I was cruising up 20th Street, pushing the buttons on my XM Commander, and I ended up on Deep Tracks.\u00c2\u00a0 Whatever was on caught my ear, because I stayed there.\u00c2\u00a0 Deep Tracks has got me.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s my musical history.\u00c2\u00a0 I trust it.\u00c2\u00a0 So, when the next record started to play, I didn’t push the button, but let her rip.<\/p>\n
After a couple of days of rain, it was a glorious day.\u00c2\u00a0 And this new song that was playing.\u00c2\u00a0 It wasn’t in my face, it wasn’t trying to get my attention.\u00c2\u00a0 Rather it was an ACCOMPANIMENT!\u00c2\u00a0 It was a soundtrack.\u00c2\u00a0 It set my mind adrift.<\/p>\n
I’d never heard it before.\u00c2\u00a0 But I recognized the name on the readout, Brian Auger.\u00c2\u00a0 That guy with the album covers with the locomotive, representing his Oblivion Express.\u00c2\u00a0 He had a good rep back in the day, but I never bought any of his albums, because I couldn’t afford them.\u00c2\u00a0 I couldn’t afford to experiment with my money.\u00c2\u00a0 What I purchased had to stick.\u00c2\u00a0 So, this was the first time I was hearing this track, "Bumpin’ On Sunset".<\/p>\n
Fire up your P2P app.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s not hard to find.\u00c2\u00a0 Download "Bumpin’ On Sunset" and listen.\u00c2\u00a0 It will push that relax button in you.\u00c2\u00a0 The one you sometimes forget you have.\u00c2\u00a0 The one only MUSIC can reach.\u00c2\u00a0 "Bumpin’ On Sunset" goes on for ten minutes.\u00c2\u00a0 An aural excursion.\u00c2\u00a0 Not that I knew how long it was when it started on XM, I was just glad it didn’t END!\u00c2\u00a0 Because I didn’t want the mood, the JOY to end.<\/p>\n
I reached into the glove box for a pen.\u00c2\u00a0 And then over my shoulder into the backseat for a piece of paper.\u00c2\u00a0 I wanted to write this one down.<\/p>\n
And when I got back from my adventures, and I fired up my P2P app, I was surprised to find that Brian Auger didn’t write "Bumpin’ On Sunset", rather Wes Montgomery did.<\/p>\n
I was a fan of Weather Report.\u00c2\u00a0 And, I bought "Inner Mounting Flame".\u00c2\u00a0 But really, I’m not a jazz guy.\u00c2\u00a0 I know Wes Montgomery’s name, but not his music.\u00c2\u00a0 And it was interesting to hear Wes’ take.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, Brian Auger’s version wasn’t just a cover.\u00c2\u00a0 Rather than Wes’ guitar, Brian’s organ is featured.\u00c2\u00a0 The song has a different feel.\u00c2\u00a0 Silky.\u00c2\u00a0 For all those people who bought "Silk Degrees" back in the seventies, THIS is the kind of music the people MAKING those records listened to and were inspired BY!<\/p>\n
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