Tag Archives: Deep Funk

Joe Quarterman was an unfairly overlooked funk and spirit singer influenced by — however, not imitative of — Wayne Dark brown. Honing his chops in chapel choirs and different vocal organizations, Quarterman gained the nickname “Sir” in senior high school while performing with an organization known as the Knights; he …

It had been 1975 in Jackson, MS, when business lead guitarist, Caleb Tyrone Armstrong, students at Wingfield senior high school, and Ray Smith (bass), students at Jackson Condition College, formed Independence. The various other members had been Joe Leslie (business lead vocalist and bongos), David Thigpen (sax), Victor Mason (drums), …

Willie & the Mighty Magnificents were a fresh Jersey-based funk ensemble led by guitarist/vocalist Willie Feaster, who recorded for Joe and Sylvia Robinson’s All Platinum label family members. Initially finished by bassist/keyboardist Val Burke and drummer Arnold Ramsey, the group experienced a harder, deeper, even more Southern-tinged sound compared to …

Among the strangest, most fascinating deep funk albums from the ’70s was titled Marvin Whoremonger and credited to a music group called Tag III. Conceptualized with a NEVADA hustler, the record was constructed around single-take periods documented by guitarist Richard Thompson, bass guitarist Clifford Johnson, and drummer Michael Thompson (most …

Heavily involved with Northern soul as well as the development of what he termed “deep funk” — being a DJ, compilation producer, and label operator — Keb Darge’s route through a tireless promotion of neglected and forgotten soul and funk in the ’60s and ’70s began when he was a …

Lee Areas initially produced his name among die-hard funk enthusiasts with some hard-hitting singles recorded for various little labels through the ’70s. Everything about Areas — his appear, his vocals, the grooves on his information — was therefore indebted to Adam Dark brown that he received the nickname “Small J.B.” …

Nicknamed the “Female Preacher,” Lyn Collins was found out in the first ’70s along with her relatives Bootsy and Catfish Collins by James Brown, who was simply making the change towards the hardest funk stage of his career. Lyn Collins was created June 12, 1948, in Abilene, TX, where she …

Fugi was a psychedelic soul-funk music group signed to Chess subsidiary Cadet in the later ’60s. Simply the work of 1 guy, Ellington Jordan, their music was inspired particularly with the acidity rock aspect of Jimi Hendrix, and bore a resemblance towards the druggy, guitar-driven spirit of early Funkadelic. Their …

Dyke & the Blazers were among the initial acts — most likely the initial notable work — to try out funk apart from James Brown. Certainly, they often times sounded just like a type of junior edition of Brown as well as the JB’s, playing tunes where the rhythms and …

MUSIC was a good, hard-driving funk ensemble using a flair for up-tempo grooves and intense, mind-bending guitar function drenched in fuzz and wah-wah results. Composed of business lead vocalist Arthur Give, Leroy Frailing, Johnny Groman, Gregory Holmes, Wayne Lindsey, Melvin Kilometers, Anton Scott, and Reginald Wright, the rather huge group …