A Blow for Me, a Toot for You

A Blow For Me, A Toot For You
Studio album by Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns
Released	1977
Recorded	1977 at United Sound Studio, Detroit, Michigan Hollywood Sound Studio, Hollywood, California
Genre	Funk
Length	58:30
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Bootsy Collins George Clinton
Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns chronology
A Blow For Me, A Toot For You (1977) Say Blow By Blow Backwards (1979)

A Blow for Me, A Toot for You is a 1977 album by funk musician Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns featuring Maceo Parker.

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The album contains heavy participation by the P-Funk musical collective, including Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, and Jerome Brailey. The album also contains the heavily sampled track "Four Play" which, due to its title, prevented the track from garnering airplay when it was released as a single.

The album was produced by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins. It was reissued in 1993, first by P-Vine records in Japan, then by Sequel Records in the UK, and lastly AEM in the U.S.. The reissue contains two new remixes of the tracks "Four Play" and "A Blow for Me, A Toot for You", as well as an interview with George Clinton discussing the background of the recording. Years later, both Horny Horns albums were released on a two-CD set by WEA in the UK.

Track listing

1. "Up for the Down Stroke" (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Fuzzy Haskins) (released as single ST-A-33756) – 9:10
2. "A Blow for Me, A Toot for You" (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Fred Wesley) – 7:20
3. "When In Doubt: Vamp" (George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bernie Worrell) – 4:21
4. "Between Two Sheets" (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker) – 6:50
5. "Four Play" (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Glenn Goins) (released as single ST-3408, then later withdrawn) – 8:03
6. "Peace Fugue" (Fred Wesley) – 6:00

Bonus tracks on the CD reissue

7. "A Blow for Me, A Toot for You" (New Remix)
8. "Four Play" (New Remix)
9. Interview (with George Clinton)

Personnel

• Horns: Fred Wesley (trombone), Maceo Parker (saxophone), Rick Gardner (trumpet), Richard Griffith (trumpet)
• Additional horns: the Brecker Brothers
• Drums: Jerome Brailey, Frank Waddy, Bootsy Collins
• Guitars: Glenn Goins, Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, Bootsy Collins, Phelps Collins
• Bass: Bootsy Collins
• Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
• Vocals: Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Gary Cooper, Lynn Mabry, Dawn Silva, Taka Khan, Bernie Worrell, Phelps Collins, Randy Crawford, Robert Johnson

Charts

Singles

Samples & Covers

• Raw Fusion sampled "Peace Fugue" on their song Freaky Note on their album Hoochiefied Funk in 1994.
• Nas sampled "Peace Fugue" on his song Life We Chose on his album Nastradamus in 1999.

External links

• Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns-A Blow for Me, A Toot for You at Discogs

References

• What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves-Rhino Records 2006

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