I know it was a bit controversial to erase or not record the percussion on the Woodstock show but going from the first Ray's songs, it often just sounds surplus to requirements. Just too busy. I get he was trying to work in Latin, soul and funk influences, but it's much busier than those genres tend to be, while also still more earth bound or street bound than his older songs somehow. A weird tension. I wish someone told Hendrix he didnt have to worry about being outside of modern black music.
― candyman, Saturday, 23 January 2021 10:31 (three years ago) link