Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator (2011)

"She wakes up in the morning / To a kettle on the stove / Peeling wallpaper / House next to a dusty road"

How's that for imagery? It's Sunday which means it's time to cozy up with your headphones and settle in to some wholesome, soul stirring groves. And what better way to do that than with the King and Queen of Southern Rock, Derek Trucks and his wife Susan Tedeschi.

Revelator is their debut album together along with their awesome 11 piece band - the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Steeped in southern gospel and gritty soul with a groove more common to rock, and funk, Revelator will take you on an aural journey to Memphis, Alabama, Texas and New Orleans (look for the hidden track Ghost Light). The album's content seamlessly shifts from blues' about broken hearts to rocking funk jams about movin' on. Something to watch for is the interplay between Trucks' signature Gibson and Tedeschi's Fender - totally different tones. Good thing it's ripped @ 320.

Happy Sunday!

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*I received a request from the IFPI on part of the DMCA to remove this post. If you want a copy of the album, email me and I can point you in the direction of where to find it.*

V/A - Florida Funk 1968-1975

I figured I’d start it off with a bang and give a little more. Here’s another nice piece of Florida Funk. It's a compilation put out by Now Again Records of Florida Funk classics from 1968-1975. If the picture alone doesn’t sell you on it, I don’t know what will. It’s nice to contrast this to the Little Beaver (featured on this album as well) as it shows the diversity of the funk scene in Florida. If there’s one theme that underlies it all, it’s the nitty-gritty sweaty-swamp soul that fills the room after you push play. Do not delay, get 'er right away!

Gators