{"id":2977,"date":"2012-08-05T14:53:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T19:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2012-09-08T16:00:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T21:00:37","slug":"tim-whitsett-and-the-imperials-monkey-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2977","title":{"rendered":"Tim Whitsett and the Imperials – Monkey Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>\"Example\"
\n<\/strong>
\nA later iteration of Tim Whitsett and the Imperial Showband:
\n<\/strong>Carson Whittsett, Bucky Barret, Jimmy Hodo, Tim Whitsett and Tommy Tate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>\"Example\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Tim Whitsett and the Imperials – Monkey Man<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/del><\/p>\n

Greetings all, and welcome to another fine week here in the hothouse.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The record I bring you today fell into my ears quite providentially, via the sales list of an old friend who also happens to be one of the premiere mod DJs here on the East Coast.<\/p>\n

I gave the link a click, and as soon as I heard the sounds attached therein, I sent out an urgent missive and made it the latest addition to my crates, organ 45 subdivision.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, when I picked up \u2018Monkey Man\u2019 by Tim Whitsett and the Imperials<\/strong>, my initial thoughts were something along the lines of \u201chere\u2019s another groovy, yet painfully obscure disc, and my seemingly endless thirst for information will never be satisfied.<\/p>\n

Little did I know\u2026 (\u201cdot dot dot<\/strong>\u201d said aloud for full effect<\/em>).<\/p>\n

So, I set to Googling and was immediately shocked to discover that Tim Whitsett was not merely some talented footnote who stumbled into a recording studio but once and then \u00a0back out again into a thick cloud of obscurity.<\/p>\n

Fact is, Tim Whitsett and his band the Imperials (later known as the Imperial Show Band<\/strong>) criss-crossed the American south through the 1960s, eventually adding singer Tommy Tate<\/strong> as vocalist and sometime drummer (see pic above).<\/p>\n

They recorded the very groovy \u2018Monkey Man\u2019 in 1962 (no doubt inspired by my baby pictures\u2026) for Johnny Vincent\u2019s<\/strong> Ace label.<\/p>\n

The tune is yet another in a long line of excellent \u2018Watermelon Man\u2019-ish discs sailing all through the ether back in the day. The Imperials manage to add their own flavor to the mix with the horns (that\u2019d be Tim) and organ (Tim\u2019s brother Carson) and some wicked chicken-scratch guitar.<\/p>\n

The stories of Whitsett and his band are long and very interesting, and instead of retyping the facts, I\u2019ll just send you to their Wiki\u2019s via the links (Tim<\/a>, the band<\/a>) so that you can dip into both. Suffice to say, both stories, especially Whitsett\u2019s are very interesting.<\/p>\n

While doing so, let \u2018Monkey Man\u2019 roll around in your head on repeat play. You\u2019ll thank me later.<\/p>\n

See you on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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

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

 <\/p>\n

<\/strong>\"Example\"<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
\n___________________________________________________________________________________________
\n <\/strong>\"Example\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here to go to the ordering page.<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/strong>
\nAlso, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>\"Example\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/strong>\"Example\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If you want one of the new Funky16Corners stickers (free, of course) click here for info.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Check out the Funky16Corners Store at Cafe Press<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A later iteration of Tim Whitsett and the Imperial Showband: Carson Whittsett, Bucky Barret, Jimmy Hodo, Tim Whitsett and Tommy Tate. Listen\/Download Tim Whitsett and the Imperials – Monkey Man Greetings all, and welcome to another fine week here in the hothouse. The record I bring you today fell into my ears quite providentially, via […]<\/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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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":[14,68,66,64,12,18],"tags":[166,27,164],"class_list":["post-2977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funky16corners","category-hammond-grooves","category-instrumental","category-rb","category-soul","category-soul-45","tag-funky16corners","tag-hammond-organ","tag-soul"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMKgo-M1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977","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=2977"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3147,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977\/revisions\/3147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}