Southern Funkin'-Louisiana Funk & Soul 1967-75 [Import]
Various Artists Funk
LP Rel Date: 2005-07-05
029667516815
BGP returns with a foray into the unique and funky sounds that emanated from Louisiana from the late 60s through to the early 70s. The State has it's own original take on black music influenced by New Orleans and tinged with the flavor of the area's Creole culture, which for a large part is separate and self-sufficient from the mainstream of American life; this makes many of these not only highly desirable, but impossible to find. As ever with a BGP compilation we have unearthed some stone rarities and dance floor winners. The super-rare 'One Day' by Tabby Thomas, that sells for nearly a $1000 on the infrequent occasions when it comes up for sale, is one of funk's holy grails, and the low-down and dirty 'I Got a Groove' by JJ Caillier also rarely surfaces. Katie Webster's 'Hell Or High Water' is a fine example of "Sister Funk" that would rock any dance floor.
Tracklist:
- Wish You Were Here - Leroy Soileau
- I Got a Groove
- Black Water Gold - African Music Machine
- One Day - Tabby Thomas
- Soul Time - Ernest "Tabby" Thomas
- Soul Brother's Testify Pt.1
- Bury the Hatchet - Rockin' Sidney
- Crazy Girl Pt.1 - Freddie Love
- Stop - Camille "Lil" Bob
- Miss Hard to Get - Dennis Landry
- Fix It - Clifton White
- I'm Gonna Put My Foot Down - Bill Parker
- No Sad Times - Little Johnny Truitt
- Concentration - Dennis Landry
- Be a Man - Dynamic Adam
- Hell or High Water - Katie Webster
- Everybody's Doin' It - Freddie Love
- Proud Man - Donnie Jacobs
- Soul Power - Abraham And The Casanovas
- Put It On - Rockin' Sidney
- Soul Feeling Pt.1 - Eddy "G" Giles
- Soul Feeling Pt.2 - Eddy "G" Giles