{"id":1256,"date":"2011-01-27T14:42:06","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T19:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2014-10-23T15:46:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T20:46:35","slug":"etta-james-sugar-pie-desanto-in-the-basement-pt1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=1256","title":{"rendered":"Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto – In the Basement Pt1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Etta James and Sugar Pie DeSanto – In the Basement Pt1 <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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

The end of the week is finally here, and in one of the great feats of meteorologic redundancy, we are once again buried in snow.<\/em><\/p>\n

Were I a resident of the Arctic I would have nothing to complain about, but this is New Jersey, where we are supposedly exempt from this kind of foolishness.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s not a damn thing we can do about it either, which is why I\u2019m bitching.<\/p>\n

This is the part of the week-ending post where I remind you all to fall by this week’s Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>, where I’ll be whipping Part 2 of the Northern Soul Dance Party<\/strong> on your ears. Remember, if you can’t listen Friday at 9PM, you can always stop by the blog over the weekend and pick up the show in MP3 form.<\/p>\n

However, like the postal service, neither rain, nor sleet, snow, ice globs the size of baseballs or falling space junk can keep me from my appointed rounds, so here I am.<\/p>\n

In the spirit of priming the engine for the weekend, so that the festivities can get off on the good foot, I dug down into the crates and pulled out a certified soul party burner.<\/p>\n

We recently heard the sad news that the mighty (and I mean that in every sense of the word) Miss Etta James<\/strong> is ailing once again. Hers has been a long, troubled but musically amazing life, straddling the eras of R&B, soul and funk.<\/p>\n

She had the skills to sing (now) standards like \u2018At Last\u2019, dance floor killers like \u2018Something\u2019s Got a Hold On Me\u2019 and \u2018Payback\u2019 , the Muscle Shoals heat of \u2018Tell Mama\u2019 right on through solid funk like \u2018Tighten Up Your Own Thing\u2019.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is what is considered to be a genuinely legendary Mod soul side, and has the extra added power of a dynamite duet partner, Miss Sugar Pie DeSanto.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Released on Cadet in 1966, \u2018In the Basement\u2019 is just under two and a half minutes of white hot, hand clapping, foot sliding, hip swinging soul power with two truly great voices trading lines.<\/p>\n

What you have here \u2013 in a sane world<\/em> \u2013 would be elevated to the level of National Soul Anthem, on account of this is really what it\u2019s all about. If you\u2019ve ever had the pleasure of spinning hot 45s for a groovy crowd, or cut a rug to some laying it down, you have some of the musical DNA of this record running through your veins.<\/p>\n

Ohh, now tell me where can you party, child, all night long?
\nIn the basement, down in the basement, yeah.
\nOh where can you go when your money gets low?
\nIn the basement, whoa down in the basement
\nAnd if a storm is taking place, you can jam and still be safe
\nIn the basement, down in the basement, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Where can you dance to any music you choose?
\nIn the basement, whoa down in the basement
\nOh, you got the comforts of home, a nightclub too.
\nIn the basement, whoa down in the basement.
\nThere\u2019s no cover charge or fee and the food and drinks are free,
\nIn the basement, down in the basement<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This is, as they say, the shit, and then some. What Friday nights are all about.<\/p>\n

As a matter of fact, I can guarantee you that when I take to the decks next week at the After the Laughter Soul Club<\/strong> at Lulus in Greenpoint, I will have this 45 in my box, and when the moment is right, when the crowd has consumed just the right combination of greasy soul, cold beer and good times, I will whip this onto the decks and push the whole affair to the next level.<\/p>\n

Solid.<\/strong>
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\nHave yourselves a great weekend, and I\u2019ll be back on Monday with a funky mix.<\/p>\n

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

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

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