Tired of Fighting
Menahan Street Band
Make the Road By Walking, 2008 (iTunes)
Dunham Records
The Menahan Street Band is best known for the title track of this album which was sampled shortly after it came out for Jay-Z “Roc Boys” which was produced by Diddy, LV, and Sean C. I have trouble imagining that Puffy is getting the Daptone newsletter and buying 45s; I would love to hear how got in their hands.
I think there was a significant lag (a year and a half?) between the release of their first 7″ single (“Make the Road by Walking” b/w “Karina”) and this album and I lost track of them (ok, I wasn’t signed up for the Daptone Newsletter either, but I am now). I just got a few tracks from the album and they have a very similar vibe to the title track, chunky drums, airy horn harmonies (2:10!), sliding guitar chords that makes your mind go on vacation and lots of reverb.
M.S.B. were also the backing band for this amazing track I posted almost exactly a year ago. Daptone brings the ruckus…
You can also find “Make the Road By Walking” on the Slangcast 001 podcast I did in conjunction with Slang Inc. last year. We are putting the finishing touches on 002 – be on the lookout for it!
Songs are available for two weeks.
April 11th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
damn! wish i’d had these joints on vacation last week. think i read about these guys awhile back (maybe here or soul sides) and never looked into their albums but now it’s time.