Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (Vinyl) Rancid drum programming

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Born in Ladera Heights

"This album was a self imposed ambitious project for us

The stress that resulted from the band's ongoing legal woes infiltrated the recording process

with 2024 establishing them as one of the hottest live bands in the country

Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (Vinyl) Rancid drum programmingCarried by its almost impossibly infectious eponymous opening track, The Sidewinder helped foreshadow the sounds of boogaloo and soul jazz with its healthy R&B influence and Latin tinge. While the rest of the album retreats to a more conventional hard bop sound, Morgan's compositions are forward thinking and universally solid. Only 25 at the time of its release, Morgan was accomplished (and perhaps cocky) enough to speak of mentoring the great Joe