Would Like To Pose A Question

by L.A. Carnival

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One of the first previously-unreleased funk and soul albums issued by Now-Again, way back in 2003, and it still sounds amazing today. Well, it would have to: it's the brainchild of bandleader/drummer/singer/songwriter Lester Abrams who crafted hit singles like "Minute by Minute" by the Doobie Brothers. Yeah, really. Back in early 70s Omaha, however, he brought a multi-racial band into the Pacific Avenue studio to cut an album's worth of material. Only one single - "Color" b/w "Blink Man" - was ever issued, and this album sat on master tapes in Abrams' closet until Egon dug them out in 2001.

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1.	Flying 04:48	buy track
2.	We Need Peace And Love 04:03	buy track
3.	(We'd Like To) Pose A Question 03:23	buy track
4.	Seven Steps To Nowhere 04:57	buy track
5.	Blind Man 02:59	buy track
6.	Can You Hum A Tune 02:01	buy track
7.	Color 02:30	buy track
8.	The Klan 07:42	buy track
9.	Black Man's March 03:15	buy track
10.	Ron's Tune (Alternate Take) 06:34	buy track

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Now-Again’s LP – Pose A Question, issued thirty three years after the L.A. Carnival recorded it – stands as a definitive indication to the breadth of the Midwest funk sub-strata, and there are still hundreds of other undiscovered recordings slowly disappearing into the earth with their original owners and makers. This document should be the crying sentinel, it shall announce to the world that funk is as American an art form as Blues, Gospel and Jazz and it is right time to stop ignoring and discounting it. Fleeting glimpses of this strange animal will never be enough, for we need engrossed exposure in order to fully understand its beauty and relevance.

On his deathbed, Roger Patterson denounced his scintillating film of a fleeting Bigfoot as a fraud, momentarily smashing the hopes of the faithful and elating the naysayers. Yet there are still staunch disciples of the wild creature and it has firmly concretized itself in the American folk patchwork. The emerging being that is unknown funk will never have last breath vituperations because it is itself a breathing and vital organ in the body of American music. Antipodeans beware, this is music to be believed in.

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released October 10, 2012

Original sessions produced by Lester Abrams
Reissue (and album’s issue) produced by Egon
Lester Abrams – drums, vocals, organ, acoustic piano, percussion Arno Lucas – vocals, percussion Leslie Smith – vocals Rick Chudacoff – electric bass, backup vocals Ron Cooley – electric and acoustic guitar Geno DeVaughn – trumpet Percy Marion – tenor saxophone, flute Michael Patterson – alto saxophone.

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Lester Abrams – drums, vocals, organ, acoustic piano, percussion Arno Lucas – vocals, percussion Leslie Smith – vocals Rick Chudacoff – electric bass, backup vocals Ron Cooley – electric and acoustic guitar Geno DeVaughn – trumpet Percy Marion – tenor saxophone, flute Michael Patterson – alto saxophone. ... more

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