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OT: The Old, the Obscure, and The Forgotten - Round 2

Bigboote said:
I can't tell whether that's a version of Driftin' by Charles Brown or not.
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I'd say somewhat similar, but different. More lyrics (and different) in the Earl Hooker song too.
 
Here is another that I heard on my oldies internet radio station this morning. Probably not politically correct so I'm sure it will become even more obscure with the passage of time. ;)

 
I have a new, obscure and forgotten - Tinted Windows. A one-off, power-pop "supergroup" from 2010. I was tipped to them when their bass player Adam Schlesinger (Fountians of Wayne) died from COVID. It's a great album from a group I never knew existed. I don't think they were very successful. More proof that rock is dead.

 
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When you think of James Brown, this song probably does not pop into mind, so it's a bit obscure I would say. But it may be arguably his most impactful song ever:
 
Kaizen said:
Also Old, not obscure but somewhat forgotten ..

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When Dusty died, I got a greatest hits album. I didn't know an awful lot about her, but heard a few snippets on NPR in a remembrance spot. This is the first cut on the album and absolutely blows me away. She gave every song her all, never held anything back. She had a reputation for being a perfectionist, and the results are consistent with that.
 
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Kaizen said:
Janis Ian has a beautiful voice, a great talent woman.
(at Seventeen)
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I love love love Janis Ian. I think I have about her first ten albums or so. She still sounded like a kid on about the first four, then there was one that was kind of different, then her real grownup albums started with Stars and Between the Lines. (It's tough when you're making your "comeback" when you're 23.) This is a nice little ditty from that in-between album, Present Company, which was widely panned, but it was probably the most positive album she made.

 
Cool @Scud49 . I was unfamiliar with Erica Wheeler, but it immediately made me think of Cheryl Wheeler. I wondered if they are sisters, apparently not.

 
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And here’s one from Ralph McDonald. He was a percussionist, and very tight with Grover Washington and Bill Withers; they all played on each other’s albums. Sadly, all three are no longer with us.

 
Bigboote said:
And here’s one from Ralph McDonald. He was a percussionist, and very tight with Grover Washington and Bill Withers; they all played on each other’s albums. Sadly, all three are no longer with us.
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Ah, Grover Washington Jr - he played on this wonderful and obscure instrumental by Idris Muhammad - "Loran's Dance"

 
One great tune from the hippie days of the early 70's - Toni Browne and Terri Garthwaite - they were the nucleus of the band "The Joy of Cooking":
 
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And here is a twist on the classic American "rags to riches" story from another roots rocker. You can hear the roots of punk rock in this one.

 
Scud49 said:
Ah, Grover Washington Jr - he played on this wonderful and obscure instrumental by Idris Muhammad - "Loran's Dance"
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I first heard of Idris Muhammad when he played on a Pharaoh Sanders album. It wasn’t this one, but this is my favorite cut from Pharaoh.

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nwhoopfan said:
Another not very well known folk singer from the Northeast (edit--I think; wiki has almost no info on her).

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I looked her up on wiki. The first thing I thought was, “I should see if my nephew knows her, he has been a farmer in the Northeast Kingdom.” (He’s a generation younger, so not likely.)

I reread your post, and maybe can clarify your paranthetical remark a bit. Northeast Kingdom, the title of one of her albums, is the northeast part of Vermont. It appears she’s from Northampton, which is in Massachusetts and the home of Smith College.
 
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