A much needed Black Music thread.
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personally for me one of the greatest blues recordings i ever heard....can never get tired of it
Elmore James and Muddy Waters are 1 and 1a in my book
Session drummer named Bernard Purdue
and a young Jimi Hendrix on guitar
It's interesting how Jimi was able to keep his wild inventive side in check, and stay within the parameters of the job at hand, while playing guitar in soul and r&b sessions...
From Wikipedia:
Hendrix began playing guitar at age 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, then Nashville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires.
I've been exploring this group recently. Nice early 80's funk.
"Get Tough" by Kleeer
"Get Tough" by Kleeer
Bernard Purdie. Great drummer. He would have been in his early 20's on this track. Purdie created a drum sequence that became known as the "Purdie shuffle". Influenced a tremendous amount of drummers including Jeff Porcaro of Toto who implemented it on several songs. For me most notably on Boz Scaggs "Lowdown" which is some of the finest groove drumming I've heard.
Purdie himself was the drummer on James Brown "Get on the Good Foot" (my ATF JB song) as well as Aretha Franklin's "Rock Steady".
Wow, saw them live in Toronto way back in the day. So many great groups back then, The Temptations, The ChiLites , The Platters, The 4 Lads, the 4 Aces.
I saw Albert live in a small club in Montreal in 1990, a few years befor he passed.
His tone, bends, and phrasing were amazing.
He also did his signature long guitar cable walk though the audience while his guitar was screaming!
He used a very unusual open tuning:
More Billy Ocean. He was massive in the 80's. Some delightful bass on this one
