“The Stranger” by C. Henry Woods Troupe is a Classic example of Soul meets Disco meets Funk, and of course it’s coming from the always-Ill SoulCal Records/Now Again Records library, rereleasing what originally was brought into the world by Deep Funk label ENYX:
I happened to find this vinyl of “The STranger” in one of the secondary rows of crates under the main merchandise at Rock & Roll Heaven in Orlando, Florida back in the early 2000s. As on most Mondays, I would spend almost all of the money I made bartending the lunch shift on the vinyl treasures I’d find there.
Definitely feeling the flute and Bboy-friendly drum routine, plus oh-so-funky guitar pluckery.
From SoCal Records:
The Syracuse, New York, label ENYX is well known within the deep funk world as the label that launched Bad Medicine’s “Trespasser” upon the world in 1974. Two years later and the label took a stab at disco – with dynamite results. Both sides of the C Henry Woods Troupe’s solitary seven inch are superb examples of funky, jazzy, soulful disco – complete with breakdowns and excellent sax and flute solos atop a churning rhythm section.
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