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In Reply to: RE: Dr. John, New Orleans Swamp 1974. posted by dancingseamonkey on October 07, 2016 at 07:32:18
even with that annoying and not very good conga player!
Thanks!
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure
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It's Uganda Roberts-a New Orleans legend. To my ears, he has always filled up space instead of creating it. But then I would make the same charge of 99% of the "funk" that animates the jam band scene. (Well, perhaps it is the substances that really animate the jam band scene . . . )
thanks!
His playing on the non PL stuff was mixed too high in that video for my tastes which I found distracting and I love congas!
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Well the early 70's you had to have a conga player (something they should bring back IMHO)unfortunately they picked a lousy one, I don't think he was part of the Meters so he must have been a pick up.
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
Homer Simpson
Uganda is best known for playing with Professor Longhair in his revival years, and he has appeared with Dr. John a number of times. He is on some Meters sessions (and other Allen Toussaint productions that the Meters played on,) but the conga player the Meters used in their later years was Art Neville's brother Cyril, who also sang with the group.
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"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
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