Watermelon Man feat. Bill Summers (The Headhunters)

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Lane Sowinski wow, this bops. I hope I don't wear the 7" out. Favorite track: Watermelon Man feat. Bill Summers (The Headhunters).

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Here is the cover of "Watermelon Man" featuring the original Headhunters percussionist Bill Summers playing live percussion over an all live instrumentation played and produced by monolog aka Yuki Kanesaka.

To top it off we are also featuring Kool & the Gang member Curtis "Fitz" Williams!! Curtis laying the main melody, with his soprano sax and some added fire clavs making this new rendition just too hot to handle.

Will be shipping out within the next 2 weeks, with official release date scheduled as Friday 3/22. Reserve your 7" vinyl copy now before they are sold out. We have VERY LIMITED copies available on Bandcamp.

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	1.	Watermelon Man feat. Bill Summers (The Headhunters) 04:34		buy track
	2.	Bill's Valence Street Jam 04:10		buy track

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Yuki Kanesaka, the multi-instrumentalist/Producer who's been the Mastermind behind his monolog project recordings is back with the delicious uptempo cover of "Watermelon Man". All live instrumentation, no sampling!

He indulges us with star-studded features of Bill Summers, the percussionist of the Head Hunters and Curtis "Fitz" Williams, the musical director and keyboardist/saxophonist of Kool & the Gang.

The backstory is, Yuki traveled all the way to Bill Summer's home studio on Valence Street, New Orleans to record Bill playing a variety of alluring percussive instruments.

That includes playing Hindewhu, the style of singing/whistle-playing of Central Africa mixed with a Peruvian Pan flute Zampoña much like the infectious Head Hunters version.

Other notable instrumentations include congas, and shekere and Bill's hand scratching used as a human shaker.

Curtis Williams plays the lead soprano sax melody we all know and love, with some added clavinet that adds extra sugar to the watermelon funk.

Flip side features a special drum break version called "Bill's Valence Street Jam", so you can really savor the mouthwatering groove of the Watermelon Man.

Both tracks are performed, produced, mixed, and recorded by monolog aka Yuki Kanesaka.

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released March 22, 2024

Performed, produced, mixed, and recorded by monolog aka Yuki Kanesaka.
Percussion by Bill Summers
Soprano Sax and Clavinet by Curtis "Fitz" Williams

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