{"id":1416,"date":"2011-03-29T11:46:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T16:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2012-02-22T16:00:43","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T21:00:43","slug":"jackie-mittoo-soul-finger-and-some-loose-ends-tied-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=1416","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Mittoo – Soul Finger and some loose ends tied up…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jackie Mittoo and a huge stone lion…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download – Jackie Mittoo – Soul Finger <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download – Jackie Mittoo – Who Done It <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download – Byron Lee and the Dragonaires – Who Done It <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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

I hope everyone is feeling groovy in the middle of week.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned in Monday\u2019s post, I\u2019ve been in discussions about some cool DJ stuff in the next few months, and as soon as it\u2019s all firmed up I\u2019ll pass on all the details to you.<\/p>\n

I would also like to request once again that if you have a couple of bucks you feel like throwing at a very good cause, please<\/em> click on the POAC<\/strong> link below. The whole Funky16Corners<\/strong> fam will be walking to raise money for autism services here in the area. This is a cause that hits very close to home (so close as to actually be in it<\/em>), so anything you can do is greatly appreciated (and many<\/em> thanks to those of you who have already donated).<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s post manages to both bring you something new, and do a little bit of a call-back\/clarification to an earlier post.
\nI\u2019ll go ahead and assume that most of you are already familiar with the name Jackie Mittoo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mittoo was one of the most prominent ska\/rock steady\/reggae organists (playing with the Skatalites <\/strong>and the Soul Vendors<\/strong> among others) in Jamaica during the 60s, before he relocated to Canada at the end of the decade. He continued to play and record until his untimely death on 1990.<\/p>\n

Like most other Jamaican musicians of the time, Mittoo was a big fan of American soul and funk, and recorded his fair share of cover material (one of my fave being \u2018Hip Hug\u2019 his funky take on Booker T and the MGs<\/strong> \u2018Hip Hug Her\u2019).<\/p>\n

Back in October of last year I posted a very groovy cover of Monk Higgins <\/strong>\u2018Who Dun It?\u2019 as recorded\/retitled by Byron Lee and the Dragonaires<\/strong> as \u2018Who Done It\u2019. The version on that album gave writer\u2019s credit to Jackie Mittoo, and at the time I wondered if it were him playing on the track (the Lee album didn\u2019t list any individual musicians).<\/p>\n

Flash forward a few months and I needed a 12 x 12 picture frame, so I took down my copy of the \u2018Jackie Mittoo in London\u2019 album, which had been hanging over my turntables for a few years. I grabbed it originally maybe 10 years ago, recorded the cuts I liked and filed it, forgetting until I took it down that it also contained a version of \u2018Who Done It\u2019.<\/p>\n

I re-recorded a couple of tracks for the blog, and decided to go back and compare the version from \u2018Jackie Mittoo In London\u2019 with the one I posted last year (reposted above).<\/p>\n

As it turns out, the arrangement is very similar, with the earlier version by Mittoo winning out (at least to my ears).<\/p>\n

While this doesn\u2019t exactly confirm that Mittoo is playing on the Lee album (that could very well be someone who wasn\u2019t familiar with the Higgins OG and copying\/crediting Mittoo\u2019s arrangement), it pushed me a little further in that direction.<\/p>\n

That said, the cut I was originally going to post today, was Mittoo\u2019s excellent cover version of the Bar-Kays\u2019<\/strong> \u2018Soul Finger\u2019. Here you get Mittoo\u2019s organ subbing for the Bar-Kays horns (though there is a trumpet in the mix), and someone (not sure who) laying down a very tasty guitar solo. The only clue that this is from a reggae album is the sound of the second lead guitar, and the somewhat suspect fidelity (as opposed to ‘Who Done It’ which is played with a rock steady beat).<\/p>\n

Both cuts are very cool and I hope you dig them.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be back on Friday with the second mix from last week\u2019s Spindletop<\/strong> gig.<\/p>\n

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

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

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\nAlso, make sure that you check out the POAC link below (click on the logo), in regard to the April 2nd walk. The whole Funky16Corners gang will be walking in support of autism services, and any contribution you could make would be greatly appreciated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you want one of the new Funky16Corners stickers (free, of course) click here for info.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Check out the Funky16Corners Store at Cafe Press<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

PS Head over to Iron Leg for some late period British Beat.<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jackie Mittoo and a huge stone lion…   Listen\/Download – Jackie Mittoo – Soul Finger Listen\/Download – Jackie Mittoo – Who Done It   Listen\/Download – Byron Lee and the Dragonaires – Who Done It   Greetings all. I hope everyone is feeling groovy in the middle of week. As I mentioned in Monday\u2019s post, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[58,20,14,68,66,30,48,12],"tags":[166,27,47,172,164],"class_list":["post-1416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cover-songs","category-dj-gigs","category-funky16corners","category-hammond-grooves","category-instrumental","category-lp-tracks","category-reggae","category-soul","tag-funky16corners","tag-hammond-organ","tag-island-soul","tag-reggae","tag-soul"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMKgo-mQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1416"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1531,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions\/1531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}