Re: spot on Gerry Villareal, Keb Darge

James Baker (jlbaker@pipeline.com)
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 00:02:06 -0400


Hello,

this may be a stupid question, but who/what is Keb Darge? The one time I can
recall encountering this name before (a couple of years back) I was left
with the impression it was the name of the owner of a record/compilation
tape stall at Camden market in London.

I bought an amazing 70s funk tape from this stall after realising that the
cost of the old vinyl itself was somewhat prohibitive.

I'd be grateful for any insight anyone can provide.

Thanks in advance

James

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Endersby <rob@slink.net>
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Date: 05 August 1998 19:33
Subject: spot on Gerry Villareal

>Mix familiar with unfamiliar. - This is probably the most important
>advice
>I can give. People come to a club to have fun.
>
>What i do is spin a cover or version ie "Son Of Shaft" by the Barkeys.
>Everyone digs the familiar wah wah- it's always exciting, then you can
>dig deeper for those Keb Darge type tracks, when they're funking drop
>something like "Blacker" by the Ballistic Brothers, " Justify" from Ski
>or any modern sound that actually grooves. After all, hip hop did just
>that: familiar V what the f**k is that..
>As they used to say on Pirate radio, If it moves funk it!
>Rob