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Linking this one pretty well enough.

Look for this gig:

Happy Birthday Old Man!!!!

He was very attuned to the different power plays that were going on in society that were using sex and drugs to overstimulate and distract/divert. It was never just "fun" for him, there were always deeper, oftenmore sinister forces at work.

Monk definitely could create the illusion of bending a note. But vibrato? Nope.

so, Bill Valenziano wants to have a bonfire, eh?

I was unfamiliar with A Story Tale, which has been my loss.

George Tucker, indeed!

Don't know if I like the flavor - or lack of - of this. Great writing and certainly "played well". But where's the flayva'?????

https://pitchfork.com/news/pedro-bell-artist-of-funkadelics-iconic-album-covers-has-died/ https://ultimateclassicrock.com/pedro-bell-dies-funkadelic/

Epic.

It's a good record, not a great one, but oh well about that. I keep it on my iPod for revisiting every year or two, never fails to please on those terms.

followed by This is a really good record.

I see that Kelley Durbin is on staff there as well. He's a for-real guy too.

Who's driving the UTD bookings?

I think Odyssey was mostly for reissues? From what I can tell, his Crossroads label appears to have existed strictly for the sole purpose of distributing Supraphon releases in the US. Since Supraphon was a Czechoslovakianka "Communist") label, I'm wondering what the impetus was for Columbia to set up this really unique sub-label and give it such a "pop" marketing look...Where EVERYBODY Meets Great Music... Here's two I'd like to find: Pretty prolific output in just 2-3 years: https://www.discogs.com/label/76208-Crossroads-3

Blast this in your car with the windows down to let people know where you stand, it's quite effective, even in the 21st century!

Have you been offended by his lines?