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Author Topic: Your "Funk" Inspiration??  (Read 826 times)
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« on: March 01, 2006, 05:06 AM »

no doubt, gotta be my man, Zigaboo, especially w/ Mardi Gras et al.  soundtrack for my week?  aww yea!

i'm convinced his "Soul Machine" helped jumpstart the wannabe "boogaloo" beat.  heck, the nom sounds just like his!

but who's got you for the funk?
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2006, 09:15 AM »

Zigaboo is sooo nasty. I love the stuff he plays on "Hey Pocky Way."

I LOVE Andy Newmark on "Fresh" by Sly and the Family Stone. I never get sick of that song.

I like my funk raw. I like Garabaldi and all, but T.O.P. is way too clean to be truly funky to me. The Meters and Sly had that dirty funk that I like so much.
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2006, 09:17 AM »

Oh yeah...Bootsy on drums on "Flash Light."


pocket, pocket, pocket!!!!
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« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2006, 12:21 PM »

Dennis Chambers and Garibaldi for me.

The thing I always loved about Chambers is the way he can groove...that guy can play four on the floor with a snare backbeat and eighths on the hi-hat and everyone in the house knows he's one of the best.
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2006, 12:41 PM »

Oh man, there's just so many.  I'd have to say right now my biggest inspiration is Stanton Moore.  He grooves like no other.  

That's not to say, I don't bow down to Zigaboo as well, but I've put more time lately into Galactic.

Garibaldi is the man for west coast soul and linear funk.  

Then there are all those obscure players that can be heard on compilations by labels such as 'Luv n' Haight' or 'Stones Throw'.

Speaking of 'Stones Throw' if you dig the funk, check out Breakestra.  They are a band on the rise from near where I live.  Josh "Wallet" Cohen lays it down on their cd 'The Live Mix'.  http://www.stonesthrow.com/breakestra/index.html
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2006, 12:48 PM »

David Garibaldi really opened the door for my funk playing, but I have also been influenced by Robbie McIntosh, original drummer for Average White Band.  While Steve Ferrone really filled the drum chair, he never quite had the same feel as McIntosh.  
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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2006, 07:17 PM »

Zigaboo is bad, bad, bad, and so is Garibaldi.  Clyde and Jabo walk among giants, too.

Hey, I could keep on going (and all the drummers mentioned in this thread are truly great), but the one who never seems to get the credit he deserves for funky drumming is Richie Hayward (who, BTW, was one of my early "funk" drummer idols).

When is the last time you tried to duplicate the groove he played on Little Feat's "Hate To Lose Your Lovin'"?  It's not really that hard to play, but let me tell ya, it drives nails, IMO.  I've seen Richie many times live and he never ceases to amaze me.

Check out his website:  http://www.richiehayward.com/index.htm

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« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2006, 10:09 PM »

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I like my funk raw. I like Garabaldi and all, but T.O.P. is way too clean to be truly funky to me. The Meters and Sly had that dirty funk that I like so much.

interesting...  i can totally hear that, especially after you've mention it.  Cool

still, dave does put a slick spin on the ol' funk feel that i cant get enough of.
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« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2006, 10:13 PM »

My first influence was the drummer from the minute men & chad smith. As i learned more about funk drummers i'd have to say
Stubblefield
Al Jackson
Stanton Moore
?uestlove
Gerald Heyward
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« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2006, 10:35 PM »

Funk.  Which came first - the drummers or the music?


anyways ... a few names that inspired me early on:

Starks/Stubblefield - James Brown

Greg Errico - Sly and the Family Stone

Peter Rivera - Rare Earth

Stevie Wonder (who?)

Mike Clark - Herbie Hancock (w/Bill Summers), solo

Idris Muhammad






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« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2006, 11:34 PM »

Oh yeah...Bootsy on drums on "Flash Light."

I never knew that.....or would have guessed.
Yeah, Andy Newmark - Harvey Mason - Stevie Wonder - Robbie McIntosh (very underated).
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« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2006, 01:20 AM »

David Garibaldi really opened the door for my funk playing, but I have also been influenced by Robbie McIntosh, original drummer for Average White Band.  While Steve Ferrone really filled the drum chair, he never quite had the same feel as McIntosh.  

Ditto, ditto ... big early influences, Tower of Power and the Average White Band, saw them both live in the early days.

Of course 'Thank You' to Sly, and James Brown made me 'Feel Good', and Commodors 'Brick House', and Chile Pepper's 'If you have to Ask', or Stevie's 'Superstition', covered all those.

More modern stuff, I like Rage Against the Machine Battle of LA. That Brad Wilks can gets funky then heavy, funky then heavy.
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« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2006, 01:38 AM »

interesting...  i can totally hear that, especially after you've mention it.  Cool

still, dave does put a slick spin on the ol' funk feel that i cant get enough of.

Dave is bad. Super bad, in fact. He's a big influence on me. I'm just not crazy about TOP. I still listen to it every now and then because the rhythm section kicks but. It the horns and the vocals/lyrics that annoy the heck out of me. Dave is ridiculous though.
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« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2006, 02:46 AM »

this may sound a bit off (cause its not really funk), but I always enjoy listening to Soul Coughing.  Nice fat beats w/ a bit of slick humor.  Definately they have been funk influenced.
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« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2006, 04:32 PM »

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It the horns and the vocals/lyrics that annoy the heck out of me.

Surely, you must know that they are responsible for the best opening line of any song ever!

"Soul vaccination/ all across the nation/ will keep ya from catchin'/ honkey pox..."

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« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2006, 04:42 PM »

Surely, you must know that they are responsible for the best opening line of any song ever!

"Soul vaccination/ all across the nation/ will keep ya from catchin'/ honkey pox..."

 Grin

LOL!!!

That's exactly the song I was thinking of!  Grin
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« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2006, 05:46 PM »

"Soul vaccination/ all across the nation/ will keep ya from catchin'/ honkey pox..."

 Grin

The funny part of that is that at least two honkeys were administering the injection!  (Garibaldi and Prestia)  
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« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2006, 05:50 PM »

hahaha!

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« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2006, 06:04 PM »

hahaha!

(They're paesanos, so they only half count Wink )

True, true!!!   Grin
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« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2006, 06:13 PM »

What Is Hip?  - ToP, Garibaldi.  Even though its funky... that song rocks!
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