{"id":7295,"date":"2017-11-12T13:02:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T18:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7295"},"modified":"2017-11-12T13:02:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T18:02:11","slug":"billy-lee-riley-dont-fight-it-bw-mississippi-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7295","title":{"rendered":"Billy Lee Riley – Don’t Fight It b\/w Mississippi Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Billy Lee Riley – Don’t Fight It MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download – Billy Lee Riley – Mississippi Delta MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

If you already know the name of Billy Lee Riley<\/strong>, you very well might be surprised to see him here at Funky16Corners.<\/p>\n

Along with his band the Little Green Men<\/strong> he waxed some smoking rockabilly sides for Sun Records in the mid-50s, including \u2018Red Hot\u2019 (later covered by Robert Gordon<\/strong>) and \u2018Flying Saucers Rock and Roll\u2019.<\/p>\n

However, as the years went on, Mr Riley found his way to the R&B side of the street (though there is a case to be made that having worked in rockabilly he was already half the way there).<\/p>\n

In 1962 he was the man behind the Megatons<\/strong>\u2019 \u2018Shimmy Shimmy Walk\u2019, and as the decade moved on he recorded a wide variety of material, including a fair amount of soul covers.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selections hail from a 1967 45 for the Mojo label (Riley bounced around to Mercury, GNP Crescendo, Atlantic, HIP and then back to Sun by the end of the 60s) where he did a number of 45s and a couple of albums, including 1968\u2019s hard to find \u2018Southern Soul\u2019.<\/p>\n

Riley\u2019s covers of Wilson Pickett<\/strong> and Bobbie Gentry<\/strong> are pure Memphis, with a tight, hard-hitting band and great vocals. There\u2019s plenty of hot guitar (naturally) and some nice piano and backing vocals as well.<\/p>\n

\u2018Mississippi Delta\u2019 is especially groovy. Originally the flipside to Bobbie Gentry\u2019s epic \u2018Ode To Billie Joe\u2019, it was \u2013 in its original version \u2013 smoking hot. Riley turns up the soulful heat just a little bit more and the horn chart and drums are excellent.<\/p>\n

Riley\u2019s 45s from this period aren\u2019t too hard to find, but the albums might force you to pry open your wallet a little bit further.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tracks and I\u2019ll see you next week.<\/p>\n

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

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