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Get down with the music that mixes R&B and soul with a little rock'n'roll. This newest addition to the Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion series traces funk from its James Brown roots through today's groove with groups like the Red Hot Chili Peppers - folks who "got on the good foot." Alongside detailed artist biographies, anecdotes and discographies, this guide reviews and rates 1,500 recordings that illustrate each band's sound and musical impact. Artists covered include Average White Band, George Clinton, Herbie Hancock, Rick James, Chaka Khan, Curtis Mayfield, The Meters, Prince, Sly Stone, Tower of Power, War, Wild Cherry and many more.
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One of James Brown's greatest funky divas (he himself has described her as the greatest), Vicki Anderson joined his live Revue in spring 1965. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
One of James Brown's greatest funky divas (he himself has described her as the greatest), Vicki Anderson joined his live Revue in spring 1965. Read the first page
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
The errors never stop !,
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This review is from: Funk (Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion) (Paperback)
I don't know where to start telling you what's wrong with this book...1.It features a lot of errors. When covering The Meters, Mr.Thompson first writes that they released 8 albums (which they did), then on the album list there are only seven, and it reads that the song "Hang 'em high" is included on their album "New Directions", which it is NOT (it's on the previous one, "Trick Bag", but that one is left out). VERY MISLEADING for people who do not own the albums! This is unfortunately not the only error; there are hundreds; names spelled differently every other time they appear is a reoccuring problem in this book, E.G.: everybody on earth knows that there are two Rocco's in the world and that one of them plays bass for Tower of Power ...well, every time Rocco Prestia's name is mentioned it reads "Rocca"! Incorrect release dates are featured and it says that "One Nation Under A Groove" gave Parliament a spot on the top 20, although it's a Funkadelic album/song. Another thing I found strange was that the list of artists who has covered Ohio Players' songs are 81, but "Love Rollercoaster" by RHCP's is not included. The story of James Brown firing his band in 1970 just before a show and hiring The Pacesetters the same evening is told three times (when covering J.Brown, B.Collins & M.Parker)! There are, of course, artists in this book that I am not as familiar with as others, so there may be even more errors than I think. Some are excusable, while others are too big to accept. 2.The reviews is a disappointing feature. The say nothing - they're usually one or two sentences long, not insightful at all. All albums aren't even reviewed. There are unreviewed albums by almost every artist. A track list of all albums would have been a better feature. 3.The stories about the bands are all very basic and they are all written in the same way, "...first the group's name was "this", then they changed it to "that", released this album on this label, then that album on that label, had a hit, then someone quit and four years late they broke up"...it gets tiring. There are too many bands and artist to cover in 370 pages (not 400 like it says on the amazon page), especially since a fourth of these pages are lists of singles and albums by the artists and long lists of covers by other bands. It's a pretty misleading dictionary of funk-albums for beginners. If you want to learn about the music of funk itself, I recommend "FUNK" by Rickey Vincent instead.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Over-ambitious and factually incorrect,
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This review is from: Funk (Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion) (Paperback)
This is not a book for those seeking initiation in the Funk - it's too error-strewn for that. Those who already feel the Funk will just be frustrated by those same errors. The definitive guide is still to be written, and this book is far from it. Avoid.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must for all funk fans,
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This review is from: Funk (Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion) (Paperback)
If funk's your bag then this book is indispensible as a guide to the best funk music releases and as a history of the genre. The book is broken down chronologically, starting with a section on the originators e.g. James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone, then going onto the 70's heyday through to funk hybrids like the Chili Peppers. It's a pretty thorough affair covering all groups with reviews and ratings of their output. My only beef is that the section covering 'white' funk is a tad slim. For me, the likes of Talking Heads, Shriekback, A Certain Ratio, Gang of Four etc deserved more coverage than some of the lesser 'black' acts. However, it's well written,informative and straight to the point and without doubt the most comprehensive reference work on the subject. It's also well presented and packaged with plenty of b & w photos. Thoroughly recommended to all fans of funk.
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