Eddy Senay --Ain't No Sunshine / Delgado

How about making this Saturday a bit funky?

Eddy Senay is another artist whose talent has been lurking neglected and under-rated for whatever unintelligible reason way too long.

I only found about Eddy Senay a few days ago. And what can I say? I love his slow, easy-going style.
Eddy Senay had two albums released for Sussex: Hot Thang in 1972 and Step By Step in 1973. Both albums were re-released on one CD  by Vampi Soul in 2006 titled Eddy Senay, Soul Preachin'. I definitely recommend both to anyone who loves to listen to clean and clear melodic instrumentals with a moderate psychedelic slant.


His career at Sussex was somewhat hindered by his co-existence with Dennis Coffey who had already left his mark on the music scene since the early 60's, most notably as a member of the Funk Bros. Studio Band. 


Ain't No Sunshine is from Hot Thang and Delgado from his second album Step By Step.

Enjoy!

 Lime Linx

Soultaker's Treasure Chest: No Words Needed

Posted by Soultaker

I hope everyone is doing ok as we approach holiday madness. It's been awhile since I posted due to that thing call real life getting in the way.

I'm a person that is considered laid back by most that know me. Never too outspoken unless it's a rant about the current music that is out there now a days, but I digress. That being said, I decided to throw together a little set called No Words Needed. Just some good feeling instrumental soul music.

1. Ramones – Soultrain - Rampage

2. Booker T. & The M.G.’s – The Horse - Stax

3. The Deacons – Sock It To Me Part 1 - Shama

4. The Whitefield Brothers – In The Raw – Soul Fire/Now Again

5. The Nite-Liters – Tanga Boo Gonk – RCA/Victor

6. The Meters – Hey! Last Minute – Josie

7. Kool & The Gang – Rated X – De-Lite

8. The Budos Band – Rite Of The Ancients – Daptone

9. Jr. Walker & The All-Stars – Hot Cha – Soul

Enjoy

Hamilton Bohannon -- Stop And Go / Love Is Fading

Was that really 1973? This track sounds as fresh and danceable today as it sounded 37 years ago. But it is no secret that some things are meant to survive all kinds of fads, fashions, and hypes -- even if they may have been all these things themselves.




Bohannon, born in 1942, was already playing the drums while he was an elementary student. So it shouldn't have been a surprise he'd become an immensely accomplished and popular drummer and percussionist during the 70's. 
Before he got his big chance at success, though, his B. A. in musical education from Clark Atlanta University came in handy. It enabled him to earn a living as a teacher before joining a band in which Jimi Hendrix was playing.
Stevie Wonder discovered him, and Bohannon played with him from 1965 to 1967. During that time he became the top band leader for Motown, in charge of the label's main acts live arrangements.
In 1972 he left Motown for the Dakar/Brunswick label and, a year later, released his first album Stop and Go, from which the first of today's tracks is taken.   

The Stop And Go 

The second track, Love Is Fading, is from his 1975 Insides Out album and shows the artist's dreamy, jazzy, soft side. 

Love Is Fading

In the late 70's Bohannon moved to Mercury, in 1978 releasing his only top 10 hit, Let's Start a Dance, a duet with Carolyn Crawford.  (Later, he also worked with  Liz Lands and Alltrinna Grayson.)
In 1980 he founded Phase II Records, but joined MCA in 1984 to record a number of records, one of which was his 1989 Here Comes Bohannon.

Instrumental-Monumental: King Curtis, Deodato, Love Unlimited Orchestra

 Warnung: Der Genuss dieser Titel kann zu euphorischen Zustaenden fuehren!  (Hoffen wir's!)

Eumir Deodatos cover des Richard Strauss Werks Also Sprach Zarathustra ist der Muntermacher. Da gibt's keine Diskussion. Deodato erhielt dafuer 1973 eien Grammy, und der Titel erreichte Platz 2 in den U. S.  pop charts.

Eumir Deodato lernte das Musizieren in Eigenregie. Er begann mit 12 auf dem Akkordeon, um mit 17 bereits seine ersten Aufnahmen zu machen. 

Deodato, der Sohn Italienisch-Portugiesicher Eltern, wurde 1943 in Rio De Janeiro, Brasilien geboren. (Das hoert sich schon mal toll an!) 

Obwohl Also Sprach ... immer wieder als Filmmusik zu Space Odyssee (2001) erwaehnt wird, wurde es schon 1979 in Being There mit Peter Sellers und Shirley McLane verwendet.  

Big Ol' Barry mit seinem Love Unlimited Orchestra live.  R.I.P Barry!

Das folgende King Curtis Video ist nicht gerade von hoechster Qualitaet, aber music lovers sehen ueber solche Kleinigkeiten hinweg -- solange die Musik stimmt! 

King Curtis, Soul Serenade

Meinen Lieblingstitel von King Curtis gibt's als naechstes: Memphis Soul Stew. Ein "Stew" ist ein Eintopfgericht. Was man zu diesem Soul Stew braucht sind natuerlich die Instrumente, die das Stueck ausmachen. Zu einem gelungenen Stew wird's aber erst durch die richtige Menge und Mischung der Zutaten: also gibt's eine halbe Tasse Bass, ein Pfund Fatback Drums, 4 EL Memphis Guitar, eine Prise Orgel, half a pint Blasinstrument ...  

Zu Barry Whites Love's Theme ist nur eins zu sagen: einfach faszinierend. Genauso wie der Mann selbst. Ich habe Barry in einigen Interviews gehoert. Als er seine Story erzaehlte, wurde mir bewusst, dass dieses musikalische Talent um Haaresbreite in einer Gefaengnisszelle verrottet waere. Barry war auf die schiefe Bahn geraten ... Zum Glueck hat er sich aber wieder gefangen, und konne uns seine wunderschoenen Schoepfungen bescheren. Barry ist ein gutes Beispiel dafuer, dass jeder Mensch mehr als nur eine Seite hat.