Payn's Ponderings Black History Month Music Edition

[payn]

Unfairly overshadowed by CB4.

"Are you sure its not just the glasses?"

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Unfairly overshadowed by CB4.

That was an excellent parody of Soul II Soul.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

That was an excellent parody of Soul II Soul.

CB4 got all the press, but Fear of a Black Hat absolutely nailed the 90s zeitgeist.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The great Professor Longhair

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That was an excellent parody of Soul II Soul.

See also PM Dawn as a target of that spoof

 

[Mad_Jack]

Lucky enough to see all these folks live... Vintage Trouble was opening for The Who.


Robert Randolph and the Family Band... I saw this guy lift up his pedal steel and play it behind his head.





The Blind Boys of Alabama, singing Amazing Grace to the tune of House of the Rising Sun...




Vintage Trouble - Not Alright By Me and Nobody Told Me

 

[Ryujin]

Gotta throw this one in, that's also on my daily drive playlist.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Think I'll throw out some random international stuff that's worth knowing about...

1975 psych/prog rock/proto-metal from Zambia, the style's called Zamrock, the band also records in their native Bemba language as well

Amanaz - Easy Street

 

[Mad_Jack]

African metal...

ARKA'N from Togo



Sasamaso from Madagascar, singing in their native Malagasy



Rish, from Kenya. She bounces around between rock, metal, R&R and jazz

 

[payn]

2/12 Blind Willie Johnson
I gotta toss in some blues on the weekend since The Current doesnt have much of it on their list. Tell me a tale Willie.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Some early Tony MacAlpine :

 

[payn]

2/13 Mississippi John Hurt

This man developed a great guitar technique that got me to really practice at the instrument. Changed how I viewed playing and music in general. One person with a guitar can sound like band on their own. Really great stuff here. Enjoy!

 

[payn]

2/14 Al Green

Covered already in this thread, but Al Green had a classic voice and sound that affords more mentions. A sweeter and smoother side of soul.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A pioneering talent, the great Leontyne Price:

 

[payn]

2/15 Janet Jackson

Michael Jackson casts a pretty huge shadow so I often forget about his very talented sister. It's also easy to think Prince and the Minneapolis sound gave her a path to stardom. No, despite all that Janet is a great talent all her own deserving of a shout out during black history, or any music recognition, month. Enjoy!

 

[payn]

2/16 Sam Cooke

Has there ever been a voice so smooth, so soothing, so soulful? Not only was Cooke unbelievably talented, he was able to crank out classic hits one after another in his unfortunately short career.

 

[payn]

2/17 Prince

The one and only. Prince was making entire albums by himself by the time he was 18. The real pioneer of the Minneapolis sound. So much pop music wouldn't exist if it didn't come out of his talented mind. Gone too soon, I so miss the purple Yoda.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

John Coltrane’s fearsome jazz classic, “Giant Steps”

Ramsey Lewis Trio’s untouchable instrumental version of “The In Crowd”

Herbie Hancock blew the doors off of MTV with ”Rockit “

Billy Cobham laid down “Stratos” in the early 80s or so, and I’ve heard covers of it being used in commercials to this day

 

[payn]

John Coltrane’s fearsome jazz classic, “Giant Steps”

Ramsey Lewis Trio’s untouchable instrumental version of “The In Crowd”

Herbie Hancock blew the doors off of MTV with ”Rockit “

Nice St Paul dining car backdrop on that "The In Crowd" tune.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Jimmy Smith’s album Peter and The Wolf is a jazz deconstruction of the classical original. It is rare as hell on vinyl, and wasn’t released on CD for a loooong time. It was one of Mom’s holy grail discs.