Hank Jacobs

Listen/Download The TKO’s – Can You Dig It

Greetings all

Here we stand, astride the week, Monday in the rear view mirror, Friday but a dream, but then, what’s the matter with Wednesday that can’t be fixed with some groovy music?

Some of you – particularly the organ hounds amongst you – will already be familiar with the sounds of the TKOs.

The group, which included, sometimes with top billing, piano/organ wrangler Hank Jacobs, recorded a grip of 45s for the Ten Star and Call Me labels in the mid-60s.

Both labels were sunsidiaries of Money Records (Don Julian and the Larks, Bettye Swan) operating out of Los Angeles.

The label got its start in the 1950s, went temporarily dormant in 1957 and then opened its doors for business once again in 1964.

Though I can’t give you a line-up for the TKOs – who had a Top 20 R&B hit with ‘The Fat Man’ in 1966 – it would seem that Hank Jacobs, who did a fair amount of studio work for Money/Ten Star was a constant.

Jacobs, who is known to Northern Soul fans for ‘Elijah Rockin’ With Soul’ was as adept on the piano as he was on the organ, often working both on his records.

Jacobs – who gets featured billing on the flipside ‘The Charge’ – works the piano in an R&B groove, anchoring ‘Can You Dig It’ even when the guitarist starts to take off into garage punk territory.

If you get the chance, pick up some of Hank Jacobs recordings for the Sue label, like ‘Monkey Hips and Rice’ and ‘So Far Away’, which are all excellent.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

 

 

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