sunny & the sunliners - get down (197?)
i came across this jimmy-jam on youtube (again in the mecca of musicland) and almost pissed my knickers. now this song is one of my favorite tracks by war from their "all day music" lp (1971). i dont know which came first the scrambled eggs or the fried chicken. war or sunny. buy what i do know is that war is one of my top 10 favorite bands; they represent the west coast and LA funk scene strong & HARD! but just as a chameleon changes its appearance, war changed its sound. from soul to tejano funk to the all-american chicano representatives. por la razza! in others words from black to brown. which i dont mind...you know im color blind since were all the same color in the dark. but they had lost their original audience so quickly that it became appalling how different they were which is suprising that they noticed a change...weedheads! but thats for another time. so now i have a brown to black sit-ch & it actually works!.... really well! i checked out a few of sunny's 1st albums & its the traditional texas tejano music...then all of a sudden here they go sounding like the opening act for fred wesley or the jb's. and just like war's fans, im sure sunnys people were shocked at the transition. but for me, i welcome it with open arms & dancing feet. the raspy crushed velvet voice of sunny keeps me lifted & groovin'. im not sure how much sunny & his sunliners explored the world of funk & soul, but i hope there is much more out there in cyber-funk space! checkout their history...who knew something good beside bbq tri-tip came out of texas?! well of course selenas...si mon! and what the hell is a sunliner anyway?
sunny & the sunliners
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