{"id":2806,"date":"2012-05-27T16:05:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T21:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2012-06-21T15:54:25","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T20:54:25","slug":"two-by-bobby-womack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2806","title":{"rendered":"Two by Bobby Womack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBobby Womack<\/strong>
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Listen\/Download Bobby Womack – Simple Man <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

I hope the new week finds you all well.<\/p>\n

If you are a longtime follower of the Funky16Corners<\/strong> blog, you\u2019ll already know that this time of year usually brings our Pledge Drive, complete with a grip of new mixes.<\/p>\n

If you know that, you\u2019re also probably familiar with the difficulties here at the Funky16Corners compound.<\/p>\n

This has been an especially trying year, with all kinds of challenges related to my wife\u2019s treatment, as well as all the logistical issues that come with it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m here to tell you that things are on track, and summer is nigh, so the Funky16Corners Pledge Drive will be happening (if a bit later than usual<\/em>)\u00a0 this year.<\/p>\n

The mix requests have been sent out (some positive replies have already arrived) and I have a very groovy premium in the works, so stay tuned over the next few weeks for updates in that regard.<\/p>\n

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The last few months have seen funk and soul fans on the edge of their seats waiting for news about the health of the mighty Bobby Womack.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 68 year old singer\/songwriter had been diagnosed with what was thought to be colon cancer.<\/p>\n

This week he was operated on and the tumor they removed proved to be benign.<\/a><\/p>\n

We have been best by a seemingly endless string of deaths of soul, funk and disco greats in the past year, and the idea that Bobby Womack might be next was indeed chilling.<\/p>\n

This all made me think that instead of another in memorium, it would be nice to celebrate Mr Womack while he was still with us.<\/p>\n

The two cuts I bring you today are both exceptionally cool.<\/p>\n

The first, \u2018Simple Man\u2019 is one of my favorite cuts from his 1972 album \u2018Understanding\u2019, which also yielded his Number One R&B hit \u2018Woman\u2019s Gotta Have It\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018Simple Man\u2019 is a great slice of funky soul with some fuzzed out guitar, pulsing bass, rolling electric piano (with just a touch of synthesizer) and a very nice vocal by Bobby. If you can get your hands on the album, do so since it is packed with great music.<\/p>\n

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The second cut \u2013 please forgive the scratchy nature of the 45<\/em> \u2013 is the title cut from the 1973 crime drama \u2018Across 110th St\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Credited to Bobby Womack and Peace<\/strong>, the song, which made it into the R&B Top 20 in 1973 transcends the generally accepted \u2018blaxploitation\u2019 sound. It has a funky underpinning and some judiciously applied string flourishes. The album (I don\u2019t have a copy of the whole soundtrack\u2026yet<\/em>) is split between songs written and performed by Womack and instrumental tracks written by famed jazz trombonist JJ Johnson<\/strong> (both men are credited with this song).<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the music, and keep Bobby Womack in your thoughts that he makes a complete recovery.<\/p>\n

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

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

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Bobby Womack Listen\/Download Bobby Womack – Simple Man Listen\/Download Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street Greetings all. I hope the new week finds you all well. If you are a longtime follower of the Funky16Corners blog, you\u2019ll already know that this time of year usually brings our Pledge Drive, complete with a grip of new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,17,14,30,64,12,56],"tags":[163,166,164],"class_list":["post-2806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funk","category-funk-45","category-funky16corners","category-lp-tracks","category-rb","category-soul","category-soundtrack","tag-funk","tag-funky16corners","tag-soul"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMKgo-Jg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2806"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2892,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions\/2892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}