Heather
Billy Cobham (wikipedia)
Crosswinds, 1974
Atlantic Records
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I played “93 ‘Til Infinity” a couple months back and my friend Jackie Sommer (of Analog Soul) came up to me and said that phrase I love to hear: ” You know what this samples right?” I didn’t and she told me it was Billy Cobham’s “Heather” which, of course, it turned out I already owned but hadn’t gotten around to listen to yet. I immediately went home and recorded it and then while catching up on the moovmnt blog last week, I came across this track from Black Spade (who I’ve featured before) which also uses “Heather” but in a mood much closer to the original.
The Black Spade track doesn’t hold together as a complete song (in my opinion) but I heart the first 1:10, especially:
it’s the history of our misery that’s keeping me from trying to succeed again, breathe again, love again, pray again, stay again, stay a friend.
The title track “Crosswind” was also sampled for a Golden Era hip hop track.
Songs are available for two weeks.
