I can't tell you much about this tasty slice of organ funk except that it came out of New York in the mid- to late1960s. Organist Ross Carnegie was mentioned several times in the society pages of New York magazines during the 60s and 70s so one would presume he lived there.
Cool Dad (b/w Win, Lose or Draw) on the El-Con label has turned into quite a collectible disc on the northern soul market.
Cool Dad has been anthologized at least twice in the CD age, first on the 1999 release Vital Organs, which apparently is still available here.
Cool Dad was also included in the 2006 compilation, Absolute Funk, Vol. 3, on the Body and Soul label.
You'll pay at least $35-40 for a copy of this out-of-print CD. Fortunately, it's available as a download.
YouTube has a video showing Ross Carnegie performing recently in Dallas, but the audio and picture quality is so awful I won't link to it here.
However, this YouTube selection starts off with Win, Lose or Draw, the "B" side of the Cool Dad single.
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