While rocking the tables at a 4th of July cookout held at Captain Ron's infamous spot known as 420+1, I ran into a dude who remembered me from his days as a substitute teacher way back when. Since then, this particular guy has worked at the post office for many years, and knows everybody in town's business.
But that has nothing to do with today's joint. I only brought along 45's, and was using a portable Numark turntable that kept needing pitch adjustments. I'll never use that thing again, the sound was truly horrible. Still, I did my best to keep the funk fresh.
Of all the choice tracks that got laid down, from Time Warp by Eddy Grant to the Doors' Wild Child (since it was the 42nd anniversary of Jim Morrison's death in Paris, likely from a heroin overdose, according to biographer Danny Sugerman, who claims that Jim's girlfriend Pamela Courson confessed to him what really happened that night), the absolute funkiest was Struttin', by Billy Preston. Here he was on Soul Train back in the day, doin' his thing:
As Don Cornelius pointed out, Struttin' wasn't released (on Billy's record The Kids and Me) until May of '74, although the LP had been recorded the previous October. The record featured Joe Walsh on guitar, but there was no sign of him at the Soul Train taping.
- Dyn-O-Mite
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