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  Leo B (leo_b) 3-Pundit Username: leo_b Post Number: 47 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.41.108.65 |
After recently grooving to "The Horse" by Cliff Nobles and Co. I discovered the numerous spin off tracks that this record spawned ! Bobby Eli .. didn't you play on this track ? What can you tell us of the session, the artist and the subsequent horse record craze ? Leo B | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 1405 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.8.254 |
Hi Leo, The guitars were Norman Harris and myself. The drummer was Cliff (Slim) forgot his last name. The bass was Ronnie Baker. The session was recorded at Virtue studios on north Broad street in the "hood" near Temple University. The engineer was Frank Virtue. It was recorded for singer Cliff Nobels for a song called Love is alright, but a dj somewhere , possibly in san Francisco flipped it to play the backing track and the rest is history. Sadly, its been torn down to make way for more Temple dorms. | ||
Randy Russi (randy_russi) 4-Laureate Username: randy_russi Post Number: 152 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 169.139.180.100 |
A spin off was Fantastic Johnny C's "Hitch It To The Horse" also on the same label. | ||
Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 5-Doyen Username: harlem_144 Post Number: 222 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.78.189.114 |
Cliff also did a rare vocal version of the Horse as well. | ||
Kev-Lo (7273747576) 5-Doyen Username: 7273747576 Post Number: 214 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 4.236.243.213 |
Hi this is Kev-Lo speaking of the Horse I was playing that last night.One of the greatest boogaloo hits ever. | ||
Leo B (leo_b) 3-Pundit Username: leo_b Post Number: 48 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.41.108.65 |
Thanks for the great insight Bobby. Killer track !! Were you playing the backbeats or the funky part ? FYI, the enclosed web site conflicts with your memory on who played drums on the cut. Horse fever research from the web: !! http://funky16corners.tripod.c om/6_horse_fever1.htm Excerpt: If you had your radio tuned to WHAT in Philadelphia in the summer of 1968, the chances were good that Sonny Hopson �The Mighty Burner� was helping you to get your groove on to �The Horse�. The tune, the instrumental version (and b-side) of Cliff Nobles & Co.�s �Love Is All Right� , which was released at the end of February, languished as the flip of an excellent, but mostly ignored vocal. That was until a disc jockey in Tampa, Florida flipped the record over and made it a hit (the disc reportedly sold 10,000 copies in Tampa alone in the first week). The record became a national smash, peaking at #2 on the pop charts for three weeks in July of 1968, kept out of the #1 spot by Hugh Masekela�s �Grazing In The Grass�. It was by far the biggest hit for Philadelphia�s Phil L.A. of Soul records (a solid source of soul and funk classics for many years), and provided fodder for high school and college marching bands for years." Cheers, Leo B | ||
Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 5-Doyen Username: harlem_144 Post Number: 223 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.207.40.18 |
I wrote a piece on Cliff Nobles a few years ago. Just type Cliff Nobles anywhere and my story will pop up. Mike Boone (Chancellor of Soul) chancellorofsoul.com | ||
Leo B (leo_b) 3-Pundit Username: leo_b Post Number: 49 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.41.108.65 |
Here is a link to a stream of Johnny C's version: http://soulclub.org/stream/Fan tastic_Johnny_C_-_Hitch_It_To_ The_Horse.ram Jesse James milked another one out of the original Cliff Nobles instrumental track with: http://soulclub.org/stream/The _James_Boys_-_The_Horse.ram | ||
Leo B (leo_b) 3-Pundit Username: leo_b Post Number: 50 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.41.108.65 |
Giddy up Bobby Eli !!  Leo B | ||
mike s (mike_s) 4-Laureate Username: mike_s Post Number: 140 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 195.93.33.10 |
Leo ride that pony! Get on your pony ..and ride!! | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 1408 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.6.86 |
Leo, Norman played the "funky part" and I played everything else. As far as the drums go,let me get out my ginko biloba and I will let you know for sure, as sometime the "experts" can get the facts discombobulated! | ||
Cam (cam) 3-Pundit Username: cam Post Number: 65 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 4.229.120.79 |
Love that tune. Was just thinking about "The Horse" a few weeks back and how I hadn't heard it in a long time. And lo and behold, here is a post on the song. Anybody know what disc has that tune on it? I have to get it. And I have to get it now. I knew the Barnes and Noble gift card I got for my birthday wouldn't sit around for very long. | ||
DyvaNaye (westside314) 6-Zenith Username: westside314 Post Number: 816 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.212.74.198 |
Chancellor, Here is your link: http://www.localdial.com/users /jsyedu133/Soulreview/Artist%2 0Profiles/cliff.htm Just click on Cliff Nobles. | ||
Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 5-Doyen Username: harlem_144 Post Number: 225 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.78.189.114 |
Thanks Dyva ! | ||
Nosey (nosey) 5-Doyen Username: nosey Post Number: 251 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.153.113.238 |
Thanks too Dyva! I did all those dances too! | ||
Leo B (leo_b) 3-Pundit Username: leo_b Post Number: 51 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.41.108.65 |
Here are links for a Rhino CD complilation that has the definitive Nobles version. Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi dos/ASIN/B000003389/qid=109346 5713/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-0 135125-9097418#product-details Rhino: http://www.rhino.com/store/Pro ductDetail.lasso?Number=71604 | ||
C Bell/Eric (c_belleric) 2-Debutant Username: c_belleric Post Number: 14 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 4.165.90.244 |
Great song Mr. Eli!!!!!!! |
