The past few years have been an eye-opening expe­ri­ence for me in terms of get­ting heav­ily into funk and soul music from the 60s and 70s. I’ve blogged about it a few times, but I’m not sure I’ve given proper credit to Larry Gro­gan over at Funky 16 Cor­ners for intro­duc­ing me to a lot of impor­tant finds through his blog. Eldridge Jones, Lee Dorsey, etc., I first found them here. His “Radio” series is my lifeblood. You can see and down­load the entire archive at his site. Hours upon hours of ridicu­lous heavy shit. Any­way, this post is a good way to let you know he is doing a pledge drive to help with upkeep costs on a blog like this. You can find more info at this link. Check it (and the rest of the blog) out. Also, Larry did a few guest mixes over the past year for var­i­ous blogs. They are all pure qual­ity and I’m link­ing 3 of them here.
Heavy Heavy Heavy: F16C Mix for Right Side of Funky (mp3 mix) | Track­list + Info
Six Mil­lion Dol­lar Groove: F16C Mix for Flea­mar­ket Funk (mp3 mix) | Track­list + Info
I’ve Got The Funk: F16C Mix for This Is Tomor­row (mp3 mix) | Track­list + Info