{"id":4770,"date":"2014-05-11T10:42:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T15:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4770"},"modified":"2014-05-11T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T15:42:13","slug":"dave-baby-cortez-twang-taang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4770","title":{"rendered":"Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez – Twang Taang"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dave says, ‘Keep wearing sweaters like this and some day you’ll be funky, too!’<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez – Twang Taang <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Welcome to another week of musical stuff here at Rancho Del Funky16Corners.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is something from a little bit later in the discography of one David Clowney<\/strong>, better known to one and all as Dave \u2018Baby Cortez\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cortez, who had his first hit in 1959 with \u2018The Happy Organ\u2019 was one of the most interesting performers associated with organ sounds in the classic era.<\/p>\n

He was at ease working in the gray area between pop and soul, often bouncing between R&B (like the savage \u2018Hurricane\u2019 from 1960) to soul (like \u2018Countdown\u2019 from 1965) to funk (like \u2018I Turned You On\u2019 from 1970).<\/p>\n

He was mainly an organist, but also recorded as a vocalist from time to time, having gotten his start singing doowop in the 50s.<\/p>\n

Cortez spent the early part of his career recording for Clock Records, then spending most of the 1960s bouncing between Mercury, Chess, and Roulette before a short period working under the aegis of the Isley Brothers<\/strong> on T-Neck.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is from a brief, two-single run Cortez did with the Sound Pak label in 1971.<\/p>\n

Sound Pak was, like Clock Records the brainchild of James J. Kriegsmann<\/strong> (who is listed on many Cortez tunes \u2013 perhaps dubiously – as co-writer). If that name is familiar it is because he is better known as one of the premier promo photographers of performing artists in the 50s, 60s and 70s, his famous logo appearing on countless glossy photos.<\/p>\n

\u2018Twang Taang\u2019 is a funky vocal, heavily influenced by his time in proximity to the Isley\u2019s organization. The tune is marked by heavy bass, horns and a great vocal by Cortez. I also dig the guitar solo, with just the right amount of fuzz dialed up.<\/p>\n

Cortez went on to record for All Platinum through the mid-70s,before going off the grid.<\/p>\n

He returned in 2011 to record an LP for Norton, backed by none other than Lonnie Youngblood.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I hope you dig the track, and Ill see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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PS Head over to Iron Leg too.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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