Though Bobby Nunn and Eugene Coplin were still teenagers in 1967 when Nunn's father William decided to start his own label, Mo Do Records, the duo didn't let their age stop them from spending their afternoons writing songs and practicing their harmonies. Their single "You Gave Me Love" was the first to be released on Mo Do, and before the label folded in the early '70s due to financial troubles, Bob & Gene, as they called themselves, had become local Buffalo, NY, celebrities. Looking for better musical opportunities, Bobby Nunn eventually moved to California to pursue his career further, singing with Rick James, releasing his own albums on Motown in the '80s, and working as a songwriter for other artists, while Coplin stayed in Buffalo and became an ordained minister. In 2001, record collector and soul music enthusiast David Griffiths came across a 45 from Bob & Gene, a cover of Marvin Gaye's "If This World Were Mine." Intrigued by what he heard, he contacted William Nunn, who then gave Griffiths all of Bob & Gene's old tapes. Believing there was possibility in the collection, Griffiths encouraged the family to allow him to get them released. Daptone Records, a label that specialized in funk and soul, took interest in what Griffiths presented them, and released the full-length If This World Were Mine... in 2007, shortly after the elder Nunn's death.

Bob & Gene - I Can Be Cool

Ay, ay, Caramba!
Got me feelin' like im in a cloud right now.
Why you so beautiful?
I just wanna look you in the eyes right now.

Ay, ay, Caramba!

How have you got me,
Got me so far in a trance right now?
Ay, ay, Caramba!
I just wanna tell you I'm alive right now.

Right now.
Mmmmm.

Ay, ay, Caramba!
I could sit right here and stare at you forever.
Ay, ay, Caramba! 
I just wanna look you in the eyes right now.

Right now.

¡Ay, Caramba! (Right Now)

Buy it on Bandcamp - bit.ly/1CLoQKX
Buy it at the Daptone Shop - http://shop.daptonerecords.com
Buy it Digitally - radi.al/TheFrightnrs

We would like you all to give a gregarious “Great To Meet Ya’” to Daptone’s newest sensation, The Reigning Rocksteady Kings of Queens, New York: The Frightnrs. Once you hear their version of the late great Etta James’ classic (pressed into Daptone Family recipe petroleum based chips), “I’d Rather go Blind,” you will find it impossible to not want to get down with friends and foes alike, imbibing on rum-flavored hooch lovingly poured into a pineapple or preferred tropical-fruit shaped vessel. 

Flip over this waxen platter of reggae perfection and find the dubbed-out ‘VERSION’, expertly produced by long time Daptone ringer, Victor ‘Ticklah' Axelrod. 

The Frightnrs  - I'd Rather Go Blind

garageband trax and chex mix snax recorded by sam and may via pluto
picture credits - land before time

dusty valley

excerpt from book " Una Luna de Papel " by Leopoldo Silva
with additional lyrics by grandkid Gentlemay
vocals, cuatro : Andre Colmenares
cover picture : Tank Samson
from "Colección de demos y cintas fantasmales" 
2019

Una Luna de Papel

I love women who love women
So all you women who love women please scream
I love women who love women
So all you women who love women sing with me

I love women who love women
So all you women who love women please scream
I love women who love women
So all you women who love women sing with me

Saturday night and I'm feeling kinda good
Yeah I'll feel better once I get you in my room
Turn the lights down low, we'll be groovin so slow
Side to side and I wanna feel you from the inside

From the inside, from the inside, from the inside

Your lips caressing mine, tounges intwine
Lovers under the covers, hips on top one another
You've got such a sensual touch, I'd love to please you so much
Kisses of angel, sweet honey suckle and such
Sweet honey suckle and such
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

I love women who love women
So all you women who love women please scream
I love women who love women
So all you women who love women sing with me

I love women who love women
So all you women who love women please scream
I love women who love women
So all you women who love women sing with me

Sing with me, sing with me, sing with me, sing with me




Women

Vida Divina

A short expedition into the much overlooked tipica cumbia sound of Panamá

The heartache, melancholy and joy in the Panamá Tipica sound is hard to match and like no other to experience. It comes from a rich background of regional musical traditions, carnival rivalry and hotbeds like the legendary 'Festival en Guarare'. As I understand it, Panamanian cumbia was first played on violin until the arrival of accordions on the Isthmus, most early acordeoneros were violinists first and foremost. This mixtape comprises of some of the best 45s from the Herrera and Los Santos provinces, from the mid 50s through to late 60s. Over the last few years I've had the good fortune to meet several of these wonderful artists. Featured here: Dorindo, Papi Brandao, Oswaldo,Fito Espina, Ulpiano, Ceferino and more... (photo compliments of Papi Brandao). Viva Panamá!

Mixtape: TIPICA Sound

This is a selection of a handful of Angolan 45s that have proven their spirit & longevity in my record collection. Here's to the slap-echo guitars, scratchy dikanza, hope, aspiration and musical beauty that flowered from Luanda. This sound has long informed the systems of Barranquilla and parallels cumbia, samba & compas in sonic ancestral synchronicity.

Luanda Sonó

This was burned wrong and posted wrong for the album Separation of Church and Wafflehouse. I think this is the theme to brown eyed girl? not sure he rift is famous, i can play it on any out of tuned guitar it is my super power, when I played it in front of my friend a while ago, he was like yuk sounds more like "brown tongue girl" but he also really loved it, it just didn't sound like a sweet girl. I figured I should record it.

. Brown Tongue Girl

Andre Colmenares. Composer/multi-instrumentalist. Full Gentlemay discography on Bandcamp. 
Other projects- Sappy Bat/Womamey/1-3 of Los Magos/ 1-2 of Dos Trolls. 
Foto de pefil by Steven Imas

Una Luna de Papel

Gentlemay

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