{"id":2162,"date":"2012-01-19T06:25:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T11:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2012-02-21T14:38:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T19:38:51","slug":"benny-gordon-and-the-soul-brothers-i-cant-turn-you-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2162","title":{"rendered":"Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers – I Can’t Turn You Loose"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Benny Gordon
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Listen\/Download -Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers – I Can’t Turn You Loose <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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

The tune I bring you today is the result of a longtime obsession.<\/p>\n

I have been picking up 45s by Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers<\/strong> for well over a decade, when, and wherever I find them.<\/p>\n

For years they remained an almost complete mystery, aside from one 45 that suggested to me (correctly as it turns out) that they hailed from South Carolina.<\/p>\n

Then, a few years back, my man Red Kelly<\/strong>, captain of the mighty B-Side<\/strong> blog <\/a>(and many others<\/em>) put up a couple of different posts that blew the whole thing wide open, revealing that Benny Gordon and Sammy Gordon<\/strong> (of the Hip Huggers)<\/strong> were first cousins and bandmates, but also that although they started out in the Carolinas, they did most of their heavy lifting in New York City.<\/p>\n

The Benny Gordon discography stretches from about 1962 to 1973, with the Soul Brothers label being employed from 1964 to 1967.<\/p>\n

The first Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers 45 I ever found was their cover of JD Bryant\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Get It (Come and Get It)\u2019 and since then have come to consider them among the finest of what I have often referred to as \u2018journeyman\u2019 soul groups, i.e. artists that seemed to have worked long and hard, for a variety of labels, without ever really breaking through to a higher level of success.<\/p>\n

The group was the house band at Trude Heller\u2019s<\/strong> discotheque in New York City and even played at Truman Capote\u2019s<\/strong> famous Black and White Ball in 1966.<\/p>\n

Their extremely energetic cover of Otis Redding\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018I Can\u2019t Turn You Loose\u2019 sounds every bit the work of a seasoned soul band.<\/p>\n

Moving at double (and a half?<\/em>) speed Benny and the band really work it out.<\/p>\n

I would relish the opportunity to whip this one on a crowd of well-oiled dancers.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll be back on Friday.<\/p>\n

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