Root Down

Now this one hurts late this afternoon...

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I've been running to this album for the last three years...What a pick-up from Dusty Groove America in Chicago when Verve reissued it. The album is incredible, and most people will think of it from the Beastie Boys "Ill Communication" loop. However, this is a great album, and you should pick it up in memory of Jimmy Smith, who passed at the age of 76 today.

Here's a great obituary from Jon Thurber of the LA Times in SFGate. The great Hammond B-3 banger from Philly was a great one, and I want to thank him for a lot of jams that he led me down.

Thank You Jimmy,
IronDog