IAN CARR & LYMAN WOODARD: BACK TO THEIR ROOTS

Ian Carr’s Nucleus: Roots
From Roots (Vertigo, 1973)

RIP to British prog/jazz/rock pioneer Ian Carr. I never did get that deep into his overall catalog (though I hear Belladonna is a must) but “Roots” has always been a favorite in the “heavy, heavy, heavy” category.

And I’m also sad to report on the death of Detroit’s Lyman Woodard, who apart from a long career as a consummate organist, also put together one of the best hip-hop-album-covers-before-there-was-hip-hop ever:

Here’s one of my favorite songs off that LP:

Lyman Woodard Organization: Belle Isle Daze
From Saturday Night Special (Strata, 1975)