AIN'T NO ACID I KNOW

After listening to Mink DeVille's "Hey Joe" again last night I was jonesing for some full on Latin stuff, Ray Barretto's "Deeper Shade of Soul" to be exact. You know it didn't stop there; it led to all sort of detours. I went looking for his cover of "The Summer Knows," and when I couldn't find it I ended up listening to Andy Williams cover of it, and stopped dead in my tracks, thinking "Has it really come to this? Andy fucking Williams?!?" Not to slight the V-necked crooner with the weird microphone grip, but I had to walk away. That's parent music.

If you know Latin music, you likely know that the name of the album above is a bit of a misnomer. If you don't know the LP, you're probably thinking is something slightly psychedelic, right? It isn't. What it is though is some shit hot Latin grooves, every bit as cool as the album cover. So here's a couple from that, his cover of "Summertime", and another "Strange Music" that's less Latin, but wicked nonetheless. Just to make sure you don't go wandering off in Andy Williams territory, there's a link to an excellent selection of boogaloo cuts at Passion of the Weiss, with Barretto, Tito Puente, Joe Bataan, Willie Bobo, Mongo Santamaria, Johnny Colon, Joe Cuba, Charlie Palmieri, the Lebron Brothers and the Fania All-Stars.

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Listen:
Ray Barretto - Acid mp3 at Ozgood
Ray Barretto - Deeper Shade of Soul mp3 at Art Decade
Ray Barretto - Summertime mp3 at Little Mike's 
Ray Barretto - Strange Music mp3 at Drummer World
Further listening:
A Bluffer's Guide to Boogaloo at Passion of the Weiss Twelve cuts including Barretto, Tito Puente, Joe Bataan, Willie Bobo, Mongo Santamaria, Johnny Colon, Joe Cuba, Charlie Palmieri, the Lebron Brothers and the Fania All-Stars