BATAAN, JOE – CALL MY NAME (SPLATTER)

The song that marked
the return of Joe Bataan in 2004 finally makes it into a 7″ single for
the first time.
Recorded at the Daptone studio this is a dancefloor favourite by the
King of Latin Soul!
Splatter vinyl. Back in 2004, Vampisoul played a role in the return to
recording of the legendary Joe Bataan, which fully materialized in the
acclaimed album Call My Name, written and produced by Daniel Collás
(The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Incarnations). Now, the song that marked
the return of Joe Bataan finally makes it into a 7″ single for the
first time. “This whole project grew out of a song called ‘Cycles of
You’, which I had written around 2000-2001 with the guitarist and
bassist of my band at the time, Easy. The chord progression and vocal
melody really reminded me of Bataan, and it occurred to me that it
wouldn’t be impossible to get him into the studio to do a guest vocal
if we ever recorded it. I had met Bataan a few years before at a small,
family-reunion style show at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in my
neighborhood, where he not only still sounded great, but was also
gracious and easy to talk to. By the time we got around to recording
with Easy, the band was about to break up but we still had the studio
booked. We all agreed that we didn’t want to continue as a band, but at
the same time, it would be a shame to never record what we had been
working on. Around this time Bataan was playing out again, so I went to
the show to see him and find out if he’d be interested in doing some
vocals with us. He was agreeable, so we decided to turn it into a Joe
Bataan session and do ‘Cycles of You’ . . . The rhythm section was a
band called TransLove Airways that I formed in 2002. We got really
tight and developed a great sound that was, to me, equal parts Heart,
Shocking Blue, Brian Auger, and Rare Earth. To this core group I added
pieces from a few other local bands: The Middle Initials, who are a
great Temptations/Main Ingredient-style vocal group, and members of an
incredible Latin band called Grupo Latin Vibe, who were responsible for
almost all the percussion. There was also some fine trombone playing by
Aaron Johnson of Antibalas and great flute work by Neal Sugarman and my
cousin Sonny . . . The ‘Call My Name’ sessions took place when Daptone
had just moved to Bushwick, its classic location…” –Daniel Collás,
producer of “Call My Name”.
La canción que marcó el regreso de Joe Bataan en 2004 se edita como
single por primera vez.
Grabada en el mítico estudio de Daptone, es todo un llenapistas a cargo
del Rey del Latin Soul!
credits
released November 14, 2022