Posted on 07/23/2011 6:50:27 PM PDT by Son House
I remember The Meters from back in the dim mists of my boyhood. They never got as huge as Parliament/Funkadelic, but I seem to recall that they were a cool band.
I’ll check out your link to get a listen to them again.
The Florida Funk compilation is very good. But don’t forget the masters:
Bobby Byrd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ5mrc5dVtY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb2061WsE40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8UJMvmRWQA&feature=related
Grant Green
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3entIVDG88&feature=related
Richard “Groove” Holmes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yLJU6j_YEc
and of course, the inimitable JB, who will always be the true “patron saint” of the GOP to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZkjo3mNmsA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foRukX6mW2Y&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otF5XwyVy2M&feature=related
The Herbalizer mix of TL&SN is excellent, too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ZGy1qLS14&feature=related
In my view, some of the best funk of that era came from none other than Miles Davis. It is mind-blowingly beautiful, and intellectually challenging, music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbCZaI313A&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRVvIovxPaA
The Ohio Players had the best album covers, ever.
Had the O’Jays confused with the Ohio Players think about the song Love Train, but here’s one with a good bass track I had forgotten about
For the love of money- The O’Jays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjuRhETwbI0&feature=related
...and how could I have forgotten The Meters?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ojJymYh40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQud62EmZyo&feature=related
Just got a James Brown 20 all time greatest hits, $1.99 at the second hand store, and little did I realize just how good a singer he was, of coarse hearing ‘I feel good’ the only song being played all the time obscures all his other great music
Renegades of Funk: 10 of the Funkiest Guitar Songs
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/renegades-of-funk-0811/
Thanks for throwing in the Miles Davis, having listened to his music in a Jazz context certainly limited the scope I’m getting here
I love that song, it’s been recently used as the opening theme for one of the Trump Apprentice shows.
ditto on the addition of Miles Davis...he often tossed in a ton of funk...try his 1974 “Red China Blues” cut for some imbedded funk.
Wonderful funky bass! I love it...I am going to figure it out and practice that.
James Brown was a conservative, and a true patriot. Check these two songs out, for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYNJK5sHHeo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A25BLLXuM0
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