Soul Divine

2016-04-05 ezzy

Amp Fiddler managed to launch a successful solo career after many years with the P-Funk Mob. His records take that P-Funk groove and give it a touch more soul/R&B and let Amp get his strut on. Here’s a nice … Read the rest

Where We Coming From

2016-04-04 ezzy

the beauty and grace of curtis mayfield:

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Hardened Roots

2016-04-01 ezzy

I grew up in the cheese metal era, which was a few eras after the funk era. Funk is my dominant listening mode but as you know I indulge in all sorts of other sounds. I just love music and … Read the rest

Magical 2nd Track

2016-03-22 ezzy

When you have your first certified hit as track #1 on your first album, track #2 becomes really important. Track 2 = What else can this band do?

If track 2 sounds like track 1 – probably a 1-trick pony. … Read the rest

Every Kind Of People

2016-03-212016-03-21 ezzy

Oh the 70’s

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On The Gilded Highway

2016-03-182016-03-18 ezzy

There’s genre bending, then there’s …. WOW.

Watch this singer do a live mashup on Spain’s Got Talent, pretty cool:

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Do It To Me I’ll Do It To You

2016-03-17 ezzy

What you be about?

Hip-hop is 37 years old. At least.… Read the rest

Living For The Live

2016-03-10 ezzy

There’s a lot going on in this clip. It’s pretty good.

Ray Charles + Stevie Wonder, doing one of Stevie’s funk songs, with neither of their bands, for an awards show. It looks like the late 80’s with plastic keyboards … Read the rest

Battle of Tributation

2016-03-09 ezzy

Stevie Wonder is a monster musical genius, capable of perfection at every angle. Tribute shows are the big thing now, and I’m not complaining. Anytime someone can throw down the cash needed to properly work these songs up and make … Read the rest

Floating In My Tin Can

2016-02-18 ezzy

Tributize

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Don’t Try To Fight It

2016-02-17 ezzy

I love covers & I love proper video production so I can’t help but post when I find it:

Here’s a clip of Lauryn Hill, her band, and The Roots doing a Bob Marley cover on Jimmy Fallon’s old show. … Read the rest

Let’s Roll

2016-02-16 ezzy

Stomp with me

For whatever reason, maybe the outfit, maybe the material, I don’t know, but Angus Young seems to be underrated. This is a monster guitarist. He and his brother formed one of the finest rock guitar combos ever.… Read the rest

Music Everywhere

2016-02-16 ezzy

Random act of music: Lunch at the cafeteria in Vietnam

Stay for the guitar solo!

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The Full Power Of Bone

2016-02-10 ezzy

Click bait headlines continue!

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Thanks For The Memories

2016-02-03 ezzy

How does it feel? Get down get with it. Mama, we’re all crazy now.

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Like Prize Giving, This

2016-02-022016-02-02 ezzy

Feeling Kinks today led me to some live 70’s TV stuff where Ray Davies pulls out a chestnut:

The whole show is nice but watching Ray introduce and deliver on Celluloid Heroes is something special. If the embed doesn’t work … Read the rest

Pop For Me Baby

2016-01-28 ezzy

I’m taking the funk tour, stop 32 with Bootsy’s Rubber Band!

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You Touch Me I Hear The Sound of Mandolins

2016-01-25 ezzy

Awesome rendition of this magical song written for a 1957 movie that I personally first heard performed by David Bowie in the 70’s. This is the amazing Nina Simone going way back to 1959: