{"id":5883,"date":"2015-08-16T13:54:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T18:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5883"},"modified":"2015-08-16T13:54:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T18:54:25","slug":"gaylettes-son-of-a-preacher-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5883","title":{"rendered":"Gaylettes – Son of a Preacher Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Gaylettes – Son of a Preacher Man MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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

Welcome to another week here at Funky16Corners<\/strong> as we all join together in the waning days of the summer to regret complaining about the heat one last time (before we start complaining about the cold, or at least that\u2019s how it is for those of us here in New Jersey).<\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to get the week started with one of of my all-time favorite Jamaican covers of US soul, and another one of those 45s that I couldn\u2019t believe that I already hadn\u2019t written about.<\/p>\n

The 45 in question is the Gaylettes<\/strong> 1969 version of \u2018Son of a Preacher Man\u2019.<\/p>\n

Though Dusty Springfield<\/strong> had the biggest\/best known hit with the song in 1968, in the next couple of years Aretha Franklin<\/strong>, the Carnival<\/strong> and even the Gaylettes<\/strong> made some inroads into the US charts with versions of the tune.<\/p>\n

The Gaylettes were a Jamaican trio (recording in the UK) featuring Judy Mowatt<\/strong> (later a solo star and member of Bob Marley\u2019s<\/strong> backing singers the I-Threes<\/strong>) Beryl Lawson<\/strong> and Merle Clemenson<\/strong>. The group recorded a bunch of singles in the late 60s, including one of my favorite rock steady 45s, their reworking of Brenda Lee\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Here\u2019s Comes That Feeling\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Gaylettes version of \u2018Son of a Preacher Man\u2019 features some very groovy organ and guitar and breaks from the laid back funk of Springfield\u2019s hit, opting instead for a brisk, dance floor-friendly pace.<\/p>\n

Their version was a minor hit in the Northeast (New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts) in the end of the summer of 1969, which goes a long way to explaining why the single got two US pressings, on Hourglass and Steady.<\/p>\n

The US was getting its first real taste for reggae sounds in 1969*, with substantial hits by Jimmy Cliff<\/strong> (Wonderful World,Beautiful People) and Desmond Dekker and the Aces<\/strong> (Israelites) that year, which may have primed the pump as it were for the sound of the Gaylettes.<\/p>\n

It is a groovy record indeed, and I hope you dig it.<\/p>\n

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

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

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\n*Though both Millie Small and Prince Buster had gotten US airplay in 1964 and 1967 respectively<\/strong>
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