How about some Earl King with the mighty Meters, Allen
Toussaint and that
Sansu
horn section that usually included Gary Brown and Clyde Kerr and a
rotating cast of other guys. This album has been out under the names
Street Parade and A Mother's Love as well as New Orleans Blues but never
seems to stay around for very long. A damn shame too because this is
some of the best of all Earl's work; it was the one he seemed to
personally like best, at least that's what he said in a interview I
recall hearing a year or so before he died. Most of the songs are Earl's
of course but a couple are penned by
Toussaint.
The Meters give it all a funky under layer but most of these tunes lean
more towards blues and r & b than the pure NOLA funk usually
associated with the Funky Four. There are 3 or 4 more tracks from these
sessions that haven't been included for some reason but ya takes what ya
gets.
Earl King - New Orleans Blues
Sansu 1972, Tomato 2005 [
uber std mp3]
01 Mother's Love
02 Part of Me
03 Am I Your Dog
04
Fallin'
05 I'm Gonna Keep on Trying
06 Love Look Out for Me
07 Mama & Papa
08 Medieval Days
09 Some People
10 Street Parade
11 Do the Grind
12 Real McCoy
13 Up on the Hill
14 This Is What I Call Living
15 You Make Me Feel Good
Earl King - New Orleans Blues