Richard Marks – Funky Four Corners (instrumental)
Richard Marks
Listen/Download – Richard Marks – Funky Four Corners (inst)
Greetings all.
I’m back, but I wouldn’t swear that I’m all there, if you know what I mean.
I make reference in this space repeatedly to the storied “real world moves” and I’m not kidding. In addition to the recent health-related stuff (things are cool, but I’m taking a little time to bounce back) we’ve had a full slate of responsibilities here in the Funky16Corners compound, which are on the cusp of a shift, which, if not resulting in a net gain of free time, will at least preclude a loss thereof.
That said, I’m whipped right now (physically, not philosophically), so I’m going to keep it relatively brief.
First off, I have one of my Marvin sets from the DC trip recorded and ready to go, bit it’s been so mix-heavy here lately I figured I’d drop some individual tracks and bring that mix into the lineup in the next few weeks.
I’m also working on a special election mix. I was pulling records for it this morning, but I still have a little theoretical/curatorial cooking to do, and there’s still four weeks until the rise of the cranks, so just know that it’ll be here sooner or later.
There’s also a brand new edition of the Funky16Corners Radio Show this week (I made sure to whip it up before all the recent excitement), so you’ll want to set aside an hour this Friday to dig it (though you can always fall by the blog on Saturday and pull down the ones and zeros for your personal listening device).
The track I bring you today is one of my DC finds, and it was a groovy one indeed.
I already knew Richard Marks’ ‘Funky Four Corners Pt1’ via a comp (it appeared here in the ‘Getting the Corners’ mix) but I hadn’t scored a copy of the 45 until my trip to Washington.
When I got the 45 and gave it a spin, I was very pleased to discover that ‘Funky Four Corners Pt2’ was no run of the mill ‘second half of a funk 45’ but rather a very cool version of the tune as guitar instrumental (a la Lowell Fulsom’s ‘Tramp’/’Pico’ pairing).
According to my man Brian Poust over at the Georgia Soul blog, Marks was an Atlanta-based guitarist, which naturally makes me think that it’s him plucking the funky git-box on FFC2.
I love the production, and the reverb and fat tone of the lead guitar on this one, so much so that I think were I to slip it into my record box, I’d be happy playing either side of this one for a room full of dancers.
I hope you dig it too, and that you all have a groovy weekend.
I’m gonna go get some snoozeration….
Peace
Larry
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hope you’re doing well!!
Hi Larry, the Roulette single was first issued locally on
Tuska 101. It was released in France as Roulette VR195 047.
Release date for the US Roulette single would be March 1969,
the Tuska single’s probably a month or so earlier
There’s a later (1972) single “Don’t Take It Out On Me” on Shout 249, probably recorded in Atlanta as Shout had relocated
there.