It's time to go condiMENTAL!
SALT AND PEPPER #1
We kick off today over a hundred years ago, with some “Satanic” blues from 1924. Their real names were Cliff and Clyde.
SALT AND PEPPER #2
Twangy rock ‘n’ roll instrumental from 1961 produced by Bob Crewe who went on to co-write a bunch of hits for Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.
SALT AND PEPPER #3
Soldiers from the US Air Force based in Thailand during the Viet Nam war, and the first Americans to ever record in Bangkok. I suppose that was preferable to hunting Charlie in the jungles.
PEPPER AND SALT #4
Dutch soul band from the late 60s who were originally called Pepper & Soul until lead singer Johnny Pepper left the group… at which point they became Pepper & Salt. Don’t ask me. They later changed their name to Post Scriptum and went all prog.
SALT AND PEPPER #5
Funky Texans from 1969 – accept no substitutes!
SALT AND PEPPER #6
Classy soul number from the US in 1970.
(HUGH BOYNTON &) SALT AND PEPPER #7
Short-lived backing band for funky Georgia soul dude Hugh Boynton, from 1976.
SALT AND PEPPER BAND #8
Norwegian condiments, sprinkled throughout the 70s.
SALT AND PEPPER #9
Spanish disco act from 1979…
SALT AND PEPPER #10
British reggae band from 1980…
SALT 'N' PEPA #11
Cheryl "Salt" James met Sandra "Pepa" Denton while studying nursing at Queensborough Community College in Brooklyn in 1985. Soon after they hooked up with student producer Hurby Luv Bug and 16 year old DJ Spinderella… and then they really started to Push It.
SALT AND PEPPER #12
Radio-friendly Euro-pop-pop-pop from 1993…
SALT AND PEPPER #13
No idea what to make of this except that it was released as a Limited Edition single sided C20 cassette in 2007 on the Scumbag Relations “Record Label”. Imagine you’d just got a Bontempi keyboard for Christmas and you recorded the first time you played it and sold a copy to each of your mates… and that’s me being kind.
Considering the many, many promising tracks I fail to locate on the tube of you while compiling this feature… like these guys, for example…
…well, the fact that someone saw fit to upload 10 minutes of this baloney says a lot about human beings.
PEPPER AND SALT #14
German a capella group active in the past ten years who youtube reliably informs me have released a lot more music than you (or discogs) would imagine…
SALT AND PEPPER #15
And finally, an 80s-influenced trio from France, doing it all out of their garage, though they seem to have practiced their instruments a bit more than the Scumbag guy did.
Which one shakes your pot?
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