Never-heard live work from the legendary
Junie Morrison – a funky legend who worked both in the Ohio Players and in the P-Funk empire of George Clinton – heard here in a smoking live setting in Michigan, right around the time of his classic solo records for Westbound! The format is great – really open and freewheeling, and nicely different than some of
Junie's records in the studio – as
Junie works with the Crowd Pleasers group, in a blistering blend of funk, soul, and jazz – with solos that evoke some of the latter, and which remind us of the unearthed Lyman Woodard concerts from around the same time! Tracks are mostly nice and long, very jamming – and the small combo vibe is a really different change from some of the arena funk of the period. Titles include a great version of
Junie's classic "Granny's Funky Rolls Royce" – plus "Super J", "Tight Rope/
Super Groupie", "Shakey Ground", "Fopp", "Musical Son", "
Junie II", "Surrender", and an Ohio Players medley of "Pain/
Cookies Will Get You/
Pleasure/
Ecstasy".
(Nice Japanese pressing – with obi!)