DOIN' THE YO YO + A LITTLE TOUCH OF TEDDY

Richard's People: Yo Yo (O-Dub's Extended Intro Edit)From 7" (Tuba, 1968)When Doc Delay came through to spin the other month, he dropped this in the middle of a funk mix and trainspotter as I am, I craned my neck over to ask: "wtf is this?" It sounded like the unruly love child of a Midwestern funkateer backed by an East Harlem band and as I dug around for more info on its background, turned out I was more or less on point.While the 7" came out of Detroit (rumor is, the vocalist was a janitor at...

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