"Pass it On" by Pieces of Peace is the one tune on the extraordinary 40-track "Eccentric Soul: Twighnight's Lunar Rotation" that always slams my senses. The song includes instrumentals that are funky and frenetic and vocals that are smooth and sweet."Pollution," a tune from a self-titled album featuring recently unearthed tapes by the Chicago funksters, is even better. This is funk with both an attitude and a message. And "Flunky for Your Love" sounds a bit like a Temptations tune on which someone turned up the funk
The band's good when it slows the pace, too; the love song "I Still Care" is mighty pretty. Still, there are a lot of acts that recorded pretty soul burners. Pieces of Peace's funk makes the band stand out, even if not enough folks were paying attention back in the '70s.
