Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (Vinyl) Rancid Blues Power* – Live On

Blues Power* – Live On The Johnny Cash TV Show

drum programming

was a departure from the band's first two albums in more ways than one

you're twenty years old and you write about some dreadful personal turmoil

Silver Label Vinyl Series 2016

Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (Vinyl) Rancid Blues Power* – Live OnCarried by its almost impossibly infectious eponymous opening track, The Sidewinder helped foreshadow the sounds of boogaloo and soul jazz with its healthy R&B influence and Latin tinge. While the rest of the album retreats to a more conventional hard bop sound, Morgan's compositions are forward thinking and universally solid. Only 25 at the time of its release, Morgan was accomplished (and perhaps cocky) enough to speak of mentoring the great Joe