Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

Blame songwriter/drum maestro James Gadson if the arrangement of this 1968 single, taken from the Rhythm Band’s sophomore album, Together, seems to be leisurely draped around his powerful stop-start drumming. Don’t blame the man too quickly though. When the funky, Stax-by-way-of-Sly horn riff is driven home by Gadson’s monster snare hits, you’ll probably find yourself thanking him.