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On this show, I play a track called “Pork Butts” recorded by the New Earth Rhythm Band. This is not to be confused with the Whole Earth Rainbow Band, who I’ve played before. The New Earth Rhythm Band were a Chicago group in the mid- to late-70s, that near as I can tell only ever recorded this one song. This track is off of a compilation of Chicago bands called Hometown Album, released by radio station WKQX, 101 FM in 1977.

I picked this album up on a whim the other day for 99 cents, because, well, when you like the kind of music I like, you’ll spend 99 cents on just about anything with a song containing either the word “Pork” or “Butt,” so when I saw “Pork Butts” in the tracklisting, I had to have it. I got lucky. “Pork Butts” is smoking uptempo big-band-style horn funk, which is surprising, since all the rest of the bands on the album sound like like half-hearted Eagles ripoffs.

Even though this track is unmistakeably party music, the musicians are really precise. The horn lines are tight and interesting, and there are times when it sounds like if Kool and the Gang listened to Frank Zappa’s “Peaches En Regalia.”

As a saxophone player, I’m a little sensitive about the instrument, which I feel is often really cheesy. I, for one, have my doubts that the soprano sax can ever be reclaimed from easy listening hell. On this track, however, Linda Shew plays a tight and soulful alto line that really drives the song.

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