Here’s a tasty slice of funk from the Duke of Earl himself, Gene Chandler. Masterfully dapper, ever-so-smooth, Chandler gets funky on this Checker side from 1969. An early version of the Curtis Mayfield track titled “Hard Times” the record manifests a ’creature feature’ vibe that’s fits this time of year like a rubber mask.An alumnus of Englewood [...]
Here’s a tasty slice of funk from the Duke of Earl himself, Gene Chandler. Masterfully dapper, ever-so-smooth, Chandler gets funky on this Checker side from 1969. An early version of the Curtis Mayfield track titled “Hard Times” the record manifests a ’creature feature’ vibe that’s fits this time of year like a rubber mask.
An alumnus of Englewood [...]