Sho Is Funky Down Here ART7085LP Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features

Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered

I'd definitely ask Santa for the whole set

cementing their status as contemporary maestros

Hus Kingpin asserts himself as the star of this show

Rekindling the familiarly flowing interplay with fellow travellers Thomas Morgan and João  Lobo – the trio’s musical partnership goes back over a decade at this point –

Sho Is Funky Down Here ART7085LP Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series featuresSho Is Funky Down Here was the last album James Brown recorded for King Records before his switch to Polydor. It is an unusual piece of work for JB, arranged by Dave Matthews, that possesses a bluesy psychedelic feel. The title piece features a brief rap by James before launching into a long gritty, Blues drenched journey. This is the closest James Brown comes to recording a Rock album that is not a million miles away from early Funkadelic. Even so