{"id":529,"date":"2013-04-05T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=529"},"modified":"2013-04-02T23:37:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T22:37:30","slug":"song-of-the-week-love-gravy-by-rick-james-and-ike-turner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=529","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Love Gravy&#8221; by Rick James and Ike Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s &#8220;Love Gravy&#8221; by Rick James and Ike Turner:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rzQIXB8ifq0\">Rick James and Ike Turner&#8211; &#8220;Love Gravy&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I guess if you get the two men in the music business you&#8217;d least likely want to bring home to mother into the same studio, this is the kind of thing that&#8217;s bound to happen.\u00a0 My friends Tiffany and Larry introduced me to this ridiculous song when they put it on a mixtape they made for me many years ago.\u00a0 For some reason, it&#8217;s been popping in and out of my head this week.\u00a0 Tiffany is a writer.\u00a0 You should buy her novels.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanymurray.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find out about her and them here<\/a>. 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