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04-11-2008, 06:38 PM
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Are there any artists today that have the same soul as James Brown? I was listening to James on the way home from work and it was just... just... amazing.
How can I describe it?
Lo-fi, hypnotic, soulful, organic, funky, dirty, nasty, gritty, groovin'...
Who on the scene has that vibe going on today?
Joe
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04-11-2008, 07:24 PM
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Endorsing artist: Brubaker Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Gaithersburg, Md | | | Nobody. No one even came close when he was alive and that hasn't changed since his death. |
04-11-2008, 07:25 PM
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04-11-2008, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Brad Johnson  Nobody. No one even came close when he was alive and that hasn't changed since his death. | Yep. I imagine that the act of stealin tricks out of his 'bag' and making millions off of it will continue for a LONG time however. |
04-11-2008, 08:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: I'm a dyno man, N.of Detoilet | | | I just saw an ad(in the Metro Times) for a Bootsy Collins show coming to town as a "Godfather of soul tribute". Interesting, NO?
Josh
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04-11-2008, 08:07 PM
| | | Of course not. Things just haven't been the same since he passed...  |
04-11-2008, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by J.D.B. I just saw an ad(in the Metro Times) for a Bootsy Collins show coming to town as a "Godfather of soul tribute". Interesting, NO?
Josh | He might as well. He did give a mighty assist to the funk.
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04-11-2008, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by J.D.B. I just saw an ad(in the Metro Times) for a Bootsy Collins show coming to town as a "Godfather of soul tribute". Interesting, NO?
Josh |
If he went old school on it... maybe.
Maybe. Bootsy didn't exactly stay in the "Sex Machine" vein, he went in another direction. But back then he did know what the funk was about. 
This subject came up locally last week. JB's last drummer is a local cat and we were wondering what his band was doing now.
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04-11-2008, 08:29 PM
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Alright, guys... the funk is still out there. JB's former sideman on the alto sax, Maceo Parker- is one funky cat. If you want to hear one of the few keeping the old-school funk alive, check out his music.  http://www.maceo.com/
Some newer hip-hop sounding stuff on his latest albums also.
peace
R
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04-11-2008, 08:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Indiana | | | Daptone records has some really nice modern funk , r&b, and soul stuff. Lee Fields and Charles Bradley look alot like James and sing great. Lee Fields played at the Brown memorial concert @ the Apollo awhile back . Check them out. |
04-12-2008, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Rodger Bryan Alright, guys... the funk is still out there. JB's former sideman on the alto sax, Maceo Parker- is one funky cat. If you want to hear one of the few keeping the old-school funk alive, check out his music. http://www.maceo.com/
Some newer hip-hop sounding stuff on his latest albums also.
peace
R | The second disk on Maceo's new live CD has a happening version of Pass The Peas! Not quite JB, but sure flying the funk-flag high.
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04-15-2008, 12:54 PM
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Endorsing artist: Brubaker Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Gaithersburg, Md | | | I did a gig in DC last weekend with six old school acts. Little Royal may be a little younger than JB and his performance had the same raw energy as an old JB show. |
04-15-2008, 01:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Longview, TX | | | I had the opporunity to see JB three years in a row. The Seven Decades of Funk World Tour was my favorite. JB is THE reason i love the funk. My dad loved his music and it just filtered down to me. His music has opened up door after door for me to find new groups andmusicians that make music that makes me smile and dance.
JB is the often imitated but NEVER duplicated. He is missed.
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04-16-2008, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X I'm with Brad. | +1 |
04-16-2008, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by bassist15 Daptone records has some really nice modern funk , r&b, and soul stuff. Lee Fields and Charles Bradley look alot like James and sing great. Lee Fields played at the Brown memorial concert @ the Apollo awhile back . Check them out. | +1 - my funk/soul/motown band is doing a Sharon Jones tune "Nobody's Baby" |
04-16-2008, 05:56 PM
| | | | i love me some old school jimmy b, but funk has changed, i can find equal merit in p-funk as in brown |
04-16-2008, 06:01 PM
| | | | Even though I think nobody can fill the place of JB, some of the old JB's are close (MACEO, FRED WESLEY....)
and i also think about PRINCE when he's funking (he sounds oldschool when he does pure funk ) of course he's not as powerfull as JB but he has energy |
04-16-2008, 07:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Longview, TX | | | I am gonna have to agree with blac.rose. Prince would have to be the closest thing to a JB of today.
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04-16-2008, 07:58 PM
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04-16-2008, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by j.a.e.r.i.p i love me some old school jimmy b, but funk has changed, i can find equal merit in p-funk as in brown |
Wow. You're talking about current p-funk? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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