Bobby Womack started his career as lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke’s backing guitarist. Film director Quentin Tarantino used “Across 110th Street” in the opening and closing sequences of his 1997 film Jackie Brown.
“Big Thing” is off of Deep Banana Blackout’s 2001 album Feeling The Peel. I love the chorus melody and the solo in this song.
“Planet Home” is off of Jamiroquai’s super funky 1999 album Synkronized. Fun fact – Jamiroquai is not the lead singer’s stage name, it is the name of the band that originally included Jay Kay (vocals), Toby Smith (keys), Stuart Zender (bass), Nick Van Gelder (drums), and Wallis Buchanan (didgeridoo). The name Jamiroquai is a portmanteau of “jam” from Jam session and “iroquai” from the Iroquois Indians.
From Brownout’s MySpace page:
If ever a band could boast having a complex genealogical tree, that band is Brownout. The eight-piece, Latin funk ensemble based in Austin, Texas, is both offspring and germinating seed to Grammy-nominated Grupo Fantasma. The latter in turn traces its roots to when Austin based Blue Noise Band and The Blimp, from booming border town of Laredo, Texas, converged in its conception.
Brownout may well be Grupo Fantasma’s psychedelic Latin funk little brother, an offshoot of the collective that regularly backs Prince, its latest incarnation, or even its alter ego. What they are not is the sprawling conjunto’s side project. Brownout has taken Grupo Fantasma’s funk roots and blown them up. In the process they’ve taken on a life and developed a unique sound all their own. Aguilas and Cobras, the group’s new album on Six Degrees Records (9/15/09), stands as testament to their one of a kind evolution…
( @Bonerama ) Bonerama is a band made up of four trombone players accompanied by a sousaphone, guitarist, and a drummer. A couple of the trombonists came from Harry Connick Jr.’s big band. They play some great New Orleans style music and bear a striking resemblance to Rebirth Brass Band who is also from New Orleans. These guys cover a bunch of really awesome songs so I strongly recommend getting as much of their music as possible.
( @Stanton_Moore ) All Kooked Out is my favorite Stanton Moore album. Check out this really funky tune and check out the entire album if you like this one.
Oakland guitar ace Eugene Blacknell released multiple singles that ranged in style from raw r’n'b to power house funk. His musical career stretched from the early 1960s to the end of the 1980s and during that time he established himself as an East Bay original, an entrepreneur, an activist, and in addition he was a true family man. With so many accomplishments it’s an irony of fate that he died before releasing an album despite having recorded enough material for several.
Check out this awesome funky band. They have a lot of great tunes.
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