J. Hines and his guitar.

 

Listen/Download J. Hines and the Fellows – Camelot Time

Greetings all

The week is rapidly coming to a conclusion, so I must remind you that the Funky16Corners Radio Show will be hitting the airwaves of the interwebs this (and every) Friday night at 9pM on Viva Radio. If you are unable to fall by the house party at airtime, you can keep up by subscribing to the show as a podcast in iTunes.

The tune I bring you today is a prime example of the kind of bow-legged, wobbly, Mr Natural funk that I really dig.
It is neither fast, nor hard hitting, yet it is as funky as they come.

‘Camelot Time’ by J. Hines and the Boys (billed on other records as J. Hines and the Fellows) made it to #73 on the R&B charts in the summer of 1973 (sounds earlier, right?), and was Mr. Hines only chart hit.

I will not go into the long and convoluted J. Hines story, deferring to the amazingly comprehensive post at Red Kelly’s Soul Detective site instead. That said, James Hines was a guitarist of some skill, laying down the chank, and the groove grease in equal measure with remarkable, head-nod-inducing skill.

I verily dare you not to slap on your plaid flares and platforms and get up to move with ‘Camelot Time’.

There’s an old Porky Pig cartoon where he goes to Wackyland, and sees (among other amazing things) a “rubber band”, which was in fact a band composed of rubber bands, if you dig, and this record sounds to me what that band would sound like were it transplanted to the funky side of the tracks.

Am I making any sense at all?

Just listen to the track a few dozen times, read up on your read ups over at Red’s site and I’ll see you on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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One Response to “J. Hines and the Fellows – Camelot Time”

1. Stu says:

   December 22, 2013 at 1:49 pm

   I love this record, it swings so nicely! Thanks