{"id":3861,"date":"2013-05-16T11:05:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T16:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2013-08-03T14:14:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T19:14:50","slug":"vic-waters-and-the-entertainers-im-white-im-alright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3861","title":{"rendered":"Vic Waters and the Entertainers – I’m White – I’m Alright"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The end of the week approaches and so does the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong>, which comes to you this and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a> with the best in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. If you can\u2019t be there at airtime, you can always catch up by subscribing to the show as a podcast in iTunes, or by grabbing an MP3 out of the archive here at the blog.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today first came to my attention when a couple of people started discussing it on an internet message board (\u00a0a pursuit that makes up a solid percentage of all internet content).<\/p>\n

The record in question \u2018I\u2019m White – I\u2019m Alright\u2019 by Vic Waters and the Entertainers<\/strong> was seen by some (apparently people that didn\u2019t actually listen to the record) as a misguided, racist rant. The other folks, the ones that took the time to get past the title, and with a little bit of perspective under their belt, recognized the tune as an \u201canswer\u201d record of sorts (to JB\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Say It Loud I\u2019m Black and I\u2019m Proud\u2019).<\/p>\n

Vic Waters and the Entertainers were a white showband that were pretty big stuff in Tampa Bay, FL during the 60s.<\/p>\n

They recorded three 45s with Dan Penn<\/strong> and Spooner Oldham<\/strong> behind the boards, one (a nice cover of the\u00a0Eddie Floyd <\/strong>composition\u00a0<\/strong>\u2018Taking Inventory\u2019, also recorded by the Ferris Wheel<\/strong> and Danny White<\/strong><\/a>) on Capitol proper, and then two more (one of which you see before you today) on Capitol\u2019s Crazy Horse subsidiary.<\/p>\n

The Entertainers were not unlike the countless white R&B\/soul bands that populated the night clubs, frat houses and various and sundry other dance floors of the American south during the 60s, like the Tempests, the Rubber Band, Bill Deal and the Rhondels<\/strong> and many others.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m White \u2013 I\u2019m Alright\u2019 is indeed funky, and can be best described as \u201cthe white brothers can get down too<\/em>\u201d, which they can and do.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth the ride to hear Vic deliver lines like :<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m light, white and out of sight. I ain\u2019t tan but I can jam.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Surely, some of this stuff \u2013 45 years on \u2013 sounds culturally tone-deaf, but it appears that Vic and the Entertainers had their hearts in the right place.<\/p>\n

Would it have been better if he\u2019d said \u201cI\u2019m pale but I can wail\u201d or \u2018I may be pink but I\u2019m funkier than you\u2019d think\u2019?<\/p>\n

Of course not.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and have yourselves a great weekend.<\/p>\n

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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