Actor/producer/musician Yaphet Kotto laid down this dark slice of soul in 1968 via the Chisa label. Proto-rap in its delivery, “Have You Ever Seen The Blues” rides the cymbals like Max Roach, all percussive piano with Kotto spitting lines like “..and all the while visions of suicide were boogalooin’ in your head and you was thinking how you might as well be dead.” And then shit gets real.
Sourced from a 45 picked up for ten cents, the track was part of our 2010, two-disc Ponytone compilation (still available for download).
this is cool, didnt know he played music
1 | kelley March 6th, 2012 at 5:45 amhells yeah
2 | ralph March 6th, 2012 at 2:39 pmLove this tune! You should buy the DJ 45 as well, it has a different (better) take, really strange, but it does.
3 | Tommy April 19th, 2013 at 1:09 pm