{"id":5989,"date":"2015-10-22T11:27:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T16:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5989"},"modified":"2015-10-22T11:27:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T16:27:26","slug":"johnny-sayles-the-concentration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5989","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Sayles – The Concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Johnny Sayles – The Concentration<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

The end of the week is here so I will remind you once again to join me Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/a><\/strong> for the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong>. You can also subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, or grab yourself an MP3 here at the blog.<\/p>\n

The burner I bring you today is a smoking bit of Chitown soul by the mighty Johnny Sayles.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though Sayles never really had any chart success to speak of (outside of Chicago) he recorded a grip of excellent, hard-edge 45s for a variety of Chicago labels like Mar-V-Lus, Chi Town, Chess, St Lawrence, Dakar and Brunswick between 1963 and 1973.<\/p>\n

Sayles was born in Tennessee, and later moved to St Louis where he hooked up with Ike Turner.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He toured with a variety of bands before ending up in Chicago in the early 60s, where he would work as a singer, as well as having a second career as a prison guard!<\/p>\n

Sayles recorded \u2018The Concentration\u2019 in 1965, and the song (written by the mighty Andre Williams<\/strong>!) comes off like a much wilder\/rougher take on the same basic source material as Junior Walker and the All Stars<\/strong> \u2018Shake and Fingerpop\u2019 which was released earlier that year.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Concentration\u2019 leads off with a wailing saxophone, before Sayles drops in with a fiery vocal. The whole thing is driven along by a punchy horn section and a deceptively low-key lead guitar line.<\/p>\n

Though the tune is built on a basic \u2018dance craze\u2019 frame, Sayles\u2019 vocal and the deep, reverbed production take it to a higher level.<\/p>\n

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

Have a great weekend 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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