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The Fatback Band

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If you ever shuffled your feet and swung your butt on a dance-floor in the 1970s and 80s, it's a near certainty that, at some point in the evening, you were dan...

The Fatback Band

Yum Yum (repress)

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The hit trail continued with the title track, which along with 'Trompin'' are still enough to cut a groove in any dance floor.

The Fatback Band

Keep On Steppin' (repress)

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The Fatback's Spring debut after 3 R&B hits for Perception spawned the hit title track and the enduring 'Wicky Wacky' - a big club sound to this day.

THE FATBACK BAND

Hustle! The Ultimate Fatback 1969-84 (repress)

SOUTHBOUND

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Released: 28th Jun 2004

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I'm standing at the Jazz Caf?©, a little tired from the week's exertions and wondering if I could possibly get a good night's sleep and feel better.

The place is rammed and the drums are being hit slowly and deliberately by the man behind the kit. It is a calling to attention of the audience and a welcome to the stage of the band: the Fatback Band. The man behind the drums is Bill Curtis, the founder member and leader of Fatback throughout 35 years of its history. At 72 he should by all rights be enjoying a quiet retirement in Carolina, but instead he's here keeping his distinct tight funky beat. By the end of the first couple of numbers my tiredness is just a memory and I have been bouyed by the sheer electricity of the Fatback performance.