Funk:
It's the only musical genre ever to have transformed the nation into a
throbbing army of bell-bottomed, hoop-earringed, rainbow-Afro'd warriors
on the dance floor. Its rhythms and lyrics turned bleak urban realties
inside out with distinctive, danceable, downright irresistable music.
Funk
hasn't received the critical attention that rock, jazz, and the blues
have-until now. Colorful, intelligent, and in-you-face, Rickey Vincent's
Funk celebrates the
songs, the musicians, the philosophy, and the meaning of funk. The book
spans from the early work of James Brown (the Godfather of Funk) through
today, covering funky soul (Stevie Wonder, the Temptations), so-called
"black rock" (Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, the Isely
Brothers), jazz-funk (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock), monster funk
(Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band), naked funk (Rick James,
Gap Band), disco-funk (Chic, K.C. and the Sunshine Band), funky pop
(Kook & the Gang, Chaka Khan), P-Funk Hip Hop (Digital Underground,
De La Soul), funk-sampling rap (Ice Cube, Dr. Dre), funk rock (Red Hot
Chili Peppers, Primus), and more.
Funk tells a vital, vibrant
history-the history of a uniquely American music born out of tradition
and community, filled with energy, attitude, anger, hope, and an
irrepressible spirit.
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