Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Are Coming: Prepare to Be Soul Funked!

Brooklyn-based soul-brothers ‘The Dap-Kings’ and their queen, Miss Sharon Jones, seriously know how to party like it’s Hitsville USA in 1962. I don’t know how these cats do it, but they manage to authentically evoke the sound and image of a late 60′s/early 70′s R&B group without ever making it seem like a facade. It is this talent and sincerity that will instinctively move your ears to appreciate the tones of Miss Jones and her Dap-Kings.

This track is off of 2005 release, Naturally. I think it’s pretty safe to say that it has the absolute funkiest, most soul-infecting, involuntary booty-shaking beat you’ve ever heard in your entire life. Kinda like Stevie Wonder meets a genetically-engineered-to-perfection clone of Blues-singer Koko Tayor and Disco-pop diva Donna Summer. And then they all take ecstasy.

All future releases by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings will now be required by law to be accompanied by a warning advisory after a focus group fell victim to an incurable dance infection. Dr. Jimothy Henry Louis III, who leads the research explains: “Within the initial moments of exposure to the DAP-1024-A, the group was overcome by an unsupressable need to dance. It is evident that most ears have a little or no resistance to this records.” DJ Cleopatra, referred to by many club goers as “the Audiophile from the Nile” doesn’t seem surprised by the outbreak. “Nobody can help but get down to this,” says this renown DJ and longtime fan. “Sharon Jones is like pure cocaine. Even if you’re a longtime user, you’re ass is still gonna get high.

Well, my lucky little Los Angelenos, next week you have 2 chances to get soul funked by Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings:

Monday, December 3 – Surprise show at Amoeba Records – 7pm, Free
Tuesday, December 4 – Presented by Goldenvoice at the El Rey Theater – 8pm, $16 buy tickets

Don’t forget to pick up the new album 100 Days, 100 Nights released October 2nd on DapTone Records