{"id":6968,"date":"2017-03-05T11:42:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T16:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6968"},"modified":"2017-03-05T11:42:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T16:42:20","slug":"cannibal-and-the-headhunters-zulu-king-shotgun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6968","title":{"rendered":"Cannibal and the Headhunters – Zulu King \/ Shotgun"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Cannibal and the Headhunters – Zulu King MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download – Cannibal and the Headhunters – Shotgun MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Today\u2019s selections are part of the continuum created by my ongoing obsession with the sounds of East LA\/Chicano R&B, soul and funk.<\/p>\n

Cannibal and the Headhunters<\/strong> are one of the best known of the East LA bands by virtue of their memorable name, and the fact that they had one of the signature hits of the scene, that being their 1965 version of Chris Kenner\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Land of 1,000 Dances\u2019, in which the famous \u2018Na Na Na Na Na\u2019 chant was added to the song forever more.<\/p>\n

I picked up the group\u2019s 1965 LP of the same title a while back, and posted their cover of James Brown\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Out of Sight\u2019 here in 2007.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, I was out digging and happened upon another (previously unknown to me) Cannibal LP on the Date label. I recognized some of the same songs from the first LP, but there were a bunch of new tracks as well, so I took the plunge.<\/p>\n

When I got the album home and started digitizing the contents, it was obvious that some of the tracks were the same, but a several of them were new.
\nIt looks like after their success with the local Rampart label, Date (specifically Richard Gottehrer<\/strong> of the Strangeloves<\/strong>) decided to take a run at getting Cannibal and the boys a bigger piece of the market. They reassembled the \u2018Land of 1,000 Dances\u2019 album, omitting a couple of tunes and recording a few new ones.<\/p>\n

The two tracks I bring you today include one track from the original iteration, and one from the new one (though they both appear on the Date LP).<\/p>\n

The new track is a cool, midtempo R&B number called \u2018Zulu King\u2019. Written by East LA scene fixture Chick Carlton<\/strong> (a black Kansas City transplant who sang with the integrated group the Majestics,<\/strong> as well as writing material for a number of other groups), \u2018Zulu King\u2019 runs with a booming bass line, drums and well placed horns, with Cannibal and the Headunters laying some sweet harmonies on top of things.<\/p>\n

A few years later, the group Free Movement<\/strong> (\u2018I\u2019ve Found Someone Of My Own\u2019) re-recorded the song as \u2018Son of the Zulu King\u2019.<\/p>\n

The second track should be much more familiar, that being a stomping cover of Junior Walker and the All Stars<\/strong> \u2018Shotgun\u2019. It features some groovy rhythm guitar and combo organ, as well as excellent group harmonies.<\/p>\n

As far as I can tell the Date-session tunes are not currently available in reissue. The iTunes version of the Rampart \u2018Land of 1,000 Dances\u2019 includes the original album and tacks on some Rampart 45-only tracks.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tunes, 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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