Tim Weisberg – Tyme Cube
Tim Weisberg – Molly Mundane
Tim Weisberg – Tibetan Silver
Not sure why I hadn’t posted this one before. This album is fairly ubiquitous and doesn’t really look like too much. Tim Weisberg has a seriously hippified look on the front, but I’d probably passed by this record a hundred times before I literally walked in on “Tyme Cube” while at Records LA a couple of years ago. The spacey funk and flighty flute sold me instantly and I was interested to find out more about Mr. Weisberg.
Not a whole lot on the man himself, he kicked around quite a bit in the 70s, doing a fair amount sessions work. I like the succinct Wikipedia entry for Weisberg (probably false, but such a great story) that in high school band, because his name started with a “W,” he got to choose his instruments last and all that was left was a flute and a basoon. He chose the flute cause the flute section was filled with all girls. There’s a certain macktastic sound to Weisberg’s fluty funk, that fits that origin story. “Tibertan Silver” has a 1970s TV Cop Drama feel to it combined with a little bit of Mizell Bros. flavor. “Molly Mundane” is a bit more laid back funk, that could have fit very nicely on a Herbie Man record from 1968, if not for the rather lovely and idyllic guitar parts that set it apart. It should be noted that the funky drummer responsible for giving this music so much of its groove is none other than Jim Gordon, the tragic master session man responsible for the drums on the Incredible Bongo Band record and a host of others. This definitely represented an in-the-pocket moment in time for him and for Weisberg as well. I haven’t dug any of the other things I’ve heard from him nearly as much as this record, but this one is super solid (and super affordable, I see this record all over the place and rarely for more than $5) and nice compliment to any lazy day kind of afternoon that you may have.
Cheers,
Michael