Ernie K Doe

Listen/Download Ernie K Doe – Fly Away With Me

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I was on another one of those periodic, internal digging expeditions, in which I probe the contents of my own crates for sounds neglected, when I pulled out Ernie K Doe’s self-titled 1970 LP.

Known to most as the source for sought after funk of ‘Here Come the Girls’, the album, produced and almost entirely written by Allen Toussaint (with the instrumental assistance of the mighty Meters), ‘Ernie K Doe’ is uniformly excellent.

One of my favorite tunes on the album, is ‘Fly Away With Me’.

Now, we have spent a fair amount of time discussing the nature of funk, and things funky, acknowledging along the way that the terms embrace a wide range of tempos and “feels”, and this song is prime illustration of that.

There is certainly a built-in quota of funk in any truly New Orleans-ian music, and when you’re talking about the intersection of the talents of Toussaint, K Doe andMeters, they could all be asleep and the snores, tossing and turning would still be funky as hell.

‘Fly Away With Me’ gets its start in a easy rolling tempo, with plenty of Toussaint piano, as well as great harmony vocals (also, partly Toussaint). There’s a laid back, almost churchy feel to things until the 2:05 mark when they pick up the pace and dial up the funk for the rest of the record.

K Doe is in rare form (an underrated singer indeed) and the playing and production are typically, effortlessly amazing.

Another hidden gem on an LP that ought to be much better known.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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