Listening | Noticing | Getting Down
November 30, 2010 Leave a comment
Aw damn, y’all. John Legend and The Roots have done it right on this album, Wake Up!, paying homage to ponderous soul tunes from the 60’s and 70’s. It’s heavy and enlightening.
Here’s the Bill Withers cover. Speaks for itself!!
(Gotta click the link to watch on YouTube and suffer a commercial, but I promise it’s worth it.) Enjoy!
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For the Thanksgiving week, I’ll be feeding you tunes by perhaps the greatest “funk” band ever (although that term is too narrow). It’s The (Funky) Meters from New Orleans.
I’m waiting on pins and needles to get this disc. Here’s a tune, “Cardova,” from sometime in the early 70’s. I’ll learn more when I can read the liner notes.
It just doesn’t get any funkier than this song. More to come.
I’m thankful for a whole lot, including The Meters.
Thank-you, too.
Enjoy.
November 19, 2010 Leave a comment
Here’s a gem by Ike Turner Presents The Family Vibes from a 1973 recording, Confined To Soul.
“Garbage Man” is quite funny. Seduction funk, garbage man style.
And remember, don’t ever beat your woman. No matter how much she talks back.
Enjoy.
November 18, 2010 Leave a comment
Get some fried pickles. Get some coldbeers. Then queue this one up, and let the juices flow.
Money Mark‘s original tune from 1995 is the bottom video. A remix by The Dust Brothers on top.
Get hit in your soul. Enjoy.
November 17, 2010 1 Comment
I shan’t post songs by the same artist very many times. These guys deserve a double-post (see original post).
The notion of hearing a jazz piano trio cover Jimi Hendrix has a great deal of potential to initiate your gag reflex. Medeski, Martin & Wood calls bullcrap on that. French intended.
First video: a recording from an intimate live performance of “Hey Joe” at Tonic in NYC. For some reason it has 3 1/2 minutes of dead time at the end.
Second video: a lo-def video recording of “Hey Joe” at a jazz festival from 2001 (thanks, astute readers!!). Marc Ribot sits in for a smoking solo on this soul-searing rendition of one of Hendrix’s finest. Mais, oui.
Always improvise. And enjoy.
November 16, 2010 Leave a comment
This song sounds as fresh and authentic as the day it was recorded. Not sure what else I can add to this one…
Okay…
I’d leave my wife and family for Aretha Franklin if she told me to in a song. She’s only 68. I think we could make it work. I’d miss you, wife and family.
Enjoy some early Aretha (1967).
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