I'll say it yet another time
A few weeks ago I posted two versions of the Sandpebbles' "If You Didn't Hear Me the First Time". I was prompted to dig that out after my homie Tim Diesel hit me up asking for Sweet Linda Divine's version of the song, which is best known as the break from Black Sheep's "The Choice Is Yours". Tim's request set off a minor ripping frenzy.
Sweet Linda Divine was a stage name for Linda Tillery, a performer who has been active on the Bay Area music scene since the late 1960s. She made her debut singing with the Loading Zone, an Oakland jazz rock group whose first album was sampled for a couple of minor West Coast rap classics. She then cut a self-titled solo LP under the Sweet Linda Divine monicker before spending much of the seventies as a session musician, singing and playing playing drums. (This newly-issued jazz-funk oddity by the HE3 Project is one of many Bay Area soul and rock recordings featuring her.)
My favorite release by her is her second LP, Linda Tillery, which she recorded in 1977 for Olivia Records, the pioneering women's music label. (Tillery also worked a staff musician and producer at the label, where every aspect of very release was done entirely by women.) The record has quite a few good tracks, but this is my favorite:
Linda Tillery: "Markin' Time" (Olivia, 1977)
Another song from the Olivia LP, the very "Time for Livin'"-ish "Freedom TIme", is available on Luv N Haight's California Soul comp.
Tillery also cut another solo LP in the 1980s and remains active on the Bay Area music scene, most prominently as the leader of the Cultural Heritage Choir.
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Speaking of Luv 'n Haight, the label and its parent label, Ubiquity Records, are currently celebrating their 20th year in business. I go way, way back with the labels and so I'll be celebrating with them this Friday at a special event from 5 to 9 p.m. this Friday, June 25th at the Guerilla Art Cafe in Berkeley. The event will feature DJ sets from me, Ubiquity artist Ohmega Watts and longtime Ubiquity A&R Andrew Jervis. I'm told we can also expect appearances from a handful of the Bay Area legends whose music they have released, including Darondo, Sugar Pie DeSanto and Lawrence Ross of Twilight, whose 2 LPs were just reissued.
Apart from the event, I'm also working up a little tribute mix devoted to Luv 'n Haight's catalog.
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Tim Diesel, who I mentioned above, is a longtime homie and a veteran member of the Local 1200 DJ crew. He can be found rocking at the Layover, Era Art Bar and various Oakland spots, plus doing his thing each Monday afternoon on AllDayPlay.FM, the station that hosts 2 Busy Saying Yeah. Tim's shows are all cached here.
Sweet Linda Divine was a stage name for Linda Tillery, a performer who has been active on the Bay Area music scene since the late 1960s. She made her debut singing with the Loading Zone, an Oakland jazz rock group whose first album was sampled for a couple of minor West Coast rap classics. She then cut a self-titled solo LP under the Sweet Linda Divine monicker before spending much of the seventies as a session musician, singing and playing playing drums. (This newly-issued jazz-funk oddity by the HE3 Project is one of many Bay Area soul and rock recordings featuring her.)
My favorite release by her is her second LP, Linda Tillery, which she recorded in 1977 for Olivia Records, the pioneering women's music label. (Tillery also worked a staff musician and producer at the label, where every aspect of very release was done entirely by women.) The record has quite a few good tracks, but this is my favorite:
Linda Tillery: "Markin' Time" (Olivia, 1977)
Another song from the Olivia LP, the very "Time for Livin'"-ish "Freedom TIme", is available on Luv N Haight's California Soul comp.
Tillery also cut another solo LP in the 1980s and remains active on the Bay Area music scene, most prominently as the leader of the Cultural Heritage Choir.
***
Speaking of Luv 'n Haight, the label and its parent label, Ubiquity Records, are currently celebrating their 20th year in business. I go way, way back with the labels and so I'll be celebrating with them this Friday at a special event from 5 to 9 p.m. this Friday, June 25th at the Guerilla Art Cafe in Berkeley. The event will feature DJ sets from me, Ubiquity artist Ohmega Watts and longtime Ubiquity A&R Andrew Jervis. I'm told we can also expect appearances from a handful of the Bay Area legends whose music they have released, including Darondo, Sugar Pie DeSanto and Lawrence Ross of Twilight, whose 2 LPs were just reissued.
Apart from the event, I'm also working up a little tribute mix devoted to Luv 'n Haight's catalog.
***
Tim Diesel, who I mentioned above, is a longtime homie and a veteran member of the Local 1200 DJ crew. He can be found rocking at the Layover, Era Art Bar and various Oakland spots, plus doing his thing each Monday afternoon on AllDayPlay.FM, the station that hosts 2 Busy Saying Yeah. Tim's shows are all cached here.
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