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I'll Give You a Break, Pt. 57: Jeremy & The Satyrs' "The First Time I Saw You Baby (With Your Pretty Green Eyes)"

Dave Segal — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:23:37 -0700

[I’ll Give You a Break is a sporadic series of posts highlighting obscure (and not so obscure) breakbeats in unlikely places, so that they may be sampled by producers or just enjoyed for their own geeky purposes. NB: Don’t forget to clear all samples through the proper channels (cough).]

Jeremy & the Satyrs were led by jazz-fusion flautist supreme Jeremy Steig, probably best known for the Beastie Boys sampling his tune “Howlin’ for Judy” on their track “Sure Shot.” (Steig is quoted on allaboutjazz.com: "I made more money from that sample than from any of my records. It saved my life at the time.")

Before he embarked on an artistically fruitful solo career, Steig cut an album full of excellent, electrified blues rock with the Satyrs in 1968, titled simply Jeremy & the Satyrs. Perhaps the highlight from that record is “The First Time I Saw You Baby (With the Pretty Green Eyes).” The bit from 0:16-0:19 is so functionally and vigorously funky it’s a wonder DJ Premier or Pete Rock never used it. Well, their oversight is your gain. You're welcome.

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