Jimmy McGriff: Dig On It and The Now Thing
From: Soul Sugar [Capitol, 1971]
Oh, hey, how you doing? Apologies to all of you who have been clicking here to get a music fix and instead been offered lotions for unsightly pimples but, as is the way with all matters electronic, things took a little longer than planned to resolve (there’s nothing like trying to fax photocopies of birth certificates to foreign countries to brighten up your office day).
There are actually some pretty epic posts in the works (including a long planned post on golden era UK hip hop for the 3 fans of it) but I’ve been so tied up getting the site back that they’re still unfinished and getting back online today has caught me as much by surprise as anyone.
However, there’s no way I could celebrate being back without a tune or two and, as luck would have it, I always keep a couple of albums I’m considering posting about on my (t)rusty Mp3 player. Therefore I’m delighted to offer the music of Jimmy Mcgriff’s Soul Sugar for you today.
Widely recognised as one of the true peaks of the soul jazz albums of the seventies, this grooves as hard as anything out there. It’s like Jimmy sat down and said: “You know what? I have no interest in beating round the bush on this one, it’s just got to be funky”. Well, maybe not, but you get the idea (give me a break, I’m freestyling this here).
Dig On It encapsulates everything I like about funky organ tracks in it’s three minute playing time. Starting with the epitome of a funky riff the track fits straight into the groove with Jimmy’s trademark organ sound flitting in and out over the (sadly uncredited) band’s rhythms.
The Now Thing features more bass and percussion loveliness from Jimmy’s band with a heavier focus on the brass instruments. Jimmy once again displays his love of finding a great groove and exploiting it to the maximum. This is music that can’t help but brighten your day.
Oh yeah, shout out to the cover designer for taking on the Ohio Players at their own game with that image as well. “Oh my” doesn’t really cover it.
Good to be back, enjoy the music.
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Hey, for some reason I can't get the links to the tracks to work.
sad
da link is dead
greetings 4 the vibe !
Ha ha, I knew I'd spoken too soon.
Sorry about that, believe it or not, our hosting service decided to update today as well and wiped the tracks I'd uploaded, however I've reloaded them and the links should be working again now, enjoy.
So glad to see you back…I feared it was the end of Ear Fuzz!
Ha ha never that Tim! We'll be trying to update the site with more frequent posts again from now on as well.
Thanks
Junior
Welcome back, dope post as always
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Search "finalprophet" and the Man in the Moon paragraph to find my sound file web site.
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There is one geographic clue I have not addressed in years:::Uranus, a planet tilted 90 degrees on its axis. I have stated in years past that I think this is yet another geographic clue offered by the gods, this one suggesting the fate of planet Earth, that tectonic plate subduction would be the method of disposal:::EarthÂ’s axis will shift breaking continental plates free and initiating mass subduction.
Undesirables will either perish in the government marijuana erradication program "gone awry" or be the recipients of reparations granted by the US government because of it.
Or both.
I believe the New Testiment battle of the Anti-Christ and the Second Coming of Christ will ocurr in subsequent years SPECIFICALLY because these people will be distracted with the money during the event.
When the Earth's axis shifts people will be cast into outer space with gold cards in hand.
I think this was foreshadowed on an episode of the Simpsons where Homer and Bart are on the disfavored ship and eject, only to experience a sense of euphoria, expand then explode in the vacuum of space.
Recall I recently brought up the possible Manifest Destiny-positioned Chinese invasion of the United States (west coast) upon economic abandonment by their clone host tools (economic destruction and deterioration.mp3). They have mentioned this in years past.
Newspaper just made a curious change where they combined the sports and business sections, and to properly read the business section you need to read "backward". Like Asian languages.
Tariffs. The gods are instruct their tools to defend open free trade, as they will to the bitter end. The gods have a script and they need economic (d)evolution sufficient to justify what they have scripted for our future, so they use their tools to adamantly defend this concept of fair trade::::The time for tariffs has long since past.
Incidentally, the Chinese recalls (lead-based paint on toys, toothpaste, etc) may be in preparation for this invasion, a tactic esuring a percentage of disfavored affected will fight to the bitter end.
I've recently stated how the gods will use the Japanese as role models to the Chinese as China becomes increasingly Westernized. Expect a cultural movement celebrating Japanese culture in decades prior, much as we witnessed in the west in the past.
If we do witness a Chinese invasion on American soil don't be surprised if the very same tactics the Japanese employed on the Chinese will be used on us. Lack of empathy is a dynamic the gods will find important in the context of justification, niggers:::
I've recently stated how the gods will use the Japanese as role models to the Chinese as China becomes increasingly Westernized.
If we do witness a Chinese invasion o