Category: Fender Rhodes

Raw, swampy, earthy, pure groove: Florida’s JJ Grey & Mofro

May 31, 2010

in Blues, Country, Fender Rhodes, Funk, Harmonica, Keyboards, Piano, Slide Guitar, Soul

One of my favorite musicians/bands is North Florida’s JJ Grey & Mofro. They were first MOFRO and now they go by JJ Grey & Mofro, but regardless I’ve been following since their first album, Blackwater. My sister played them for me and I fell deeply in love at first sound. I listened to that album…
I Live for the Funk: James Brown, The Meters, & Curtis Mayfield

Mar 21, 2010

in Bass, Blues, Fender Rhodes, Funk, Hammond B-3, New Orleans, Soul

James Brown, born in 1933 in South Carolina, came from an extremely difficult and tragic childhood. From those circumstances, with his gift of music, starting out as part of a gospel group, he rose to become one of the most influential musicians in the world. With his band the JBs, some of the most highly…