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Funky 45's
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Chris Kenner -
All Night Rambler Pts 1&2 |
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Like the chocolate and peanut butter in a
Resses Peanut Butter cup, Eddie Bo and Chris Kenner were "two great tastes
that taste great together". The two joined forces briefly in 1966 after Allen Toussaint's departure from Joe Banashak's stable (to co-found Sansu with Marshal Sehorn) left Kenner without a guiding light of his own. Bo and Kenner collaborated on a few discs on both Instant and Atlantic (see the Eddie Bo archives for their work as "Candy Phillips"). Though Kenner was a powerhouse songwriter and singer in his own right, working with the always tuneful (and more controlled) Bo made for some interesting sides. Opening with a drum roll and a funky guitar riff, |
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wail. The overall feel is soul edging up to the very first taste of funk*.
I'll go ahead and assume that it's Eddie Bo on piano, and though the song is
credited to a "T.M. Marshall" (whodat???) it sounds enough like Bo's
previous work that I'd bet there was some sort of pseudonymous publishing
related hornswoggling going on here (if I'm wrong, drop me a line). Part 2
is also excellent, with the drums (izzat you James Black) coming in nice and
hard. I've never been able to track down their one other 45 together on Instant, 'I'm Lonely, Take Me' b/w 'Cinderella' (Instant 3277). *The
patented Funky16Corners "How to tell if your Instant 45 is Funky or Not"
system works as such: If your catalog number fall on or above the 3300
mark, it's a safe bet that the funk is in the house. Below that the essence
of funk dropping off gradually as the numbers go down... |
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