Tag Archives: Funk

Legendary Motown bassist James Jamerson single-handedly revolutionized bass playing. Through the entire entire traditional Motown catalog (plus some non-Motown edges), Jamerson designed a fresh inventive design of bass playing and brought what have been deemed by some being a “minimal” instrument towards the forefront by using the electrical Fender bass, …

Long-running funk clothing L.T.D. — Like, Togetherness and Devotion — had been produced in Greensboro, NEW YORK in 1968 by keyboardist Jimmie “J.D.” Davis and saxophonist Abraham “Onion” Miller, both of whom previously supported the fantastic Sam & Dave. Upon relocating to NEW YORK, the duo recruited guitarist Johnny McGhee, …

A music group whose gimmick proved more interesting than the majority of their music, the Earons were a funk variation on Sunlight Ra’s cosmic mythology approach, with a small amount of Anthony Braxton’s mathematical obsession added. They stated to result from “Earon Globe,” and all of the associates were known …

Washington, D.C., bandleader, performer, and songwriter Chuck Dark brown was a prominent body in the city’s go-go picture. Chuck Dark brown & the Spirit Searchers had been also among the uncommon go-go acts to get national attention, despite the fact that these were short-lived. The Spirit Searchers included trombonist/keyboardist John …

The feminine trio in charge of the proto-disco funk classic “Female Marmalade,” LaBelle’s outlandish space-age costumes and brash incorporation of rock and roll & move were a long way off from their start as an average ’60s female group, not forgetting the afterwards solo career of frontwoman Patti LaBelle. While …

The Los Angeles-based quintet Creative Source seemingly appeared away from nowhere in the first ’70s to score using a funky disco rendition of Costs Withers’ “WHO’S He (And WHAT’S He for you).” The group, made up of Barbara Berryman, Barbara Lewis, Don Wyatt, Steve Ranagan, and Celeste Rose, was maintained …

Although name connotes a lady lead, Connie Price & the Keystones is actually a project helmed by Los Angeles-based guitarist/producer/multi-instrumentalist Dan Ubick (of Breakestra fame) and his friend trumpeter/arranger Todd M. Simon. Ubick, who performed a lot of the equipment for the “group” within the studio room, simply wished an …

The lead singer for Kool & the Gang from 1979 to 1988, James “J.T.” Taylor presided on the group’s industrial — otherwise artistic — top of the first to middle-’80s, later shifting to a single career. Delivered August 16, 1953, Taylor became a member of Kool & the Gang at …

Deep-voiced Latimore’s sultry middle-’70s output for Miami’s Glades label was a steamy marriage of soul and blues. Originally billed as Benny Latimore, the Tennessean started documenting for Miami mogul Henry Rock in 1965, and his past due-’60s Dade singles are solid deep spirit. Falling his first name on Glades, Latimore …

Pursuing in the footsteps of Gonzalez and the common White Music group, but frequently out-performing either of these acts, Kokomo continues to be described as probably the most authentic, and certainly probably the most traditional, funk music group Britain produced through the 1970s. Whereas various other acts of the ilk …