{"id":7589,"date":"2019-03-10T10:36:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T15:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7589"},"modified":"2019-03-10T10:37:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T15:37:01","slug":"master-plan-bennie-and-the-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7589","title":{"rendered":"Master Plan – Bennie and the Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Master Plan – Bennie and the Jets MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

I thought, since it\u2019s 2019 Marathon time over at WFMU<\/strong>, where my freeform radio thing \u2018Testify!\u2019<\/strong><\/a> resides, a show that should be of interest to fans of both Funky16Corners<\/strong> and Iron Leg<\/strong>, that I might tie things together a bit.<\/p>\n

Every years the DJs on WFMU programs put together a premium (usually in the form of a CD compilation) to entice listeners to donate to the station which is 100% listener-supported.<\/p>\n

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This year, my premium is \u2018Souled Gold: Soul Artists Interpret 70s AM Gold\u2019.<\/strong>
\nThe comp is pretty self-explanatory, with some very groovy, soulful and funky covers of big AM radio hits.<\/p>\n

The track I bring you today appears on the comp in question, and since it\u2019s one of my faves therein, and hasn\u2019t appeared in this space before, I thought I\u2019d bring it to you today.<\/p>\n

The Master Plan were a San Francisco Bay-area group that released a string of singles on a variety of labels between 1973 and 1988, including a handful on De-Lite.<\/p>\n

Their version of Bennie and the Jets was released in 1975, and is \u2013 among the tracks on Souled Gold \u2013 particularly interesting.<\/p>\n

Though it definitely sounds \u2018of its time\u2019 it also adds a jazz spin to Elton John\u2019s tune, with an arrangement by David Van De Pitte<\/strong>, who had also worked with the Temptations, Edwin Starr<\/strong> and General Johnson<\/strong> among others.<\/p>\n

As far as I can tell, despite its obvious charms, the Master Plan version of \u2018Benny and the Jets\u2019 was met with broadcast apathy, with the marked exception of one radio station in Oakland, California.\u2019<\/p>\n

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If you dig the tune, and\/or Funky16Corners, or WFMU<\/strong> (simply the greatest station in the nation) click on this link<\/strong><\/a> (or the logo above) and donate.<\/p>\n

If you donate $75 or more you can grab yourselves a copy of \u2018Souled Gold\u2019 or any of the great 2019 DJ premiums.<\/p>\n

So dig the sounds, dig into your wallets and groove.
\nSee you next week<\/p>\n

Also, make sure to follow Funky16Corners<\/strong> on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>, Twitter<\/strong><\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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If you dig what we do here or over at Funky16Corners, please consider clicking on the Patreon link and throwing something into the yearly operating budget! Do it and we’ll send you some groovy Funky16Corners Radio Network (and related) stickers!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Master Plan Listen\/Download – Master Plan – Bennie and the Jets MP3 Greetings all. I thought, since it\u2019s 2019 Marathon time over at WFMU, where my freeform radio thing \u2018Testify!\u2019 resides, a show that should be of interest to fans of both Funky16Corners and Iron Leg, that I might tie things together a bit. Every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[58,14,12,18,235],"tags":[203,166,257],"class_list":["post-7589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cover-songs","category-funky16corners","category-soul","category-soul-45","category-testify","tag-cover-songs","tag-funky16corners","tag-testify"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMKgo-1Yp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7591,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589\/revisions\/7591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}