I’ll never forget the feeling I had as a 6-year-old kid listening to this song. The drum fill on the intro of this tune scared the daylights out of me. The James Brown groove, the horn blasts, the rhythm guitar playing, and at the end, the chanting and screaming just blew my little mind. I…
Read moreFunk Power by Creative Funk
Funk Power! This was the B side to a song called “Ready Made Family” by Creative Funk. From what I’ve read, most of the band were from Jamaica, Queens, except lead singer Diane Jenkins, who was grew up in Brooklyn. The band consisted of bassist Gary Deberry, vocalists Diane Jenkins and Veedett Williams, guitarist Walter Etheridge,…
Read moreClyde Stubblefield, James Brown’s ‘Funky Drummer,’ Dead at 73
“In April 2016, Stubblefield revealed that Prince was secretly paid the $90,000 in medical bills the drummer accumulated while undergoing chemotherapy for bladder cancer. Prince considered Stubblefield one of his “drumming idols,” Stubblefield told Billboard following Prince’s death.” http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/clyde-stubblefield-james-browns-funky-drummer-dead-at-73-w467805
Read moreThe Original Funky Drummers On Life With James Brown
John “Jabo” Starks (left) and Clyde Stubblefield laid the grooves on many of James Brown’s biggest hits. Here, they clown around on the cover of their joint DVD, Soul of the Funky Drummers. Rittor Music John “Jabo” Starks (left) and Clyde Stubblefield laid the grooves on many of James Brown’s biggest hits. Here, they clown…
Read moreBlindsided: The exoneration of Brian Banks
Has Brian Banks’ dream of an NFL career been delayed or even destroyed by a false charge of rape and 5 years in prison? James Brown reports. A little more than a decade ago, Brian Banks was a star linebacker at Poly Tech High School in Long Beach, California. A well-known football powerhouse that’s sent…
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