The Soul, Funk and Groove thread.. Pete Academy's original thread part 2.

[Grimalkin]

21 minutes ago, lowdown said:

 

 

 I got that album when it first came out and to this day, it's still one of my all time favourite albums. The playing, groove and arrangements on it are blinding.

 

I've always wondered why they didn't develop that track further, even with both parts spliced together it's only 1.45.

I can see why they left it as just a groove, it stands up on its own.

 

Rocco had some of the hardest working right-hand fingers in the business.

 

The difficult thing about Rocco's busier lines is strict alternation. Raking throws things out of sync. That, and playing at the right location along the string for tension. Rocco played roundabout where a P pickup is on a P bass, lower tension there. If you play it further back along the string with the higher tension, it's a lot more difficult. You tend to run out of juice.

[lowdown]

 

[Grimalkin]

 

[RoRi]

 

[lowdown]

Tom Kennedy still grooving away...The rest of the band doing their bit as well...

 

 

Edited December 26, 2021 by lowdown

[Reggaebass]

I quite like this groove with Leon Bridges 

 

[solo4652]

 

[Quatschmacher]

My discovery of today:

 

[Mykesbass]

16 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

My discovery of today:

 

Oh yes, fabulous stuff. Came across him in the late 80s on French label Carrere. 

[Quatschmacher]

1 minute ago, Mykesbass said:

Oh yes, fabulous stuff. Came across him in the late 80s on French label Carrere. 

I came across him only by looking into who wrote the original version of the track. My friend urged me to listen to this version, which has Joe Henderson tearing things up:

 

[Leonard Smalls]

13 minutes ago, Mykesbass said:

fabulous stuff.

I discovered him by accident, having bought this on spec from the record and tape exchange on Goldhawk Road back in the 90s for 50p!

 

 

[Barking Spiders]

I've been wondering for decades when I'd ever hear this track again. I bought the 12" back in 1988 but along with 200+ other 12", 100 LPs and a few hundred 45s it drowned in a flash flood in the basement flat I was living in as an undergrad.

Anyone else recall it? Mebbe not as it wasn't a chart hit.

 

[Fishfacefour]

I've loved this track for years and only just got round to learning it.

 

 

I really have to concentrate to make sure I shift position rather than stretch for those 9ths.

[Reggaebass]

Disco time, great bassline 

 

[Fishfacefour]

18 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Disco time, great bassline 

 

Love that bassline. Deceptively tricky.

[Reggaebass]

2 minutes ago, Fishfacefour said:

Love that bassline. Deceptively tricky.

Definitely, I’ve tried many times over the years but I can’t get it exact up to speed 

[Leonard Smalls]

I love a good FunkShow... Saw Zapp back in the early 80s - awesome!

 

 

[sshorepunk]

Sam Wilkes! 
 

 

[Fishfacefour]

This whole album is jaw dropping on the groove front, but loving this one tonight

 

 

[Quatschmacher]

1 hour ago, Fishfacefour said:

This whole album is jaw dropping on the groove front, but loving this one tonight

 

 

A stone-cold classic. 

[bubinga5]

Easily in my top 5 soul funk records of all time. its just fantastic Bobby Womack. 

 

[bubinga5]

 

[bubinga5]

There was a certain time in Bobby Womacks recording career when he recorded some absolute classic soul funk. apart from the other two greats, this is one of them. 

Edited January 22, 2022 by bubinga5

[Quatschmacher]

Hadn’t ever heard of this artist until I read an interview with him in today’s Guardian.

 

Edited January 31, 2022 by Quatschmacher

[Mykesbass]

1 minute ago, Quatschmacher said:

Hadn’t ever heard of this artist until I read an interview about him in today’s Guardian.

 

Great artist. Lots of his stuff you could possibly know, just didn't realise - from It Must be Love, to Something Inside So Strong.