Roy Porter Sound Machine And George Holmes

𝙍𝙤𝙮 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙢𝙚𝙨’ “𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙖” 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡-𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙠 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 — 𝙖 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙭 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙨, 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣-𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨.

A cult favourite among deep funk collectors, “Panama” hits with a raw, street-level energy: George Holmes’ guitar cuts through the mix with sharp, percussive drive while Roy Porter’s band locks into a heavy, fast-stepping rhythm. Everything moves with a sweaty urgency, as if recorded live in one take with the tape threatening to burn out.

Short, gritty and wildly propulsive, this is one of those rare sides that captures the untamed spirit of early-70s West Coast funk — a fierce burst of groove that still sets dancefloors on edge decades later.