Peak of the Week

"If this song does not get you groovin', I declare you have no soul." - Apollo, 675 B.C.
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Peak of the Week, V. 137

Track: Nana
Artist: Raul De Souza
Record: Colors
Year: 1974

Comment:  Super funky Brazilian trombone peaker.  

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Peak of the Week, V. 136

Track: Love Power
Artist: Lou Donaldson
Record: Midnight Creeper
Year: 1968

Comment:  Happy Hammond central!  These guys are so tight - Lonnie Smith holding down the B3 groove, George Benson on guitar, Blue Mitchell on trumpet and Lou on the sax.  Stick with it to hear all the solos, these guys are masters.    

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Peak of the Week, V. 135

Track: Cuttin’ Out
Artist: Professor Longhair
Record: City of Dreams: A Collection Of New Orleans Music (Rounder)
Year: 2007

Comment:  Hotel and airfare booked, baby!  Cuttin’ out for 2nd weekend.  Love this live snippet of the Professor, w/ horns.  Short but sweet.

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Peak of the Week, V. 134

Track: I’d Rather Go Blind
Artist: Etta James
Record: Tell Mama
Year: 1968

Comment:  Love peak.

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Peak of the Week, V. 133

Track: Good Times Bad Times
Artist: Phish
Recorded Live: The Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas NV, 12/6/96

Comment:  Tweakers unite!  Insane, hardcore peak. 

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Peak of the Week, V. 132

Track: Thank You (Falettin’ Me Be Mice Elf Again)
Artist: Melvin Sparks
Record: Legends Of Acid Jazz
Year: Recorded 9/70 - 3/71

Comment: The soothing peak.

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Peak of the Week, V. 131

Track: So Many Roads
Artist: Grateful Dead
Record: So Many Roads (1965 - 1995)
Year: Recorded 7/9/95

Comment:  Chills, every time.  If you don’t get Jerry you may not understand.  This was recorded exactly a month before he died.  There’s no peak like the wholesome, emotional Garcia peak.   

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Peak of the Week, V. 130

Track: Less Is More
Artist: Bonerama w/ Fred Wesley
Record: Live from New York
Year: 2005

Comment:  Death, taxes, and Fred Wesley will peak.  

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Peak of the Week, V. 129

Track: Jam II (peaxtraction)
Artist: Derek & The Dominos
Record: The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition
Year: 1970

Comment:  I prefer my Clapton with a heavy buzz.  Don’t get me wrong, he’s amazing any way you slice it.  But the non-raging Clapton has always been a little too predictable for my taste.  Not so in these smack-infested sessions.   

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Peak of the Week, V. 128

Track: Goin’ Down Slow
Artist: Bobby Bland
Record: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bobby “Blue” Bland
Year: 2000

Comment:  You know you’re cool when they call you the Black Sinatra.  This would’ve been a money JGB tune.