Tag: Funk

Groovin’ with the sons of Booker T: MMW, Big Organ Trio, & The City Champs

Apr 13, 2010

in Funk, Hammond B-3, Jazz, Memphis, Soul

In an earlier post, “I live for the funk…” I featured one of my favorite James Brown songs, an instrumental track “Why Am I Treated So Bad.” To continue on that funk-jazz trip, I’m taking the road to Memphis, Tennessee! Another funk soul pioneer was Booker T and MGs, a band who mainly backed up…
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…