Deep Tracks 60

1. Crossfire – Cabildos

2. African Children – Aswad

3. The Kid – Leroy Vinegar

4. 96 Tears – Aretha Franklin

5. Philadelphia Bright – Walter Bishop Jr.

6. Lord Help Me – Amnesty

7. Big River Blues – The Delmore Brothers

8. Addis A Rasta – Vin Gordon

9. Get Ourselves Together – Hugh Masekela

10. Some of My Best Friends are the Blues – Della Reese

11. At The Party – Hector Rivera

12. Do It Right – The Three Tops

13. If I’d A Club – Messengers Incorporated

14. Jimmy’s Back – Bernard Purdie

15. Lonesome Road Blues – Joe Val

16. Let’s Dance – Jimmy Cliff

17. Back Stabbers – Seldon Powell

18. You Know You’re Going Wrong – Walter Heath

19. It’s A Groovy World – The Unifics

20. Ain’t My Stuff Good Enough – Clydie King

21. Check It Out – Fats Theus

22. Iron Sharpeneth Iron - Culture

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When I was in High School, my friend from Foster City could get Stanford University's radio station KZSU on his home tuner. He used to tape a sunday night reggae show hosted by the General called "Concrete Jungle." For a suburban white kid who thought reggae began and ended with Bob Marley, the tapes were a revelation and it became a mission to find the music the General played. African Children by Aswad was a classic example. This London based outfit achieved a lot of popularity in the late 80's. I personally find this to be a brilliant piece of poetry about ghetto suffering and hopelessness.

I loved finding a bit of Leroy Vinegar's 70's output including The Kid. Besides the blistering Fender Rhodes work, and his patented 'walking bass', Vinegar was a mainstay of the Portland jazz scene for many years and a really cool guy.