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This song is dying to be the music from an 80′s movie fashion-transformation-montage. “Ugly Like Me” is a funky, horn-stabbed lesson for playin’ it cool when you’re “ugly” like the GR8 Rufus Thomas. But to me, ya know, there isn’t a more beautiful man.
Rufus Thomas
“Ugly Like Me” (download mp3)
from “Ugly Like Me”
(LocoBop)
Rufus Thomas – “Ugly Like Me” (play)
Here’s a labor of love from The Kin – an Aussie duo of very musical brothers. This is their expansive take on the 60′s Sam Cooke anthem.
The Kin
“Change Is Gonna Come” (download mp3)
from “Rondo Sessions (USA EP)”
(Ninth Street Opus)
“Change Is Gonna Come“ (play)
No I didn’t. Yes I did! “Soulsville” is a cover album of classic Stax recordings that inspired the 80′s Marin County hitmakers in their youth. “Little Sally Walker” was originally recorded by the gr8 Rufas Thomas. Here’s Huey & company doing a labor of love.
Huey Lewis and The News
“Little Sally Walker” (download mp3)
from “Soulsville (Amazon Exclusive)”
(Proper Records)
“Little Sally Walker“ (play)
Understand, The Bar-Kays are simply one of the coolest things to ever exist on earth. Their career is a study in the evolution of American popular music. Here we find our heroes in the throes of early 1980′s disco. Shake it baby.
The Barkays
“Freakshow on the Dance Floor” (download mp3)
from “Greatest Hits”
(LocoBop)
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The Barkays – “Freakshow on the Dance Floor”
Truly romantic and funky music from Nate Najar. A ten miles deep rhythm section, super sweet Hammond Organ and horn section, plus badass lead guitar riffs all slither around a delicious vocal track like a great cosmic snake.
Nate Najar
“Groove Me (airwaves version)” (download mp3)
from “Groove Me”
(Woodward Avenue Records)
Nate Najar – “Groove Me (airwaves version)” (play)