Off of Deep City in the Miami soul scene heat of the 60’s. Too much heat, not enough love.

Soulback: Helene Smith – Thrills And Chills (don lowed)

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Soulback: Helene Smith – Pain In My Heart (don lowed)

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Indeed, indeed, I cannot tell,
Though I ponder on it well,
Which were easier to state,
All my love or all my hate.
Surely, surely, thou wilt trust me
When I say thou dost disgust me.
O, I hate thee with a hate
That would fain annihilate;
Yet sometimes against my will,
My dear friend, I love thee still.
It were treason to our love,
And a sin to God above,
One iota to abate
Of a pure impartial hate.
-Thoreau

An ode the the greatest thing that never got its time to be all it could have been –

“Moby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s, known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements of folk music, blues, country, and jazz together with rock and psychedelic music. Due to the strength of their debut album, several critics consider Moby Grape to be the best rock band to emerge from the San Francisco music scene in the late sixties. As described by Jeff Tamarkin, “The Grape’s saga is one of squandered potential, absurdly misguided decisions, bad-luck, blunders and excruciating heartbreak, all set to the tune of some of the greatest rock and roll ever to emerge from San Francisco. Moby Grape could have had it all, but they ended up with nothing, and less.” – From wikipedia

Throwback: Moby Grape – If You Can’t Learn From My Mistakes (don lowed)

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Throwback: Moby Grape – Indifference (don lowed)

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Throwback: Moby Grape – Sitting By The Window (don lowed)

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Emerald, Sapphire and Gold better known as ESG were the original proto Disco Funk Dance Punk that is so very hip(ster) these days. They opened for Public Image Ltd. and A Certain Ratio, they released records on the same label as Liquid Liquid, they had their music sampled countless times, and they became a playlist staple at ’70s dance clubs like the Paradise Garage and the Music Box. ESG came together in 1978 and were comprised of mostly the 43 (really 6 tho) Scroggins sisters and produced by Martin (Zero) Hannett ( best known as the producer of Joy Division).  ESG has went though many formations, but none so well known as the formation of their samples that are littered throughout hip hop songs. Especially their eerie squelching UFO which has been sampled by the likes of Das Efx, EPMD, Biggie Smalls, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy, LL Cool J, NWA, Mobb Deep, Tim Dog, Doug E Fresh, Masta Ace, and Gang Starr… to Dilla, Peanut Butter Wolf and Nine Inch Nails… it is easily one of the most famous samples in hip hop. Though in 1992 ESG released an EP titles “Samples Don’t Pay Our Bills”, it ocures to me fairly obvious that without samples ESG would perhaps be even more obscure than they are, and that in fact samples do pay “some” bills. And the more people that know ESG… the more people that itunes & Amazon.

Throwback: ESG – It’s Alright (don lowed)

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Throwback: ESG – Erase You (don lowed)

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Throwback: ESG – Tiny Sticks (don lowed)

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Throwback: ESG – UFO (don lowed)

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Throwback: Quartette Tres Bien – Boss Tres Bien (don lowed)

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Throwback: Dr. John – Mama Roux (don lowed)

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“here’s to opening and upward, to leaf and to sap
and to your (in my arms flowering so new)
self whose eyes smell of the sound of rain

and here’s to silent certainly mountains;and to
a disappearing poet of always,snow
and to morning;and to morning’s beautiful friend
twilight(and a first dream called ocean)and

let must or if be damned with whomever’s afraid
down with ought with because with every brain
which thinks it thinks,nor dares to feel (but up
with joy; and up with laughing and drunkenness)

here’s to one undiscoverable guess
of whose mad skill each world of blood is made
(whose fatal songs are moving in the moon ”
— ee cummings

Throwback: Django Reinhardt – Diminushing (don lowed)

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Throwback: Django Reinhardt – The Sunshine Of Your Smile (don lowed)

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Throwback: Os Mutantes – A Minha Menina (don lowed)

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Throwback: Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers – Got Myself A Good Man (don lowed)

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pay dues.

Throwback: The Fantoms – Turn Me On (don lowed)

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Throwback: Society’s Bag – Let It Crawl (don lowed)

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Though by no means unknown, Billy Preston is often one of the more “unsung heros” in music. A child prodigy of piano and organ, his talent was so that by the age of 10 he was performing with several well known gospel music bands and even appeared on Nat “king” Cole’s show to sing a duet with him (seen here).

“In addition to his successful, Grammy Award-winning career as a solo artist, Preston collaborated with some of the greatest names in the music industry, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Band, Nat King Cole, Little Richard, Eric Burdon, Ray Charles, George Harrison, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, King Curtis, Sammy Davis Jr., Aretha Franklin, the Jackson 5, Quincy Jones, Mick Jagger, Richie Sambora, Sly Stone, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ringo Starr. He played the Fender Rhodes electric piano and the Hammond organ on the Get Back sessions in 1969.” – Read it all on Wikipedia

Throwback: Billy Preston – My Soul Is A Witness (don lowed)

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This song features Billy Preston… so… yeah.

Throwback: Aretha Franklin – That’s The Way I Feel About Cha (Alternate Version – Hey Now Hey Now Outtake) (don lowed)

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Two vidoes of Mr. Preston that will blow your mind a little bit.

I decided I wanted to post some dub right about 10 minutes ago. Now that I’m doing it I know its the right thing to do. In between the inbetweens is where infinity lives.

“The Soul Vendors, a group of Jamaican musicians who between early 1966 and mid 1968, the golden era of Reggae, either composed and/or recreated all the great rhythms for all the artists at the now famous Studio One in Kingston.

Alternately called Soul Vendors, Soul Brothers, Sound Dimensions, Brentford All-Stars, Jamaica All-Stars and The Jet by Sir Clement “Coxone” Dodd as a marketing strategy. This group of musicians consisting of the legendary Jackie Mittoo on keyboards, Joe Isaacs on drums, Brian Atkinson on bass, Hux Brown on guitar, Denzil “Pops” Laing on percussion and Dennis Campbell on Tenor Saxophone invented “Rocksteady” thereby bridging Ska and Reggae; creating musical history in the process. They were joined in the recording studio from time to time by horns-men such as Rolando Alphonso, Bobby Ellis, Ron “Willo” Wilson, Headley Bennett, Vin Gordon, Johnny “Dizzy” Moore, Lenox Brown, Lester Sterling, David Madden, Rico Rodrigues, Dilly and Tommy McCook.

Working five days a week, Monday through Friday for two and a half consecutive years, Jackie, Joe, Hux, Mr. Campbell and Pops, sometimes accompanied by different groups of horn players, recorded a minimum of twelve songs everyday, backing most of the original Studio One artists on over 4,000 songs comprising well over one hundred hits.” – From the Soul Vendors dot com. (one of the most annoying sites I’ve come across in a while.)

Dubback Dubsday: The Soul Vendors – Swing Easy (don lowed)

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Dubback Dubsday: The Soul Vendors – Musical Happiness (don lowed)

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I don’t prescribe to this, though I believe my neighbor does. A  cure-all; mix jimson weed with sulphur and honey. The mixture is placed in a glass, which was rubbed against a black cat ( which surprisingly can be found hanging around my house), and then the mixture is slowly sipped.

To stop a Voodoo spell being placed upon you, acquire some bristles from a pig cooked at a Voodoo ritual, tie the bristles into a bundle and carry them on you at all times.

Hoodoo Throwback: Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child (don lowed)

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You can harm a person in whatever way you want to by getting a lock of his hair and burning some and throwing the rest away.

Hoodoo Thorwback: Minuteman – Voodoo Slaves (don lowed)

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If a woman wants her husband to stay away from other woman, she can do so by putting a little of her blood in his coffee, and he will never quit her.

Hoodoo Bonus Beats: The Natural Yogurt Band – Voodoo (don lowed)

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In Wolof  the term hepicat is, “one who has his eyes open”.