Pat Rhoden – Boogie On Reggae Woman
Pat Rhoden
Listen/Download -Pat Rhoden – Boogie On Reggae Woman
Greetings all.
I hope all is groovy in your neck of the interwebs.
As I mentioned on Monday, my wife, the little Corners and I will be walking in the 2011 Monmouth/Ocean County POAC (Parents of Autistic Children) Walk for a Difference on April 2, 2011.
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I should also mention today that I will be returning to Spindletop @ Botanica with DJ Perry Lane this coming Monday 3/21. I’ll be bringing a mixed bag of soulful sounds with me, including hard charging party soul, Northern, Hammond grooves and maybe even a little bit of early funk for your feet. Drop on by and say hi if you’re in Manhattan.
The tune I bring you today is something I happened upon a few years back.
I don’t know much about Pat Rhoden, other than that he seems to have been a journeyman ska/rock steady/reggae singer.
He recorded for a variety of labels, including Ska Beat, Trojan, Attack, Pama and Horse between the mid-60s and the early 80s as a solo, and also as part of the duo Winston and Pat (with Winston Groovy of ‘Please Don’t Make Me Cry’ fame) for Bullet.
He recorded his cover of Stevie Wonder’s big hit ‘Boogie On Reggae Woman’ for the Trojan subsidiary Horse. The date on the label says 1974, but Stevie didn’t hit with it until the very end of ’74, so unless he was sending his demos over to Pat, I’m going to go with 1975.
I thought this was a groovy bit of circle-closing, that being a Jamaican cover of Mr. Wonder’s tribute to the sounds of the island.
Rhoden takes things at a mellow – ever so slightly funky – pace, and I really dig the drums at the beginning.
He also did a very cool cover of Stevie’s ‘Living For the City’ which I’ll have to post sometime in the future.
I hope you dig this one, and I’ll be back on Friday.
Peace
Larry
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You know I really like 96 tears alot, but was this an effort to make sure we dig it by posting it twice? I downloaded it to make sure and it is not Boogie on Reggae Woman. Just FYI.
Now is a good a time as any to tell you how AWESOME with a capitol AWESOME your site is. It’s a great way for me to relax and spin some killer tunes while I’m at work. I really do dig it my man. Thank you.
Whoa! Thanks for the heads up James (and the kind words). I’m home with a sick four year old and got distracted when I was putting the post together.
The link has been fixed!
Thank you sir, I hear you; life just take priority sometimes. I hope the sickness is on it’s way out of your home. 😀