This is one of those groups that make you feel ashamed when you discover them. It makes you think "I should have been listening to this long ago!" It's frustrating.
I stumbled over The Crusaders while doing a little surfing on last.fm. I have to be honest, I've always been a big supporter and fan of Pandora. It was the first one out of the box, so it was the first i became accustomed to. However, because I've always been a huge Xbox 360 user, when last.fm came to the Xbox dashboard, I thought I would give it a shot. I was surprised to find that it was slightly easier to navigate and included more social networking features and picture slideshows while you listened to music.
The Crusaders came up on my "Tower of Power Radio" station. I don't remember what song came up, but I remember taking a liking to it right away. I immediately downloaded as many albums i could find. After a solid listen through many of the more available recordings, I came across a high end LP rip of the album "Southern Comfort". The moment it started, I could tell I was going to like this album. The drums had a great tight knit sound that reminded me of early Al Green work. The bass was very punctual and separated in the mix, but I still enjoyed it (I've always been a fan of over-pronounced bass). My favorite track on the album was certainly "The Well's Gone Dry". The Bass kicks it off with a nice syncopation with a three beat rhythm superimposed over a four beat rhythm.
The best part of the song for me is that if the instrument tracks were isolated so you could hear each one separately, it would probably make no sense. However, together the parts come together in a perfect musical synergy.
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