{"product_id":"fred-wesley-and-the-horny-horns-a-blow-for-me-a-toot-to-you","title":"Fred Wesley And The Horny Horns - A Blow For Me, A Toot To You","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThanks to their first-class training in funk and soul while playing in James Brown’s Band, Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker were the obvious choice when it came to participating in George Clinton’s P-Funk empire – the Godfather of Soul had had an enormous influence on Clinton anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1977, Clinton and Bootsy Collins produced \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Blow For Me, A Toot For You\u003c\/i\u003e, the début album by Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns – an ensemble with Wesley on the trombone, Parker on the tenor and alto saxophone, as well as Rick Gardner and Richard 'Kush' Griffith on the trumpet. The majority of the numbers are by Clinton and Collins, so it is not really surprising that much of the LP is pure P-Funk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe album begins rather gloomily with a remake of Parliament’s \"Up For The Down Stroke\", and the influence of Parliament is also unmistakable in the other numbers. With regard to the instrumental numbers, \"Four Play\" fuses funk and jazz, while Wesley’s atmospheric \"Peace Fugue\" reflects the CTI sound of the 1970s. Actually \"Peace Fugue\" is the work which least sounds like Clinton on this LP. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Blow For Me, A Toot For You\u003c\/i\u003e scarcely ranks behind Parliament’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMothership Connection \u003c\/i\u003eor Funkadelic’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne Nation Under A Groove\u003c\/i\u003e and is certainly more than just a recommendable LP, which every funk lover should get to know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322710012281,"sku":null,"price":19.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/R-475890-1560220158-2341_385b8fce-9e36-4e32-8b06-1a6b6804a2dc.jpg?v=1787903003","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/fred-wesley-and-the-horny-horns-a-blow-for-me-a-toot-to-you","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}