The Undisputed Truth - Down by the River

[cheekymonkey1979]

@VespaPX2001981 This is a gem: thanks for posting

[Bassyswing1]

Whos the lead guitar player? 

[VespaPX2001981]

@Bassyswing1 It's a guy called kenji brown

[virginiaharry1]

Leaving New Orleans, joining the u.s.a.f. left fortier hi 1972. fishing by the levee, catfish summers ~virginiaharry1~

[dannyman60001]

Weeny guitar tones----LSD may have been a factor. I think I may have been at the session---in spirit anyway.

[GuillaumeRousselable]

Pink Floyd  breathe ??? 0-O""

[Mischtchratzer]

@GuillaumeRousselable this is an undisputed pink floyd truth...... :-)

[ratsareeatingmybrain]

The second 'movement' so to speak sounds like Pink Floyd.

[garyn1953]

I enjoyed this version as much as the one by Buddy Miles and the original by Young

[vikingivor]

@garyn1953  Check out Roy Buchanan's version!!!

[garyn1953]

@vikingivor I will !

[threedamin]

the track starts about 3 min, but its still tight!

[captaininsanity89]

i first listened to this album while tripping on acid (LSD) at my friends river cabin i definatley recommend it to ne one looking for one wild expierence i listen to it fron tto back and prolly looked at the cover itself for three hours lol

[qwerly45]

So much feeling.

[macsters451]

Who was their bass player? Did they use various session players? I mistakenly thought they were before Neil Young & Crazy Horse - I like their cover of this song.

[ericdhopper]

I used to scour used record stores for stuff like this. Thanks for making the search so much easier. Please keep it up.

[VespaPX2001981]

I Still do :-)

[ravenwytche]

I am looking for their original version of papa was a rolling stone... any idea where I can find it?

[PrinceOfSoulMusic]

VespaPX2001981 in your description box you say this is from their first album. Cosmic Truth is the 5th album they recorded. The first was self-entitled.

[VespaPX2001981]

If you'd read all the comments you'd have seen me correct that little indiscretion.

[PrinceOfSoulMusic]

you can edit it on the videos page

[mynumberonehat]

AMAZING!

[1998sunship]

@ earvision. who are the musicians at this time? who is on that guitar? is this the backing band that later formed Rose Royce on the Car Wash album

[samjabo]

@1998sunship No.

This was the last album that the undisputed truth did with Motown records. Rose Royce did not play music on this album. That said, They played the music on the following two albums with Norman W. and they were "higher than high" and "Method to the Madness".

[SlickFunker]

@samjabo

Higher Than High was their final album on Motown mate.

Their last two albums, which were on Whitfield Records, were Method To The Madness, and Smokin'.

[samjabo]

@SlickFunker Thanks for the correction slickfunker. I thought at Higher than high, Rose Royce were fully under Whitfield Records! I am not sure why Norman used Rose Royce as the backup band while he had the musicians that he used to use under Motown, like Cosmic truth and the previous albums!

[SlickFunker]

@samjabo

I have to confess, I have no idea either.

It's not like Motown didn't have amazing backing musicians.

[samjabo]

@SlickFunker I beleive one of the reasons that Norman might have used Rose Royce is that by now he has a full team of dependable musicians that he can use as a backing band rather than depending on a group of individual musicians. And granted, in my opinion, the level of music on the The undisputed Truth's Rose Royce's albums (higher than high and method to the maddness) is in my opinion the best in their career.

[SlickFunker]

@samjabo

I'm no musician, but to the untrained ear I have to say The Undisputed Truth's music sounded better on Motown.

You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth, in particular, is an incredible piece of music, absolute perfection.

[rievans57]

Call it what you want but this ain't nothin' but soul music.

[kredit787]

groovy baby

[EEETREE]

is this two different tracks

[VespaPX2001981]

No!!

[SlickFunker]

@EEETREE

Yes it is, well spotted.

Down By The River starts at around 2.49, before that is the end of the opening track on the Cosmic Truth album, Earthquake Shake

[GuillaumeRousselable]

@EEETREE Pink Floyd breathe 3:21 ???? wth !!!

[qwerly45]

For some reason the chorus makes a image of a near twilight warm evening come into my mind.

[qwerly45]

At 5.00 minutes reminds me of "Time" by Pink Floyd

[Jdubeats]

Pretty much the same chord progressions..

[charlieboy1999]

Supersoulband goes psychedelic, try also their version of the Temptations song: Ball of Confusion.

Michael Hucknall knows where to borrow from ;-)

[rievans57]

Wasn't this produced by Norman Whitfield?

[VespaPX2001981]

The Undisputed Truth was produced by Whitfield.

[TheSoulTwins]

great track - great album! what a sublime version of the neil young classic.....a real departure from undisputed truths earlier stuff, but what a sound! (heard that they were literally 'spaced out' when they recorded this album - resulting in several of them getting busted!)

[earvision]

This was one of my favorite remakes.we did it on the J-5 tour "71".Excellent response great band.Robert Ward (guitar) Paul Warren( Guitar)Leroy Taylor (Bass)Arron (Duck) Smith (Drums) Melvin(Wha-Wha)Ragen(Guitar),B­illy Cooper (Guitar).

[VespaPX2001981]

who's "we?"

Only asking LOL

[earvision]

Oh No! We were Never Spaced out,workin With Norman Whitfield That Was A No,No...Those Fade Ins Were an Album concept For A Live Feel!

[ADingy2008]

How bizarre is this track.

My wife heard it while I was playing it and thought it sounded like Simply Red LOL.

Does anyone else think so?

[im4evernocturnal]

Now that's what I'm talking about !!! Thanks so much !!!

[MandingoTyrone]

Thanks so much for posting this. However, this is not from Undisputed Truth's first album, which was called "The Undisputed Truth," released in 1971. This is from "Cosmic Truth," released in 1975, which was their fifth album, I believe, and marked a huge change in style as well as personnel.

[VespaPX2001981]

You'd have thought that someone with their full back catalog would have known that. D'oh.

Honest, Im not usually that thick.

Next time I'll check things before letting my belly rumble.