{"id":5001,"date":"2014-08-31T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T16:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5001"},"modified":"2014-08-31T11:41:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T16:41:26","slug":"alvin-robinson-let-the-good-times-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5001","title":{"rendered":"Alvin Robinson – Let the Good Times Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Alvin Robinson – Let the Good Times Roll<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Since the summer is rolling slowly to its conclusion, I thought I\u2019d post something hot and sweaty out of the Crescent City (in more ways than one, son<\/em>).<\/p>\n

If you have rolled with the Funky16Corners<\/strong> thing for any length of time, you will already be familiar with the fact that I hold the mighty Alvin Robinson<\/strong> in very high esteem.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite singers (soul or otherwise), Robinson was also a guitarist, who recorded several excellent 45s under his own name between 1961 and 1969 for a variety of labels.<\/p>\n

The best stuff he ever did was during his association with the Leiber and Stoller<\/strong> machine on the Red Bird, Blue Cat and Tiger labels in 1964 and 1965.<\/p>\n

Robinson\u2019s best known track (to those that even know) is his original recording of the classic \u2018Down Home Girl\u2019, later covered by the Rolling Stones<\/strong> and the Coasters<\/strong> (among others).<\/p>\n

It is an epic 45, and ought to be much better known.<\/p>\n

Robinson sounds to me, what Chris Kenner<\/strong> might have sounded like had he a slightly better voice and a more sober disposition.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all gravel and soul with a gift for phrasing that boggles the mind.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selection is Robinson\u2019s 1965 cover of his New Orleans homeboy Earl King\u2019s<\/strong> classic \u2018Come On\u2019.<\/p>\n

King\u2019s original came out in 1960 on Imperial, and is itself an R&B landmark.<\/p>\n

Robinson\u2019s cover rolls at roughly the same speed (hewing closer to the OG than the Jimi Hendrix Experience<\/strong> would a few years later), with some tasty horns and distorted guitar (Alvin, himself).<\/p>\n

The production is credited to Leiber and Stoller, with arranging credit going to yet another New Orleans-ian (who first brought Robinson to L&S’s attention), Joe Jones.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though Alvin Robinson would continue to record as a session guitarist, as far as I can tell he didn\u2019t record another vocal after the 1960s.<\/p>\n

He passed away in 1989, only 51 years of age.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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