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KYfunkfan
03-04-2007, 10:55 AM
Alright peeps, if you haven't seen some of this footage or interviews it might be nice to tune in.
Tipitinas has some media clips of shows and interviews on their site.
Some good history and background to the funk culture in nawlins...
It was nice watchin' the Porter and Vidacovich interviews on their site. Good stuff. Here it is. Go here and click go next to "All webcasts".
http://www.tipitinas.com/content/
stlbarb
03-04-2007, 11:00 AM
so here's a question. how do YOU define funk?
funkkjunkie
03-04-2007, 06:00 PM
I've been thinking about this question today and if it makes me bob my head, it's funky to my ears. Maceo is doing it to me right now. Sly and the family stone, galactic, meters, funky meters. PBS, greyboy allstars, stanton moore, Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans brass bands, lettuce, delta nove, Tower of Power, The Nevilles, Robert Walter, the Underdawgs, big Sam, Soulive make it funky.
Corona
03-04-2007, 06:41 PM
I've been thinking about this question today and if it makes me bob my head, it's funky to my ears. Maceo is doing it to me right now. Sly and the family stone, galactic, meters, funky meters. PBS, greyboy allstars, stanton moore, Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans brass bands, lettuce, delta nove, Tower of Power, The Nevilles, Robert Walter, the Underdawgs, big Sam, Soulive make it funky.
DUMPSTAPHUNK and the New Orleans Social Club too....can't forget the prince of the keys....Ivan Neville (his uncle Art is the king of course :)
oooh and Papa Grows FUNK!!!!!
Man, I love the funk....the fonkier the better. Nothing makes me shake my ass more than some good hard NOLA funk :)
Zydekitten
03-04-2007, 06:43 PM
It's got a good beat and I can dance to it!
Orleansnj
03-04-2007, 06:46 PM
okay - I'm gonna whip out the geek hat and say that to me, funk is music that demonstrates a complex beat, strong, often melodic, bass lines, and has R&B/soul origins.
super dork off to eat dinner.....
Corona
03-04-2007, 06:50 PM
okay - I'm gonna whip out the geek hat and say that to me, funk is music that demonstrates a complex beat, strong, often melodic, bass lines, and has R&B/soul origins.
super dork off to eat dinner.....
nah, not dorky....just technical....you sound smart :)
csoul
03-04-2007, 07:46 PM
DUMPSTAPHUNK and the New Orleans Social Club too....can't forget the prince of the keys....Ivan Neville (his uncle Art is the king of course :)
oooh and Papa Grows FUNK!!!!!
Man, I love the funk....the fonkier the better. Nothing makes me shake my ass more than some good hard NOLA funk :)
Mr. Soul & I had a debate today about whose version of Fortunate Son is better. Ivan or Fogerty. I voted for Ivan, for the FUNKINESS. Mr. Soul is a redneck at heart, so of course he went with Fogerty. I liked Fogerty's version until I heard Ivan's. Gotta' love the funk!
funkkjunkie
03-04-2007, 07:49 PM
YYR, corona. How could i forget the dumpstaphunk and papa john? nolanj reminded me I was gonna say in my post and forgot: Now I don't one thing about the technical side of music, I just know what is funkygood to me.
Priestboy
03-04-2007, 10:29 PM
It's got a good beat and I can dance to it!
so, Dick, I give it an 85!!:D
KYfunkfan
03-04-2007, 11:01 PM
...so what is funk?
geez, i'm so down with the discount with what funkjunkie said (i'm real hip with those bands/individuals you mentioned), and with what corona said (i definitely like to move my buns and feel it in my bone marrow).
however, there certainly are at least in my mind many variations of funk...what is supernova about new orleans is that nearly everything affiliated with it (the culture, the city, the lifestyle) is fonk....
so, stickin' with the new orleans theme, let's add Johnny Adams, the Gators, Jon Cleary, Kermit Ruffins, and on and on...
one thing that i have noticed is that many of the jambands that have no roots at all from new orleans simply do not fill the funky void that many people think they do fill...for example, widespread panic and phish....
oh, an addition to the funk that's not really from new orleans would be fareeq haque and garaj mahal...go here and you can stream a show:
http://www.archive.org/details/garajmahal2005-09-30.c4.flacf
ultimately, when we are talking about the unique new orleans style funk, that "genre" (yes, i'm suggesting it might be a genre of its own) has as it's backbone afro-caribbean influence, regardless of the color of the skin of the kids playin' it.....
mightyradgumbo
03-05-2007, 12:00 AM
...so what is funk?
one thing that i have noticed is that many of the jambands that have no roots at all from new orleans simply do not fill the funky void that many people think they do fill...for example, widespread panic and phish....
I disagree wholeheartedly KYfunkfan. I do think that there are a good many bands that throw down some funky stuff with some serious bass lines and pretty groovy beats of their own. The Grateful Dead, the original jam band IMO, had influences ranging from bluegrass to Coltrane and Miles to tribal beats Mickey Hart was so influential in passing on to many of the drummers of the new jamband culture. In addition, I am not sure how you can say that something doesn't fill a void for somebody else. I find funky music wherever I go so my void isn't that big to fill.
Can't Stop Da Funk!
http://www.scramblecampbell.com/Photogallery/DMBNevilleBrothersRedRocks/images/Neville%20Brothers%20Red%20Rocks.jpg
KYfunkfan
03-05-2007, 12:12 AM
I disagree wholeheartedly KYfunkfan. I do think that there are a good many bands that throw down some funky stuff with some serious bass lines and pretty groovy beats of their own. The Grateful Dead, the original jam band IMO, had influences ranging from bluegrass to Coltrane and Miles to tribal beats Mickey Hart was so influential in passing on to many of the drummers of the new jamband culture. In addition, I am not sure how you can say that something doesn't fill a void for somebody else. I find funky music wherever I go so my void isn't that big to fill.
that's certainly cool and i would agree about the dead, etc....i in fact would consider some bluegrass to be quite funky (sam bush, bela fleck, david grisman, etc...)....
and hey, lol, it certainly is not my intention to imply what you can and can't have to fill your funk void...that's between you and what ever funkifies yo life!!!!
bottom line for me (imho) new orleans funk and r&b is a brand of music that is all its own...a brand of music that for me (maybe not for you, maybe for you) has much more substance and roots than a whole lot of other music (isn't new orleans the birth place of, uh, sumthin'?)....
oh yeah, i definitely agree there is a lot of funk out there, but i'm not lookin' at this point to get into that beyond new orleans....
this Dora the Explorer's World Adventure CD i got for my two girls last week is actually quite funky....lol...and Aaron Neville guest vocals with Dora on Iko Iko....too funny....
pokerchick66
03-05-2007, 12:19 AM
Backpack, backpack . . .
KYfunkfan
03-05-2007, 12:38 AM
Backpack, backpack . . .
teee heeeee.....
"ahhhhhhh, mannnnn!!!!"
that's our favorite.....he's just too cute for us not to have empathy
pokerchick66
03-05-2007, 12:42 AM
My REAL favorite is Spongebob. I love that little sponge.
KYfunkfan
03-05-2007, 12:44 AM
i didn't for a while but they now crack me up....
there used to be this character on rolie polie olie, olie's uncle, that was a take on elvis....man that was a hoot.....
sniffle sniffle, where did good ol rolie go?
Corona
03-05-2007, 06:31 AM
i didn't for a while but they now crack me up....
there used to be this character on rolie polie olie, olie's uncle, that was a take on elvis....man that was a hoot.....
sniffle sniffle, where did good ol rolie go?
omg..you guys!! NEVER thought I'd see this kinda drift on a music thread. I love it!!!! Dora... :)
Anyway, from KYfunkfan:
bottom line for me (imho) new orleans funk and r&b is a brand of music that is all its own...a brand of music that for me (maybe not for you, maybe for you) has much more substance and roots than a whole lot of other music (isn't new orleans the birth place of, uh, sumthin'?)....
I agree wholeheartedly about Nola funk being it's own genre....it truly is. There are some other good funk bands but I've never been funked to the bone by any band other than bands in New Orleans such as PGF, Nevilles, Underdawgs, Meters, Dumpstaphunk etc. They are in their own league IMHO!
omg..you guys!! NEVER thought I'd see this kinda drift on a music thread. I love it!!!! Dora... :)
Anyway, from KYfunkfan:
bottom line for me (imho) new orleans funk and r&b is a brand of music that is all its own...a brand of music that for me (maybe not for you, maybe for you) has much more substance and roots than a whole lot of other music (isn't new orleans the birth place of, uh, sumthin'?)....
I agree wholeheartedly about Nola funk being it's own genre....it truly is. There are some other good funk bands but I've never been funked to the bone by any band other than bands in New Orleans such as PGF, Nevilles, Underdawgs, Meters, Dumpstaphunk etc. They are in their own league IMHO!I agree in principle, Lis, but there are exceptions. Sly, TOP, War, and P-Funk, Isleys, and the man who really started it all- James brown. I think most of those you listed would agree that these were big influences on them.
Corona
03-05-2007, 08:20 AM
I agree in principle, Lis, but there are exceptions. Sly, TOP, War, and P-Funk, Isleys, and the man who really started it all- James brown. I think most of those you listed would agree that these were big influences on them.
oh for sure and I love them but maybe because I haven't got to see any of those bands live, I can't judge based on cd's ya know? They are seriously fonky but Nola-funk rocks me to my core like NOTHING else. I almost find Nola-funk to be a heavy, dirty groove where some of the others don't feel as 'dirty' for lack of a better word....maybe gritty? Not sure how to explain it better....it's a feeling really....just that deep down, feel it in your belly, hard funk. Like Dragon Smoke last year...holy CRAP!!!! Man, I'm soooo excited!!!! There are some seriously hard fonky shows this year :)
KYfunkfan
03-05-2007, 11:16 AM
not that the grids are behind, but the booking of some fonky shows is lacking at this point.....
i'm hopin' that robert walter gets scheduled outside of greyboy...
...corona, geez chickadee i gets da willies readin' yo description of dat fonk!!!!!!
when i get that feel in my marrow it usually leads to some trancy fonkin'....
Frosty
03-05-2007, 11:24 AM
Is it me or has nobody mentioned Rebirth?
KYfunkfan
03-05-2007, 11:27 AM
i've refrained from listing bands for fear of leaving some out!!!!
but yeah, you is right about all the brazz....
i didnt know prior to making this thread that johnny vidacovich played drums with the fess....maybe everyone else did, but i got that from the interview with him on the tipitinas (tips) website..
funkkjunkie
03-05-2007, 12:17 PM
It's ok. Our brains cannot remember every band. Besides you may list somebody I, or someone else, hasn't given a listen.
Corona
03-05-2007, 01:31 PM
not that the grids are behind, but the booking of some fonky shows is lacking at this point.....
i'm hopin' that robert walter gets scheduled outside of greyboy...
...corona, geez chickadee i gets da willies readin' yo description of dat fonk!!!!!!
when i get that feel in my marrow it usually leads to some trancy fonkin'....
:) What a great feeling it is huh? how many more days??!!
Rebirth for sure and the Hot 8...those boys are kicking some serious ass. The 2fors just caught them in Miami with Rebirth, Soul Rebels and Dr. John. They had to admit that the Hot 8 blew Rebirth away that night....nice to see some competition in the brass world again. I love them all :) :)
Zbonnie
03-05-2007, 01:45 PM
I heard a great segment on the American Routes radio show interviewing folks from Hot 8, Rebirth, Soul Rebels, etc. The Rebirth guy was saying how it was so cool to have new, younger brass bands come along and keep them on their toes - there's competition, but friendly competition. And the Hot 8 guy was saying how there was no question but that he had to play for his band mate's funeral march, and play his very best because his fallen buddy was up there listening to him blow. It made me cry then and it's making me cry now. There's such a deep cultural component to the whole NOLA brass band community. Look/listen here: http://www.americanroutes.org/thisweek.html
Which brings up another question - how to simply explain to people what NOLA brass band music is. When someone asks me what band I saw, and I say Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, and they say what kind of music is that, and I say "New Orleans-style brass band music", I get a blank stare in response.
Corona
03-05-2007, 01:55 PM
:) What a great feeling it is huh? how many more days??!!
Rebirth for sure and the Hot 8...those boys are kicking some serious ass. The 2fors just caught them in Miami with Rebirth, Soul Rebels and Dr. John. They had to admit that the Hot 8 blew Rebirth away that night....nice to see some competition in the brass world again. I love them all :) :)
KY, I'm checkin' out some of the archive tunes you sent forward on here....pretty funky...that one tune (I forget S2T2 or something) was wonderfully funky and those keys were smokin! Thanks for giving me something to smile about while at work :)
Corona
03-05-2007, 01:57 PM
I heard a great segment on the American Routes radio show interviewing folks from Hot 8, Rebirth, Soul Rebels, etc. The Rebirth guy was saying how it was so cool to have new, younger brass bands come along and keep them on their toes - there's competition, but friendly competition. And the Hot 8 guy was saying how there was no question but that he had to play for his band mate's funeral march, and play his very best because his fallen buddy was up there listening to him blow. It made me cry then and it's making me cry now. There's such a deep cultural component to the whole NOLA brass band community. Look/listen here: http://www.americanroutes.org/thisweek.html
Which brings up another question - how to simply explain to people what NOLA brass band music is. When someone asks me what band I saw, and I say Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, and they say what kind of music is that, and I say "New Orleans-style brass band music", I get a blank stare in response.
You know what Bon? The Nola brass band sound is definitely not something I can explain either...it's something they need to experience and feel on their own. Any type of explanation efforts just won't do them justice in my opinion....that brass band sound makes my heart soar when they start blowin' like crazy...nothin' like it anywhere :)
Zydekitten
03-05-2007, 02:49 PM
You know what Bon? The Nola brass band sound is definitely not something I can explain either...it's something they need to experience and feel on their own. Any type of explanation efforts just won't do them justice in my opinion....that brass band sound makes my heart soar when they start blowin' like crazy...nothin' like it anywhere :)
Oh, I'm SO with you, Lis!!! There is just nothing like it: not Military Brass Band, not Dixieland Brass Band, not Big Band . . . the sounds just enters my body and sparkles all through it, right down to my feet - which then have to move and groove to the beat.
It's New Orleans brass band music that after hearing the Dirty Dozen play it in S.F., got me to finally go to Jazzfest!! :D
Corona
03-05-2007, 02:51 PM
Oh, I'm SO with you, Lis!!! There is just nothing like it: not Military Brass Band, not Dixieland Brass Band, not Big Band . . . the sounds just enters my body and sparkles all through it, right down to my feet - which then have to move and groove to the beat.
It's New Orleans brass band music that after hearing the Dirty Dozen play it in S.F., got me to finally go to Jazzfest!! :D
cool!! :)
funkkjunkie
03-05-2007, 03:27 PM
kyfunkfan, Walter, Denson and Vidacovich at Lebontempsroule on wed, 5/2.
And frosty, i mentioned nola brass bands as a group because i love them all!
KYfunkfan
03-05-2007, 03:31 PM
kyfunkfan, Walter, Denson and Vidacovich at Lebontempsroule on wed, 5/2.
And frosty, i mentioned nola brass bands as a group because i love them all!
crrrappppp!!!!!! i can't make it that early in the week....crrrapppppp!!!!!!! man that's an awesome joint to catch those kiddos
thankx sweetie, brah, sista, girlie girl, woman of the world, for the info....keep it rollin'
Yangety!
03-05-2007, 03:31 PM
i'm hopin' that robert walter gets scheduled outside of greyboy...
The jazzfestgrids currently show Robert with Karl D and Johnny V at Le Bon Temps on Wed 5/2 (Daze Between). I'm sure Robert will be playing elsewhere as well - maybe part of Will Bernard's band or Stanton Moore Trio? I wouldn't be surprised to see him as part of either of those lineups.
RW makes his home in New Orleans these days, so I'm sure he's gotta lotta thangs lined up.
KYfunkfan
03-05-2007, 03:34 PM
The jazzfestgrids currently show Robert with Karl D and Johnny V at Le Bon Temps on Wed 5/2 (Daze Between). I'm sure Robert will be playing elsewhere as well - maybe part of Will Bernard's band or Stanton Moore Trio? I wouldn't be surprised to see him as part of either of those lineups.
RW makes his home in New Orleans these days, so I'm sure he's gotta lotta thangs lined up.
yeah, i believe our right, but it's kinda eerie the lack of info about some of my traditional funk favorites.....maybe somethin' is about to be dropped....
saturn
03-05-2007, 03:36 PM
yeah, i believe our right, but it's kinda eerie the lack of info about some of my traditional funk favorites.....maybe somethin' is about to be dropped....
The Superfly shows are scheduled to be announced tomorrow -- Maybe?
;)
gladtobehere
03-05-2007, 03:57 PM
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic.
You want a definition of funk? It just can't get any more funky!
Marc
funkkjunkie
03-05-2007, 04:08 PM
lol, brutha. I am so excited for that show! gonna miss some ponderosa stomp to see it.
dank_bass
03-06-2007, 09:44 AM
kyfunkfan, Walter, Denson and Vidacovich at Lebontempsroule on wed, 5/2.
And frosty, i mentioned nola brass bands as a group because i love them all!
Please, please, please catch another configuration of this same group with Marco Benevento on keys ... you will not be disappointed ... check the grids for what dates they may have
KYfunkfan
03-06-2007, 09:48 AM
Please, please, please catch another configuration of this same group with Marco Benevento on keys ... you will not be disappointed ... check the grids for what dates they may have
ahhhhh (as in i feel my breath just got knocked out of me)....
i've been a walter fan for a while now and haven't yet seen benevento....
can you give me your sense of his style? the Duo he played in really did not do much for me.....
i really really like walter, and still cannot understand why he seems to not get the credit he deserves, although he may not seek it....
HOWEVER, it's not below me to see benevento and i won't feel like i'm cheating on my brah walter if i do!!!!!!!
McGregor
03-06-2007, 10:08 AM
the Duo he played in really did not do much for me.....
You can say that again! HA!
But I've seen him play with other musicians and thought it was great so...
dank_bass
03-06-2007, 10:12 AM
You can say that again! HA!
But I've seen him play with other musicians and thought it was great so...
The Duo may not suit everyones tastes ... they tend to get spacey with their arrangements sometimes, but Marco is TOP NOTCH!! So go check him out with someone else. He is so fun to watch also ... I' ve never seen a happier musician on stage
PS Joe Russo is also awesome, was just saying to check out Marco in another environment if you dont dig the Duo
McGregor
03-06-2007, 10:14 AM
but Marco is TOP NOTCH!! So go check him out with someone else. He is so fun to watch also .
oh yea, I definitely agree.
I' ve never seen a happier musician on stage
No doubt. He never quits smiling up there and I appreciate that.
hewboy22
03-06-2007, 10:15 AM
The Duo may not suit everyones tastes ... they tend to get spacey with their arrangements sometimes, but Marco is TOP NOTCH!! So go check him out with someone else. He is so fun to watch also ... I' ve never seen a happier musician on stage
love the duo!
stoked for those Garage A Benevento shows and marco with skerik, porter and johnny v at the leaf!
what's up dan! :)
dank_bass
03-06-2007, 04:00 PM
love the duo!
stoked for those Garage A Benevento shows and marco with skerik, porter and johnny v at the leaf!
what's up dan! :)
Hey, doin alright ... working though :(
I am so psyched for all those combinations with Marco ... I wanna see him once with Stanton, and Once with Johnny V ... by the way Stanton highly endorses Marco and The Duo, he had it in his top three listens in a recent interview with him
funkkjunkie
03-11-2007, 06:53 PM
So it's less than 6 weeks before the jazzfest and in this house that means it's time for only new orleans music. Galactic's crazyhorse mongoose was in the rotation and it brought back sooo many memories. I went to my first jazzfest in 1998 but I was clueless about Galactic. They played. I didn't see them. Later, on the old purple board, the predecessor of the antique bored, which was the predecessor of this one, peeps were talking about Galactic. I bought crazyhorse and Cooling Off, which were released in sept98 and july98. OMG, that was a life changing moment. The next year, I saw them at the the jazzfest, at an instore at tower records, at Memphis in May, in LIttle Rock and in Memphis at the New Daisy. That's the funk. That's what brought me here, babeeeee!!!!!!!
Now Greyboy Allstars. So they're not exactly New Orleans, but they do play New Olreans. :cool:
Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)
03-24-2007, 09:47 PM
so here's a question. how do YOU define funk?
The word "funk", once defined in dictionaries as body odor or the smell of sexual intercourse, commonly was regarded as coarse or indecent. African-American musicians originally applied "funk" to music with a slow, mellow groove, then later with a hard-driving, insistent rhythm because of the word's association with sexual intercourse. This early form of the music set the pattern for later musicians.
Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)
03-24-2007, 09:53 PM
The Meters defined funk in New Orleans, starting with their Top Ten R&B hits "Sophisticated Cissy" and "Cissy Strut" in 1969. Another group who would define funk in the decade to come were The Isley Brothers, whose funky 1969 #1 R&B hit, "It's Your Thing", signaled a breakthrough in African-American music, bridging the gaps of the rock of Jimi Hendrix and the upbeat soul of Sly & the Family Stone and Mother's Finest.
Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)
03-24-2007, 09:55 PM
Funk is a major element of certain artists identified with the Jam band scene of the late 1990s and 2000s. Medeski Martin & Wood, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Galactic, Soulive, and Karl Denson's Tiny Universe all drawing heavily from the funk tradition. Karl Denson's Tiny Universe members have also pioneered a modernized version of the Funk sound with their "Funktronica" group BLUSIRKUT that maintains the syncopated rhythms, thick bass line, rhythm-oriented horn sections, prominent percussion, danceability of strong jazz influences - blending it with current technology to add electronic based elements and soundscapes (the instruments have become interchangeable - i.e. bass lines and percussion can now be performed by the trumpet and effects processing). On an added note, Vermont-based Phish went through a period of funky jams which fans refer to as their "cow funk" stage.
NeenAtlanta
03-25-2007, 08:36 AM
To me, funk is all about the spaces between the notes. The rhythm often comes from the spaces.
Belle
03-25-2007, 08:51 AM
For me Funk is a driving bass line that make your backbone slip and dip!!
From Wikipedia
Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American performers blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony, and brings a strong rhythmmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Unlike R&B and soul songs, which had many chord changes, funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord.
Like much African music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, and drums playing interlocking rhythms. Funk bands also usually have a horn section of several saxophones, trumpets, and in some cases, a trombone, which plays rhythmic "shots".
Influential African American funk performers include James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, George Clinton, and The Meters. Notable 1970s funk bands included Earth, Wind & Fire, Tower of Power, The Commodores, and Kool & the Gang. Funk music was a major influence on the development of 1970s disco music and funk samples are used in most styles of hip hop music.
Since funk music was the dance music of the late 1960s and 1970s, it creates an intense groove by using strongbass guitar riffs and basslines. Before soul music, bass was rarely prominent in popular music. Funk built on Motown recordings which put bassists such as James Jamerson to the forefront. Like Motown recordings, funk songs used bass lines as the centerpiece of songs.
Notable funk bassists include Bernard Edwards, George Porter, Jr., Bootsy Collins, Louis Johnson and Larry Graham of Sly & the Family Stone. Larry Graham soon became the number one of his time. Graham is often credited with inventing the percussive "slap bass technique," which became a distinctive element of funk.
Some of the best known and most skillful soloists in funk have jazz backgrounds. Trombonist Fred Wesley and saxophonist Maceo Parker are among the most notable musicians in the funk music genre, both having worked with James Brown, George Clinton, and Prince. Many funk musicians were directly reacting to the increasingly complex structure of Bebop and Modern Jazz. Modern Jazz was becoming so complicated that there could be 4 chord changes per measure, creating a dizzying rapid-fire movement through key centers and themes.
Funk, while often utilizing the same extended chords as found in jazz, virtually abandoned chord changes, creating static single chord vamps with little harmonic movement, but with a complex and driving rhythmic feel. Jazz was, in turn, strongly influenced by funk in the 1970s, beginning with Miles Davis, the founder of the jazz fusion movement, and his former pianist Herbie Hancock.
In funk bands, guitarists typically play in a percussive style, often using the wah-wah sound effect. "Dead" or muted notes often are used in riffs to strengthen percussive elements. Jimi Hendrix was a pioneer of funk rock. Hendrix's improvised, other-worldly solos influenced Ernie Isley of The Isley Brothers, and Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic. Eddie Hazel, who worked with George Clinton, is one of the most notable guitar soloists in funk. Jimmy Nolen and Phelps Collins are famous funk rhythm guitarists who both worked with James Brown.
frangooch
03-25-2007, 08:59 AM
Y'all are too young. ;-) Think of James Jamerson and the Funk Brothers.
The Father of Funk is the Godfather of Soul
PaulC
03-25-2007, 10:52 PM
Don't know how i managed to miss a thread that is all about why I love New Orleans,.. but aside from all that local glorious brass and all,... there is lots and loads of funk to be found in this world no matter what you consider it to be,...
but,..
it's beyond my understandin' how the most intelligent,.. classiest,.. sexiest,.. AND funkiest royal queen of the genre,.. who just so happens to honor all that is right and good about music every time she graces our prescence,.. that bein' the Bonnie who flies over many an ocean,.. doesn't "RAITT" a mention here.... If you can listen to the funkiest slide lady of them all play and not "RAITT" that experience among the funkiest then I don't get what the funk you're all talkin' bout.......
Got to love those two kings who taught me what funk is all about,.. that bein' the good local Dr. John,..., and as mentioned previously by one or two others,.. Mr. Sly and his family of stone hard funk....
For the past many years i have always tried to catch The Absolute Monster Gentleman and that piano/keyboard dude who Ms. Raitt jus' kinda' knew,.... who knew how to bring that thing called funk....
Think bout' it,... Bonnie had a funky connection with a side guy who then came to lead a band that has been voted morew than once the funkiest of New Orleans........ hmmmmm????....
actually my first hand contact with what I consider to be funk was Tower of Power,.. and now that I'm thinkin' about the past gots to love that Sneakin' Sally through the Alley thing-a-ma-gig............
gots to love that Sneakin' Sally through the Alley thing-a-ma-gig............
I been playin' that disc a lot since we first talked about it (on the previous board?)!
glinda
03-26-2007, 09:21 AM
I been playin' that disc a lot since we first talked about it (on the previous board?)!
Think it was on the old bored, ohio. I picked it up at that time too. A good one!
Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)
03-26-2007, 02:19 PM
The first words that come to mind when you say New Orleans Funk is, The Neville Brothers.