Track Listing

1. Wish You Were Here - Leroy Soileru
2. I Got A Groove - JJ Caillier with Dalton Francis & The Flaming Arrows
3. Black Water Gold - The African Music Machine
4. One Day - Tabby Thomas
5. Soul Time - Ernest Thomas
6. Soul Brother's Testify Part 1 - Chester Randle's Soul Sender
7. Bury The Hatchet - Rockin’ Sidney
8. Crazy Girl Part 1 - Freddie Love
9. Stop! - Camille Lil’ Bob
10. Miss Hard To Get - Dennis Landry
11. Fix It - Clifton White
12. I’m Gonna Put My Foot Down - Bill Parker
13. No Sad Times - Johnny Truit
14. Concentration - Dennis Landry
15. Be A Man - Dynamic Adam
16. Hell Or High Water - Katie Webster
17. Everybody’s Doin’ It - Freddie Love
18. Proud Man - Donnie Jacobs
19. Soul Power - Abraham & The Cassanovas
20. Put It On - Rockin’ Sidney
21. Soul Feeling Part 1 - Eddie Giles
22. Soul Feeling Part 2 - Eddie Giles

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33942 in Music
• Released on: 2005-07-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Album Description
BGP returns with a foray into the unique and funky sounds that emanated from Louisiana from the late 60s through to the early 70s. The State has its own original take on black music influenced by New Orleans and tinged with the flavour of the area’s creole culture, which for a large part is separate and self-sufficient from the mainstream of American life; this makes many of these not only highly desirable, but impossible to find.

As ever with a BGP compilation we have unearthed some stone rarities and dancefloor winners. The super-rare 'One Day’ by Tabby Thomas, that sells for nearly a $1000 on the infrequent occasion when it comes up for sale, is one of funk’s holy grails, and the low-down and dirty 'I Got A Groove’ by JJ Caillier also rarely surfaces. Katie Webster’s 'Hell Or High Water’ is a fine example of Sister Funk that would rock any dancefloor.

As well as rarities there are several classics either via club play or sampling - such as 'Black Water Gold’ by the African Music Machine, Camille Bob’s exuberant take on Howard Tate’s 'Stop’ or Eddie Giles 'Soul Feeling’.

This compilation rounds up the best releases of the important labels within in the Louisiana black music scene, such as ANLA/ Goldband, Maison De Soul, Murco and Soul Unlimited. The booklet features many wonderful pictures sourced by noted Louisiana musical expert John Broven, with the help of both the labels and Johnnie Allan, as well as an extensive and informative set of notes by compiler Dean Rudland.

Customer Reviews

Sho Is Funky
The biggest compliment I can pay to this compilation is that it is right up there with what I consider the gold standard for funk compilations that is the ones released on Jazzman, ie Mid West Funk etc......This is very good indeed brothers and sisters.