Detroit City Limits – 98 Cents Plus Tax
Johnny Griffith
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Greetings all
The middle of the week is upon us, and in furtherance of our collective Sisyphean journey, I thought we might endeavor to roll that rock up the hill with style.
We do so with a very tasty bit of Motor City instrumental groove, courtesy of Detroit City Limits.
Though I haven’t seen a definitive listing for who played on the album (released by Okeh in 1968), it is certainly the work of various and sundry Funk Brothers, some of whom (Messrs Johnny Griffith, Jack Ashford and Mighty Mike Terry) are credited directly.
The album is a collection of mostly contemporary cover material (Marvin and Tammi, Intruders, Delfonics, Martha and the Vandellas, Sly and the Family Stone), but there are a couple of extremely nice originals as well.
One of those is the track we gather to groove on today, ’98 Cents Plus Tax’ (composed by Johnny Griffith).
If memory serves, I was hipped to this cut originally on a mix tape passed on to me some years ago, failed in my initial attempts to track down the record, and filed it in the dusty back rooms of my memory.
That was until the LP popped up in a friend’s sales list, the old memory was jogged and for the low, low price of a single ten-dollar bill, the record she was mine.
The 45 of ’98 Cents…’ trades hands for heavy money, but as always (almost always, anyway) I’m happier with the LP since I get all of that extra music.
The tune is a hard-charging, organ driven burner with some heavy drums as well. Dig the way the tremeloed guitar plays in synch with the organ, It makes for a very meaty sound indeed!
Use this one to light up the dance floor of your choice, and I’ll see you all on Friday.
Keep the faith
Larry
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Themocracy
Thank you for publishing this about my dad…. ????
I love his work. I was just listening to ‘Do It’ this morning.