Raphael Saadiq reigned in the help of his touring band, drummer Lemar Carter and bassist Calvin Turner, along with his songwriting partner, Taura Stinson, to craft a song that would blend with the modern-era revival of soul music.
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Co-written with Alonzo “Novel” Stevenson and Taura Stinson, “Fire and Brimstone” contains twelve bars of Trombone Shorty’s best improvisational flow.
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The Soul Rebels push the envelope of what marching bands are capable of playing.
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The message of The Soul Rebels' titular tune, "Unlock Your Mind" by George Henry Jackson and popularized by The Staple Singers, is to not worry about "ifs" and "buts".
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The thing to remember about The Soul Rebels sound is its deep roots within Afro-Cuban music.
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Feat. Trombone Shorty
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The Internet is a silly place and the trombone is a silly instrument. Like all good pairs, they compliment each other well. The Internet has produced such gems as the flamethrower, the Mythbuster, the Sad Trombone, and now there is a new kind of video: the P.O.V. or the "trombone GoPro" meme.
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Roebuck “Pops” Staples wrote the 1965 blues “Why Am I Treated So Bad” in response to the ongoing struggle for civil rights in the United States and in particularly for The Little Rock Nine - a group of Black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School in 1957 whom were prevented from integrating the school by Orval Faubus, the governor of Arkansas and the inspiration for Charles Mingus’ 1959 composition “Fables of Faubus.”
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