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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

13. Do Your Thing

This track is incredible, that sound, that’s the swamp talking. It’s a very New Orleans kind of sound. When you listen to this kind of music it’s that Southern rich sound of the land, when it’s just coming through the speakers, the groove of it, it’s hypnotic. Yet it’s also trying to make a point because it acknowledges the Native American plight and so I think the song is not just sonically taking you on a journey, but it’s a documenting history.

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