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The studio version has a nice sax solo.

I see Brown Sugar as an anti-slavery song. But it's their choice.

What bothers me is the USA has become increasingly divided. FOX-MSNBC and stations farther right and left has done this using fear and anger to boost their popularity. Fear and anger are time tested manipulators.

A house divided cannot stand. We used to practice the art of compromise, and that's what made the USA great.

And while we are fighting among ourselves, the real rulers of the county, the plutocrats, are laughing all the way to the bank.

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This Magic Moment - Jay & The Americans

(cover of the Drifters version)

It took a second :D

Thanx

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3 hours ago, hsm said:

One of my fav tracks from Scam that featured Carlton's classic solo, Jon Herington on this version.

https://youtu.be/Q6PJyu33hPA

YES!!! I especially like  "Kid Charlemagne", plus "Haitian Divorce", "Sign In Stranger", and "The Caves of Altamira". Heck, I like them all. The weakest one IMO is "Royal Scam"

I think Bernard "Pretty" Purdie played drums on most of the tracks, and he is one of my favorite drummers (I play drums too, so I listen a lot for making my Band-in-a-Box aftermarket styles). Bernard plays great grooves, uses tasty licks, supports the song, and never gets in the way. Of course none of the musicians on this album are any less than brilliant.

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One of the fun aspects of doing fake disks for Band-in-a-Box that are compatible with off-the-shelf fake books from Hal Leonard and other publishers is making musical discoveries.

I know of Mel Tormé, a singer called "The Velvet Fog" a composer who wrote the music and co-wrote the words to "The Christmas Song" (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Flame), and later abandoned the sappy velvet fog ballads for some quite impressive jazz singing including some decent scatting.

While searching for versions of the Gershwin Brothers' "Fascinating Rhythm" we came across this clip from an old TV show (back when the world was in black & white instead of color. The performance is very, very old school (corny by today's standards), done very well for that genre, and what surprised me is Mel was a very good drummer. He uses the preferable 'military grip' to hold the drum sticks, has great control, and plays some nice licks too.

I enjoyed it and hope some of you will too.

Magic Man - Heart

The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co.

He who jumps out of an airplane without a parachute,

is jumping to a conclusion.

Bread you say?

Beer For My Horses - Toby Keith & Willie Nelson

Seventh Son - a classic written by Willie Dixon

Original:

The Johnny Rivers cover

They can take that one to the bank.

Caucasian Sketches - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

(A nice performance of this classic)

As much as I like Aja, I actually like Royal Scam better.

It'll be interesting to hear the new tunes.

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Money - Pink Floyd

Was that created by The Chairman Of The Bored?

Create Me - Neil Diamond

Begone evil siprit

Twins - Philip Bailey & Little Richard

Nice playing on those "Rhythm Changes"

Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan