A much needed Black Music thread.

[K Douglas]

Heard this one on the way home from golf today. Windows down and speakers blaring.

 

[K Douglas]

Can't have some Gwen without a little of George. One of the funkiest jams ever

 

[K Douglas]

 

[K Douglas]

I first heard this on DJ Rukiz's Blends For Dummies Vol 3 mixtape. Tight joint. Not sure what happened to this cat I don't think he ever put out an album.

 

[trm]

 

[ogibowt]

what a set of pipes.................super good tune....great horns...great guitar solo

 

[trm]

what a set of pipes.................super good tune....great horns...great guitar solo

The pianist and bandleader is Jools Holland. For the past 20 years or so on December 31 he has hosted Jools Holland's New Year Hootenanny on BBC TV. Ruby Turner is a regular performer on that show. Go on YouTube and search Jools Holland Hootenanny and you will find some great music. Here is another sample.

 

[trm]

 

[ogibowt]

The pianist and bandleader is Jools Holland. For the past 20 years or so on December 31 he has hosted Jools Holland's New Year Hootenanny on BBC TV. Ruby Turner is a regular performer on that show. Go on YouTube and search Jools Holland Hootenanny and you will find some great music. Here is another sample.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - This Train (Live Video 1970) - YouTube
done live in 1970..but the original song by rosetta was recorded in the late 40,s i think

 

[onomatopoeia]

 

[onomatopoeia]

 

[trm]

Rhiannon Giddens trained to be an opera singer and also sings traditional folk music. She composed an opera called Omar, about the life of a slave in North Carolina. It won the 2023 Plitzer Prize for Music.

 

[trm]

 

[ogibowt]

it appears that maybe Gospel is still alive and kicking
but trm i cant help myself lol
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head on Gospel Time TV show - YouTube

 

[trm]

I am a fan of Sister Rosetta Tharpe too.

 

[ogibowt]

I am a fan of Sister Rosetta Tharpe too.

i became a fan later in my adult life.........man could she play the guitar..............my late father was a huge fan of black music, from the 1940,s onward ,,in his youth...Gospel. Jazz, Blues and early R&B and played the ass off them in the 50,s when i was a little boy....of course i never paid any attention............growing into my teen and 20,s years i became familiar with his record collection....it knocked me for a loop.........and when he passed 7 years ago i inherited his collection...lo and behold if found a couple of "yellow 78s" of Rosetta Tharpe and an album she made....i aint giving them up...My Dad..what a cool dude...no Perry Como for him,,Howling Wolf, BB King Elmore James et al....

 

[dirtyharry555]

 

[dirtyharry555]

 

[dirtyharry555]

 

[K Douglas]

This song gets me all in my feels. A timeless masterpiece that was included on the Boomerang soundtrack. RIP Prince Be