Listen/Download -Bobby Boseman – Astrological Soul Train MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is upon us, and so then is the Funky16Corners Radio Show, which pops into the airwaves of the interwebs each and every Friday. You can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on Stitcher, TuneIn and Mixcloud, check out the show on Cruising Radio in the UK, or grab yourself an MP3 right here at Funky16Corners.com

We finish out the week  – following a bunch of gospel –  with something decidedly more secular (and funky).

Bobby Boseman is one of those intriguing characters from the classic soul era.

Hailing from Texas, he originally recorded a few 45s under the name Gashead (yes, Gashead) for the Paradise label, later heading to California.

In Cali he joined up with Leon Haywood for one 45 on the Evejim label in 1970, and then recorded one last time – in a funky style – for the Tangerine/TRC imprint with ‘Astrological Soul Train’ in 1972.

The song, basically a funky, Wilson Pickett-esque party record (dig that kick drum at the beginning), combining the popular themes of astrology and ‘soul trains’, and it has the sound of a somewhat earlier side (1972 was really pushing the outer limits of when a record like this might have hit the charts).

Interestingly enough the song was written and produced by another Texan-gone-west, keyboard man Willard Burton (as in The Funky Four).

In an odd footnote, ‘Astrological Soul Train’ was later sampled by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in the song ‘Calvin’.

Unfortunately, after ‘Astrological Soul Train’, there doesn’t appear to be any evidence that Bobby Boseman ever set foot in a recording studio again.

So get down with your bad selves, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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