Apparently both of these tracks are on an album called Backwoods Woman. If I run into it, I will pick it up for the collection. And why would I do that? Well if you look at the genre tags, we have something very unusual going on here. Country (which is to be expected from a young lady hailing from western Tennessee) and
Western (haha - noooo) - and FUNK. Bet you didn't see that coming. I was curious why this 45 promo was worth money (pulled it out of a well known record store in Denver for 50 cents - they had no clue). I played 'Delta Dawn' first. Pretty typical country music, and not obscure enough to draw a buying audience. What gives? Put on 'Sympathy'. Oh wow -
now I get it! It's not just funk, but it's killer funk. Very much like something you'd here out of Philadelphia or Detroit during this time. And the great guitar solo at the end sealed it for me. I have no idea if she did more music like this, hence I'll pick up her LPs if I find them. And I should have no problem with that really - major label country music leads the league at the thrift shops, well maybe a bit behind Jesus Christo music. Anyway, what a juxtaposition of sounds. Well worth hearing (check it on YouTube).
Ownership: SP: 1972 Janus. Promo as shown above. Found as noted above.
10/16/20 (first listen / review / new entry)
