#swamp funk

Buzz Clifford - “Hawg Frog” (DOT) - Swamp funk.

Rush Hour (1979)

I wish we could hear more from this group. The band’s bio on AllMusic starts off stating, “Very little is known for certain about this group -- which may actually have been two groups, or possibly two incarnations of the same group...” and devolves from there into a murky timeline pocked with noted shifts in personnel, creative differences and other unfortunate turns. Despite the many mysteries that plague the band or two, or four, caught up in the Gritz continuum, one of the only solid takeaways from the linked bio is the tantalizing reveal that a whole “LP’s worth of material” cut from the same sessions this rusted, deep delta molasses-riffin’ slab of mud-bogged salt n’ pepper swamp rock comes from exists somewhere out there in the world, yet still unreleased. 

Happy Thursday! Sea Monster music tonight starts 8:30 with singer songwriter Joshua Westfall and friends. Then at 10pm, funky organ trio featuring MIKE ZABREK, ADAM GROSS and AARON HARMONSEN ! Ladies in Free!

Going through my soundcloud stream, it was the tag #funk that caught my eye. Happy Monday everyone.