We’ll it’s all go here at BC Towers as work continues apace on the soon-to-be released new long-playing-45-type-album! Of course this is great news for anyone who possesses ears but not so good news for anyone who is trying to write an incisive and witty news blog based on the antics of the band. So whilst I thump around blindly for inspiration it’s a good time for a Bomb Culture Salute!...
Earl ‘The Greatest Session Drummer of All-time’ Palmer has passed away at the ripe old age of 83. Why is this relevant? Well me little chickadees, you may never have heard of Earl Palmer but you would have definitely heard his work. Here’s just a wee snap of the records he drummed upon:
Earl ‘The Greatest Session Drummer of All-time’ Palmer has passed away at the ripe old age of 83. Why is this relevant? Well me little chickadees, you may never have heard of Earl Palmer but you would have definitely heard his work. Here’s just a wee snap of the records he drummed upon:
Between 1949 and 1956, he played on Lawdy Miss Clawdy, I Hear You Knocking Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally, Summertime Blues, Something Else, La Bamba. In the 60’s he worked with Phil Spector and played on records by the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, the Mamas and the Papas, Frank Sinatra and the Supremes, as well as two wall of sound classics: the Righteous Brothers' You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin, and Ike & Tina Turner's River Deep, Mountain High. Now all of that would have been fine and dandy but he also did the Mission Impossible theme, the intro to The Flintstones and playing on the opening credits for I Dream of Jeanie, Ironside, The Odd Couple and Mash.
So a pretty frickin’ amazing addition to the legacy of music allround eh? BUT WAIT! As it get’s better….Not only did he do all of this but…
At Cosimo Matassa's J&M studio, Plamer played on a succession of records that turned jazz, blues, rhythm'n'blues and country into rock'n'roll. Palmer provided the pulse helping the different styles coalesce, and was the first musician to use the expression "funky" to explain to his fellow musicians that they could make the result more syncopated and therefore danceable.
Yep, you read that right, he invented the word Funky!!! How utterly fucking cool is that? So in honour of not only playing on some of the most inspirational and downright greatest recordings of all time, but also inventing a word that defines….well everything that is cool….we humbly say, BOMB CULTURE Salutes You!!!!
At Cosimo Matassa's J&M studio, Plamer played on a succession of records that turned jazz, blues, rhythm'n'blues and country into rock'n'roll. Palmer provided the pulse helping the different styles coalesce, and was the first musician to use the expression "funky" to explain to his fellow musicians that they could make the result more syncopated and therefore danceable.
Yep, you read that right, he invented the word Funky!!! How utterly fucking cool is that? So in honour of not only playing on some of the most inspirational and downright greatest recordings of all time, but also inventing a word that defines….well everything that is cool….we humbly say, BOMB CULTURE Salutes You!!!!
Theres a whole obittuary of the great fella on the Guardian Website which you can find right here http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/23/popandrock.usa
Tune in next time when we endeavor to make up our own new word but miserably fail and end up with a weird sound like slowly deflating bap.
Bomb Culture – Funky.
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