I was hoping you kind folks here at the ol TB would help me compile a comprehensive list of funk, r&b, and Motown bassists/bands. I don't know all that much about the genres. I'm well exposed to them at best. I'd appreciate some help. Aaaaannd GO!
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WHO GOT THE FUNK?!?!
- Thread starter Forrest Thump
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Just listen to any James Brown you can find for a start.
- Dec 21, 2007
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James Brown will always be the funkiest, Try also:
The Bar-Kays
The Isley Bros
Cameo
Many more, but those will keep you funkin' busy for a bit...
The Bar-Kays
The Isley Bros
Cameo
Many more, but those will keep you funkin' busy for a bit...
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
All of the Above. And, check out Stax and Chess Records. They too had some of the greatest headliners in R&B.
Duck Dunn of Stax, David Hood of Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Willie Dixon of Chess.
Duck Dunn of Stax, David Hood of Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Willie Dixon of Chess.
My "Desert Island" FUNK! track, if say North Korea acts out, and I'm forced into a shelter with limited digital music:
It's all I'd need.
It's all I'd need.
Most people do not associate James Gang or Joe Walsh with Funk but Funk 49 and Funk 50 have great bass lines.
Try Francis Rocco Prestia III for soul and funk, living legend with unmistakable style.
...there's "Funk #48" & "Funk #49". "Funk #50"?
Anthony Jackson with Chaka is a match made in Heaven.
Louis Johnson played on a couple of post-Chaka Rufus tracks as well.
("Tonight We Love" is one of them)
