Providing Musical Distractions for our Sick, Sad World
Song of the Day: Al Green – Love ritual (Bwana Mix) Al Green’s manically funky Love Ritual is a JAM that makes it on to a lot of Infinite Jones’ Party Mixes. The slightly rare, nearly unhinged Bwana Mix, first released on CD in 1989, is our preferred version but, the original from 1975’s Al Green …
Song of the Friday: Friday is My Day by Z. Z. Hill This week’s groovy Friday Song comes to us from Texas Blues Man Z.Z. Hill. It is from his final album, Bluesmaster issued in 1984, the year he died.
Video of the Day: The Buckinghams – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Apparently we have a sort of a Chicago theme going today. (Yeah, but, what’s with the Union Jacks in the background of this video?) Anyway, here’s some classic Pop-Rock from The Buckinghams. Bonus: Mercy, Mercy Mercy was written in 1966 by keyboard player Joe Zawinul …
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Song of the Day: Nicholas Tremulis – River of Love C Chicago Legend Nicholas Tremulis and his Orchestra (really more of an R&B Revue style band) provided the Infinite Jones Crew with one of our best New Years Eve’s ever when he played the Cabaret Metro, ringing out either 1988 or ’89. This irresistible groover …
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video of the day: King Floyd – Groove Me American Soul Singer, King Floyd was born today in 1945. (d.2006). This is one of the funkiest bass lines ever! Groove on, Mr. Floyd!
Party Down by Little Beaver Party Down by Little Beaver is not a better album than Abbey Road. It is not greater than Born to Run or Who’s Next or Exile on Main Street. It is not as important as Blonde on Blonde or as beautiful and sophisticated as Innervisions. It’s not… well, you get …
Anyone who is into greasy, funky Swamp Rock, Southern Soul, Southern Rock or, the Allman Brothers Band should really hear this record. Ton-Ton Macoute! (1970) was intended to be Duane Allman’s solo debut but, the Allman Brothers Band started taking off and Duane left. Jenkins took over the vocal duties and made this album his own. …
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A moody, groovy, slightly psychedelic slow jam by Black Heat from their 1974 album No Time to Burn with a still timely message. .—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–
Minutes after posting the Song of the Day, I discovered that lead singer of said song (Temptations version) had died. He was 74. Here are some of his best performances: Wow! What a legacy!
I Can’t Get Next to You. Both versions are GREAT! The Mighty Temptations from their 1969 album, Puzzle People. The Mighty Al Green from Al Green Gets Next to You, 1971. I could never choose. Which do you prefer? —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–
