, and some Hendrix-level wah wah guitar, the record is a killer.

The group would go on to have some local success with their cover of Major Lance’s ‘Um Um Um Um Um’ in 1970, and then to lay down the funk 45 classic ‘Funky To the Bone’ for Reprise in 1972.

I hope you dig this 45 as much as I do, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, August 18, 2015 11:33 am

Brother Jack McDuff and David Newman

Listen/Download – Brother Jack McDuff Quintet feat. David Newman – But It’s Alright MP3

Greetings all.

I thought we’d get over the hump this week with some of that Hammond organ goodness bubbling up from my crates.

Brother Jack McDuff is one of the true greats of the classic era of soul jazz Hammond (mid-50s to early 70s). He is joined on today’s selection by legendary reedman David ‘Fathead’ Newman, with whom he recorded the 1968 LP ‘Double Barrelled Soul’.

Their version of JJ Jackson’s 1966 hit ‘But It’s Alright’ is – if not a complete deconstruction – a slightly avant garde approach to a familiar soul hit, with just enough edge to catch your ear, but not so much as to leave you shaking your head.

Opening with an odd organ fillagree, the fray is soon joined by the horn section, laying down an unusual, Thelonious Monk-esque riff, over which Brother Jack solos with confidence.

When the song starts out, it might take a new listener a second or two to wrap your ears around what’s going on, but once you do, there’s a funky drive shaft that keeps things moving forward.

While I wouldn’t go as far as to say that this enters Larry Young territory, there is some of that kind of thing at work here, which makes the record work as jazz, as well as a mod jazz groover.

I like it a lot, and I hope you do too.

See you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, August 16, 2015 1:54 pm

Judy Mowatt

Listen/Download – Gaylettes – Son of a Preacher Man MP3

Greetings all.

Welcome to another week here at Funky16Corners as we all join together in the waning days of the summer to regret complaining about the heat one last time (before we start complaining about the cold, or at least that’s how it is for those of us here in New Jersey).

We’re going to get the week started with one of of my all-time favorite Jamaican covers of US soul, and another one of those 45s that I couldn’t believe that I already hadn’t written about.

The 45 in question is the Gaylettes 1969 version of ‘Son of a Preacher Man’.

Though Dusty Springfield had the biggest/best known hit with the song in 1968, in the next couple of years Aretha Franklin, the Carnival and even the Gaylettes made some inroads into the US charts with versions of the tune.

The Gaylettes were a Jamaican trio (recording in the UK) featuring Judy Mowatt (later a solo star and member of Bob Marley’s backing singers the I-Threes) Beryl Lawson and Merle Clemenson. The group recorded a bunch of singles in the late 60s, including one of my favorite rock steady 45s, their reworking of Brenda Lee’s ‘Here’s Comes That Feeling’.

The Gaylettes version of ‘Son of a Preacher Man’ features some very groovy organ and guitar and breaks from the laid back funk of Springfield’s hit, opting instead for a brisk, dance floor-friendly pace.

Their version was a minor hit in the Northeast (New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts) in the end of the summer of 1969, which goes a long way to explaining why the single got two US pressings, on Hourglass and Steady.

The US was getting its first real taste for reggae sounds in 1969*, with substantial hits by Jimmy Cliff (Wonderful World,Beautiful People) and Desmond Dekker and the Aces (Israelites) that year, which may have primed the pump as it were for the sound of the Gaylettes.

It is a groovy record indeed, and I hope you dig it.

Keep the faith

Larry

 
*Though both Millie Small and Prince Buster had gotten US airplay in 1964 and 1967 respectively
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By Larry, August 13, 2015 2:46 pm

Rodger Collins

Listen/Download – Rodger Collins – She’s Looking Good MP3

Greetings all.

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I thought we’d close out the week with some tasty West Coast soul from the man Rodger Collins.

Collins recorded for Galaxy and Fantasy from 1963 to 1973, and then spottily for a few other labels after that.

‘She’s Looking Good’ is one of those weird instances of a solid, sock soul 45 that did better on the Pop charts than on the R&B charts.

Released in 1966, ‘She’s Looking Good’ made it to #44 R&B, but went well into the Top 20 in a wide range of Pop markets (especially on the West Coast), which is probably why it’s so well-remembered these days.

That, and the fact that it smokes from start (please forgive a couple of seconds of cue burn) to finish. Collins lays down a smoking vocal over a tight, heavy backing track (the guitar is especially nice).

Interestingly enough, the Wicked Pickett would take the song back into the charts (R&B Top 10 and Pop Top 20!) in 1968.

Collins later converted to Islam, but continued to play and record in the Bay Area.

I hope you dig the sounds, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, August 9, 2015 10:11 am

Jimmy Bishop

Listen/Download – Teddy and the Fingerpoppers – Soul Groove Pt1 MP3

Greetings all.

What better way to start the week than some certified, Phila-ma-delphia heat?

Back in the olden days, I was hoovering up everything Philly-related that I could get my hooks into. I ended up with a lot of great music, a fair amount of dreck, and some absolutely brilliant things as well.

‘Soul Groove’ by Teddy and the Fingerpoppers falls into the last category.

The crazy thing is, I can’t tell you who they were.

As far as I can tell, this is the only 45 they ever did. My instinct is to attribute the cut to the Philly “house band” that played on so many 45s – often pseudonymously – and ended up forming the core of MFSB. However, I have no firm evidence in that direction.

That said, the track, credited to Jesse James and Jimmy Bishop got around. The original came out on Arctic in 1968.

The following year the tune (which I’m pretty sure is a rerecording) formed the basis for the Cliff Nobles & Co side ‘Gettin’ Away’ on Phil LA of Soul.

There was also – and I will forever kick myself for not writing down the info when I had it in front of me – a Jamaican 45 that lifts the backing track as well. If any of you good folks know what that particular record was, please let me know.

The Teddy and the Fingerpoppers 45 is largely instrumental (some interjections aside), with a jangling guitar setting the pace, and the bass and drums laying down hard, so hard indeed that the record has attracted the ears of some on the Northern scene.

This is one of those records that I have had in my crates for-freaking-EVER, and had to go back and check to make sure that I hadn’t already written about it.

I hope you all dig it, and I’ll see you all on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, August 4, 2015 2:30 pm

Listen/Download – James Duncan and the Duncan Trio – I’ll Be Gone MP3

Greetings all.

Today’s selection comes from the ‘Songs I Learned from Mr Finewine’ file.

A couple of years back I had the honor of spinning next to the master at his long-running residency at Botanica in NYC.

As is often the case when spinning with a serious collector, I left the bar that night with a longer want list than I brought with me.

One of the newly added items on that list is the record you see before you today, ‘I’ll Be Gone’ by James Duncan and the Duncan Trio.

Duncan was a Georgia singer who recorded for a variety of labels in the 60s and early 70s, but mostly for King and Federal.

The raving soul of ‘I’ll Be Gone’ was recorded in 1964, but sounds as if it could have been waxed at any time in the previous five years.

I’ve kind of found 1964 to be an unofficial boundary line where the transition from old-school R&B to out and out soul finally set in completely, and ‘I’ll Be Gone’ is a great example of the remainders of the earlier sound.

Duncan sounds like a slightly deeper-voiced Little Richard, backed by group harmonies, walking bass and some well-placed organ.

It’s a wild, dance-floor-packing side.

Duncan went on to make some funkier sides in the late 60s, one of which will surely make it into this space in the future.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, August 2, 2015 3:08 pm

Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez

Listen/Download – Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez – The Question (Do You Love Me) MP3

Greetings all.

I hope the new week finds you all well.

The track I bring you today is one of the more interesting b-sides I’ve come across in the last few years.
As a serious Hammond-hound, it should come as no surprise that I have a grip of Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez records in my crates.

Starting with ‘The Happy Organ’ in 1959, Cortez had a number of hits on the Pop and R&B charts into the early 60s.
The cool thing is, despite a lack of chart success later on, he continued to record for a variety of labels, including Chess, Okeh, Roulette and T-Neck well into the 70s.

Today’s selection comes from his 1964 Okeh 45 with the organ instro ‘Popping Popcorn’ on the a-side.

‘The Question (Do You Love Me)’ co-written by Cortez (under his real name, Dave Clowney) and producer Teddy Vann, displays Cortez in the unusual role of vocalist.

His singing on record was not unheard of, but hardly common, and the really groovy thing is that he does a fantastic job.

The song is a pleading ballad, with Cortez trading lines with a female chorus. The backing is fairly simple, with piano, bass and some very cool twangy guitar, and there’s a great, uptempo gospel breakdown in the middle of the song.

It’s a very cool record, and proof once again that you simply must flip over those 45s.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 30, 2015 3:09 pm

Alex Williams (left, found in an old issue of Billboard)

Listen/Download – Alex Williams and the Mustangs – Soul Strut Pt1 MP3

Listen/Download – Alex Williams and the Mustangs – Soul Strut Pt2 MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week os upon us, and so I will remind you once again that Friday nights at 9PM is Funky16Corners Radio Show time. You can listen on Viva Radio, or you can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, or grab an MP3 here at the blog.

The record I bring you today is one of those funk 45s that I knew about for a long time, finally bagged a copy and was dismayed to discover that there was almost no info out there about it.

What I can tell you is that Alex Williams and the Mustangs hailed from the vicinity of Atlanta, GA, and they recorded several 45s (for Rose, Soultrack and Jewel), usually in a bluesy funk style between the late 60s and the early 70s.

‘Soul Strut Pts 1&2’ is an interesting study in contrasts.

Part two, the instrumental half of the record, is a groovy, fairly standard (if a little muddy and abruptly ended) bit of funky southern soul.

Part one, the vocal half of things, contains one of the most stunningly off-key, inept and possibly intoxicated sounding vocals I’ve ever heard. The band is in good shape, but the singer sounds as if he was too wasted to set foot in the studio, so they locked him out in the alley and hung the microphone out the window. It’s that wild.

Either way, it’s a cool 45, and I hope you dig it.

See you on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 28, 2015 10:51 am

Larry Williams

Listen/Download – Larry Williams – Boss Lovin’ MP3

Greetings all.

What we have here, ready to usher you all over the hump, is something very groovy from our man Larry Williams.

If you’ve ever heard me talk about Larry on the Funky16Corners Radio Show, you know that I not only dig his music, but think that he is an artist who’s work ought to be much better known.

He was not only a serious early R&B/rocker, writing and performing tunes like ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzy’, ‘Bony Maronie’, ‘Bad Boy’ and ‘She Said Yeah’ (all of which made his work a cornerstone of the British Invasion in covers by the Beatles and the Stones), but he went on to write and record some fine soul music on his own, in partnership with Johnny Guitar Watson, and producing for acts like Little Richard and the Staple Singers.

All that, and he also lived a life as a colorful figure on the fringes of the law, running through pimping, drugs and guns.

The tune I bring you today is a favorite of mine, and has an interesting history of its own.

As far as I can tell, ‘Boss Lovin’’ was released no less than three times, first on El Bam, then again on Smash (both 1965) and lastly on Okeh (1967). I only own the Okeh version, but I have heard the other two 45s and they appear to be at the very least different mixes (if not completely different tracks). I hear Johnny Watson on the background on all of them, but Larry’s lead vocal is different, especially on the Okeh issue, which I would venture to say is the most confident of them all.

While I wouldn’t describe Williams as a ‘great’ singer, he was certainly capable of bringing the heat, whether in the early days as a Little Richard soundalike, or later on when his voice was a little deeper and had some growl to it.

‘Boss Lovin’’ is a great example of a ‘shout-out’ track (for lack of a better term), filled with references to other songs/artists, along the lines of Johnny Otis’s ‘Keep the Faith’.

It’s got enough kick for the dance floor, and the inside jokes ought to keep the anoraks in the crowd busy.

I dig it a lot and I hope you do, too.

Keep the faith

Larry

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