“Oh Baby (Make Me Feel So Young)” by Terry Reid is quite possibly the sexiest song ever, and way ahead of its time too. What would Led Zeppelin have been like, had Terry Reid accepted Jimmy Page’s offer to join Led Zeppelin?
Terry Reid, groovin’ way ahead of his time, could have blown up had he accepted the position for lead singer of the New Yardbirds (which then hired Robert Plant and became Led Zeppelin). Like Plant, Reid could wail effortlessly. Unlike Plant, he was a mean guitarist too.
Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman. Just because. Wikipediapparently, she remains one of the few black female musicians to have a gold record on her own vanity label. Happy friday!
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Mary Griffin performs with P-Funk and stuns vacationers with a vocal solo on the Capital Jazz Supercruise in 2012. This year, catch Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, Chrisette Michele, and many other talented acts on 2013’s Jazz Supercruise.
Guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers, a co-producer on Daft Punk’s latest album Random Access Memories, has written some of the most memorable pop songs from the disco era and beyond (e.g., “Le Freak” by Chic, “Good Times” by Chic - sampled on “Rapper’s Delight,” “We are Family,” by Sister Sledge, “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie, and countless others). Rodgers talks how his approach to writing earworm melodies, or as he calls them, “one time only events,” led him to become one of the hottest hitmakers, and ultimately one of the most sampled artists in hip hop. Watch this video to learn about Nile and his contributions to Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories.
Enough said, right?
Grizzly Bear is damn musical. They blend more Smithsy influences (“Two Weeks”) and progressive, Zeppelinesque sounds, as heard on “Sleeping Ute” off their latest 2012 album Shields. I didn’t realize the variety of voices they convey through their art. Daniel Rossen’s classic rock voice on “Sleeping Ute” would have blown minds if he were around during Woodstock ‘69.
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First MC ever Jocko Henderson rapped with serious jazzy pizzazz. Enjoy “Rhythm Talk,” a piece of hip hop history from 1979, thanks to Nardwuar’s recent interview with ?uestlove.
Working at a recording studio has its perks - like hearing the same segment of a song play over and over again. Every now and then, the music is so good you don’t mind… like “Promised Land” by Elvis.
Robert Glasper’s absolutely nasty live tribute to Roy Ayers. Good vibes here. I had to say it. *Don’t mind the video editing. Just close your eyes and dig.
