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PRESTON LOVE

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Funk

Those impressed by Luaka Bop’s recent Shuggie Otis reissue need to check the guitar slinger’s raunchy string technique on this ultra-funky session backing alto saxophone honker Preston Love back in 69, when the precocious son of bandleader Johnny Otis was just 14 years old. Record stores might misfile Omaha Bar-B-Q in the R&B or blues section, but rest assured, this is loose ‘n’ juicy down-home dance-floor business, with Shuggie and Preston swapping searing licks while Johnny rocks the vibes. Since the album’s nine tracks clock in at under 30 minutes, Ace could’ve added the Cissy Popcorn single or perhaps the entire Snatch & the Poontangs album as a bonus, but even as it stands, Omaha Bar-B-Q is still awfully tasty.

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