Not Like The Others

2012-06-082017-06-05 ezzy

This band is on my all-time favorites list, but there’s not a ton of youtube stuff on them.

Lonnie Meganut Marshall is the real deal holyfield, a true funk soldier.

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Brilliance From The Bone

2012-06-012020-04-15 ezzy

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So Shiny Back Then

2012-05-292016-10-24 ezzy

Lasers too!

Only on WFNK, I present to you deep 80s-ness

with Boney M, that German funk weirdo

covering the classic pop-reggae hit “Dreadlock Holiday”

aka “I Don’t Like Cricket”

presented first by british rockers 10cc.

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The Girl Was Bad

2012-05-232015-10-14 ezzy

R.I.P. The amazing vocalist Belita Woods. I had a couple of opportunities to meet Ms. Woods over the years and she had such a kind heart and just a beautiful personality. You will be missed Belita. Here she is doing … Read the rest

Stretched Out and Shining

2012-05-192016-05-24 ezzy

Here’s a rare track from US TV, circa late 80’s, with Bootsy and The Rubber Band destroying some late night. Turn this up and get your party started:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sh9cezHNec

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It’s Been Built Inside

2012-05-172017-09-05 ezzy

If you haven’t picked up some new funk lately, check out this excellent double album from Bootsy – 17 amazing tracks for only $10!

I picked this up on blue vinyl a few months back and I’ve been wearing it … Read the rest

I Got Spirit

2012-05-162016-04-04 ezzy

Nice live War track with Eric Burdon, circa 1971.

Need I remind everyone that this was the last band Jimi Hendrix jammed with before his demise? Damn you pills taking Jimi away from us.… Read the rest

Dayton’s On The Mothership

2012-05-152015-08-12 ezzy

More classic Ohio funk for you, this time from Faze-O. Dayton & Cinci are really making their pitch as the home of funk and I like it. So many good funk bands and all kinds of killer players came out … Read the rest

We Miss Curtis

2012-05-132016-10-03 ezzy

Excellence.… Read the rest

A Fitting Tribute

2012-05-122016-11-15 ezzy

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Tighten Up Your Stroke

2012-05-112016-10-04 ezzy

Live Ohio funk on prime-time TV? Watch the set turn into a huge party a few minutes in. Oh the seventies, oh the seventies…

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Rare TV Funk

2012-05-062020-04-15 ezzy

TV appearances by funk artists are often stunted affairs of micro-sized forced funk, easily mocked and pulled away from for commercial break. I had never seen this Sly performance from 1983 playing with Letterman’s Paul Shaffer band. The tempo a … Read the rest

The Ballade of Nikka and Prince

2012-05-032016-04-28 ezzy

Nice live performance of Nikka’s jam with a special guest on guitar…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjWAE1zEgYw… Read the rest

Not In Kansas Anymore

2012-05-022016-09-29 ezzy

Loved these dudes — good music about beer and woman problems. How did this not catch on?

Base not bass, haha.

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Before Google There Was… Speech

2012-04-302016-01-14 ezzy

Genre jumping again, I know. Check this funky little thang a few years back from an amazing band that played the music business blues in the nineties then dropped from the scene.