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Papa was a Rollin' Stone (for reals)

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I first heard these guys at my very first job in Madison. There was a submarine sandwich shop out of Milwaukee called Suburpia on University Ave. The manager used to play this album on a cassette loop. That was perfect music for making sandwiches on demand.

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The song holds up well after 50 years. I posted this because after all these years, I just found something new and cool about it.

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The song has a 6/8 time signature. All I hear is 1-2-3 1-2-3, like a waltz. I tried following this video but got distracted by the hostess. Perhaps Sixty could explain 6/8 in layman terms. Like he did for the song "Whipping Post" off the same classic album.

The song features unusual uses of silence. First is the full stop around the 3m20s mark. And then how they let the song flicker and almost go out near the end. And lastly how the stunned audience pauses at the very end before applauding -- almost like they weren't sure it was over.

The song cooks --Stay cool!

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Amusing: Those codgers playing along lyrics talking about giving head. And he got paid double! Herbie Flowers was nowhere as prolific as say, Carole Kaye was, but hey, he was stuck in England.

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Imagine being named Jimi Hendrix's favorite guitarist...

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...meet the late Terry Kath (1946-1978).

That song is golden. Chicago was a horny band, but that song was horn-free. The band was tight, and truly inspired for their time. Watch it -- shades of everything in that one.

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Where is "there"?

Given The Staple Singers' background I'd guess "there" is Heaven.

But from the lyrics:

Ain't no smilin' faces*...
Lyin' to the races

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* A reference to this 1971 song?

Full lyrics after the break