Tell me, tell me, if you think you know. The pride of Oakland, CA. Here is more on the band: Tower’s musical odyssey actually began in 1968 when Emilio...
Category - Funk
[contextly_sidebar id=”08a7e533baceeb780f0a9144fe3a1610″] The version of “Shout” embedded below is the Saturday Night Beech-Nut Hour...
[contextly_sidebar id=”e1498e47edb2ef2781ba59bb5c6f086b”] Low Rider, above, doesn’t start until about a minute and half into the clip. It is...
[contextly_sidebar id=”869518dfa9eaf79cf23fbbf55db43cec”] Thanks to my friend Tim for letting me know about Robert Randolph and the Family Band. A...
 Something had been missing from this site. I couldn’t figure it out. It finally hit me: Falco singing “Der Kommissar.” Here are the...
I look for any rationale for playing great tunes. So, happy 58th birthday, Mark Avsec. Avsec was the keyboardist in Wild Cherry, whose Play that Funky Music...
 I don’t really understand it, from the spaceships landing and the guy in the diaper, but it all is very funky and the musicianship is great. Believe it...
[contextly_sidebar id=”11aab8b3f866b17a1b20920ad5730d7a”] I can’t think of a performer as intense as James Brown in terms of both talent and...