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Scott grew up in Compton, California.He began playing bass at a very young age under the guidance of his cousin, Jack Nelson, and in 1961 began playing guitar. A year later, he formed a group called the Creators with Harold Brown, and together they played at high school dances, car club parties and small nightclubs in southern California.
Funk Daddy Funk U Right on Up: August 23 Public Enemy: Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age: Menajahtwa: Cha-licious: August 30 UGK: Super Tight: The Legion Theme + Echo = Krill: September 3 G-Slimm: Four Deuces & Trays: September 6 Dru Down: Explicit Game: Flatlinerz: U.S.A. Society Yes N' Deed (The E.P.) September 13 Blac Monks: Secrets of the Hidden ...
Brown was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi on September 13, 1932. [1] He was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. [2] He later moved to Detroit and in 1962 he joined The Funk Brothers, Motown Records' in-house session musicians. According to Jack Ashford, Brown started out as a valet for Marvin Gaye and played bongos once Gaye began performing on-stage ...
The Funk Brothers recorded and performed on Motown's recordings from 1959 to 1972. [1] The film was inspired by the 1989 book Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson, a bass guitar instruction book by Allan Slutsky, which features a biography of James Jamerson along with his bass lines.
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section is a group of American session musicians based in the northern Alabama town of Muscle Shoals.One of the most prominent American studio house bands from the 1960s to the 1980s, these musicians, individually or as a group, have been associated with more than 500 recordings, including 75 gold and platinum hits.
While some of their contributions have gone uncredited, the following individuals and bands contributed to various P-Funk projects; most of them have been credited on at least one album. Of the more than 200 members listed, the sixteen whose names are shown in bold italics were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as members of ...
Brown, 65, is a former senator from neighboring Massachusetts and was a 2014 Republican Senate nominee in New Hampshire. He also served four years as U.S. ambassador to New Zealand in President ...
Enchantment was formed in the late 1960s at Detroit's Pershing High School, [1] with the visually impaired Emanuel "EJ" Johnson as their lead singer. [2] In 1971, Enchantment came to the attention of Dick Scott, a former Motown executive who headed his own artist development company, Artists International. [1]