Playlist - 12/16/2017

Root Down (And Get It) – Jimmy Smith

1972 Album Cover, Jimmy Smith Live!

Dissinfordollars – Bernie Worrell

Let Me Lay My Funk On You – Poison

Poison

Big Footin’ – Parliament

Walking Home Together – Maceo Parker

Everybody wants to be from Space

Funk Funk – Cameo 

Galaxy – War 

Which Way Do I Disco? – Fuzzy Haskins

LP Cover, Whole Nother Thang by Fuzzy Haskins, 1976

Open Sesame, pt 2 - Kool & the Gang (link is to clip from Saturday Night Fever (1977) featuring this song)

Mr. Cool – Rasputin Stash

Detail from 1971 LP Cover, Rasputin's Stash [sic]

You Don’t Need a Dance! – Breakestra    
Cloud Nine – The Temptations
Detroit – Paul Humphrey & The Cool-Aid Chemists

Mandrill showcase (Five Sets All the Way Live)

Pages from booklet included with Just Outside of Town (1974)

Fencewalk (1973)
Mango Meat (1974)
Ali Bombaye I (Zaire Chant) (link is to Ali fight in Zaire with crowd chant)
Funky Monkey (1977)
Lord of the Golden Baboon (1972)
Cohelo (1972)

Back Cover, Mandrilland (1974)

Side One of Mandrilland (1974)

Positive Thing

Positive Thing +
Skying Upward

The Road to Love

Armadillo

Livin' It Up (1976)
Hang Loose (1973)

Mandrill (1971)

LP Cover, Mandrill (1971)

Suite: Peace and Love (Amani na Mapenzi)

— Movement I (Birth)

— Movement II (Now)
— Movement III (Time)

— Movement IV (Encounter)

— Movement V (Beginning)

Can You Get It (Suzie Caesar) (1977)

Children of the Sun (1972)

Rear Cover, Mandrill Is (1972)

Just Kissed My Baby – The Meters    

Getting Down for Xmas – Milly and Silly

Home Is Where the Hatred Is – Esther Phillips

Running – Baby Huey and the Babysitters
Rainy Day, Dream Away – The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Front & rear LP Cover, Electric Ladyland (1968, UK version only)

a bit about "The Break"
Amen Brother – The Winstons (link is to NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" which samples the break: diced up & slowed down)
Looking Out My Window - Tom Jones (link is to Stesasonic's "Go Stetsa" (1986) which samples the break)

Getting the Corners – The TSU Tornados

45 Label, "Getting the Corners" by The TSU Tornados

Time For Change – Speedometer

Getting Uptown (To Get Down) – United 8

The Stretch, pt 1 – The Detroit Sex Machines

Image of the Detroit Sex Machines onstage back in tha day

Funky Hot Grits – Rufus Thomas

Hold On – Alabama Shakes
Take Yo' Praise - Camille Yarbrough (link is to Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" which samples this song)

LP Cover, Camille Yarbrough, The Iron Pot Cooker (1975)

We'll be on a short hiatus during the holidays. Music on the One returns on January 13th for a new semester of Deep Bottom. Take care of yourselves & your loved ones during the holidays! Much love!