Funk Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion

by Thompson, Dave

• ISBN13: 9780879306298
• ISBN10: 0879306297
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Backbeat

Summary

Get down with the music that mixes RandB and soul with a little rock'n'roll. This newest addition to the Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion series traces funk from its James Brown roots through today's groove with groups like the Red Hot Chili Peppers - folks who "got on the good foot." Alongside detailed artist biographies, anecdotes and discographies, this guide reviews and rates 1,500 recordings that illustrate each band's sound and musical impact. Artists covered include Average White Band, George Clinton, Herbie Hancock, Rick James, Chaka Khan, Curtis Mayfield, The Meters, Prince, Sly Stone, Tower of Power, War, Wild Cherry and many more.

Author Biography

Dave Thompson is author of over 70 rock music books. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo, Goldmine, Q and other leading magazines, and produced liner notes for major artists

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Introduction	vii
PART ONE: PRE-FUNK
Vicki Anderson	1	(1)
Autumn Records	2	(1)
Beau Dollar & the Dapps	2	(1)
Archie Bell & the Drells	3	(1)
Booker T. & the MGs	4	(4)
James Brown	8	(19)
Bobby Byrd	27	(2)
Dyke & the Blazers	29	(1)
Isley Brothers	30	(6)
Fela Ransome Kuti	36	(5)
The Last Poets	41	(2)
The Mar-Keys	43	(2)
Stax/Volt Records	45	(2)
Sly Stone	47	(6)
Watts Prophets	53	(2)
Essays
Frontiers of Funk: Gumbo and the Groove	55	(4)
Frontiers of Funk: The Psyche-Funka-Delic Experience	59	(5)
Frontiers of Funk: Motown Gets With It	64	(5)
PART TWO: CLASSIC FUNK
Act One	69	(1)
Average White Band	69	(4)
Baby Huey and the Babysitters	73	(1)
The Bar-Kays	73	(4)
Black Nazty	77	(1)
Hamilton Bohannon	77	(2)
Brother to Brother	79	(1)
Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds	80	(2)
Jimmy Castor	82	(2)
George Clinton	84	(19)
Bootsy Collins	103	(6)
Lyn Collins	109	(1)
The Commodores	110	(4)
Ruth Copeland	114	(1)
The Counts	115	(1)
Curtom Records	116	(1)
Carl Douglas	117	(1)
Earth Wind & Fire	118	(6)
Enterprise Records	124	(1)
Funk Inc.	124	(2)
Gonzalez	126	(1)
Larry Graham	126	(3)
Herbie Hancock	129	(4)
Fuzzy Haskins	133	(1)
Isaac Hayes	134	(5)
Eddie Hazel	139	(2)
Hot Chocolate	141	(1)
Hot City Bump Band	142	(1)
Invictus Records	143	(2)
The JBs	145	(3)
Kokomo	148	(1)
Kool & the Gang	149	(7)
Lafayette Afro Rock Band	156	(1)
Malo	157	(1)
Curtis Mayfield	158	(6)
The Meters	164	(5)
Zigaboo Modeliste	169	(1)
New Birth	169	(2)
The Ohio Players	171	(5)
Maceo Parker	176	(3)
People Records	179	(2)
Rufus	181	(2)
Tower of Power	183	(5)
Undisputed Truth	188	(1)
War	189	(4)
Fred Wesley	193	(2)
Westbound Records	195	(1)
Barry White	196	(6)
Norman Whitfield	202	(1)
Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	203	(4)
Essays
Blaxploitation: Funk Goes to teh Movies	207	(7)
The British Rock Funk Connection	214	(5)
PART THREE: DISCO FUNK
Aurra	219	(1)
Roy Ayers	220	(2)
Taka Boom	222	(1)
Brass Construction	223	(3)
Brick	226	(1)
The Brides of Funkenstein	226	(2)
The Brothers Johnson	228	(2)
B.T. Express	230	(1)
Cameo	231	(3)
Rafael Cameron	234	(1)
Chocolate Milk	235	(1)
The Clarke-Duke Project	236	(3)
Con Funk Shun	239	(3)
Crown Heights Affair	242	(1)
Dazz Band	243	(2)
The Fatback Band	245	(4)
Fat Larry's Band	249	(1)
Faze-O	250	(1)
The Gap Band	250	(4)
Heatwave	254	(2)
Hi Tension	256	(1)
Instant Funk	256	(3)
Rick James	259	(3)
KC & the Sunshine Band	262	(3)
Chaka Khan	265	(3)
Lakeside	268	(2)
LTD	270	(1)
Maze	271	(1)
Midnight Star	272	(2)
Mutiny	274	(1)
Parlet	275	(1)
Praxis	276	(1)
Rose Royce	276	(2)
Skyy	278	(1)
Slave	279	(3)
S.O.S. Band	282	(1)
Stuff	283	(1)
Stylus	284	(1)
Sun	285	(1)
Wild Cherry	285	(2)
Essays
Disco and the Death of Funk	287	(4)
Hot Grooves: Cold Storage	291	(2)
PART FOUR: THE NEW SCHOOL
Acid Jazz Records	293	(2)
Adu	295	(1)
Beggar and Co.	295	(1)
Brand New Heavies	296	(1)
Brooklyn Funk Essentials	297	(1)
Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers	297	(2)
Defunkt	299	(1)
Digital Underground	300	(2)
Fishbone	302	(1)
Freeez	303	(1)
Galactic	304	(1)
Imagination	305	(1)
Incognito	306	(2)
Incorporated Thang Band	308	(1)
Jamiroquai	308	(2)
Chaz Jankel	310	(1)
Kashif	311	(1)
Kiddo	312	(1)
Bill Laswell	313	(1)
Light of the World	314	(1)
Linx	315	(1)
Power Station	315	(1)
Prince	316	(7)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers	323	(3)
Roogalator	326	(1)
Shakatak	327	(1)
Skunkhour	328	(1)
The Time	329	(1)
Trouble Funk	330	(1)
24-7 Spyz	331	(1)
Bernie Worrell	332	(1)
Zapp	333	(4)
Essays
P-Funk Meets the F-Punk	337	(5)
The Birth of Go-Go	342	(4)
Rap: The Sons of the P	346	(4)
Funkin' Up a Storm: Essential Funk Compilations	350	(6)
ESSENTIAL FUNK---THE TOP 24	356	(1)
General Bibliography	357	(1)
Photo Credits	358	(1)
Index	359