{"id":3305,"date":"2012-10-29T11:30:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2012-11-18T15:38:13","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T20:38:13","slug":"gentleman-june-gardner-its-gonna-rain-bw-hurricane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3305","title":{"rendered":"Gentleman June Gardner – It’s Gonna Rain….b\/w HURRICANE!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Gentleman June Gardner – It’s Gonna Rain<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

I come to you from deep inside the storm, as Hurricane\/Tropical Storm\/Whatever Sandy<\/strong> beats down upon us with buckets of rain and howling winds (which are guaranteed to get a lot more howly<\/em> as the day progresses).<\/p>\n

I figured I ought to get up off of the couch and blog something before the electricity goes bye bye.<\/p>\n

I was rifling through the stacks looking for my copy of Dave Baby Cortez\u2019s \u2018Hurricane\u2019<\/strong> (which I found, and just reposted, so get it while it’s hot<\/a>) but happened upon the record you see before you first.<\/p>\n

It was as of the hand of fate took a second out of its busy day to offer up one of the all time great soul instrumentals.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s Gonna Rain\u2019 by Gentleman June Gardner<\/strong> is right up there in my Top 10 instrumental soul 45s. In fact I was shocked that’s I’d never blogged it before!<\/p>\n

I first heard it many years ago on an old Charly comp of New Orleans soul.<\/p>\n

The record you see before you was the first copy of the song I got on wax. Oddly enough in an Australian pressing of Gentleman June\u2019s LP (released on Emarcy here in the US).<\/p>\n

I have since then grabbed the US LP and 45 (can\u2019t have to many copies of a great record!), but I keep wondering how this record got released in Australia (I liken it to the NZ pressing of the 13th Floor Elevators<\/strong> \u2018You\u2019re Gonna Miss Me\u2019).<\/p>\n

Gardner was a New Orleans based drummer and bandleader who recorded great music inside and outside that city (he also worked with the mighty Sam Cooke<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

The extra groovy thing about this one \u2013 which I didn\u2019t discover until I\u2019d had it for a few years \u2013 is that it is a cover of a tune by Sonny and Cher<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n

The OG, which was released on the flip-side of \u2018I Got You Babe\u2019 is a garage-au-go-go cruncher and probably the most surprising thing in the S&C discography.<\/p>\n

Though I don\u2019t know this for sure, my suspicion has long been that Gardner was hepped to the tune by his NOLA homeboy Harold Battiste<\/strong>, who was working out on the coast as musical director for Mr. & Mrs. Bono.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s Gonna Rain\u2019 is a certified soul stomper that\u2019ll have you out of your seat and twisting before you know it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the perfect antidote to this bitch of a storm that\u2019s sitting on top of us right now (and promises to get a lot worse before it\u2019s over).<\/p>\n

Keep your fingers crossed that those of us on the Eastern seaboard make it through Sandy in one piece (or at least as few pieces as possible).<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll see you all tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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

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

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