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| From | Hersh Forman <hiforman@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Above Average White Band |
| Date | Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:33:00 -0800 (PST) |
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And if you like this, then Josh Rouse's latest "1972"
is right up your alley.
--- Drew MacDonald <drewmacdonald@comcast.net> wrote:
> Just wanted to note how much I enjoyed Adam
> Marsland's "Tribute To 70s Soul"
> show a couple of nights ago. For one reason or
> another, I don't get out to
> clubs much these days, but boy am I glad I went.
> Great early-70s pop-soul
> (Sly Stone, Temps, Bill Withers, Isaac Hayes, etc.)
> by an eight-piece band
> of multi-talented LA popsters, all rehearsed and
> everything!
>
> Evie Sands was particularly great. And they did one
> of my favorite
> semi-obscure tunes of the genre, The Floater's
> "Float On," complete with the
> dial-a-date spoken parts. I also dug Severo's Don
> Cornelius wig and Adam's
> wide-lapeled, open collared outfit that reminded me
> not so much of Bobby
> Womack as it did SCTV's Rockin' Mel Slurrup.
>
> Folks, if they do this again and you have any
> interest in this style of
> music, definitely go check it out. A fun and loving
> tribute to what this
> middle-aged white guy considers the last great
> period of African-American
> pop.
>
> Drew
> np: FRESH PACK O' TUNES - Joe Field's SOTT 17
> contribution
>
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