Fried Chicken Funk 45 Funky DJ Shadow Brainfreeze Stone
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Artist/Title: Fried chicken
Title : Funky D.J. / Juke Box
Label : Stone records #207
Condition: strong vg+
VERY HARD TO FIND FUNK 45, FAMOUS DUE TO BEING MIXED IN DJ SHADOW'S "BRAINFREEZE"
Also got the funk 45 companion to this for sale Earnest Jackson’s “Funky black man” Same backing tune different vocals : A must for turntablists !
Listen here : - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk0Ioo8xn8s
Matching Earnest Jackson’s “Funky Black Man” to an almost exact degree by tempo and arrangement, Fried Chicken’s “Funky D.J.” takes a veritable spin on the original with an homage, as you might have guessed, to a very funky disc jockey. Notable differences in Fried Chicken’s version are the lack of a bridged horn section, a slightly different guitar-driven outro, and alteration in lyrics/theme, but otherwise a near match of Mr. Jackson’s original. So close, in fact, that I was confused of the differences between the two for quite sometime before I cleared the mystery.
Fried Chicken, otherwise known as Bubbha Thomas and The Lightmen (Plus One) of Houston, TX, cut this single for the Baton Rouge-based Stone Records in 1976 at the legendary Deep South studios. Thomas, known largely for his work with The Lightmen on Houston-based Judnell label as well as his own Lightnin’ label, remains musically active in Houston with regular concerts as well as his Jazz Summer Workshops and various communal activities to this day. As a famed jazz rhythm drummer, Thomas trained under the guidance of Houston’s legendary jazz music educator Conrad O. Johnson (of Kashmere Stage Band fame) at Booker T. Washington Senior High School in Houston’s 4th Ward district. Producer Ronnie Shaab is credited for production and writing credits on both Funky DJ and Funky Black Man, and oversaw various works to come from Deep South’s archive of funkistry, including two of The Brothers and Sisters singles “Yeah, You Right” and “The Jed Clapmett Pts 1 & 2?. Both of which are HEAVY hitters, pick ‘em up if’n you got the means. Thomas’s music recently gained a large amount of attention amongst funk diggers and connoisseurs via Stones Throw’s revered Funky 16 Corners funk compilation, which featured “The Phantom” off The Lightmen’s signature “Energy Control Center” LP released in 1972 off Thomas’s Lightnin’ label. Funky DJ was also featured on DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist’s venerated funk 45 session, Brainfreeze, while Funky Black Man was featured on their second 45 series, Product Placement, as the “bizarro” intro version of the Brainfreeze original. Though recorded in Louisiana under their nom de plume (likely a reference to Thomas’s ‘Country Fried Chicken’ LP), Fried Chicken’s Funky DJ is a hefty portion of southern-fried groove-laden dirty Texas funk, and one of my favorites at that.
Hard to source !
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