This is a retro throwback to the early blues of the 50’s and 60’s. Ray Charles was just evolving stylistically from jazz to blues, and so were many musicians like James Brown, Cannonball Adderley, even Miles Davis on a song or two.
You ended up with this neat mix of light energetic jazzy music that wasn’t overly complicated, and the blues element brought a nice jam-feel to everything. Players could play and have fun.
How is this song useful? Well anything needing a fun positive and retro vibe will benefit, mostly soundtracks to commercials and movie clips.
This allows a throwback vibe without the hassle of finding and licensing the music of that era.
There’s a wurlitzer solo, a planet solo, a hammond B3 solo, old school rickenbacker bass, and vintage drums.
