{"id":4328,"date":"2013-10-22T11:52:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T16:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4328"},"modified":"2013-10-22T11:52:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T16:52:18","slug":"hank-marr-white-house-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4328","title":{"rendered":"Hank Marr – White House Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Hank Marr – White House Party<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

What say we all get over the hump with a certified, Hammond organ swinger?<\/p>\n

Hank Marr<\/strong> was one of the great, exalted past masters of the greasy R&B\/soul jazz organ 45.<\/p>\n

He recorded a grip of sides (45s and lps) for Federal in early to mid 60s for Federal and King, before landing at Detroit\u2019s storied Wingate label for one and a half 45s in 1966.<\/p>\n

I remember the first time I was exposed to this little stick of dynamite, courtesy of my old friend Haim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It took me a while to score myself a copy of this banger, but it has held a place of honor in my record box ever since.<\/p>\n

Released in 1966, \u2018White House Party\u2019 (and its most excellent flip, \u2018The Out Crowd\u2019) is without question one of the finest, swingingest, slabs of Mod soul ever committed to vinyl.<\/p>\n

While I have never been able to track down any detailed session information, my assumption has always been \u2013 spurred on by the sounds in the grooves \u2013 that this was a Detroit session (there are no production credits on the 45).<\/p>\n

\u2018White House Party\u2019 is especially groovy for all of the vocal interjections on the record, which (for the younger folks out there) are references to the presidency of Texan Lyndon Johnson<\/strong>, thus the \u2018meanwhile, back at the ranch<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018champagne and barbecued ribs<\/em>\u2019 shout outs.<\/p>\n

It is a dance floor killer of the first order, with an aggressive arrangement (dig the way the bass and the horns push the record along behind Marr\u2019s Hammond).<\/p>\n

Marr also split a 45 with Sonny Stitt<\/strong> (Marr\u2019s Groove b\/w Stitt\u2019s Groove, which has the catalog number just before \u2018White House Party\u2019) but as far as I can tell never had the opportunity to expand (at the time) on the remarkable sounds on these 45s.<\/p>\n

Marr continued to perform (as well as teach) and recorded through the 80s and 90s, passing away in 2004 at the age of 77.<\/p>\n

\u2018White House Party\u2019 is the rarest of Marr\u2019s 45s (it\u2019s also, at least in my opinion, his best) and seems to be trading hands for around a C-note these days.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the sounds, 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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