Artiste: The Soul Searchers
Spotlight Track: Ashley’s Roachclip
Album: Salt of The Earth
Label: Sussex
Bass – John Euwell
Congos, Bongos – Lino Druitt
Drums – Kenneth Scoggins
Flute, Saxophone – Lloyd Pinchback
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Chuck Brown
Organ – Bennie Braxton
Percussion – Donald Tillery, John Buchanan, Kenneth Scoggins, Lino Druitt, Lloyd Pinchback
Trombone, Piano, Synthesizer – John Buchanan
Trumpet – Donald Tillery
Vocals – Bennie Braxton , Donald Tillery , John Buchanan
These days I’m pretty big into my breakbeats. Too bad there’s really no where to crate dig in Singapore, nothing better than to go through piles of old dusty records, except maybe the burgers at Harbour Bar Cafe (SICK!) Crate digging will help you discover classic breakbeats like that of the Soul Searchers, actually Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers on Sussex.
The thing I love about seventies’ funk tracks/albums, is that you never have to try too hard to listen. The groove is always happy, uptempo and catchy. So catchy that everyone in the biz is sampling them today. It’s especially perfect for my busy lifestyle when I have no time for la-la-la songs, funk tracks always keep me from tearing my head off under stress.
Ok spot the breaks on Ashley’s Roachclip! What? Paid In Full…? Salt of the Earth is a solid album through and through and it seems like Sussex is putting out all the classic breaks at that time (check out Dennis Coffey). Chuck Brown is a heavyweight funky chicken on guitar and voals! Other standouts are party classics Blow Your Whistle and Funk To the Folks.
So if you’re kinda like me, with no time to dine and wine, work in front of the computer all day with your work piling up, try listening to some pure Funk and Breaks. It’ll save you from tearing your skull off.
Tangkap This!!!
-Kenny
