What an intriguing thread all the way through! Hadn't seen it before, but re between Gil Scott-Heron and John Martyn, also "no brainer stays in the bag when DJing"---and hasn't he been sampled to good effect?---the only song I know is covered by Tom Jones: "Lazarus Man" ("I'm Lazarus, man...): elongated, atmospheric as hell, kinda like an Octavia E. Butler character, on Jones' stone cold killer Surrounded by Time (check the Hourglass Edition), fully realized with the assistance of Ethan Johns, son of Glyn, but hard to imagine it working with any other singer, and who else would be smart and self-aware and relatable to headz and others to pick these songs).
Will def check TC's original records, thanks for the comments.
― dow, Sunday, 23 April 2023 21:09 (eleven months ago) link