Funky Friday Happy Friday everyone. Today, to ring in the weekend, I've got some nice funky tracks for you. Click on Funky Friday at the beginning of this post to check it out.
Starting off we have a nice groove from The Greyboy Allstars. With Karl Denson on saxophone, Robert Walters on keys and Elgin Park on guitar, these guys definitely do funk the right way.This track is from their 1998 album Town Called Earth. Although it's a more recent funk track, it does the traditional style in the right way, and is a great way to kick off our play list today.
Up next, going back to the 1970's, we have Ain't It Funky Now, the first track from Grant Green's album Green is Beautiful. And he sure is. His guitar work is just incredible. Funky and jazzy, he sets a unique mood of happy and scattered. This is brilliant work by a brilliant artist.
Staying instrumental, funky, and in the hay day of funk, The Meters provide a nice three-song set consisting of their classic and often covered Cissy Strut, Live Wire, and Sophisticated Cissy. The Meters are a prime example of a talented and influential funk four piece. With no member out-shining the other, the Meters personify the "whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" mentality. And their influence knows no boundary. I think it is safe to say that most modern jam bands owe much of their groove oriented aesthetic to The Meters.
Finishing up in the old times of funk, we have Quincy Jones, Betty Davis, and Parliament. What I want to talk about, is Betty Davis. This woman was actually married to Miles Davis for one year and turned him onto artists such as Sly Stone and Jimi Hendrix. Shortly afterwards, Miles Davis re-invented his sound and moved into the electric age. Behind every great man there's a great woman? In this case, that is very true. Betty's own music career is nothing to shake a stick at either. Very "street" and very cool, Betty Davis is an over-looked gem from the funk era.
Coming back into the contemporary, we have an all-star instrumental George Clinton tribute project known as the The Clinton Administration. Combining old and new musicians from the genre, this is a very cool spin on a tribute band. This version of Up for the Downstroke is a very hip, jazzy and futuristic tribute. Try not to bob your head to this track. It's impossible.
At this point, our play list stays modern to round out the funk with great grooves from Poets of Rhythm, Alex Clare, and Beck among others. Basically, what I did today was set out to create a fun, happy funk-o-thon for your Friday. So relax, get your funk on, and keep it cold.
C
Starting off we have a nice groove from The Greyboy Allstars. With Karl Denson on saxophone, Robert Walters on keys and Elgin Park on guitar, these guys definitely do funk the right way.This track is from their 1998 album Town Called Earth. Although it's a more recent funk track, it does the traditional style in the right way, and is a great way to kick off our play list today.
Up next, going back to the 1970's, we have Ain't It Funky Now, the first track from Grant Green's album Green is Beautiful. And he sure is. His guitar work is just incredible. Funky and jazzy, he sets a unique mood of happy and scattered. This is brilliant work by a brilliant artist.
Staying instrumental, funky, and in the hay day of funk, The Meters provide a nice three-song set consisting of their classic and often covered Cissy Strut, Live Wire, and Sophisticated Cissy. The Meters are a prime example of a talented and influential funk four piece. With no member out-shining the other, the Meters personify the "whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" mentality. And their influence knows no boundary. I think it is safe to say that most modern jam bands owe much of their groove oriented aesthetic to The Meters.
Finishing up in the old times of funk, we have Quincy Jones, Betty Davis, and Parliament. What I want to talk about, is Betty Davis. This woman was actually married to Miles Davis for one year and turned him onto artists such as Sly Stone and Jimi Hendrix. Shortly afterwards, Miles Davis re-invented his sound and moved into the electric age. Behind every great man there's a great woman? In this case, that is very true. Betty's own music career is nothing to shake a stick at either. Very "street" and very cool, Betty Davis is an over-looked gem from the funk era.
Coming back into the contemporary, we have an all-star instrumental George Clinton tribute project known as the The Clinton Administration. Combining old and new musicians from the genre, this is a very cool spin on a tribute band. This version of Up for the Downstroke is a very hip, jazzy and futuristic tribute. Try not to bob your head to this track. It's impossible.
At this point, our play list stays modern to round out the funk with great grooves from Poets of Rhythm, Alex Clare, and Beck among others. Basically, what I did today was set out to create a fun, happy funk-o-thon for your Friday. So relax, get your funk on, and keep it cold.
C
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