Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s Damn Right I Am Somebody
MyVinyl presents Damn Right I Am Somebody - James Brown's most important sidemen - trombonist Fred Wesley's 1974 album as a bandleader. Starting with an evocative cover it was clear to fans that this album wasn’t all about a party.
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Catalog details about Damn Right I Am Somebody
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ЛейбълGet On Down - GET54069
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ФорматГрамофонна плоча / Винил, LP, Албум
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Издание2024 - Black Vinyl Edition
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Първо Издание1974
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OriginUS
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ЖанрFunk & Soul
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СъстояниеФабрично запечатана, Нова грамофонна плоча
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EAN130664425406917
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РеференцияMV-2321-1
Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - Damn Right I Am Somebody in details
Deep messages abound in the songs here, such as the nearly 10-minute workout “I’m Paying Taxes, But What Am I Buying.” Social messages aside, Fred and his assembled JBs were a party-moving funk machine at heart, as heard on “If You Don’t Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again, Party” and the laid-back groove of “Same Beat” (with prototypical sampling of Jesse Jackson exhorting an audience to chant “I am / Somebody”). Nestled among these raise-your-fist classics is one of the most experimental funk cuts ever made: “Blow Your Head,” known to relatively modern listeners as the backbone of Public Enemy’s “Public Enemy #1” (from 1987). Other tracks have been sampled by EPMD, Run-DMC, De La Soul, Digable Planets, and Ice-T among others. Get On Down pays reverent tribute to the reissue of this classic housed in a 1970s style Stoughton jacket.
| A1 | Damn Right, I Am Somebody |
| A2 | Blow Your Head |
| A3 | I’m Payin’ Taxes, What Am I Buyin’? |
| B1 | Same Beat (Pt. 1) |
| B2 | If You Don’t Get It The First Time, Back Up & Try It Again, Parrty |
| B3 | Make Me What You Want Me To Be |
| B4 | Going To Get A Thrill |
| B5 | You Sure Love To Ball |