Lonnie Youngblood

Listen/Download – Lonnie Youngblood – Roll With the Punches MP3

Greetings all.

Here’s a groovy one for you.

If you’re going to dig, you have to be able to read a label with some level of skill, i.e. pick up on the pedigree of a particular record, able to make a relative judgement about the quality of a disc by seeing who put it together.

I am always in the market for a Lonnie Youngblood 45, but when I see the name Jerry Ragovoy on the disc, and then that of James ‘The Mighty Hannibal’ Shaw, you know I’m putting that one on the ‘keeper’ pile.

Released in 1968, ‘Roll With the Punches’ is a fast moving, dance floor ready number with a great vocal by Lonnie, and some tasty backing vocals by the ladies.

I especially dig the bass (thumping!) and horns on this one, and the production by Ragovoy is predictably first-rate.

I can’t say with certainty how Hannibal placed this tune with Youngblood (or Ragovoy) but this 45 comes from the same time Hannibal was recording his own excellent 45s for Loma, so proximity would be a safe bet.

That said, it is very cool.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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