Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One PDF
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The author and publisher have provided this e-book to you for your personal use only. You may not make this e-book publicly available in any way. Copyright infringement is against the law. If you believe the copy of this e-book you are reading infringes on the author’s copyright, please notify the publisher at: us.macmillanusa.com/piracy. Contents TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT NOTICE DEDICATION FUNK DYNASTIES FROM THE 1960S TO THE 1990S MAJOR FUNK ARTISTS BY REGION FOREWORD by George Clinton PREFACE: ON THE ONE Those Funky Seventies • Origins of This Book • Props PART 1—INTRODUCTION TO FUNK: THE BOMB 1. INTRODUCTION TO FUNK: THE BOMB What Is Funk? • Why a Book about Funk? • Who Has The Funk? • The Bomb • The Funk Revival • The History of Funk 2. FUNK MUSIC: DANCE WIT ME Funk Bands • Musical Model of Funk Evolution 3. MYTHS ABOUT FUNK: ALL THAT IS GOOD IS NASTY 4. ROOTS: WHERE’D YOU GET YOUR FUNK FROM? The Origin of Funky • Musical Roots • The One • Funky Blues • Jazz Age • Rhythm and Blues • Funk and Soul Be-Bop PART 2—THE ORIGINAL FUNK DYNASTY (1965–72): SLIPPIN’ INTO DARKNESS 5. THE 1960S: IF 6 WAS 9 Civil Rights and the Dream • Black Power • The Black Panther Party • Black Is Beautiful • Hippies and the Counterculture • Sgt. Pepper 6. THE RHYTHM REVOLUTION: TIGHTEN UP The Rhythm Revolution • Proto-Funk • Stax • The Meters • New Orleans Heart and Soul • Africa (Take Me Back) 7. THE GODFATHER: SOUL POWER James Brown • A New Bag • Say It Loud • The JBs • The Payback • Universal James 8. THE FAMILY STONED: I WANNA TAKE YOU HIGHER Sly and the Family Stone • Stand! • Larry Graham • Riot • Time for Livin’ PART 3—SEARCHING FOR THE FUNK: COME TOGETHER 9. BLACK ROCK: GIVIN’ IT BACK The Blues, Rock, and Funk • Blues to Rock • Jimi Hendrix • Black Rock Bands • Mandrill • War • Santana • Stax • Isaac Hayes • The Bar-Kays • Graham Central Station • The Jam • Johnny “Guitar” Watson 10. FUNKY SOUL: EXPRESS YOURSELF Soul and Funk • Ray Charles • Aretha Franklin • Motown • What’s Goin’ On • Sweet Funk • Stevie Wonder • The Philly Sound • The O’Jays 11. JAZZ-FUNK FUSION: THE CHAMELEON Jazz and Funk • Miles Davis • Herbie Hancock • Jazz-Funk Fusion • The 1980s and Beyond • Whither Jazz? PART 4—THE UNITED FUNK DYNASTY (1972–76): THE SHINING STAR 12. POWER TO THE PEOPLE: IT’S JUST BEGUN Funky Power • NATRA • Recording Power • Curtis Mayfield • Stax Power • Gil Scott-Heron • The Last Poets • Party and Bullshit 13. THOSE FUNKY SEVENTIES: LIVIN’ FOR THE CITY Change • Those Funky Seventies • Television • Soul Train • Black Action Movies • Down Home Funk • Mumbo Jumbo • I’m Funky and I’m Proud 14. UNITED FUNK: THE SHINING STAR Number One Funk • Funky Worm • Kool & the Gang • African Influence • Earth, Wind & Fire • Average White Band • Rufus • Funky Women • The Isley Brothers • The Ohio Players • The Commodores PART 5—THE P-FUNK DYNASTY (1976–79): ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE 15. DISCO FEVER: THE (REAL) HUSTLE The Carter Era • Disco as Fantasy • Sexploitation • Disco Music • The Disco Industry • Disco Sucks 16. DANCE FUNK: DO YOU WANNA GET FUNKY WITH ME? Dance Funk • K. C. and the Sunshine Band • Brass Construction and B.T. Express • Chic • Soul Bands • The Brothers Johnson • Maze • Monster Funk in the Third Funk Dynasty • Cameo • Brick • Slave • The Bar-Kays 17. THE P-FUNK EMPIRE: TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER The Parliaments • Funkadelic • Bernie Worrell • The Maggot Brain • Parliament • P-Funk • The Mothership Connection • Bootsy’s Rubber Band • The Earth Tour • Flashlight and One Nation • Atomic Dog 18. THE METAPHYSICS OF P: THE MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION Afro-centric • The Mothership • Cosmic Oneness • The Infinity Within • Balance • The Life Force PART 6—THE NAKED FUNK DYNASTY (1980–87): DANCE, MUSIC, SEX … 19. FUNK IN THE 1980S: SUPER FREAKS The Naked Funk Dynasty • Killer Crossover • War on The Funk • Naked Funk • Rick James • Prince • The Time • Naked Funk Bands • Roger and Zapp 20. HIP HOP AND BLACK NOISE: RAISING HELL New York Hip Hop • Afrika Bambaataa • Industrial Funk • Go Go • Trouble Funk • World Beat • Bay Area Funk • Funk Rock • The Black Rock Coalition PART 7—THE HIP HOP NATION: AMERIKKKA’S MOST WANTED 21. FUNK IN THE NINETIES: RETURN OF THE FUNK Political Rap • Afro-centric Rap • A Funky Spirituality • P-Funk Hip Hop • West Coast Rap • Sexism and Power • 2-Live Crew • The Funk Wars 22. POSTSCRIPT ON THE FUNK: SONS OF THE P Funkateers APPENDICES Essential Funk Recordings Sources and Notes INDEX CRITICAL PRAISE FOR FUNK BY RICKEY VINCENT COPYRIGHT For Marcus Funk Dynasties from the 1960s to the 1990s Predynastic Early Sixties GOSPEL James Cleveland Mahalia Jackson The Soul Stirrers RHYTHM AND BLUES Ray Charles James Brown > Jackie Wilson Booker T & the MGs > Isley Brothers > Atlantic Artists Stax Artists BLUES/ROCK Muddy Waters Howlin Wolf Chuck Berry Little Richard Bo Diddley B. B. King Johnny “Guitar” Watson JAZZ Miles Davis Quintet John Coltrane Sun Ra > Donald Byrd Art Blakey Horace Silver Charles Mingus First Funk Dynasty Late Sixties UNIFICATION SOUL James Brown > Aretha Franklin Otis Redding Motown Artists Impressions Wilson Pickett Joe Tex Parliaments > Isaac Hayes Stax Artists BLACK ROCK Jimi Hendrix Sly and the Family Stone Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Band Bar-Kays > Booker T & the MGs Meters Buddy Miles Isley Brothers > War > Santana >
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