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Dyke & The Blazers – Let A Woman Be A Woman, Let A Man Be A Man
19th August 2021 · UncategorisedDyke & The Blazers are best known for the original – and best – version of Funky Broadway, which went on to be a hit for Wilson Pickett. This tune from 1969 is even funkier. (more…)
Betty Davis – If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up
17th August 2021 · UncategorisedBetty Davis is the missing link between Tina Turner and Millie Jackson, her raw sex appeal proving too much for America in the early 1970s. (more…)
Sir Joe Quarterman – (I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind
17th August 2021 · UncategorisedSoul singer and trumpeter Joe Quarterman is another unfairly overlooked funkster I’ve just stumbled upon while delving deep into a YouTube wormhole.
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William DeVaughn – Be Thankful For What You Got
17th August 2021 · UncategorisedI don’t know where I was in 1974… I mean, I do, but I was listening to Bowie and T.Rex, Slade and The Sweet. So I had never encountered William DeVaughn. (more…)
Art Neville – All These Things
17th August 2021 · UncategorisedGoing back to New Orleans, and back to the Neville Brothers, here is Aaron’s brother Art, teaming up with Allen Toussaint.
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Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Hihache
17th August 2021 · UncategorisedAaron Neville – Hercules
6th August 2021 · UncategorisedI’ll make no apology for staying in New Orleans – or for posting another song by Aaron Neville, this time from 1973. (more…)
Aaron Neville – Tell It Like It is
5th August 2021 · UncategorisedMarvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
3rd August 2021 · UncategorisedWhen it comes to Marvin Gaye, I have to confess that if I had to choose, I’m more of a What’s Going On guy than a Let’s Get It on guy. I’ll take social realism over romance and seduction every time. (more…)
Cymande – Bra
3rd August 2021 · UncategorisedThe cowbell is not an instrument you naturally associate with funk. And cowbell solos are as rare as hens’ teeth… unless you’re listening to this smooth groove by British funksters Cymande. (more…)