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Sunday 29 May 2016

Some Yodeling Sunday Soul


We are going in deep today folks with  the narcotic grooves, seductive vocals slurs, leering electric pianos, and crawling guitars (Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music) of Sly and the Family Stone's 1971  solid stoned  out funky masterpiece There's a Riot Goin' On.
An album that reflects the end of the 60's era of love and peace and one recorded by a band who had been consuming industrial quantities of drugs.
It is almost certainly the only album in the Soul section which contains yodeling . It must be cross pollination from the neighbouring Country section

More Soul but no yodeling next Sunday

Sly and the Family Stone - (You Caught Me) Smilin'

Sly and the Family Stone - Spaced Cow Boy

3 comments:

  1. Yodelling in soul music, what makes you think drugs were involved?

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  2. Eerie. I listened to this album yesterday for the first time in years.

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