Our strength is in the combination of borrowing a little from the calypso world, borrowing from the Four Tops and the Temptations and borrowing heavily from James Brown and putting it all together into this concoction. ‘Disco’ is perhaps the best fit, but the scope and ambition of his work far exceeds the narrow limits of that genre, and parallels developments toward a new world music that was being pursued by other important contemporary artists, such as The Clash on Sandinista, Talking Heads and Eno, on Remain in Light, or Trevor Horn and Malcolm McLaren on Duck Rock. Dr.Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La.ĭarnell’s records do not fit comfortably into any genre. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band, based on its’ reputation. And I had acquired the classic debut album by Dr. That task will remain for someone else, but this article will hopefully serve as an introduction for the uninitiated.Īugust Darnell's Mutant Disco. And there is not even a Wikipedia page on him, excepting, nor could I locate a comprehensive discography for his extensive production work. He released music under a bewildering variety of names, and in numerous collaborations with other artists. In retrospect, the producer/singer/song writer is one of the most important figures to emerge from the original late Seventies disco explosion a talent on par with Arthur Russell or Brian Eno, an auteur who left his imprint on everything he touched, and who figures greatly in the mixture of music Larry Levan played at the Paradise Garage. My led me to a re-appraisal of Darnell and his prodigious output. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band, based on its’ reputation, but the record sat in a little-used section of my vinyl collection reserved for ‘bastards’.
I was familiar with August Darnell, having bought “I’m A Wonderful Thing” when it came out in 1983, as well as “Contort Yourself”, the 1978 no-wave hit by James White & The Blacks which Darnell remixed into a dance hit. It continues to be a source of interest bordering on obsession to many, the present writer included. It was the convergence of every cultural and artistic current in one geographic locality the cultural melting-pot out of which emerged disco, punk/new wave and hip-hop and the style that later congealed into house. Thomas August Darnell Browder New York in the late Seventies and early Eighties was a place the likes of which the post-internet world may never see again.
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