{"id":835,"date":"2010-09-02T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T20:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=835"},"modified":"2012-08-03T15:57:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T20:57:13","slug":"freddie-scott-and-the-seven-steps-the-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=835","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Scott and the Seven Steps – The Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Freddie Scott and the Seven Steps – The Thing <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

The end of a very busy week has arrived and I feel the need for the freeing vibe of a soulful slab of of wax.<\/p>\n

The kids (and the wife, a teacher) have returned to school and the routine hereabouts has been upended once again, with our vast and confusing network of appointments, comings and goings having to be reshuffled for a new season, which, since it only involves about two dozen people is predictably, what the great sages of our time have come to call a clusterfuck.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019ll all probably settle down in a week or two, but right now my brain is mush.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is another hot Florida soul 45 from the mighty Freddie (Freddy) Scott.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last we heard from Mr. Scott was a little over a year ago, when he and his Four Steps let us have it with the \u2018Same Ole Beat\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n

At the time, I mentioned that one should not confuse Freddy Scott<\/strong> (drummer and bandleader from Florida) with Freddie Scott<\/strong>, soul singer who recorded for Shout and Colpix among other labels.<\/p>\n

Then, while out digging I happened upon the 45 you see before you today, and discovered that Florida Freddy, but a few catalog numbers down the line was rechristened \u2018Freddie\u2019, nailed three more Steps onto his band and confused matters all by himself.<\/p>\n

Variable spelling aside, I have no doubt at all that this is the Florida-based cat (for a variety of fairly obvious reasons).<\/p>\n

As I mentioned, today\u2019s selection \u2018The Thing\u2019 is only two catalog numbers further along from \u2018Same Ole Beat\u2019, and a quick listen to the song would seem to indicate that the extra Steps were employed in the horn section.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Thing\u2019 is a mid-tempo dancer with enough grease to get he kids sliding on the dance floor, and a refrain that sounds like a not so distant cousin to the soul jazz standard \u2018Coming Home Baby\u2019.<\/p>\n

If you get a minute you should head over and check out Iron Leg Digital Trip #32<\/strong><\/a>, where I included the flipside of this very 45, a swinging organ instro version of Tom Jones\u2019<\/strong> \u2018It\u2019s Not Unusual\u2019 as part of that au go go flavored mix.<\/p>\n

So crack open a cold beer, sink your fist into a bowl of chips and stuff you ears full of \u2018The Thing\u2019.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it and I\u2019ll see you on Monday.<\/p>\n

Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n

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


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