Listen to the Loop: filtering hand-picked tunes
Listentotheloop.com is a blog run by Christine Chatz. I had the pleasure of meeting Christine over the holiday break, this past December, in San Diego, California. She treats her blog as a type of curatorial venue where she “hand-picks” music artists much like a DJ would during a radio show. My favorite posts are the ones called “Throwback Thursdays,” in which she usually features a historical figure that may have been overseen in music history. Below is her snippet on the role Betty Davis (image above) played in the lives of Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, and Sly Stone:
Raunchy, gritty, and hugely influential, Betty Davis remains unsurpassed as the queen of funk. At the time of her debut in 1973, she was attacked by critics for her “obscene” demeanor. Davis refused to tone it down, reveling in the emotions that fueled the vigor behind her “woman on the prowl” lyrics. During her marriage to Miles Davis, she introduced both Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone to the jazz great, inadvertently laying the groundwork for the production of the legendary record Bitches Brew.
