Party Down

One of the few really fantastic albums to come out of the Miami scene of the seventies!
The great Little Beaver lays down some righteous guitar and heavy vocals over a cool spare backing groove on cuts like "I Can Dig It Baby", "Money Vibrations", "Let The Good Times Roll", and "Party Down (parts 1 & 2)". The sound is sort of a mix between Shuggie Otis' Inspiration Information LP and heavier funk outings, and the record's a classic bit of southern 70s funk.
Everybody liked Little Beaver; he played guitar on TK sessions for Betty Wright, Lattimore, Timmy Thomas, and others, so owner Henry Stone threw him a bone every now and then and let him record under his name. He never came up with enough quality material to fill an album, but that didn't stop TK Records from issuing Little Beaver LPs. Party Down features both sides of Little Beaver's finest recording, the jazzy "Party Down"; the melodic, lilting winner features his articulate lead guitar and sweet chord progressions. Only "Get Into the Party Life" is comparable; it too has jazzy overtones but is not as compelling.
"Let's Stick Together" and "I Can Dig It Baby are also great funky tunes.