{"id":5885,"date":"2015-08-20T11:39:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T16:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5885"},"modified":"2015-08-20T11:39:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T16:39:32","slug":"freddy-henchi-and-the-soulsetters-folsom-prison-bw-popcorn-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5885","title":{"rendered":"Freddy – Henchi and the Soulsetters – Folsom Prison b\/w Popcorn Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Freddy – Henchi and the Soulsetters – Folsom Prison MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download – Freddy – Henchi and the Soulsetters – Popcorn Baby MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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

The end of the week is here, and so then is the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong>, coming to you each and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/a><\/strong>, with the best in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. You can listen live, subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, or grab an MP3 out of the archive here at the blog.<\/p>\n

Freddy-Henchi and the Soulsetters<\/strong> were one of those bands \u2013 like Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers<\/strong> \u2013 that worked relentlessly, playing on the road and recording a string of 45s for a variety of labels (Onacrest, Tower, Bell, Reprise) for years, never really breaking through like they should have.<\/p>\n

Formed in Phoenix, AZ in the mid 60s, they eventually moved to Los Angeles, then again to Colorado where they would continue to play, in one form or another well into the 80s.<\/p>\n

Led by Freddie Gowdy<\/strong> and Marvin \u2018Henchi\u2019 Graves<\/strong>, the band recorded one 45 for Tower in 1969, and while it might not have made any impact on the charts at all, it is as solid as they come.<\/p>\n

The A-side is a funk reworking of Johnny Cash\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Folsom Prison Blues\u2019, and as insane as that concept sounds, Freddy-Henchi and the Soulsetters make it happen.<\/p>\n

Opening with a false\/country start, the band drops down into a heavy groove, transforming the song into a hard-hitting, minor-key work of genius. I mean, it WAS 1969, and people were doing all kinds of crazy things (musically and otherwise), and I can understand how the very idea of a funk take on a country classic might have been off-putting to some people, but this record is REALLY good.<\/p>\n

I dig the haunting strings running underneath (they almost sound like a mellotron), and when the band breaks into a quote from \u2018Hey Jude\u2019, all bets \u2013 as they say<\/em> \u2013 are off.<\/p>\n

The flipside, the extremely heavy \u2018Popcorn Baby\u2019 owes a serious debt to Dyke and the Blazer\u2019s<\/strong> hit from the previous year, \u2018Funky Walk\u2019. Built on a pounding drum beat, and some Hendrix<\/strong>-level wah wah guitar, the record is a killer.<\/p>\n

The group would go on to have some local success with their cover of Major Lance\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Um Um Um Um Um\u2019 in 1970, and then to lay down the funk 45 classic \u2018Funky To the Bone\u2019 for Reprise in 1972.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig this 45 as much as I do, and I’ll see you all on Monday.<\/p>\n

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

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