{"id":6907,"date":"2017-02-05T11:43:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T16:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2020-12-02T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:01:12","slug":"sons-of-blues-sex-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6907","title":{"rendered":"Sons of Blues – Sex Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download -Sons of Blues – Sex Machine MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

The tune I bring you today is yet another iteration of the old saw wherein a very familiar song is presented in a relatively unfamiliar setting.<\/p>\n

I cannot recall exactly where I first heard about Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues<\/strong> version of James Brown\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Sex Machine\u2019, but I can tell you that I had to have it (in my never ending search for James Brown covers) and it took quite a while to track down a copy of the album it appeared on (\u2018Where\u2019s My Money\u2019) for my crates.<\/p>\n

The Sons of Blues were a Chicago-based blues band and their album ‘Where’s my Money’ was released in 1984 on the independent blues label \u2018Red Beans\u2019.<\/p>\n

The leader of the group (and its most consistent member) was harp player\/singer (thought the vocalist on this track appears to be drummer Moses Rutues<\/strong>) Billy Branch who often got top billing on their records.<\/p>\n

The Sons of Blues take on \u2018Sex Machine\u2019 is more accurately described as a medley of that song, \u2018Licking Stick\u2019 and \u2018I Don\u2019t Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing\u2019.<\/p>\n

Though the vibe isn\u2019t purely funk, the band is certainly funky, with a kind of loose-limbed vibe that sounds like it probably developed out of an extended, largely improvised jam.<\/p>\n

The band is tight, and the harmonica \u2013 largely working here as a horn section substitute \u2013 adds an interesting flavor.<\/p>\n

The Sons of Blues maintain the call-and-response structure of the original, and the jam stretches out for close to 7 minutes.<\/p>\n

The rest of the album is pretty much entirely era-appropriate electric blues.<\/p>\n

As I said before, the record is fairly scarce (there\u2019s also a CD version), but not terribly expensive when it does turn up.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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