{"id":2798,"date":"2012-05-22T15:02:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T20:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2012-06-21T15:53:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T20:53:28","slug":"the-mighty-imperials-thunder-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2798","title":{"rendered":"The Mighty Imperials – Thunder Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I am happy to pop back up here with an unexpected mid-week surprise post.<\/em><\/p>\n

First off, I wanted to let you all know that there is a new, extra groovy Funky16Corners<\/strong>-related sticker on the way.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not going to say what it is right now, but I assure you that you will dig it and want to use it to deface both your own, and other people\u2019s personal property, marking your territory like any proper soul fan would.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be selling these stickers at a nominal cost. There are a few old Funky16Corners bumper sticker requests pending (thanks to the clusterfuck our lives have become around here<\/em>) but if you good folks will hang tight I\u2019ll toss one of the new stickers in the envelope and mail them out as soon as they get here.<\/p>\n

That said, I have often used the term \u201cslept on\u2019 in this space to indicate when I (or anyone else) ought to have been aware of a particularly good piece of music (or artist) and was not.<\/p>\n

Such is the case with the bone-rattling 45 I bring to you today.<\/p>\n

While I would not describe myself as a rabid fan of a lot of modern soul and funk in the retro stylee<\/em>, I do know what I like and when I hear it it goes into the rotation, both personally and on the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> (Friday nights at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>, or whenever you feel like it<\/em> on your iPod).<\/p>\n

A while back I was tuned into my friend Michael Newman\u2019s Hinky Dinky Time Radio Show<\/strong><\/a> and he dropped a bomb that grabbed me by the ears and shook hard.<\/p>\n

Michael does not focus solely on soul and funk, but has impeccable taste in pop, soul and rock, so what he does choose to air is outstanding, and today\u2019s selection is no exception.<\/p>\n

While I had heard of the Mighty Imperials<\/strong> \u2013 they are after all a part of the consistently remarkable Daptone<\/strong><\/a> organization \u2013 I had not heard any of their stuff.<\/p>\n

When Michael dropped \u2018Thunder Chicken\u2019 into his playlist I was all like \u2018What the hey?<\/em>\u2019 (in a good way) and all \u201cI got to get me some of this!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

As soon as I discovered that this was in fact a new(ish) record I was even more pleased.<\/p>\n

I have a fair amount of modern soul\/funk\/afrobeat on the Funky16Corners Radio Show, but there\u2019s a lot more that I do not spin, because \u2013 as was the case 25 years ago in the retro garage\/mod scene \u2013 sometimes, despite the best intentions, people end up sounding like they\u2019re trying too hard, by which I mean the music ends up (for a variety of reasons) lacking a certain organic quality.<\/p>\n

Nothing sucks more than soul or funk without one or the other (or both) and because I endeavor to provide the folks that come here (and to the radio show) with a certain level of quality, when I am served weak sauce, I send it back to the kitchen.<\/p>\n

This, however, is not one of those times.<\/p>\n

\u2018Thunder Chicken\u2019 is, in a word, slamming.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As far as I can tell it is close to (or a little bit more than) a decade old, and I am embarrassed to admit to having missed the boat in the first place on account of I would have been spinning this one out in funk sets if I had it, which I didn\u2019t, but I will now, \u2018cuz I can, so there.<\/em><\/p>\n

The whole band is cooking but extra special big ups go out to drummer Homer Steinweiss<\/strong> who comes correct.<\/p>\n

So dig the mighty Imperials, and if you do, head on over to Daptone<\/strong> (or Amazon<\/strong><\/a>, or Ebay<\/strong><\/a> where their stuff is plentiful) and grab yourself some.<\/p>\n

I’ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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