{"id":4679,"date":"2014-04-01T10:58:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T15:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4679"},"modified":"2014-04-01T10:58:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T15:58:59","slug":"the-equals-black-skin-blue-eyed-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4679","title":{"rendered":"The Equals – Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Equals – Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

The middle of the week is nigh and I for one feel like I need to be shook\/shaken from my quasi-hibernation.<\/p>\n

The calendar says that winter is over, but my own two eyes (and the rest of my senses) say \u201cNot so fast, brother.\u201d, so in my cave I remain (for now) with my records.<\/p>\n

The record I have selected for your enjoyment this fine day is a long time fave that eluded me for some time.<\/p>\n

While the Equals<\/strong>\u2019 \u2018Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys\u2019 is not a particularly rare or expensive record, neither is it plentiful or obvious.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just that me and this 45 were both out there but kept passing like two ships in the night.<\/p>\n

Until last year, that is, when I finally scooped it up.<\/p>\n

The Equals are one of my favorite UK bands of the 60s (and early 70s) because they are as hard to nail down (stylistically) as they were groovy.<\/p>\n

Formed in the mid 60s by two Jamaican emigres (brothers Lincoln<\/strong> and Derv Gordon<\/strong>), a guitar slinger from Guyana (Mr Eddy Grant<\/strong>) and two Brits(John Hall<\/strong> and Pat Lloyd<\/strong>) on a council estate in London, the Equals \u2013 always more successful in the UK and Europe than they were here \u2013 were one of the more interesting groups of the era.<\/p>\n

While they were ostensibly a \u2018rock\u2019 band, they moved freely between rock, soul, psychedelia, R&B, pop and West Indian influences during their (1966-1973) career.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today hails from the waning days of their chart success, being their last UK Top 10 hit (barely charting at all in the US) in 1970.<\/p>\n

\u2018Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys\u2019 is a hard hitting, funky protest number, touching on race relations and war, both hot-button issues at the time.<\/p>\n

Written by Grant and sung in a typically forceful manner by Derv Gordon, \u2018Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys\u2019 was covered in the US by the group ST-4<\/strong>,<\/a> and had a second, underground life as a popular tune in US dance clubs during the early days of disco culture.<\/p>\n

It is a groover indeed.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, 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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