{"id":5150,"date":"2014-10-23T12:49:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T17:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2014-10-23T12:49:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T17:49:05","slug":"jeff-afdem-and-the-springfield-flute-watermelon-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5150","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Afdem and the Springfield Flute – Watermelon Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Jeff Afdem and the Springfield Flute – Watermelon Man<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

The end of the week is here, so I will take this opportunity to invite you all to tune in to the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong>, which hits the airwaves of the interwebs this and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>. You can also subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen in on the TuneIn app, or grab an MP3 download here at the blog.<\/p>\n

I should also let you know that \u00a0the 10th Anniversary of the Funky16Corners blog<\/strong> is coming up in two weeks. That’s right, ten years in, so I’m working on some special mixes to mark the occasion, so keep you eyes and ears peeled for those.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selection is a very groovy cover of a very familiar song from a very unusual place.<\/p>\n

If you follow the comings and goings over at my other blog, Iron Leg<\/strong><\/a>, where I travel the roads of (mostly) 60s pop, psych and garage sounds, you may have noticed that I have a special place in my heart (and my crates) for the Pacific Northwest Sound (PNW).<\/p>\n

This includes all kinds of stuff, but especially bands like the Sonics, Wailers, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Don and the Goodtimes<\/strong>, and the Springfield Rifle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeff Afdem<\/strong> was a flute and sax player in a number of PNW bands, including Jimmy Hanna and the Dynamics<\/strong> (who did a killer version of \u2018Leaving Here\u2019), and the last band on the list above, the Springfield Rifle.<\/p>\n

I happened upon Afdem\u2019s version of \u2018Watermelon Man\u2019 quite by accident, which searching for 45s on the storied Jerden label.<\/p>\n

I spotted the cover, figured it was worth a try, and was not disappointed.<\/p>\n

The song was a non-LP 45* released around the same time as Afdem\u2019s 1969 LP \u2018Jeff Afdem and the Springfield Flute\u2019 which included a number of pop covers, as well as a couple of soul jazz groovers like \u2018Florence of Arabia\u2019 (also covered by Zoot Money\u2019s Big Roll Band<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Afdem\u2019s version of \u2018Watermelon Man\u2019 gets off to a great start with booming bass, latin percussion and piano, before the flute comes in to solo. He takes the tune at a brisk tempo making this one great for the dance floor.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll see you all on Monday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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*Though it looks like it was included on a 1977 re-issue of the album\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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