Incredible Bongo Band - Last Bongo in Belgium

Just in case you haven't heard it in a while.

Black Magic - Miss Jessie

Certain gaps show up here at PHB HQ, and the most recent and glaring example is this Black Magic record. I mean, really.

The Parliaments - Heart Trouble

The song that would eventually evolve into Funkadelic's "You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure", co-written by one Sydney Barnes.

Jamaican Music on TV in 1977

Holeee moleee! It's hard to imagine anything like this on US TV, even in the late 70s.

Dimas III - I Won't Love You Again

Ok, contrary to popular belief, there are still a few weeks of summer left.

John "Jabo" Starks, October 26, 1938 – May 1, 2018

On the first of this month, we lost one of the most important figures in modern music, John "Jabo" Starks. We cannot accurately convey the influence this man has had on us, as musicians and as people in general. It is a little annoying that even in death he is constantly mentioned along with his sometime colleague in context of sampling, when in reality, his contributions as the lone drummer on recordings for James Brown, The JB's, Lyn Collins, Bobby Byrd, and also Bobby "Blue" Bland are impossible to measure. Here he is in one of our favorite performances, starting off James Brown's first ever Soul Train appearance. Rest in Peace, Mr Starks. We'll miss you.

The Temptations - Take A Look Around

The essence of Spring captured in a song. Better Nate than Lever.