{"id":6139,"date":"2016-01-05T12:55:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T17:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6139"},"modified":"2016-01-05T12:55:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T17:55:28","slug":"the-mark-lewis-trio-funky-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6139","title":{"rendered":"The Mark Lewis Trio – Funky Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – The Mark Lewis Trio – Funky Street MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Here\u2019s a wild one for you.<\/p>\n

As an inveterate digger\/collector, with big ears (literally and figuratively) and an insatiable curiosity, I\u2019m always picking up weird stuff in the hope that I might have happened upon hiden treasure.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, most of the time, it\u2019s not treasure, but garbage.<\/p>\n

However, once in a blue moon, I turn up something groovy, like today\u2019s selection.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had this record for so long, that I can\u2019t remember exactly where I picked it up, other than it was out “in the wild” somewhere, and that it was cheap.<\/p>\n

Back in the day \u2013 moreso in the 60s\/70s than now \u2013 the hotel lounges of the world were staffed with entertainment, ranging from solo piano\/singers (like my Pop, way back when) all the way up to full sized show bands, with horn sections, back up singers and the whole megillah.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Mark Lewis Trio<\/strong> appear to have fallen somewhere in the middle, with an organ\/sax\/drums\/vocals line up, playing a wide variety of pop\/soul material.<\/p>\n

As these kinds of records go, the song selection is fairly hip\/young, though the delivery is decidedly middle of the road, except \u2013 of course \u2013 for their version of Arthur Conley\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a01968 \u2018Funky Street\u2019.<\/p>\n

Now, looking at the picture of the group from the album cover, you\u2019d never expect to hear anything remotely soulful (or even energetic) yet against all odds, the Mark Lewis Trio delivers.<\/p>\n

The overall effect is somewhere in the neighborhood of \u201csoulful garage band\u201d, but they hit the tune with gusto, and the sax\/organ\/drums interplay is pretty tasty.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the heaviest thing ever, but when you take the look of the group, and the rest of the album, and do the math, it\u2019s a lot cooler than you\u2019d expect.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll be back 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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