{"id":4522,"date":"2013-12-26T14:46:13","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T19:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2013-12-26T14:46:13","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T19:46:13","slug":"best-of-funky16corners-funky16corners-radio-v-62-hot-pants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4522","title":{"rendered":"Best of Funky16Corners – Funky16Corners Radio v.62 – Hot Pants!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Funky16Corners Radio v.62 – Hot Pants!! Under the Covers with James Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playlist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Otis Redding \u2013 Papa\u2019s Got a Brand New Bag (Atco)
\nDee Felice Trio \u2013 There Was a Time (King)
\nShark Wilson & the Basement Heaters \u2013 Make It Reggae (Ashanti)
\nCannibal & the Headhunters \u2013 Outta Sight (Rampart)
\nAlbert King \u2013 Cold Sweat (Stax)
\nDick Hyman \u2013 Give It Up of Turn It Loose (Command\/ABC)
\nMar-Keys \u2013 Dear James Medley (Atlantic)
\nTruman Thomas \u2013 Cold Sweat (Veep)
\nSoulful Strings \u2013 There Was a Time (Cadet)
\nByron Lee \u2013 Hot Reggay (Dynamic)
\nJerry O \u2013 There Was a Time (White Whale)
\nJimmy Lynch \u2013 There Was a Time (LaVal)
\nEnoch Light & the Brass Menagerie \u2013 Hot Pants (Project 3)<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Listen\/Download – Funky16Corners Radio v.62 – Hot Pants! Under the Covers With James Brown<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

NOTE: Since it’s right around the anniversary of the passing of the mighty James Brown, and I felt like taking the rest of the week off to spend some quality time with the fam, I decided to repost this mix from back in 2008.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What you get here are the songs of James Brown as interpreted by others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Originally Posted 12\/14\/2008<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I hope all is well on your end.<\/p>\n

Ever since I started doing the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> over at Viva internet radio<\/strong><\/a>, I\u2019ve been much more careful about gathering and sorting my digi-ma-tized material. As I was flipping through the folders, I just happened to notice that I had a number of covers of James Brown<\/strong> songs in the to-be-blogged area, and I started to copy them into a folder, with the intention of someday making them into a mix.<\/p>\n

Then the mailman showed up with yet another, and after a touch of brainstorming, during which I plunged briefly into the crates to pull out a few more sides, I sat down with the turntable and the laptop, and set to work (though I would hardly describe sitting at the dining room table with headphones on as \u201cwork\u201d).<\/p>\n

When I was done, I had the mix you see before you, and I had an excuse to take most of the week off to concentrate on, and attend to what the crate diggerati describe as \u201creal world moves\u201d.<\/p>\n

A couple of these songs have appeared in this space before, a few as individual tracks and others as part of themed mixes.<\/p>\n

My hope is that the new context will forgive the recycling.<\/p>\n

Things get rolling with a great version of \u2018Papa\u2019s Got a Brand New Bag\u2019 by my all time fave soul singer, the master Otis Redding<\/strong>. I think you\u2019ll agree that he did a fine job.<\/p>\n

Next up is the only JB \u2018prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u2019 in the group, pianist Dee Felice<\/strong> and his trio with a slamming take (the first of four in this mix) on \u2018There Was a Time\u2019. I have a few other versions of this tune not included in this mix, and I remember at one time contemplating an all \u2018There Was a Time Mix\u2019, but eventually thought better of it (especially since I don\u2019t have the Soul Searchers<\/strong> version yet).<\/p>\n

Next up is the wholly awesome Jamaican re-working of the Godfather\u2019s \u2018Make It Funky\u2019, recast by Shark Wilson and the Basement Heaters<\/strong> as \u2018Make It Reggae\u2019.<\/p>\n

Most folks are certainly familiar with Cannibal & the Headhunters<\/strong> epic reading of Chris Kenner\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Land of 1000 Dances\u2019 (in which they introduced the \u2018NA, NA NA NA NA\u2019S), but I suspect only the Brown Eyed Soul aficionados among you have heard their take on \u2018Outta Sight\u2019.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not hep to the sounds of Albert King<\/strong>, get down to the Record Barn and grab some of the heat he laid down for the Stax label. Like Little Milton<\/strong> and Freddy King<\/strong>, Albert created a soulful strain of the blues, and was often backed by the Stax house band when doing so. His smoking version of \u2018Cold Sweat\u2019 was released as the B-side of a 1970 Stax 45.<\/p>\n

Dick Hyman<\/strong> is a name well known to jazzbos, and Easy fans as well. He spent a lot of the 60s experimenting with Moog synthesizers for Enoch Light\u2019s various labels. His version of \u2018Give It Up (Or Turn It Loose)\u2019 is something of an acquired taste (which I\u2019ve acquired), and should be listened to repeatedly. Whoever\u2019s working the drums is setting a very tasty groove amongst the various bleeps and bloops of the moog.<\/p>\n

The Mar-Key\u2019s<\/strong> are best known for their hit \u2018Last Night\u2019, one of the earliest hits for the Stax label. Their James Brown medley comes from their 1966 LP on Atlantic.<\/p>\n

The Hammond stylings of Mr Truman Thomas<\/strong> are a big fave hereabouts, and first and foremost among them is his wailing version of \u2018Cold Sweat\u2019.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Funky16Corners faves, they don\u2019t get any fave-er than Richard Evans\u2019 Soulful Strings<\/strong>. Their take on \u2018There Was a Time\u2019 is from their live LP.<\/p>\n

I recently picked up a very groovy LP by the late Byron Lee<\/strong> and his Dragonaires<\/strong>. \u2018Reggay Hot & Cool\u2019 includes both his reworking of \u2018Hot Pants\u2019 (entitled) \u2018Hot Reggay\u2019, with some very cool flute, and a smooth version of the theme from \u2018Shaft\u2019.<\/p>\n

The version of \u2018There Was a Time\u2019 by Jerry-O<\/strong> namechecks another Chitown cover of that particular song, by (as Jerry refers to him) Gene Chandler<\/strong> \u2018The Woman Handler\u2019. It\u2019s definitely one of Jerry-O\u2019s funkier sides for White Whale.<\/p>\n

Next up is yet another version of that very tune, by guitarist\/comedian Jimmy Lynch<\/strong>. The 45 (on LaVal, the same label that brought you Chick Willis\u2019<\/strong> \u2018Mother Fuyer\u2019) has some questionable fidelity, sounding as if it was recorded surreptitiously, but the power of the tune shines through.<\/p>\n

We close things out with a return to the laboratory of Mr Enoch Light<\/strong>, with a surprising tasty version of \u2018Hot Pants\u2019 by the Brass Menagerie<\/strong>. This is the record that the mailman dropped off, and brother it was worth the wait. Though Light\u2019s albums were clearly intended for Hi-Fi nuts, the bands he worked with were the cream of the studio crop, and often enough they craned out some funky stuff (breaks for days and what not).<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the mix, and I may or may not be back on Friday.<<<\/p>\n

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


\nLarry<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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