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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting June 4, 2020: Testify! - Stoned Soul - Black Fuzz and Psychedelic Funk

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3 
Sly and the Family Stone  Sing a Simple Song   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Epic  1968  45 
Curtis Knight  Love In   Favoriting 45RPM Single  RCA  1969  45 
The Eight Minutes  Here's Some Dances   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Jay Pee  1972  45 
Fugi  Mary Don't Take Me On No Bad Trip   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Cadet  1969  45 
Nat Turner Rebellion  Plastic People   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Delvaliant  1970  45 
Funkadelic  Super Stupid   Favoriting Maggot Brain  Westbound  1971  LP 
 
Curley Moore and the Kool Ones  Funky Yeah   Favoriting 45RPM Single  House of the Fox  1971  45 
Brothers Three  Turn On Tune In Drop Out   Favoriting 45RPM Single  T-Neck  1969  45 
Carl Carlton  Wild Child   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Back Beat  1971  45 
James K Nine  Live It Up   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Federal  1972  45 
Eddie Bo and the Soul Finders  The Rubber Band Pt1   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Knight  1970  45 
Doug Anderson  Hey Mama Here Comes The Preacher   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Janus  1971  45 
Magictones  Good Ole Music   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Westbound  1969  45 
Jake Wade and the Soul Searchers  Searching For Soul Pt2   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Mutt  1968  45 
Sly Stone  Rock Dirge   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Woodcock  1971  45 
Sonny Cox  Chocolate Candy   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Bell  1969  45 
Brothers of Hope  Nickol Nickol   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Gamble  1968  45 
Fantastic Epics  Fun and Funk Pt3   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Torries  1969  45 
Fugi  Red Moon Pt1   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Grand Junction  1971  45 
Jackson 5  I'll Bet You   Favoriting ABC  Motown  1970  LP 
 
Temptations  Message From a Black Man   Favoriting Puzzle People  Gordy  1969  LP 
Earth Wind and Fire  Bad Tune   Favoriting Earth Wind and Fire  Warner Brothers  1971  LP 
Bo Diddley  Pollution   Favoriting Another Dimension  Chess  1971  LP 
E Rodney Jones and Larry and the Hippies Band  Right On Right On (Sex Machine)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Westbound  1970  45 
Mel Brown  18 Pounds of Unclean Chitlins Pts 1   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Impulse  1970  45 
Jimi Hendrix Experience  1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)   Favoriting Electric Ladyland  Reprise  1968  LP 
Rotary Connection  The Burning of the Midnight Lamp   Favoriting Songs  Cadet Concept  1969  LP 
Funkadelic  I Wanna Know If It's Good To You Pt1   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Westbound  1970  45 
Shuggie Otis  Strawberry Letter 23   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Epic  1971  45 
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45 

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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:13pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Larry I’ve been to Helen’s. It’s about an hour NE of downtown Memphis. She’s one of the only female pit masters in the South. Really good BBQ. Looking forward to the show. See you soon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:17pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Had the wrong Helen’s apparently. Oops. There was one in Oakland that had a relationship with The East Bay Dragons who I suspect are the guys in the photo.
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
WR:

Testify Rev. Grogan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Found a higher resolution version of that photo and “Testify” is blocking the Dragons’ patch on the back of a jacket.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
Funky16Corners:

WR! Prepare for liftoff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Matt! I could go for some BBQ if it wsn't as hot as Satan's butthole right now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Hey Larry
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:00pm
Jeff Ash:

Good afternoon from Green Bay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:01pm
doctorjazz:

Hello folks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:01pm
Funky16Corners:

Jeff! Doc!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
StringOFperils:

Angstified, stresstified, and messtified....now hear to be purified.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
Funky16Corners:

String!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:03pm
Sem:

All right with the world, Sly's on the job.
Hiya, Larry, and all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:03pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Sem!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Post Jimi based on the release date I’m guessing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
Funky16Corners:

Yes, definitely
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
Funky16Corners:

I think Curtis was living in Europe at that point, and all of his recordings with Hendrix were from NYC
Avatar 3:08pm
Erica:

I'm here. My player is behind lol.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:09pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Erica!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
StringOFperils:

Hmmm. Don't remember this Eight Minutes single. Maybe it never made it north of the border.
Avatar 3:10pm
Erica:

I already missed 10 minutes of the show without realizing it. I had to reset my Tunein player.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:11pm
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

Hello, Larry, WFMU crew and listeners! Sounds good in here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:11pm
Funky16Corners:

@String - I think it was a local hit in Chicago but that's it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:11pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Granny!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:12pm
StringOFperils:

I used to listen to WLS every evening back then...it bounced across Lake Superior...my memory's probably full of holes anyway. Ha ha.
Avatar 3:19pm
Erica:

So hot today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:19pm
Listener Bob in PGH:

Hiya!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:19pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Maggot Brain is such a fantastic album
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:20pm
Matt from New Orleans:

No AC Erica?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
Brian in UK:

Hello Larry & roadsters. Raked forks and a V-twin. Two lane black top here we go.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:25pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Brian! Bob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:25pm
Funky16Corners:

We are currently suffering without A/C.Broke two weeks ago. They're coming to replace it on Monday.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:26pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Such a different sound than Huey & the Clowns or even his solo stuff not long before.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
Funky16Corners:

That record is pretty much Eddie Bo. Curley only contributes the spoken intro on the other side
Avatar 3:28pm
Erica:

That sucks Larry. Hope you can find ways to cool off so you don't pass out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Funky16Corners:

We're getting by...slowly....so slowly....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
Funky16Corners:

BTW This is the Isley Brothers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:32pm
dreamyandseedy:

that funkadelic track is just amazing, their early stuff is so untouchable! and Osmium by Parliament is equally mesmerizing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey dreamy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:36pm
StringOFperils:

This stuff resonates. This week was remarkably similar to the years this stuff came out. Social explosions. Glimmers of hope for change. Uncertainty. Frustration. New ideas. Old clampdowns. I'm only Windexing the windowpane now though, not eating it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:37pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, I didn't plan it that way, but things sure fell into place (Kind of wish they hadn't)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:38pm
StringOFperils:

I hear ya.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:38pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Years before Bootsy adopted the name
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
Funky16Corners:

Which name?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
StringOFperils:

Rubber Band ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
Funky16Corners:

Oh OK
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:40pm
Funky16Corners:

Somebody in New Orleans was trying to get a rubber band dance craze going
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:41pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Yup rubber band
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
zzz:

this show is so good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
Funky16Corners:

The flip of Funky Yeah is Shelley's Rubber Band, the Meters did Rubber Band, and the Eddie Bo one
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks zzz!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:44pm
Funky16Corners:

@Matt - There's even an Atlanta 45 from a few years later by a guy named Alley Pat called "Pat's Rubber Band" that references the Meters record
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Why not try to jump on the bandwagon
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:47pm
Matt from New Orleans:

It makes more sense when one is a hit but we’ve both seen plenty of examples that weren’t
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, I don't know how much of a bandwagon there was to jump on, but the same thing happened with 'Funky Belly' records, of which there are a couple in New Orleans and Mississippi
Avatar 3:49pm
Erica:

Trying to hear your show Larry but that George Floyd funeral is on TV now. All I hear is "every praise".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:52pm
Funky16Corners:

I'd probably be watching if I wasn't on the air.
Avatar 3:52pm
Erica:

Trying to keep politics out of here but different TV channels are airing it.
Avatar 3:54pm
Erica:

Just letting you know.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:54pm
Funky16Corners:

Politics are fine. A lot of this music is at least implicitly political. The sound of black power. Time for a comeback.
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:57pm
WR:

Was wondering about Curley Moore and the Kool Ones and ggle brought me to funky16corners.wordpress.com...
Where my suspicion that is was a NLOA session was confirmed as well as reading a slice from the early record collecting exploits of Rev. Grogan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:57pm
Funky16Corners:

Old time hockey!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:57pm
Sem:

Set the time machine for the heart of the soul.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:58pm
Funky16Corners:

I like that, Sem!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:58pm
Funky16Corners:

@WR - Wow! That post is from 13 years ago!
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:59pm
WR:

NOLA, but you know that's what I meant.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:00pm
Funky16Corners:

I do
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:06pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Makes sense that George Clinton was one of the writers of ill bet ya
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:07pm
Brian in UK:

Sem, not a 'Floyd fan but that works.
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
WR:

Ya'll do know that the DJ saying "I'm the turntable, the building, the transmitter," etc that Uncle Michael has in his show intro is Shelly Pope.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
Matt from New Orleans:

In the moment I forgot the Funkadelic original
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
Funky16Corners:

@WR - Do you know the source?
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
WR:

Also,wanna say that your blog post I linked above warmed my heart to read of someone having such deep and diverse appreciation of Eddie Bo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:15pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks! I was lucky enough to be in touch with him before he passed away. I have an autographed pic hanging on the wall. I wish I'd got to meet him but Katrina intruded on that.
  4:18pm
CalZone!:

solid show LG!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:18pm
Funky16Corners:

Cal!
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
WR:

The Shelly Pope rant? It was something he did so there may be several recordings. Someone that lived in NOLA in the 80s played for me a recording of Pope on the radio, one version of it, in the 80s. I don't know if they still have a copy or if it is the same source as what UM used.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
Funky16Corners:

I'll have to ask UM
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
Sem:

Stepped out before your comment, BiUK. Reference?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:25pm
Funky16Corners:

I think Brian was talking about this "Set the time machine for the heart of the soul." referencing Pink Floyd's 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun'
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:27pm
Sem:

OH, is THAT what I stole, altered, and made my own?

The Sixties are but a formless mist to me now.
Avatar 4:28pm
Erica:

I remember this Bo Diddly song from another Testify! Show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29pm
Funky16Corners:

I'm trying to remember when I played it
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
WR:

I was not aware or had forgot about this E Rodney Jones jam. Adds extra resonance since we were just talking about Shelly Pope. Although I don't know if they have anything else in common, besides the profession of radio personality.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
Funky16Corners:

E Rodney Jones made some cool records
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
Doug Schulkind:

Finally getting to tune in. I need a Testiferone infusion bad.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
Funky16Corners:

He's even got one that's a Northern Soul fave (R&B Time)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Doug!
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:35pm
WR:

This Mel Brown 45 record sounds more interesting than I remember. I think I still have the Impulse LP of the same title.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:36pm
Funky16Corners:

I remember picking up the 45, expecting some funky soul jazz and being stunned at how weird it was. If I had more time I'd play the whole thing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:36pm
dreamyandseedy:

this was always one of my fave jimi songs!!!! i love his singing
Avatar 4:37pm
still b/p:

Someone told me today there are Floyd tribute bands out there that replicate the sound of the music exactly. I surely had my years of enjoying me some Pink, but I'd have no interest in attending such a performance.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
Funky16Corners:

This is such an amazing album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey sbp! There are a couple of Floyd copy bands that tour around. Note for note.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:42pm
Listener Bob in PGH:

I think one of them is from Australia
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:42pm
Funky16Corners:

I think that's the one that was on PBS
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:42pm
WR:

s b/p there are two aspects of bands touring playing Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason put together a band that toured and played mostly music from the first two albums. Then there are some that are fans, one from Australia that has gotten international attention.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:43pm
Funky16Corners:

I'd love to hear that Nick Mason configuration!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:44pm
Listener Bob in PGH:

Yep, PBS pandering to imagined Boomer tastes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
dreamyandseedy:

YES i can't even put into words how this song makes me feel
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
Funky16Corners:

It's a good one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:48pm
StringOFperils:

This joint is more the territory of the Floyd's original namesakes anyway. (Pink Anderson and Floyd Council)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:48pm
Sem:

That's some deli, that Funkadelic. Lovin' all the spins and the love that got them here. See you next time, Larry, and all.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
Brian in UK:

Larry, thanks for the clarification at 4:25.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
Funky16Corners:

Bye Sem!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Doug Schulkind:

Nothing absolutely screams soul like a glockenspiel!
Avatar 4:50pm
Erica:

The original version of Strawberry Letter 23.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Funky16Corners:

Funkenspeil!
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
WR:

For the Nick Mason band, if you are interesting ROIO audience recordings Larry I have several. As an aside I must lament that I was too narrow minded back in the day when I didn't keep my Rotary Connection LPs. PS: this set is super sanctified a delic. Wonderful.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
doctorjazz:

Love that Shuggie Otis!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Thanks Larry
Avatar 4:51pm
still b/p:

Confining the Floyd setlist to first couple of albums would narrow down the interest substantially, I'd think. And maybe for the better, as far as those fans might be concerned. Whole different audience from what a Moon/Wish/Animals party would draw, for instance.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:52pm
doctorjazz:

Thanks, Larry!
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:52pm
WR:

Hope your med thing goes smoothly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:53pm
Cal Zone!:

Love your show Larry. Missed too many parts. Will check the archive later. Good luck with the docs!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:55pm
StringOFfunkenspiel:

Very cool show Larry. Thanks a lot!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56pm
Jeff Ash:

Thanks, Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56pm
Cal Zone!:

Kick out the Jams MOFOS!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks everyone!
Avatar 4:56pm
Erica:

Thanks for the show Larry. I don't know about tomorrow's fill in show though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
Lizardner Dave 2:

Thanks for a great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks for listening!
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