Aquarium Drunkard Presents: June Jukebox
We begin with the undeniable soul gospel that is T.L. Barrett's "Like A Ship (Without A Sail)", most recently re-released into the world via the labels Numero Group and Light In The Attic, before effortlessly sliding into Johnson & Hawkins' "You Can't Blame Me". Keeping on the Numero Group tip, track three kicks into gear with Syl Johnson's "Different Strokes", via the comprehensive Complete Mythology release from 2010. Switching gears, we head back to the year 1965 via Canadian garage rock pioneers, The Haunted. That's them doing "1 2 5".
Track five poses the question: Have you really heard Dr. John's "Walk On Guilded Splinters" without digging into the Johnny Jenkins cover? Maybe, maybe not. Stevie Wonder grooves on with "Superwoman" before some Brenton Wood sugar. The Paragons then step in for the playlists sole reggae offering - "The Tide Is High" - of course later made famous (to a different fanbase) via the Blondie cover.
And without giving up the rest of the playlist, I will say that we next land in Augusta, GA and end up on Nigerian soil. Not as far a trek, sonically, as one might think...
ABOUT AQUARIUM DRUNKARD
Based in Los Angeles, Justin Gage is the founder of the long-running, eclectic music blog Aquarium Drunkard. In addition to the blog you can catch his weekly radio show, Fridays, on SIRIUS XMU satellite radio -- noon-2pm EST.
Gage is also the founder of Autumn Tone Records and works as a music consultant and supervisor.
