06/03/2024 - Rill Rill - Episode 011

An irresistible groove by Funkadelic sampled 40 years later takes us on a wild ride across funk, hip hop and jazz before the songwriting of Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller take us across doo wop and the blues to the crunchy psychedelic sounds of Big Brother & The Holding Company. While I made a research error later in the show, this happy accident led us from Kendrick Lamar & Beyonce to the amazing story of Tom Wilson, the man in the studio who shaped the breakthrough sounds of Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Simon & Garfunkel, The Velvet Underground and so many more.

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Bonus Track

Irma Franklin- Piece of My Heart - The original Piece of My Heart by Irma, Aretha's sister.

This Week's notes and mentions

• Maggot Brain by Funkadelic- a 10 minute guitar solo by Eddie Hazel
• Big Mama Thornton's original version of Ball and Chain
• The original 'acoustic' version of Sound of Silence

Full Playlist:

1. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill (Treats-2010)
2. Funkadelic - Can You Get To that (Maggot Brain-1971)
   Connection: Sampled in Rill Rill
3. Bootsy Collins - Psychoticbumpschool (Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber band-1976)
   Connection: Bootsy Collins played bass on Can You Get To That
4. Fred Wesley & The JB's - Blow Your Head (Damn Right I Am Somebody-1974)
   Connection: Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns played on Psychoticbumpschool
5. Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool like Dat) (Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time & Space)-1993)
   Connection: Samples "Blow Your Head"
6. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Stretching (Reflections in Blue-1978)
   Connection: Sampled in Rebirth of Slick (Cool like Dat)
7. Ray Charles - Moanin' (Genius + Soul = Jazz-1961)
   Connection: Moanin' originally performed by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
8. Ray Charles - Let's Go Get Stoned (Crying Time-1966)
   Connection: Another Ray Charles tune
9. The Coasters - Down in Mexico (The Coasters-1957)
   Connection: Let's Go Get Stoned was originally performed by The Coasters
10. The Beatles - Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey (Beatles for Sale-1964)
    Connection: Also written by Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller
11. Elvis Presley - Trouble (King Creole-1958)
    Connection: Also written by Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller
12. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (Single-1953)
    Connection: Also written by Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller
13. Big Brother & The Holding Company - Ball and Chain (Cheap Thrills-1968)
    Connection: Hound Dog was written & originally performed by Big Mama Thornton
14. Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece of My Heart (Cheap Thrills-1968)
    Connection: Another Big Brother & The Holding Company song
15. The Isley Brothers - Twist & Shout (Twist & Shout-1962)
    Connection: Also written by Bert Berns
16. Kendrick Lamar - i (Single Version) (Single-2014)
    Connection: Samples The Isley Brothers
17. Beyonce (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Freedom (Lemonade-2016)
    Connection: Also featuring Kendrick Lamar
18. Kaleidoscope - Let Me Try (Kaleidoscope-???)
    Connection: Sampled in "Freedom"
19. Jackson Browne - Running on Empty (Running on Empty-1977)
    Connection: Here's where I messed up - David Lindley played on this track and in a band called Kaleidoscope, but as it turns out, not the one that did "Let Me Try"
20. Nico - These Days (Chelsea Girl-1967)
    Connection: Written by David Lindley
21. Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (Electric Version) (Sounds of Silence-1966)
    Connection: Also produced by Tom Wilson
22. The Velvet Underground & Nico - I'm Waiting for the Man (The Velvet Underground & Nico-1967)
    Connection: Also produced by Tom Wilson