David T. Walker - Plum Happy [Japanese Edition] (1970/1997)

Funky guitar jazz from the long time session great. He's got quite a few solo joints out that I don't really care to obtain. The reason I hunted this down is for his version of "Lay, Lady, Lay." Most will bust a spleen over this too if your into the I.N.I. album like myself. Pete Rock has a keen ear. People Under the Stairs used this loop undoctored too. I'm guessing they really didn't care that Pete already rocked it because the I.N.I. record never saw an official release. Aside from the "who sampled what" ballyhoo, this is a beautiful track. I'm also feeling the get down wah funk of the lead off cut "Doo Doo."

In the hands of David T. Walker, “Lay Lady Lay,” a cornerstone of Dylan’s Nashville Skyline, slides into a jazzy, languid, space residing somewhere just shy of early 70s porn groove and after-midnight lounge. I use neither descriptor as pejorative. Found on the Tulsa-born session guitarists 1970 solo joint, Plum Happy, the track, while devoid of the original’s intent, works on the same level as contemporary George Benson’s Other Side of Abbey Road.