Dang. Can’t. Seem. To. Update. Broblog. Regularly. *sigh*

Oh well. Hopefully this will help make things right. Listen up peoples as ol’ Abner explains…

From the Subliminal Sounds! reissue:

Abner Jay was raised laying on his belly, drinkin’ water from the old Swaunee River. Jay claims the secret for his good health and being the father of 16 young ‘uns, and gonna git some more, is layin on his belly drinkin’ water from that ol Swaunee River.

Artist: Abner Jay
Album: Swaunee Water And Cocaine Blues
Year: 197X
Label: Subliminal Sounds! | Anthology Recordings

Yr best bet appears to be Anthology Recordings

Disco…Canada. These two words may have you running for the toilet….but hold your wad bub. This track is an IQ reducer that will have your feet battling your mind for ultimate control of your Saturday night. French-Canadian disco troupe Zig Zag drop some serious cocaine science on our collective ass via their 1978 debut Zig Zag. An underground disco classic that bombs the floor with ultra tight bass/drum precision and drugged-out, vapid, sex-boogie goodness. “Disco Danser” kicks off the record with screeching dance floor madness made to move your dogs in all the right ways. Reminiscent of so many great floor tunes of the day “Disco Danser” starts off mellow enough….muted horns and sick high hat trickery with that familiar cooing disco goddess reminding you that “Le Amour” is where it’s at. Our girl then kicks it in to high-gear with some feisty line that I can’t quite make out (she is French-Canadian after all) but it completely rips up this tight lil’ number….giving it that little something extra making Saturday night (or Wednesday if you’re so inclined) alright.

Don’t fear the disco.

Hey team! I’m back in action after a looooong summer-imposed timeout. What can I say? I had shit to do. Get off my back already! Anyway, here’s something to make up for my delinquency.

Crabby Appleton were an L.A. band who made it big with this li’l ditty back in 1970… and never saw chart success again. But hey they got to hang with Sly so I’m thinking it was all worth it.

This is their big cut “Go Back”. I’m posting it here ‘cuz the drums / drummer is ruling and, well, that’s pretty much all it takes to get me psyched these days. It’s a nice slab of pop/rock/psych/garage/arentgenresdumb?/hottness. Enjoy!

Artist: Crabby Appleton
Album: S/T
Year: 1970
Label: Elektra

Amazon has the MP3s & CD

Oh, man…I was prompted to put this song up here because Snaiboy’s last track reminded me of it.  A funny thing happened along the way though - I learned how amazing the story behind the woman is.  She was married to Hugh Masekela (one of my favorites), cut a record with Harry Belafonte, and was on the Cosby show, not to mention the role she played in the anti-apartheid movement.  Amazing…thank you broblog!  Here I was thinking it was just a cool song to get the weekend going with.

Summer in the city. This track has been speaking to me lately so I thought appropriate for the broblog. Scorching latin boogaloo from ‘68 that talks about being homesick, lovesick, broke and just plain sick and tired of being sick and tired. Perfect for that humid summer late night cocktail party.

Infallible label, Honest Jon’s recently released a compilation of nuyorican boogaloo that just kills. If you like this track (which kicks off the album) then you’ll love the whole comp.

Welcome to full on summer!  These guys (The Paragons) were best known for the song “The Tide Is High” later covered by Blondie.  There is nothing I’d rather listen to as I reclaim my neglected back yard.  You’re wwwelcome!