{"id":5172,"date":"2014-10-28T12:26:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T17:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5172"},"modified":"2014-10-28T12:26:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T17:26:28","slug":"andre-williams-its-gonna-be-fine-in-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5172","title":{"rendered":"Andre Williams – It’s Gonna Be Fine in ’69"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Andre Williams – It’s Gonna Be Fine In ’69 <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Stand up, take Andre Williams\u2019<\/strong> hand, and let him help you over the hump.<\/p>\n

Mr Williams still walks the earth like an R&B colossus, well into his eighth decade, a bad-ass through and through.<\/p>\n

He was responsible for all manner of R&B, soul and funk heat in Detroit and Chicago during the 50s, 60s and 70s, fell on hard times, and then got it back together again in the 90s.<\/p>\n

The song I bring you today was released in 1969 (naturally the last of a string of funky 45s he waxed for Checker between 1967 and that year.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s Gonna Be Fine in \u201869\u2019 opens with a sharp snare shot,and some wah wah lead guitar, before Andre drops in and starts rapping about slick threads, and sitting himself down to a plate of chitlins and some buttermilk (?!?).<\/p>\n

His list of suits and jewelry is reminiscent of Willie Tomlin\u2019s \u2018Check Me Baby\u2019 (featured here a while back<\/a>), and if anyone is copping anyone\u2019s groove, Willie was lifting from Andre, who had had some chart action the previous year with \u2018Cadillac Jack\u2019, though there is a long tradition of such shopping lists\/boasts.<\/p>\n

That said, not many could compete with Andre Williams\u2019 Mack-tastic bad-assery.<\/p>\n

Though he didn\u2019t make it back on to the charts under his own name, he spent the 70s working for Ike Turner,<\/strong> and P-Funk<\/strong>, as well as writing and producing for groups like Velvet Hammer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cool thing is, if you\u2019re down with vinyl, most of Mr Williams soul and funk outing under his own name are pretty affordable, and all worth picking up.<\/p>\n

So get out there, start digging and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/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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