Soul of the 70's - please give me bands

[JayAmel]

Hi,

I'm going back to the 70's and most specifically to soul music, rhythm'n'blues, funk from these years. And also pop or rock music but coloured with some soul/rnb/funk style.

I do have an old I retreived in the attic of my brain, and please I would appreciate any suggestion about things to listen to.

Thanks in advance !

My remembering list :
Jackson Five (before they go disco)
Earth Wind & Fire (before they go disco)
Average White Band
Kokomo (?)
J Geils Band
Sly and the Family Stone
Graham Central Station
James Brown, of course
Marvin Gaye
Isaac Hayes
Vinegar Joe

Please all other suggestions will be gratefully welcome, since I want to select some tracks and take'em out of the grave for my trio.

Many, many thanks to anyone would will share and help.

Jay

[JimK]

Blood, Sweat & Tears
Brick
The Commodores
Con Funk Shun
Heatwave
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
The Brothers Johnson
Quincy Jones
Rufus
Curtis Mayfield
Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
Edgar Winter's White Trash
Edwin Starr
The Isley Brothers
L.T.D.
Ohio Players
Rose Royce
Santana
Shalamar
The Spinners
Stevie Wonder

[bkbirge]

Don't forget Lee Fields. Others to think about... Al Green, Tower of Power, Maze, Chi-lites. There were about a billion soul bands in the 70's. If you don't mind venturing into a little disco, the Fatback Band was pretty good too.

[bassteban]

Delegation
The Floaters

Moreless one-hit wonders if I'm not mistaken, but beautiful nonetheless

[ksandvik]

The Meters:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meters

--Kent

[soong]

Cant' believe this hasnt been mentioned

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
Also some Stevie wonder!!! Nobody has mentioned him too.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by I Suck At Bass

Also some Stevie wonder!!! Nobody has mentioned him too.

Bottom of my list...I tried to put my list in alphabetical order for you.

[Deacon_Blues]

Bobby Womack
Solomon Burke
Tower Of Power

[JayAmel]

Thanks everyone, guess I have tons of things to listen to

Originally Posted by bkbirge

If you don't mind venturing into a little disco

Well, depends on the disco. You know, there's disco and... oh well, disco.

[jomahu]

osibisa
cymande
mulatu astatqe
andre tanker
joe bataan
fela kuti/tony allen

[JimK]

One more band that always gets overlooked-
Mandrill

Back in the day-
Bands like Santana, War, EW&F...OPENED for Mandrill.

[Phantopeth]

How about The O'Jays!

[Muusers]

anything from motown...

do a search hun

[SsabKlataBass]

Band of Gypsys

[The Owl]

Eddie Floyd
Pockets
Cameo (started in the 70's)
Brass Construction
Con Funk Shun
T-Connection
Slave
early Kool & The Gang
Frankie Beverly/Maze
New Birth
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
BT Express
The JB's
Incredible Bongo Band
Al Wilson
Staple Singers
Roy Ayers

[Jazzdogg]

Tower of Power
Cold Blood
James Brown
War
Billy Preston
Curtis Mayfield
Kool & The Gang
Rufus (Chaka Khan)
BT Express
Ohio Players
Isley Brothers
Parliament
Graham Central Station
The Commodores
Bar-Kays
Rick James
Funkadelic
GAP Band
George Clinton
Malo
El Chicano
The Meters

[LowBSix]

Three Dog Night
Steely Dan
The Eagles
Jackson Brown
Elvin Bishop
The Sons of Champlin
Marvin Gaye

[soong]

Originally Posted by JimK

Bottom of my list...I tried to put my list in alphabetical order for you.

my bad!

[deaf pea]

Originally Posted by The Owl

...Al Wilson...

Thanks for the mention . . . FWIW, back then (1974) I ALWAYS used a pick and a hard-rubber mute under the strings (at the bridge) . . .

[The Owl]

Originally Posted by deaf pea

Thanks for the mention . . . FWIW, back then (1974) I ALWAYS used a pick and a hard-rubber mute under the strings (at the bridge) . . .

You are VERY welcome! You've definitely played with some greats!