There is a great album from the rare bird known as Tal Ross (or Tawl, or Lucious, or Detrimental Vasoline) that came out in 1995 called Giant Shirley that you might have missed. The mysterious Tal is the original OG … Read the rest
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When The Weekend Comes – Live Bobby Womack
You Make My Lonely Heart Sing – Sugar Spinnin
More Sugar, More Ohio Players. Never sounded better. RIP.
… Read the restYou’re Stepping So High – Legendary Slave
Electrofunk Rises Again – Classic Midnight Star
What I call electrofunk was hip-hop dance music created in the early 80’s, reflecting and using the first generation of affordable computers to help make this modern sounding music.
In 2013 the most popular music of the moment is called … Read the rest
A Legend Passes – Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, Guitarist & Sanger for Ohio Players, 69
We have lost an underrated musical genius, the voice of a generation, the creator of a new singing style, and an influence to countless other musicians (perhaps most notably Prince)…. Mr. Leroy Bonner, better known as Sugarfoot or just … Read the rest
Smokin’ Blues with Albert King Live 1970
Great stuff from a legend:
No Lip Pt II – Thank you / Sly & the Family Stone LIVE!
The Mothership Lands in Erotic City – P-Funk Cover a Classic
1, 2, 3, 4 Cmon’ Yall Whatchu Waitin For?
One of my favorite producers takes on a classic and I kinda dig it, let it roll for a bit and it warms up nice. Fight the ADHD and let it roll for a few. This is Automator! Messing with … Read the rest
Super Duper J Baby – Junie Drops Some Funk
Another WFNK theme song, the great Jesse, aka Super J from the 90’s version of this site, you still out there in the interair man?
Go Go All The Way Live With Chuck Berry
Not everyone lip-syncs on Soul Train!
Honorable mention to the guitar players boots. Quality!… Read the rest
Mr. Electric Blue Sky – ELO Live for TV
Early In The Morning – Gap Band Do It Live
Well almost live – can you imagine if everyone booked on Soul Train did 20 minutes live, as opposed to 5 minutes of lip-syncing?
Oh well. Here’s the Wilson Bros wiggling their way through the classic “Early In The Morning”.… Read the rest
WFNK Theme – Push The Button
A common jam around the WFNK office as we live through this funky computer age with the groundbreaking Newcleus:
… Read the restEarly HipHop Victory – Digable Planets Live on TV
As Promised – The Greatness of Buddy Guy
Live Buddy Guy, sliding through a nice blues in 1974.
Here’s the man doing his thing in 1965, out-front as a new kind of singing guitar player front man.
Somewhere the guitar player for Little Richard (the one who was … Read the rest
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