{"id":4220,"date":"2013-09-10T13:33:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4220"},"modified":"2013-09-10T13:33:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:33:18","slug":"the-chitlins-sugar-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4220","title":{"rendered":"The Chitlins – Sugar Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download The Chitlins – Sugar Woman<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Welcome to the middle of another groovy week.<\/p>\n

The track I bring you today is both a fairly recent discovery for me and a major fave.<\/p>\n

It is also something of a mystery.<\/p>\n

A few months back I was perusing a new (to me) record site on the intertubes, and a glimpse of the Pala records label caught my eye.<\/p>\n

One half of the York-Pala construct, it was run by two cats named Charlie Greene<\/strong> and Brian Stone.<\/strong> These operators are best known as music managers who came to prominence in mid-60s LA working with acts like Sonny and Cher, the Buffalo Springfield, the Poor<\/strong> and a cat you may have heard of named Dr John.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had always seen the York\/Pala credit on many records, but it was only in the last few years that I actually found a record on either label.<\/p>\n

I have two 45s by The Poor (LA-based folk rock) but the Chitlins<\/strong> \u2018Sugar Woman\u2019 was the first Pala disc I\u2019d ever encountered.<\/p>\n

The label appears to have been very short-lived, with only one other release (by Larry Marks<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

The Chitlins appear to have gotten their start \u2013 and spent much of their existence \u2013 as a white show band called the Soul Brothers<\/strong>, in Pascagoula, Mississippi.<\/p>\n

The first time I heard \u2018Sugar Woman\u2019, what grabbed me was the New Orleans guitar (sounds like George Davis<\/strong> to me).<\/p>\n

As it turns out the band did in fact record their sole 45 in New Orleans for Stanley Chaisson\u2019s<\/strong> Chase Records imprint.<\/p>\n

I have not been able to confirm whether or not there was actually a Chitlins 45 released on Chase, or if it was a production deal that was licensed to Pala.<\/p>\n

My suspicion \u2013 without any hard evidence, mind you \u2013 is that Green and Stone happened upon the Chitlins via one of the many New Orleans connections in their orbit. Harold Battiste<\/strong> was Sonny and Cher\u2019s musical director, and both Mac \u2018Dr John\u2019 Rebennack<\/strong> and Alvin Robinson<\/strong> were both working on the West Coast during this period.<\/p>\n

That said, \u2018Sugar Woman\u2019 is a positively scorching bit of garagey soul with fantastic lyrics like<\/p>\n

Let her know she\u2019s a real Jim Dandy, feed her candy!<\/em>
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Let her know she\u2019s a ring-dang-doo sir, don\u2019t lose her!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The guitar, bass and drums are in a deep, deep groove, and the horns and backing vocalists are spot on.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know who the lead vocalist is but he\u2019s killing it!<\/p>\n

Via some cross-referencing (and following a few hunches) I\u2019m led to believe that the band included guys named Chris Miller, Sam Roe, Pete Killingsworth, Sonny Tanner<\/strong>, having had some crossover with a group called the New Grooves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned earlier, I hear the distinct guitar stylings of George Davis, but the entire record has such a New Orleans feel to it, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to discover that this was the Soul Brothers\/Chitlins singer fronting an entire studio full of NOLA pros.<\/p>\n

In another interesting twist, the song is credited to country songwriter\/producer Billy Sherrill,<\/strong> but I can’t find any instance of anyone else having recorded the tune.<\/p>\n

The flip side, \u2018The Next Time You See Me\u2019 is an upbeat, bluesy shuffle.<\/p>\n

\u201cSugar Woman\u2019 was a local Top 40 hit in New Orleans in the Spring of 1967.<\/p>\n

It is a truly remarkable tune, and one that I wish I\u2019d had in my crates a long time ago.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it as much as I do, and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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