Roy Ayers

Listen/Download Roy Ayers – Brother Louie

Greetings all

Welcome to that island in the middle of the week where we all gather to get our heads together, make it over the hump and start marching toward the weekend.

There’s not a lot to say about today’s selection that the music can’t say for itself.

Roy Ayers, master of the vibes (the instrument and the diffuse idea), who got his start playing hard bop/modal and moved onto to become one of the masters of funky sounds in the 70s, gets into the studio with some heavy friends and works it out on a song that had been a very big hit earlier that year (1973) for Stories.

Those of you that – like me – are old enough to remember that hit, well…remember it (from then).

The rest of you for whom it is instantly familiar surely picked up on it via Louie CK’s groovy show, wherein a version of it is used as the theme.

The Roy Ayers take on ‘Brother Louie’ is from his excellent ‘Virgo Red’ LP, and sees the master and his band taking the song, strapping a little funk to it (with lots of those good vibes, literal and figurative) and there you have it.

I dig it (and the whole album) a lot.

I hope you do too, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived!

The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock.

They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US).

Click here to go to the ordering page.

 

Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).

 

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

One Response to “Roy Ayers – Brother Louie”

1. Donna Lethal says:

   November 27, 2012 at 3:50 pm

   Larry! This is just what I needed today. Long time since I listened to some Roy Ayers. Thanks.

   KTF.