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02-07-2010, 08:15 AM
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Been jamming with a new group of guys and it's been going well. For the next practice we thought it would be fun to play more "funk-style" type songs. The trouble is, I don't know too many funk songs....Does "pick up the pieces" qualify? I def don't want disco. Any good song ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
02-07-2010, 08:27 AM
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02-07-2010, 08:28 AM
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02-07-2010, 08:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NYC | | | Chameleon or Butterfly by herbie hancock are great ones to jam with, any song from AGOGO by John Scofield/MM&W, Affirmation by Jose Feliciano. |
02-07-2010, 08:45 AM
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02-07-2010, 08:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio | | +1 on Chameleon.... Classic funk jam
The Jam by Graham Central Station
Glide by Pleasure
Up the Creek Without A Paddle by The Temptations
Or if you're looking for something a little more modern, try this rousing Polish tune....  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7NNFWR1X3M
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02-07-2010, 09:34 AM
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02-07-2010, 10:23 AM
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02-07-2010, 10:28 AM
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A few more recommendations - grab some James Brown.
Meters - Fiyo on the Bayouor Cissy Strut.
Ohio Players - Skin Tight
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02-08-2010, 11:04 AM
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02-08-2010, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by KillianRussell The best hat for metal, is the hat the dude, Kesslari wore the other day to open for The Ohio Players. | Funkranomicon
Fretless Instrumentals: Folk in A
Zon, Genz Benz, BFM and LDS
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02-08-2010, 11:49 AM
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She's mighty mighty, just lettin' it all hang out |
02-08-2010, 02:29 PM
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02-08-2010, 03:45 PM
| | | Personally, I would stay away from the Funk tune cliches-
"Brick House"
"Cissy Strut"
"Chameleon"
"Low Rider"
"Play That Funky Music"...if that even qualifies. 
...each of the above bands above have other tunes, in the same vibe, that haven't been done to death.
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02-08-2010, 03:48 PM
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02-09-2010, 02:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Augusta, SC | | | yes Pick up the Pieces is a funky song...
also I agree with:
Brick House and Play that Funky Music
also: She's a Bad Mama Jama
I'm You Boogie Man
Superstition
You Dropped the Bomb on Me
Ladie's Night
Superfreak
Let's Groove Tonight
those are pretty popular ones I have heard at the clubs. I can play Brick House, She's a Bad Mama Jama and Let's Groove Tonight.
If you can slap, that would make it even funkier. I wish I could slap. I will hopefully one day!
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02-09-2010, 11:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tempe, Arizona, USA | | | A Real Mother For Ya - Johnny "Guitar" Watson; not the hardest of basslines, but if you have a synth pedal (even one of lesser quality), this song offers an excuse to use it. Additionally, if you are in a mere trio, you will have to rip the solo (probably clean, not effected) during the descending chormatic chord break, then let your guitarrist rip it over the regular lick. My trio takes it even further; I rap the complete Yertle the Turtle over the main lick before we take a final chorus and finish. Crowds DIG it, and who dat sez that one can't be creative in a cover band? (Sorry for the mild threadjack; back to regular programming).
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02-09-2010, 11:40 PM
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