There's two, actually. Soul Jazz put out another not long ago.
― Mule, Sunday, 22 December 2013 08:47 (ten years ago) link
Aretha's "With Pen In Hand," Dusty's "Son of a Preacher Man," Freda's "Band of Gold," prob sev by Staples Singers/Mavis (incl. some of her recent) all seem to fit theme of this tread. Thanks for the soundcloud, Moe.
― dow, Sunday, 22 December 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
Remember that country funk compilation from light in the attic? Volume II has arrived!
http://lightintheattic.net/releases/1176-country-funk-volume-ii-1967-1974
― Moka, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
that 1st comp was a good one to have in the car.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
That first one was good to have anywhere! I've got so much play out that, very excited for a volume II!
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
Oh cool. The first one was at-work/in-car/at-home entertainment for me for a year or so!
― overwhelmed with sweat (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 22 May 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
recently i discovered that you can "follow" people on spotify, so out of curiosity i looked at who was "following" me. this led to the discovery of a user with many, many playlists (i suspect it's an ilxor), and one playlist in particular focused on "funky country" or something like that caught me eye. i decided to make a companion playlist, with the only rules being that i wouldn't use any of the artists on that playlist, and of course the songs had to be on spotify. this is what i ended up with, following my normal sort of c60 format (leaving room for goofy sound collage / spoken word stuff like you do when you make a tape)
dale hawkins - "LA-memphis-tyler"terry reid - "things to try"dan penn - "tearjoint"billy joe royal - "steal away"ricky nelson - "sweet mary"the band - "king harvest"the meters - "wichita lineman"skip easterling "i'm your hoochie koochie man"moby grape - "love song"dillard & clark - "don't let me down"joe south - "motherless children"bob dylan - "country pie"bonnie raitt - "thank you"neil young - "are you ready for the country?"lee michaels - "heighty hi"
p.s. GOTT it's funny that our ILM paths would cross twice today re: dale hawkins !!!
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 02:28 (four years ago) link
lol Dale's the secret thread running through the universe
cool list!
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 03:15 (four years ago) link
xpost LITA's Country Funk Vol. 2 worth checking, but some tracks too self-congratulatory/novelty in ways more than earned. Lotta hot stuff on this thread, dunno how available now. I posted about ace Ace comps---Cover Me: The Eddie Hinton Songbook, Reggie Young's Guitar Session Star, maybe more---on yonder Sweet Soul Music thread, also see Ace site re their Penn-Oldham and other collections (you might have to add expected favorites in some cases, but they always turn up turnips new to me and welcome)
― dow, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 03:28 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJwihdYfyN4
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 10:39 (four years ago) link
allen toussaint got mentioned once ITT 15 years ago. time to mention him again.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA-G81xJT3U
― andrew m., Tuesday, 21 July 2020 13:51 (four years ago) link
oh god i love that song. "Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further" is also a fucking jam
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 14:45 (four years ago) link
that song is like my daily affirmation, and the whole first album gets lots of play these days. i need more of his stuff.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 21 July 2020 14:59 (four years ago) link
oops i was thinking of the Lee Dorsey version, but Toussaint did record a cover w/Elvis Costello apparently
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 15:13 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYcjW2MOZoI
― the burrito that defined a generation, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 15:22 (four years ago) link
hell yeah
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link
Kelly Gordon's Defunked record veers into the corny a fair bit but it has this tune and a great duet w/Bobbie Gentry called Love Took My Heart And Mashed That Sucker Flat.
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link
oops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqEv-ZAyV8o
that's great
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
shuggie track is so good too, really angry with myself that i didn't think of it when i made my mix
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
Listening to this year's Pam Tillis, Looking For A Feeling, on YouTube, and damn if most of it isn't build on country funk, one way or another, though it's always a given, never a retro novelty, as scenes from earlier life ride the present. Cover is her in the orange shower w Oreo & wine.
― dow, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 03:00 (four years ago) link
70s Little Richard. Anyone mention him?
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 08:59 (four years ago) link
Oooh great call. His early-70s version of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is a fave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYZW3a9LBf0
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 14:20 (four years ago) link
finally making time to work through the thread and listen to everything, track down recommended comps, etc. so much good stuff here, especially enjoying the two "country got soul" comps that jed mentions in '04
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Country-Got-Soul-Volume-One/release/1747107https://www.discogs.com/Various-Country-Got-Soul-Volume-Two/release/2165569
haven't seen him mentioned but i feel like tim hardin could really get there sometimes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5D8XmAxTY0
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
wray brothers & co.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enXQE4gsKVs
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
The Tnder Things, "How You Make A Fool"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2s2HEbEyoU
― dow, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
Title track of current album, and the single, as it should be: most of the others are headphone growers (but keep growing, especially the arrangements and playing)
― dow, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
― budo jeru
Was it me? I follow a lot of ILM posters but I always have a hard time relating their board nicknames to their spotify profiles.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 23 July 2020 08:03 (four years ago) link
it might no be me but here’s a playlist I’ve used for years now:
https://open.spotify.com/user/moteldemoka/playlist/1A5LQOLAUa3TK6ChYLGeRw
It’s in heavy need of a cleanup though.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 23 July 2020 08:07 (four years ago) link
Here's my equivalent playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4135h0uHLl7WxL6DdUrjJt?si=nqUk0O0zRjimCgp6XuPt9Q
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:05 (four years ago) link
― Moka, Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:43 PM (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink
We need Volume III!
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
wasn't Moka or bendy but thanks for sharing !
― budo jeru, Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drQmtlqrBsoFree Beer - I'm in Love
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMe_ycQzdxsBobby Charles - Street People
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNpqKCOLi2YRev. Ether, The Kingdom, The Power & The Glory - 1862 B. P. [Et Cet'er-A] 1970 Soul Funk 45
― budo jeru, Sunday, 9 August 2020 03:08 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah, the elusive Rev. Ether, thanks for reminder. Willie Nelson w Mavis Staples, "Grandma's Hands," Willie with Tony Joe White, Jamey Johnson, Leon Russell, "God's Problem Child"---he's prob got some more.
― dow, Sunday, 9 August 2020 03:25 (four years ago) link
Ronnie Barron's Reverend Ether LP is just generally great if you like some New Orleans in your country funk.
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 9 August 2020 09:02 (four years ago) link
"Freeway Mama," "Duke of Crenshaw" and "Don't Let My Husband Catch You" are all monster tunes.
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 9 August 2020 09:03 (four years ago) link
Supposedly even better, according to xgau---I've never seen it:Blues Delicacies, Vol. 1 [Vivid Sound, 1980]The erstwhile Reverend Ether, who worked as Paul Butterfield's sideman after declining Dr. John's shingle, here adds a respectfully raunchy collection of standards to the modest store of first-rate New Orleans rock and roll LPs. This is no Wild Tchoupitoulas or Fats Domino or Crawfish Fiesta, but it sure holds its own against Mac Rebennack's Gumbo or Lee Dorsey's Yes We Can. A minor delight for the aficionado and a revelation for the uninitiated. Problem is, it'll cost you 15 bucks as a Japanese import, if you can find it. Rounder, Alligator, Flying Fish--help! Warners--oh never mind. A-I found Dr. John's Gumbo a revelation at first, and a not-fail party record ever after; Christgau liked it pretty well too, so that's a pretty encouraging compliment. Still haven't heard Yes We Can, but a friend had a good boot of his Clash tour.
― dow, Sunday, 9 August 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
"blue delicacies" is very much throwback '50s NOLA r&b, it's just okay imo and p distinct from the funky gumbo country mélange that is "reverend ether"
dow if you haven't heard lee's "yes we can" LP, you really have to find a way to track it down soon !
― budo jeru, Sunday, 9 August 2020 16:49 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah. And prob something from this fits (it's on Ace, so hey):
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/714AfEMgK5L._SL1200_.jpg
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Sweet-Inspiration-The-Songs-Of-Dan-Penn-Spooner-Oldham/release/3181187
― dow, Sunday, 9 August 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
Barbara Mandrell's work with Billy Sherill on her first couple of lps is pretty good r'n'b drenched stuff. Not sure if that equates to totally funky but I do like the 2lps I got together.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 9 August 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
Those are great records, they have a lot in common with Diana Track’s best stuff I think.
― Tim, Sunday, 9 August 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
Trask, that says.
what's a good place to start with diana trask ?
xp can't go wrong with penn / oldham
― budo jeru, Sunday, 9 August 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
Reminds me of the time someone said to my friend Mr. Fine Wine “You can’t go wrong with Spooner and Oldham.”
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 August 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
Also true. Though Arthur and Will are more hardcore.
― dow, Sunday, 9 August 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
I only know two or three Trask lps but my favourites are “Diana’s Country” and “Miss Country Soul” are my favourites (in that order).
― Tim, Sunday, 9 August 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
These two are from Diana’s Country: The Chokin’ Kind, Don’t Let It Get Awayhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FE0hAdRm8JMhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hdm4-f-7YXU
― Tim, Sunday, 9 August 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
Hey now, it’s Vol. III: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-country-funk-volume-iii-1975-1982/
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Saturday, 7 August 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link