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KNIGHT, JAMES / THE BUTLERS - SAVE ME / EL CHICKEN
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Save Me / El Chicken
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CAT-245246
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Vinyl record
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1971 Funk / Soul Monster Repressed On Ltd 7" Vinyl - Yes yes, some ultra rare raw dog Miami Funk Soul R+B for your mind!
A fully legit reissue of this scarce 45 from Jame Knight & The Butlers, superb! Originally released in 1971 on the tiny CAT label, this one's long been the preserve of the deepest Funk collectors, and as such has had a hefty price tag attached. Well, we believe good music should be available to everyone who loves good music! So we got the OK from the main men and women down there in Florida to let us reissue this stunning single. Featuring all original CAT label artwork, and 2 wonderful sides that no music fan can do without. Blink and you'll miss it! Soul brothers testify!
Henry Stone's cult Cat label did some serious work carrying funk, soul and more from it's homebase in Miami throughout the 70s. There were bigger artists like Gwen McRae on the label, but also plenty of space for some short lived and distinctly DIY outfits like James Knight & The Butlers. Their run was right around the start of Cat in 1971, yielding an album and a clutch of singles, the last of which came out in 1972. "Save Me" is more than deserving of a new pressing - it's an instantly addictive, psych-soaked joyful noise, recorded with an in-the-room rawness that only adds to the deft songwriting and accomplished players, making for an overdriven and utterly uplifting gem. Don't overlook the sly trippiness of instrumental track "El Chicken" too with it's smart reverse guitar effects in the breakdown.
A fully legit reissue of this scarce 45 from Jame Knight & The Butlers, superb! Originally released in 1971 on the tiny CAT label, this one's long been the preserve of the deepest Funk collectors, and as such has had a hefty price tag attached. Well, we believe good music should be available to everyone who loves good music! So we got the OK from the main men and women down there in Florida to let us reissue this stunning single. Featuring all original CAT label artwork, and 2 wonderful sides that no music fan can do without. Blink and you'll miss it! Soul brothers testify!
Henry Stone's cult Cat label did some serious work carrying funk, soul and more from it's homebase in Miami throughout the 70s. There were bigger artists like Gwen McRae on the label, but also plenty of space for some short lived and distinctly DIY outfits like James Knight & The Butlers. Their run was right around the start of Cat in 1971, yielding an album and a clutch of singles, the last of which came out in 1972. "Save Me" is more than deserving of a new pressing - it's an instantly addictive, psych-soaked joyful noise, recorded with an in-the-room rawness that only adds to the deft songwriting and accomplished players, making for an overdriven and utterly uplifting gem. Don't overlook the sly trippiness of instrumental track "El Chicken" too with it's smart reverse guitar effects in the breakdown.
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Last FM Information on James Knight
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Miami-born singer/songwriter James Knight began performing as a child, singing and playing drums and later guitar, but his biggest fame came as the lead singer for the short-lived 70s soul/funk band, James Knight and the Butlers. Consisting of James Knight (songwriter/lead vocalist/ founder), Napoleon "cool" Williams (bass guitar), Roscoe Rice (drums), Ernest "snuff" Stewart (piano/ organ), Robert "flea" Johnson (trombone), Foster Newberry (trumpet), and Dwight "Hound" Jones (saxophone/ arrangement), Other group members were: Ernest "tim" Bethune (saxophone), Kenneth L. Washington (congo's), Robert "blind" Jackson (drums), Ronnie Walker (saxophone), Jimmy 'jj' Jenkins (bass guitar), Greg Daniels (piano/ organ) and Gary Jones (trumpet), the band had a solid Southern Soul that was influenced by James Brown and fit in well with the transition that was going on in music in the early 70s.
James Knight and the Butlers found some success performing, often as opening act for a number of the major acts of that day, including Joe Tex, the Chambers Brothers and others. The group's work can be found on their one known release, Black Knight, which included the regional hit, "Save Me."
By Chris Rizik
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Last FM Information on The Butlers
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More than one band has used this name.
1) a 1960s garage band that released at least one single on Cameo/Parkway Records with a very high energy fuzz guitar version of "Shop Around". Similar to Mitch Ryder.
2) From the late 1980s till their last concert in Berlin in 2001, The Butlers belonged to the German ska scene.
The Butlers were on tour with Die Ärzte in 1998.
Afterwards, they published also some songs in German. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.