Скачать или смотреть The Grinding Dumb 'Boogie Waltz' (70s Boogie Woogie Soul) | “Paws" Barker / Studio "D" Production

Let’s talk about the magic of Detroit. Not the one you hear on the radio, but the one buried in dusty reels, where the soul of the Motor City still hums through reverb-heavy dreams. Enter “Boogie Waltz” by The Grinding Dumb—a track that’s part of The Lost Tapes of Detroit: A Symphony of the Forgotten Dreams. It’s 70s boogie-woogie soul reinvented, all sweaty piano riffs, analog warmth, and the kind of energy that makes your heart ache with joy. But here’s where it gets weird: this track’s tangled up with Chet Checker’s “Silly Silly Thing”,    • Chet Checker - "Silly Silly Thing" (70's E...   a 70s electric soul banger, and both artists were obsessed with Silver Surfer. Yeah, the cosmic comic book guy. Let me explain. See, both songs were engineered by the enigmatic “Paws” Barker, a Detroit studio guru who ran Studio D like a time capsule. He was the secret glue holding together an underground scene that never broke through but left a sonic fingerprint. The Grinding Dumb’s track was recorded with session players who’d also backed Chet Checker—musicians like bassist “Funky” Frank Wiley, who swapped grooves between boogie-woogie and electric soul like they were trading cards. Same hands, different genres. Same stories. But the Silver Surfer link? That’s pure poetry. Both artists were comic nerds who name-dropped the cosmic hero in interviews, drawn to his lone-wolf vibe and intergalactic longing. Checker’s “Silly Silly Thing” is all neon-lit melancholy, while “Boogie Waltz” is a piano-driven riot—they’re opposites. But dig deeper, and you find the same hunger: for transcendence, for escape, for that Surfer-like ride through the void. These tracks—now re-mastered with tube-amp warmth and raw, heartfelt grit—aren’t just relics. They’re a love letter to a Detroit that thrived in the shadows, where musicians swapped instruments between bands, labels forgot their names, and the only prize was the groove. Both songs, though “obscure,” pulse with a mastery of their craft, proof that greatness doesn’t always need the spotlight. So hit play on these unearthed gems. Let the keys and synths collide. And if you close your eyes, you’ll see Silver Surfer riding that cosmic wind, powered by the soul of a city that never stopped playing.

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