{"id":6715,"date":"2016-11-13T09:16:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T14:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6715"},"modified":"2016-11-13T09:16:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T14:16:30","slug":"g-l-crockett-every-hour-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6715","title":{"rendered":"G.L. Crockett – Every Hour, Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – G.L. Crockett – Every Hour, Every Day MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

I hope that the new week finds you all well.<\/p>\n

The record you see before you this fine day is something I picked up at a record show a long time ago, thanks to the presence of \u2018It\u2019s a Man Down There\u2019, a Top 10 R&B hit in 1965 and an iteration of the Sonny Boy Williamson<\/strong> song \u2018One Way Out\u2019 that was redone to great success by the Allman Brothers<\/strong> a few years later.<\/p>\n

While that particular track is a very groovy, very mellow Jimmy Reed<\/strong>-esque number with that juke joint drive, it is the flipside of the 45 that we gather to discuss.<\/p>\n

\u2018Every Hour, Every Day\u2019 is one of those records, like Tommy Tucker\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Long Tall Shorty\u2019 that takes a little time before it hits its stride, but when it does it is something else indeed.<\/p>\n

\u2018Every Hour, Every Day\u2019, which makes the most of a spare, almost rudimentary backing and rough hewn (very live sounding) production almost sounds like it\u2019s being cranked to life like an old jalopy, but when it gets rolling it is a thing of beauty.<\/p>\n

G.L. Crockett\u2019s<\/strong> history is short, and comes to a sudden end a few years after his very short discography. He came to Chicago from Mississippi, and apparently had himself a hard-driving\/hard drinking lifestyle, and he died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1967.<\/p>\n

\u2018Every Hour, Every Day\u2019 resides in the rarified zone where blues, R&B and soul dwell together, never settling firmly in any of them, yet transcending all of them.<\/p>\n

Though the production style is similar to the A side, the feel of the record is marked by an unusual beauty. The backing vocals (sounding like one bass and one falsetto) complement Crockett\u2019s voice which comes across like a very fine grade of sandpaper. The band, guitar, bass, drums and a very prominent tambourine, is stellar and the combination of instruments and voice is very nearly hypnotic.<\/p>\n

I can imagine you might be tempted to slip this into a mid-tempo set, but I think that everyone would eventually stop dancing so they could concentrate on the music.<\/p>\n

I think you\u2019ll find yourself giving this one repeated listens.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll see you on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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