F16C Soul Club Presents – Funky16Corners Live in DC
F16C Soul Club Presents: Funky16Corners Live In DC, 9/25/10
Playlist
Lyn Collins – Think (About It) (People)
Mongo Santamaria – Lady Marmalade (Vaya)
Manu Dibango – New Bell (Atlantic)
Isley Brothers – Fight the Power (T-Neck)
Gladys Knight & the Pips – Thank You Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin (Soul)
Hoctor – Gold Coast (Hoctor)
Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul (King)
Barrett Strong – Stand Up and Cheer For the Preacher (Epic)
LTD – Every Time I Turn Around (Back In Love Again) ()
Billy Preston – Outta Space (A&M)
Eddie Kendricks – Keep On Truckin’ (Tamla)
O’Jays – I Love Music Pt1 (PI)
Joe Bataan – Latin Strut (Mericana)
Louie Ramirez – Do It Any Way You Wanna (Cotique)
Joe Bataan – Shaft (Fania)
You can check out this mix in the Funky16Corners Soul Club Archive
As previously stated, at the time you’re reading this, I will be away on vacation with the wife and the little Corners, releasing this post in a timely fashion from a remote location.
I figured this would be a good time to drop the set I recorded at Marvin on my DC trip back in September.
Marvin is a very cool place, but with a decidedly different vibe than I’m used to, i.e. I can’t rock the house with a stack of vintage funk 45s. This is not to say (as you’ll see above) that funk 45s cannot be rocked, just that the mix has to be peppered with things from a little later on the timeline.
The records are – as always – aimed to please the dancers with a taste of disco blended into the overall flavor.
I actually dig doing this, especially since I get to expand the palette as it were, spinning records that don’t fit inside the context of a vintage funk/soul night.
I’m not making a claim to be breaking any new ground, just mentioning that I dig flexing those muscles a little bit now and then.
It took me a long time to warm up to (read, ‘understand’) disco, and the more I dig into the good stuff, the more I wish I knew, and of course, had more of it on vinyl.
That said, pop this one in, and shake it up a little.
Don’t forget to tune into the Funky16Corners Radio Show, Friday at 9PM at Viva Radio. This week is an hour-long tribute to the late Weldon McDougal III and the Harthon sound or Philadephia soul.
Have a great weekend, and I’ll see you on Monday.
Peace
Larry
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Hi Larry, I’ve decided to take both Catch That Train and Bless My Bones private now – the public thing is not working for me at all. I’ll send you an invitation next week once they’re reorganized and I’ve added a couple of new posts. Hope you’ll feel like dropping in sometime. All the best, Marie
Keep me posted Marie!
Hey Larry,
What a playlist. Wish I could have been there!
Must start buying lottery tickets… 🙂
Stu, Glasgow, Scotland
yeah, I had one of those “disco sucks” bumper stickers
but now, and some of this is to your fault Larry,
I realize that disco is really just a different kind of R&B
I can appreciate the music for what it is,
a natural progression
god forbid, I feel this way about rap in 20 years!
stay in the groove Larry
Glad to have been of service Ray!
Giving up funk for food. AWB’s guitarist/lead singer Hamish Stuart now owns the lovely Three Mariners pub in Oare, near Faversham, Kent, England. Was lucky enough to have a delicious pint of Shepherd Neame autumn ale on the sunny terrace there the other weekend, followed by a walk along the Saxon Shore Way… Talking of hostelries owned by floor-filling artists, I can also heartily recommended the Dee Felice Cafe in Covington, Kentucky, USA. The man behind those great versions of There Was a Time and Nightingale sadly passed away a few years back, but his memory lives on in this fine cajun joint that he opened in 1984.