sharon jones and the dap-kings
while i might (no, i _do_) hate "mustang sally," that doesn't mean i don't like (make that love) soul music. au contraire. it's the music i grew up listening to. the very first live band i ever saw was a buncha black kids in the cafeteria of my junior high school at lunchtime. the gtrist's strap kept breaking, and the pint-sized front man did a pretty fair imitation of j.b., joe tex, or one of those. one of my fondest memories is watching the junior magistrates -- "little brother" band of the supreme magistrates, the big black band in my town -- throwing down on "sweet soul music" at a high school dance ca. '72 or thereabouts.
the other night i was watching andre's video of sharon jones and the dap-kings, from a show eric hermeyer (ex-mazinga phaser gtrist and beloved wreck room d.j.) promoted right before he moved back home to memphis. sharon jones is _the real deal_. my streaming radio station at work likes to play her version of "this land is your land," in which the woody guthrie folkie standard is essayed in the manner of the early '70s j.b.'s. she's also covered janet jackson's "what have you done for me lately," and written a song called "what if we all stopped paying taxes?" her tight, tough band is slick and sharp as a patent-leather shoe.
sharon's a native of augusta, georgia -- james brown's hometown -- who migrated to brooklyn as a teen, worked as a studio singer, and wound up employed as a corrections officer before being discovered by some stone soul aficionados who had a record label. the guthrie cover is on naturally, her second full-length release, but her debut, dap-dipping with sharon jones and the dap-kings, boasts "pick it up, lay it in the cut," a virtual primer of soul band strokes (killer interlocking riffs, relentless groove, band vocals and all). they even have vinyl. only non-snazz aspect: you gotta have a paypal account to order online.
the other night i was watching andre's video of sharon jones and the dap-kings, from a show eric hermeyer (ex-mazinga phaser gtrist and beloved wreck room d.j.) promoted right before he moved back home to memphis. sharon jones is _the real deal_. my streaming radio station at work likes to play her version of "this land is your land," in which the woody guthrie folkie standard is essayed in the manner of the early '70s j.b.'s. she's also covered janet jackson's "what have you done for me lately," and written a song called "what if we all stopped paying taxes?" her tight, tough band is slick and sharp as a patent-leather shoe.
sharon's a native of augusta, georgia -- james brown's hometown -- who migrated to brooklyn as a teen, worked as a studio singer, and wound up employed as a corrections officer before being discovered by some stone soul aficionados who had a record label. the guthrie cover is on naturally, her second full-length release, but her debut, dap-dipping with sharon jones and the dap-kings, boasts "pick it up, lay it in the cut," a virtual primer of soul band strokes (killer interlocking riffs, relentless groove, band vocals and all). they even have vinyl. only non-snazz aspect: you gotta have a paypal account to order online.
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