funkydrumr51 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Mr. Premont has it right: (after James Brown), the pinnacle of funk is Tower of Power. At both bass (Francis Rocco Prestia) and drums (David Garibaldi) you have the some of the most crafty, sophisticated funk ever played. Listen and learn (and enjoy!)

scotpeirson (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

ozhall3, Alan Gorrie--who sings the lead here--was usually the band's bassist in it's original iteration. When CTC was done back in 1975, Gorrie and Hamish Stuart switched, with Stuart going to the bass and Gorrie doing the plucked ax. Stuart went on to play in Paul McCartney's band and sang the lead when David Sanborn covered Al Green's "Love And Happiness". I think he left AWB in 1982, and only played with them again at Atlantic's 40th Anniversary.

cannibalcorpses (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

just to funky!!!!!

jpremont1 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Funk starts and ens with Tower of Power

breakyahneck (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

earth wind and fire, george benson, george clinton..good stuff dude

thesarge828 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

george clinton and parliament and grand funk railroad are funky as hell....and individual bassists i recommend are jaco pastorious and victor wooten....and for drummers i like jojo mayer, thomas pridgen, tony royster jr, and neil pert

d9nova (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

These guys play the funk like it should always be..The groove after the bass solo is hypnotic!

69ForFun69 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Can you guys recommend me some more bands like this? I normally stick to classic rock, but recently iv fallen completely in love with funk. Can you guys recommend me some good funk artists/bands mainstream or underground? Only ones that i really actively listen to right now are the Chilli Peppers and James Brown. Also i play both drums and bass so recommened me some crazy individual artists that really know how to rip it up too. Thanks :D

sikorski (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Dammit! These guys are still rippin it? You can just pick up the pieces of my jaw that just hit the flaw! They rule! B-)

ozhall3 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I'll eat my hat if that's the original bassist.