{"id":379,"date":"2010-03-18T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=379"},"modified":"2013-06-12T11:31:39","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T16:31:39","slug":"mr-souls-covering-the-buffalo-springfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"Mr Soul(s): Covering the Buffalo Springfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Buffalo Springfield<\/strong>
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Percy Sledge<\/strong>
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King Curtis<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Example\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download -Percy Sledge – Kind Woman <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download -King Curtis – For What It’s Worth <\/em><\/strong><\/span>
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Greetings all. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope that the end of the week finds you all well.
\nI seem to have found temporary respite from the seasonal onslaught of pollen, which at times feels like someone is following me around tightening a vise on my head. I suspect that the damp weather amplified the problem, but pretty much all I can do is take allergy medicine and hope that it goes away.
\nThe tunes I bring you today are soulful covers of my all time favorite US 60s band (Tied with Arthur Lee and Love<\/strong>), the Buffalo Springfield<\/strong>.
\nKnown to most as the group that spawned Stephen Stills<\/strong> and Neil Young<\/strong>, the Buffalo Springfield were much more than that, creating in the their short, tumultuous existence an amazing, often sublime fusion of rock, country and psychedelic sounds.
\nTheir biggest (only) hit was 1967s ode to the Sunset Strip riots, \u2018For What It\u2019s Worth\u2019 which was covered many times, most memorably by the Staple Singers<\/strong> and sampled by Public Enemy<\/strong> for \u2018He Got Game\u2019 (on which Stills re-recorded the chorus).
\nMy love for the Buffalo Springfield has been a deep and abiding one. I bought my first BS record when I was 13 and still listen to the group on a fairly regular basis. The unfortunate thing is that their discography, even when augmented with unreleased material, is still quite brief, spanning only three albums, which make sit all the cooler when I come across an interesting cover of one of their songs.
\nI’ve always seen them as the classic ‘iceberg band’, in that what is visible above the surface is but a tiny fraction of their output. To the vast majority of people all they are is ‘For What It’s Worth’. To a small percentage of people they are known for what the members went on to do, and the tiniest percentage imaginable actually have a real idea of the depth and breadth of their work.
\nLast year I was out digging for 45s when I pulled a Percy Sledge<\/strong> single from a box and noticed the title \u2018Kind Woman\u2019.
\n\u2018No..\u2019 I thought. \u2018It couldn\u2019t be.\u2019
\nBut, it was.<\/em>
\nWhat was it? A cover of the very last song, on the very last album by the Buffalo Springfield; \u2018Last Time Around\u2019.
\nWritten by Richie Furay<\/strong> , \u2018Kind Woman\u2019 is one of the more country-ish tunes in the band\u2019s catalogue. Furay would go on to re-record the song solo, and with the band he would found after leaving the Springfield, Poco.<\/strong>
\nI couldn\u2019t wait to get the record home and hear it. I was curious how Sledge would interpret the tune, and I wasn\u2019t disappointed.
\nSledge takes the country feel of the original and shifts it over into soul ballad territory, taking the verse at a reserved tempo and exploding during the chorus. There\u2019s some great piano running underneath, as well as a nicely subdued horn arrangement.
\nThe second track I bring you today is by the mighty King Curtis<\/strong>. His version of the Buffalo Springfield\u2019s \u2018For What It\u2019s Worth\u2019 comes from his 1967 \u2018King Size Soul\u2019 album (which also included \u2018Memphis Soul Stew\u2019). This version is taking at a relaxed pace, with lush strings, the King\u2019s sax and some great vibrato guitar that ties it to the original. It has a great \u2018late night\u2019 feel that makes me want to play it back to back with Bobbie Gentry\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Ode to Billie Joe\u2019.
\nI hope you dig the tunes, and I\u2019ll be back on Monday with some funk.<\/p>\n

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

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

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