{"id":3512,"date":"2013-01-10T12:05:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T17:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3512"},"modified":"2013-02-14T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T16:47:20","slug":"bill-deal-and-the-rhondels-tucks-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3512","title":{"rendered":"Bill Deal and the Rhondels – Tuck’s Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Bill Deal and the Rhondels – Tuck’s Theme<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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

I hope that the end of another week finds you well.<\/p>\n

As Friday is upon us, I should remind you that the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> returns to the airwaves of the interwebs this and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>. You can also subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, or grab an MP3 here at the blog.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today has been languishing in my crates for a long ass time, mainly because of a bad case of lost-in-the-shuffle-it is.<\/em><\/p>\n

I picked up my 45 of Bill Deal and the Rhondels<\/strong> \u2018Tuck\u2019s Theme\u2019 years ago and for no good reason at all, forgot all about it.<\/p>\n

I say for no good reason because once you hear \u2018Tuck\u2019s Theme\u2019 you will \u2013 as would any sane person<\/strong> \u2013 realize that it is a superb bit of funk with a big, fat, swaggering drum break.<\/p>\n

The name Bill Deal<\/strong> may be a familiar one, especially if you have access to oldies radio here on the East Coast, the further south the better.<\/p>\n

Deal was a keyboardist and bandleader out of the Tidewater area of Virginia who \u2013 along with the Rhondels<\/strong> \u2013 hit the charts a number of times in the late 60s with their rollicking brand of brass-inflected, blue-eyed soul (covering cuts by artists like Maurice Williams<\/strong> and the Tams<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

The band recorded half a dozen 45s (and an LP) for the Heritage label (also home to the Show Stoppers<\/strong>), of which \u2018Swingin\u2019 Tight\u2019 b\/w \u2018Tuck\u2019s Theme\u2019 (released in 1969) was the fourth, it\u2019s A-side grazing the Top 40 in a number of regional markets.<\/p>\n

The cut features Deal working it out on some kind of clavinet-like electric keyboard, backed by the brass section, with a fuzzed out guitar eventually chiming in.<\/p>\n

Things really get cracking when drummer Ammon Tharp<\/strong> lays down that big, swinging break.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s really is a killer, one of those that\u2019ll have your head nodding as you get into the groove.<\/p>\n

The record has ben sampled a few times, by groups like Jurassic 5<\/strong> and People Under the Stairs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill Deal and the Rhondels became an institution on the Beach Music scene, carrying on in one form or another until Deal\u2019s passing in 2003 (though a version of the group, billed as Bill Deal\u2019s Band<\/strong> still tours today).<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the cut, and I\u2019ll see you all on Monday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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