{"id":5031,"date":"2014-09-11T10:24:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T15:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5031"},"modified":"2014-09-11T10:24:21","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T15:24:21","slug":"carl-holmes-and-the-commanders-mashed-potatoes-pts-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5031","title":{"rendered":"Carl Holmes and the Commanders – Mashed Potatoes Pts 1&2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carl Holmes and the Commanders on Italian TV<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download Carl Holmes and the Commanders – Mashed Potatoes Pt1<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Carl Holmes and the Commanders – Mashed Potatoes Pt2<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

The end of the week is here, and before I blow your brain out through your ears, I thought it wise to remind you that the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> takes to the airwaves of the interwebs this and every Friday night on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>. If you can\u2019t be there to dig it at airtime, you can always subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, or grab an MP3 here at Funky16Corners.<\/p>\n

That said, ka-boom.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

How else can you describe a record like \u2018Mashed Potatoes Pts 1&2\u2019 by Carl Holmes and the Commanders<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Carl and the boys were one of the more interesting bands hovering on the outskirts of soul success in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

They recorded an album and some 45s for Atlantic, as well as singles for Cameo, Verve and the local Philly labels Black Jack and CRS, included a young Jimi Hendrix<\/strong> in their performing line-up for a short time, and were \u2013 believe it or not \u2013 one of the models for Otis Day and the Knights<\/strong> in Animal House*. They even managed to make their way over to Italy and onto TV! (performing ‘Shout’ no less…)<\/a><\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today, 1962\u2019s \u2018Mashed Potatoes Pts 1&2\u2019 is a positively explosive, maniacal slice of R&B.<\/p>\n

The band takes off like a buffalo stampede as soon as the record starts going, with a wild vocal, but things really get going in Part 2, where the singer (Pervis Herder<\/strong>, I think) loses his mind and starts scatting like a madman.<\/p>\n

It is not hard at all to imagine a basement full of completely polluted undergrads rolling in their own filth as the band sets fire to the stage (just like in the movie, see?).<\/p>\n

Carl Holmes went on to form the funky Sherlock Holmes Investigation<\/strong> and recorded the \u2018Investigation #1\u2019 LP in the early 70s.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the track, and give it a spin or three (or five) after you’ve gotten mellow as a cello.<\/p>\n

See you on Monday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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*See the movie\u2019s co-writer Chris Miller\u2019s<\/strong> 2007 book The Real Animal House: The Awesomely Depraved Saga of the Fraternity That Inspired the Movie<\/a>\"\"\u00a0where he namechecks Carl Holmes and the Commanders and Lonnie Youngblood<\/strong> as among the frequent bands at the frat that inspired Delta House during his early 60s time at Dartmouth.
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PS Head over to Iron Leg too.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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