Song of the Week: "Emotional Rescue" by Freedom Dub

I have to be honest here, I don't know anything about this song, this group or the circumstances surrounding it, but I do know that this is the best Rolling Stones cover I've ever heard. It's chill, yet upbeat. Smooth with a bounce. I first heard it a couple weeks ago while sailing (mostly drinking in a boat, and trying not to get thrown into the ocean) and, if you're able, I would highly recommend listening to this song in a boat in the sun.

Unfortunately, I don't have an embeddable version, so you'll just have to grab a copy and trust that it is the jam.

For you.

Song of the Week: "She Brings the Rain" - Can

Can is some quintessential kraut rock. From the late 60s onward, Can really had a total disregard for any preconceptions of what their music should sound like. They move from noise to rock to smooth grooves without hesitation.

The sun is shining, but the Weather Channel says storms are brewing, so I figure this will be a good tune for the day.

"She Brings the Rain"


Listen later.

Song of the Week: "Tobacco Road" Brother Jack McDuff

There's is no sound more classic than the Hammond B-3 organ, Jack McDuff's musical weapon of choice. A favorite among crate diggers, McDuff made a lot of great records, and actually gave guitarist George Benson his start. His early stuff is straight-forward jazz, but by the mid-late-70s he got seriously funky.

This cut is a little dusty because it's ripped straight from a 45, which I found in a neglected stack without a sleeve, and have done my best to clean.

"Tobacco Road"

Tobacco Road - Brother Jack McDuff

Song of the Week - 20th Century Zoo "Bullfrog"

Originally hailing from Arizona, which admittedly isn't the first place I think of when it comes to fuzzy, psychedelic blues rock, Twentieth Century Zoo (excellent band name) knew how to shred, despite the fact that they looked more like the chess club than the Rolling Stones.

It's been raining all week, and there's something about the song "Bullfrog" that seems to fit the mood.



Listen at home.

Song of the Week: Audience "Waverly Stage Coach"

This week's song of the week is from genre defying British rockers Audience, "Waverly Stage Coach," off their self-titled 1969 album. I love this song. It's just so catchy.



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The bonus song this week is from another little-known 60s group, Phil and the Frantics - a nice little number called "Til You Get What You Want."



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Have a nice weekend.

Song of the Week - Eddie Kirk "The Hawg Pt. 1"

I don't know alot about Eddie Kirk, but I do know that I like this song. I love those drums, a pattern that I strongly associate with Stax, and which was recently rejuvenated by Dangermouse on the last Gnarls Barkley album.



Download it here.


Also, as a totally unrelated bonus song of the week, this is a slept on track from Mobb Deep's first album. It's a good song, but long since forgotten.



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Song of the Week: Sly and the Family Stone "Into My Own Thing"

You cannot front on Sly and the Family Stone. No one let the freak flag fly higher than this crew. Not while making music that perfectly synthesized all the elements of the late 60s into a single cohesive style. One part psychedelia, one part soul, one part funk, a little commercial success, but never enough to change the recipe.

This cut is off the group's third album. The intro was sampled by Fatboy Slim on "Weapon of Choice," but the whole song is not to be slept on. It's an undercover anthem that sums up the spirit of individuality that is a thread running through Sly and the Fam's work. ("Thank you for talkin' to me Africa" is another fine example).



Get the track here.

Song of the Week - Maynard Parker "The World is a Ghetto"

This week's song of the week is something on smooth side. "The World is a Ghetto" by Maynard Parker is just such a slick groove. This is music to cruise with. Sonic storytelling at its finest. From his 1973 album, Midnight Rider.



Download the track here.

Song of the Week - Turkish Freakout

I recently acquired this compilation of Turkish psychedelia, and it is most excellent, which is why this gem has taken song of the week honors...Bunalimlar's "Tas Var Kopek Yok."



Download the song here.

Song of the Week - "Skylarking" Horace Andy

It's starting to get nice outside, which means it's time to put together a good reggae mix. This is track will be part of it.

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Songs of the Week

It's been an interesting week, begun with the turmoil of St. Patrick's Day tourists lining the streets, and then settling back into some semblance of normalcy, so that served as the inspiration for the first song of the week. I found this track "Peace" off of Womb's 1969 Dot album after a recommendation from ATL producer extraordinaire Alex Goose, and I'm really feeling this groove.




Peace - Womb


The second track is an obscure Paul McCartney side project with one of the best rock pseudonyms of all time "Percy Thrillington." Found via Aquarium Drunkard, there's also some more info here.




Monkberry Moon Delight - Paul McCartney (Percy Thrillington)

Song of the Week

I can't even lie, this has been a rough week, so we're going with a different feel for song of the week this week, something a little restorative:


DUNN (NOT DONE) - BREAKFAST MOUNTAIN

I don't know anything about these guys other than I heard about them through Dave Allen's blog Pampelmoose, and they remind me a little of Four Tet.

Song of the Week

Amidst dire economic news, it's all about something uplifting for this week's jam...

Underdog - Sly & The Family Stone

There is nobody who can drop the funk like Sly and the Fam. He is one of the most slept on frontmen of all time. His range is crazy and he constantly pushes the limits.