Kashmere Stage Band, The

An all-original set from the Kashmere Stage Band – one of the funkiest combos going in early 70s Texas! The album features a range of tunes written by bandleader Conrad Johnson – all hard-hitting numbers that take off from the group's roots as a funkier high school band, and which show their evolution into an even more jazz-inflected outfit!

The sound here is very much in the mode of blacksploitation soundtrack work – as the compositions are filled with light and color, and have a richness that goes far beyond funky 45 work – but a groove that's stone cold all the way through.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Do You Dig It Man?
• A2. Thunder Soul
• A3. Kashmere
• A4. Lost Love

• SIDE B
• B1. Don't Mean A Thing
• B2. Head Wiggle
• B3. All Praises