Added: Dec 23, 2009
From: odotson
Duration: 2:50
Immediately following "Yearnin' Burnin'" on the album "Special Things" is this hard-core cut featuring the late Bruce Carter on drums, Douglas Lewis on lead guitar, and the the ultra talented Nathanial Phillips on bass guitar. According to the inside sleeve of Pleasure's album, "Law of the Raw" was written by band members, Douglas Lewis and Michael Hepburn. Prior to joining Pleasure, Douglas Lewis played with the Portland-based band, "Slickaphonics." Bruce Carter (d. 12th August 2006) was one of the greatest drummers ever and, after Pleasure dissolved, played many years with Kenny Gorelick. I saw him perform once and there were broken drumsticks everywhere!!! Nathanial Phillips, an amazing basist, continues to play with Jeff Lorber and other venues.
Channel: Music
Tags: pleasure r&b special things jazz fusion funk soul portland oregon bruce carter nathaniel phillips dennis springer donald hepburn michael douglas lewis marlon mcclain
Rating: 5.0' max='5' min='1' numRaters='13' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#overall ( ratings) Views: 2468 Comments: 10
ph1lanthrope Says:
Dec 24, 2009 - Power playing!! Thanks for sharing!!
PhuckHue2 Says:
Jan 15, 2010 - hell yeah! Nate Phillips is killing it on his StingRay! one of the greatest bassists ever
ddrums001 Says:
Feb 11, 2010 - R.I.P to the BADDEST RnB drummer that played the game, Bruce Carter! Never have I seen any drummer with a serious pocket, and grooves so funky, and posess such wicked fusion chops! Gerald, Marvin, and all the other RnB drummers in the game, I give you MAD props to you, but remember this. Bruce did it first!
beanabadger Says:
Mar 26, 2010 - @ddrums001 so massively underrated. Love his work with Jeff Lorber as well - RIP Bruce
ddrums001 Says:
Mar 26, 2010 - @beanabadger yeah you're right. Saw Bruce with Kenny G back in the mid nineties at Radio City Music Hall. He ripped it to shreds!
ghostoffelakuti Says:
Jul 27, 2010 - R.I.P. Bruce Carter, second from right. The drummer, badass!!
flatchest32 Says:
Aug 6, 2010 - Hell Yes! I have been looking for this cut for years! I could not remember the name of it. I just went out to the garage and started looking through my old albums and cassettes (yeah, still have them). I forgot that I had this joint on cassette! Thank you!
mkdrum Says:
Aug 6, 2010 - awwwwwwww SNNNNNAAAAAAPPPPPPP! This was the KUTT!
sirmockenstein Says:
Aug 16, 2010 - Got to agree about Bruce he was the bomb in the pocket drummer.Didn't know that he had passed. WOW! yesterday we lost Robert Wilson from the gap band. I know HEAVEN is ROCKING!!!!! RIP my brothers with CHRIST
Cooltropic Says:
Dec 23, 2009 - Awesome track awesome LP, good upload!