{"id":517,"date":"2010-05-20T16:10:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T21:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=517"},"modified":"2015-02-04T09:12:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T14:12:01","slug":"horace-andy-show-and-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"Horace Andy – Show and Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Horace Andy – Show and Tell <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

The end of the week is here, and I\u2019m feeling mellow (as a cello), so I figured I drop some sweet island soul on you.
\nThis is one of those times, where I wish I had a selection of paragraph-long explanations linked in the sidebar, so instead of belaboring a point made in this space several times in the past, I could instead insert a footnote\/hyperlink, which \u2013 when followed \u2013 could present the boilerplate, i.e. a shorthand of sorts.
\nThat system never being put in place, I will instead try to distill the thought into a single sentence:<\/p>\n

I love reggae, collect it when I can, but qualify the statement by saying that I in no way present myself as an expert on the subject.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How\u2019s that?<\/em>
\nThat said (briefly) I recently grabbed a handful of nice reggae 45s, including a couple of nice soul covers. I was tempted to do another all-Jamaican week, but decided against it, feeling it might be cooler to spread out the individual sides over the course of the coming months, including the reggae as a seasoning of sorts.
\nThough I\u2019ve danced around the idea a little bit in the past, I would say that although there is a stylistic divergence based largely in the rhythms specific to Jamaica and its denizens recording abroad (especially in the UK), much of the music described as reggae, ska, rock steady and what have you during the 60s and 70s is so closely related to (and often derivative of) R&B, soul and funk that it wouldn\u2019t be much of a stretch to just wrap it all up in the same bag, and then to go ahead and slice it up by sub-genre.
\nThere are clear differences, but the roots are in most cases the same, and though it has largely been a one way street (i.e. passing from the US to Jamaica but rarely in the opposite direction) there has been a lot of sharing of material.
\nToday\u2019s selection is a great example thereof.
\nHorace Andy<\/strong> is one of the great Jamaican vocalists of the 70s and beyond, having worked and lived in his home country, the US and the UK, eventually working in dub and even triphop, collaborating with Massive Attack<\/strong>.
\nThe song I bring you today is a fantastic, laid back cover of Al Wilson\u2019s<\/strong> huge 1974 soul (and pop) hit \u2018Show and Tell\u2019. I haven\u2019t been able to date this recording conclusively, though it wouldn\u2019t seem to be any later than 1981 (when it saw issue on the Studio One label). I suspect it\u2019s probably from a few years before that.
\nThe tune adapts well to the reggae rhythm, with some tasteful, subdued lead guitar moving in and out of the mix. Andy\u2019s sweet tenor \u2013 at times lifting into falsetto – is supported by female backing singers. The arrangement is spare compared to the original by Wilson, but since Andy is a completely different kind of singer, it works well.
\nIt\u2019s very groovy indeed and I hope you dig it.<\/p>\n

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