It ain’t no joke when a man is broke.
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Don’t You Think You Need Some Rest
All those yesterdays — great track from PJ’s 1998 LP Yield.
Stay tuned at the end for a hidden track.… Read the rest
All The Leaves In Need of Raking
Great lyric hidden in the middle of this jam from King’s X
… Good Morning Eddie
Who’s the finest electric guitarist of all time?
It’s a very short list at the very very top.
There’s likely millions of good ones, thousands of amazing ones, and probably 100’s of legends that I have heard of.
But then … Read the rest
Soul Divine
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
… Hardened Roots
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
Put Me In A Spin
This Old World Is Too Funky For Me
Hot Jam from the last Crusaders album, featuring Joe Cocker:
… Read the restMy Radio Ain’t Active It’s Dead
My radio is a body without the head
My radio ain’t active
it’s dead.
Put your roots in the grass.
… Magical 2nd Track
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
Oh the 70’s
Wishing The Days Away
Great song by an amazing songwriter:
Commercial Breaks
Priming the pump…. 2MERICA isn’t over
it might just be beginning
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You Can’t Hide Don’t Lie
… On The Gilded Highway
There’s genre bending, then there’s …. WOW.
Watch this singer do a live mashup on Spain’s Got Talent, pretty cool:
… Do It To Me I’ll Do It To You
What you be about?
Hip-hop is 37 years old. At least.… Read the rest
Living For The Live
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