Waxpoetics Issue 44

HIGHLIGHTS:

WAR’s tight core of prolific players fused worldwide rhythms with all-day authority
WAR keyboardist Lonnie Jordan soldiers on
SYL JOHNSON put the blues in R&B
AL KOOPER gave his soul for rock and roll
JOHNNY COLÓN embraced R&B to fortify Latin music in the ’60s

ALSO INCLUDES:

CLAUS OGERMAN
MELVIN DAVIS
CHRIS CLARK
LEE OWERSKO photographs the BOOM BOX
BUDOS BAND
DJ MUGGS RECORD RUNDOWN
BILL WITHERS, EGLE MARTIN, UNITED STATES NAVY PORT AUTHORITY SOUL BAND,

JAMES SPAULDING, and BENNIE MAUPIN RE:DISCOVERED