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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting July 2, 2020: Testify! - Kick In the Brass: The Big Soul Band Sound!

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Smith  The Cat   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Verve  1964  45  0:01:11 (Pop-up)
Paul Nero  Soul Medley #1 (This is Soul/Soulfinger/Soul Man)   Favoriting Nero's Soul Party  Liberty  1968  LP  0:04:02 (Pop-up)
Paul Nero  Soul Medley #10 (Sweet Soul Music/Show Me/Let the Good Times Roll)   Favoriting Nero's Soul Party  Liberty  1968  LP  0:06:59 (Pop-up)
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra  Mohair Sam   Favoriting Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag  Mercury  1965  LP  0:09:42 (Pop-up)
Kelly Gordon  If That Don't Get It It Ain't There   Favoriting Defunked  Capitol  1969  LP  0:11:47 (Pop-up)
 
Al Brisco Clark and His Orchestra  Soul Food Pt2   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Fontana  1964  45  0:18:37 (Pop-up)
Lloyd Price Band  Ooh Pee Day   Favoriting This Is My Band  Double L  1963  LP  0:20:56 (Pop-up)
Gene Barge  Shake   Favoriting Dance With Daddy G  Checker  1965  LP  0:23:39 (Pop-up)
Gene Barge  It's All Over Now   Favoriting Dance With Daddy G  Checker  1965  LP  0:26:14 (Pop-up)
Freddie Scott and the Seven Steps  It's Not Unusual   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Marlin  1965  45  0:29:15 (Pop-up)
Gentleman June Gardner  It's Gonna Rain   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Emarcy  1966  45  0:31:27 (Pop-up)
Choker Campbell and his 16 Piece Band  Come See About Me   Favoriting Hits of the Sixties  Motown  1965  LP  0:33:41 (Pop-up)
Choker Campbell and his 16 Piece Band  Dancing In the Streets   Favoriting Hits of the Sixties  Motown  1965  LP  0:36:10 (Pop-up)
Choker Campbell and his 16 Piece Band  Wild One   Favoriting Hits of the Sixties  Motown  1965  LP  0:38:40 (Pop-up)
Johnny Watson  Hold On I'm Coming   Favoriting Bad  Okeh  1967  LP  0:41:02 (Pop-up)
Johnny Watson  Knock On Wood   Favoriting Bad  Okeh  1967  LP  0:44:27 (Pop-up)
Sammy Lowe and His Orchestra  Baby Baby Baby   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Smash  1964  45  0:46:55 (Pop-up)
Falconaires  Day Tripper   Favoriting Wanted  USAFA  1969  LP  0:49:18 (Pop-up)
Falconaires  Think   Favoriting Wanted  USAFA  1969  LP  0:52:11 (Pop-up)
The Soul Finders  Dead End Street   Favoriting Sweet Soul Music  Camden  1967  LP  0:55:19 (Pop-up)
Al Thomas Ork  Cornbread and Molasses   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Virtue  1967  45  0:58:06 (Pop-up)
X-Citers Unlimited  Soul to Billie Joe   Favoriting 45RPM Single  ABC  1968  45  1:00:05 (Pop-up)
 
Billy Clark and His Orchestra  Hot Gravy   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Dynamo  1969  45  1:11:58 (Pop-up)
Inez and Charlie Foxx's Swinging Mockin' Band  Speed Ticket   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Dynamo  1969  45  1:14:14 (Pop-up)
Detroit City Limits  Big Top   Favoriting 98 Cents Plus Tax  Okeh  1968  LP  1:17:05 (Pop-up)
Detroit City Limits  Think   Favoriting 98 Cents Plus Tax  Okeh  1968  LP  1:19:21 (Pop-up)
JJ Jackson and the Greatest Little Soul Band In the Land  Win, Lose or Draw   Favoriting JJ Jackson Presents the Greatest Little Soul Band In the Land  Congress  1969  LP  1:21:30 (Pop-up)
Lloyd Price Orchestra  It's Your Thing   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Lloyd Price's Turntable  1969  45  1:25:26 (Pop-up)
Lloyd Price Orchestra  I Heard It Through the Grapevine   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Lloyd Price's Turntable  1969  45  1:28:05 (Pop-up)
New London Rhythm and Blues Band  Soul Stream   Favoriting Soul Cookin'  Vocalion  1969  LP  1:30:45 (Pop-up)
New London Rhythm and Blues Band  Harlem Shuffle   Favoriting Soul Cookin'  Vocalion  1969  LP  1:33:17 (Pop-up)
New London Rhythm and Blues Band  Uptight   Favoriting Soul Cookin'  Vocalion  1969  LP  1:35:56 (Pop-up)
Tony Newman  Soul Thing   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Parrot  1968  45  1:38:32 (Pop-up)
Soul Strings and Funky Horn  Yester Love   Favoriting Soul Strings and a Funky Horn  Solid State  1968  LP  1:41:08 (Pop-up)
Steve Allen and Oliver Nelson  Son of a Preacher Man   Favoriting Soulful Brass #2  Flying Dutchman  1969  LP  1:43:18 (Pop-up)
Steve Allen and Oliver Nelson  California Soul   Favoriting Soulful Brass #2  Flying Dutchman  1969  LP  1:46:00 (Pop-up)
Woody Herman  It's Your Thing   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Cadet  1969  45  1:48:16 (Pop-up)
Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd  Can't Get Next To You   Favoriting Herd at Montreaux  Fantasy  1974  LP  1:51:14 (Pop-up)

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doctorjazz:

I got it in me as well, stuck, can't get the damn stuff out!
(Hi all!)
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Doc!
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Julie:

saaaaame
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Julie!
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Matt from New Orleans:

Hi everyone
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Matt!
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Erica:

Testify!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Funky16Corners:

Erica!
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Erica:

Groovy stuff so far.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks!
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dutchtheo:

Hi Larry, and mohair testifiers
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Theo!
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WR:

Slipping in, hope didn't miss your intro to today's program. And if I have then I will do it ass backwards by hearing the program first and then the intro afterwards.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Wr!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:20pm
Funky16Corners:

The style (or lack thereof) suggests to me that it is James Brown himself on the organ
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:21pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Sorry to hear about your back Larry. I can relate thought thankfully not currently.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:21pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks, Matt. It's not horrible, but I wish it weren't anything at all.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:22pm
Funky16Corners:

This is James Booker on organ with Lloyd Price
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
Brian in UK:

Hello Larry, not long back from the osteopath myself.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Brian!
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Erica:

[Insert Carlton dance .gif here]
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:30pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, right?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:32pm
Funky16Corners:

Believe it or not this is a cover of a Sonny and Cher song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:32pm
Matt from New Orleans:

It’s my bud June. Love this song.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, big fave of mine
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:34pm
Funky16Corners:

This is the guy in the picture at the top of the page, Choker Campbell
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
Doug Schulkind:

All is well in chokerville!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Doug!
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Erica:

Doug welcome!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:43pm
Funky16Corners:

Johnny "Guitar" Watson moonlighting as Johnny "Piano" Watson
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Matt from New Orleans:

Digging this Johnny Watson
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Matt from New Orleans:

I call this the toilet song
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:45pm
Funky16Corners:

It's a great album, but also hopelessly obscure
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:45pm
Funky16Corners:

Produced by Larry Williams. I played some of it on my Larry Williams tribute
Avatar 🥁 3:47pm
Erica:

Haha Matt! Which song?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:47pm
Funky16Corners:

Hold On I'm Coming
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Funky16Corners:

Isaac Hayes and David Porter said the title came to them while one of them was running back from the bathroom
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Funky16Corners:

This is the US Air Force Academy Band
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Matt from New Orleans:

It was David Porter on the can. Isaac was getting annoyed that he was taking so long as he was in the songwriting groove. David yelled back Hold on I’m Coming quickly finished up and ran back into the studio and the song was finished in less than an hour.
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Funky16Corners:

On the US Air Force Academy label
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Matt from New Orleans:

Groovy
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Funky16Corners:

They have a couple of cool albums
Avatar 🥁 3:55pm
Erica:

Hey you gotta go when you gotta go Matt.
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Matt from New Orleans:

I picked up a fantastic Bobbie Gentry 8 CD box set two years ago. Way too much for the average listener.
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Funky16Corners:

I bet I'd love that. I dig her voice.
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Matt from New Orleans:

There’s over 70 previously unissued recordings on it. www.discogs.com...
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Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

Listening while i lurk. Hi, Larry and folx!
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Matt from New Orleans:

Sorry this has the details www.discogs.com...
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Granny!
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Matt from New Orleans:

It’s unlike Inez & Charlie to be so quiet
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Funky16Corners:

It's their band
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Erica:

Hi Granny!
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Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

Hi, Erica!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:30pm
Funky16Corners:

Lloyd had to get his mug on the label: www.discogs.com...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
Brian in UK:

S'funny how Bobbie Gentry just dropped out. Too much monkey business.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
Funky16Corners:

She took her royalties and retired to the quiet life
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Erica:

Surprised I didn't hear "Oh yeah!" during the beginning of that Harlem Shuffle.
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Erica:

That cover I mean.
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Funky16Corners:

Oddly, one of the few covers that doesn't include it
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Martinibomb:

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Sem:

Dang, gonna have to catch this one on the archives, but gotta say hi! to Larry the G, and testifiers everywhere.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Martinibomb!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Sem!
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Funky16Corners:

@Martinibomb - What is that?
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mauri:

Heyy Larry! I always catch from the archives. now live ou jeah. Sounding good.
  4:49pm
Martinibomb:

@funky if it's not showing up right.. try expanding your browser? I'm still dialing it in a little
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Funky16Corners:

@Martinibomb - Aha! I see it now! Very cool!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Mauri!
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dutchtheo:

Thanks Larry! Enjoyed the soul jazz!
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Sem:

Hey, mauri! Good to see you, *in person*.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Theo!
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mauri:

Sem you too you old giraffe
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Sem:

All good there with you, I hope.
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mauri:

oh yes. et tou?
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Erica:

Very jazzy show this week Larry. Have a good 4th of July weekend!
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Sem:

Same, thank the gods.
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Matt from New Orleans:

Thanks Larry
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks everyone! See you next week!
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