{"id":1548,"date":"2011-05-12T15:27:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T20:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2012-02-22T13:29:17","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T18:29:17","slug":"charles-mann-do-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=1548","title":{"rendered":"Charles Mann – Do It Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Charles Mann – Do It Again<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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Greetings all, and welcome to the end of the week.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

All is well \u2013 relatively speaking \u2013 with nothing overtly positive to report, but nothing horrifying either, so I\u2019ll just remain tied to the mast and hope the boat stays on course.<\/p>\n

This is of course the part of the week where I remind you that the Funky16Corners Radio Show <\/strong>is about due for its weekly eruption over at Viva Radio,<\/strong><\/a> with all of the groovy sounds you have \u2013 as a connoisseur of the finer things in soul \u2013 become accustomed to. Friday night at 9PM<\/strong> is the time, followed over the weekend by the appearance of the MP3 version thereof over at the blog, where you can pull down the ones and zeros at your leisure.<\/p>\n

The number I bring you today is another very groovy cover version (making it a clean sweep this week) of one of my all time favorite groups, that being Steely Dan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The song in question is their 1972 hit \u2018Do It Again\u2019, and the covering artiste is Charles Mann.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I first heard this take on the song via a forum post on the interwebs, and as a huge fan of the Dan, and of interesting cover versions in general, I set out to find a copy of my own.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d never heard of Charles Mann before, and I have to admit that despite some searching I still don\u2019t know much.<\/p>\n

He recorded his version of \u2018Do It Again\u2019 in 1973 for the ABC label with a collection of Philly all-stars, including Bobby Eli<\/strong> (under an alias), Norman Harris, Earl Young, Ronnie Baker<\/strong> and Vince Montana<\/strong> (pretty much the heart of the MFSB<\/strong> crew), with background vocal support from Bunny Sigler<\/strong> (among others).<\/p>\n

Tracking down information on Mann proved difficult because there\u2019s a prominent swamp pop singer of the same name (who happens to be white), and because it would appear that aside from this album for ABC and some disco 12\u201ds for the LA label, the soulful Mr Mann didn\u2019t leave much of a trail.<\/p>\n

His cover of \u2018Do It Again\u2019 ramps up the tempo and fleshes out the arrangement considerably) with the Philly heads adding a healthy dose of danceability to the song. The intro is ripe for sampling\/looping and Mann\u2019s vocal is excellent.<\/p>\n

The record has that great, Philly-based pre-disco funk vibe, and the guitar work (there are two great solos, one with fuzz and one without) is superb.<\/p>\n

Mann recorded three 45s for ABC, and oddly enough \u2018Do It Again\u2019 doesn\u2019t appear to have had a domestic release on 45 (though it did come out in Europe). It is possible that since Steely Dan was also on ABC, the label didn\u2019t want to have competing versions on the singles charts.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also unusual because there aren\u2019t a lot of vocal covers of Steely Dan material out there, though I\u2019ve found a number of instrumental versions of their material (by Woody Herman<\/strong> who did a whole album of it, and Herbie Mann<\/strong>). If you\u2019re game to hear something unusual, check out the cover by Waylon Jennings.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll be back on Monday.<\/p>\n

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