Friday, December 11, 2009

Deep Tracks 81

1. California Blues – Merle Haggard
2. Uncle Funky – Harold Ousley
3. You Can Feel It in Your Soul-Earl Scruggs
4. It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing – Ernestine Anderson
5. Step One – Jimmy McGriff
6. That's Live-Peter Herbolzheimer
7. Chegou da Bahia-Arnaud Rodrigues
8. Mis-Using My Love-Little Milton
9. Ain't That Nothin'-Billy Preston
10. Satisfied – Lonnie Mack
11. Take Me (I'll Take You There)-Mike Farris
12. Go call police-Oliver de Coque
13. Juke Joint Jump-Elvin Bishop
14. Down Yonder – Snooks Eaglin
15. In The Middle – Grant Green
16. Funk#48 – James Gang
17. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Willie Bobo
18. 219 Train – El Dorados

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Harold Ousley was a fantastic tenor player you kicked out a few indie jazz funk releases in the 70's. Oozing nasty Fender Rhodes and a tough groove, Ousley proves that if he isn't Uncle Funky, he certainly knows him. Oh. And how about the cover? Tight.

Arnaud Rodriques is a brilliant Brazilian madman who was both comedian, musician, and freak. I found a couple of his albums in the ozone and they have that musky, good smell - like the beach after the rain. I wish I spoke Portuguese...

Snooks Eaglin is another NOLA treasure perhaps best known for his guitar work with idiosyncratic piano legend Professor Longhair. This doozy from his Sonnet solo catalog finds the blind guitarist in fine form serving a gumbo of licks and some fine vocals as well.