{"id":7181,"date":"2017-09-24T11:02:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T16:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7181"},"modified":"2017-09-24T11:02:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T16:02:06","slug":"the-ikettes-camel-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7181","title":{"rendered":"The Ikettes – Camel Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Ikettes (at least the set that went on to become the Mirettes) <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download – The Ikettes – Camel Walk MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Today we return to that very deep, often very dark, and generally inscrutable corner of the universe occupied by Ike Turner<\/strong> and his various and sundry works.<\/p>\n

Thanks in large part to the ugly side of his life\/personality, Ike has been denied his rightful position among the true greats of R&B and soul from the 50s through the 70s.<\/p>\n

Working as a songwriter, bandleader and guitarist. Turner laid down a mountain of amazing music under his own name, in partnership with the mighty Tina,<\/strong> and as you\u2019ll see today, the Ikettes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u2018mystery\u2019 of the Ikettes has bugged me for as long as I\u2019ve been listening to\/collecting soul music. The names of the singers that passed through their ranks over the years is legendary (and sometimes, possibly apocryphal), yet I have never seen anyone nail down which singers were in the Ikettes at what time, and what recordings they appeared on.<\/p>\n

As a result, though their work is generally excellent, backing Ike and Tina, or as in today\u2019s selection, stepping out on their own, it is very difficult to assign credit where credit is due.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selection, \u2018The Camel Walk\u2019 was released in 1964, and is credited to Ike Turner, who is almost certainly the producer of the record as well.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Camel Walk\u2019 was \u2013 as anyone that has witnessed live footage of James Brown<\/strong> can testify \u2013 a dance, with the earliest reference to it on record going back to the late 50s. By the time the soul era was in full swing there were a number of \u2018Camel Walk\u2019 records, by artists like LaBrenda Ben and the Beljeans, Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers<\/strong> and on the boogaloo side of things, the Latinaires.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ikettes iteration is a fast moving dance floor burner with some funky drums (way up in the mix) piano and guitar.<\/p>\n

The lyrics aren\u2019t much to speak of, but this is a dance craze 45 and you don\u2019t dip into this end of the crates looking for verbal profundity.<\/p>\n

It is a groover, and it seems to be escalating in price of late, so go grab yourself one before you can\u2019t, if you know what I mean.<\/p>\n

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

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

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