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Look-Ka Py Py is the second studio album by the American funk group The Meters.The instrumental album was ranked number 218 on the Rolling Stone list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, [5] 220 on the 2012 revised list and 415 on the 2020 revised list.
The Funk Brothers Musical artist Robert Andrew Kreinar (November 26, 1937 – July 16, 2012), known as Bob Babbitt , was an American bassist, most famous for his work as a member of Motown Records ' studio band, the Funk Brothers , from 1966 to 1972, as well as his tenure as part of MFSB for Philadelphia International Records afterwards.
Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky) is the eighth album by the American funk band Parliament, released in 1979. [1] It was their penultimate album on the Casablanca Records label, and is another concept album that tries to explain that Funk was responsible for the creation of the universe (see P Funk mythology).
It features hard-driving heavy metal guitar riffs, the pounding bass rhythms characteristic of funk, and sometimes hip hop-style rhymes into an alternative rock approach to songwriting. A primary example is the all-African-American rock band Living Colour, who have been said to be "funk-metal pioneers" by Rolling Stone. [108]
Riffs are most often found in rock music, heavy metal music, Latin, funk, and jazz, although classical music is also sometimes based on a riff, such as Ravel's Boléro. Riffs can be as simple as a tenor saxophone honking a simple, catchy rhythmic figure, or as complex as the riff-based variations in the head arrangements played by the Count ...
Fred Thomas is an American bassist best known for his work with James Brown for over thirty years. [1] He performed on many of Brown's funk and R&B hits of the 1970s. His most recent works include releasing three singles in 2024 as a solo artist, and his recordings with The J.B.'s in 2018.
Raymond Davis (March 29, 1940 – July 5, 2005) was the original bass singer and one of the founding members of The Parliaments, and subsequently the bands Parliament, and Funkadelic, collectively known as P-Funk. His regular nickname while he was with those groups was "Sting Ray" Davis.
Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome is the sixth studio album by the American funk band Parliament, released in 1977. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a loose concept album warning the listener of falling into the "Placebo Syndrome," which according to George Clinton is consumerism , and listening to disco music, which he saw as a simplification of funk ...