The Devi's Music Year In Review: In Pictures...

A FEW pics showing a FEW of the things I've been up to since the new year...

Bloodstone - Dumb Dude

I'm not much for slow soul stuff, i usually like my soul upbeat and funky but this is a pretty dope jam

Bloodstone was former American R&B, soul, and funk group, most popular in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Formed in 1962, in Kansas City, Missouri, the group was a high school doo-wop group, The Sinceres. The band consisted of Melvin Webb on drums, Roger Durham on percussion, Charles Love on guitar and vocals, Charles McCormack on bass, Harry Williams on percussion, and Willis Draffen on guitar. Later they renamed themselves Bloodstone, and after learning to play their respective musical instruments, moved to Los Angeles, California.

Bloodstone - Dumb Dude

Deon Jackson - Love Makes The World Go Round - You Said You Loved Me

I picked this up recently @ a 3 for 1 dollar sale. Good stuff. Janet Hurley had good taste...

Deon Jackson (born January 26, 1946), is an American soul singer and songwriter.
Jackson was born at Ann Arbor, Michigan. He performed in vocal groups and as a soloist in high school, he attended Ann Arbor High School and was signed while still in school by producer Ollie McLaughlin. His first single was his own "You Said You Love Me", followed by "Come Back Home"; both were regional hits in Michigan. Jackson toured heavily on the local club circuit before releasing his next record, 1965's "Love Makes the World Go Round" on Carla Records. The tune became a major pop hit, and a full-length album was released subsequently on Atco Records. Though he is often referred to as a one hit wonder, Jackson had two more successful singles, and recorded until the end of the decade, but after this faded from view, he performed mostly in the Chicago area. Jackson now works as a Student Supervisor at Wheaton Warrenville South High School in Wheaton, Illinois


Deon Jackson - Love Makes The World Go Round

Deon Jackson - You Said You Loved Me

The Moods - King Hustler - Hustlin

Great Funky Soul right here! I played King Hustler at my 1st 45 session way back when and have been sitting on it a long long while. Seems like a great time to drop it! From what i can find out these guys were a Philly band that evolved out of the group called "The Volcanos" - The Volcanos recorded several 45's for the Arctic label and later a 45 for the Harthon label. Sometime around 1968, Gene Jones left the group, re-christened himself Gene Faith and started recording for Philadelphia’s Virtue records. The rest of the group reformed as the Moods and recorded at least one 45 for Wand, ‘Rainmaker’ b/w ‘Lady Rain’. Then there is this 45 on Reddog ‘Hustlin’ b/w ‘King Hustler’

Ok here is where I need some help.

There seems to be some kind of a foul up on my copy of this 45 as i have heard the flip "Hustlin" on the web elsewhere and it is just the song King Hustler without the vocals. My Flip says Hustlin on the label but the song is singing about Holding An Aution On Love and has nothing to do with "Hustlin"... WTF? Can anyone confirm what this song is and is it even the same group?


The Moods - King Hustler

The Moods - Hustlin (Auction on Love?)

The Crusaders - Greasy Spoon - Pass The Plate

Greasy Spoon - Great slow rolling funky intrumental cut by The Cusaders w/ some killer guitar by Larry Carlton and cool sax. Flip - Pass the Plate.


The Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group (some live and compilations), 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" (1961–1970).

In 1960, following the demise of a few short-lived Houston-based groups called The Swingsters and the Nite Hawks , pianist Joe Sample, drummer Stix Hooper, saxophonist Wilton Felder and trombonist Wayne Henderson relocated to Los Angeles, CA. After changing their name to "The Jazz Crusaders," the group signed with Pacific Jazz Records, where they would remain throughout the 1960s. Employing a two-manned front-line horn section (trombone and tenor saxophone), the group's sound was rooted in hard bop, with an emphasis on R&B and soul.
The group shortened their name to "The Crusaders" in 1971, and adopted a jazz-funk style. They also incorporated the electric bass and electric guitar into their music. Bass guitarist Robert "Pops" Popwell and guitarist Larry Carlton joined the band, and featured on the group's albums throughout most of the 1970s. With this new style came increased crossover appeal, and the group's recordings started to appear on the Billboard pop charts. The height of the group's commercial success came with 1979's Street Life, which peaked at #18 on the pop album charts and the title track from the album made the Top 10 on the R&B chart and #36 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
In 1975, following the release of their 28th album (their ninth as "The Crusaders"), Henderson left the group to pursue a full-time career as a producer. His departure created a void, permanently changing the character of the group. Another founding member, Hooper, left the group in 1983, thus signaling the end to the group's most popular period. Three more albums were recorded in the mid-1980s; however by the 1990s, "The Crusaders", for the most part, had disbanded, with a comprehensive discography behind them.

The Crusaders - Greasy Spoon

The Crusaders - Pass The Plate

The Equadors - Sputnick Dance EP

No foolin today just a great record:

I love this EP. 2 great rockers (Sputnik Dance & Stay A Little Longer) sandwhiched in between 2 classic Doo Waop ballads. I wasn't alive when this came out but this harkens back a little bit more of a simplier time, at least in my mind it does. But what do i know, things were probaly just as fucked up back then as they are now...

Alan Turner was the lead singer in The Equadors, a Philadelphia rhythm and blues band, composed the song “Sputnik Dance,” which the group recorded in early 1958. The Equadors later renamed the group The Modern Ink Spots, and sang for several years...

The Equadors - Sputnick Dance

The Equadors - I'll Be The One

The Equadors - A Vision

The Equadors - Stay A Little Longer