{"id":2268,"date":"2012-02-07T16:18:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T21:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2012-02-21T14:34:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T19:34:40","slug":"evergreen-blues-bring-it-on-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2268","title":{"rendered":"Evergreen Blues – Bring It On Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Evergreen Blues<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download -Evergreen Blues – Bring It On Back <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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

The tune I bring you today is a little something from my ongoing horn rock obsession, crossed with the sounds of East LA.<\/p>\n

I picked up the Evergreen Blues<\/strong> album while I was out digging, knowing nothing of their music, but sure (thanks to various and sundry context clues<\/em>) that they were of a 1960s vintage.<\/p>\n

When I got the record home and gave it a listen I was surprised to hear a lot of soul where I was expecting something a little psyche and decided that I ought to see what I could discover.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, the Evergreen Blues got their start in East LA as the Two Thirds Majority<\/strong>, changing their name to the Evergreen Blues around the time they signed their first major label record contract (with Mercury) in 1967.<\/p>\n

They recorded their first album that year, which included the original version of song that would become much better known in a recording by the Grass Roots<\/strong>, \u2018Midnight Confession\u2019.<\/p>\n

That song was written by Lou T Josie<\/strong>, who would contribute a few songs to their second album (recorded for ABC) , including today\u2019s selection \u2018Bring It On Back\u2019 (not the same song that was recorded by Dyke and the Blazers<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

The Evergreen Blues sound, led by vocalist Manny Esparza<\/strong>, was organ and horn driven soul\/rock. Unlike a lot of their contemporaries, the horn section wasn\u2019t employed as a jazz proxy, but rather in the classic Stax\/Volt style.<\/p>\n

The Evergreen Blues were a great example of the kind of fusions going on in East LA where Chicano musicians were mixing R&B and rock in lots of interesting ways.<\/p>\n

Following their second album, Evergreen Blues changed their name to Elijah<\/strong> and recorded two albums (at least one with the help of Al Kooper<\/strong>) during the early 70s.<\/p>\n

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

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