wondering if anyone had some gene chandler recomendations from later in his career. just found "does she have a friend", feeling it. any other of his disco joints i should be up on?
I think when Derdowski asked for stuff late in Gene's career, he meant his modern-soul-era things from the late seventies and early eighties (judging by the one example given, "Does She Have A Friend?").
That said...
I really like the "In My Body's House" 45 on Checker/Chess (which is a version of Hard Times).
Same here.
The Chandler version is harder and faster but, the Baby version has the dope strings in it.
I think Curtis Mayfield wrote that song - anyone?
Curtis did write that song.
I like Baby Huey's "Hard Times" version better because it's NOT hard & fast. The Babysitters get a groove going and dig deep in it. Chandler, to me, just rushes through the song as if he were double-parked outside the studio or had to go to the john or something.
I think when Derdowski asked for stuff late in Gene's career, he meant his modern-soul-era things from the late seventies and early eighties (judging by the one example given, "Does She Have A Friend?").
[/color]"HeeeyyyyyyyyYYYYYa Lookin' real good in ya halter top!" [color:orange]
I love love LOVE this record.
I should probably add that I don't do disco or modern that much & am a believer in taking shit out of circulation, so yeah, sorry to say it went to the curb & probably got sent to rot on a landfill somewhere....... Wasn't really what I was after in my hunt for Gene Chandler records because his early Checker/Brunswick/Constellation stuff is my style. Even his Mercury stuff gets left these days, too inconsistent.
I remember when Chandler's "Get Down" was a comeback hit in the late seventies, and even as a middle-schooler, this line used to make me cringe:
"HeeeyyyyyyyyYYYYYa Lookin' real good in ya halter top!"
When old soul or blues singers rode the disco/modern bandwagon, they'd always throw in some embarrassing line that was supposed to be "up to date" or some such foolishness, like the reference to a Gucci bag on Bobby Bland's "Get Real Clean." If that's the best they could do, I'd rather hear Tommy Tucker tell his lady to wear her red dress with her "Hi-Heel Sneakers." At least Tommy sounded like he half-knew what he was talking about.
If some of y'all like this period of Gene's music, knock yourself out. Not my thing, but there is at least ONE classic from this era on the Chi-Sound label that I'll ride for: "Rainbow '80," a straight-ahead update of "Rainbow"/"Rainbow '65." No disco, no modern, just a soul ballad with Gene stretching out like he hadn't done since Live On Stage In '65. And a walking bass that sounds like it's testifying along with him. Apart from that...
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Same here.
The Chandler version is harder and faster but, the Baby version has the dope strings in it.
I think Curtis Mayfield wrote that song - anyone?
Richard Davis arranged, good stuff.
That said...
Curtis did write that song.
I like Baby Huey's "Hard Times" version better because it's NOT hard & fast. The Babysitters get a groove going and dig deep in it. Chandler, to me, just rushes through the song as if he were double-parked outside the studio or had to go to the john or something.
My bad, your totally right.
Perhaps I should have read his complete question.
Eh.
Nicely put.
[/color]"HeeeyyyyyyyyYYYYYa Lookin' real good in ya halter top!"
...And it just got tougher.
Only a VG, too.
I love love LOVE this record.
I remember when Chandler's "Get Down" was a comeback hit in the late seventies, and even as a middle-schooler, this line used to make me cringe:
When old soul or blues singers rode the disco/modern bandwagon, they'd always throw in some embarrassing line that was supposed to be "up to date" or some such foolishness, like the reference to a Gucci bag on Bobby Bland's "Get Real Clean." If that's the best they could do, I'd rather hear Tommy Tucker tell his lady to wear her red dress with her "Hi-Heel Sneakers." At least Tommy sounded like he half-knew what he was talking about.
If some of y'all like this period of Gene's music, knock yourself out. Not my thing, but there is at least ONE classic from this era on the Chi-Sound label that I'll ride for: "Rainbow '80," a straight-ahead update of "Rainbow"/"Rainbow '65." No disco, no modern, just a soul ballad with Gene stretching out like he hadn't done since Live On Stage In '65. And a walking bass that sounds like it's testifying along with him. Apart from that...