Bobby Womack
This great talent born on this day. The Telegraph obit (Stones photograph dates incorrect)/The Guardian obit bobby womackfunkgospelmusicrhythm and bluessoul
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Cynthia, Co-Founder of Sly and the Family Stone, Dies
This in The Root funkgospelmusicsly and the family stonesoultrumpet
Allen Toussaint (1938 – 2015)
One of the greats has passed. The very excellent Keith Spera captures him best ably supported by the very excellent Wayne Curtis: NYT BBC The Guardian The Atlantic OffBeat Allen ToussaintfunkKeith Speramusicnew orleanspianorhythm and bluessoulwayne curtis
CURTIS MAYFIELD: Original Album Series
Listening to 5 classic CDs: a bargain at under $20. Leave it to the Brits to properly assess this collection. “The message was and still is in the man’s music” — indeed, and now more so than ever as I have been banging on for some time. Curtis Mayfieldfunkgospelmusicsoul
Tank and the Bangas
This group is attracting a lot of interest — and rightly so. Don’t ask about their genre: they will befuddle any attempt to pigeon hole themselves. They are unlike anything else out there, quirky even by New Orleans standards. OffBeat Jazz Fest Review funkgospelJazzmusicnew orleansPoetrysoulTank and the BangasTarriona “tank” BALL
Curtis Mayfield
Born on this day Curtis MayfieldgospelJerry Butlermusicrhythm and bluessoulthe impressions
Two Titans: Curtis Mayfield and Bobby Womack
Here are a couple of documentaries sketching out the genius of these two musicians. Much of what they wrote and sang about is as salient now as it ever was. Of course, the “intelligentsia” or the “guardians of free speech” would not approve of their “ghetto talk” that eventually went onto influence hip-hop and rap, something…
Psychedelic Gospel Funk or “Jesus on LSD”
Welcome to my world — it doesn’t get much better than this. And not far removed from Baby Huey. If I could choose my relatives . . . Label blurb A Funky Gospel Sound Is Resurrected Rev. Gean West, founder of West Dallas gospel-funk greats The Relatives, has died funkgean westgospelpsychedelic funksoulthe relatives
The Baby Huey Story
Genius — the best piece on Baby Huey I could find. Listen to the tour de force that is “A Change Is Gonna Come” — James Brown, Sly, Curtis Mayfield (the producer), Percy Sledge, Isaac Hayes, Bobby Womack, and Etta James all rolled into one. “Hard Times” so evocative of the early seventies along with Bobby…
Percy Sledge 1941-2015
This from OffBeat. See him in the terrific Muscle Shoals documentary: AlabamagospelLouisianamusicpercy sledgerhythm and bluessoul
