SONGS THE PROBE TAUGHT US

There's something to be said for old school bare bones music sites. Probe Is Turning-On the People is my favorite example. Looks like shit, confusing at first to navigate and very little editorial comment. You might get a sentence. Might. But that's part of the beauty of it. After visiting the site regularly for roughly ten years, I can kind of tell what is supposed to be significant about something he posts because, by now, I kind of know his taste, and it's good. Obscure references abound, but that's part of the fun. He knows that you know how to use Google. Do your own damn legwork. One good example, and what prompted this post, is a 2006 post with a couple songs by Hank Jacobs. The name didn't register, but the Probe's description did: "sounds like Jackie Mittoo jamming with Cambodian rock band." Yee haw! I'm bitin'! If you don't know who Jackie Mittoo is, or what a Cambodian rock band sounds like, well I guess you know how to use Google. See how that works?

"Heide" by Jacobs does sound like Jackie Mittoo fronting a Cambodian rock band. I checked out the LP at YouTube. Holy shit, it's great in a weird mix sort of way. The prominence of different instruments in the mix is a little off but that's a good thing. It makes it sound raw.

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Listen:
Hank Jacobs - Hank's Groove (streaming) at YouTube 
Hank Jacobs - Heide mp3 at Probe Is Turning-On the People Go there to get it, scroll down to Session 32 (left side, in red)
Hank Jacobs - Playboy's Penthouse mp3 at Probe Is Turning-On the People Ditto above
The LP:
Hank Jacobs - So Far Away (streaming) at YouTube