After seeing Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown when it was first released I sort of rediscovered '70's R&B funk - Jackie Brown is still up there on my list of favorite movies - Samuel L Jackson, DeNiro, Pam Grier - good cast.
I always liked da funk in the day - searing wah wah solos, heavy percussion, walking bass lines and great horn arrangements - and covers still pop up from time to time. Listen to the extended guitar riff in the Isley Brothers 'Who's That Lady' and it becomes obvious that Ernie Isley's mentor was Jimi Hendrix.
But then R&B and blues have always been high on my list. I was listening to Etta James,Charles Brown and early Chuck Berry when I was a kid when everyone else was grooving to Pat Boone and all the other watered down white bread remakes.
There's been covers done on da funk recently but the original stuff is still hard to beat for me anyway. Maybe you had to be there at the time...if you weren't, maybe you'll enjoy the originals.
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Ernie could be smoove if he wanted...check out the riff toward the middle when he goes all Hendrix on 'em...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Yup, was gonna post some P-Funk but I actually have to try to get some stuff done between posts today...
George Clinton: "I just wanted to see if we could do an entire album on acid."
Geez...
Well, they did.
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Yup, was gonna post some P-Funk but I actually have to try to get some stuff done between posts today...
George Clinton: "I just wanted to see if we could do an entire album on acid."
Geez...
Well, they did.
George Clinton and his collaborations - Funkadelic, Parliment, P-Funk is some of the greatest music ever. brilliant stuff. I was going to post the album by Funkadelic - Maggot Brain in the must have thread.
I saw George at a small club in San Francisco, it was a late night show in which they took the stage at 2 am and played until around 6am. What an experiece. Some of my favorite music.
check out these two tunes from Maggot Brain. An all black band rocking harder than sabbath, zeppelin or any other "hard rock" bands of the era. Eddie Hazel on guitar.
one of my favorite tunes of all time.
Then theres this tune from the same album, awesome funk
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One of my favorites same that same period - pre-Jurassic to some of you
Eric Burden and War live - Spill the Wine:
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Gotta go with a little more Bobby Womack - been covered a lot, J. Geils did a creditable job on this one:
James Taylor covered this:
And Bobby returned the compliment soon thereafter - actually a soulful interpretation:
And last, my favorite rendition of the Bessie Smith classic Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out:
- the darkest version I've ever heard from a guy who knew the feeling well -
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Good call on the Meters, Jimmy - the Nevilles are always in rotatation for me.
I had to work and missed 'em when they played Newport this past summer at the Blues Cafe - damn
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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