Hit me once again....

I found an excellent use for Blogger's scheduling function. Nothing fancy, just a little trick to get me to post on a regular basis. Funny what having an imaginary deadline will do.

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This 45 is on the revived 70's era Ace label. It's also the ultimate in Bobby Marchan collecting. Or, at least it is to me.

Tough to get your hands on, tough to keep off the turntable, all around just tough. If there was ever a record that deserved to have a Part 2, this is it. Ten, twenty minutes of this jam would go down just fine. Instead all ya get is 3+ minutes of ass shaking funk and then a silence so resounding you just gotta play it over again. Problem is, it's never ever enough.

To my mind, the equivalent of musical crack. Maybe even doubly additive because Marchan's goofiness is always right on the edge of turning it all to crap....but then the guitar player starts leaning on the strings, or the horns kick in....and you're back with a snap.

And then it's over. Time to drop the needle again.

Hope ya'll enjoy....

[Some folks think James Booker is playing organ on this cut. Personally speaking, I don't hear anything that makes me think it is, or for that matter isn't, him.]