Seventies West Coast Breeze

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The second track was not made in the 1970s, but it sounds like it could have been. Beneath The Fireworks is from the EP, My Place To You by Indian folk funk band Easy Wanderlings:

“The over-arching theme is based on the people who selflessly give a part of themselves, their home, their body and soul to a loved one.”

The San Francisco Christian Center was founded in 1954 and was one of the first churches to open its doors to disaffected hippies searching for a deeper spiritual substance in the dog days of the 1960s. This era saw the flowering of new, youth-driven forms of “Jesus music” that fused gospel messages with rock aesthetics, including the driving rhythms and charismatic delivery found in the work of modern soul stars like Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Al Green and Earth, Wind & Fire. Chief amongst these new-style gospel artists was the San Francisco-based Andraé Crouch, who was one of the influences on the San Francisco Christian Center’s debut recording. Their 1978 album will be officially released for the first time by Cultures of Soul on June 26th.

Tracklist:

Greg Yoder – Golden Lady (1976)
Easy Wanderlings – Beneath The Fireworks (2019)
Airborne – Marie (1977)
El Chicano – Lake Aquabi (1975)
Bryan Ferry ‎– You Go To My Head (1975)
Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson – What You Won’t Do (1979)
Dionne Warwick – Déjà Vu (1979)
Angela Bofill – What I Wouldn’t Do (1979)
Tavares – She's Gone (1974)
The San Francisco Christian Center – I Found Jesus (1978)
Kathe Green – Love City (1976)
James Taylor ‎– Woman's Gotta Have It (1976)
Roger Voudouris – We Only Dance 'Cause We Have To (1979)
The Bliss Band – Slipaway (1978)
Steve Winwood – Luck’s In (1977)