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  1. lowdown
    I can relate to this. A long time back, I was playing Bass in a Soul Act working at American Air Bases in Germany. All went ok at the Black music clubs. But one night it all went wrong when we were sent to a club that was all Whites who would only entertain Rock music. They absolutely hated us and threw everything they could get their hands on at us all. They were all sent out after about half an hour of carnage while we packed down the equipment and cleared off. Funny now, but horrendous then.
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    Yeah, probably true. I was playing on Cruise ships out of Miami in '76 and 77. Every weekend when in port, we would hook up with American musicians from other ships. They would suggest music for us to check out and listen to. In fact, it was in a local bar in Miami when I first saw/heard slapping in public.
  3. lowdown
    Lol....... People still call the Police if you are caught slapping these days in public (Historical crimes - Operation 'String Tree').
  4. lowdown
    But wasn't that the same with Bootsy in this country? All these American Bass players were a word and mouth thing for us musicians. Stanley, Bootsy, Jaco etc, not something that we heard very often in clubs or on the mainstream radio? You had to go and search it out. The 'BritFunk' thing the OP was talking about was different of course, quite often a lot of radio play.
  5. lowdown
    "So the funk crept in". This is more than likely what happened here in the UK. Just a gradual process up and down the country.
  6. lowdown
    Pretty much my take as well.
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    When you say ‘source players’, why no, or little interest in Larry Graham at the time, Bean9Seventy ? Just Curious really. Because ‘Ain’t No ‘Bout-A- Doubt It’, by Graham Central Station (1975), was as funky as funky gets. Certainly what a few of us whipper snappers were listening to at the time, and thinking how is he doing that? His thumb must be made out of rubber. And surely you must have been huddled around a record player or rewinding cassette tapes trying to learn ‘Pow’ in 1978?
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    Yeah, with Walter Becker adding some kind of voice box over the same notes? or was that another SD tune? Chuck tells a great story about a session for ‘Mash’, when he met Tommy Tedesco. It’s on YouTube somewhere. He really is one of my all time, favourite groovers, a real gem of a player. Edit: The interview (mentioned above).
  9. lowdown
    All those Chocolate Easter Eggs making you feel sick ?
  10. lowdown
    I’m chilled, ol’ Bean, really. Like I said, you just started to lose me.
  11. lowdown
    You lost me dude....
  12. lowdown
    Thinking back, it must have been 1972, because it was a Birthday night out with my friends. My fifteenth, and my first alcoholic drink... Thanks to the OP, this thread has certainly had me going back over the 1970’s.
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    Maybe before that. I actually saw them on one of their first gigs. That was at the ‘The Black Prince’ in Old Bexley in 1973. Not long after that they popped off to the States.
  14. lowdown
    Yes, well done Rob.
  15. lowdown
    Although not labelled as ‘Brit Funk’, ‘Olympic Runners’ & ‘ Gonzalez’ were two British Funk/Disco bands that were very active from about 1974 onwards. Bassist DeLisle Harper and Drummer Glen LeFleur were in both bands. A couple of funky players who played on quite a few sessions in the 70’s. 1976 1976
  16. lowdown
    ^^^^ Yes !! I have that album (I forgot about it to be honest). Great album, lovely arrangements by Dave Grusin as well. That’s Paul Stallworth on Bass, quite a session player at the time. I am pretty sure there is a track from a ‘5th Dimension’ album in ‘75 with him that has some thumb and popped Bass. I think he also played on that awful Keith Moon solo album from the same period. There is an interesting article with Marcus Miller (somewhere on the net). He thinks slapping goes way back, before Larry Graham. Musicians from Gnawa were slapping their Gimbris for centuries (sounds painful, I know). Sorry ‘Bean9seventy’, I have gone off track a bit.
  17. lowdown
    Although ‘Car Wash’ has been mentioned, also the album ‘Look Out For #1’ early in 1976, had us all breaking out our thumbs back then.
  18. lowdown
    Worth considering the Nektar Impact LX 25 as well. http://www.nektartech.com/impact-lx25-plus.html Comparison (shootout) between the Akai and Nektar here. https://reviewfinder.com/top-midi-controllers/akai-professional-mpk-mini-mkii-vs-nektar-impact-lx25/ The Nektar has full size piano Keys, which feel nicer to play, along with proper modulation & pitch bend wheels (rather than the joy stick). It also has a cc# fader as well, which I prefer for articulation control. (just my opinion of course). The Keys have really nice velocity sensitivity as well. The pads do the job just fine. Just under a tenner more than the Akai. But worth it for the full size keys. https://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/07944ab0-229c-4dec-b4f3-fdf250904d94.html?source=shopping&sku=neklx25plus&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1-fVBRC3ARIsAIifYOP1kyRY5__TZvWTqS_mPsStd7lJp7Et6GliDLZs0jDX10p9QeyH4sYaApJLEALw_wcB A guy demoing here.
  19. lowdown
    Agreed... I need to have another listen all again...(tomorrow hopefully).
  20. lowdown
    Mine for this month and a bit of a rush...
  21. lowdown
    Yes , it was a long while back. I used to dep on the corporate gigs. While the show was running in the West End, there would also be another production out on corporate shows (popular show at the time). It was a good show to do, playing wise.
  22. lowdown
    Yes, Jeremy Soule is pretty amazing. I went to a concert in Germany about 10 years ago. The Orchestra played an entire performance of some of his game scores (including the Harry Potter series). A really enjoyable evening.
  23. lowdown
    Alongside John Williams for the big, traditional, Cinematic Symphonic styles was Jerry Goldsmith. Like Williams, he always seemed to hit the spot. Terrific composing skills & certainly one of my favourite film score composers.
  24. lowdown
    Some great cues on 'Black Hawk Down'. Although my favourite piece of music from that score (Gortoz A Ran) was not composed by Zimmer and his team, but the amazing Lisa Gerrard & Denez Prigent. Just perfect for the film. Another one of my emotional film score likes is written by Dave Grusin. His composition for the main theme from 'On Golden Pond' is just beautiful.
  25. lowdown
    Or maybe set fire to the band? Back in the 80's (during the Brixton '85 riots), someone run into the pub that we were playing (In Peckham) and threw a Molotov Cocktail at the stage. Not sure if it had anything to do with the riots, or because we were a ten piece Jazz Funk band, complete with Mullets and Caribbean shirts.....
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