One is All, All is One! Welcome to a quick fix world of one hit wonder...

One is All, All is One! Welcome to a quick fix world of one hit wonder...

29/04/2011

Jean-Luc Ponty - King Kong (1969)



'Jazz isn't dead,
it just smells funny'

So said
Frank Zappa
who influenced
many in rock, jazz,
classical & beyond...

Here's the hip
Jean-Luc still
cutting it LIVE!

Go Ape!

The Mohawks - The Champ (1968)






Often sampled,
never bettered.
A classic groove
from the one they
call, 'The Hawk'...

Watch it LIVE!


24/04/2011

The Parliaments - (I Wanna) Testify (1967)





George Clinton's

Sounds like Motown
(where Clinton worked)
but released on
the short-lived

The Great Society - Someone (Somebody) to Love (1966)



Roots of


first bash
in the music biz.
Recorded in
Nov. '65.

Produced by




21/04/2011

Monsoon - Ever So Lonely (1982)






Taking the world
by storm,
first big hit!
World music??
Perfect pop
more like it!


LIVE 
+ Re-imagined

19/04/2011

Herbie Hancock – Rockit (1983)





Here's a blast
from the past (?)
Retro-electro
from

Candy Dulfer - So What (1991)





That tune
sounds familiar?

Rebirth of the cool,
Acid jazz etc
was raging
20 years back!

Here's a taste
of Candy!

Galactic - Funky Bird (1996)








nineties style?

Look no further
than these
funky cats...

16/04/2011

Fleetwood Mac – Rattlesnake Shake (1969)







Movers & Shakers,
the original F. Mac
knew how to rock
& knock out a few
slow burn sizzlers!

Shake it!

Take One

Take Two

Momma Gravy - Blue String Pudding (2001)








Second of our
downtempo
cuts is a tasty
slice of


Best ingested
lying down...

information!

Moss - Flyball (1999)




Downtempo fans
& listeners to
Soma FM's
will be familiar
with the next
couple of tunes.

First up is
a nicely chilled
cut from 
 'East Coast 

Let's Fly!

14/04/2011

Frank & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl (1982)








Father & Daughter
duos rarely cut it!

Unless the name's

12/04/2011

Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (1970)







1970, a classic year.
After all that
street fighting,
here's a perfect
remedy, PEACE!
(+pop perfection)

Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter (1970)




Not only a
but also a great
frontwoman.
Of course, she
most famously
backed The Stones.
Here's her take
on a classic...

...& a great
bit of rebellious
righteousness

Packin' it Live!

10/04/2011

The Band - Don't Do It (1972)







Barnstormer!
Great way to
open a set.
From a band
who did it
better than
most...

Wings - I've Had Enough (1978)





A real oddity,
classic sleeve!
Macca must've
wished he was
in Status Quo
or something?!


09/04/2011

The Meters - Down By The River (1976)


Those funky Meters
were so hot,
they could discard
tracks as good
as this,
unheard for way
too long!

Has anyone ever
recorded a funkier
version of a
Neil Young song?

08/04/2011

Neil Young - Computer Age (1982)




 
Folk Rock
farmer dreams
of electric sheep!

Neil Young hears
Kraftwerk & sees
the future!


Phil(ip) Lynott - Yellow Pearl (1980)





Falling somewhere between
Kraut Rock melody &
Japanese synth pop,
Phil Lynott changes
gear, confounding
rock fans everywhere!

Beware the

As heard on


07/04/2011

Terry Reid - Dean (1973)

Another overlooked
nugget from unsung
hero, Terry Reid,
aka Superlungs!

Watch it Live

Bernard Butler - Stay (1998)

Overlooked
anthem for a
lost generation?

Top tune
anyway!