Elbowed Out

This weeks show features the latest Soul Junction album release from the self contained band Elbowed Out "Everybody Get Up" it's a great mix of styles, all of which were recorded over 30 years ago but still sound sharp and fresh (it would make a nice Xmas stocking filler I'm thinking) just a thought. On the new music side I have Cardell Harrington, Jimmy Sterling and another track from Big Ben Hillard. I am really enjoying his new album "The Friday Night Consortium", highly recommended.

Very sad to report the news of my friend of over 30 years, Buford "Fab" Glanton's passing, he made his transition on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015. Though not a household name Fab was a real soul journeyman, he'd started his career in the late 1950s as a member of The Martiniques before joining The Tempos, also toured extensively as guitar player with H-D-H's group The Politicians throughout the 1970s as well as being a resident house band leader at several of Detroit's premier clubs and constant session work allover the city.

Torbay weekender 1992 - (Photo courtesy of Dave Rimmer)

Recruited by his long time friends Stan Bracely, Will Harvey and Robert Walker he joined The Lovetones as lead singer and was later responsible for one of Motorcity Records finest moments with the song "Fire Alarm", he also co wrote many tracks at Ian Levine's said label. I do have an interview, that was done some twenty-five+ years ago, and perhaps with Mickey's help I'll try to make it available (incidentally Mickey Nold was the editor of a whole bunch of interviews I did back then for his PCRL Basement Soul Show, only as the years have progressed have I realized the importance of what we did back then. Just to confuse you I 'll be playing two tracks Fab recorded under the name of David Lenyard & The Music Tree. The video this week is one Mickey filmed in 1992 at Torbay weekender put together by Mick,Tony & Pep.

On a very personal note:- I'm so glad I got a chance to spend some time with him on a recent trip to Detroit - visiting the Motorcity now will never be the same without him. I will TRULY miss him.

Playlist for Sunday 6-12-2015 

Hour One
The Lovetones - Out Of A Dream
Cardell - It's Cool
Tony Toni Tone - Just Like My Papa
Big Ben Hillman - Beautiful Stranger
Jimmy Sterling - Slipping Away
Elbowed Out - Girl You Got Magic
Elbowed Out - Taking A Step
Fel Davis - Over Again
Rance Allen Group - Gonna Make It Alright
David Lenyard & The Music Tree -It's Never To Late
David Lenyard & The Music Tree - Could Have Been You

Hour Two

Kem - I'm In Love

Blinky - I Wouldn't Change The Man He is

Joe Leavy - I Heart You

Tower Of Power - Loves Been Gone To Long

The Dramatics - And I Panicked

The Dells - Could It Be

Elbowed Out - The Book Of Guinness

Gwen McCrae - Love Without Sex

Twice - I Fell For You

The O'Jays - Your Body's Here With Me

Elbowed Out's biography:
During 2012 we at Soul Junction Records were fortunate to discover two excellent unissued Oliver Cheatham tracks “Don’t Pop The Question/Good Guys Don’t Make Good Lovers” (SJ518) and it was during the brokering of a subsequent licensing deal that we were introduced to the songs producer Mr. Bill Miller (who just happened to be Oliver’s cousin). During a later conversation Bill mentioned that he had some other unissued material on a group by the name of Elbowed-Out that he worked with while living in Seattle, Washington and would we be interested in hearing it ? Well, if it was anything near as good as the Cheatham tracks then you bet we would! Well it was and two well received 45 singles from Elbowed-Out would eventually be released, firstly the double sided dance 45 “Taking A Step” b/w “Girl You Got Magic” (SJ523) in 2013. Followed by a further dance track backed with a mid tempo ballad “Things Are Changing b/w Just To Be With You” SJ527 in 2014. 

A fifth Elbowed-Out track the sweet sounding “In The book Of Guinness” (probably the only song ever to reference the world famous record breakers annual in its lyric’s) also gained a release on the Soul Junction various artists compilation “We Got A Sweet Thing Going On” (SJCD5009) during 2014. 

So twelve months on we at last bring you the entire Elbowed-Out recordings from the group’s 1978/79 sessions with Bill Miller. Which include the aforementioned issued tracks, but on this occasion both “Taking A Step” and “Girl You Got Magic” appear for the very first time as their previously unissued full length versions ( with both being over five minutes in duration). 

Together with the remaining unissued tracks “All Men Don’t Love The Same”, “Believe It” and the album’s title track “Everybody Get Up” added to those is the recently discovered track “Girl I Want You” a solitary release recorded sometime during 1988 by Denis Wilcox with one of the groups later line ups.

Elbowed-Out’s mission in life was “to get you up and out of your seat, and then to begin to move your feet” something I think you’ll agree they most certainly have achieved. So without further ado, just indulge yourself in the sound that is ‘Elbowed-out’. (Dave Welding)

 

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