{"id":3433,"date":"2012-12-23T12:04:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T17:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3433"},"modified":"2013-02-14T11:44:45","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T16:44:45","slug":"funky16corners-christmas-redux-pt2-clarence-carter-back-door-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3433","title":{"rendered":"Funky16Corners Christmas Redux Pt2 – Clarence Carter – Back Door Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Clarence Carter – Back Door Santa<\/strong><\/em><\/del><\/p>\n

NOTE: This year – as in years past – the run up to Christmas will be filled with re-postings of some of my (and your) fave soulful and funky holiday tunes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This gives you all a chance to catch up on some soulful Christmas jams, and gives me time to rest my blogging muscles and enjoy the holiday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are also two years of Funky16Corners Radio Christmas Specials (12\/24\/10 and 12\/23\/11) in the Archive.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/strong>
\nOriginally Posted 12\/2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

As I\u2019ve gone over a few different times, I\u2019ve never been a big collector of (any) holiday themed funk and soul. I may pick up a piece here and there \u2013 when it turns up \u2013 but I don\u2019t generally seek it out. This is the main reason it may take a decade or so before you see me post a Christmas edition of Funky16Corners Radio. I just don\u2019t have the raw material at my disposal.<\/p>\n

That is not to say that I would ever let the time of year go by unnoticed, and this time out I have a couple of excellent funky yule logs for ye, one you may have heard, and another that you almost certainly haven\u2019t.<\/p>\n

The former may very well be my all time favorite funk\/soul Christmas record, by one of the truly great voices of 60\u2019s and 70\u2019s soul. The singer, Mr. Clarence Carter<\/strong>, the song, \u2018Back Door Santa\u2019.<\/p>\n

First off, I suspect that someone, somewhere in the funky blog-o-sphere will be dropping this chestnut, and I don\u2019t care, on account of I love this record, and you should too, and much like spinach and yams, more than one serving will only serve to improve your overall well being.<\/p>\n

That said, Clarence rips it up here, whipping every last bit of funk they had hidden at Fame studios on you (as well as jingle bells and egg nog), with all the good Santa-related double (hardly<\/em>) entendres money can buy. Get this on thy-Pod post haste, so that over the weekend, when some wet blanket tries to throw \u2018Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer\u2019 (or, God forbid that thing where the dogs bark out \u2018Jingle Bells\u2019) on at the Christmas gathering, you can parry (and thrust<\/em>) with this big, jangling set of Christmas balls and really get the party started.<\/p>\n

I mean, seriously\u2026how can your ears suck up this groovy gravy, and your butt fail to respond\u2013 in the words of the great Lee Dorsey<\/strong> (without whom everything you do can\u2019t be funky<\/em>) \u2013 with the make-a-shake-a-make-a-hula, or however it is you likes to shake it (but don\u2019t break it).<\/p>\n

By the way, if some youngster starts tugging on your scarf when this starts playing, it\u2019s because he heard this songs very essence sampled by none other than Run DMC<\/strong> (It\u2019s Christmas in Hollis Queens!<\/em> Etc etc).<<<\/p>\n

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Peace<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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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>
\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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