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Bennett / Hawkshaw - synths and percussion

Postby drakula63 » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:26 am

Just found THIS on youtube!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW8Btgl0K4w


Incredible stuff!!

Recommended. :thumbup:
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Re: Bennett / Hawkshaw - synths and percussion

Postby Steve Parish » Sun Feb 12, 2017 1:17 pm

I love the drumming and groove from BB on 'Oddball', in particular, and the mid 70's output in general.
Talking about funky grooves, check out 'Name Of The Game' and 'Mile High Swinger'.
Then, of course, with The Shads, there is 'Spider Juice'.
Funky, jazzy, awesome!
Great stuff!
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Re: Bennett / Hawkshaw - synths and percussion

Postby alewis41 » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:39 am

Steve Parish wrote:I love the drumming and groove from BB on 'Oddball', in particular, and the mid 70's output in general.
Talking about funky grooves, check out 'Name Of The Game' and 'Mile High Swinger'.
Then, of course, with The Shads, there is 'Spider Juice'.
Funky, jazzy, awesome!
Great stuff!


Happy to see a mention for Spider Juice, a fantastic track that doesn't get much attention.

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Re: Bennett / Hawkshaw - synths and percussion

Postby drakula63 » Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:31 pm

I've always felt that Spider Juice - and it's running mate Honourable Puff-Puff - was the best track on the Specs Appeal album. Both SJ and HPP could (in an edited form) be great TV themes.

The likes of Bennett and Hawkshaw (and of course Dave Richmond) were truly exceptional when it came to nailing that funky '70s New York groove thing and those library tracks from the KPM and Bruton labels especially are held in very high esteem today. You could score a whole movie (or TV series) with them and it would all sound as if it was specially composed for the occasion.
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