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May 17th, 2010 in Little People, Old New York, Soul by lpcoverlover | 5 Comments

The Coasters on Broadway on King Records   (1973)   A Leiber-Stoller Production     Re-recordings of classic Coasters’ cuts like “On Broadway,” “D.W. Washburn,” plus others like “Mohair Sam,” “Mustang Sally”and “Cool Jerk”.   But the funky stand-out is perhaps “Down Home Girl” which has been sampled many times.   This is what Funky 16 Corners says:

First waxed in 1964 by the mighty Alvin Robinson for the Red Bird label (one of my all time fave records), ‘Down Home Girl’ was written by Jerry Lieber and Art Butler. In it’s original form (produced by Lieber and Mike Stoller and arranged by Joe Jones) it is one of the grittiest pieces of New Orleans-associated soul ever to hit wax.   The following year, the Rolling Stones, knowing a good thing when it crawled into their ears, recorded a version of their own.   The version I bring you today see’s Lieber and Stoller taking the song out for a stroll once again, with one of their favorite groups, the legendary Coasters.   By 1966, when the group went into the studio with L&S (Stoller producing) they were a few years past their last big hit (‘Little Egypt’ hit the Top 40 in 1961).

The Coasters version of ‘Down Home Girl’ – taken at a slightly more deliberate pace than Robinson – opens with a horn/drums/vibes riff that is verily begging to be looped by some enterprising producer, and features some classic group harmony. Much of the humor associated with the Coasters is there, though it gets delivered not via the performance itself, but rather through Lieber’s hyperbolic lyrics. Where Robinson’s reading of the song is dripping with unbridled lust (thanks in large part to his awesome, soulful growl) the Coasters vocal arrangement, with tenor and bass trading lines allows them to highlight the absurdity of some of the lines.   It really is a lost classic, and one of the finer versions of a truly great song.

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  1. #1 Way Back Now! Lets Go... says:
    May 17th, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    “Raindrops keep falling on my head…” From another fabulous song writer!

  2. #2 Tim B. says:
    May 18th, 2010 at 6:08 am

    Does this album have that funky remake of Love Potion #9? I’ve never seen it before…I tried clicking thru to Funky 16 Corners and searched there for the Coasters but came up empty.

  3. #3 lpcoverlover says:
    May 18th, 2010 at 6:39 am

    Yes Tim!

  4. #4 ~Red x Baron~ says:
    May 18th, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    I’ve researched the infamous ‘umbrella man’ of Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963, but I don’t think this guy is it! This is the BEST vinyl webgem in the bizzz…

  5. #5 Scotty G. says:
    June 9th, 2011 at 11:34 am

    “Lord I swear the perfume you wear
    Was made out of turnip greens
    And everytime I kiss you girl
    It tastes like pork and beans…”

    Soooooo down home!

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