{"id":6229,"date":"2016-02-14T12:57:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T17:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6229"},"modified":"2016-02-14T12:57:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T17:57:07","slug":"one-g-plus-three-poquito-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6229","title":{"rendered":"One G Plus Three – Poquito Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – One G Plus Three – Poquito Soul MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

While browsing through the great, digital repository of records that I have converted from grooves into ones and zeros in furtherance of this here blog, I stumbled over this 45, which I picked up a long time ago and for some unknown reason \u2013 now lost to time \u2013 forgot to offer up to you.<\/p>\n

The disc in question is a tasty slice of East LA Hammond action, courtesy of the group calling themselves One G Plus Three<\/strong>, or as is explained on the label, \u2018Mas Chicano + One Gringo\u2019).<\/p>\n

Though both sides of this disc are very cool (the flip being a groovy reworking of Gershwin’s<\/strong> \u2018Summertime\u2019) I will stick with the A-side, \u2018Poquito Soul\u2019.<\/p>\n

I do so, since \u2018Poquito Soul\u2019 was a minor hit in Southern California (and a few other markets) in 1970, but also because it\u2019s popularity can probably be ascribed to its sailing in the wake of a much bigger hit by another band of Chicanos.<\/p>\n

If you give \u2018Poquito Soul\u2019 a couple of listens, another languid groover might start to come to mind, that being El Chicano\u2019s v<\/strong>ersion of Gerald Wilson\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Viva Tirado\u2019, which was a substantial hit in the Spring of 1970, all over the country, but especially in SoCal.<\/p>\n

Their hit spawned a bunch of covers, and it would seem a few imitators, of which I would venture to say, \u2018Poquito Soul\u2019 (which hit the charts in the late Summer of 1970) is one.<\/p>\n

The group, Randy Thomas<\/strong> (the \u2018Gringo\u2019) on organ, Rudy Salas<\/strong> on guitar, Max Garduno<\/strong> on percussion and Manny Mosqueda<\/strong> on drums, recorded only this one 45, released first on Eddie Davis\u2019s<\/strong> Gordo label, then picked up for national distribution by Paramount.<\/p>\n

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

I\u2019ll be back on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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