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Funk The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One

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ISBN-10: 0312134991

ISBN-13: 9780312134990

Edition: 5th 1996 (Revised)

Authors: Rickey Vincent, George Clinton

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Funk: It's the only musical genre ever to have transformed the nation into a throbbing army of bell-bottomed, hoop-earringed, rainbow-Afro'd warriors on the dance floor. Its rhythms and lyrics turned bleak urban realties inside out with distinctive, danceable, downright irresistable music. Funk hasn't received the critical attention that rock, jazz, and the blues have-until now. Colorful, intelligent, and in-you-face, Rickey Vincent's Funk celebrates the songs, the musicians, the philosophy, and the meaning of funk. The book spans from the early work of James Brown (the Godfather of Funk) through today, covering funky soul (Stevie Wonder, the Temptations), so-called "black rock" (Jimi…    
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Book details

List price: $24.99
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 4/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.54" wide x 8.23" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

George Clinton revolutionized R&B during the '70s, twisting soul music into funk by adding influences from several late-'60s acid heroes: Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and Sly Stone. The Parliament/Funkadelic machine ruled black music during the '70s, capturing more than forty R&B hit singles (including three at #1) and recording three platinum albums.