LAMONT DOZIER + RICHIE HAVENS: BACK TO THEIR ROOTS

Lamont Dozier: Going Back To My RootsFrom Peddlin' Music On The Side (WB, 1977)Richie Havens: Going Back To My RootsFrom Connections (Elektra, 1980)One of my best moments in a club came back in the '00s when I was at APT during a night that Chairman Mao was spinning. I had never heard Lamont Dozier's "Going Back To My Roots" before and I was just marveling at now just how good the song was, but that incredible change in the arrangement that drops around the 6:30 mark. It was so unexpected and su...

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