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Groove o’ the day: Betty Davis – Shut Off The Light

  • July 26, 2017
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Fairly funky thing here… fairly compared to nuclear war, maybe… the opening groove from Shut Off The Light from Betty Davis’s Nasty Gal album. Drums are variously credited as being Nicky Neal, Semmie Neal Jr., […]

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Transcription/GOTD: Betty Davis — Nasty Gal

  • October 10, 2012
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H/t to my brother on this one— he played me this record. This is from the title track of Betty Davis’s album Nasty Gal. Davis (*née Mabry) was married to Miles Davis in the late […]

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