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Like much of African inspired 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 “hits”.
Influential African American funk performers include James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield, The Meters, The Funk Brothers, Bootsy Collins, and Prince. Notable 1970s funk bands included Earth, Wind & Fire, Tower of Power, Average White Band, The Ohio Players, The Commodores, and Kool & the Gang though many of these most famous bands in the genre also played disco and soul extensively. Funk music was a major influence on the development of 1970s disco music and funk samples are used in most styles of house music and hip hop music, and it’s also the main influence of Go-Go. Funk even left its mark on New Wave, and its pulse was evident in post punk as well.
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Beck – Mixed Bizness
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The Cat Empire – So Many Nights
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funk gigs in United States • view all
| November 2008 | ||
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| Wednesday 12 November 2008 | ||
| The Section Quartet |
Skully's Columbus, United States |
2 people attending |
| December 2008 | ||
| Friday 12 December 2008 | ||
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Mat Kearney
Vanessa Carlton, Emerson Hart |
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Santa Rosa, United States |
3 people attending |
| January 2009 | ||
| Saturday 24 January 2009 | ||
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Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise - Caribbean 2009 at MS Eurodam
Taj Mahal, Etta James, Susan Tedeschi, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, John Hammond, Tommy Castro, James Hunter, Guy Davis |
MS Eurodam Miami, United States |
6 people attending |
Shoutbox
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devilsowntattoo wrote:
Tompa-fisk......I had no idea that skin colour mattered when it comes to writing music
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GardenDays wrote:
Tompa_fisk - how would you classify Michael Jackson? Black or white..
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GOTNOTIME4BS wrote:
They say disco killed the funk...
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Burn69 wrote:
Funk indeed is fabolous.You just can't insist the groove,and why should you?
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IAMROSS wrote:
uhhh prince is NOT white, i am wondering where sly is at though
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tompa_fisk wrote:
top 3 artists are white, what is this?
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Funky_Pirate wrote:
Long live the funk!!
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coolcat77 wrote:
We wanna kiss Katy Perry group
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coolcat77 wrote:
rhcp make funk rock
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canillafunk wrote:
Larga vida al deep funk
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BauhausMoe wrote:
Its a shame that so few people listen funk..
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Edinhobluesman wrote:
cacete que Funk maluco....olha o baixo.............que é isso...novo, velho.....delirei...
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Tipheret wrote:
Well... The funk brothers were cool
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- louiggy tagged Sly & The Family Stone – Dance to the Music with ‘funk’. 1 hour ago
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- louiggy tagged Sly & The Family Stone – Pressure (Previously Unissued) with ‘funk’. 2 hours ago
- merneith tagged Jamiroquai – Little L with ‘funk’. 2 hours ago
- louiggy tagged Sly & The Family Stone – Seven More Days (Previously Unissued) and Sly & The Family Stone – Dynamite! (Mono Single Version) with ‘funk’. 2 hours ago
- VickyBN1 tagged Mofro – Dirtfloorcracker with ‘funk’. 2 hours ago
- louiggy tagged Sly & The Family Stone – Jane Is a Groupee, Sly & The Family Stone – M'Lady and Sly & The Family Stone – I'm an Animal with ‘funk’. 2 hours ago
- VickyBN1 tagged The J.B.'s – Blessed Blackness with ‘funk’. 2 hours ago
- louiggy tagged Sly & The Family Stone – Love City and Sly & The Family Stone – Life with ‘funk’. 2 hours ago
- matthieuk tagged Tom Scott & the L.A. Express – Backfence Cattin' with ‘funk’. 2 hours ago
