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Showing posts with label 1970. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1970. Show all posts

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Exuma - Exuma I & Exuma II (1970)



Macfarlane Gregory Anthony "Exuma" McKay, was a Bahaman Junkanoo artist from Cat Island.  His music is about Obeah worship, demons, and the salvation of souls.  With his raw voice, sparse instrumentation, and powerful lyrics - this stuff is food for the soul.

"I came down on a lightning bolt 
Nine months in my Mama's belly.
When I was born, the midwife scream and shout,
I had fire crystals coming out of my mouth.
I'm Exuma, I'm the Obeah Man!"


This may be some of the trippiest and powerful music I own, so you know you're in for a treat.  Just check out his artwork...

Exuma I:

Exuma II:


Sunday, December 2, 2012

George Martin- Percussion Panorama- 1970

      Little to nothing is known about George Martin. No, not the George Martin of Beatles lore, I'm talking about the Belgian born George Martin.
     However, thanks to start-of-the-art 21st century technology, modern scholars have deduced he was a phenomenal composer and made a really bangin'-ass lounge album.
     I think it would be best if we just let the music speak for itself.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Ananda Shankar (1970)


...Umm, what's he looking at???...  THE COSMOS!  In the summer of love, Ravi Shankar's nephew, Ananda Shankar, was hanging out with Jimi Hendrix, messing around with moog synthesizers, and laying down sweet sitar covers of rock classics.  This Bengali pop star never truly found fame, but sure had a hell of a go at it...