Blogger Johnny Bacardi (working permalinks pending–try the home page) points out, in a recent round-up of some vinyl records he’s been listening to, that Bootsy’s Rubber Band, P-Funk/JB’s bassist Bootsy Collins’s ’70’s side project, is fricking awesome. People, listen to the man: he’s right on the money. One of the finest funk records I’ve ever heard is the Rubber Band’s Live in Louisville 1978. The band taps into the cosmic groove so deeply on this record it’ll make your hair hurt. When the horns kick in at the end of “Very Yes”–send in the weapons inspectors, because that shit is THE BOMB.
Johnny also talks a bit about Roy Wood, which, as anyone who’s heard “The Ball Park Incident” will tell you, is always a good idea.