06/20:  Song of the Day.  Maceo Parker–Shake Everything You’ve Got

I had a really good friend in college that from time to time would drop an album in my lap that he really thought I needed to hear.  Turns out he was right every single time.  As I scan through my music collection I sometimes come across one or two of those albums and remember hearing them for the very first time.  The list of albums isn’t long, but they definitely have provided some essential listening:  The Mother Hips self-titled album, Merl Saunders and Friends Fire Up, The Greyboy Allstars Live, and a gem of a funk/soul record from former James Brown horn man Maceo Parker called Life on Planet Groove are just a few of the albums that my buddy introduced me to back in the 90’s. »Read More

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