{"id":3334,"date":"2012-11-18T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T19:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3334"},"modified":"2013-02-14T11:40:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T16:40:07","slug":"papa-don-association-souled-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3334","title":{"rendered":"Papa Don Association – Souled Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Papa Don Association – Souled Out<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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

Welcome to another fine week here at the Funky16Corners.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is one of those records that I knew of, but hadn\u2019t heard until very recently, when it turned up in a friend\u2019s sale list.<\/p>\n

If any part of the name Papa Don Association<\/strong> rings a bell, it might be because the man behind the record is in fact famed southern soul producer\/songwriter Papa Don Schroeder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Known to soul fans for his work with artists like James and Bobby Purify<\/strong> and Mighty Sam<\/strong> (and his familiar PDP logo on their 45s) Schroeder was a significant presence on the southern scene during the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Released in 1968, the sole 45 by The Papa Don Association featured the song you see before you today \u2013 \u2018Souled Out\u2019 (credited to Schroeder) \u2013 and a reworking of Procol Harum\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Whiter Shade of Pale\u2019 on the flipside.<\/p>\n

\u2018Souled Out\u2019 is a certifiably mighty piece of funky southern soul.<\/p>\n

The opening bass (some goddamn funky bass!)<\/em> and drum combo out to be in some kind of hall of fame, and the rest of the song has a muscular, Booker T and the MG\u2019s<\/strong> edge to it.<\/p>\n

If you get the chance, slap on the headphones and turn up the volume and really listen<\/em> to the drum sound. The back and forth between the snare roll and the bass drum (which almost echoes) is really something else.<\/p>\n

I have had no luck in discovering who the \u2018Papa Don Association\u2019 actually was, but my suspicion leans in the direction of the American Studios<\/strong> crew in Memphis, with whom Schroeder worked extensively during the period. There\u2019s a similarity here to Rosie Grier\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Slow Drag\u2019 that pushes me in that direction as well.<\/p>\n

This is one you want to slap on in the heat of a particularly sweaty dance if only to kick things up just a little bit more. The pulse of \u2018Souled Out\u2019 conjures up the image of any number of fine frames being shaken and stirred vigorously.<\/p>\n

This is a heater indeed, and I hope you dig it as much as I do.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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