{"id":1732,"date":"2011-08-14T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T18:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2012-02-22T12:54:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T17:54:15","slug":"norman-t-washington-jumping-jack-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=1732","title":{"rendered":"Norman T Washington – Jumping Jack Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Norman T Washington – Jumping Jack Flash <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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

I\u2019d like to take this opportunity to welcome you all to a new week.<\/p>\n

Summer (at least as bracketed by the 4th of July and Labor Day) is on the wane with but a precious few weeks left before the tourists pack their bags and the kiddies head back to school.<\/p>\n

It is however, still quite warm and vacation-y, so how about some cool sounds for your head?<\/p>\n

I figured I\u2019d get the week started with something exceptionally cool.<\/em><\/p>\n

Many years ago, while in search of something by the mighty Mohawks*<\/strong>, I grabbed a Euro comp of Pama label stuff and stumbled upon a cut by a certain Norman T Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The song in question was a cover of Robert Parker\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Tip Toe\u2019 and via the label association and a perceived accent, my assumption was that I was hearing a West Indian gent working the soul side of the street.<\/p>\n

Though the passing years haven\u2019t turned up a whole lot of information on Mr Washington, what I have found indicates that he recorded both soul and reggae in the late 60s and early 70s almost exclusively for Jamaican or Jamaican-associated labels like Gas, Punch and Pama.<\/p>\n

Then, earlier this year his name popped up again on a friend\u2019s sale list, this time on another Pama 45 performing a cover of the Rolling Stones<\/strong> \u2018Jumping Jack Flash\u2019. As soon as I heard the sound clip I knew I had to have it.<\/p>\n

Washington\u2019s take on the Stones classic (released in 1969) is a very groovy affair, with a soulful horns and organ.<\/p>\n

The coolest part however is Washington\u2019s vocal, which has a certain continental flair. His performance tends to remove a lot of the menace of the original, replacing it with just the tiniest bit of funk.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve played this one out a few times this year, and it never fails to garner a positive response from the Mod types in the crowd (as well as pretty much everyone else).<\/p>\n

If anyone out there has some more solid info on Mr. Washington, please share it in the comments.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it (I know I do) and I\u2019ll be back on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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

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

*Speaking of the Mohawks, the flip \u2018Spinning\u2019 is a cool, semi-rocksteady groove with organ that sounds like it was contributed by none other than Mr. Hawkshaw himself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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