{"id":5610,"date":"2015-04-16T11:12:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T16:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5610"},"modified":"2015-04-16T11:12:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T16:12:18","slug":"moses-dillard-and-the-tex-town-display-ive-got-to-find-a-way-to-hide-my-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5610","title":{"rendered":"Moses Dillard and the Tex Town Display – I’ve Got To Find a Way (To Hide My Hurt)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Moses Dillard and the Tex Town Display – I’ve Got To Find a Way (To Hide My Hurt) Pt1 <\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download – Moses Dillard and the Tex Town Display – I’ve Got To Find a Way (To Hide My Hurt) Pt2 <\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

The end of the week is here and I will remind you once again that the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> takes to the airwaves each and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>. If you cannot be there at airtime, you can always subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device through the TuneIn app, or grab yourself an MP3 here at the blog.<\/p>\n

As I was digging through the to-be-blogged folder, I decided that the time was finally right to whip today\u2019s selection on you.<\/p>\n

I first heard \u2018I\u2019ve Got to Find a Way (To Hide My\u00a0Hurt)\u2019 by Moses Dillard and the Tex Town Display<\/strong> years ago (probably via Soul Strut<\/strong>) was was blown away by its multi-faceted powers.<\/p>\n

It took me quite a while to track myself down a copy, and when I did I really dug into it as deeply as possible, but struggled with the idea of posting it here.<\/p>\n

So powerful and deep a record is it, that I circled it warily for a long time before deciding to light it up.<\/p>\n

Moses Dillard hailing (like Monday\u2019s feature, the Fantastic Johnny C<\/strong>) from Greenville, SC, had a long career, going back to the early 60s, recording under his own name and working extensively as a session guitarist in studios like Muscle Shoals.<\/p>\n

He formed the Tex-Town Display in the late 60s (I haven\u2019t been able to nail down the root of the name, but I suspect that it has something to do with the prevalence of the textile industry in South Carolina), with a group that included a young Peabo Bryson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve Got To Find a Way (To Hide My Hurt)\u2019 was released on Curtom in 1970, and was a substantial regional hit.
\nAs you\u2019ll hear when you pull down the ones and zeros, this is a uniquely deep 45.<\/p>\n

Dillard manages to combine sweet soul (presaging the sound of the Stylistics<\/strong> \u2018You Make Me Feel Brand New\u2019 by a few years) with a dark, heavy, almost psychedelic funk that bears the influence of Isaac Hayes<\/strong>‘ epic version of \u2018Walk On By\u2019 (released the year before).<\/p>\n

The first part of the 45 begins oddly, mid-chord, opening into the heavy, bass\/snare drum figure that underlies the verse. There are strings, electric sitar and heavily-vibratoed guitar underneath a pleading vocal.<\/p>\n

The lead guitar (Dillard, I assume) is positively sublime. You really need to give it a close listen as it blends vibrato, tremelo bar, and winds in and out of a competing lead from the electric sitar.<\/p>\n

Part two of the record restarts the song (though the truncated guitar chord is gone, and the vocals get a later start) with a sparer version of the arrangement.<\/p>\n

The more I listen to this 45 the more I\u2019m tempted to compare Dillard and the Tex-Town display to Funkadelic<\/strong>, but the comparison requires some explanation. Both groups seem to be drawing from the same pool of influences (though Dillard leans more toward the sweet side of things) but Dillard seems to have been able to bring a lot more focus to the table. The fusion of soul, funk and psychedelia is delivered with a clarity that was usually absent from Funkadelic.<\/p>\n

This is not to suggest that \u2018I\u2019ve Got To Find a Way (To Hide My Hurt)\u2019 doesn\u2019t have a freaky side, since I suspect it provided the soundtrack to many a backseat boogie in its time, but rather that the freak factor is a lot sharper here.<\/p>\n

That said, I think you\u2019ll find yourself playing this one over and over, not only because you want to understand what\u2019s going on, but because it\u2019s such a great record to listen to.<\/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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