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Funky 45's
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| AC Jones
and the Soulettes - Hole In Your Soul Pts 1&2 (Imperial) Fantastic greeeaazy soul instro from Ohio, filled with some funky guitar, organ (and electric piano) and girl singers repeating the title over and over again. This ought to get'em out on the dancefloor. |
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John Hamilton and
Doris Allen - Them Changes (Minaret) "What's that?", you say. "Yet another cover of Them Changes...". True, the Buddy Miles chestnut seems to have been on everyone's agenda, from Jimi Hendrix to Paul Humphrey to Lionel Hampton, but this is one of the better efforts. It starts out with some nice feedback guitar and cranks into a funky/bluesy backing. The lead vocal by John Hamilton (who had other 45s on this label as "Big John Hamilton") has a Sam Moore feel to it. |
| Alvin Cash - Funky
'69 (Toddlin' Town) Whew....my first copy of this 45, a couple of years ago had an Alvin Cash label, but was a mispressed C&W record. This time I got the right song, and it's a winner. Not a lot going on aside from a funky beat and Alvin giving dance instructions (working off of fellow Chicagoan Jerry-O's template), but the horns are cool, and the drums are nice. |
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O.D. Williams - Funky
Belly (Bar-Bare) Hey kids, look! Another 'Funky Belly' (along with Warren Lee on Wand and Larry Foster on Big Beat)! This one is on the Mississippi label Bar-Bare. It's a funky dance tune, with a great vocal by Williams. Not as gritty as Warren Lee, but with some excellent drums. The flip side's pretty tasty as well. |
| Ironing Board Sam -
Original Funky Bell Bottoms (Styletone) This may have been released on a Hollywood label, but it's New Orleans funk all the way. Ironing Board Sam is a Crescent City legend, and this is by far his best 45. It's supremely funky title is backed up 100% by the sounds in the grooves. I read how once Sam was going to take a keyboard up in a hot air baloon (trailing wires all the way to the street) but ended the stunt after technical difficulties reared their ugly head. Far out! |
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Aaron Neville - Ape
Man (Safari) This is a cool mid-60's (I'd say it dates from the same era as his Par-Lo sides, and may have also been released on that label) side by Mr. Tell It Like It Is. It's an uptempo dancer with a fairly nonsensical dance craze lyric, but worth picking up all the same. |
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