Country Funk?

every time I listen to this stuff a cigarette magically appears in my mouth

picked up Vol 3. man, that Dennis Linde track is great.

I'm not sure if it's too obvious a pick but it eludes me why this wasn't a pick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFNM7nG2OUQ

This Eli "Paperboy" Reed tribute album to Mearle Haggard, "Down Every Road" is pretty damn funky, like a 60s Soul James Brown kinda funk.

Thanks---and the Parliament post reminds me: looks like YouTube still has a good stash of GrooveGrass Boyz---Doc Watson and B-B-b-Bootsy Collins, with others.

Clover's 1977 album Unavailable

Okay in truth its quite horrid session/muso MOR but it has a great Barney Bubbles sleeve

Oh yeah---this wiki is flagged as unverified, but have seen references along the same lines elsewhere, also most of these guys did get credits, except the ones who backed EC, but several things about his debut have mentioned Clover:

Clover was an American country rock band formed in Mill Valley, California, United States and active from 1967 to 1978.[1] Clover are best known as the backing band for Elvis Costello's 1977 debut album My Aim Is True (recorded in the UK), and for its members going into greater success with Huey Lewis and the News, The Doobie Brothers, Toto, and Lucinda Williams...McFee, Ciambotti, Hopper and Shine (but not Louis or Call) backed Elvis Costello on his debut album My Aim Is True.[1] These musicians were not credited on the release for contractual reasons; some contemporary publicity for the album identified Costello's backing band as "The Shamrocks."

Was not ready for these breaks on Willie's Roadhouse this afternoon...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zWJsFYFMc8

Connie Smith: "If It Ain't Love...", 1972

local shop actually had a used copy of Vol 2 last month which I snapped up for 20 bucks. it hasn't been repressed yet (and might not ever?) so it's selling for significantly more than that, though idk who's buying them exactly

I'm on a Summer Dean kick and she's got a few pretty funky cuts..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znRsnNRh5l0

Today I listened to Bobby Darin's "Commitment" (1969), released credited to Bob Darin, Scott Engel-style. Quite a few tracks there are sorta country funk, not what you'd expect from Darin at all. Any fans here?