Tony Avlon & the Bel-Airs “Sexy Coffee Pot” / Eric B. & Rakim / Cypress Hill tribute and drum cover
Another one of those funk solos on my list to decode, I finally got around to learning this one piece by piece. Like most obscure funk 45s, the players on Tony Avlon & The Bel-Airs’ “Sexy Coffee Pot” I don’t know. If I had to wild guess I’d say they were from Philly, but I can’t be sure. Drummer was likely a jazz cat who played funk gigs on the side by the feel and phrasing, which was common in the late ‘60s. I first heard this on an Eric B. & Rakim album in middle school and thought it was the funkiest thing ever, then Cypress Hill, Kings of Swing, etc. and set this up also as a nod to some of those by putting other elements on top of me playing to the Tony Avlon stems.
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