> Date: Tuesday, 24-Oct-95 09:47 AM
>
> From: Alex Williams \ Internet: (daw@planet.bt.co.uk)
> To: acid-jazz@UCSD.EDU \ Internet: (acid-jazz@ucsd.edu)
> To: Ashwin Tumne \ Internet: (ashwin@isgtec.com)
>
> Subject: Re: kool and the gang
>
> >On the topic of KOOL AND THE GANG, does anyone have or heard stuff by a
group
> >LIGHTNING ROD? As far as I've heard, they were a collaboration between
KOOL
> >AND THE GANG and some members of THE LAST POETS back in 1973. Has anyone
> >heard any of their stuff? What's it like? I would expect it to be quite
> >a mind-blowing group given the collaboration and the year (same year
> >KOOL AND THE GANG came out with their classic LP "Wild And Peaceful").
> >
>
> The LP's called Hustlers Convention. I think Lightning Rod is the name of
the
> guy who 'raps'. The whole album is basically his narration over more or
less
> the same backing track. I think you're right on the band being Kool & the
Gang,
> but I'm not too sure about the Last Poets connection. Maybe someone else
knows
> more about this. It's supposededly the soundtrack to a film which was
never
> released - but I don't know whether that's just hype. There's a track from
the
> LP called 'Sport' which is one one of the Ultimate Breaks and Beats and I
think
> it was on a Kool & The Gang compilation a couple of years ago. Oh, and the
> album was on Douglas.
I didn't know it was Kool & T G, but that's definately the man like Jalal
from the Last Poets on the Vocals!
"The break was so loud that it hushed the crowd"
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