A Blow for Me, a Toot for You

Infobox Album
Name = A Blow For Me, A Toot For You
Type = studio
Artist = Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns


Released = 1977
Recorded = 1977
Genre = Funk
Length = 58:30
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fuxq95ldje~T1 link]
Last album =
This album = "A Blow For Me, A Toot For You"
(1977)
Next album = "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. 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 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

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#"Four Play" (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Glenn Goins) (released as single ST-3408, then later withdrawn) - 8:03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

Bonus tracks on the CD reissue

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"A Blow for Me, A Toot for You" (New Remix)
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"Four Play" (New Remix)
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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

Later Samples

*"Peace Fugue"
**"Life We Chose" by Nas from the album "Nastradamus"

References

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