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Funky16Corners Radio v.83 – Really Together!
\nRecorded live at Master Groove @ Forbidden City 3\/10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Perry & the Harmonics \u2013 Do the Monkey With James (Mercury)
\nEmperors \u2013 My Baby Likes To Boogaloo (Mala)
\nScatman Crothers \u2013 Golly Zonk! (It\u2019s Scat Man) (HBR)
\nDave Davani Four \u2013 The Jupe (Capitol)
\nJimmy Hannah and the Dynamics \u2013 Leaving Here (Seafair\/Bolo)
\nRodge Martin \u2013 Lovin\u2019 Machine (Bragg)
\nBobby Parker \u2013 Watch Your Step (V-Tone)
\nDave Baby Cortez \u2013 Getting\u2019 To the Point (Chess)
\nBenny Spellman \u2013 Fortune Teller (Minit)
\nDerek Martin \u2013 Daddy Rollin\u2019 Stone (Cracker Jack)
\nChuck Edwards \u2013 Downtown Soulville (Punch)
\nSoul Clan \u2013 Soul Meeting (Atlantic)
\nFreddy Scott & Orchestra \u2013 Pow City (Marlin)
\nSugar Pie DeSanto \u2013 Go Go Power (Checker)
\nBilly Vera & Judy Clay \u2013 Really Together (Atlantic)
\nLewis Clark \u2013 Dog (Ain\u2019t a Man\u2019s Best Friend) (Brent)
\nOliver Morgan \u2013 La La Man (Seven B)
\nRoy Lee Johnson \u2013 Boogaloo #3 (Josie)
\nDottie Cambridge \u2013 He\u2019s About a Mover (MGM)
\nGentleman June Gardner \u2013 It\u2019s Gonna Rain (Emarcy)
\nBenny Spellman \u2013 I Feel Good (Atlantic)
\nBrother Jack McDuff \u2013 Too Many Fish In the Sea (Prestige)
\nShirley Ellis \u2013 The Nitty Gritty (Congress)
\nRay Charles \u2013 Sticks and Stones (ABC)
\nBobby Freeman \u2013 C\u2019Mon and Swim Pt1 (Autumn)<\/strong><\/div>\n

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

As promised I have returned to you with last Wednesday\u2019s set from Master Groove @ Forbidden City<\/strong>. Things just keep getting better there, with the nicer weather bringing in bigger crowds, and the quality of the records played remaining consistently high.
\nI know I\u2019ve said this before, but allow me to restate the obvious once again. Much like the Asbury Park 45 Sessions<\/strong> (from which many of the Master Groove DJs come), Master Groove is really the place to be if you want to hear all manner of fine, funky and soulful music selected and mixed by people who really know what they\u2019re doing. The really groovy thing is, none of the DJs, either the \u2018house\u2019 selectors DJ Bluewater<\/strong> and M-Fasis<\/strong>, or the rotating cast of guest spinners, are working the exact same kind of sounds. The records themselves are different, and the sensibilities applied to their presentation are unique, and all worth hearing. Unlike a night dedicated purely to funk 45s, or Northern soul, or any other specific genre, each of the Master Groove DJs brings an interesting spin (pun intended) on the music.
\nI find the night especially rewarding because my host, DJ Bluewater, has been very cool about encouraging me to change things up, thus the diversity of the mixes\/sets I\u2019ve done there.
\nThis time out I had my mind set on either downtempo or Mod soul, and went with the latter (which turned out to be cool since on the same day I drove up to Forbidden City I got an invite to work on a long-form set for a radio show, in which the planned downtempo mix will expand to twice its original size, details to follow).
\nNow, my definition of \u2018Mod soul\u2019 is loosely based in a formula mixing hard dancefloor soul, soul jazz (especially Hammond grooves) and a touch of proto-soul\/R&B. The end result should be (and was) danceable, tuneful and above all groovy. While I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a Mod or two out there that might take issue with my selections, it is (as always) impossible to please everyone.
\nThings get off to a rousing start with one of my all-time favorite 45s, \u2018Do the Monkey With James\u2019 by Perry & the Harmonics<\/strong>. I remember the day I found this 45s. I had never heard of the band, but with a title like that, how could I pass it by? Good thing I let it play too, because on another day, when I was less patient, I may very well have put the 45 back in the box after hearing a slow intro like that. Just wait until that organ kicks in. KABLAMMM!!<\/em><\/strong>
\nMost soul collectors will point you in the direction of Don Gardner\u2019s <\/strong>unfuckwithable OG version of \u2018My Baby Likes to Boogaloo\u2019, but I have a soft spot in my heart for the garagey edge to the Emperors<\/strong> cover version. They take some of the slam out of Gardner\u2019s version and replace it with an echoey sort of menace. Very cool.
\nI\u2019ve written about Scatman Crothers\u2019<\/strong> \u2018Golly Zonk! (It\u2019s Scat Man)\u2019 before, but I must reiterate that this is becoming one of my favorite 45s.
\nDave Davani\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018The Jupe\u2019 is a stylish, swinging slice of UK Hammond. Nuff said.<\/em>
\nI\u2019ve always been a huge fan of the Pacific Northwest sound. The R&B was always sharp and the rock always had a soulful edge. Jimmy Hannah and the Dynamics <\/strong>were an integrated combo who were one of the stars of the PNW scene. Give their version of Eddie Holland\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Leaving Here\u2019 a couple of listens. As it stands right now (and I can\u2019t promise this won\u2019t change), it\u2019s my favorite version of that particular song.
\nRodge Martin<\/strong> only recorded a few 45s in his lifetime, but \u2018Lovin\u2019 Machine\u2019, which I first heard as an 80s cover (Secret Service<\/strong>) of a 60s cover (Easybeats<\/strong>) is one of the hottest soul 45s you\u2019ll ever come across. Look for the film of him performing this tune live on a Nashville TV show in 1966. Powerful stuff.
\nBobby Parker\u2019s<\/strong> rave up \u2018Watch Your Step\u2019 is, in addition to being an ass kicker of a record, also provided the blueprint for a number of other records by lesser known<\/em> artists like the Beatles<\/strong> and Led Zeppelin<\/strong>.
\nTighten your belt, because once you hear Dave Baby Cortez\u2019<\/strong> heavy \u2018Gettin\u2019 To the Point\u2019 your trousers may actually get blown off.
\nSpeaking of powerful, influential records, Benny Spellman\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Fortune Teller\u2019 was covered many, many times, but I always find myself returning to the original for that Allen Toussaint<\/strong> piano and that rich, New Orleans feel.
\nThe appeal of Derek Martin\u2019s <\/strong>\u2018Daddy Rollin\u2019 Stone\u2019 can be boiled down to two short words: bad ass.<\/strong>
\nYou already know I\u2019m a huge fan of Chuck Edwards<\/strong>, and his \u2018Downtown Soulville\u2019 is one of the truly great soul 45s. It should tell you something that no less a light than the mighty Mr. Finewine <\/strong>made it his signature record.
\nThe Soul Clan <\/strong>\u2013 Don Covay, Solomon Burke, Arthur Conley, Joe Tex and Ben E King <\/strong>\u2013 fulfilled every ounce of their collective promise in the top side of their only 45, \u2018Soul Meeting\u2019. One can only imagine what might have been had they sustained that level for an entire album\u2026
\nFreddy Scott <\/strong>\u2013 along with various and sundry combinations of musicians \u2013 waxed some of the heaviest soul and funk 45s to come out of Florida in the 60s. \u2018Pow City\u2019 lives up to its title in a big way.
\nSugar Pie DeSanto\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Go Go Power\u2019 is a stone killer, and a 45 that eluded me for a long time. Imagine my delight when I found it a few years back. It ought to have been a big hit.
\nThough \u2018Really Together\u2019is credited to both Billy Vera <\/strong>and Judy Clay<\/strong>, as far as I can tell Clay does not appear on the song. Relegated to the b-side of one of their 45s, \u2018Really Together\u2019 –\u00a0 barely two minutes long –\u00a0 is a real eye opener. One of those \u2018where has this record been all of my life\u2019 <\/em>records.
\nI\u2019ve never been able to find out anything about Lewis Clark<\/strong>, but \u2018Dog (Ain\u2019t a Man\u2019s Best Friend)\u2019 is a real floor filler.
\nOliver Morgan <\/strong>was one of the great New Orleans soul singers of the 60s. \u2018La La Man\u2019 written and arranged by the mighty Eddie Bo<\/strong>, was an answer record of sorts, to Morgan\u2019s 1963 single \u2018Who Shot the La La\u2019 (also written by Bo), and features a killer vocal by Morgan, and some hot, HOT snare drum.
\nAtlanta\u2019s own Roy Lee Johnson<\/strong>, previously of Dr. Feelgood and the Interns<\/strong>, recorded \u2018Boogaloo #3\u2019 in 1966. The record has an amazing swing to it, with the guitar line and the saxophone accents. I love it!
\nRumor is that \u2018Dottie Cambridge\u2019,<\/strong> with her driving cover of the Sir Douglas Quintet\u2019s \u2018She\u2019s (He\u2019s) About a Mover\u2019 was none other that Dorothy Moore<\/strong> who later hit the charts with \u2018Misty Blue\u2019.
\nBelieve it or not, Gentleman June Gardner\u2019s <\/strong>New Orleans classic \u2018It\u2019s Gonna Rain\u2019 is a cover of a Sonny and Cher<\/strong> B-side. Believe it further <\/em>or not, the Sonny and Cher original (with vocals) is a soul-garage killer. Check it out sometime.
\nWe return to the sound of Mr Benny Spellman<\/strong> with yet another soul classic that I first heard second-hand (via the Artwoods<\/strong> cover), \u2018I Feel Good\u2019. If you can find yourself a copy of this 45, flip it over for \u2018The Word Game\u2019, which recycles the instrumental track from composer Allen Toussaint\u2019s earlier band the Stokes\u2019<\/strong> \u2018Young Man Old Man\u2019.
\nBrother Jack McDuff\u2019s<\/strong> cover of the Marvelettes <\/strong>\u2018Too Many Fish In the Sea\u2019 is a Hammond classic.
\nThough I\u2019ve always been partial to Gladys Knight and the Pips\u2019<\/strong> funked up cover of the tune, there\u2019s no denying the power of Shirley Ellis\u2019<\/strong> classic original version of \u2018The Nitty Gritty\u2019.
\nI\u2019d like to say that the first time I heard Titus Turner\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Sticks and Stones\u2019 it was coming out of Ray Charles\u2019 <\/strong>mouth, but it was another one of those cover-of-a-cover things (Secret Service<\/strong> covering the Zombies<\/strong>). Nobody did it better than Brother Ray.
\nThis set closes out with an old favorite, co-written and produced by Sly Stone<\/strong>, that being Bobby Freeman\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018C\u2019mon and Swim\u2019, a heavy, serious soul party record that was actually a sizeable hit in 1964.
\nSo, I hope you dig the set, and I\u2019ll be back later in the week with something cool.<\/p>\n

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