Superfly Records » Betty Harris https://blog.superflyrecords.com Superfly Records Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:53:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 ETIENNE NICOLAS: RAW FUNK https://blog.superflyrecords.com/guests-top-5/etienne-nicolas-raw-funk/ https://blog.superflyrecords.com/guests-top-5/etienne-nicolas-raw-funk/#comments Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:16:25 +0000 http://blog.superflyrecords.com/?post_type=guests_top_5&p=9032 ...]]> You can be guitar player in rock’n’roll garage band and be a huge fan of raw funky music. The evidence with this selection of Etienne, one of the three members of Cheveu, a band on Born Bad Records.

 
 
 

Betty Harris
Mean Man

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«Fantastic song by one of the 2 New Orleans queens (Irma Thomas is the other one !). Allen Toussaint unique piano line groove makes this tune a New Orleans soul funk anthem!»
 

Harvey Scales & the Sounds
Love It is

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«I call this kind of tunes “In the Red funk”. Very intense, beautiful distortion, you can even feel a punk vibe while Soul is also in the air, and this unique blend gives the track a tragic dimension.»
 

Moussa Doumbia
Keleya

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«Moussa Doumbia, musician from 70’s Mali, did this crazy song in Abidjan. Could have been one of James Brown’s best tune!»
 

Beau Dollar
I’m Ready, I’m Ready

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«A James Brown production on King Records. Amazing minimal use of the drums ; no snare, no kick, just a floor tom and a killer rock garage sound. A kind of raw funk version of the Velvet Underground.»
 

Melba Moore
The Magic Touch

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«A Northern Soul classic… Incredible arrangements and such a deep soul voice for a lady who astonishingly carreered as a disco star. As we say in French, “C’est la vie”.»
 

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