{"id":6141,"date":"2016-01-07T12:28:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T17:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6141"},"modified":"2016-01-07T12:31:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T17:31:30","slug":"jesse-hill-my-children-my-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6141","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Hill – My Children, My Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Jesse Hill – My Children My Children MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

The end of the week is near, and so I will beseech you once again to subscribe to the Funky16Corners Radio Show,<\/strong> which drops each and every Friday in iTunes and Mixcloud. You can also listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, or grab and MP3 here at the blog.<\/p>\n

Jesse Hill<\/strong> is one of the more interesting, second-rank, New Orleans performers of the classic era.<\/p>\n

He first came to prominence in 1961 with the classic (and as close to a NOLA \u2018standard\u2019 as there is) \u2018Ooh Poo Pah Do\u2019.<\/p>\n

Hill had gotten his start as a drummer, but moved out front as a vocalist. He had a wild growl \u2013not unlike his homeboy Chris Kenner<\/strong> \u2013 and a talent for writing songs as well.<\/p>\n

Hill was part of the New Orleans contingent \u2013 along with Harold Battiste, Mac \u2018Dr John\u2019 Rebennack<\/strong> and Alvin Robinson<\/strong> \u2013 that made their way to Los Angeles in the 1960s, working as session musicians, songwriters and performers. While in California Hill would write\/cowrite songs for Cher, The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Cake, Delaney and Bonnie,<\/strong> and Dr John<\/strong> among others.<\/p>\n

Somewhere along the way, in 1967, Hill made the 45 you see before you today. Co-written with Rebennack, and produced by Huey Meaux<\/strong> (which makes me think that this was recorded in Louisiana or Texas and then leased to Chess in Chicago) \u2018My Children My Children\u2019 is a solid slice of New Orleans soul.<\/p>\n

The song sounds like it has roots in the same gospel song that Chris Kenner borrowed from for \u2018Land of 1,000 Dances\u2019 (\u2018Children Go Where I Send Thee\u2019).<\/p>\n

The song is pushed along by the bass and saxophones, as well as a female chorus that does a call and response with Hill.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, this was recorded and released round the same time as the rare and coveted \u2018Zu Zu Blues Band\u2019<\/strong> 45 (another Hill\/Rebennack collab).<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t say anything about the flipside (written by Meaux) because my copy is a one-sided promo.<\/p>\n

A few years down the line Hill would record some excellent 45s, and an LP for LA-based Pulsar Records.<\/p>\n

He eventually returned to New Orleans, where addiction and other health issues left him destitute. He passed in 1996, and according to his Wiki is buried in a pauper\u2019s grave.<\/p>\n

That said, I hope you dig the tune, and if you don\u2019t know Jesse Hill\u2019s other stuff, get out there and check it out.<\/p>\n

See you on Monday<\/p>\n

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

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

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