Amon Düül II

German Krautrock band with Peter Leopold (drums, percussion), Klaus Ebert (guitar, bass), Chris Karrer (guitar, violin, saxophone) and Stefan Zauner (keyboards, synthesizer, bass, percussion)

Peter Leopold was a member of Amon Düül.

Klaus Ebert released one solosingle and he was a member of 18 Karat Gold.

Chris Karrer released several soloalbums and he was a member of Amon Düül, Amon Guru, Embryo, Mikrokosmos and Space Explosion

Stefan Zauner released several soloabums and he was a member of Deuces Wild and Münchener Freiheit.

(LP) Only Human (Strand 6.23561) 1978

Funky tracks:

Don’t Turn Too Stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZaFYMvqios

Ruby Lane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxOCrsIoIME

Buster Benton

Rhythm & blues singer-guitarist from Texarkana, Arkansas, who died in 1996

(7”) Get Yourself Together/Catherine (Alteen 769221) 1968

Funky track:

Catherine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5npJFN4BY

(7”) Money Is The Name Of The Game/Good To The Last Drop (Jewel 845) 1974

Funky track:

Good To The Last Drop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vbo5AJdxRQ

(LP) Spider In My Stew (Ronn LPS 7536) 1979

Funky tracks:

Love Like I Wanna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57qZ9_sMg-o

Do It In The Rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObB1dt7eNss

The Brothers & Sisters

Gospel group from Los Angeles with Shirley Allen, Sherrell Townsend, Ginger Blake, Hazel Carmichael, Merry Clayton, Marjorie Cranford, Oma Heard, Georgette Finchess, Brenda Fitz, Joseph Green, Andrew Herd, Patrice Holloway, Gwen Johnson, Ruby S. Johnson, Gloria Jones, Clydie King, Jesse Kirkland, Sherlie Matthews, Barbara Perrault, Chester Pipkin, Billy Storm, Julia A. Tilman, Ed Wallace, Lolietha White, Carolyn Willis, Fred Willis, Edna Wright and Don Wyatt.

Sherrell Townsend released two solosingles and she was a member of Julie & the Desires, Ronnie & the Crayons and Ronnie & the Parleys.

Ginger Blake released a solosingle in 1961 and she was a member of Danielle, Sugar and the Honeys.

Merry Clayton released several soloalbums and she was a member of Andraé Crouch & his All-Star Choir, the Blackberries, the Raelets, the Merry Clayon Singers and the Sisters Love.

Marjorie Cranford was a member of the Carol Lombard Quartet

Oma Heard released a solosingle in 1964 and she was a member of the Lavern Ware Singers and Dorothy Oma & Zelpha

Joseph Green was a member of the Black Velvet and the Brothers Of Soul

Patrice Holloway released several solosingles and she was a member of Josie & the Pussycats, the Belles, the Four J’s, the Ikettes, the Sequins and the Wooden Nickels.

Gwen Johnson released two solosingles and she was a member of the Carol Lombard Trio, the Carole Lombard Quartet and the Kuf-Linx.

Gloria Jones released several soloalbums and she was a member of Aquarian Dream, T.Rex and the Cogics

Clydie King released several soloalbums and she was a member of the Blackberries, Bonnie & the Treasures, Brown Sugar, Foxy, Little Clydie & the Teens, the Nightingales, the Raelets, Specialties Unlimited and the Orioles.

Jesse Kirkland was a member of the Black Velvet and the Brothers Of Soul.

Sherlie Matthews was a member of “His”, the Blackberries, Caney Creek Reunion, the Nightingales, the Paul Johnson Voices, the Sherlie Matthews Singers, the Shirley Matthews Chorus, the Belles, the Mundane Willis Singers and the Orioles.

Chester Pipkin was a member of Africa, the Chavelles, the Del-Mars, the Electras, the Freedoms, the Happy Tones, the Ring-A-Dings, the Sabers, the Squires, the Untouchables and the Valiants

Billy Storm released a soloalbum in 1963 and he was a member of Africa, the Chavelles, the Nuggets, the Sabers and the Valiants

Julia A. Tilman was a member of Rock Flowers, Sugar, the Darlings, the Dynels, the Goldman Girls, the Waters and the Waters Sisters

Ed Wallace was a member of Africa, the Happy Tones and the Untouchables

Carolyn Willis was a member of the Honey Cone, the Girlfriends, the Space Angels and the Sweethearts

Edna Wright released a soloalbum in 1977 and she was a member of 6680 Lexington, Arthur & Mary, the Honey Cone, the Raelets, the Blossoms, the Cogics and the Elites

Don Wyatt released several solosingles and he was a member of Creative Source, the Curtis Amy Sextet and the Fortunes

•(LP) Meet The Brothers & Sisters (independent no number) 1969

Funky track:

Get Together

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Bo Diddley

Legendary blues/rhythm & blues singer and guitarist, born as Ellas McDaniel in McComb, Mississippi.

(LP) The Black Gladiator (Checker LPS3013) 1970

Funky tracks:

Elephant Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCgTe7iRlEo

You, Bo Diddley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6phvsb661w

Black Soul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJn7PpH5nTA

I’ve Got A Feeling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3nZUVAsqqc

Funky Fly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A61pUfoDLzk

I Don’t Like You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi_OZj-kokc

(LP) Where It All Began (Chess CH 50016) 1972

Funky tracks:

Woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgqeYNAlJhc

Look At Grandma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG_fHpjpKvg

A Good Thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpL6bxY5IyI

Bad Trip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBXIaWZVK6o

Hey, Jerome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4430c3S_g

Take It All Off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIZmEHuW5E

(LP) Big Bad Bo (Chess CH 50047) 1974

Funky tracks:

Bite You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRB4X2U7owM

He’s Got All The Whiskey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSQ76ebEO-4

Hit Or Miss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohs0fD_BlXk

Stop The Pusher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4BNz5GHwro

Roosevelt Grier

Singer, actor, Minister and former professional American football player from Cuthbert, Georgia. He was a member of the Fearsome Foursome and the New Yorkers

(7”) Slow Drag/Yesterday (MGM K-13698) 1967

Funky track:

Slow Drag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL1-FYJex_A

Joe Hicks

see: Mighty Joe Hicks

(7”) Home Sweet Home – Part II/I’m Goin’ Home (Scepter SCE-12266) 1969

Funky tracks:

Home Sweet Home – Part II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdHK0og6gnU

I’m Goin’ Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK3TdIgqFhU

(7”) Life And Death In G & A (Part 1)/Life And Death In G & A (Part 2) Stone Flower 45-9003) 1970

Funky track:

Life And Deat In G & A (Part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yg2rkLGChc

Mighty Joe Hicks

Soulsinger from California, LA, a.k.a. Joe Hicks

(LP) Mighty Joe Hicks (Enterprise ENS-1028) 1973

Funky tracks:

The Team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdP8yCOFQ48

Train Of Thought

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apGoSeeTcNs

Takeshi Inomata & Sound Limited

The band of the Japanese drummer Takeshi Inomata with Jun Suzuki (bass), Ryo Kawasaki (guitar), Shigenori Kamiya (guitar), Toshiaki Yokota (flute, recorder), Yusuke Hoguchi (organ), Takao Uematsu (saxophone), Shigemichi Domoto (trombone), Takashi Imai (trombone), Shunzo Ohno (trumpet), Takashi Kumagi (trumpet)

Takeshi Inomata was a member of Arita Shintaro & New Beat, Force, Hidehiko Matsumoto & his Quintet, the Konosuke Saijo Quartet, the Mal Waldron Trio, the Modern Jazz Playboys, the Norio Maeda Trio, Shin Watanabe & his Six Joes, the Special Quartet Plus 1, Takeshi Inomata & his West Liners, Takeshi Inomata & Separation, the Takeshi Inomata 3, the Takeshi Inomata All Stars, Takeshi Inomata & his Friends, Takeshi Inomata & his Group, the Takeshi Inomata Quintet & 5 Brass, the Mannheim Rock Ensemble, the Modern Jazz All Stars, the Third, the Tokyo Ensemble Academy and the Wind Breakers.

Jun Suzuki was a member of the Hirsohi Suzuki Togashi Quintet.

Ryo Kawasaki released several soloalbums and he was a member of Bond Street, Gil Evans & his Orchestra, the Koichi Oki Trio, Ryo Kawasaki & the Satellites, the Ryo Kawasaki Group, the Ryo Kawasaki Trio, Tarika Blue, the Golden Dragon and the Rock Invbaders.

Shigenori Kamiya released several soloalbums

Toshiaki Yokota released several soloalbums and he was a member of Love Live Life, the Beat Generation and East Pulse.

Yusuke Hoguchi released a soloalbum in 1970 and he was a member of People, Sadakazu Tabata & Orchestra and the Old Grand Dad.

Takao Uematsu released two soloalbums and he was a member of the George Otsuka Quintet, the Kiyoshi Sugimoto Quintet, the Sunao Wada Quintet, the Takao Uematsu Quartet/Quintet, Tee & Company, the Terumasa Hino Quintet and the Terumasa Hino Sextet.

Takashi Imai was a member of the Kosuke Mine Quintet and the Takao Uematsu Quartet/Quintet

Shunzo Ohno released several soloalbums and he was a member of the George Otsuka Quintet, Gil Evans & his Orchestra, the Shintaro Quintet, the Shunzo Ohno Quartet, the Shunzo Ohno Quintet, the Monday Night Orchestra and Yoichi Kobayashi & the Japanese Jazz Messengers.

(LP) Sound Ltd. (Express EP-7761) 1970

Funky track:

It Better End Soon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kTpC4JWwa8

(LP) Sounds Of Sound L.T.D. (Columbia HS-7001-CT) 1970

Funky tracks:

Theme – Mustache

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOUIdhTWMe8

Tak’s Tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMsI7gl4UYk

Joint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPCMkoVZJws

(LP) Innocent Canon (King SKK 3011) 1971

Funky tracks:

Go For Nothing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EefenDIpcpA

Blue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2XKQLqNGk4

The Brothers Johnson

Duo of brothers George Johnson (guitar, vocals) and Louis Johnson (bass, vocals).

George Johnson released a solosingle as Brother Johnson in 1985.

Louis Johnson released a soloalbum in 1985 and he was a member of Passage and the Jazz Funk Masters.

•(LP) Look Out For # 1 (A & M SP-4567) 1976

Funky tracks:

Thunder Thumbs And Lightnin’ Licks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0ye2EC4pVA

Get The Funk Out Ma Face

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huzYji2OAD4

Free And Single

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTZgR6JFhyg

Come Together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRCdnASv9cE

Dancin’ And Prancin’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnQQUU4z3xw

The Devil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQElnjVN4eY

•(LP) Right On Time (A & M SP-4644) 1977

Funky tracks:

Q”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwVPXACW1pg

Right On Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8gSIJ43Sys

Strawberry Letter 23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRVA2YBhrrQ

Brother Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuQz7gm3YQ8

•(LP) Blam!! (A & M SP-4714) 1978

Funky tracks:

Ain’t We Funkin’ Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDWtCusiqmc

Blam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dToDiJ0bYa8

Ride-O-Rocket

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK6iutkUxS8

Mista’ Cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCShWTf8NWk

Streetwave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_7Pu5GvZ8

Denny King & the B.O. Boogie Band

American band with guitarist Denny King from Milwaukee, WI. He released a soloalbum in 1972 and was a member of the Darnells and the Mojo Men.

(7”) Bessie Mae/Go Down Moses (Specialty 726) 1971

Funky track:

Bessie Mae

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inbFiw5izok

Vicki Lawrence

Pop-disco singer from Inglewood, California. She was a member of the Young Americans.

(LP) Newborn Woman (Windmill WMR:LJ26) 1979

Funky track:

Newborn Woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlBJy5io_6A

Calvin Leavy

American blues singer and guitarist from Scott, Arkansas

(7”) Free From Cummins Prison Farm/Enjoy Being Hurt By You (Soul Beat SB 118) 1976

Funky track:

Enjoy Being Hurt By You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6lTh4Zm-Mo

Jackie Lomax

British singer-songwriter who was a friend of Beatle George Harrison who worked with him as producer. He was a member of Badger, Heavy Jelly, One, the Lomax All-Stars, the Mersey Lads and the Undertakers. Jackie Lomax died in 2013.

(LP) Home Is In My Head (Warner Bros. WS 1914) 1971

Funky tracks:

Give All You’ve Got

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRHF8IIXaGc

Or So It Seems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WUxDpANy48

Nothin’ Ever Seems To Go My Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVqdEObOxPY

Galt MacDermot

Canadian pianist and composer famous for his songs for the Hair musical.

He also released albums as Fergus MacRoy and he was a member of the New Pulse Jazz Band.

He died in 2018.

(LP) New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater Presents Hair - An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (RCA Victor LOC-1143) 1967

Funky tracks:

Hair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgMw0vDtIU0

Dead End

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT6vcsmwhSg

Where Do I Go?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxQ_8-WPBZ0

(LP) Hair Pieces (Verve Forecast FTS 3045) 1968

Funky tracks:

Where Do I Go?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxQ_8-WPBZ0

Hair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgMw0vDtIU0

Dead End

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT6vcsmwhSg

(LP) Woman Is Sweeter – OST (Kilmarnock KIL-7003) 1969

Funky tracks:

Fragments II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS5ji8fuo6U

Radio Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCiU20A9MfI

(LP) Cotton Comes To Harlem – OST (United Artists UAS 5211) 1970

Funky tracks:

Cotton Comes To Harlem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RugJfeitXyk

Coffin Ed And Grave Digger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-nM-fHn-go

Harlem Medley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mjBJ1ZwLh8

Ed And Digger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw7fGkTvD0Y

(LP) Galt MacDermot’s First National Hair Band (United Artists UAS 6750) 1970

Funky track:

Ripped Open By Metal Explosions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r9dfZlrcdU

(LP) The Nucleus (Kilmarnock KIL 72001) 1971

Funky tracks:

Fishing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyWo9Q5lMeQ

Love Scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf0wCgbdqvA

Golden Apples Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y47ZUSqNWgQ

Duffer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OmEsBKTM9k

(LP) Ghetto Suite (Kilmarnock KIL-72002) 1972

Funky track:

Slums

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bimvdY9J6WQ

(LP) The Highway Life (Kilmarnock KIL-72007) 1973

Funky tracks:

Weeping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jksZpdDSWWA

Air Male

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nz2lH3jHI0

Dude, All Dude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-CaoIERL4I

(LP) Take This Bread: ‘A Mass In Our Time’ (Kilmarnock KIL-72011) 1973

Funky track:

Cleaning Me With Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWi_wbO6Rwk

Jimmy McGriff & Junior Parker

Duo of organist Jimmy McGriff and singer-harmonica player Junior Parker.

Jimmy McGriff released several soloalbums and he was a member of the Jimmy McGriff Big Band, the Jimmy McGriff Organ & Blues Band, the Jimmy McGriff Trio, Rhythmstick and the Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford Quartet

Junior Parker released several soloalbums , also as Little Junior Parker and he was a member of Little Junior Parker & his Orchestra, Little Junior Parker & his Band and Little Junior’s Blue Flames.

(LP) The Dudes Doin’ Business (Capitol ST-569) 1970

Funky tracks:

Drownin’ On Dry Land

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC3ZGm6w7oE

Ain’t That A Shame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf6PqhCR894

It Ain’t What ‘cha Got

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hEYKfWT5sE

Workin’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWWfCrXG1g0

Sonny Rhodes

Blues singer and guitarist from Smithville, Texas, who also recorded as Clarence Smith. He was a member of Sonny Rhodes & the Texas Twisters and the Daylighters.

He died in 2021.

(7”) Are We Losing Our Thing/Hen Pecked Man (Cherrie CR 2380) 1975

Funky track:

Hen Pecked Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNlDJHmw-JY

(LP) I Don’t Want My Blues Colored Bright (Advent 2808) 1977

Funky track:

Killing Floor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afLrewTYG0s

Today’s People

French band/project from Paris with Evelyne Andrians and Andrias Andrians, brother and sister of Armenian and Iranian origin.

Evelyne Andrians was a member of Michaele Lana & Paul Sebastian and Lana & Paul Sebastian. She also released records as Iona, and Lana Grey

Andrias Andrians was a member of Michaele Lana & Paul Sebastian and Lana & Paul Sebastian. He also released records as Paul Sebastian

(LP) He (Disc’AZ STEC 163) 1974

Funky track:

All We Need Is Time For Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSSx7swovk

Tower Of Power

Funk/horn rock band from Oakland, California, with Emilio Castillo (saxophone, vocals), Stephen Kupka (saxophone), Rufus Miller (vocals), David Padron (trumpet), Skip Mesquite (saxophone), Willy Fulton (guitar), Francis Rocco Prestia (bass), Rick Stevens (vocals), David Garibaldi (drums), Lenny Williams (vocals), Brent Byars (percussion), Bruce Conte (guitar), Mic Gillette (trumpet, trombone), Greg Adams (trumpet), Lenny Pickett (saxphone), Chester Thompson (keyboards), Carter Collins (percussion), Hubert Tubbs (vocals), Edward McGee (vocals), Ron E. Beck (drums), Victor Conte (bass), Michael Jeffries (vocals), Danny Hoefer (guitar) and Vito Sanfilippo (bass)

Emilio Castillo was a member of Kuptillo and the Gotham City Crime Fighters

Stephen Kupka was a member of Kuptillo and the Strokeland Superband

Rufus Miller was a member of Gypsum Heaps and Great Western

Skip Mesquite was a member of Cold Blood, the Hoodoo Rhythm Devils and the U.S. Male

Willy Fulton was a member of the Grass Roots

Bruce Conte released three soloalbums and he died in 2021

Mic Gillette released a soloalbum in 2005 and he was a member of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Cold Blood, the Mic Gillette Band and the Sons Of Champlin

Greg Adams released several soloalbums and he was a member of Greg Adams & East Bay Soul and the L.A. Chillharmonic

Lenny Pickett released three soloalbums and he was a member of the Robert Previtte Quintet, the Borneo Horns and the Saturday Night Live Band

Chester Thompson released two soloalbums and he was a member of R.O.A.R. and Santana

Hubert Tubbs released a soloalbum in 2010 and an album with the Freedom Warriors in 2007

Ron E. Beck released two soloalbums

Victor Conte was a member of Pure Food & Drug Act

Michael Jeffries released several soloalbums and he was a member of Skye, the Jeff Lorber Band, the Music City Two In One and the Two Things In One

Vito Sanfilipo was a member of the Mr. Stress Blues Band

•(LP) East Basy Grease (San Francisco SD 204) 1970

Funky tracks:

Knock Yourself Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaoiiHnyQtA

Social Lubrication

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxhDnA-ZoVk

The Price

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Ncyuzv1ZA

Back On The Streets Again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCwN6BAw8-s

The Skunk, The Goose And The Fly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYB9txaF6aU

•(LP) Bump City (Warner Bros BS 2616) 1972

Funky tracks:

You Got To Funkifize

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_olT4v13HE

Down To The Nightclub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlfeHqEf3Go

•(LP) Tower Of Power (Warner Bros BS 2681) 1973

Funky tracks:

What Is Hip?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAatPPEaZDA

Get Yo’ Feet Back On The Ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vks2N6ouJCw

Soul Vaccination

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJuIL0w6-gc

•(LP) Back To Oakland (Warner Bros BS 2749) 1974

Funky tracks:

Oakland Stroke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQKOAnzMV-E

Don’t Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WAIFl_ezic

Can’t You See (You Doin’ Me Wrong)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4vYFn0A3Nk

Squib Cakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQIhoKrCPLk

I Got The Chop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNlOG8x4TuQ

•(LP) Urban Renewal (Warner Bros BS 2834) 1974

Funky tracks:

Only So Much Oil In The Ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GORzhOH3NMs

It’s Not The Crime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTQ8f1BS-A

Maybe It’ll Rub Off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waqCLBMteGo

(To Say The Least) You’re The Most

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbUPH7D6X8g

Give Me The Proof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cht27cFjbYk

Walkin’ Up Hip Street

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBMXd0gwLnY

•(LP) In The Slot (Warner Bros BS 2880) 1975

Funky tracks:

Just Enough And Too Much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxuZi_V2jgM

If I Play My Cards Right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u0_bNFWjW4

On The Serious Side

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXKxrDFKEx0

Ebony Jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uena6ITZ6J0

Drop It In The Slot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdbH3RXCZaw

•(LP) Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now (Columbia 34302) 1976

Funky tracks:

Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZIMZqhX0jE

Can’t Stand To See The Slaughter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD_hDwXbCMQ

Deal With It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjQITEXc61o

•(LP) Live And In Living Colour (Warner Bros BS 2924) 1976

Funky tracks:

Down To The Nightclub (Bump City)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28wHDKbb8CE

What Is Hip?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_EIWt-p_TM

Knock Yourself Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ao7AEsc0g

•(LP) We Came To Play (Columbia JC 34906) 1978

Funky tracks:

We Came To Play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iekEbj0wEtw

Yin-Yang Thang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ot0r5FHQg4

Share My Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmpUq8x7DUY

Love Bug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R2ndii2PZA

•(LP) Back On The Streets (Columbia JC 35784) 1979

Funky tracks:

Rock Baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh84VSRJogk

Nowhere To Run

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BwUm--jKoI

It Takes Two (To Make It Happen)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNqh7o53bfg

In Due Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHfaogznME

Just Make A Move (And Be Yourself)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u2qCuOPfag

The Waters

Family soul group from Los Angeles, CA with Julia Waters, Luther Waters, Oren Waters and Maxine Waters

Julia Waters was a member of Rock Flowers, Sugar, the Brothers & Sisters, the Darlings, the Dynels, the Goldman Girls and the Waters Sisters.

Oren Waters released a solosingle in 1988 and he was a member of the Hollywood Film Chorale and the Fire Choir

Maxine Waters was a member of the Blackberries, the Hollywood Film Chorale, Sugar, the Darlings, the Dynels, the Goldman Girls, the Heyettes and the Waters Sisters

•(LP) Waters (Blue Note BN-LA370-G) 1975

Funky tracks:

Find It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot4JLMessrI

Blinded By Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvzm05aFt9Q

My Heart Just Won’t Let You Go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIRpQBlY76Y

•(LP) Waters (Warner Bros. BS 3062) 1977

Funky tracks:

If There’s A Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUMlfhsnylo

Party, Party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_sAAgkPpyQ

Peace At Last

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKWaPKtSbUs

The Whatnauts & the Whatnaut Band

Soul vocal group from Baltimore, MD, with their band. Members : Billy Herndon, Garrett Jones, Gerard 'Chunky' Pinkney

(7”) Message From A Black Man/Dance To The Music (A & I 001) 1970

Funky track:

Dance To The Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_HTEZR7xn4

Smokey Wilson

Blues singer and guitarist from Glen Allan, Mississippi

(LP) Blowin’ Smoke (Big Town BT-1001) 1977

Funky tracks:

Go Go Train

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXPso-hgpZc

I’m Gonna Leave You Baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEG6NChY8kE

(LP) Sings The Blues (Big Town BT-1006) 1978

Funky tracks:

I’m No Fool, I Know The Rule

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvzRNPZ_iBw

I Want You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJoA8U81TNQ

Big John Wrencher

Blues harmonica player and singer from Sunflower, Mississippi. He was a member of the Chicago String Band, Big John Wrencher & his Maxwell St. Blues Boys and Big John Wrencher & his Chicago Blues Band. He died in 1977.

(LP) Big John’s Boogie (Big Bear BEAR 4) 1975

With Eddie “Playboy” Taylor & the Blueshounds

Funky tracks:

Third Degree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zabjdHn76oo

Lonesome In My Cabin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dmvqI2-o3I