{"id":1218,"date":"2011-01-20T15:48:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T20:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2013-05-27T16:44:02","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T21:44:02","slug":"the-impacts-thunder-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=1218","title":{"rendered":"The Impacts – Thunder Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – The Impacts – Thunder Chicken <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

NOTE: If you downloaded the file in the first half hour or so after I published this post, you got a shortened version of the track that cuts off about 15 seconds too soon. I have since uploaded a new file that should be OK.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

How\u2019s about some smoking, hard charging soul jazz to close out the week?<\/p>\n

First, might I remind you that this Friday night at 9PM the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> will be back on <\/a>Viva Radio<\/a> <\/strong>with another hour of the finest in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove, all on vinyl.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t tell you much about today\u2019s selection, other than it kicks a boatload of ass.<\/p>\n

I picked the Impacts<\/strong> \u2018Thunder Chicken\u2019 45 (gotta love that title) years ago during an attempt to complete the Marmaduke discography.<\/p>\n

A Philadelphia-based imprint started by Len Barry<\/strong> and Bernie Binnick<\/strong>, Marmaduke was originally home to the Electric Indian<\/strong> (before a move to UA) and a few much more obscure bands like the Hidden Cost, Norma and the Heartaches, Race Street Chinatown Band<\/strong> and Daley\u2019s Diggers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The only thing I\u2019ve been able to track down about the Impacts is that they seem to have been the backing band on a number of Philly 45s for artists like Rocky Brown, Monica<\/strong> and Herb Johnson<\/strong> on the Toxsan label.<\/p>\n

None of those recordings would indicate that that had a killer like \u2018Thunder Chicken\u2019 in their repertoire.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t say for sure, but it seems to me that like many other musicians working in the soul recording studios of America\u2019s cities in the 60s, the Impacts may have been frustrated jazzers churning out pop, soul and funk to get a paycheck.<\/p>\n

Listening to the raging \u2018Thunder Chicken\u2019, with its unison jazz guitar and saxophone leads, swinging drums and hand claps, you get a picture of a Saturday night party in a smoky Philly bar.<\/p>\n

The flipside, \u2018Brown Finger\u2019 (?!?!) is a much slower, laid back affair with none of the fire of \u2018Thunder Chicken\u2019.<\/p>\n

A brilliant, but obscure record that needs to be heard.<\/p>\n

So there you go.<\/p>\n

Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n

Peace<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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