![]() ![]() Pillar of their revue, capitalized on a tiger-like vocal style Tina Turner, Ike's wife, who had been the sexy Larry Blackmon's Cameo, the only veterans to dominate in two decades, from Funk Funk (1977) to Word Up (1986) Īnd, in Britain, the Average White Band, with the instrumental Pick Up The Pieces (1974).įunk, soul and hard-rock on her Nona Hendryx (? 1977 - ? 1977). Larry Graham's Graham Central Station, with The Jam (1976), the sound of funk music to come And The Sunshine Band, from That's The Way I Like It (1975) to Baby Give It Up (1983), that coined the quintessential "Miami sound" Harry Wayne Casey's and Richard Finch's exuberant K.C. The percussive Ohio Players, with Fire (1974) and Love Rollercoaster (1975) The Commodores, led by tenor saxophonist Lionel Ritchie, with the electronic instrumental Machine Gun (1974) ĭrummer Maurice White's jazz-soul-rock fusion concept Earth Wind And Fire, with Shining Star (1975) and Serpentine Fire (1977), Philip Bailey's effeminate falsetto, Larry Dunn's sleek keyboards, and a Stax-like horn section Rhythm'n'blues and rock'n'roll and adopted a glam image for Bob Crewe's Ronald Bell's Kool And The Gang, the most faithful to Sly Stone's model, from Funky Stuff (1973) to Celebration (1980) įeaturing Patti LaBelle (Holt) and Nona Hendryx, who blended In the hands of Clinton, this spiritual saga became a hedonistic version of the Jefferson Starship's Blows Agains the Empire.įunk music was the soundtrack of the mid 1970s, embraced by combos such as: P-funk's mythology was derived from Elijah Muhammad, the visionary leader of the Nation of Islam who preached that the Bible contained a reference to a UFO, the Mother Plane, a mothership carrier of freedom. Made Clinton the Frank Zappa of funk music. The superb Funkentelechy Vs The Placebo Syndrome (? 1977 - dec 1977)Īnd the surreal Motor-Booty Affair (? 1978 - dec 1978), The visionary Mothership Connection (? 1975 - dec 1975), ![]() One Nation Under A Groove (apr 1978 - oct 1978),Īs well as Parliament's Clones of Dr Funkenstein (? 1976 - sep 1976), Maggot Brain (? 1971 - jul 1971) and the gargantuan Their eccentric vaudeville had no rivals:įunkadelic's Funkadelic (? 1969 - mar 1970), Jazz, soul, Jimi Hendrix and acid-rock, and lyrics that bordered on porno, horror and science fiction. The satirical attitude of the freaks, a sound that mixed Keyboardist Bernie Worrell (who in 1978 pioneered the synthesized bass lines)Īnd James Brown's bassist William "Bootsy" Collins, adopted the ethos of the Whose bands, Parliament (3) and Funkadelic (2), featuring They further promoted the Latin-funk fusion with The Cisco Kid (1972) and especially Low Rider (1975).īy far the most creative artist (and cult figure) Lengthy fantasies: a Cuban-tinged Fidel's Fantasy on War (? 1970/? 1971 - apr 1971), the infectious dance ditty The World Is A Ghetto and the proto-disco jam City Country City on The World Is A Ghetto (? 1972 - nov 1972). Were the most innovative of the commercial funk groups with their Took it to the top of the charts, while startingĪ dance mania that had not been seen since the twist of the early 1960s. (featuring the young Michael Jackson), with I Want You Back (1970), ABC (1970), The Love You Save (1970) and Berry Gordy's I'll Be There (1970), ![]() War, the old group founded in Los Angeles by British vocalist Eric Burdon, with Spill The Wine (1970) and The World Is A Ghetto (1972), Rare Earth, with Dino Fekaris' I Just Want To Celebrate (1971), The age of re-alignment before it became a genre on its own. The groovy bass line, the metallic guitar timbre, the falsetto wail The foundations of funk music had been laid in the second half of the 1960sīy James Brown, the MG's, Sly & The Family Stone, the Meters, Dyke & The Blazers, etc. ( These are excerpts from my book "A History of Rock and Dance Music")įunk 1974-78 TM, ®, Copyright © 2005 Piero Scaruffi All rights reserved. The History of Rock and Dance Music: 1970-1975 The History of Rock and Dance Music - The Seventies ![]()
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