JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound cover Wilco
» While the Daptones may have defined the sound of modern soul and funk in Brooklyn, a man by the name of JC Brooks and his band the Uptown Sound are defining it in the Windy City.
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound
While the Daptones may have defined the sound of modern soul and funk in Brooklyn, a man by the name of JC Brooks and his band the Uptown Sound are defining it in the Windy City.
Brooks & Co have been storming the live circuit as the backing band of soul legend Syl Johnson and were recently tapped to be the house band for the Numero Group's Eccentric Soul Revue tour. Needless to say, the bands brand of raw power funk has been making waves, and their brand-new 45rpm 7-inch on the Rabbit Factory (the folks who brought us the Birmingham Sound comps) is a culmination of all this hard work laid down on tape.
Featuring “Get it Together,” their most cohesive studio outing to date; a gritty combination of thumping grooves, down and dirty bass, and Brooks’ vocals channeling the power of the sound of the south at Stax and the grind of Mr. James Brown himself. The B-side is a staple of their live show, “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart,” a knockout cover from Chicago comrades Wilco’s now bonafide classic Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. This idea sounds terrible in concept, but it’s legit when The Uptown Sound brings in the driving claps and tasteful vibes.
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" (Wilco cover)
Posted on March 29, 2010. More on: wilco, jc brooks and the uptown sound, the rabbit factory
there's an awesome video for this song! http://theuptownsound.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/iattbyh-video/
— somnosom on April 28, 2010
This record makes Jeff Tweedy sound like the most intolerable verse writer, but a poet of the chorus. I really wish JC would have just said, "let's only use the chorus in this cover. I ain't trying to be no aquarium drinker."
— Blake on March 29, 2010